"Extra strength air freshener?" Miley said.
"Check." Davis said.
"Extra strength disinfecting wipes?" Miley said.
"Check." Jesse said.
"Extra strength everything?" Miley said.
"Check." Both of them said. All three of them were packing for something and it seemed to be something big. Davis heard a knock on the door and he opened it up to see it was Ken and Yolei.
"Hey. What are you guys doing here?" Davis asked.
"Just came by for a friendly visit." Ken said as they were allowed to come in, but saw some of the stuff.
"What is all this? You starting a clean freaks museum or something?" Yolei said.
"No. We're paying a visit to….my brother's place." Miley said as she said that with much disgust.
"Her brother?" Ken questioned.
"Her older brother. Jackson." Davis said. "He and Miley don't get along all that well. All this stuff is for when we got to his place. It's been a long time since Miley last went there."
"In the past, Jackson didn't exactly live a clean lifestyle." Jesse said.
"I call him that he lives like a pig, but that be an insult to pigs when they've always been so adorable." Miley said. "I don't even want to imagine the filthy horrors that await when I get there."
"It can't be that bad." Ken said.
"Wanna bet?" Davis said. "Miley showed me a few pictures of what his room use to be like. I can't believe he use to sleep like that. If you think my room can be a little messy, his would give you nightmares."
"That's why we're bringing all this stuff." Miley said. "We have no idea what horrors or mutations await us when we get in there."
"I'm having a little hard to believe it's as bad as you think." Yolei said. "That kind of stuff only happens on television. I have to see it for myself."
"I would like to meet some of Miley's family from some of the things you told me about them." Ken said.
"Is it okay if they come along?" Davis said.
"I really have no problem with it." Jesse said.
"I don't know." Miley said. "We might not have enough cleaning supplies for everyone. We all may not make it out of there alive." Now they were sure Miley is just being ridiculous.
"Of course you two can come. Just be sure you watch where you step." Jesse said. They weren't really sure if they should really be excited about this or not.
….
A Couple Hours Later
After getting themselves packed, they hit the road. It took a couple hours, but they were able to reach where Jackson lives. It looked like a quaint little house.
"This doesn't look so bad." Ken said.
"Yeah. Certainly doesn't look like the house of a slob." Yolei said. "Besides, anything has to be better than Davis belching in my ear."
"Next time, don't annoy me with some dumb facts." Davis said.
"Stop it. Besides, it's what you don't see that you should be afraid of." Miley said as she prepared herself for whatever might be in. Miley opened up the door and was expecting the worst. It wasn't at all at what she thought. The place looked clean and perfectly white. White walls, white carpet, white furniture. It all looked clean.
"Wow. The place looks great." Jesse said as they all let themselves in.
"I know. What happened?" Miley said. "I told Jackson we would be here in about twenty minutes. That wouldn't be enough time to peel all the dirty clothes off the walls."
"Hey!" All of them looked and spotted Jackson. "Jesse! How's it going?"
"Hey, Jackson. Good to see you again." Jesse said as the two gave each other a bear hug.
"Davis! Should I say Jason Burner?!" Jackson said.
"Shush you never know when someone's listening." Davis said as he passed off as a joke. Both of them were glad to see each other as they patted each other on the back. Jackson took a look at Ken and Yolei, but weren't sure what to do.
"You two I don't know." Jackson said.
"These two are my friends. That's Ken and that's Yolei. We invited them to join us." Davis said.
"Nice to meet you." Ken said as the two of them shook hands.
"Might I say that you have a lovely home." Yolei said.
"Thank you. Glad to see someone has noticed." Jackson said as he turned to Miley. "Miley? It's nice to see you too….sort of."
"It's nice to see you too….sort of." Miley said. Even though the two of them hardly get along, they are still brother and sister and were happy to see each other as they hugged. "So where is it?"
"Where's what?" Jackson said.
"Don't where's what me." Miley said. "Where's the giant dumpster that you really live in?"
"Miley, I don't live like that anymore." Jackson said. "I'm a responsible adult. I take care of myself and where I live. I don't live like a pig anymore." Miley wasn't so sure about that as she had a look around.
"Yeah right." Miley said. "You've always lived like a pig. You haven't been yourself ever since Siena dumped your sorry butt all those years ago."
"Siena? Who is that?" Davis asked.
"She was Jackson's bababa bikini model girlfriend that dumped him years ago." Miley said.
