AN: First of all, it was truly an honor receiving such a wonderful review from an author like StarlitDuck. If you're still reading this, StarlitDuck, thank you. Second, I neglected to actually state that this story is set in a post games future. Many of you probably figured that out on your own since I wrote Bowser Junior as being fifteen. Here's the ages of all the other important characters.
Larry: 18
Lemmy and Iggy: 20
Wendy and Stevie: 22
Morton: 23
Roy: 24
Ludwig: 26
Bowser: Uh...older than the games. Sorry for not having an exact age for him.
Third, all the characters except Stevie belong to Nintendo. Finally, in case anyone didn't realize it, Stevie's name follows the naming convention of most of the Koopalings by being named after a celebrity. In this instance, the celebrity is Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac fame. Anyway, hope you all enjoy this next chapter.
Ch 2: Days Two and Three
On the second day, the Koopalings and Stevie are using the castle's pool.
This time, Bowser is lounging on a pool chair recording the goings on while his son is out training with their troops.
Ludwig is the only other one not in the pool as he's busy writing his newest song. He has a basic idea of how he wants the song to sound, so he's mostly arranging it now.
Iggy has a camera set up in the corner to record the way everyone swims as reference for possible swimming attack bots. He's enjoying swimming and playing some pool games with his younger brothers, Lemmy and Larry.
Morton is off to the side as a self appointed lifeguard for his younger brothers. He takes a quick look over at the shallow end of the pool where Wendy's teaching Stevie how to swim. Roy being over there makes the brown Koopaling growl with jealousy and concern.
"Okay, Stevie," Wendy says to her friend. "Just try paddling like I showed you."
The other female hesitates.
"Relax," says a nearby Roy. "I'm here to keep you from drowning."
Stevie can't see his eyes since he's wearing tinted goggles, but she's assured by his smile. So, she gives it a try. At first, Stevie does okay. However, she doesn't have the timing down and starts flailing her arms.
Roy comes over and stops her. "Calm down. I'll save you if you're in any trouble, Little Lady."
Stevies gets her breathing normal again, which is when she realizes Roy was flirting with her just now.
Wendy gets between the two and leads her friend away from her older brother. "Let's just keep practicing, Stevie." She sends Roy a death glare.
The large Koopaling quietly groans. 'Dammit! Can't get anywhere with Stevie thanks to stupid Wendy! I'll find an opening.'
Things continue like this for awhile. Wendy gives her friend a few tips, Roy comes in to get Stevie to settle down whenever she panics, Wendy stops her brother from flirting with Stevie too much, rinse and repeat.
Eventually, Stevie has a grasp of swimming. "I'm doing it!"
Larry swims over after hearing this. "Let's try some pool games to get you even better."
So, all the swimmers get involved in some fun games like Atomic Whirlpool, Freeze Tag, and Follow the Leader. With the last one, Bowser is convinced to be a watcher and call anybody who isn't copying the leader out.
"Okay!" Larry calls out. "How about a game of Water Volleyball?!"
"WATER VOLLEYBALL?!" Wendy squeals with delight. She's running for the supply closet with Larry close behind.
Roy smirks. 'Perfect.' He swims over to Stevie. "Finally. Was starting to think that we would never get some alone time."
Stevie turns to him with a frown. "Why do you treat women this way?"
Roy freezes. "Huh?"
"I know about your history from Wendy. You treat women like conquests, you get bored, then you brush them aside. How can you do that?"
"Uh…"
"I don't want to get thrown away like garbage. I can't imagine most of the girls wanting that either. Why do it?"
Roy stays silent.
"Fine then." Stevie starts swimming away.
The large Koopaling realizes this is her basically shutting the door on him. He hates this so much, he can't stop the next words from coming out of his mouth. "It's either them or me."
That makes Stevie pause and look back. "What does that mean?"
Now that it's out there, Roy takes a deep breath and continues. "If I don't do it, then they do it to me."
"Where'd you get a crazy idea like that?"
"My first girlfriend. Did you know Morton used to be a motor mouth?"
"No, but what does that have to do with your first girlfriend?"
"I had a crush on her for such a long time. Thought I was the luckiest guy ever when she finally said yes and started going out with me. A month in, Morton told her how glad he was she was dating me. Then he blabbed about my eventual plans to marry her, how many kids I'd been hoping to have, and even names I came up with for them."
