Enter Siblings, Exit Haunted House
Part Six:
"Kleptomaniac's a No-No"
After tangling with the mummy, nearly getting decapitated and getting separated from everybody else, David and Shemp stumbled into what looked like a mad scientist room. David, who was apparently thirsty, saw beakers full of some sort of liquid and decided he would take a drink. However, he was briefly stopped by Shemp, but ended up drinking out of every beaker. Nothing happened at first until he started to get sluggish and told Shemp to go ahead without him and find the others. Of course, when Shemp found Moe, Larry, Mike, and Jenny, a phantom, a black suit of armor, and the mummy chased them through multiple doors, only for Shemp to abruptly stop it by saying that he once saw the scenario once before and that David wasn't feeling too well. Now, David was starting to grow hair all over his body and his fingernails went black, looking as if he had painted them, but he knew he didn't. What will happen next? Find out!
(Flashback to part five)
Shemp, Mike, and Jenny ran into the other doors, prompting the monsters to go into the doors. Pretty soon, everybody started chasing each other until Shemp noticed something and called for time out.
"What is it, Shemp?" Jenny asked.
"I think I have seen this before." Shemp started.
"What's that, lamebrain?" Moe chimed in.
"We're going to continue going through those doors until we start to chase each other." Shemp pointed out.
"That's crazy." Larry brushed him off.
"No, Larry, for once Shemp has a point." Moe told him.
"Yeah, but-" Larry paused and looked around for a moment, then back at Moe, "Where's David?".
"What're you lookin' at me for?" Moe folded his arms.
"He's out in the living room area. He didn't feel so well." Shemp replied.
"Oh, he's always not feeling well. He's a baby." Mike brushed it off.
"Nah, I think he actually doesn't feel well." Shemp had a look of concern.
Out in the living room
David started getting hot flashes that were so bad that he had to take his shirt off. He fanned himself and drank about three full cups of water. However, nothing was cooling him down. Suddenly, he noticed his fingernails were black and hair started forming his hands. Horrified, he stood up and looked into the mirror. He saw hair beginning to cover his body little by little.
(Now)
David's eyes widened at the horror that was before him in the mirror. His face had more hair on it than before and pretty soon, fangs replaced his teeth and his pants started ripping with hair growing right through them. It wouldn't be long until he started making snorting noises, sounding like a gorilla. Just as Moe, Larry, and company walked in, Mike turned around and screamed.
"Shut up! This is no time to sing!" Jenny still had her back turned.
"You guys...You guys!" Mike pointed at what was in front of him.
"Now, listen kid, I-Hee-bee-bee-bee-bee!" Shemp's eyes were bulging out of his head when he saw what Mike saw.
"Hey, opera singer, this is no time to be singin'!" Moe dismissed him with a hand gesture.
"Moe-Moe-Moeeee!" Larry turned around and as expected, he also got scared of what he saw.
"Shut up, porcupine!" Moe elbowed him in the gut.
"Moe, it's a-a chiminy-panzee!" Larry was shaking.
"That's not a chimp, you chump! That right there is a gorilla!" Shemp corrected him.
"Shempy, there's no-Aaaaaaaahhhhhh!" Jenny screamed very loudly when she saw the gorilla.
"Kiddo, you almost screamed in my ear. You have to be careful." Moe gently scolded her.
"Question: If that's a gorilla, where's-" Larry was cut off.
"David, where are you?!" Mike looked around for his older brother.
The gorilla looked at him, shook his head, and did a facepalm.
"Wait, if David isn't around here-" Jenny was cut off.
"Oh no! You don't think-" Mike paused mid-sentence.
"Uh oh! The gorilla ate him. Ohhhh noooo!" Shemp looked as if he was about to cry.
The gorilla shook his head and pounded his fist.
"Hey, now, don't get mad at us, because you ate our brother." Jenny folded her arms.
The gorilla angrily beat his chest, before picking up chairs and throwing them at Jenny, Moe, Larry, and company, prompting Larry, Moe, and Jenny to get out of the room immediately, leaving Shemp and Mike behind.
