Omg! I can't believe I'm actually updating after all this time! x0 But truth be told, I just felt super guilty after reading all the nice reviews! (cries) Plus I don't want to post any of my other fanfiction until I've completely uploaded the whole story. Just last night I went through my notebook and revised all eleven chapters.

I'd like to thank all my nice reviewers

Chapter 3

Sitting by Lettuce's bedroom window, Pai finally became bored of memorizing the human household dictionary. He'd read it three times in the last hour, and only skimmed through the other books on her shelf. He was surprised to learn she read travel guides in her spare time.

It was Sunday morning, and Lettuce had claimed she had several errands to attend to. Pai tried to fly again, but something must've still been wrong with the generator, because he nearly crippled himself on a wooden chair doing so. He cursed Kisshu and Taruto for being so lazy, and went to rummage through the pantry, after briefly wondering why they needed a generator in the first place.

Four minutes and a bowl of cereal later, Pai sat down on the living room couch to watch television. Lettuce had done a pretty good job of cleaning, he noticed, as he dully examined the cute little stuffed animals that lined the walls. Their beady black eyes most definitely glistened with malice.

Around 11 o' clock, Pai became tired of watching talk show reruns, and looked through the videos in Lettuce's movie cabinet. He'd read about video players in the dictionary, so he finally figured out how to run one.

Skipping over a couple little kid movies property of Lettuce's brother, he came across several unlabeled tapes. Curiosity got the best of him, and he found himself shoving the tape in. The television screen was fuzzy for a minute before a faded image began to appear. The purple-haired alien squinted.

It was of a young woman holding the hand of a smiling child with green hair. The woman's face flickered in and out of the screen, but Pai correctly assumed she was Mrs. Midorikawa. The resemblance was kinda scary. Holding a stuffed elephant in her arms, young Lettuce was grinning from ear to ear.

"So, Lettuce, are you ready for school?" a male voice asked. Mr. Midorikawa.

"Yep! Lettuce replied eagerly, hugging her mother's leg. "Mommy went to school, too, right? I wanna be just like her when I grow up!" Pai smiled slightly, watching them talk some more. She was pretty cute when-

Pai immediately grabbed hold of his head and hit it against the glass coffee table, trying to clear his mind. He was completely unused to having a second voice in his head constantly disagree with him.

Mind-readers. Definitely body snatchers, or something of the like. Or maybe he was just paranoid. . .

When he heard the sound of a doorknob being turned, though, Pai hurriedly turned off the TV. He was putting away the cassette just as Lettuce stepped through the open door.

Luckily, she was also carrying several shopping bags and didn't see him right away.

"Oh, hi, Pai-san!" Lettuce said pleasantly, placing the bags on the floor.

"Hi," Pai said coolly. He was now lying on the couch, trying to look as passive as possible. His passiveness caused his cereal bowl to tip over, though, so he kicked that under the couch.

"I got you some things at the store, since you might be here a while," Lettuce said nervously, bringing several shopping bags over. Pai raised an eyebrow, but took them anyway.

Only seconds later the phone rang, and Lettuce hastily snatched the portable phone off the receiver on the wall.

"Midorikawa residence, Lettuce Midorikawa speaking," Lettuce responded automatically, and fell silent as the person on the other end spoke. "Oh! Hello, yes, yes, I'm fine. . .No, not at all. It's quite all right. She said that? No, it's fine. Thank you very much, goodbye."

Pai looked up, suddenly interested. "Who was that?"

Lettuce looked down, slightly embarassed. "It was Shirogane-san. He wanted to know why I wasn't at work today."

Pai stiffened slightly, his mood mysteriously darkening. "I didn't know you two were going out," he said, dead calm.

She blushed and shook her head furiously. "Of course we aren't! I don't like him like that, and besides, everyone knows he likes-" "But you kissed him," Pai said, still doubtful.

"That was ages ago," Lettuce stammered, and Pai let the subject drop. He returned to the bag.

Pai took out a long black t-shirt, black pants, some socks, and a bunch of other stuff piled together.

Lettuce looked away, completely avoiding his eyes. "I don't spy on you or anything, really! I kinda guessed on everything, since you're probably a head or so taller than me. I just asked a salesperson, and. . ."

Pai pulled out a long floaty thing.

"And I even got you floaty ribbons!" Lettuce exclaimed triumphantly, proudly pulling out another floaty thing. "I honestly haven't the slightest clue as to why you have them, so I got some."

Silence ensued.

"OhandIgotyousomeboxersandstuffsomaybeyoucangotryonyourclothesormaybeyoucouldborrowmydadsclothesorsomethingIgottagobye," Lettuce breathed, before rushing off to the bathroom looking as though she'd puke.