Oh noes! My microsoft word is being stupid so if this comes out

weird, it's not my fault! I'm serious.

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"Oh my god! WHAT IS GOING ON?!" Asa rolled out of the bed and onto the floor. The same two blue eyes looked at him. To his relief, they weren't Dorcas's. The siberian husky puppy jumped down

next to him and licked his face. "Chaos! I should strangle you."

"Jeez, I've been trying to wake you up for about ten minutes!" Mrs. Pike stood at the door. The sun flooded the small untidy room.

"The stupid dog." Asa grumpled, sheilding his face from the unwelcome light. Mrs. Pike shook her head and picked up the frightened dog.

"I'm sure he appreciates it." Mrs. Pike shook shook her head.

"Why did you even pick him up?"

"He needed a place to stay." Then her voice got quiet. "Just like us." She stroked the dog and walked into her own room. It was suprising they could even keep the dog considering the dump of an apartment they were living in. The Bloors and the Shellhorns were alot better off. They had money.

Asa scrambled back into his bed and looked at the clock. seven. Asa was still tired and it was time to get up.

"I swear to god you're the most lazy ungreatful boy alive." Mrs. Pike smacked him with a wooden spoon when he walked out into the kitchen. "Now you better go find a job and soon or you'll be out on your butt."

"Yeah, yeah." Asa stumbled out the front door and into the humid summer air. It was days like this when he wished he could afford air conditioning. Little girls skipped rope on the sidewalk and boys sold beloved baseball cards. He felt like he was caught in a cliche of the old days when his mother was young.

"Down by the river where the green grass grows...."

Jessica McDunn, the coffee house girl walked past. The girls watched her walk in pure admiration. Everyone like Jessica.

"There sat Miss Jessie as sweet as a rose..."

"Hi Asa." She smiled broadly at him. Her gray eyes twinkled like metal. She sure was unique. "Did you find a job yet?"

"She sang and she sang and she sang so sweet...."

"No luck." Asa looked up at the sky. "Moving out here took all of our money."

"Along came Asa and kissed her on the cheek...."
Jessica and Asa looked at the jump roping girls and laughed. The girls smiled. Too bad Jessica had a rich boyfriend in the city. Strange thing was, nobody knew him.

"How many kisses did she get? one...two...three...four..."

Asa went on his way. He walked into the corner store and bought his breakfast for the day. Delilah, the counter girl had a thing for him and always gave him free things.

"How's the job hunt going?" She asked like usual.

"Not so good." Asa sighed as he looked at the clock. Eight ten. The days always moved by so slowly. He skimmed through the wanted ads in the news paper.

"Miss Jessie's big hotshot boyfriend is comming into town."

Asa nearly showed Delilah with pepsi. "Really?"

"Righto."

"I wonder who he is."

Delilah smiled and shook her head. She picked up a paper and began to help Asa with his search. "Wow, most of these jobs need experiance of somesort."

"Hey, Curly's is hiring." Curly's was a diner not to far from Asa's apartment. They needed a cook. Asa wasn't that bad of a cook. A woman walked into the store and right up to Delilah.

"Miss Jessie's boyfriend just arrived."

"Really?" Delilah gasped.

"Oh, hi Asa. How's your job search comming?"

"I'll see of Curly's will hire me." Asa said slowly. Did everyone know he was jobless? He didn't even know this woman.

"We should go have a looksee." Delilah walked from behind the counter. As always, her jeans were ripped and her shirt was much to large for her tiny frame.

"You guys go do that. I've got a new boss to kiss up to." Asa walked out of the store and down the street. Completely by chance, Asa walked past Jessica and a mysterious man. But to him, the man

wasn't so mysterious. Before Asa could run, Jessica caught sight of him. She smiled and walked over with the man.

"Hello again Asa! This is my boyfriend-er Fiancee, Manfred Bloor."

Asa and Manfred had the ultimate staredown. Jessica had no clue that she had just but Asa in extreme danger. "Long time no see." Manfred smirked.

"Yeah, whatever." Asa looked away.

"Do you two know each other?" Jessica asked.

"Acually, yes. We were friends in highschool." Manfred said with such dignity, Asa thought he would stab him with the knife he always kept in his pocket.

"I've got a job interveiw, so I have to cut this short." Asa looked at the clock tower. "Look at that. I'm going to be late."

He darted down the street, his sneakers hit the concrete with a thump. He ran past Curly's and into the apartment where Mrs. Pike was cleaning up. She looked at Asa.

"What's wrong? Your face is all red."

"Miss Jessie's boyfriend showed up."

"Really? Is he handsome?"

"Like I would answer that. Get this, It's Manfred Bloor."

At that moment Chaos lifted his head and growled like he very name gave him the urge to rip up something. Mrs. Pike gripped the edge of the couch and slowly lowered her self down.

"Oh my. Does she know what she's done?"

"I don't think so."

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Happy? I finally updated! :D if it came out weird, once again, it was not my fault!!!! XP