"Bababa bikini model girlfriend?" Davis said. "He actually dated a bikini model? Jackson, is that true?" He looked towards Jackson, but he saw him holding his knees and was really upset. "Jackson? What's wrong?"
"Siena…" Jackson said as he sounded like he was in misery.
"What happened? Was it a bad break up?" Davis said.
"I don't want to talk about it." Jackson said. Sounds like whatever happened between the two, it was bad.
"Okay. I think we should have a look around. I've never been here before." Davis said. Ken and Yolei followed him. All three of them had a look around the house and it looked clean and everything.
"I still have no idea what you and Miley were talking about. This place looks great." Yolei said.
"Yeah. Doesn't really look like anything you told us." Ken said.
"I only told you what Miley has told me." Davis said. "I got to admit that this place does look nice. Oh wait. There's a banana peel on the floor." All three of them looked and saw one sticking out of a door. "I got it." Davis went over to get the peel, but when he grabbed it, it wouldn't move. "That's weird. It seems to be stuck. It's like something is holding it down."
"So? Just open the door and move whatever is keeping it down." Yolei said. Davis opened the door just a little, but that was enough for him to see what was inside.
"Oh man. You guys might want to see what's in here." Davis said.
"Davis, that's an invasion of privacy. We shouldn't go in there without permission." Ken said.
"You want to tell that to what looks like a skeleton in there. Wonder who that was." Davis said. "No wait. It's a fake one." Both of them were curious and went on inside. When they did, it was of absolute horror. It looked like Jackson's room, but there was garbage, junk, and everything everywhere. It was like a junkyard.
"Oh man. Is this Jackson's room?" Ken said.
"Now do you believe us?" Davis said.
"Yeah. What is that smell?" Yolei said as she smelled something awful. "How can anyone live like this?"
"I'm not sure, but it's horrible." Ken said. "Jackson can't live like this. This has to violate a dozen health hazards."
"Let's go talk to Miley and Jackson about it." Davis said.
"I think I just saw something move." Yolei said as she got a little freaked and all three of them hurried out of there as fast as they could.
…
Miley
Miley continued to look around the house. She was trying to find anything that made her think of the old Jackson, but she couldn't find anything.
"Miley, give it up. You're not going to find anything against me." Jackson said.
"You have to admit, Miley. Jackson seems to be taking care of himself just fine." Jesse said.
"Yeah. I guess you're right." Miley said as she seemed ready to admit defeat.
"I'm sorry. What was that?" Jackson said as he tried to get a good listen. "Did you just admit that you were wrong and that I'm a better person than you thought?" Miley wasn't a child anymore and knew to admit her mistake.
"Jackson…." Miley was about to admit it, but that was when Davis and the others came running in.
"Jackson's room….is a nightmare." Davis said. "It's like a junkyard in there. I'm surprised we could even stay alive after being in there."
"I knew it!" Miley said and stuck her tongue at Jackson. Miley hurried over to see what was in there.
"Nothing to see." Jackson said as he went after her. Miley and the others went up to Jackson's room. When she did, she saw the horror that was in it as well.
"Sweet niblets!" Miley said as she couldn't imagine that it would be as bad as it really was. The others came in and they all saw it was bad as well.
"I don't know what you're talking about. It all looks fine." Jackson said. "It just needs a little sprucing."
"A little sprucing?! Try more like a gigantic burning!" Miley said.
"Dude, you really let yourself go." Davis said.
"How can you sleep in a room like this?" Ken said.
"It's easier than you think." Jackson said as he kept trying to act innocent.
"Jackson, come on." Miley said. "The rest of the house is perfectly clean. Why isn't your room? You're a grown man now. You know you can't live like this." Jackson couldn't take it anymore.
"I know you're right." Jackson said. "I know, but I don't think I can throw any of this out."
"Which is why we're going to help you." Ken said as he placed his hand on the bed, but felt something under the covers. He lifted the covers and took a look. "A pizza? Seriously?"
"Time to do the impossible. Time to clean Jackson's room." Miley said. All of them agreed to help out and started cleaning Jakson's room, but it was more of a challenge than they thought. Especially since Jackson was acting like a hoarder. He kept finding reasons not to throw something out.
"You've got to get rid of the fake skeleton. Why do you even need it?" Davis said.
"What if I decide to be a biology teacher?" Jackson said.
"You? A teacher? Yikes." Miley said. Jackson understood he had to do something about his room, but he was making it more difficult than it really needed to be. Davis grabbed a filled garbage bag and was about to toss it out, but Jackson grabbed it and tried to prevent him.
