Author's Note: Finally! A short note! First off: Legal Crap, blah blah blah. Note is in 16 pt. Isabella, chapter in a Groovy 16 pt. Partridge. Many many refs coming up. 5 in this chapter No mods. Enjoy another flashback starting NOW!

6 years ago

"Dammit!"

Maru looked up, his eyes trying to focus. "Whazamatta, Jenny?" His head came up off the pillow, and he instantly regretted it. There seemed to be a tiny little man in his head, performing the fish-slapping dance on his skull. It was very irritating. Jenny came into the living room, and through pain-clouded eyes, he could tell she was pissed about something. "Howaz work?" Maru grimaced. He still was slurring. "That WHORE! I can't believe she would do this to me!" Maru pulled himself upright slowly, wincing as he rose. "Calm down, Jenny. Sit here and tell me what happened... softly, if you don't mind." He closed his eyes and started to slowly rub his temples, hoping to dislodge the tiny fish-slapping man. "Busy night, Maru?" He grunted. "Remind me never to touch that S'more flavored Schnapps again. But you haven't answered my question, dear. What happened?" Jenny sighed. "They fired me." WHAT!" Maru winced again, cursing his sudden outburst. "What?" he tried again. "Yeah. They recast the role of Officer Jenny. They-" "Wait... won't people notice?" Jenny grimaced. "No... they cast my whore of a twin sister. She probably slept with everyone at the studio." Maru's eyes widened. "Wait... you can't mean Jenny?" She smiled sadly. "'Fraid so. It's the only way they'd fool the audience. They even put in a little running gag, in case someone DID notice. They're making it so that every Jenny in every city is related somehow. Someone has a twisty sense of humor." He chuckled. "Come here. Just cuz I feel like shit, don't mean I can't be a good roommate. Lemme give you one of my infamous backrubs, Jen." She glanced at him out of the corner of her eye. "Maru, you rogue. I know all about your 'infamous backrubs'. You forget I'm not into that." He grinned wolfishly. "Then how about just a normal backrub, my dear?" She smiled. "Sounds good, but remember this: if your hands start to stray, I feed them to you." "But of course. Maybe later, when my head stops throbbing, I can introduce you to someone. I have a feeling you'll like her..."

Maru came out of the memory just as they were passing McMeaty's. He chuckled, as they still hadn't replaced the "D" on the "8 billion served" sign. "Maru, did you hear me?" He looked over at Naru, and pointed to the entrance of the Krazy Taco. "There." She pulled into the drive-thru, and nudged him. "Don't you think you shouldn't put off finding this guy just for some halfway decent tacos?" Maru looked at her. "Maybe you're right." She smiled. "I'm gonna get a giant burrito, too!" Her smile disappeared. "Yes, my Master." She sighed. "You want anything, Naru?"