Stevie smiles. "That sounds so sweet."
Roy growls. "Not to her. She laughed. Said she was only dating me for fun and I wasn't the kind to marry. Said me thinking any differently was dumb." He crosses his arms. "So…if I drop the girls first, they can't do it to me like that ever again."
Stevie swims back over. "Listen, that won't end well for you. You'll either reach a point where no one would want to be with you or someone would hurt you as revenge. You need to let someone in."
Roy just stares at Stevie from behind his tinted goggles. He turns his head away.
Wendy returns with the volleyball before Stevie can even try to say anything else to Roy. "We're back!"
Larry is already setting up the net. "King Dad! You or Ludwig want in on this?!"
"I'm good!" Bowser calls back with a wave.
"Busy!" Ludwig shouts without looking away from his music.
Larry looks over at Morton. "What about you?"
The brown Koopaling shakes his head. "I'm the lifeguard."
"Three against three then!"
Stevie turns to Roy. "Want to be on my team?"
The large Koopaling is surprised by this question, especially after their talk. However, he still likes Stevie too much to say no. "Uh…sure."
Everyone is staring at the pair, even Ludwig.
Bowser chuckles. 'This'll be fun.'
All the other guys are jealous of the attention Roy is getting from Stevie and also worried he's winning her over.
Ludwig gets back to writing his song. 'I have to hurry! This has to be finished and ready to perform before one of my brothers steals Stevie away!'
Morton feels a surge of anger towards Roy and a strong desire to protect Stevie from him.
Larry is also angry and jealous, but he comes up with a plan. "Wendy! You should be on my team!"
The female Koopaling swims over to her youngest brother and starts whispering. "I was hoping to be with Stevie and Roy to keep him away from her."
"Water Volleyball's a team sport. If they lose, then they'll doubt their cohesion and their chemistry."
"Wow. Good thought process. We are the best players too." Wendy turns to the twins to decide between them. "Iggy! You're on our team!"
Larry lowers his voice for his sister. "Why him? Lemmy's the better player."
"Not if our team takes the shallow side of the net."
"That's right. Lemmy'd have a hard time playing if his feet can't touch the bottom of the pool. His short height really works against him here."
As Iggy joins the pair, Lemmy swims over to Roy and Stevie. "I won't be any use to you guys. I'm usually better at this game than Iggy, but not when my feet can't reach the bottom."
"Maybe we can ask them if we can switch sides?" Stevie asks hopefully.
"No need," Roy assures the two with confidence. He looks to his younger brother. "You think the floor's close enough right in front of the net?"
Lemmy looks over and smiles. "Yeah."
"Stay there and to your left. Stevie, you keep back and to the right. I'll be in the very back and to the middle. Stay between me and Lemmy. Got it?"
Stevie nods. "Sounds so strategic."
"Well, I am a general for King Dad's troops after all."
"So are the rest of the Koopalings, Roy," Lemmy points out with a slight smirk. "You are not that unique."
"Shut up and get to your position."
The game soon begins with both sides giving their all.
Roy's choice in positions might have given his team the chance to give their opponents a decent challenge, but that doesn't change the fact that the other team is superior.
Wendy and Larry are the best players, while Iggy has great strategy to make up for being physically the worst at playing the game. They eventually win.
Roy growls to himself.
Stevie swims over to him. "Hey, we tried our best."
"We still lost."
"But we didn't make it easy for the others to win. Besides, I had a lot of fun trying out a new game and you were a great captain. I'd certainly do it all again."
Roy is confused. 'Despite knowing how I am with women, Stevie can smile and have fun with me. Let someone in? Maybe…with you…I will.' With a shaking hand, he grabs at his tinted goggles and removes them.
Everyone's jaws are dropped by this since Roy hates anyone seeing his eyes. The fact he is showing Stevie clearly means something, which even she knows.
Roy opens his eyes, revealing that they are big and blue just like Larry, Wendy, and Iggy. He has always hidden these eyes behind sunglasses since they clash with the tough guy image he has. "Stevie, I don't know much about being a real boyfriend, but I'd really like to try with you. So…could you see yourself giving me that chance?"
Stevie is quite understandably left in total shock, not just because of the confession itself, but also because it's the second one in two days. "Umm…"
"Need time?"
"Yes, please."
