Okay Chapter 7! Now for something funny! This is still related to the story plot and I was planning to combine it with another chapter. However, I decided to make it an entirely different one. Just thinking about this thing is giving me the butterflies…and its ending! Oops…spoilers 0.0. I won't say anything anymore so I won't spoil it. Disclaimer: I do not own SRMTHFG or any of the real locations. I only own the characters that I created. Enjoy!

Lorraine screamed as she jumped and fell out of the bed. Her alarm clock went off in a series of low beeps, as if it were a bomb about to explode. The girl lay on the floor, sprawled, face on the floor, and half covered with her thin white blanket. The good news was her head did not hit the edge of the nightstand next to her bed. The bad news was her face was now sore from impacting the beige carpet.

The girl, still face flat on the floor, raised her arm up and felt around for the alarm clock. When she felt the familiar rectangular shape of her digital clock, she pressed the largest button above the screen and the beeping stopped. She then put her arm down and groaned.

"Ow…my face," she muffled her complaint.

Lorraine supported herself, stood up, and looked around. The light from the morning sun shone through the blinds on her windows, making the room appear light blue thanks to her color choice. To her right was her white furnished desk that her parents gave to her for her birthday last year along with the comfy white office chair to go with it. Next to her workplace was a long storage panel full of drawers, cupboards, and empty spaces for her books. Some of those drawers were even colored blue. Then there was her sliding closet behind her and finally the twin sized bed with blue bed sheets (except for her blanket) with small flower designs.

Lorraine then looked down and saw that she was wearing her summer silk pajamas. She could not remember when she dressed into those. Was it last night? She must have been tired if she could not remember. Then again, she stayed up late helping Gibson and Antauri hack into the school system in order to get accepted and printed out Chiro's application papers.

At that thought, she looked at the clock and saw that the time was 10:13 AM. Lorraine gasped and then saw the manila folder laying on the lower right corner of her desk filled with the false documents.

"Oh my God! I'm late!" she screamed and started rushing around her room.

Lorraine straightened her blankets, folded them in a messy fashion, and fixed her bed the best that she could. She then proceeded to undress and chose the professional outfit she picked out the night before. Good thing she had that thing prepared. In under a minute, she was already dressed in a denim capris, ankle socks, and a purple blouse combination with a purple spaghetti strap underneath. Afterwards, she started putting on the jewelry she wore yesterday, as they also fit perfectly with her outfit. Finally, she went over to the mirror and yelped in surprise, seeing that her hair was all over the place. Lorraine brushed her hair as quickly as she could until the strands were not standing up anymore. The girl left the room, with the folder filled with Chiro's applications and rushed downstairs to the kitchen.

Her house was huge. No it's not a mansion, but it's big for a three story house…not counting the basement. This house had about 15 rooms…counting the closets and bathrooms. Lorraine rounded the banister, flew down the curved stairs, rounded another corner, passed the cozy piano room and the enormous family room with leather couches, tables, and a flat screen TV, and arrived at the kitchen. The girl opened the pantry next to her and rummaged the contents for anything quick to eat. There, she found a few granola bars in different flavors; chocolate chip, oats and honey, and strawberry cream. Lorraine took about four and ran to the island just about three feet away. She grabbed an apple and a brown bag from one of the drawers and packed her fast breakfast.

Lorraine did not even notice her sister watching her perform those actions. She had been sitting at the dining table, enjoying her breakfast of oatmeal and hard-boiled egg, and watching the newest episode of Doctor Who on her 3rd generation iPad. That was until Lorraine arrived then she had to pause the episode. Unlike her older sister, she was wearing a black baggy T-shirt with Soleanna's Thunderhawk logo and gray gym shorts. She also had long black hair down to half of her back and had more of a muscle than her sister.

"Uh…good morning Lorraine?" she greeted her while trying to hide her confused reaction.

