Here's chapter 16!
I'm so so sorry that this took a long while, but I needed some ideas on how to do this and get it right. Not to mention my job had me put it off until I had time to work on it.
With SailorMarble14's help (thank you!), we had thought of the theory the Dave from TDPI and Mike from TDROTI are cousins who don't see each other a lot.
And don't worry, I haven't given up on this story. I just have been so busy lately that it was hard for me to work on this. But I can't promise when the next chapter will come but it will when I can. It'll just take some time before I get to it okay? I'll try not to take too long this time.
Also, here's a description of Mikes mother Marissa, both physically and personality:
Sweet, beautiful, and has the same motherly personality like Svetlana has.
She has long dark brown hair tied into a ponytail. Wears a purple house dress, and slippers. She also has Svetlana's eyes, and her bangs are similar to Mal's only shorter. Okay? Next time, I'll describe Mikes dad.
Also, today (February 16) is the One Year Anniversary of when I first posted "Personality Drabbles"!
Also, Stacy is from my other story "Stacy's Big Brother" and she along, with Shawn, were used in Chapter 10.
Next Chapter: Vito goes overboard with the pranking and it drives everyone crazy. XD Can the others stop him before it gets outta hand?
Until then, enjoy!
I don't own Total Drama or the characters. Same with Dave and Shawn.
I own Stacy and Gina because they're my OCs. They're my characters, okay?
Marissa (Mikes Mother) & Cory (Mikes Father) are SailorMarble14's OCs. His dad won't appear yet but they will make appearances in a couple future chapters.
Chapter 16: Visiting Family
Svetlana was in the living room watching TV on a Monday afternoon when her brother, Mike, came to see what she's up to.
"Whatcha doing, sis'?" he asked.
"Vatching the recent season of Total Drama." she answered without turning her head, "It's been showing reruns for ze past veek because the series already aired at least a month ago. I remember Sammy und Sky telling me about ze time they competed on there und I vanted to check it out to see how they did."
"Can I watch it with you?" Mike asked with amusement.
"Sure." Svetlana scooted over and patted the seat next to her.
They started watching the episode where everyone had to do a balloon throwing challenge when Mike started to notice something a little familiar about one of the contestants.
"Hey, pause that a second!" Mike said.
"Uh..okay." Svetlana replied in confusion but did as her brother said.
As soon as the episodes was paused, Mike got up to take a closer look at the tv. There, he noticed a boy with a blue and white sweater vest, short dark brown hair, and about a year or two younger than Mike.
"It can't be!" he said in a hushed whisper.
"Vhat is it, dear?" Svetlana asked with curiosity.
"Look!" Mike moved away so Svetlana could have a view of the boy.
"Who is that?" she asked.
"That's my cousin, Dave!" Mike said with a smile, "I can't believe it!"
"Who's Dave?" Svetlana asked again, "I don't believe I ever met him before."
"Dave is my younger cousin." Mike explained, "He's sixteen years and two months younger than I am. I believe he's around your age too."
"I guess so." Svetlana gave a small sigh, "But how come I never met him before?"
"Well," Mike started, "when we were little that's when Dave and I started playing with each other. I was eight years old at the time and the two of you were seven. He wanted to play with you, but whenever I tried to get you to play with us you said no."
'Vell, I vas a shy little girl at the time." Svetlana rubbed the back of her neck, "Now that Svetlana thinks about it, I feel bad for not interacting vith Dave."
Mike smiled and gave his sister a pat on the shoulder, "It's okay, sis'. Lots of kids are shy. It's not your fault so don't worry about it. Okay?"
"Okay." his little sister smiled as the other personalities came in the living room.
"Hey guys." Vito spoke first, "Whatcha talking about?"
"Check it out guys." Mike used the remote to pause a moment on the show and pointed to Dave, "Look familiar?"
Chester took a closer look at the TV but had troubling remembering who the boy was, "How I should I know? He looks like a regular whippersnapper to me."
"Wait a tick." Manitoba looked at the screen, " I know who that wallaby is! It's Dave!"