"Oh, what a fine time to sprout feathers and become chickens!" Mike dismissed them with a hand gesture.
The gorilla beat his chest again and walked closer to Mike and Shemp, looking as if he recognized them.
"Hey, he seems to recognize us." Shemp tried to act brave, despite being scared out of his wits.
"Should we talk to him?" Mike turned to Shemp.
"Mike, Shemp, it's me!" the gorilla spoke.
"How do you know our names?" Mike was startled.
"Wait a minute, that sounded like David." Shemp recognized the voice.
"Oh no, the gorilla did eat him! Woe is David!" Mike put his hands over his heart.
"I'll woe is you in five seconds!" David pounded his chest and snorted.
"I don't think the gorilla ate him. I think he turned into the gorilla." Shemp started putting two and two together.
"You hit the nail right on the head, Shempy boy." David nodded.
"Well, he always has acted like an ape towards Jenny and me, so it's not too surprising!" Mike started to laugh.
"Why you, ignoramus! I'll beat yer brains out if you don't fix me!" David angrily pounded his fist.
"Fix you? You know what, David? You had this coming!" Shemp waved his finger at him.
"I what?! How could you say that Shemp?" David pounded his fist again.
"Well, didn't I tell you not to drink from those beakers?!" Shemp folded his arms.
"Yes, you told me, but it's a little late to be doing the 'I told you so's', Shemp." David crossed his arms and sounded a bit sulky.
"Then again, why fix him? He looks better that way!" Mike laughed and snorted.
"I'll make you look better if you don't fix me!" David pushed Mike.
"Just wait for it to wear off." Mike merely suggested.
"I guess, I'll have to!" David looked down.
"How about you wait in that cage over there?" Mike pointed out at a cage.
"What do I look like? An animal?" David asked.
"Yes." Shemp and Mike said in unison.
David walked over to the cage and stared at it.
"Well, get in." Mike said.
"Wait a minute! Wait a minute! Why do I have to get in?!" David folded his arms.
"You turned into a gorilla and could possibly do harm, so you need to be in the cage until the liquid from the beakers wears off." Shemp pointed out.
"How long will that take?!" David was starting to get annoyed.
"Might take until morning." Mike suggested.
"Morning?! Are you crazy?! I won't be locked in a cage until morning!" David was clearly not having any of it.
"Do you have a better idea?" Shemp folded his arms.
David didn't answer.
"OK, then the cage it is." Shemp pointed to the now opened cage, as Mike had apparently found the key to it.
"You two owe me big time!" David said, before walking into the cage.
Mike closed the door and locked the cage. However, suddenly, David's feral side took over and he started pounding and shaking the cage furiously.
"Back away, kid." Shemp pulled Mike back.
David continued to pound and shake the cage until he passed out.
"OK, he'll be out until morning. Maybe by then, the serum will have worn off." Shemp suggested.
"Yeah, in the mean time, let's get some shut eye." Mike headed back upstairs.
"Yeah, let's." Shemp nodded and followed him.
The very next day
While Moe and everyone else were still trying to recover from what had happened last night and slowly get adjusted to living together, David woke up in a cage, clearly dazed and confused, only to get furious when he saw himself behind the bars. Oh, he was mad!
"HEY! WHAT IS THIS?! WHAT'RE YOU ALL TRYING TO PULL?!" David shouted.
"Calm down, kid. Calm d-What's the idea of sleeping in a cage?" Moe rushed in and got a weird look on his face when he saw David in the cage.
"THAT'S WHAT I'D LIKE TO KNOW!" David continued to shout.
"OK, hold it. I'll find a key and get you out. Then, we'll find out who put you here and why." Moe tried to reassure him.
"WELL, HURRY!" David demanded.
"Oh, good morning, Moe." Jenny walked out into the living room, yawning and stretching.
"Hiya, kid." Moe greeted.
"Yeah, where's Shemp?" Jenny looked around for Shemp.
"He's probably upstairs." Moe's smile turned into an annoyed look, as he clearly thought that Jenny was going to be his girl, despite the fact that she and Shemp had already confessed their feelings.