"That's fine. I'll go talk to Kamek." Roy exits the pool, uses his towel to dry off, then he puts on his sunglasses before leaving the room.
Larry is pissed that one of his brothers has confessed to Stevie too and wants her attention back on him. "Let's play another round!"
"With Roy gone, we can't," Wendy points out.
"Morton!" Lemmy shouts to his older brother. "You can join me and Stevie!"
The brown Koopaling shakes his head. "Can't. I'm the lifeguard." He glances at Stevie before looking down at his feet below the water. 'The most I'm worth to her.'
Lemmy notices his older brother's behavior and really doesn't like it. 'That just screams unhealthy self doubt. I should fix that.'
Ludwig has come to a realization. 'Larry and Roy confessed their feelings to Stevie after spending time with her. What would a song even mean to her coming from somebody she hardly interacted with? I need to change that.' "I shall take Roy's place!" He sets his music aside and gets in the pool.
Iggy grins. "A true battle of the minds."
Ludwig grins right back as he joins Stevie and Lemmy. "Precisely."
Bowser turns his phone's camera to his face. "Hey, Junior. With how things are going, I could easily win our bet. Get ready to pay up."
The next day…
Stevie is walking with Wendy to the dining room for breakfast. By now, she was told by her friend that all the brothers like her and will likely continue trying to impress her. 'What am I supposed to do with this information? Why do they all like me?' The white shelled Koopa enters the dining room and sees five of the male Koopalings sitting around the table. She blushes at the smiles all of them (except Morton) give her.
"Good morning, Stevie," says Ludwig. "Did you sleep well?"
"Yeah," is all the flustered girl can say as she makes her way to the nearest empty chair.
Suddenly, Roy's there pulling the chair back for Stevie. He feels happy when she obliges him. However, he frowns when he notices Wendy took the seat on Stevie's left. Since Morton is already on Stevie's immediate right, Roy returns to his original seat.
Bowser enters and sits at the head of the table. "Morning."
"Morning, King Dad," all the Koopalings answer back as one.
"Good morning, King Bowser," says Stevie.
"Ooh, King Dad!" Lemmy suddenly shouts. "What's the stage's next open time slot?"
Bowser pulls out his phone and checks the schedule. "Two nights from now. Seven PM. I'll reserve it for you."
"A show?!" Stevie asks with excitement. "I'll definitely be there!"
Lemmy smiles. 'You have no idea of the surprise that awaits you.'
Larry picks up the nearest butter dish. "Here, Stevie. For the toast you always have."
"Larry," Bowser warns his youngest adopted son. "You know the rules. Wait until we're all here."
The youngest Koopaling stares at the king in disbelief. "I was just passing the butter dish to her."
Junior enters and sits down beside his father. "Something tells me today is one of Iggy's invention days. Means he's probably holed up in his lab."
Morton sighs. "I'll get him." He stands.
The door burst open and Iggy rushes in. "Everyone shut up! I bring brilliance!"
Bowser glances at BJ. "You were right."
The teenager holds his hand out. "Pay up."
"We didn't bet on this one, Kiddo."
"Crap."
Iggy holds up a metal object. "I call it Table Helper." He sets it down on the table.
Servants file in and start placing dishes with various breakfast choices by the diners.
"What does this one do?" asks Ludwig.
Iggy smiles. "We all know what a hassle it can be passing things to someone at the other end of the table. I've created this little guy to solve that issue."
"And give us the new issue of attacking us when it goes haywire," says Larry.
"Just like all the others," Roy says with a chuckle.
"Give it a chance," Iggy requests his family. "Call it, then ask for what you want."
Most of the others stare at the metal object with distrust.
Lemmy is the only one trying to support his twin, but he's just having a hard time picking what he wants.
Stevie notices the butter Larry was going to pass to her set back down on the table, totally forgotten during Iggy's entrance. "Table Helper?"
The little machine sprouts arms and legs.
"Pass me the butter please?"
Table Helper walks over to the butter dish by Larry (the Koopaling embarrassed that he'd spaced that off), picks it up, then takes it over to Stevie so she can take it.
"Thank you."
Table Helper salutes.
"Cool," Lemmy says while clapping. "Table Helper, pass me the cereal box."
The machine grabs the nearby box and carries it to Lemmy.
This makes everyone else comfortable enough to start making use of Table Helper.
