Ahh… boy am I tired! But I love Jojo enough to be up this late writing about how much I hate that bastard Chairman…sigh… So here we go! Not many people reviewed last time, let's try harder, hmm?

One of the first things Jojo noticed about the Goth beneath him was the big, white bandage that covered her face. He could see the smallest bit of blood behind it, but the bandage looked as if it had been changed recently. And that meant that it had to be a recent injury; that made him instantly curious.

"Um, Twy," A new voice said from above the two Who's, "Who's this?" Kevin stood grinning above Twyla and Jojo.

"Oh!" Jojo quickly got off of the Goth that was underneath him and helped her to her feet. "Hi, um, I'm Jojo." He held out his hand for the tall man to shake.

"Kevin," He said firmly, releasing the small boy's hand, "Do I know you from somewhere?"

Jojo looked at the man's blue hair, "I highly doubt it, I think I would remember you." He chuckled to himself.

"Oh yeah," Kevin chuckled with him, "Most people do; or they force themselves to forget."

Twyla laughed with the two boys before turning back to Jojo, "It seems like every time we see each other, we fall down. Is this is gonna be a regular thing, for my health's sake, I might have to avoid you." She giggled.

Jojo chuckled, even though the thought made him feel a little uneasy inside, "Yeah, I guess."

"So, how do you two know each other?" Kevin asked curiously.

"Oh, he's my partner at school," Twyla spoke, "I met him yesterday." She smiled at Jojo, he smiled back.

"Yeah," Jojo said, "We're partners for the invention project; the one that ends during the Christmas parties."

"Wait, wait, wait!" Kevin nearly yelled, "You're goin' to school now? You mean, you're goin' to Whoville High?"

"Yes?" It came out of Twyla's mouth sounding like a question. She was hesitant because of the urgency in Kevin's now stressed voice.

"Damn," Kevin placed his hand on his neck, "Do you not se—"

"Twyla! Dearie, where in Whoville have you been?" Laylia Whodad walked up to her daughter with a worried look on her face, "Good God, Sweetie we were so worried! When you weren't at breakfast we just about died!" She hugged her daughter tightly, Twyla looked urgently at Jojo and mouthed "Help me." He nodded.

"Um, hi," Jojo stuck his hand out for Mrs. Whodad to shake, "I'm Jojo, Twyla's partner for school." He tried his best to force out a kind smile, and it seemed to work.

"Pleasured, I'm sure." The woman smiled in return. "Is it your doing that my daughter was not home?"

"I—"

"No, mom, gosh." Twyla hopped out of her mother's hands, "I didn't think it would be a big deal if I left early to study with a friend from school, okay? Please don't blame him." She laughed.

"I see," Laylia said suspiciously, "but you need to come home this in—"

"Actually, ma'am," Jojo spoke up. "Twyla and I are supposed to be working on the inventions project. For the Christmas celebration?"

"Yeah," Twyla cut in, "That's why I left so early, we really want to win." She smiled sweetly, her bandage crumbling some, which hurt her cut…but she made no note of it.

"Oh, well," Laylia did not want to make a scene of it, "Fine, but be home by dinner. Good day, dear. Mr. Jojo." As she left she pulled out her phone and dialed as she walked away.

"Thank you so much," Twyla wiped sweat of her forehead, "I was a little worried there. Hey, where did Kevin go?" She looked around for her friend.

"Right here," He came out from his hiding place, "I couldn't let your mom see me. So what—"

"What do you mean, 'couldn't let her mother see you?'" Jojo asked curiously, "Not to be rude—"

"No, it's fine." Twyla cut in, "My mom and I don't exactly get along, so I kinda keep my friends a secret from her, ya know?" She laughed, "She's been like that ever since—actually I don't know what happened that day." She looked confused.

"What day?" Kevin and Jojo asked at the same time.

"Last year," The Goth shrugged, "During the Whosentenial. My dad went berserk and had me and my mom, like, take cover. Then my mom left me in the underground storage area to check on my dad. Neither of them came back for like the whole day. It was weird." She looked at the two boys staring at her with dropped jaws, "What?" Twyla asked hesitantly.

"You don't know what happened on May 16th?" Jojo asked in a dazed voice, "How could you not know?"

