Chapter 4
Disclaimer: As previously stated, I do not own any songs mentioned or sung.
Shaun woke up in the guest room at Clark and Shayna's house. He then got up and walked downstairs to see Clark sitting in his wheelchair while Shayna stood in front of him and kissed him.
"I'm off to work," Shayna said. "You and Shaun behave yourselves."
"We will," Clark said.
Shayna kissed her husband and walked out of the door. Shaun then walked over to his friend.
"Good morning, Max," Shaun said.
"Good morning, Shaun," Clark said. "I see you're wearing your favorite socks."
"I love my socks," Shaun said.
Clark rolled his wheelchair over to the couch and carefully got out, sat down, and propped his casted legs on the coffee table. Shaun walked over and sat beside him.
"How did you sleep?" Clark asked.
"Good," Shaun said.
"I've been meaning to ask you," Clark said. "How's Dr. Glassman?"
"His surgery was a success," Shaun replied.
Clark could see Shaun looked upset.
"Hey," Clark said softly. "Why the long face?"
"Dr. Glassman is losing his memory," Shaun said.
"Oh, Shaun," Clark said. "I'm so sorry."
"He didn't remember my brother's name," Shaun said.
Clark patted his left shoulder.
"Rest your head on my shoulder," Clark said.
"No thank you," Shaun said.
"Shaun," Clark said.
"Maybe for a little bit," Shaun said, resting his head on Clark's shoulder.
"It's going to be okay," Clark said, ruffling Shaun's hair with his hand.
"Steve used to do that when I was upset," Shaun said.
"Paul used to ruffle my hair when I was upset," Clark said.
An hour later, Shaun pushed Clark's wheelchair down a sidewalk.
"Isn't Long Beach great?" Clark asked.
"Sure," Shaun said.
"Doesn't it make you want to…" Clark started to ask.
"I'm not moving here," Shaun said.
"Worth a shot," Clark said.
"Where are we going?" Shaun asked.
"There's this karaoke diner down the street," Clark replied.
"Max," Shaun said. "Why can't we just do YouTube karaoke at your house?"
"Because YouTube karaoke get boring after a while," Clark replied.
"Never start a sentence with because," Shaun said.
"Who are you?" Clark asked. "The Grammar Police?"
Shaun began running as he pushed Clark's wheelchair. Clark threw his hands in the air and excitedly cheered.
"I am having fun," Shaun said.
"Me too!" Clark cheered.
Later at the karaoke diner, Clark and Shaun sang Rosanna by Toto horribly off key.
"Meet you all the way!" the two friends belted out. "Rosanna, yeah! Meet you all the way! Meet you all the way! Meet you all the way! Meet you all the way! Rosanna, yeah!"
Everyone in the restaurant booed.
"Hey!" Clark shouted. "Why are you booing us? Especially you, guy who sounds like Darth Vader!"
"Come on, Max," Shaun said, walking towards their table. "I'm hungry."
Clark rolled his wheelchair over to the table.
"Ignore the booers," Clark said. "You and I rocked that song!"
"I want a hamburger and fries," Shaun said.
"They do not serve hamburgers here," Clark said.
"They do not?" Shaun asked.
"They serve steak burgers," Clark said. "There is a difference."
"I know," Shaun said.
A male waiter walked over to them.
"You guys ready?" the server asked.
"I want the triple steak burger with cheese and extra onions and tater tots instead of fries," Clark said. "And a Dr. Pepper to drink."
"I want the triple steak burger with no cheese and no onions," Shaun said. "And do you have Sprite?"
"We have 7up," the waiter replied.
"I only like Sprite," Shaun said. "So I'll just have Dr. Pepper."
"Okay," the waiter said, reaching for the menus.
"Do not take the menus," Clark and Shaun said at the exact same time.
"Whoa," the waiter said. "Why do siblings do that?"
"Siblings?" Shaun asked.
"You guys are brothers, right?" the waiter asked.
"Yes," Clark replied. "We are brothers."
"Cool," the waiter said before walking off.
Clark smiled at Shaun, who smiled back. Shaun then patted himself on the head.