"Jennifer, quit worrying about your little boyfriend and help get me out of this little alcatraz!" David punched the cage.
"What're you doing in there, anyways?" Jenny put her hands on her hips.
"You tell me!" David raised his voice.
"Early in the morning and already you're snapping at me! Gee, you sure slept on the wrong side of the bed." Jenny rolled her eyes.
"I didn't sleep in a bed you dingbat!" David barked.
"Would you calm yourself, David?" Jenny folded her arms.
"Not until I am out of this cage!" David impatiently said, before turning to Moe, "Hey, Moe! You found the key, yet?".
"I'm sorry, kid. I can't seem to find one anywhere." Moe almost regretted saying that.
"Ah forget it! I'll break out of it myself!" David angrily pried the bars apart and managed to get out of the cage.
"There, you're out. Happy now?" Jenny asked.
"What're you buttin' in for?!" David rapped her on the nose, before angrily stomping up the stairs.
"Gee whiz, he is Mr. Grouchy today." Moe was surprised at how grouchy David seemed to be.
"Oh, he's a grouch all the time!" Jenny brushed it off.
Suddenly, Mike came rolling down the stairs after what seemed as if he was pushed.
"Mike, are you okay, kid?" Moe walked over to Mike.
"A little." Mike slowly stood up.
"Who pushed you?" Jenny asked.
Mike gave her a look, before pointing up the stairs.
"David, that was unneccessary." Jenny chastised her older brother.
"He put me in the cage!" David replied.
"That's no excuse for pushing him down the stairs." Jenny shook her head.
David stomped his way to his room and slammed the door.
"Hey, what's the idea?!" Larry came out his room wearing curlers in his hair for some odd reason.
Shemp, who had been watching with his door slightly cracked, came out of his bedroom, looked at David's door, and shook his head, clearly showing he was annoyed with the younger man.
"What's the idea?" Larry looked at Shemp.
"It wasn't me. It was him." Shemp whispered and pointed at David's door.
"What's the deal with him?" Larry asked.
"He pushed Mike down the stairs and was very short with Moe and Jenny. Anyways, remember when he turned into a gorilla, Mike and I put him in a cage to keep him quarantined until the serum wore off. However, this morning it did and he is cranky." Shemp said in a nutshell.
"So? That's no excuse to be pushing someone down the stairs and be short with Moe and Jenny." Larry shook his head.
"Tell me about it." Shemp said, before walking down the stairs.
Larry shrugged and followed him down.
"Hiya, Jenny." Larry greeted, as he went over to the table.
"Hi, Jenny." Shemp gave her a tight hug and went to give her a kiss on the cheek, but stopped himself and instead, ruffled her hair.
"Hi, Shempy." Jenny blushed.
"Hey David, you coming down for breakfast?" Moe called up the stairs.
"Uh, we're going to have to get some groceries." Mike looked into the cupboards and didn't find anything.
"Did you look in the fridge?!" Jenny asked.
"Oh no, I didn't." Mike shook his head, before looking in the ice box.
"Well?" Jenny walked over to her brother.
"I found a carton of fresh eggs and some pieces of bacon. Plus, bread in the pantry and coffee." Mike pulled out the eggs and bacon from the fridge and the bread and coffee from the pantry.
"Good. I'll get breakfast going and Moe, don't worry about Mr. Grouchiness upstairs. He'll come down when he's ready." Jenny turned to Moe, before going off to start breakfast.
"I'll start the coffee." Mike said.
Just as they were starting breakfast, David came down the stairs the minute he smelled the cooking and the coffee brewing.
"Speak of the devil. Here he comes." Moe turned to Larry and Shemp.
"Hi, kid." Larry greeted.
"Hi, Larry. Hi, Moe. Hey, Shemp." David greeted, before sitting down.
"Here you all go." Jenny served coffee.
"Thanks, kid." Moe said.
"Thanks." Larry said.
"It's delicious. Thanks, baby-I mean, Jenny." Shemp smiled.
"You're welcome." Jenny smiled back.
"You call this coffee?" David had a repulsed look on his face.
