Author's Note:
Now, in this chapter, Maude finds out that Archie Bunker wrote an especially disparging and insulting message on Dorothy's blog and she gets incensed. This leads into a heated family discussion which ends with Maude losing her temper and venting her seething rage on poor Omari, which leaves him severely hurt. Maude feels guilty for unleashing her foul temper on her adopted young son and wants to apologize for her actions. This and the next following chapter will demonstrate some fluff moments between Omari and Maude and of their loving and tender relationship towards one another. There are also some references to the Maude show as well. This chapter is also a long longer than the previous two but it clearly demonstrates the special and strong bond between the two species. Now you can understand where I got some of the ideas for "Maude's Tuckahoe Saga" in the first place. As a matter of fact, these series of anecdotes were the ones that inspired me to start the fanfiction in the first place. Oh yeah, and be noteful of some of the foul language that might be depicted in this chapter.
As always, enjoy! R.P.
Why The Hell Did Archie Write A Hateful Message On Dorothy's Blog?
Damn Archie to hell!! I cannot believe he would write such an awful message on Dorothy's blog and not have the balls to tell me about it! I was so furious! I went to Dorothy's web page this morning to see if there were any messages on how her lunch date with Simba and her dinner date with Celeste went and I found nothing so far - I wonder what's keeping her - and that was when I happened upon that godforsaken message on her blog. I'll personally report this to the administrator if I have to.
I ended up complaining to Walter and Carol about it and this is what they had to say: "Mother, you're working yourself up over this. Get some sleep and you'll deal with it in the morning," says Carol. Walter: "What's the big deal between you and Archie? Especially about that message he posted on Dorothy's blog? Carol's right; just relax, retire to bed and you'll send a message to Archie in the morning."
Funny I suppose, that little Omari happened to walk in onto that conversation and he said to me, "Maude, why do you hate Uncle Archie so much? Don't you think you two should try to be friends?" Well, I was so upset and irate over the whole mess that I turned on Omari and berated him out of the room like the mad, possessive woman I was: "Go to your goddamn room and do not come out until I tell you to! Out! Out! OUT YOU FUCKING INGRATE!" I chased him out as if he were nothing more than a house cat and I stormed out of Walter's room and elected to sleep on the couch, not wanting to be humiliated by being thrown out of our bedroom.
Now I'm typing on the laptop Walter gave me for Christmas and Omari has cautiously prowled into the living room stealthily and I watched him lurk within the shadows and slink closer and closer as his visage became more evident and emerged out into the open. He was studying and keeping watch over my steady and vigilant gaze as he snuck closer and closer to my sofa and finally he pounced into the air and settled uneasily onto my lap with his fur frazzled and stiff, his taut and restrained muscles controlling his every move, his every being gearing him up to flee at the first sign of trouble.
His dark, black marble eyes darted to and fro nervously as his ears were flattened and he cowered at the sight of me as he was lying on his chest with his legs folded and huddled under him and his tail flickering to and fro with heightened anticipation and his eyes just stared at me with such an obedient, cold, dead, solemn stare that looked as if you had shouted a griping child into silence. I felt so sick, so horribly sick, that my stomach acids were eating up my insides like corrosive waves of guilt disintegrating my every core of being and I actually thought I was going to vomit my entire soul out.
My ears burned and my heart pounded like crazy and I gawked at him with such a pitiful expression that I was ever so sorry that I yelled at him the way I did. I could feel the tears streaming from my eyes and I sorrowfully hid my face away by covering it with my hand as I tentatively reached out my hand to pet him. "I'm so sorry, Omari. God knows why I act the way I do. Please forgive me, my little boy. It'll break my heart if you forsake me. I already have 4 men leave me and I do not want you or Walter to walk out that door. I'm screaming myself into a life of being a lonely, old woman."
"I don't know why I act like this sometimes. It's the way I am I guess. Omari, if I tell you what I have, you'll never understand, not even with all the great knowledge of the world you possess. I don't want you to think I'm crazy; I know I'm not. I'm not crazy to the point where I have to be institutionalized. I know I'm not like that! So please come to me, Omari. Your mother's truly sorry," I sobbed and sniffled as I was drowning myself in tears and attempted to hide my pain and sorrow from him in a crackling and stricken voice and I held out my left hand firmly and was waiting to see if Omari would come to me.
Omari sensed my melancholy and heard my sorrowful voice and then he rubbed himself against my hand while purring with tranquil, calm eyes and then scampered over to me and then licked my tears away. I enfolded Omari in an open and warm embrace and I proceeded to bury my face into his fur and cry and sob for 2 hours. Now I must head to bed. It's getting late and Omari is already sleeping on my chest. I'll tuck him in with me and then I'll get some sleep. This I vow: I'll make sure Archie will get his due tomorrow when I confront him about the message he wrote on Dorothy's blog. I'll make sure of it!
Author's Note: So, this is a very good example of how complex and intense the relationship between Maude and Omari can be sometimes and even though Maude could act as demanding and overbearing towards her son as she does to everyone else, she still loves him very much and cares for him deeply. This chapter also demonstrates the hatred that is formed between Archie and Maude and even though Omari knows that Archie despises him greatly, he still cares for him and wants his cousin-in-law and his adoptive mother to make peace with each other. In the last to next paragraph when Maude discusses to Omari how she may not understand the condition that she has, this is an indirect reference to an episode where it is revealed that Maude is suffering from maniac depression, so I guess Maude might be probably trying to protect Omari from the brutal and harsh reality of the disorder that plagues her life. I think Maude is kind of crazy and bizarre anyway, even if she does have mania. The following chapter also demonstrates another tender and loving moment between Archie and Maude which I think is very sweet. Have a happy reading!