'Can you three give it a rest? I want some peace and quiet for once today,' I thought angrily. I threw my arm over my eyes, quite exhausted from the whole day.
"Getting rid of us isn't that easy," MG snapped back.
"Oh, MG, don't be so harsh. He deserves a little peace and quiet. After all, he has been listening to us all day," Shoe said.
Mg grumbled incoherently, but didn't say anything more.
Aki sighed. "Alright. Quiet now."
'Thank you.' I sighed. Finally, some quiet. I replayed every movement of the whole day. Nothing was making sense. I wondered if Jack came up with any answers yet.
"Hey, Crutch. You okay?" a concerned voice asked.
I moved my arm to peer at the owner of the voice. It was Skittery. I assumed he had just bathed, his suspenders hanging down his sides and no shirt on. That and the wet hair was a huge clue. His head was cocked to the side as he stared down at me.
"I'm going to have a heart attack. Tell me I'm seeing things, just tell me I'm seeing things!" MG exclaimed.
I rolled my eyes. 'Great. You have the hots for Skittery, don't you?' I thought while saying, "Yeah. I'm fine."
"MG, calm down," Shoe replied.
"Nope. Not seeing things. It's a wonderfully, half naked Skittery," Aki commented. I could only picture those two drooling over him.
"Darnit! I can't touch him. Oh the things I would do to him," Glory continued.
"I don't believe this is Shoe-rated anymore," Shoe pointed out.
Aki laughed. "True. On both accounts," she said, referring to both Glory and Shoe's statements.
While all this was going on, Skittery just looked at me funny. "Okay. If you say so," he replied skeptically. He shook his head and walked away.
"No! Come back!" MG screamed.
I sat up, slapping a hand over my mouth. I couldn't have just said that. No way. Everyone was staring at me with disbelief and confusion. MG must have screamed so loud in my head, I must have yelled it too.
Skittery stopped and turned to face me. "What?" he asked, half confused half scared.
"Nothing," I squeaked. I reached for my crutch and started for the door. I knew all eyes were on me; I could feel their stares on my back.
"Good going, MG. Now you've made him look like a fool. Poor, Crutchy. He is probably embarrassed," Shoe declared.
"This is not my fault in anyway! I just wanted Skittery to came back so I could stare at the god-like figure," MG expressed dreamily.
Aki snickered. "But you screamed so loud that it came out of Crutchy's mouth."
'Thanks. Thanks a lot,' I thought to them, trying to hurry my way out of the lodging house. 'Great, now what am I supposed to do?"
"Find Jack. He'll know what to do," Shoe replied comfortingly.
'Oh yeah. Because he was such a help last time.'
"Well, maybe he came up with something?"
"Not likely with Stress up there," Aki joked.
'Well, at least there is only one of you in his head," I thought to them.
"Well, you're lucky it's us and not Stress," MG muttered.
'Fine, fine. Then where do you suggest I find him?'
"I don't know. Try the Jacobs' house. He's probably trying to get Sarah to-"
"MG! That's enough already!" Shoe interrupted.
"Okay you two, settle down. Let's just be quiet for a minute so Crutchy can figure this all out," Aki said.
I rolled my eyes. 'Oh, thanks so much,' I thought sarcastically.
"Everything is going to be fine, Crutchers. No worries," Shoe consoled.
'Right. No worries.' I sighed as I made my way slowly down the dark street. I sure hoped Jack was at Davey's. and I hoped to God he had figured something out.