"Huh?" Lorraine stopped and glanced at her as she was halfway from the kitchen to the garage door. "Oh good morning Anna."

"Um…where are you going?"

"I got some errands to run," the high school graduate breathed. "School related stuff."

"School? But yours doesn't start until two weeks from now," Anna lifted an eyebrow up at that.

"I know! I'm just doing some shopping. Best Buy's having a sale today and it ends at noon. Then I got to do some more shopping at Wal-mart for my other school supplies!"

"Oh…okay?" she replied, slightly not convinced but going with what she's saying.

"Just so you know, Mom and Dad are at work today and won't be back until dinnertime," she also told her. "When will you be back?"

"Probably around 4 today. I gotta go! See ya!" Lorraine quickly waved and went into the hallway in front of her.

Anna heard the garage door unlock and the hurried footsteps of her sister disappear. A second later, the familiar sound of the garage door going up sounded. Anna shrugged her shoulders, focused back on her iPad, and unpaused her show. The girl then let out a scream along with the two characters in the show when a Weeping Angel appeared menacingly in front of them.

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"Ah good morning! You must be Chiro and his family!"

Chiro, dressed in his normal red sweater vest, reached his hand over the front desk and shook the secretary's hand. She was short, dark skinned, and plump with a round face and a small black afro. The woman wore a loose pink blouse and a gold jewelry set in a teardrop design. Not only did she have large dangling earrings, but also a number of silver and gold rings on her fingers. The woman smiled at the four guests and they returned the greeting.

"And you must be Mrs. Gretchen," Antauri bowed his head at her in respect. His brother next to him did the same.

Chiro stood at the very middle while Antauri and Gibson were on each side of him. Both of them were in the same outfits they were in the day before in those forms. Unless they want to have a wardrobe change in the near future which is easily resolved. The only person that sat on a chair against the wall watching the entire thing nearby was Lorraine. She sat there, legs together, sitting straight up, and hands folded, as if she were in an interview. Of course, her job is to make sure that the enrollment process goes smoothly and intervene if something goes wrong. Next to her was her black laptop bag, which contained her laptop in case she needed it, her wire chargers for her electronics, and Chiro's documents.

"Oh my goodness! Looks like we've got some gentlemen in the house!" she laughed and bowed to them in her seated position.

"My name is Gibson and this is Antauri," Gibson introduced himself with hand gestures. "We are his guardians."

"Oh I'm so glad to meet you!" the secretary beamed.

"And…" she looked away from them and checked on her computer a few inches to her right. Mrs. Gretchen stared at the screen, nodded, and looked back at them. "You three are on time for your appointment!"

"Yup!" Lorraine said politely. The secretary stood up from her chair, showing her height was just an inch shorter than the two human monkeys, and spotted the girl sitting by the wall. "I made sure we got here early."

"Pardon me miss, but I did not see you there."

"Oh, sorry about that. I guess I should be up there too," the girl chuckled and walked up to the counter. She stood next to Antauri and folded her hands on the marble top.

"Now I don't know why," Mrs. Gretchen squinted her eyes at the girl and observed her. Lorraine lifted an eyebrow up, slightly creeped out. "But I feel like I've seen you before."

"I graduated from this school a few months back," Lorraine explained.

"Oh yeah! That's right! Now I remember you! You're Anna's older sister!" she pointed at her and realized who she was.

"That's right. Me…the sister of the school magazine's art editor," she chuckled.

Antauri turned his head to her. "Art editor?"

"I'll explain later," she whispered and waved her hand to dismiss the topic.

"What brings you back here to this school?"

"I'm a family friend of theirs," Lorraine lied. "I'm also the one that drove them here."

"Oh okay," the woman acknowledged.

