If you're this far into the story, you know how I feel about the orientation of thoughtspeak signs on I hope.
Gadzooks!
Jake's dad came in sweating. Strange for late December, but not so strange considering he was panting under the weight of pizza for fourteen. (There was already pop in the refrigerator.) "Okay, we've got…half sausage half cheese, full pepperoni, and pineapple."
"Really?" Marco asked. "It looks like snow-covered box, snow-covered box, and what have we here? Snow-covered box! Gadzooks!"
"Gadzooks?" Jake shook his head.
"Gadzooks? How is that spelled?" Ax, always seeking to expand his knowledge.
"In-" Marco saw Tom looking at him. "Incredible if I know."
>G-A-D-Z-O-O-K-S>, Tobias informed us.
"Hey, don't take all the cheese!" Sara whined.
We squeezed around the dining room table. I sat between Jordan and Marco's dad. Across from us were Tom and Ax, next to each other. Yeerk and Andalite, side by side.
Ax excused himself to go to the bathroom, where he de- and re-morphed. He returned and sat next to Tom, not betraying the pride he felt in his species and the anger at the Yeerks'.
We finished, and Jake's mom brought out the menorah. His dad led us in the blessings, and Tom placed it in the window.
"How many more rituals are we going through?" Marco's dad asked.
Jake laughed. "You're lucky that you're not at the-"
I can use last names now, can't I?
"…house." Old habits die hard. "By the time they're done, it's Purim!"
"Were we supposed to get that?" Marco asked.
Tom laughed. "Poor minorities, suffering in silence while everyone else is ignorant."
By this time Marco's dad was standing up in anger, and Cassie's mom had gotten riled at the minorities part. There was only one thing that could be done that would be dramatic enough to distract them, and luckily, Jordan was around to do it. The pop we had drunk created a burp so tremendous, I'm still a little shocked Jordan wasn't lifted into orbit.
>The velocity needed for that would not be proportional to Jordan's mass, not even under factorial conditions. Also, she would probably be intercepted by a Bug fighter.>
Thanks, Ax.