Rickdiculously Normal

by Squanchilicious

Rated T for language/smut. After S3, things start returning to normal, or as normal as it can be for Rick and Morty. Morty's going to school more often as his parents have more control over Rick, but Morty doesn't suspect that he might actually make a friend. And that this friend might become something more... Rick however doesn't happily accept this change with Morty.

8. Insanity

HELLO EVERYONE! Guess who's back. Sorry for the break, I've been camping and visiting family the past week or so! But we will resume the daily updates RIGHT NOW! Thanks for sticking with it if your here and I hope you enjoy ;) If you guys actually have suggestions for what youd like this to lead to let me know! This story is clay, moldable to what we all like :D

Chapter 8: Insanity

Morty

Wow. Last night was one of the most fun nights of Morty's life! He was surprised that he could go from sick and panicked about the test to worry free and just overall happy! He wasnt sick anymore, Rick and him were back to having fun, and he now had a girlfriend! Well, girl-friend. It would've been too good to be true if she was his girlfriend.

He woke up dreaming about the concert, but also with Skylar. He jumped up and got ready faster than usual, as we was actuallly excited out of his mind for school. How did he not realize school was so fun when you actually had friends? He would explain why he wasnt there yesterday and then finally work up the courage to meet her friends. He threw on his jeans and t-shirt and rushed downstairs.
"Morty, breakfast is here" Called his mother.
"Um, I-I Think I'm just gonna c-catch the bus early and go straight to school, I-I'm not that hungry. Bye Mom!" Morty yelled as he rushed out the door. He really wasn't hungry, more excited.

He hopped on the bus and eagerly looked for Skylar, only to see she wasn't there today. He frowned and decided he might as well go and sat down alone. When he got to school he did his usual locker run, putting his stuff away, and looked briefly for Skylar in the Halls. He looked outside her 1st period math class, but she wasnt there either. Weird. Morty decided he'd find her at lunch by her locker and if not she was obviously sick today.
BRRRRING

The bell rang and Morty made his way to his first class.

Rick

Rick woke up satisfied with himself. He'd gotten rid of the thing between his and Mortys adventures, and they'd went to one of the most amazing concerts Rick's ever been to himself. He went downstairs and cracked open his breakfast, a can of beer. He sat down at the couch in preparation for watching TV all the way until Morty got home.

But he... couldn't. He didn't know how to explain it but he couldn't stop thinking about what Morty was gonna think and feel if he ran into Skylar, and Rick didn't doubt he would be actively seeking her out too. He went through hours with the guilt hurting his stomach, trying his hardest to push it back like he did before. He couldn't help but almost regret being too mean, if only he could've done it in a different way. Like set her up with someone else. Wait, No! Rick didn't care. Morty had no right to go and... REPLACE him like that! It was just his way of getting even! There.
This quelled Ricks guilt somewhat.

But he couldn't stop feeling shitty. He flew to his favorite space bar to drink and forget instead.

Morty

The first three periods went by... definitely not as usual. Morty noticed people were acting weird around him. Morty didn't even SEE Brad today, and in math didn't pick on him. Didn't even ask him anything. But most of all, Skylar wasn't in the cafeteria when he walked in. He decided to meet her friends anyways, they probably knew where she was. He walked back to the table, this time way less shaky and awkward.

"H-Hi, I'm Morty. I-I'm not sure if Skylars talked about me, but I'm her... friend I guess. D-do you guys know where she is?" Morty said looking around.
The girls scowled at him, then looked at each other. Maybe he got the wrong table...
"Obviously avoiding you, asshat." With that, the girls glared more as they picked up their trays and left, leaving Morty VERY confused. Skylar was... avoiding him? Why? Morty decided to look for her now that he knew she was in fact here. Today was a strange day.

He wandered the halls, then came across where her locker was. He turned one more corner to the drinking fountain and saw Skylar at the end. She took one look at him, glared furiously, and turned and ran around the corner. Morty wasn't much of a runner usually, but hed gotten better from all his adventures with Rick, running from death. He ran after her, turning a couple corners until he actually used his brain and turned the opposite way to catch her. He ran and ran, until he slammed into her when he turned another corner. "Skylar! W-what are you doing?!" Morty said, rubbing his painful head. "Shut up Morty, I don't wanna talk to you. I thought you didn't wanna talk to me either." She stood up quickly and turned and started walking away quickly. Morty ran after her and grabbed her arm, spinning her to look at him. "W-w-what are you talking about? I-I like talking to you."
"Don't fucking touch me, Morty." She said, ripping her arm out of his grip.
"Skylar, w-whats wrong? W-what did I do wrong?" Morty asked, searching for a way out of her strange sudden hatred. "For some reason you forgot our conversation yesterday, but I didn't. So do us both a favor and you wont have to see MY UGLY JENNIFER LAWRENCE TOMBOY FACE!" She screamed at him. A tear strolled down her cheek before she turned and ran again, this time into the girls bathroom. Morty was so confused. What the hell was she talking about? Morty wasnt even there yesterday. He didnt eat his lunch... He wasn't hungry.

He went through the rest of the day numbly, and confused as to how he fucked it up again and lost his only chance at a friend and maybe even girlfriend. He went home bleakly, deciding to call his mom to pick him up as to avoid the bus. He walked into the house. He needed something to forget, so he decided to go see Rick in the garage. Surely he'd forget about Skylar on another planet. He walked into the garage, and looked around for Rick. He wasn't there. Everything about this day was awful again, just as usual. Morty decided to look at all of Ricks trinkets, as that usually cheered him up. He was looking around when he saw his closet door was not closed fully, weird. Morty had never in his life seen that door open, so even the creak was suspicious. He opened it and peered in, seeing a large mass covered by a sheet. He pulled it off to reveal a huge machine, definitely new. Morty had never seen it. He decided to ask Rick about it.

"Mom, wheres grandpa Rick?" Morty screamed into the house. "Out god knows where." Replied his mom. Great. It was hard to find distraction, and Morty was so desperate for fun or something to help him get his mind off of today he decided to trinket with the unfamiliar machine. He looked at the buttons and platform, where a big red x was labeled. His guesses were some sort of size changing machine? Or shapeshifter? he placed a random piece of metal from ricks trash on the x, and started fumbling with buttons. After many random beeps, something happened. The machine whirred and shook, and a blue beam hit the rock. It got bigger, and Morty for a second thought he was right about the machines use. Until the light dissapeared.

And there layed a Morty clone. Everything made sense.