The middle-aged woman cleared her throat and folded her hands in front of her. The school's front desk was pretty neat, considering that it's still the summer season and she was probably the only one working there. The walls of the desk were lined with binders, some books, and other office supplies. In fact, the whole island was oval shaped, save for the huge opening at the eastern side. The room was huge and gave enough space for a large group of people to walk through. At the left was the entrance/exit from that part of the building into the parking lot and to the east was the corridor into the main part of the school. Not much of the hallway can be seen, but the windows were clear and they saw tiled floors, a few doorways leading into a basketball stadium, flags, posters, and a large hallway that went on towards the right. The color scheme was a mix of brown, teal, black, and white.

"Now let's get started then," Mrs. Gretchen flexed her fingers and began to work on her computer.

The foursome stood there for at least two minutes, watching the woman work away at the computer. No really knew what was happening as she typed away. Her face was straight and did not give any clues. Even Gibson, with his knowledge in technology, could not even see what she was typing. All four of them had knots in their stomachs as they anxiously waited.

The woman stopped and turned back to them. She cleared her throat and started speaking. "May I see Chiro's official documents please?"

"Oh yeah! Hang on a sec," Lorraine rushed over to the chair in front of the wall and knelt down.

She dug through her bag and took out an overstuffed folder full of the false papers she printed the night before. After zipping her bag, she scurried back to the desk and presented the folder to her. The woman widened her eyes at the sight of that thing.

"Here you go. All in one folder."

"Whoa!" Mrs. Gretchen laughed. "You all sure came prepared today!"

"Oh you have no idea…" Lorraine groaned at the back of her mind. She did stay up over her usual bedtime to prepare those papers.

Mrs. Gretchen opened the folder and started leafing through the papers. She took a few out and turned to her computer. Another few minutes passed as she typed on her computer and looked at the papers. They knew she was copying down the information. The woman muttered a few things while she was at it. Chiro even began to blink slowly a few times and felt the heaviness in his eyes.

"So…Chiro," she called to him while still staring at the computer screen.

"Yes ma'am?" he stood tall, eyes wide open like saucers.

"You're from Moscow huh?"

"Um…" he scratched his head and looked over at Lorraine.

The girl stared at him and gave him a nod, which was her way of saying 'just trust us.' Gibson then elbowed him gently, which made the boy turn to him. The blue haired man cleared his throat and gestured to the woman with an eye look.

"Yeah! That's right. I'm not from around here."

"Really?" the woman piped while still working on her computer. "But you don't sound Russian to me."

"Um, none of them do ma'am," Lorraine intervened. "They're from Russia but also have relatives here. They visit the states a lot."

The plump secretary took out a piece of paper from her held pile and looked down through it. From where she was standing, Lorraine could obviously tell that the paper is Chiro's certificate of citizenship.

"Huh, fancy that," she muttered and copied that information onto the computer. "So you're a Russian transfer student?"

"Uh yes ma'am!" Chiro told her. Afterwards, he gulped quietly.

"Interesting. I've always wanted to visit Russia. Just for the sights and the food."

"And…" the woman muttered and brought out another certificate. This time, Lorraine saw it as Chiro's fake birth certificate.

"You are age 17, born in Moscow, immigrated here not too long ago, both parents are deceased and…homeschooled?" Mrs. Gretched lifted an eyebrow at that part.

"Yes madam," Gibson pointed a finger up and closed his eyes as if he were lecturing. "For the past few years, I was Chiro's instructor. Then of course, Antauri and I ran into a…'family accident' that was of utmost importance. I'm afraid I would not continue his tutoring for a time so that is why we are enrolling him in this school, until our problem is resolved."

"I don't mean to be curious, but what problem?" the woman placed the papers down in front of the keyboard.

"Family issues," Lorraine quickly answered. "Some members in the family are having trouble with home relocation." Even though that was partially true and technically was not a lie, she still kept her cool about it. "It's a long story."

Mrs. Gretchen put a hand on her chin frowned. A frown was definitely not promising. Antauri kept his calm demeanor and so did Gibson, although a sweat drop fell from his cheek from the nervousness. Lorraine took in a gulp while Chiro did his best to stop his hand from shaking. All of them were hoping she would by the lies they created.