"Dave?!" the other three male personalities said at once.
"Hey, I remember him!" Vito said with a smirk, "Man those were good times, right Mal?"
"Why yes." Mal gave a devious smirk as well, "I believe I do."
Both boys remembered not just the times they played with Dave but mostly when they bullied the poor boy in so many ways. As kids, they gave Dave wedgies, swrilies, stink bombs, and many other pranks that involved dirt and germs to get him scared. Both Vito and Mal snickered because they were thinking the same thing, which caught Mikes attention.
"What are you guys giggling about?" Mike asked his brothers.
"Oh, just some of the fun things we did with our dear cousin." Mal answered, "Right Vito?"
"You betcha!" Vito placed an arm around his brother.
"What kind of fun things?" Mike raised his eyebrow.
Mal and Vito glanced at each other for a moment before looking at Mike again.
"Nothing much." they both said and gave innocent smiles.
Mike felt suspicious of his brothers at first but then shrugged it off, much of the relief of Mal and Vito.
"I remember the time I tried to get him to go exploring with me but he was so scared of germs that he didn't want to go." Manitoba said.
"But, he did help me clean up the house a couple times." Chester added.
"And he and I played games all the time before he moved away." Mike mentioned, "I haven't seen him in a long time."
"Ey yo, doesn't your mom has his phone number or something?" Vito asked.
"Hey, good idea!" Mike grinned, "I'll go ask her right now! I'll see you guys later!"
"Later!" they all said as Mike left the subconscious.
Mike woke up in his room, went downstairs, and found his mother cleaning up the kitchen.
"Hey mom?" Mike asked.
"Yes sweetie?" she turned around.
"Do you remember my cousin, Dave?" he asked her.
"Why yes I do!" Marissa remembered, "We haven't seen him in quiet some time, haven't we?"
"Yeah, I know. It's been forever." Mike nodded, "I was just wondering, do you still have his number?"
"I think so." she thought for a second, "I think it's in my address book. Hang on just one second."
She rummaged through her purse until she found a small pink booklet, "Here it is!" Marissa said.
She flipped through the pages until she found a certain number, "Here you go, honey." she gave the page to Mike.
"Thanks mom." he said as he looked it over.
He took out his cellphone and dialed the number. He held the phone to his ear and waited while it rang.
"Hello?" a voice answered.
"Dave?" Mike said.
"Yeah. Who is this?"
"It's me, Mike." he answered, "Your cousin! Remember?"
"Oh yeah!" Dace realized, "I remember now! How are you?I haven't heard from you in so long!"
"I know!" Mike chuckled, "It's been years! What are you up to?"
"Nothing much." Dave answered, "Say, are you available this weekend?"
"Yeah." Mike nodded, "Why?"
"Why don't you come over this Saturday and we can catch up?" Dave asked.
"Hang on a sec." Mike placed his hand over the phone and turned to his mother, "Mom, can I go?"
"Of course you can, sweetie!" Marissa smiled and whispered back.
Mike smiled back and talked to Dave again, "Sure! That'd be great!"
"Awesome!" Dave replied happily, "And I'm going to have a couple friends over as well. You don't mind, do you?"
"Of course not." Mike shook his head, "I would love to meet them!"
"Great!" Dave said, "I can't wait to see you again. See you this Saturday!"
"Me too!" Mike said back, "See you then! Bye!"
"Bye!" Dave said before he hung up.
Mike puts away his phone and hugs his mom, "Thanks mom!"
"You're welcome, Mike." she hugged back, "It'll be wonderful for you to spend some time with your cousin. After all, I think it's been years since you two did anything together."
"Yeah." Mike said, "I'm going back upstairs and telling the others the good news."
"Okay sweetie." she nodded, "And could you remind Svetlana that she promised to help me bake some goodies for the bake sale this Wednesday?"
"Sure mom." he nodded before walking upstairs, "I'll do that."
"Thank you, Mike." Marissa said sweetly, "Say hi for me!"
"Sure thing!" Mike called from the top of the stairs.