"You've outdone yourself this time, Iggy," Bowser congratulates the inventor with a nod.
"Thank you, King Dad," the tallest Koopaling returns with his own nod.
"Table Helper is amazing," Stevie says with a smile.
Iggy grins. 'Yes! A point in my favor in her eyes!'
"Yo, Table Helper!" shouts Roy. "Syrup for my pancakes!"
The tiny robot starts walking to the syrup bottle.
"Table Helper!" shouts Wendy. "I need milk!"
The robot does a one eighty and heads towards the nearest milk carton.
"Hey!" Roy yells at his sister. "I asked first! Syrup!"
Table Helper turns back to the syrup bottle.
"I'm thirsty!" Wendy yells back at her brother. "Milk!"
Table Helper turns once again to the milk carton. No one notices that the robot is starting to shake.
Roy stands up while scowling at his sister. "Syrup!"
Table Helper turns once more.
Wendy stands too and scowls right back. "Milk!"
Table Helper does yet another turn.
Roy and Wendy start yelling "Syrup!" and "Milk!" back and forth.
Iggy looks at his creation and gasps. "Uh oh."
Table Helper is short circuiting from the two siblings arguing over their orders.
"TAKE COVER!" Bowser warns everyone.
Most of the others hide behind their chairs.
Stevie is slow on the uptake as the malfunctioning Table Helper picks up the nearest item and aims it at her face.
Morton grabs Stevie and brings her behind his chair as the plate the robot chose to throw breaks against her chair.
"Thank you, Morton," Stevie says with a blush. She has never been held in this way by a guy and she doesn't know how to take it.
The brown Koopaling realizes what he's doing and releases Stevie, a blush on his face as well. "You're welcome."
Lemmy notices this. 'Hmm. Interesting.'
Morton pulls out his trusty hammer, steps out from behind his chair, and brings down his weapon on Table Helper.
Once assured that the robot was destroyed, almost everyone comes back out from behind their chairs.
"Good job, Morton," Bowser congratulates the brown Koopaling.
"What a mess," Wendy says while looking around the room.
"Another classic dud, Iggy," says Roy.
Stevie looks over at the tallest Koopaling to find him sitting on the floor behind his chair, devastated and embarrassed by what happened. She heads over and puts a hand on his shoulder. "Iggy?"
The Koopaling ignores her.
Lemmy quickly jumps in with words. "Roy. Wendy. This wouldn't have happened if the two of you hadn't argued over who'd get what they wanted first."
The brother and sister feel a little guilt now that this has been pointed out.
Stevie smiles at Iggy. "Actually, I think this was a good thing."
The green haired Koopaling looks up at her. "How?"
"Think of this as testing out a prototype. Now that an issue was discovered, you can fix it to make Table Helper perfect."
Iggy stands up. "You're right. I should integrate a filing system for orders. I'll make it a first come, first serve program."
"See? It's an opportunity to improve Table Helper before a full release."
Iggy stares at Stevie for a few seconds before adjusting his glasses. "I…uh…I was going to take Chompy out for a walk after breakfast. Would you like to come?"
"Of course!" Stevie shouts with an excited hop.
Iggy lets a goofy smile appear on his face. 'I caused this display of pure joy from Stevie. I hope to be the cause of many more.'
The other male Koopalings have the same thought. 'Using Chompy is cheating. We'll be coming along as buffers.'
BJ turns to his dad. "You free to join them?"
Bowser smirks. "No way am I missing this. We're obviously going."
Later…
The entire royal family and Stevie walking a large Chain Chomp would be quite the sight anywhere. It certainly is within Bowser's kingdom. Random citizens wave, bow, and greet them as the group goes along.
The king does the customary nod of his head and wave of his hand to everyone they pass.
Stevie barely notices any of this since she's completely focused on the Chain Chomp. "I think you're just the cutest thing, Chompy! Yes you are! Yes you are!"
The Chain Chomp is loving the girl's attention. It's panting with excitement.
The other male Koopalings are pissed. Any conversations they (besides Morton) tried to have with Stevie have either been very short or never given responses since she pretty much only sees Chompy right now.
Iggy chuckles to himself. 'I've got this in the bag. Chompy's a certified Stevie magnet. I will be married to her in a few weeks.' He pats the Chain Chomp.