"Yes, I do, David." Jenny nodded.
"I've had better!" David put the cup aside.
"Well, I could-" Jenny was cut off.
"I said I've had better. Until you learn to improve your coffee, I don't want you to make me another cup." David barked.
"Now, see here-" Shemp was cut off when Moe slapped him.
"What're you buttin' in for?!" Moe slapped him, again.
"I don't appreciate his tone." Shemp whispered into Moe's ear.
"Here's breakfast." Mike served everyone.
"Looks good. Thanks, kiddo." Moe was ready to dig in.
"Delicious." Larry had a mouthful of scrambled eggs.
"Don't talk with ya mouth full!" Moe slapped him.
"Yeah, where are your manners?!" Shemp added.
Larry dismissed them with a hand gesture and kept on eating.
"David, you've barely touched your food." Jenny sat down next to Shemp and saw David picking at his food with his fork.
"I hate eggs!" David kept picking at the eggs with his fork.
"No, you don't. You ate them yesterday and didn't have a problem." Mike corrected him.
"Yeah, and you drank my coffee yesterday." Jenny added.
"Well that was yesterday and I was desperate! Today, I'm not." David snarked.
"Kid, just take a bite. It won't hurt ya." Larry chimed in.
"Yeah, I mean your sister put in hard work cooking us breakfast, so the least you could do is eat it." Shemp firmly added.
"It'll make me sick." David whined.
"No, it won't. You liked it yesterday and said it was delicious. You even licked your plate clean." Mike pointed out.
Larry snickered at this, only to be poked in the eyes by Moe.
"I'm allergic to eggs, Mike!" David continued to whine.
"That's funny, because you've eaten them before and never had a reaction!" Jenny gave him a look.
"At least eat the bacon." Shemp said.
"Could I trade you my eggs for your bacon?" David asked.
"Sure. I never eat bacon." Shemp took the bacon off of his plate and put it on David's.
David scraped his eggs off his plate onto Shemp's plate.
"There ya go. All better?" Shemp asked.
"You bet." David nodded, as he put two pieces of bacon into his mouth.
"David, be careful." Jenny told him.
David said something, but due to putting more pieces of bacon in his mouth, it was muffled.
"Kid, don't talk with ya mouth full." Shemp gave him a look of disapproval.
"Yeah, David. That's bad table manners." Mike said.
David grabbed a handful of scrambled eggs off of Shemp's plate and flung them at Mike.
"Wise guy, that was my breakfast!" Shemp folded his arms.
"Worth it." David shrugged.
"Here's some more scrambled eggs, Shempy." Jenny got up, grabbed the pan of scrambled eggs, and served Shemp some more.
"Thanks, baby." Shemp smiled at her, before taking a bite.
Later on
David, Shemp, and Jenny went out shopping. With their relationship going slowly, Jenny hoped that maybe, just maybe David and Shemp could find a way to build a bond. As Jenny was picking out more groceries and personal care stuff, David was in the men's aisle looking for more hair gel, a new comb as the teeth had broken off of the one he already had, and possibly the newest cologne. After looking and looking, David finally found it and started spraying it. Seeing this, Shemp came up to him.
"What're you doin', kid?" Shemp asked.
"Trying this new cologne. It smells so good, Shemp." David said, as he sprayed another mist of it and walked through it.
"Kiddo, if ya like it so much then buy it." Shemp suggested.
"I should, but I'm having too much fun spraying it around." David sprayed some under his arms and in his hair.
"David, it ain't hair spray or deodorant. It also ain't for sprayin' around the store. Now, do yourself a favor and buy it and maybe another bottle since you've used this one up." Shemp firmly told him, clearly getting annoyed with David's constant spraying of the cologne.
David groaned, clearly not wanting to stop spraying the wonderfully smelling cologne and reluctantly grabbed about three more bottles of it.
"That's the spirit." Shemp patted him on the back.
"What did you get?" David asked.
"I got myself a new watch as my old one popped a spring. Plus, more hair gel for myself, a few more neckties, and another razor, as mine is dull. Since I can smell that cologne, I may get myself some bottles." Shemp walked over to the shelf with the cologne, grabbed a bottle, sprayed some on his wrist, and sniffed it, "Kid, you're right, it does smell good."