He went back into his subconscious to tell the others about his meeting with Dave on Saturday. During that time, Mike and the personalities watched all of Total Drama Pakitew Island to see how Dave did.
The week flew by fast and before Mike knew it, Saturday was here. Mike got his personalities ready, said goodbye to his parents and told him he'll be back later, and drove to Daves house. It took him about a half an hour before he reached the place and it was 4:30 P.M right now.
Mike parked in the driveway (which was easy because Daves parents went out for the day), walked up to the door, and knocked.
KNOCK! KNOCK!
He waited patiently for a minute until the door started to open. There in the doorway was the cousin that Mike had not seen since they were children.
"Mike?" Dave asked in surprise, "Is it really you?"
"Dave!" Mike gave a wide smile upon seeing his cousin, "So good to see you!"
He was about to rush over and give him a hug until Dave held out his hand.
"Wait, wait, wait!" Dave said which made Mike stop, "Just one thing first."
Dave grabbed a bottle of sanitizer, rubbed some on his arms, and then handed the bottle to Mike.
"Here." he said, "Put some on you. It kills germs."
"Okay." Mike shrugged and puts some on his arms too.
He gives the bottle back to Dave, who puts it away and opened his arms for his cousin.
"Come here, man!" Mike smiled and hugged his cousin, "I haven't seen you in so long!"
"I know!" Dave hugged back, "It's so wonderful to see you again! How have you been?!"
"Just fine thanks." he chuckled a little, "You?"
"Eh, more or less." Dave shrugged and stood aside, "Please come in. But, wipe your feet please."
Mike went in, wiped his feet on the doormat, and saw that the living room was covered in plastic sheets.
"Ha!" Mike chuckled, "You haven't changed a bit!"
"Hey, I like things clean." Dave giggled as he closed the door, "I can't help it. Please, have a seat."
"Thanks." he said as he sat in a plastic covered chair and Dave sat next to him.
"So, how have you been?" Dave asked.
"I've been good." Mike smiled, "Mom and dad are working hard as usual and my friends are doing fine as well."
"How are the personalities?" Dave said.
"They're just fine." Mike replied, "We've had a few ups and downs over the years but we managed just fine."
"That's good." he smiled back but then frowned, "But, what about Mal? I remember your parents saying something about you locking him up or something?"
Mike gave a heavy sigh before he continued, "Yeah. And he did cause a bit of chaos while I competed in Total Drama All Stars. But, I found out why he's like that."
"You did?" Dave raised his eyebrow, "What was it?"
That's when Mike told his cousin everything: Mal coming back, the reset button that sent his personalities away for quite some time, Mike going into depression, the personalities coming back, and even Mal coming back and changing his ways. Dave just sat there taking everything in with a shocked look on his face.
"Oh my gosh!" Dave said in a hushed voice, "Mike, I'm so sorry that happened to you."
"It's fine." Mike sighed deeply again, "But, it was so painful for me to deal with. You can't imagine how hard it was for me."
"I know." Dave said as he gave Mike a gentle hug, "But it'll be okay. You have them, your parents, your friends, and me. There's nothing to worry about anymore."
"Thanks buddy." Mike hugged back, "I'm glad I have such a great family."
"No problem." he patted Mike on the back.
The two cousins let go as the doorbell rang.
DING DONG! DING DONG!
"That must be my friends!" Dave rose from his chair, "Please excuse me."
"Sure thing." Mike smiled.
Dave went to the door, opened it, and his two best friends, fellow competitor Shawn and little girl Stacy, were standing on the porch.
"Hey Dave." Shawn and Stacy greeted.
"Hi Shawn. Hi Stacy." Dave smiled at the two and held the door for them, "Come on in."
They went inside and after putting on sanitizer, the first thing that Stacy did was hug her friend, "I missed seeing you."
"And I missed you too." Dave hugged her back and looked at Shawn, "How are you guys?"
"We're good." Shawn answered, "Stacy and I were looking forward to this for days. It has been a while since we hung out like this."