"Let go." Davis said.
"No. I need this stuff." Jackson said. They fought over it, but Davis lost and crashed against the junk. It caused a reaction in the room. The whole place was shaking like the mountains from a certain event.
"Avalanche!" Yolei said.
"You mean junk-alanche!" Davis said. All of them were getting out of there as fast they could before all that junk could fall on top of them and they were buried alive.
"Is everyone okay?" Miley said.
"My whole life just flash before my eyes." Yolei said.
"Jackson's life flashed before my eyes. That's because a photo album came falling out." Jesse said.
"See what you did, Jackson? You almost got all of us buried alive." Miley said.
"Me? Who told you guys to butt into my business in the first place?" Jackson said. "I was perfectly fine with how things were before you showed up."
"Perfectly fine?! Did you just not see what happened? What if you were in there sleeping or something?" Miley said.
"Wait. Where's Ken?" Davis said. All of them looked around and didn't see Ken. That's when they all had a bad thought.
"Ken!" Jesse called into Jackson's room. "Ken, are you still in there?!"
"Hello? Am I dead?" Ken said. Ken was buried somewhere in all that junk, but none of them could get through to him with the door being blocked. It was a good thing they could still hear him in there.
"No. It's Jesse. We all managed to make it out." Jesse said.
"Don't tell me that means I have to keep cleaning by myself." Ken said.
"Ken, can you get to the door?" Miley said.
"No. My leg is pinned down and I don't think I can get it free." Ken said.
"We've got to do something to get him out of there. He might not last long." Miley said.
"Hurry. I don't have any food in here." Ken said as he was worried he might be stuck in here for a long time. Ken looked around, but he spotted a little food. "Ooh. Chips."
"Don't eat anything!" Jesse, Miley, and Jackson called out, but it was too late as Ken grabbed one and took a bite out of it.
"Oh….my….god! Get me out of here!" Ken shouted.
"We have to do something now!" Yolei said.
"Look." Davis said as he found an opening in the doorway. "Maybe one of us can get through here. I'll go in and get him."
"No. That could actually be dangerous." Miley said.
"Miley's right." Jackson said. "This is really my mess. This is my mistake. So I'll be the one to fix it. Be right back." Jackson hurried off and he soon came right back with some rope. "Here. If there's a problem, you can pull us out with this."
"Good idea." Yolei said as they all tied one end around Jackson and Jackson started climbing in. He had to make it through his own junk. All of them were ready to pull them out when they had to.
"I got him! Try pulling us out!" Jackson called. All of them pulled as best as they could and they could see Ken and Jackson coming out.
"Ken, are you okay?" Davis said as they all helped him up.
"Yeah. I thought I was going to die in there." Ken said.
"Jackson, now do you see this has to be taken care of?" Miley said.
"Yeah." Jackson said as he was the one to admit defeat this time.
"Good. I actually know of a way that can help." Miley said. Jackson was curious as to what it was. That plan was to tie Jackson up and left him on the couch while the rest of them did the cleaning. That's just what Miley did and all Jackson did was sit there and wait for the next couple hours. "Okay!" She said as she came down. "It's all done."
"Thanks, Miley." Jackson said.
"Jackson, can I ask why you let your room get like that? You're a grown man now." Miley said.
"I know." Jackson said. "It's just….hard. It's hard living on your own. It might be nice to be on your own, but I guess it's also nice to have someone to help you keep your act in order. You wouldn't understand."
"Are you kidding? I have to take care of myself, my husband, and a teenager." Miley said. "I get that it might seem hard, but you just need to remember you're not alone. You've got me after all."
"Thanks, Miley." Jackson said and Miley actually hugged him. "So can you get me out of this? This not is a little tough." All Miley really did was pull one part and the whole thing came undone. Jackson decided to let that one slide and went on with Miley. When they got in there, they saw Jackson's room was spotless. "Wow! It actually looks nice. I like it. Thanks, guys."
"We're glad you like it." Jesse said.
"You'll see that it's much better to live like this." Yolei said.
"Yeah. Davis, take a lesson from this so you'll clean your room more often." Miley said, but Davis just laughed.
"Yeah right." Davis said.
"Wait. Left a coat hanger. I got it." Miley said as she grabbed it. She opened the closet, but more junk and such came falling out of it and right on top of her. "Jackson!"
"I told you it is hard!" Jackson said. Yes, it might be hard living on your own at times, but it ends up being easy when you have people to help out when you need it. Jackson learned that the filthy way.