A green portal opened up in the garage allowing Rick and Morty to come back to their house, "You know Morty, I think I finally have enough to create a ship like I used to have." Rick said holding a metal piece he found at a pawn shop. They spent the last three days moving from place to place to get the materials necessary.

"Gee Rick that would be cool!"

"Way cool Morty." Rick said going to sit at his desk. He started drawing his blueprints for his new ship. Beth already gave him the okay to be able to take apart the piece of junk car that was rotting in the garage. Morty walked toward his room, he figured he should attempt to find out what school work he missed the last three days. He stopped when he saw Jerry watching television and sat on the couch to watch as well.

"Dinner!" Beth yelled. Rick looked up from his blueprints, he never heard Beth come home let alone start dinner. He stood up stretching then started his way to the kitchen.

Beth had just sat down with her plate of food. Rick grabbed a plate that was sitting on the counter. The casserole dish sitting on the top of the stove held a suspicious looking food. Rick spooned a heaping helping of the suspicious food not caring to ask what it was. He ate everything he could imagine in space so whatever his daughter made, he could eat.

Jerry walked into the kitchen, followed by Morty.

Rick started to walk back to the garage wanting to start on his ship tonight, "Dad." Beth called out, "I've told you before, we eat at the table as a family for dinner."

He was about to complain but decided to just sit at the table. Rick wasn't much for rules but he knew to follow them when they benefited his needs. He walked over to the table dropping the plate on the table then grabbed the chair forcefully and sat down. Jerry sat at his typical spot of the head of the table, pulling out his tablet to play while he ate.

Morty was grabbing a glass from the cupboard.

"What's the difference between playing a game while eating or eating in front of the television?" Rick asked.

"Beth's rules." Jerry said still playing his game. "We all eat in here as a family for dinner."

"I-I-I notice Summer isn't here." Rick stated.

"I'm right here, get off my back." Summer said as she entered the kitchen. "Had to finish up my conversation."

"Who were you talking to?" Jerry asked.

"No one important." Summer quipped back.

"Summer has a booooyfriend!" Morty snickered while pouring juice.

"Shut up!" Summer retorted.

"What? It's obvious any time you have a boyfriend. The people down the street know!" Morty retorted.

"Morty don't instigate." Beth said.

"S-Su-Summer Morty's right. I even knew you wAURGH seeing someone and I've only been here for a few weeks." Rick stated.

"Summer when were you going to tell us? What's he like?" Jerry asked.

Summer was turning red, "Morty has been skipping school." She yelled.

"Why would you tell on me?" Morty whined, jumping at his sister. She stuck her arm out stopping him from being able to attack her.

"That's enough you two!" Beth yelled at the two kids. Beth turned to Rick, "Dad, you said you were taking him to school every morning."

"We had to make a pit stop. By the time we got back, it was too late."

"He needs to go to school dad."

"I don't want to go to school!" Morty complained then looked at his father. "Daaad."

"Listen to your mother." Jerry stated still playing his game.

"I-I-I think the kid is doing just fine. Give him a break." Rick stated.

"You haven't been here that long, you don't see his grades. He doesn't learn easily like most others his age dad."

"He learned more over that last week with me than he ever would in class."

"Dad, just because you went to college at eleven years old doesn't mean we all do." Beth said.

"Y-y-you know what? I did go to college at eleven and you know what else? I realized by fourteen that I wasted my life. I-I-I mean I went to school that whAUGHasted my valuable time and they taught me no-nothing. I made my first invention all on my own at fifteen and never looked back at school. Everything I learned, I learned on my own! I learned everything when I was on the streets! Not behind closed in walls!"

"This isn't the past dad. Kids need school to get good jobs."

"So he missed a little school. Trust me, they will have plenty more chances to brainwash the kid."

Beth took in a deep breath. "Dad, I'm okay with Morty going out with you, but he can't miss anymore school. I'm calling the school tomorrow and I'm going to have them call me when he doesn't come in. Sorry dad, but school's important."

Rick glowered, and then muttered under his breath, "Biggest load of brainwashing shit I've ever heard."

Morty went to school for the next two days while Rick worked on his spacecraft. He stood back and stared at his finished work, it was perfect. Now he just had to take it for a test drive.

"Morty!" Rick yelled from the garage. He waited but never got an answer. He walked out of the garage. "Morty? Beth? Summer?" Rick turned the corner to see Jerry vacuuming.

Jerry let out a screech dropping the vacuum. "Take whatever you want! The safe number is 1-2-3-4!"

"Where's everyone?" Rick asked crossing his arms. He couldn't help but notice a dumb bandanna that was tied around his dumb son-in-law's head like a housewife.

"Oh hi Rick, I forgot you were home." Jerry said. "Morty and Summer are at School and Beth's at work."

Rick grunted and walked off.

"Do you need help with something?" Jerry asked.

"No." Rick said walking back to the garage.

Rick looked up the address to Morty's school. Once he found the information he needed, he started his way out the house following his GPS to the school. Rick looked up at the large brick building. He walked into the front door looking around.

"Can I help you?" An aging woman asked sitting at the front.