"Yeah." Dave agreed and led them to the living room, "Hey, I want you guys to meet my cousin."
That's when Stacy recognized the hair and clothes of said cousin and thought it was someone she had met before.
"Hey Svetlana!" she waved and smiled.
"Huh?" Mike turned around, "What did you say?"
Stacy immediately knew it wasn't the same person she met before because of the different voice and less feminine features and wanted to retract her statement.
"Oh, I'm sorry!" she frowned slightly, "I thought you were Svetlana."
"Wait." Mike said as he approached the girl and knelt down, "Is your name Stacy by any chance?"
"Yes." Stacy took a step back as Shawn placed a hand on her shoulder.
"Svetlana told me about you." Mike gave a small smile, "You see, she's my personality and my little sister as well."
"Personality?" Stacy asked the teen, What do you mean?"
"I have Multiple Personality Disorder and I have five different personalities." Mike explained, "I have four older brothers, a younger sister, and a grandfather all in my mind."
"Oh okay." Stacy said as she understood, "So, Svetlana is like your sister and Dave is your cousin?"
"Yeah, he's my older cousin." Dave added, "By a couple years or so, to be exact."
"Yep." Mike nodded and extended his hand, "My name is Mike, by the way."
"Nice to meet you." Stacy smiled as she shook his hand. Since meeting Shawn and his friends on the island, Stacy has started to become less timid around grown-ups and learns to trust them a little better.
"And I'm Shawn." the zombie expert shook Mikes hand as well.
"Pleasure to meet you, Shawn." Mike said, "Dave told me all about you and how you guys competed on Pakitew Island."
"Yeah." Shawn chuckled, "Those sure were crazy times, right buddy?"
"Yep." Dave chuckled as well, "You guys wanna watch TV?"
"Sure!" they all said.
Dave turned on his television set and it took no time for everyone to agree on a show. It was, actually, a documentary on music videos and stuff. Halfway into the program, there was something Dave wanted to ask his older cousin.
"So Mike, I hear from your mom that you've been dating Zoey for nearly a couple years now." Dave said politely, "How do you do it?"
"What do you mean?" Mike asked.
"I mean how did you keep your relationship with a cute girl for so long?" Dave wondered.
"Well," Mike rubbed the back of his head, "it was tricky at first because of my personalities. But once I told her the truth, we understood each other better and we've been together ever since. You'd be amazed on how much we have in common."
"Oh." Dave frowned, "No wondered I lost my chance with Sky."
"Yeah." Mike agreed, "I saw what happened. And no offense dude, but I think you moved too fast with Sky."
"What?" he said.
"From what I saw in the last couple episodes, you didn't really give her a chance to explain her situation and just rushed into things." Mike said in a gentle tone.
"But, you and Zoey fell in love when you guys first met!" Dave pointed out.
"Yes but we took time to talk to each other. "he added, "When Zoey and I competed, "When the cameras weren't rolling, we had time to talk about our families and our lives back home."
"Guess I overdid it with Sky, huh?" the younger teen looked down.
Mike gave a small smile and placed a hand on Daves shoulder, "It's not too late to make things right, you know. When the time comes, you should apologize to Sky and ask if you two could just be friends."
"Yeah man." Shawn agreed, "Sky is a good friend but she's not the right one for you."
"Maybe you should give Ella a chance to date." Stacy said.
"There you go, Dave!" Mike smiled, "I know how much she likes you. Do you like her?"
"Well, maybe a little." Dave blushed a little, "I guess I could ask her out sometime this week."
"That a boy!" Mike patted his cousin on the back.
Dave smiled as the four friends continued watching their show. After it ended, Mike asked Dave to turn off the TV, which he did, and stood in front of everyone.
"I hope you don't think it's weird but would you guys like to meet my personalities?" Mike asked nervously.
"Sure!" Shawn nodded, "I'd love to meet them and see Svetlana again!" Stacy nodded too.
"I don't think I've ever met Svetlana but sure." Dave smiled and nodded with them.
"Okay." Mike stretched his arms, "Chester's first."
