a/n: I like this chapter! It has weird stuff in it! I enjoy weird stuff. I kinda wrote this randomly, I was like so bored so I'm like "Hey I should work on chapter 4 of Sticks and Stones!" so I did. I hope you all enjoy picturing Carlos in shredded clothes… I know I do. *gawks* Don't look at me like that! I know I'm not normal! It's a condition! Leave me alone! *sobs*
Carlos: There, there Taylor.
Me: *freezes then puts Carlos in an indestructible box* Ha-ha!
Carlos: Not again…
Me: Yes again now do the disclaimer *whips with licorice*
Carlos: Licorice? Whatever Taylor does not own BTR… or at least the rest of them. And she doesn't own Salt and Vinegar Lays Chips either.
Me: Good boy!
Carlos: *mouths* Help me!
Chapter 4: Weight of My Shoulders
I cursed myself. Why couldn't I be normal? If I was normal then I wouldn't even be in this stupid mess! Although it wasn't really official (it was one of those unwritten things), I felt like I have lost the best friends I will ever have. Ugh.
I walked into 2J, immediately seeing Mama Knight. I also immediately heard… the vacuum. I love Mama Knight and all, but couldn't she have vacuumed like six hours ago? I closed the door, which must have gotten her attention because she turned around and smiled at me.
"Hey, Carlos," she said warmly. "Hey Mama Knight." "How was your day today?" she asked. "Fine," I lied. My day was far from fine, but she doesn't need to worry about anything else, especially not me.
She turned off the vacuum and looked at seriously.
"What's the matter hun?" she asked, concern lacing her voice. "Nothing. Just a headache is all." I felt so bad for lying to her but I didn't need her to scold the others, making them even madder at me. I was glad when she bought my act and said, "Oh! Well let me get you an aspirin. I'll stop cleaning, too. Will that help dear?" I smiled. "Yes, thanks Mama Knight." She smiled back at me then rushed off for the medicine.
Eventually she returned with two aspirins and a glass of water. I smiled gratefully and headed off to my room, falling asleep after taking the aspirin and dropping on my bed
2 hours later
I woke up to a loud banging on my door, and even louder yelling.
"CarLOS! You lazy bum! Wake up!" Katie.
"Get up Carlos! I'm not playing!" Stephanie.
I groggily got out of bed, my headache completely gone. I rubbed my eyes as I opened my now abused door. The girls weren't expecting that, so they continued to knock on my head and chest.
"I just got over a headache you know," I said tiredly. Katie jumped and Stephanie screamed at the sound of my voice.
"Dude! You scared me!" Stephanie said while slapping my arm.
"And you woke me up," I replied smartly. She gave me an apologetic look. "Sorry, but we need your help. Now," she said defiantly. I rolled my eyes. "Fine what do you need?"
The girls smiled. "See Katie, I told you he would agree," Stephanie gloated to the small girl, who shrugged in reply. "Guess we didn't need the rope." My eyes widened, to which the brunettes laughed. "Relax, we're just kidding. Now here's what's going down: We need to distract Mr. Bitters for 5-10 minutes," Katie told me.
"… Why?" I asked skeptically. Stephanie sighed. "Be-cause Mr. Nosy… we're bored and need something entertaining to do." I chuckled. "Fine, just gimme a second," I said, before slipping back into my room, shutting the door. When I came back I had slightly shredded shirt on. "Let's do this."
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"Mr. Bitters! You've gotta help me!" I shouted at the fat manager who was currently stuffing Salt and Vinegar Lays Chips into his small mouth.
"What?" he asked a large piece of chip flying out of his mouth and onto my left cheek. I froze and raised my hand and flicked off the spit-covered chip. Once over my shock and disgust, I said "You've gotta help me man! There's, there's, and there's… there are voices! In my head! They keep telling me to do things and I can't stop myself from doing them. You've gotta-" I froze and gave Mr. Bitters a blank stare while he gave me a creeped out one. After a few moments I pretended to come out of my daze and started to slowly walk away from his desk. When I heard him start to follow me I broke out into a run. "Hey! Get back here!" he yelled, beginning to chase me.