"Are you the only security they have in the school?" Rick asked. How could they keep Morty safe in a place with one old woman keeping an eye? He could have taken her down easily.

"All of us teachers take turns." The woman said. "It's my turn right now. How may I help you?"

"I need to take Morty Smith out of school."

"Then you will need the office, two doors down on the left." The woman said.

"Thanks." Rick said stuffing his GPS in his coat. So that was it? She was going to let him walk into this school. Some security system they had. Probably didn't even have an anti-portal system to ensure someone didn't come in through the bathrooms.

He walked into the front office to find a young secretary typing. Rick waited for several minutes before she looked up, "How can I help you?"

"I'm looking to take Mortimer Smith out of school early."

"Can I have your name?" The woman asked.

"Rick Sanchez."

The woman typed into her computer, "Do you have a form of ID?"

"No, is there anyway else I can get him out?"

She pursed her lips tightly as she read something on the computer, "I'm sorry sir but he has a strict warning on his record. Only his parents, Beth Smith and Jerry Smith, can take him out of school."

"Okay, we got off on the wrong foot." Rick said trying to lean against the counter, playing it cool, "I need to take Morty out of school because his parents…got into a bad car accident."

"I need a doctor's note." the woman said.

"So there's nothing at all I can do? His parents are in real bad shape. The doctor said they might not make it. Their dying wish was to see their son one more time. It would really help them to know their son is safe."

"He's safe here. I'm sorry, I can't help you. The strict warning is against his grandfather. You can't take him out of school. Now please leave or you will be escorted off the premise by the police."

"Police? I'm not afraid of them!" Rick yelled.

The woman picked up her phone dialing a number, "Please come to the office, I need someone to be escorted out. Thanks."

"Fine sheesh, I think I left the doctor's note in the car." Rick said knocking over the pen holder that was sitting on the counter. He was able to sneak a pen into his sleeve while doing so. Then pushed a stack of papers over, slipping a piece of paper in his sleeve. He left the office, noting the cops walking down the hall toward the office. He walked toward the door. Once outside pulled out the pen and paper from his lab coat. He started to scribble a note down on the paper before going back inside. The cops were at the door, "Stop right there."

"I found the note. I forgot I had it for a second, must have slipped my mind." Rick said handing them the note.

The officers looked at it, then walked toward the office. Rick followed close behind, he watched as the officers hand the secretary the note. Her eyes widened and she jumped up quickly, "I'll go get him immediately. I'm sorry."

"You should be. Let's just hope they aren't dead yet or it's your butt I'll be suing." Rick said going for his flask in his lab coat. He started to move it out of his coat noticing the officers staring at him. He set it back inside his coat.

The woman walked off. Morty came running into the office a few minutes later, "What's going on? Are mom and dad okay?" he asked panicked.

"It's time to go." Rick said grabbing Morty's arm.

"Rick! Where are mom and dad? Why are they in the hospital?" Morty yelled.

"Morty I need your help." He ushered the kid into the spaceship's passenger door. Then went around to his own getting in.

"What's going on Rick? Are mom and dad alright?" Morty asked.

"What? Why wouldn't they be alright? Come on Morty, I need to test drive the new ship."

"So they're alright?"

"Yes, they're fine. Why are you so upset?" Rick started up the ship.

"So you lied?"

"Yeah." Rick lifted the ship into the sky and started to drive out of the atmosphere.

"I can't believe you would lie about mom and dad like that!"

"What? I had to get you out of school. I'll try to make a portal next time; I doubt they have a shield against portals anyways."

"You…I was freaking out thinking they were dead and you lied to me!"

"Yes, I lied Morty! Get over it! They are fine. No harm, no foul." Rick was happy with the ship's movements so far. His copilot on the other hand was annoying him.

"I can't help test drive anything right now Rick. I'm very behind in school."

"It's Friday. You can catch up over the weekend. Not like school is going to help you."

Morty crossed his arms, "Fine, but no more lying about mom and dad being hurt."

"Fine."

"You promise?"

"Sure Morty, whatever. I promise I won't lie about them dying anymore." Rick rolled his eyes, like a promise ever meant anything before.

Morty was watching the stars fly by as they drove. Rick was naming them off as he passed them giving little blurbs about each one's history. Some stories included wars between planets on who would own what star.

"I just don't get it Rick."

"What?"

"Why would you want to own a star? What does that do for you?"

"Tax people on heat and such. Most of them have been taken from the federation. They tax this shit out of everyone for the heat the star produces."

A large ship flew above them making the two look up. It cast a shadow over the small ship the two were in. "What's that Rick?"

Rick groaned.

"What?"

"I avoid him whenever I can." Rick looked around his dashboard, "This was a test run to see if it flew, I haven't put in anything to get away faster."

A booming voice spoke through the speaker system. "Still primitive huh? I was able to hack your system like it's no issue. Don't try to escape from me now! I'll just find you. Come aboard!" The speaker system cut out.

"Who's that?" Morty asked.

"My biological father." Rick stated.

"You're...what?" Morty asked.

To be continued...

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