"See? I told ya." David smiled, before grabbing a pair of sunglasses and trying them on, "How do these look?"
"They look good on you. They really fit your personality and just you. After all, besides me, myself, and I, you are also a good looking fella." Shemp complimented.
"Thank you. Wait, is that a good thing?" David was confused.
"Of course, it is. If it were a bad thing, I would've said something not so nice." Shemp patted his shoulder.
David didn't say anything and just smiled, clearly showing that Shemp's compliment, though small and minor, touched him a little. Apparently, nobody ever paid David such a compliment.
"You boys ready?" Jenny came over to them.
"Yes, baby. I'm ready." Shemp turned to Jenny and gave her a little peck on the cheek.
"Me too." David nodded.
"Wait a minute." Shemp noticed that David's jacket looked thicker than it did beforehand.
"What?" David asked, sounding a bit nervous, even though he tried his hardest not to.
"What do ya have in there?" Shemp pointed at his jacket.
"Nothing." David backed up a few feet.
"Now, kiddo-" Shemp put his hand on David's shoulder, which resulted in stuff falling out of his jacket.
"Oh...uh...how did those get in there?" David tried to play dumb.
"David, there's only one way they got in there." Shemp paused and took a long deep breath, "You put them in there."
"Oh...I...uh..." David still tried to play dumb.
"Put them back. Stealing is not nice!" Shemp firmly told him.
"And if I don't?" David flared his nostrils.
"Very cute, wise guy! Put 'em back." Shemp tapped his foot like an annoyed parent.
Seeing the look on Shemp's face and the annoyed parental foot tap, David decided it was in his best interest to put the stuff back. Afterwards, the trio headed to the register to check out, then headed back to the house.
Back at the house
Moe, Larry, and Mike were tidying up the house so that way it looked nice when David, Jenny, and Shemp got home. While Moe and Larry didn't have a problem clearing out spider webs and putting stuff back in their original places, Mike was. In fact, he had taken so much stuff out of their places and scattered it around so badly that he truly did not know where half of it went. Seeing that their new friend and roommate was having a hard time and despite being annoyed, Moe walked over to him.
"Hey, Mikey boy, need a hand?" Moe asked.
"Oh, hiya Moe. I just don't know where half of this stuff goes." Mike scratched his head while staring at the mess he made.
"Well, knucklehead, did ya pay attention to the dust marks they left when ya took 'em outta their spots?" Moe asked, sternly this time.
"No, I didn't wanna sneeze!" Mike answered, nonchalantly.
"Ya didn't wanna-Now, look, I'll tell ya where they might go and explain the importance of the dust marks so even you'll understand." Moe put his hand on his shoulder, "Okay, now-".
"We're home." Jenny called out.
"Hey fellas, did y-Hee-Bee-Beee-Beeee!" Shemp's jaw dropped when he saw the disorganized mess.
"Shaddup, this ain't no time for singing!" Moe barked.
"So, Mike, I-What in blazes?!" David was also horrified by the mess his little brother made. He huffed and puffed before angrily walking over to Mike.
"Hi, David." Mike nervous waved at his older brother.
*SLAP!*
"WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH YOU?! WHAT'S COME OVER YOU ALL OF A SUDDEN?! WHAT'S THE MEANING OF THIS?!" David raised his voice after slapping Mike.
"Oh, I'm sorry, David. It's just that-" Mike was cut off.
"He doesn't remember where these things go or the importance about dust marks and I was going to explain it to him before you arrived." Moe stepped in, clearly not liking and a little afraid of David's anger.
"Good thing, because I would've wringed his neck by now. Mike, you know better than to make a mess!" David nodded to Moe, before snapping at Mike again.
"Can I help it if I don't have that great of a memory?" Mike shot back.
"Ah forget it!" David went off to put the groceries and other stuff they got from the store away.
"What's his deal?" Moe whispered to Jenny.
"Oh, he's grouchy all the time." Jenny brushed it off.