A Shy Guy pedals by on a food cart with very fragrant meats.
Chompy gets a whiff, looks over, and lunges.
"CHOMPY NO!" Iggy screams as the unexpected movement makes the chain slip from his grip.
The black ball shaped creature hops after the food cart, barking while it pursues. The Shy Guy manning the cart is pedaling with all of his might in order to save his wares from the hungry Chain Chomp.
"Chompy! Come back!" Iggy runs after his pet, but the food cart and the pursuing Chain Chomp are faster. He trips and by the time he gets his bearings back, Chompy and its target have vanished. "NO!"
The others catch up to the hyperventilating Koopaling.
"Are you okay?" asks Stevie.
"He's gone," Iggy gasps out. "He's gone, he's gone, he's gone."
"Don't worry," Lemmy assures his twin brother. "We can go look for him." He looks to the others "Won't we?"
Everyone else awkwardly agrees.
"We should split up into teams of two," suggests Ludwig.
"I'll go with Iggy," Stevie instantly says.
The rest of the teams are decided and they split up to look for Chompy.
Bowser and BJ use their royal status to get other citizens involved in the search too.
"Do you think Iggy will tell Stevie he likes her?" the prince asks his father.
The king shrugs. "If Chompy isn't found, he'll be too focused on that to even think about it. Actually, it'd have to be him and Stevie finding Chompy for Iggy to confess."
The father and son walk on and call out for the missing Chain Chomp.
Meanwhile…
Ludwig and Wendy are paired up, the two searching for Chompy.
The eldest Koopaling sighs. "I know I was angry and jealous that Iggy was using his pet to attract Stevie, but I didn't want this to happen."
"Don't go guilt tripping yourself," Wendy warns her brother. "We need to keep searching for Chompy. For the record, if Stevie were to choose one of my brothers to be with, you'd be my favorite choice."
Ludwig stares at his sister in shock. "Really?"
"Yeah. I don't trust Roy, Iggy can be flaky, Larry and Lemmy are just too immature, and Morton…I'll say this. If those two got together, then King Dad ordered Morton to break up with Stevie, I think he'd do it without question."
"You really think King Father would do that?"
"That's not the point. Stevie shouldn't be with someone who'd see her as second to duty on their list of priorities. You may be kind of stuffy, but your devotion to music shows you have a passionate side. It's something I think Stevie needs in a boyfriend and maybe future husband."
Ludwig blushes. "I think we're getting a little ahead of ourselves here."
"There won't be anything to be ahead of if you don't interact more with Stevie."
"I know I should. I'm attempting to. Still, I'll never be comfortable confessing to Stevie without a song at the ready."
Wendy sighs. "Fine, but hurry up. We don't want any of the others to win her heart first. You got that?"
"Yes," Ludwig says as he follows after her.
Meanwhile…
"Chompy!" Larry calls out. He's starting to get really mad at his search partner. "It'd be nice if you helped out at all."
"Whatever," says Roy. "I've never liked that thing anyway. Good riddance, I say."
"You total shit! Iggy loves Chompy! He'd be crushed if we don't find that Chain Chomp or if he ended up dead! Do you want to send Iggy down that spiral of depression?!"
"Fine. Sorry. I'll help. Chompy!"
Larry looks around. "If Stevie doesn't end up picking me, I'd rather she choose anybody else but you."
Roy growls at his younger brother. "What does that mean?"
"You're a jerk, you've got a wandering eye, and an obsession with the female form."
"I wasn't really trying with women before. I'd try with Stevie."
"Think she'd be understanding of your magazine collection?"
Roy stares at Larry. "How'd you know about that?" He figures it out the moment that he asks. "You're the thief!"
"I was just discovering my urges. Don't bother trying to tell Stevie since that'd end with her finding out you have that collection." Larry walks away. "I really believe you'd get with her and go through the same cycle you do with all the rest. When you do and Stevie ends up getting left heartbroken, I don't care if I'd lose." He looks back with a scowl. "I'd take you on."
Instead of getting riled up, Roy just crosses his arms. "I'll prove you wrong instead."
Larry snorts. "Yeah, sure you will." He goes back to searching for Chompy, Roy joining in.
Meanwhile…
Lemmy is calling out to Chompy while Morton is keeping an eye on his surroundings.
The shortest Koopaling suddenly turns to his older brother. "So, you like Stevie too."
