"If you don't try it, how do you KNOW you won't like it?" Kate asked, attempting to get a 5-year-old to eat a spoonful of mushed, orange goop.
"Blech!" He replied, and threw the spoon away, in disgust.
"Well, well, well." Mathe said, leaned against the side of the hallway, his arms crossed, and a very smug grin on his face. "The token girl caring for the children. It's about time you recognize you're god-given biological role."
"Cute." Kate sighed, and poured another spoonful, before futilely trying to get the child to eat it. "Is that supposed to offend me, or are all those big words supposed to confuse me? 'Cause either way, it's not working."
"You're supposed to be offended." Matheo sighed.
"Well, I don't see how caring for others is an estrogen-ridden act, and quite frankly, I don't care."
"I don't care about your face." Matheo shot back, pulling down his bottom eyelid to show it's veiny inside.
The child laughed, hysterically, and fell on the floor, laughing.
"Whaddya know?" Matheo said, incredulous. "He likes me!"
"hE liKeS mE" Kate mimicked. "I'm getting paid to make sure this kid doesn't explode, so would you quit getting in my way?"
"PAID?" Matheo asked, shoving the kid out of the way, and sitting next to Kate. "How much? Come on, pony up the details!"
"Okay, you can never make fun of my weird sayings again, after you just said 'pony up.' "
"I'm still gonna make fun of you."
"Not if I can help it."
"How much is she paying you, sis?"
"It's a 'he.' "
"I don't CARE." Matheo said, clapping his hands to every syllable. "How much are you being PAID?"
"15$ an hour." Kate said, sticking her tongue out at him.
"HOLY MOOLA!" Matheo yelled, absolutely ecstatic. "This lady's LOADED! We gotta convince her to give use more!"
"For the last time, it's a guy."
"Couldn't care less... I've got an idea."
Matheo activated his Optitrix, and slammed down the core, transforming into ArmsGuy.
"Woah." The kid said, awestruck. "How'd you do that?
"Uh... " ArmsGuy scratched his head. "Magic...?"
"Good enough." Kate said.
"HOLY COW!" The kid said. "I wanna do that!"
"Uh, well that's the thing, kid." Kate said, picking the kid up, and seating him back on the couch. "Look, sometimes there's this thing called 'showbusiness,' where you pretend to do stuff, you know?"
"So... He didn't really transform?" The kid asked, incredibly disappointed.
Kate looked at ArmsGuy, who was only mouthing 'money.' "No. He didn't."
ArmsGuy facepalmed.
"Awww..." The kid's face drooped.
"... Is what I would say if I was lame!" Kate finished, pretending to be energetic.
"I KNEW it! He DID transform! AWESOME!"
Suddenly, the doorbell rang, and the mom of the kid walked into the house, holding her purse.
"Oh, Katherine, I tell you that was the most lovely movie my husband and I have ever-" She stopped, and stared at ArmsGuy. "AAAAIIIIIIIEEEEE!" She screamed at the top of her lungs.
"Uh, I don't suppose we could... Dock a couple bucks off my pay?" Kate asked, hopefully.
In response, the lady grabbed her kid, and kicked Kate in the knees, before sprinting out of the house, into her car, and drove away, still screaming.
"Wow. What a close-minded individual, right, Kate?" ArmsGuy asked, shrugging nervously.
"Matheo. I'm gonna give you... A TEN SECOND HEAD START."
"Oh no." Matheo said, as Kate mutated her legs into XLR8's, her left arm into HandyMan's, her right into DiamondHead's, and her chest into CannonBolt's.
"... Before I kill you." Kate finished, glaring at him.
"Yeah, okay, bye!" Matheo said running off, as Kate chased after him, yelling.