"I thought you were the grouch." Larry said to Moe.
"Yeah, you-A funny man, eh?" Moe angrily turned to Larry.
"Well, I-" Larry was cut off.
"What's a matter with you?!" Moe slapped Larry and walked off to help Mike.
"What did I do?" Larry asked.
Shemp and Jenny looked at each other, shrugged, and laughed.
A while later
After slicking his hair, grooming his mustache and goatee, and trying the new cologne, David walked down the stairs to get himself something when he saw a pinkish red hour glass on the table by the front door.
"JENNIFER! JENNIFER!" David was incensed by the hour glass for some reason.
"What?" Jenny walked into the room.
"What?! You know what!" David snapped at her.
"Oh, I see that you saw my hour glass." Jenny smiled when she caught a glimpse of her hour glass.
"Yeah, I did and what makes you think that you can have it in the house?" David put his hands on his hips.
"Uh, I brought it with my own money. The store was having a clearance sale." Jenny said in a nonchalant manner.
"Uh uh, very nice. Take it back!" David told her.
"What? Gimme a reason why I should." Jenny folded her arms in a defiant manner.
"It's hideous and I don't want it in the house." David gave her a look.
"You have to give me a better reason than that." Jenny retorted.
"Jennifer, read the room. That stupid hour glass doesn't fit with the decor." David walked over to the couch, sat down, and grabbed a magazine.
"Decor? Decor? You all of this you have in the living room decor?" Jenny walked around the living room and got a distasteful look on her face at what David had put up.
"The hell do you call it?" David looked up from his magazine.
"Random crapola." Jenny said in a matter of fact way.
"What do you mean by that catty remark?!" David threw his magazine onto the coffee table.
"Because you have a baseball bat, a couple of baseballs, a barbell, an anchor, a Moose head that just creeps me out, and a deep sea diving helmet. Since when are you going to go deep sea diving?!" Jenny pointed out the specific items David put up and shook her head.
"All of that stuff is decor. Plus, it's not for diving, smart one. It's a collector's item." David shot back.
"David, you have enough stuff in here to open up your own speakeasy." Jenny protested.
"It's called a bar. Prohibition's over, smart one." David shot daggers at his sister.
"Look David, I don't mind your stuff being up and around everywhere, so you shouldn't mind me having at least one stupid thing in this house." Jenny was clearly exasperated and annoyed with her brother.
"Hey, leave your boyfriend Shemp out of this." David said in a very snarky way.
"You know what?" Jenny started.
"What?" David asked.
Jenny went to say what she intended to, but shook her head and walked off.
"That's what I thought." David quietly said to himself, before going back to his magazine.
Way later on
Jenny and Shemp were outside, spending quality time together. Finally, they had some time to be alone with each other and let their growing relationship continue to grow. However, Shemp knew something was on Jenny's mind and he was eager to find out what it was, if she didn't mind telling him.
"Jenny, you okay?" Shemp asked, as he put his chin on her shoulder.
"I'm okay, but I wish David wasn't bothered by my hour glass. I really don't know what's so hideous about it." Jenny sighed.
"Isn't he like this all the time?" Shemp asked.
"Yes and though Mike and I are used to it, I just wish at times that little things didn't bother him." Jenny ran her fingers through Shemp's hair.
"Well, with me around, he won't be bullyin' you kids around that much. Y'know, he is a lot like Moe, but worse." Shemp told her, as he got a somewhat relaxed smile on his face upon feeling her running her fingers through his hair.
"Oh Moe can't be that mean? Plus, how do you figure?" Jenny was a bit confused.
"Oh ho, Moe can be mean, but I believe your brother is a lot worse. Plus, if he keeps it up, I may have to do an old fashioned method in order to teach him manners." Shemp had a smirk on his face.
"Whatever you do, I hope it works." Jenny slightly turned her head and gave him a kiss on the side of his head.
"I love you, Jenny." Shemp wrapped his arms around her.
"I love you too, Shemp, but words aren't enough." Jenny said, before turning around to face him and slowly leaning forward.