I started to do the most stupid things to distract him I nearly jumped off the roof, I ran into a random car, and started screaming in the Jennifer's faces. I'm pretty sure he dropped about a whole suit size from chasing me.
As I was in the middle of climbing a tree in the Palm Woods Park, Katie informed me that the mission was complete, and I had to now lead Bitters to his office. I smirked. This is gonna be fun.
I froze on the tree, my face going blank. "Not again!" I heard Bitters shout. I slowly climbed down and looked at the large man evilly. "What did they say now?" he asked, obviously agitated. "Get Bitters," I replied darkly. His eyes widened and he ran (more like waddled) while screaming his head off. "Too easy," I said as I casually walked towards the lobby. I just heard the door slam as I walked through the pool doors.
"Nice job," Stephanie commented. I smirked in accomplishment. "What'd you do?" Katie asked incredulously. I gave her an innocent smile. "Oh, nothing. Nothing at all." We all laughed. I have to admit, laughing after being upset for a while felt really refreshing.
I felt even better when I heard the stink bomb go off in Mr. Bitter's office. I also heard the loud alarm blare and him scream in surprise when the pie hit his face.
"AH!" he screamed. He rushed out of his office, pie covering his whole face. I couldn't help but bust out laughing, along with the rest of the lobby. "It's not funny! Who did this?" The whole lobby went silent. No one moved a muscle. The dimpled man scowled. "Who. Did. This?" he questioned once again, slower this time. Just as he was about to say something else his boss came up.
"What is this mess Mr. Bitters?" the angry man wondered aloud. "Regional manager Taylor! Uh… Um… Well…" as Mr. Bitters struggled for an explanation, the girls and I made our quick escape.
As we entered 2J, we all busted out laughing again, high-fiving each other and patting each other's backs.
"That was awesome!" Katie said, giggles slightly subsiding. Stephanie and I nodded, also recovering from our own laughing fits. "Yeah, we totally got him! And when his manger stormed in; classic," Stephanie exclaimed.
"That was the most fun I've had in a long time," I concluded. The girls nodded. "Well. I better head in for dinner soon or my Dad will freak. See you guys later," Stephanie said, exiting the apartment. Katie and I waved before the door closed.
As Stephanie left the apartment, Katie spun towards me, her brown hair hitting me in the process. "Okay, spill the beans," she said defiantly.
"What beans?" I asked, utterly confused as to what she wanted to know. The brunette simply rolled her eyes. "You just said 'that was the most fun I've had in long time.' What was that? The Carlos I knew would have that amount of fun every 2 hours. There's something wrong with you and I need to know what it is." I gulped. This 10-year-old is too smart for her own good. "N-nothing's wrong," I stuttered.
"Carlos. Don't give me that. You and I both know that you can't lie to me." I sighed, knowing she was right.
"Fine. Have you noticed that… the guys and I haven't exactly been getting along very well lately?" She stopped to think about it before she nodded her head. "Yeah, I have noticed that. They've seemed kinda distant towards you. Is something going on?" I nodded then went on to explain to her what was going on for the last couple of days. When I had finished she stood up from her current place on the couch.
"Where are you going?" I asked. "To go have a talk with the three nimrods you work with." My eyes widened. "No, No, NO! Don't!" I whined. "Why not?' Katie asked, placing a hand on her hip. "Because they're gonna be even madder at me!" I knew I sounded extremely desperate and whiny but I really didn't want her to say anything. "You're such a baby," she said with an eye-roll. "But a baby you're going to listen to, right?" She sighed. "Right," she answered with a groan. I grinned widely. "Thanks, Katie!" I exclaimed as I hugged her tightly. "No problem. Just let go." I chuckled as I did so.
It felt good telling Katie what was going on. Doing so made me feel as though I had another person who doesn't hate me. I grinned to myself. Weight has been lifted off my shoulders.
a/n: Kinda a filler chapter. The next one will be too but in Chapter 6, something is gonna happen to somebody. If you read Chapter 5 carefully (specifically one part) you might see it coming. Okay, so I'm going to go eat a pizza! Review please! I'll update when I get at least 5 reviews. Just kidding I always wanted to say that. I'll update on Friday.
Later peepz!