He went over to the wall and kicked so hard that it hurt his foot, "Ouch!" he cried out.
Mike gave out a gasp and Chester started to complain, "Dang-fooled kids and their brick walls!" he shook his fist, "Back in my day, we had houses made of sticks and mud! Not any of that fancy-shmancy cement!"
"Hey Chester!" Dave stood up, "Remember me?"
Chester turned around and smiled at the boy, "Well, look at you all grown up! Come here and give me a big hug, kiddo!"
Dave hugged the old personality for a minute or two before letting go and introducing his friends.
"This here is Shawn and that's Stacy." he pointed out each of them.
"Hi! Hello." they both said.
"Nice to meet you." Chester gave a nod and turned back to Dave, "So how have you been?"
"Oh just hanging out and try to live a germ-free life." Dave shrugged casually, "You know, the usual."
Chester laughed and ruffled the boys hair, "You haven't changed a bit, kid. Well, I don't wanna bore you so I'll let Svetlana have the next turn."
"Okay." Dave said, "Good to see you again."
"Don't be stranger, okay?" Chester winked before gasping.
Svetlana came out and was excited to see little Stacy again, "Stacy darling!" she gave a big grin as Stacy hugged her, "It's so vonderful to be seeing you again!"
"You too, Svetlana!" Stacy hugged back, "It's great to see you again!"
"Und a vonderful hello to you too, Shawn!" the Russian gymnast lets go of Stacy and gives Shawn a gentle embrace.
"Same here." Shawn gave a couple pats on the back.
Then, Svetlana turned to Dave who was standing just a couple feet away from her.
"Und you must be Dave." she said softly, "I'm Svetlana."
"Hi." Dave said nicely as he approached her, "So, you're the athletic little sister I heard so much about. Mike told me about you when we were kids but I never got a chance to meet you."
Svetana sighed before he spoke, "I vas a very shy little girl back zen but I'm very glad I met you now."
"Me too." Dave smiled at her. "We definitely need to hang out more."
"Agreed." she hugged her cousin for the very first time, "Thank you."
"You're welcome." he hugged back.
After the hug Svetlana looked at everyone one more time, "Vell, it vas nice to see you all again but now I must go. Ta-ta!"
Everyone waved as Svetlana pulled out a fedora that Mike brought along with him. She puts it on and with a single gasp, Manitoba Smith is out.
"Good day, mates!" Manitoba smirked at the small group, "The name's Manitoba Smith, but you can call me Mani if you like."
"Hey Mani!" Dave said, "Long time no see."
"Come here ya little dingo!" he gave his cousin a family embrace, "I haven't seen you since you were just a little roo!"
"I know!" Dave chuckled, "How have you been?"
"I'm great!" Manitoba lets go but turns to the two people on the couch, "So this is the zombie fighter and the little sister I heard so much about!"
"And I know that you're the Australian explorer I heard from Dave." Shawn said with a smile and shook his hand, "Name's Shawn."
"Pleasure mate." he smiled back, "Congrats on winning the last season."
"Thanks." he said, "But I couldn't have done it without little Stacy here." he pointed to the little girl on the couch.
Manitoba approached the girl and knelt down in front of her with a smile, "Hello sheila. Svetlana told me how she met you."
"Hi." Stacy smiled and blushed, "Are you Svetlanas boyfriend?"
"As a matter of fact sweetheart, I am!" he gave a chuckle, "How did you know?"
"Just a guess." Stacy shrugged, "You two seem perfect for each other."
"Why thanks." Manitoba gave her a pat on the back, "You're such a sweet girl."
Stacy gave a grin as Manitoba stood up, "Maybe I'll take you and your brother exploring with me sometimes."
"Sure." Shawn agreed, "That'll be fun, right Stace'?
"Yeah!" the girl nodded.
"And maybe I'll tag along this time." Dave added.
This caught Manitoba by surprise, "You? Last time I asked you, you were to scared because of your fear of germs and filth."
"Hey, after dealing with Total Drama, I think I can handle it." Dave gave a causal smile, "Mostly."
