I wrote this in my notebook before I typed it out. I wonder if that helped. So…
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Ch. 3: How May I Annoy You Today?
Jaden sat sullenly in a dining room of a restaurant. He eyed his work uniform with distaste.
" Damn! I can't believe Mom made me work here! And during SUMMER!" He rested his chin on his hand.
" So what if I was so bored I was stickin' sticky notes and pourin' gravy on myself?"
Sticking out his lower lip in a pout, he muttered," Oh well, at least BOBBB! is next door. "
Looking out of one of the restaurant's large square windows, Jaden saw a certain friend of his coming towards the place.
" It's Chazz!" He said excitedly. " Wow! I haven't seen 'im in a while!"
Thinking fast, he ran into the kitchen making sure the door was ajar, so he could spy on Chazz who sauntered into the restaurant and took a seat in the back.
He heard Chazz cry," Waiter!"
That was Jaden's cue.
With a grin, he walked over to Chazz's table. Chazz was sitting there with his eyes closed.
" Hey, Chaaazzz! Wassup?"
Chazz stiffened. He dare not open his eyes. " No! It couldn't be HIM!"
He cracked open his eyes and looked up at the jolly boy. " Darn! It is!"
Chazz felt like banging his head on the table. He had avoided Jaden so well for so long…
" What're you doing here!" He snapped.
Jaden frowned.
" My mom made me get a job for the summer."
Chazz laughed mentally. " Hah-HAH!"
Crossing his arms and smirking, he said," Oh really? So you're a waiter and MY waiter right now?"
The brown-haired boy shrugged and smiled.
" Guess so. How may I serve you today?"
This was the perfect opportunity for Chazz to boss Jaden around and, best of all, when he left, the brunet wouldn't be able to follow and bother him. " This ought to be good."
Jaden pulled a pen and notebook out of his pocket, then licked the tip of the pen, leaving a blue line on his tongue, before holding it ready to write down Chazz's orders.
" What'll ya have?"
Resisting the urge to laugh and/or call Jaden stupid, Chazz made his order.
" I want a Caesar salad, Thousand Island Ranch, and a martini with a lemon wedge."
Jaden scribbled it down.
" Anything else?"
" Yam, yam, yam!"
Jaden took that as a "yes" and walked back to the kitchen.
Chazz called after him," And make it snappy!" He heard Jaden snapping his fingers.
Chazz twitched." Stupid! I didn't mean it like that!"
After thirty minutes of irritating rock songs and waiting, Chazz was about to lose it.
" Where is he?"
Suddenly, as if out of thin air, Jaden appeared behind Chazz.
" Dinnah is sahved!" Jaden chirped happily.
" Uuuuuwaaahhh! Uuuuwwwaaaahhhhh!" Chazz screamed. " Don't scare me like that!"
" Okay."
Jaden set the tray on the table. Chazz looked down at what was brought to him…and face-faulted.
" What is this!" He demanded while pointing at the contents of the tray with a shaking finger.
" Uuuhhh…"
On the tray was a bowl of boiled leaves with some broken Seether CDs thrown in, an action figure of a farmer with a thousand eyes, and a glass with dolls of the two plumbers from Nintendo stuffed into it with a lead axe next to it.
Jaden recounted Chazz's order." Let's see. You ordered a Seether salad, a Thousand-eyed Rancher, and a MarioLuigi with a lead axe, right?"
" Uuuuurrrraaaahhhhhh! You're STUPID!" Chazz shouted.
" I didn't do anything!" Jaden said innocently.
"…Never mind. Now, let's try this again. And make sure you get it right this time." Chazz was trying his best not to explode. After all, if the waiter did a terrible job, he would be fired. Which was bad news for Chazz, because then Jaden would be free to annoy him.
He clicked his tongue." I want some shrimp. Simple enough?"
Jaden looked thoughtful for a moment.
" I guess…"
" Good. Now hurry up before I murder you."
Jaden smiled nervously and ran off yelling," I won't disappoint ya! I wanna live!"
" Well, it wasn't easy, but I think I got it this time." Jaden said.
He dropped a huge, silver platter with a lid on the table, which rattled and wobbled slightly from the weight and impact.
Jaden put on a long, swirling mustache." Bon appetite, Cherry. Hooohoo!"
Chazz raised an eyebrow.
Taking off the mustache, Jaden chuckled and said," Never mind." He lifted off the lid of the platter and…
"OH MY GAWD! OH MY GAWD!" Chazz fell out of his chair in surprise.
There, on the platter lay, Syrus, bound, naked, covered in gravy, gagged by an apple, and had on his feet those things you usually put on turkey legs.
" Why'd you bring me Syrus?" Chazz roared, clearly furious and very, very disturbed.
Jaden put up his hands up defensively.
" I only brought what ya wanted. You said you wanted some shrimp."
Chazz finally understood what was going on. And he wasn't happy.
" Jaden…"
Jaden cocked his head to the side in confusion.
" Yeah, Chazz?"
" UUUUURRRRAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!" Chazz screamed at the top of his lungs, startling the other customers.
Jaden made like a banana split (if you know what that means).
Jaden sat, panting hard, under one of the tables to hide from Chazz.
" Man! I hope he doesn't find me. I've been… in enough trouble for the week."
" Hey, Jaden."
" UWAH-AHH-"
BAM!Jaden had jumped up in surprise, hit his head on the table, and fell down.
"Oooowww…"
His still mysterious visitor gasped.
" Oh! Are you okay!"
Looking up, Jaden mumbled," Yeah, I think-Hey, Ale-"
BAM!Jaden jumped up again, this time in joy at the sight of his female friend, only to hit his head on the table again.
"Ooooowww…."