Mesmerized by her beauty and just her, Shemp started to lean into what seemed to be a kiss. Then, as soon as the sun began setting, Jenny and Shemp were liplocked, sharing a passionate kiss. A kiss that neither of them had felt in forever or at all. Pretty soon, the kiss turned into an embrace, as Shemp was now laying on the ground with Jenny on top of him. Their hands running up and down each other's backs and the sides of each other's bodies, plus their legs wrapping around each other. From inside, Moe walked into the kitchen to get something when he stopped dead in his tracks after seeing what he saw. Disgusted and annoyed, he tapped on the slider door, before opening it.
"Hey, Raging Hormones and Dirtbag McCreepo, there's other people here!" Moe was clearly disgusted and/or a bit jealous of the couple, as he didn't have anyone.
"Wise guy, if ya don't like it. Don't look." Shemp said, though not taking his eyes off of Jenny.
Normally, Moe would go out and slap his brother, even pull him by his hair, but seeing and knowing his brother was happy, he shrugged it off and went back to doing what he originally intended to do. Not too long after, Larry walked out and got stunned by what he saw.
"Hey Moe, don't they-" Larry was cut off.
"Leave it, Porcupine." Moe told him.
Back outside
After making out for what seemed to be five minutes, Shemp and Jenny stopped and just laid there on the ground, side by side, but still holding each other.
"Wow, Shempy. I-I haven't felt that in-I haven't felt that at all. Well I have, but not in a while." Jenny was more relaxed and happy after the embrace. She had yearned for that for a while and her wish had finally come true.
"I haven't felt that ever. I don't ever wanna not feel it. I always want to feel it." Shemp held Jenny closer to him.
"Don't worry, as long as we stay together, you'll be feeling a lot of that plus maybe even more, especially in the bed chamber." Jenny said in a teasingly way.
"Ooh, I love the sound of that." Shemp's eyes got wide for a brief moment and a smirk spread all over his face.
"Should we go inside?" Jenny held his hand and kissed it.
"Nah, inside can wait for us." Shemp shook his head. Clearly, he did not want to be away from Jenny and he didn't want this moment to be over.
"It could, but I think we'd get more privacy upstairs." Jenny whispered into his ear.
"Ooh, I think I like that idea better." Shemp stood up and helped Jenny up.
They went inside and headed upstairs.
Five minutes later
While Moe and Larry were in the kitchen, Mike was in the basement, and Jenny and Shemp were upstairs, David came in from the front yard and just as he was about to sit down on the couch, he stopped dead in his tracks.
"What in God's name?!" David saw Jenny's hour glass on the coffee table and was annoyed.
"What's the matter, kid?" Moe walked into the living room after hearing David.
"That, Moe, that's what!" David furiously pointed at the hour glass, as he walked over to the table.
"An hour glass?!" Moe was a bit thrown off by David's anger over such a miniscule thing, despite not being surprised at the same time.
"In about 30 seconds, this hour glass will be stuffed into somebody!" David picked the hour glass up and stomped his way upstairs.
"Sheesh! What's his deal over a little thing?" Larry shook his head.
Upstairs at Jenny's room
David was furious about the hour glass still being in the house after he told his sister to get rid of it. However, he managed to compose himself long enough to knock on her door.
"Yes? It's open." Jenny called out.
David opened the door and walked over to where she was with the hour glass, looking very angry.
"So you noticed." Jenny smirked.
"Maybe I didn't make myself clear, I don't want this damn hour glass anywhere in the house!" David was having a hard time controlling his fury.
"No, you didn't want it at the table by the front door, so I put it on the coffee table." Jenny corrected him.
"Yeah, well now it will give you new breasts!" David put it down her shirt, before walking out of her room and down the stairs.
Jenny let out a sigh, before taking it out of her shirt.
Downstairs
"Took care of her, yes I did." David dusted his hands off.
"I don't believe you! You're being ridiculous! It's a nice hour glass." Jenny followed her brother down the stairs.
"No, it's a hideous hour glass that makes me wanna vomit every time I see it!" David shot back.
"You're insane!" Jenny shook her head.
