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Well... I wasn't expecting it to turn out like this. I also got a bit lazy at the ending.

Chapter 4

Snot the Snob

"I need a break!" Laina wailed.

"You do have breaks Laina, every second day when Brydon takes over," Cyber answered, knowing her friend was going to explode.

"Well... I haven't had my lunch break yet! Besides, I haven't seen a single piece of paperwork all day. What are my workers doing?"

Cyber watched as Laina paced along the cold hard floor of her office building. It had been a week since the Bubbles incident and since then Laina and Brydon had formed an uneasy but still fairly stable partnership. Brydon was doing fine, but Laina was still complaining despite the fact that fifty percent of the work had been taken off her stress level.

Cyber sighed and intervened with the one millionth time Laina was pacing. Laina looked up with a questioning look.

"Look, will it be better if I take over for about three hours while you go and calm down. Seriously, you need it," Cyber offered.

Laina smiled for the first time that week. "Really, you mean it?"

Cyber nodded. "Of course I do. Besides, I need to take my mind off a few things. I'm sure these workers will do just that."

Laina eagerly ran out the door. Cyber stared after her with a pure look of confusion on her face. She could never figure the eccentric actions of her friend. Though she knew it was most probably best that way. She turned around just in time to see a football smash the window at the side of the building. She ran to the now broken window and peered down to the large courtyard below.

"Ugh... Oh man! I should've known!" Cyber rolled her eyes and stared at the blue imaginary friend below. "Aren't you supposed to be down at City Point or something like that Bloo?"

"Well yeah... But I got a few days off because of Green Slime Bucket's lack of war making heck lately," Bloo replied smugly. He was obviously happy about the new change in plan. "Now, if you don't mind I'm just gonna-"

"Oh no you don't!" Cyber yelled. She ran out the doors and took the elevator to the ground floor. She hurried out of Laina and Brydon's work station and into the courtyard where Bloo was. Bloo noticed her angrily charging towards him and began to make a dash out of the courtyard. Unfortunately for him, Cyber's legs were a lot stronger and faster than he was, so he was snatched up in an instant.

"What do you want with me?" Bloo wailed.

"You're in time out. You are going to fix that broken window!" Cyber ordered. She smirked as Bloo's eyes widened in terror.

Laina grasped her order of a chocolate milkshake in her hand as she went to sit down at one of the many tables outside the small shop. There weren't many people there due to them all being busy. However, there were more people than usual. She wondered about it for a couple of minutes before pushing it to the back of her mind. She sighed as she heard someone pull out the seat beside her and sit down. She looked up, rolled her eyes and grunted.

"Now is that any way to greet your work partner?"

Laina raised her eyebrow. "How do you suggest I greet you then?"

"Simple, you just say hello," Brydon informed.

Laina's eyebrow rose slightly higher. "If you knew me you wouldn't even be trying to change the way I am."

Brydon shrugged. "It was worth a shot. So, who's covering for you?"

Laina smiled. "Cyber is. She offered to help me. She said she needed to take a load off her mind."

"LAINA!"

"Uh oh, it's Katya..." Laina mumbled.

"Who?" Brydon inquired.

"Katya. She's my best friend, but she's started to get on my nerves. It all started at the beginning of last year. I transferred to Pokey Oakes Junior High. She would call constantly and never leave me alone. When I got new friends she would become jealous. Nobody at her school likes her very much. I wanted to be nice to her, so I made friends with her. She had one other friend but she called her the "Big Fat Loser." Then I just couldn't take it. I tried not being her friend, but she wouldn't listen to me. She still thinks we are the best of friends. Oh, shut up, here she comes."

"Laina! We were supposed to be going on a shopping spree today!" Katya exclaimed. She looked like she was going to go to a party with her ice blue tank top on, black pants and high heeled shoes. Her curly, shoulder length, red hair was the complete opposite. It was bouncing around everywhere.

Laina just stared at the nicely groomed girl with a what-the-hell-are-you-talking-about-you-freak expression. "... Say what?"

"You know... The shopping trip where I was going to try on stylish clothes and look absolutely fabulous in them while you watched! The one we planned four months in advance!" Katya replied.

'What a stuck up snob...' Brydon thought. 'I never thought I'd ever say this, but I actually feel sorry for Laina.

"Oh yeah... The one that you wanted to be on my mother's birthday and I had to convince you to reschedule. The one where I would have to carry your bags. The one where I would have to listen to you whine about my taste in clothes. The one that was planned BEFORE FUSE INVADED!" Laina shouted, her voice getting louder with every word.

Katya just stared at Laina with a mixture of fear and anger in her eyes. "Yeah, what's your point?"

BIG mistake.

"MY POINT IS THAT YOU'RE PUTTING YOUR NEEDS BEFORE THE ENTIRE WORLD!" Laina looked as if her head would explode any minute.

"... Well some of us still have to look beautiful and stylish while the other slave their life away."

That was enough for Brydon. He stood up next to Laina and crossed his arms. "Listen you spoilt brat, go to your stupid shopping spree. You can buy anything you want except friends. They've banned you from that shop for mistreating every single friend they've sold to you!"

Katya stood there in stunned silence for a few seconds before running away. Laina laughed her head off as she watched her ex-friend run away. "Nice work Brydon."

Brydon smiled as he gave a still laughing Laina a high five. Maybe hanging out with Laina wasn't so bad after all.

Katya represents a girl I have been friends with for a long time. Just to let you know, the thing about the other friend and the 'Big Fat Loser' thing is real. She actually said that. What Laina said about Katya is basically what I would have said about my 'friend.' The description of her appearance there is an exact replica of her.