"I see…and what were the last subjects that Mr. Nieli studied?" she looked back up at them.

Chiro cringed a little at that last name. He still was not used to the sound of it and he thought Antauri and Lorraine's choice of false identification was stupid. However, it was only temporary. Chiro took in a deep breath and let it slide.

"Geometry, physics, astronomy, and probability," the scientist responded. "He is a little slow at the sciences, however he is very exceptional at the mathematics."

The seventeen year old pouted and gave Gibson a menacing glare. He was a little pissed at him calling him slow. He was doing his best after all! Even though he really sucked at chemistry. Chiro mentally promised himself to hit him extra hard during the team's next training session.

"Well sir," she stared at Gibson. "I'm not sure if you know this, but this school has a few rules of enrolling students originally homeschooled. You will have to fill out certain forms-"

"That particular form should be in the folder," he interrupted.

The woman went over to the folder and searched through it. Her eyes widened when she brought out the form she was referring to. There it was, an extra-long sheet of paper, signed on all the right places, and ready for filing.

"Oh…nevermind then."

Lorraine leaned over to Gibson from next to Antauri. The scientist saw this and saw her give a thumbs up with an eye wink. The man with blue hair returned that gesture with a thumbs up of his own before they both returned to face the front desk.

"The subjects that we agreed Chiro should take are also on that page," Antauri calmly told her.

She looked down the page and noticed the list of school courses on the side. She went over to her Dell computer and started typing away.

"Okay Chiro…we're almost done. Just a few more things we need to do," she explained and brought out three forms for each of the two guardians.

Mrs. Gretchen placed the papers in front of them and they took a ballpoint pen from the cup nearby. They uncapped the pens and started signing away…good thing the knowledge on writing was already processed into their memories!

"While they're busy with filling out those final application forms, let's work on your schedule."

"Okay," Chiro replied.

"Now then…" she started to work away on the computer again. "According to your files…"

Lorraine drowned out the conversation and looked down at the counter. She couldn't believe it! After all that work on those documents, their work was actually paying off! And before they arrived there, they were worrying that the secretary would not buy it. Now that Chiro, Antauri, and Gibson are participating in work that would keep them occupied, what about the others? Lorraine thought about that for a minute before returning to reality. She did not hear what exactly they were talking about, but she did hear that Chiro's schedule would contain Pre-calculus, English Composition, American History, Astrology, and…to his own nightmare…Chemistry.

At the mention of that word, Gibson perked his head up and grinned. Lorraine noticed this and knew that he was going to be having a fun time helping Chiro out with that subject. Heck, when she attended high school at Soleanna, chemistry was also her worst subject, barely passing with a B-.

Right when they were done discussing about his school schedule, Gibson and Antauri capped their pens and turned in their forms. Mrs. Gretchen took the forms and reviewed them. When she scanned the bottom of the pages, she noticed something that confused her.

"Sirs?" she eyed both of them.

"Yes?" Gibson asked.

"Is there something wrong madam?" Antauri went next.

"Oh it's nothing," she laughed a little. "It's just that I noticed that you two share the last name Maizono."

Lorraine noticed this and started freaking out a little bit. She had a feeling that she was about to ask the very question she was thinking of. Good thing it was in the form of taking in deep quiet breaths. She thought of some random alibi and considered it. It sounded reasonable so she decided to go for it.

Mrs. Gretchen placed the papers down and pointed at both of them with her hands. "Forgive me for asking, but are you two by any chance…" she put her index fingers together until they seemingly formed a single line. "Um…well…together?"

Gibson and Antauri leaned back a little at that statement. They did not know what this woman was talking about and were very confused. Both of them started stammering at that statement and did not know how to respond to it, much less know what it was about. Even Chiro did not know what was going on and quietly stayed out of the conversation.