"What goes on here?" Shemp came downstairs and into the room.
"Yeah?" Moe, Larry, and Mike joined them.
"Isn't this a nice hour glass?" Jenny turned to Shemp.
"Yeah, it's nice." Shemp nodded.
"Well?" Jenny showed it to Moe, Larry, and Mike, waiting for a response.
"It's fine." Moe said.
"Yeah, it's cool." Larry added.
"Well, Jenny, it could use a little more coloring. Like Purple or Green." Mike shrugged.
"Mike, who the heck's side are you on anyways?" Jenny stared at him in confusion.
"I don't know." Mike told her.
"Ignore him. See David, Moe, Larry, Shemp, and I, that's one, two, three, four of us against you." Jenny put her left hand on her hip.
"No, No, No, there's no voting! OK, you're a freeloader, Mike's a clueless idiot who doesn't know what day it is, and those three are morons and to top it all off, you're shacking it up with one of them!" David folded his arms.
"WHOAAAAAAA!" Moe, Larry, Shemp, and Mike were shocked at what David said, especially the last part.
"David!" Jenny's jaw dropped to the floor.
"Come on, Jennifer, I know you well enough to know that you get your way with guys! You've been around the block and you were a flirt at one time." David gave her his 'I know you more than you know yourself' look.
"David, drop the vernacular!" Jenny was disgusted with her older brother.
"Vernacular?! I'm speaking the truth and saying it how I see it! If you don't like it, then you can bend over and kiss the seat of my pants!" David pointed to his rear end.
"David, what I do in my personal life is none of your business. I mean I don't poke around in your personal life and make assumptions." Jenny was offended by what her brother said.
"Yeah, you're right, whatever you and Shemp do outside of the house is none of my business. However, whatever you guys do inside the house is indeed my business." David firmly told her and stomped his foot to make a point.
"Yeah, because you made it your business!" Jenny rolled her eyes.
"Look, just get this worthless piece of junk out!" David looked at the hour glass then back at his sister.
"It is not junk! It's an hour glass which I happen to like. Plus, it was imported from Athens, Greece." Jenny protested.
"Yeah, well," David grabbed it and threw it, smashing it into a million pieces,"There! Now, it's rubble and sand from Athens, Greece!".
He walked away and went went upstairs to his room. The door could be heard slamming soon afterward.
In shock and a little hurt, Jenny sadly looked down at the remnants of her precious hour glass. This really broke her heart and threw her for a loop.
'What was wrong with my hour glass? Why'd he have to do that? No scratch that! Why did he do that?' Jenny thought.
Appalled and disgusted by David's actions while feeling sorry for Jenny at the same time, Shemp walked over to her and put his arm around her.
"Thanks, Shempy." Jenny looked up at Shemp and got a small smile on her face, despite her feelings being hurt by her brother.
"How long?!" Shemp firmly asked.
"How long what?" Jenny grabbed a dust pan and brush, got down on the floor, and started sweeping up the mess.
"How long are you going to let him treat you and Mike that way?" Shemp put his hands on his hips.
"Well, it's gone on our whole lives and we're used to it." Jenny sighed.
"Oh, you kids shouldn't have to be used to a bully like him." Shemp shook his head.
"Well, you and Larry are used to Moe." Jenny poured the pile into the nearest garbage can.
"Yeah, but Moe isn't as mean as your brother is." Shemp pointed out the obvious.
"That's true I guess." Jenny went back to brushing up more of the remnants.
"Ya know, like my father always said, raising the voice will do no good." Shemp had a bit of a smirk on his face.
"Uh huh." Jenny said.
"Kid, there comes a time when you have to raise the hand." Shemp told her.
"Oh Shempy, he'd kill Mike or me if we tried to raise our hands at him." Jenny quickly shot the idea down.
Shemp: "Well, somebody around here needs to have a word with him and..." Shemp looked around, saw that nobody was stepping up, sighed and gathered the courage, "it looks like I'm going to have to do it."
He went upstairs and knocked on David's door.
Uh oh! How is Shemp going to deal with David?
To be Continued...