Alexis sighed and dragged Jaden out from under the table. She helped him up and then put a hand on her hip.
" What were you doing down there?"
" Uh, chasing gremlins…"
" …Right."
Jaden didn't feel like talking about Chazz so to change the subject he quickly asked," Didja come here alone, Lex?"
" No, Atticus came with me." She replied.
" Oh really? Then where is he?" He queried, glancing around for the older boy.
" He was just ove-"
" Hey, Sis! You gotta come see this! There's a naked, hyperventilating kid runnin' around! Whhhoaaa!"
Alexis spun around to see Atticus standing next to Syrus and imitating the frightened boy's movement, which was bobbing their heads up and down like excited parrots.
" I like to move it, move it!" Atticus sang as he bobbed his head. Alexis was staring, mouth agape.
Jaden quickly grabbed her by the shoulders and sat her in a chair before he went over, picked up Syrus, and threw him in the garbage. He ran over to Atticus and pushed him over to the table he sat Alexis at.
" I found you table! What would you like to have?" Jaden hastily shouted. The Rhodes siblings covered their ears.
" Whoa, dude what's your problem?" Atticus asked.
Jaden's left eye was twitching. "Darn! Chazz might see me! I better hurry this up!"
" Would you like frieswith that?"
Alexis leaned over and whispered in his ear," Jaden seems out of it. Let's just order before he loses it." Atticus nodded and gave her a thumbs-up.
" Well?" Jaden yelled.
" I'll have spaghetti with meatballs and tomato sauce." Atticus said cheerily.
" Just a salad," Alexis murmured.
Jaden slipped away stealthily, mumbling," You didn't see anything…"
Jaden set, or rather slammed, the tray on the table.
" Here ya go!"
The two looked down at the tray.
" Sis?"
" Yes?"
" What is this stuff? It's fun-kay."
" I don't know."
On one side of the tray was a pile of bits of colored paper, Tabasco sauce, and cleats rolled up into balls. On the other was a bowl with a cape, a big "S" printed on it, and was full of salad mixed with flags, action figures of superheroes, and the Elemental Hero cards.
" This is what ya ordered. See, I got the confetti with cleat balls and Tabasco sauce, and I got your Justice salad." Jaden quickly elucidated," And with that-POW-I'm gone!"
He scrambled away.
The siblings glanced down at the tray and then at one another before they burst out laughing.
Jaden was very close to the front of the restaurant after avoiding a still angry Chazz. That was when he saw Bastion.
" Hey, I know what his order'll be. It's so easy!" He told himself.
Bastion was skimming through a menu, when he felt someone breathing down his neck.
" Ummm…Hello?"
" Hey, Bas-TONIAN!"
" Ooowahh! Bastion screamed.
" Calm down. It's only little ol' me."
Bastion turned around to look at Jaden.
" Jaden? What would someone like you be doing in this place?"
" That ain't important. I'm here to take your order." Jaden said.
Bastion raised an eyebrow.
" So you work here?"
Jaden jumped back and crossed his arms like some did when they wanted a time-out.
" No way! Uh, Lulu had a steamboat, the steamboat had a bell, Lulu went to heaven, the steamboat went to hell-o Operator, give me number nine, if you give me collect call, I'll kick you in the-Behind the linen curtain there was a piece of glass, Lulu sat upon it and cut her little as-k me no more questions, tell me no more lies, the cows are in the pasture making chocolate pies!"
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Syrus woke up in a dark, closed, smelly place. It was a dumpster.
" How did I get he-SQUEAL-HUUMMMM! Eh, eh, eh!"
He popped open the lid, jumped, grabbed the edge, and climbed out of the dumpster. He tried to turn around on the edge so he could climb down, but slipped and landed in an abandoned shopping cart, which started moving. Syrus looked out of the cart and started hyperventilating again. Just his luck. The cart was on a hill that sloped downward.
"Oh no…"
It started going down faster, and faster, and FASTER!
"Nnnnnooooooo! Ba-a-a-a-a-a-a!"
" That song has…unnecessary." Bastion commented when the song was done.
" I know. Any way, here's your lamb chops," said Jaden.
Bastion looked astounded.
" Astounding! How did you know I wanted lamb chops?"
Jaden smiled deviously and poked Bastion's sideburns.
" Well, your sweet mutton chops were a big help, Bas-TONIAN."
Bastion made a face.
" It's BASTION."
Jaden rolled his eyes.
" What eve-"
Jaden was interrupted.
" Yyyyyyoooouuuu!"
The brunet cringed.
" Bastion."
" Hm?"
" Chazz is right behind me, isn't he?"
" Quite."
" Oh, SHIZNITZ!"
Jaden turned and dove between Chazz's legs then hastily standing up and running as fast as his legs could carry him. He turned around and shouted something one more time before turning on his heel and rounding the curb.
" I QUIT!"
Stopping in front of the Truesdale home, was the shopping cart.
Syrus's hair was messy and he looked like he was about to have a heart attack.
" Eh…eh…eh…"
He started laughing and crying hysterically at the same time.
" Uhheheheh-HAHAHAHAHA-Uhheheheheheh…."
However, he stopped when he heard the front door's lock click and the door creaked open.
Zane was standing there with a phone in one hand.
" Zane?"
He was smirking.
" What's so funny?"
Zane shook his head.
" Nothing."
" Why do you have the phone?"
"…"
" Well?"
" The restaurant called. They want their shrimp back."
( END.)
A/N: This took me a little while to do. I hope I did a decent job. It was fun writing it. The OOCness and randomness have been toned done. So yeah…
Concrit, flames, and anything else welcome.
P.S.-THE BIRDS SAY: BEWARE SPANISH LAWN GNOMES!