"Well it's settled then!" Manitoba said happily, "We'll all go exploring someday!"
"Cool! Yeah! Alright!" everyone said.
"Well, it was nice meeting you all but I better let my little brother take over." he said, "He's getting pretty impatient. Later mates!"
"Bye!" the others waved.
Manitoba took off both his hat and his shirt at the same time and suddenly, it was Vitos turn. Dave felt nervous because he remembered all the times he and Mal would team up and bully Dave all the time.
"Ey yo, dude!" Vito said as he grabbed Dave and gave him a noogie, "I haven't seen you in a long time, squirt!"
"I'm happy to see you too, Vito!" Dave struggled under Vitos grip, "Now could you please let go of me?"
"Sure thing, bro'." Vito dropped the younger teen with a thud!
"Oof!" Dave fell and the got back up, "I see you haven't changed."
Then, Stacy got up and checked to see if Dave was okay.
"Are you alright?" she asked him.
"Don't worry, I'm okay." Dave gave her a comforting pat on the shoulder, "Vito used to do this kind of thing all the time when we were kids."
"Oh." Stacy wondered, "Like all the time?"
"Just about." he shrugged a little.
Vito looked down at the girl standing next to her friend, "Hey, aren't you cute?"
Stacy wrapped her arm around Dave but gave Vito direct eye-to-eye contact, "Uh, thanks."
"It's okay." Dave reassured her, "He may look tough and mean, but he's a softie inside."
"Don't push your luck bro!" Vito ruffled his cousins hair and looked at Shawn, "And you must be that zombie guy I heard of."
"Yeah." he nodded, "Name's Shawn."
"Cool." Vito smirked, "I like zombies too. Maybe you can show me a few tricks?"
"Sure." Shawn said, "I'd be glad to."
"Great!" Vito approached him and gave him a playful slug on the arm, "You know, you maybe a weirdo but you're cool at the same time."
"Thanks." Shawn chuckled nervously, "I think."
"Well, guess I'd better blow this pop stand." Vito stretched his arms, "Later dudes!"
"Bye!" they said.
Vito puts his shirt back on and with a gasp, it was Mals turn.
"Hello David." Mal gave a sinister smirk, "You do remember me, don't you?"
"How could I forget?" Dave gulped nervously, "H-How you been?"
"Oh, I've been great." Mal said, "After what happened to Total Drama, I've become a new man."
"Really?" Dave asked in surprise.
"Yep." Mal nodded and gave Dave a quick hug, "Also, I kinda wanted to apologize for the way I acted years ago."
Dave smiled and then patted him on the back, "It's okay, man. Water under the bridge." then he pulled away to introduce his friends, 'These are my friends from Total Drama."
But when Mal looked at Stacy, she ran over to Shawn and wrapped her arms around him. Mal frowned at the sight of this and tried to approach her calmly.
"No no! It's okay!" he said softly, "I'm not gonna hurt you. I'm a really nice guy, honest."
Stacy gave herself a deep breath before she spoke, "H-Hi." she said in a nervous tone.
"You're Stacy, right?" Mal asked and Stacy nodded, "It's nice to meet you. You're a very pretty girl." he gave a warm smile to the girl.
Stacy could see that Mal meant no harm and smiled back, "Thanks."
Mal gave her a pat on the head and turned his attention to Shawn, "I take it that you're Shawn?"
The teen gave a nod as Mal gave him a thankful handshake, "Thanks for looking after my cousin. That was pretty cool of you to have his back."
"Anytime dude." Shawn grinned.
Mal sighed before turning back to Dave, "Well, I'd better let Mike have the floor now. See you around?"
"You betcha!" Dave gave Mal a fistbump.
"Cool." Mal said, "Bye for now."
With one last gasp Mike was back in control, "So, what did you think of them?" he asked.
"They're really cool!" Shawn said, "I didn't know you had such a cool family."
"Yeah!" Stacy agreed with her big brother, "And I was happy to see Svetlana again. She's nice."