Morton stops in his tracks.
"Nothing to be ashamed of. The rest of us like her too."
Silence.
"You should confess to her too."
"No."
"Come on. Don't be like this."
"I can't."
"Morton, you've been nothing but King Dad's loyal and quiet soldier for years. If you go on like that, you'll end up a miserable and lonely old man. You need to take the time to do things for yourself that'd make you happy."
The brown Koopaling stares at his little brother. "Why are you doing this?"
"You're our brother. I think most of us think the same thing. If Stevie doesn't choose us, you'd be the next best option. You'd never do anything to hurt her and you'd definitely treat her like a queen. If you do decide to go for it, I'd recommend tomorrow."
"Why?"
"I'll be telling Stevie after my performance in two days and Ludwig will likely have that song he's been working on ready after that. Tomorrow is free for you. Think about it." Lemmy walks away to search for Chompy.
Morton follows after him. 'Maybe…he's right.'
Meanwhile…
"Chompy!" Stevie calls out. "Here, Boy!" She whistles.
Iggy is looking around in distress. "CHOMPY! WHERE ARE YOU?!"
"Calm down, Iggy."
"I can't! He could be anywhere! Someone could've snatched him! He could be…" The tallest Koopaling shudders, not even wanting to finish that last sentence.
"We'll find him."
Iggy stares at the ground. "Even if we do, I'm afraid of how he'll react."
"Why?"
"I…when I was born, I had a blockage in my brain. It made me perceive the world much differently from others. I was loopy, deranged…even cruel."
"Cruel?"
"A few years back, I was in a lab accident that ended up with me getting a severe electric shock. I recovered and discovered that the blockage was gone. My perception was altered. This also allowed me to become aware of my previous actions." Iggy covers his eyes. "The absolute worst of them were what I did with Chompy. The littlest things made me beat him. I've tried to be so much better ever since, but I think he's still scared of me. If we find him…will Chompy be afraid of me?"
A sound nearby interrupts and the two go to investigate. They find…
"CHOMPY!" Iggy exclaims with glee.
The Chain Chomp in the alleyway turns from the trash can it had been digging through to see its master coming towards him. It backs away with a whimper.
Iggy stops in his tracks at the sound from his pet. He's devastated because his worst fears have come true.
Stevie can tell the Koopaling's about to have a breakdown, so she jumps in. "Iggy, down on your knees."
"Huh?"
"Down on your knees." Once Iggy listens to her, Stevie continues. "Hold your arms out to Chompy and call to him in soothing tones. Let him come to you."
Iggy sniffs. "Here, Chompy. Here, Boy."
The Chain Chomp hesitantly hops forward.
"That's good. I'm not mad. I'm just glad you're okay, Boy."
With Iggy continuing to speak with such comforting tones, Chompy is soon back with his master. He loves the pets, the pats, and the hugs he's getting.
Later…
Everyone is together again and heading for the castle.
"Thank you so much, Stevie," says Iggy.
The white shelled Koopa smiles. "I was glad to help."
"You have no idea how much what you did means to me. It's just another reason that I'm so crazy about you."
Stevie blinks.
"So, I'm offering myself as another possible candidate for being a future boyfriend. Does this sound acceptable to you?"
Considering she's now aware all the male Koopalings like her, Stevie doesn't blush from this confession. "Yes. I'll have an answer before I head back home."
Iggy smiles. "Thank you. I'll be getting Chompy back to my room, then I'll go and have a discussion with Kamek."
In the back of the group, BJ whispers to his father. "Kamek's getting lots of traffic these days."
Bowser nods. "The old guy's having a blast. Who knows? He might get involved at this rate."
AN: Other fanfictions have stated the reason Roy wears those sunglasses all the time because his eyes can't deal with light. I decided not to go that route and just have him embarrassed by his eyes not fitting with the cool tough guy persona he has. Having Iggy's pet Chain Chomp be named Chompy was done pretty much at random, so I hope I'm not using someone else's name with this. Fun fact, in the first draft, while I had the idea for the somewhat disastrous walk with Chompy mentioned, I didn't actually have it written out. So, what you read came in during the second draft. Iggy's confession originally came right after Stevie comforted him with Table Helper, but it didn't feel like it was enough the next time around. Anyway, look forward to the third chapter on Saturday. See you then.