"Excuse me. Mrs. Gretchen?" Lorraine called her and the woman turned to the graduate. "Antauri and Gibson are not in that sort of relationship. You see…they're brothers."

"Oh!" the woman yelped at that and said 'oh my goodness' a few times. She put both hands on her mouth to try to cover that up then put them down. "I am so sorry! I did not mean to say that! I just thought that you were…well…gay."

"Gay!?" Gibson's eye twitched at that word.

"You are gravely mistaken madam," Antauri calmly told her, despite the fact that he too was confused. "We are brothers and guardians of Chiro."

"Oh, are you by any chance related to them?" she asked Chiro next.

"Um…well…" Chiro stammered too. "I-"

He was about to say something but was then interrupted by Lorraine again.

"He is. They're his uncles. Chiro is the son of one of their cousins…three times removed."

"Ah okay. Well, forget what I said then. I am so sorry about that," she spoke a little fast. "I get things in over my head sometimes."

The three Monkey team members shrugged their shoulders and forgave her. The girl on the side wiped a sweat from her brow, slightly embarrassed at what had just happened. Afterwards, she went over to her chair, slung her backpack over her shoulder, retrieved the documents from the lady, and waited for the meeting to end. The meeting ended when the dark-skinned secretary informed Chiro that orientation day was on Monday and that he should attend it. Chiro told her he understood and all said their goodbyes. The foursome walked over to the exit on the left, closed the door behind them, and proceeded on to the Mazda.

The day was partly cloudy. The sun hid behind a group of clouds. About a hundred feet away from the front of the school were various other buildings. To the northwest, they saw some small businesses, fast food joints, and a general grocery store. To the right were car shops, extracurricular organizations outside of the school, and the beginning of a neighborhood close to the main road intersection.

The parking lot was mostly empty, save for a few cars that belonged to some students in the school. During the summer, Soleanna would open its doors to some sports clubs that would gather before the start of the school year. The other couple of cars belonged to some school staff, no doubt preparing the school for the start of the New Year.

The Mazda was about three rows down from the front of the school. The foursome proceeded there and walked together. Lorraine and Chiro were in the middle while the human monkeys walked at the ends, with Antauri next to Chiro and Gibson next to Lorraine.

"That went well," Chiro folded his hands behind his head and leaned back a bit, staring at the sky.

"It was also nerve-wracking. See my hand?" Lorraine lifted her hand up for everyone to see. They all watched as the hand trembled a little bit. "It was shaking the entire time."

"Well we all may relax now that we know the mission was a success," Antauri closed his eyes as he continued to walk.

"Indeed! All in a day's…er…night's work," Gibson corrected himself.

Lorraine smirked and sighed. "Now that that's done, let's do some shopping. School's just a week away and we all need to be prepared."

"Right…" Chiro replied.

"Lorraine, I must commend you on your quick thinking today at the meeting," Antauri commented.

"Well she was asking a lot of questions. And you guys did some quick thinking too. We all did a good job," Lorraine responded.

"Hey Lorraine?" the Monkey team leader turned his head at her, still in his reclined position.

"Yeah?" she looked at him.

"I got a question."

"What is it?" Lorraine questioned.

"What's the meaning of gay?"

Both human monkeys heard that question and watched the girl in the middle.

Lorraine widened her eyes at that question. She really wanted to face palm at that moment. Explaining the meaning of that word would just freak them out. She felt that now wasn't the time to tell them. However…she also knew that these guys also had a lot to learn if they're going to be staying here for a while. Lorraine sighed and told them that she will talk about that later.

XD Geez! I'm the writer and I'm still cracking up at that! Well, what do you think so far? Looks like the Monkey team has a lot to learn if they'll be staying on Earth for a while. What other hilarious moments will come their way? And what else are they going to learn? Find out next time on SRMTHFG: Far From Home. Chapter 8 will be up soon.