"Yeah, Bra," Kevin replied, frowning, "Everyone was there…Where did you say you were?" He raised an eyebrow.

"My dad sent me and my mom to the underground storage areas—why?" The Goth rocked back and forth on her heels.

"Why did he do that?" Jojo answered her question with one of his own.

"Well, he said th—"

"Hey, Jojo!" The Mayor walked up to his son, smiling hugely, "Hey, do you know where I can find your mother?" Ned reached Jojo and got onto one knee as to see him better, his eyes glanced in Twyla's direction and he smiled. "Hello there, and who might you be?" The question shocked Ned; he was supposed to know every Who in Whoville, why didn't here know this one?

"Dad, this is, um, Twyla." Jojo blushed slightly, "My partner for school."

"Hi," The young girl shook hands with the Mayor, "It's a pleasure to meet you." Now, just so you, Twyla was not aware that this was the Mayor. Nor did she know that Jojo was the son of said Mayor. But that was not about to come up.

"Ah, the pleasure is all mine, Twyla." Ned smiled, and turned back to his son. "So where's your mother, I need to check in with her about a few things."

"Um, I thought that they were all in the food court."Jojo looked uncomfortable; he glanced at Kevin who was pretending to read a magazine on a bench nearby. "But I think a few may have wandered off." He shrugged.

"Okay then," Ned rose to his feet, "Well, I'll just go look. It was nice to meet you Twyla." He leaned back down to whisper in Jojo's ear, "She's pretty cute son; nice work."

Jojo blushed as his father walked away.

"So," Jojo looked up as Kevin walked back over, "Why do you keep doing that?"

"Um," Kevin chuckled, "It's just that—"

"I'm not exactly allowed to have friends," Twyla cut in, "And h—"

"Wait," Jojo said quickly, "You can't have friends? Why?"

"Well," The Goth chuckled, "That's kinda a long story…" She trailed off.

"And we will finish that story somewhere your mother can't hear us." Kevin said, wearing a fake looking smile as he nodded his head slightly to the left. "Let's go."

Mrs. Whodad

"I'm telling you, Von," Laylia spoke urgently into her Whophone, "It was the Mayor's son! The smallest one, Jojo! He's Twyla's partner for school… Who only knows what she'll find out while being around that boy!"

"Well," The Chairman spoke from the other line, "We can't go and tell her not to be friends with the kid, she'll suspect something." He sighed, "Just watch them…Very carefully. You never know who could know about her. The only reason we put her into school is so she wouldn't think we were trying to hide her…Now I think that may have been a bad choice."

"No, no, no!" Laylia yelled, "At least she won't suspect anything! At least, I hope she won't…"

The McDodds…

"Sally! Hey," Ned walked up to his wife and daughters, "I was looking for you and I ran into Jojo and his, um," He lowered his voice, "Girlfriend."

"I KNEW IT! Did you hear that, Holly!?"

"YES! Ohmigawd, I would have never guessed!"

"Did you hear, Jenna?!"

"No, what?!"

And so on and so forth…

"And?" Sally said, rising to stand next to her husband. She smiled.

"She's, um, a keeper. I guess. But I've never seen her before, ever." The Mayor said to her, "It's just weird, not knowing someone, ya know? Maybe it's because I'm Mayor, it's my job." He chuckled.

"Well, honey," His wife said kindly, "You should relax, just have a seat and I'll get you something to eat. Then we can talk about this and whatever you came to tell me. Okay?" She walked away to get him some food, leaving him with the girls.

"DADDY! Is it true!? I wanna hear the deets!" One of his daughters ran up to him, tugging on his blue coat.

"Um, listen sweetie," Ned chuckled uncomfortably, "That's Jojo's business, not yours. You'll have to ask him, okay?"

"Well, you and mom seem to have no problem talking about Jojo's life." Another commented.

"Yeah, daddy! We're all a family here, right!?"

"Um, you need to ask Jojo about this, girls…" Ned tried to smile, "I'm sure he'd love to talk to all of you about this!" He lied through his teeth.

"You're kidding, right?" Sally said sarcastically as she sat down and passed the food to Ned.

Yeah, there you go. I'm working on the ending right now… The finally, you could say. That's why I haven't updated in forever. SO SORRY!
Peace, Love, Vampires, and WHO'S!!!!

~Lyllith