"Yeah." Mike smiled at her, "They all are when you get to know them."
"I forgot how much fun they were." Dave added, "And I'm glad both Svetlana and I got to meet each other."
"Yeah." his older cousin nodded, "So, what do you guys wanna do now?"
"Wanna play some video games?" Dave asked.
"Yeah!" they all cheered.
Dave went away for a minute or two to grab some video games from his room and came back with controllers as well. Once he got the TV and the games set up, everyone started taking turns playing since there were only two controllers. After a couple hours of game playing, the four friends just sat around and talked about themselves. Except Stacy, Shawn, and Dave (who found out after Pakitew Island) kept Stacys horrible past a secret from Mike.
"So Shawn, you're into zombies?" Mike asked his new friend.
"Actually, I'm researching zombies so I'll know how to handle them when the apocalypse comes." Shawn corrected him.
"Oh okay." Mike said before turning to Stacy, "And what do you do, sweetie?"
"I like to draw." she answered, "I want to be a great artist someday."
"That's cool." Mike smiled at her, "You're a very sweet girl. Shawn is lucky to have a little sister like you."
"You bet I am!" Shawn wrapped his arms around the child, "She's the best little sister I could ever have."
"Aww, thanks Shawn!" Stacy hugged back and looked at Mike again, "You're really nice too. I'm happy I got to meet Daves cousin for the first time."
"Thanks." Mike said, "I'm happy too because I haven't seen him in so long until now."
"Why?" she asked.
"We just lost contact with each other for a some time." Dave answered, "But, that's gonna change from now on. Right Mike?"
"Right." he nodded, "I'm going to visit him more and, maybe, I can visit you guys too so we can hang out again."
"Good idea." Shawn said, "I like hanging out with others, as long as they don't turn into zombies."
"Yeah." Stacy giggled, "And maybe I can bring my best friend, Gina, along with us. You'd like her, she's really sweet and kind."
"Okay." Mike nodded, "Sounds like a plan."
"Great." she smiled again.
Later, they guys just continued talking while Stacy started to get a little sleepy. Before she knew it, she fell asleep on Shawns lap.
"Aww." Shawn said softly, "Poor kid must've been tired."
Mike and Dave looked at her and smiled as well, "She's so cute when she's asleep." Dave said softly as Mike gave a silent nod.
Shawn, then, picked up the sleeping child and held her in his arms.
"Well, I'd better take her home." he said quietly, "But it was great seeing you again, Dave. And nice meeting you, Mike."
"You too, man." Mike said as he shook the teens hand, "We should hang out again, sometime."
"Great!" Shawn replied softly, "I can show you the zombie shelter I made. Well, later dudes!"
"Bye Shawn! Bye Stacy!" Mike and Dave said quietly and waved goodbye as Shawn walked out the door with Stacy in his arms.
That's when Mike turned to Dave one more time, "Well, I guess I'd better be going too. It's getting late and I promised my parents I'd be home before it got too dark."
"Okay." Dave said as he walked Mike to the door, "It was great seeing you again and thanks for all the advice. Hope we can hang out again soon."
"We will and no problem." Mike said, "I promise. Well I'll be seeing you, Dave. You take care, alright?"
"You too." Dave grinned, "Tell your parents I said Hi. Okay? And tell Mal and the others I'll see them again. Okay?"
"You got it." he nodded.
The two cousins gave each other one last hug before Mike walked back to his car, waved goodbye to his cousin, and drove back home.
After that day, Mike kept in touch with Dave and even let his personalities talk to him whenever they wanted. Shawn and Stacy hung out with Mike and the others every now and again and they even introduced Mike to some of their friends as well.
Dave kept his word and talked to Sky. Surprisingly, Sky wanted to apologize too and agreed that she and Dave should just be friends. And Dave asked Ella out on a date and it turned out to be a wonderful success.
No matter how near or far you are, everyone should keep contact with their families. Because, at times, they could be your most valued and cherished friends in life if no one else is there for you. Mike learned that a long time ago and so did Dave.
To Be Continued...