''I'm bored, now...'' Tracy complained as she kicked at a pebble that was in her path.
''Not much longah til we can head back, T'hacy.'' Ness placed a reassuring hand on his sister's back.
''How much longer, though?''
''Ask, Jeff. He's seh one wis seh watch.''
''Jeff, how much longer til we can head back?''
''Well, considering we've been out for approximately one hour and fifteen minutes, I predict that we can head back in around forty five minutes.'' Jeff gave his time analysis and smirked as groans escaped from the other three children's mouths.
''I sought we'd been out longah sen sat!'' Ness pouted.
''Yeah, me too! I might head back home, now...'' Paula shrugged. ''It's not like I have to sit at this dinner party so I don't have a reason to be here.''
Jeff put his hand on Paula's shoulder and spun her around to face him. ''You are here for the same reason as me.'' He begun as he nudged his glasses up slightly. ''We're both good people and we don't leave our friends to trek around in the heat for two hours without decent company.''
Paula sighed. ''I guess you're right.''
''I'm always right.'' Jeff smiled gleefully.
Paula stared daggers at the bowl-hair cutted male and continued to walk forward again. ''Where are we going, anyway?''
''To seh pahk!'' Ness punched the air with joy and ran forward a couple of paces.
''That's where we've been heading for about ten minutes now, Paula. Wakey, Wakey?'' Jeff nudged Paula and smiled.
Paula chose to ignore the cheeky boy and muttered something under her breath about Jeff having 'nerve'.
''Hey, there it is! I can see the big, red slide!'' Tracy grinned and grabbed her brother's hand as they both crossed a short road and got to their beloved location. ''But wait- oh gosh.'' Tracy proceeded to give herself an exaggerated face palm. ''Pokey and Picky are there.''
''You're having me on...'' Jeff frowned as he crossed the same road to get to where Tracy and Ness were.
''No, seriously. Look.'' Tracy said disappointedly.
All four of them stood behind the park gate and stared at the Minch brothers.
''Great. So much for walking this whole way to have unwanted company.'' Paula scowled.
''I don't really have a problem with Picky... It's just fattie. He's so irritating.'' Tracy clenched her fists and gritted her teeth at the word ''irritating''
''Theyah not all sat bad! Come on, guys!'' Ness opened the park gate with a tremendous creak that instantly caught the attention of the younger brother who was digging for 'treasure' in the sandpit.
''Ness! Hi, Ness!'' The boy waddled out of the sandpit and ran over to Ness with a wide grin. ''Pokey! Ness and his friends are here!'' He called to his older brother.
Ness greeted the boy with a welcoming grin as the other children groaned in displeasure.
''Well, I guess there's no going back now. We may aswell enter the wrath of Pokey Minch.'' Jeff over dramatically stated as he entered through the open gate. ''Come on, you two.'' He beckoned Paula and Tracy to follow him.
''Oh lord.'' Tracy sighed as she spotted Pokey looking over at them from a bench near the sandpit.
''He's so fat that he can't even be bothered to get up.'' Paula whispered to Tracy as they both broke into an intense fit of giggles.
Jeff narrowed his eyes at the girls but couldn't help but give a wonky smile when he saw tears of laughter forming in their eyes.
''Come and play with us!'' Picky excitedly held out his hand to Ness and dragged him over to the sandpit before the raven-haired boy could even reply.
Jeff turned to the giggling girls and nodded his head in the direction of the sandpit before heading there with Tracy and Paula following behind him.
Ness grinned as his friends sat beside him, creating an enclosed circle in the sand.
''What are we playing?'' Paula asked the small boy with a 'P' on his shirt.
''We're going to dig for buried treasure!'' Picky exclaimed.
''Oh, boy!'' Ness enthusiastically smiled and clawed at the sand.
''Don't get too messy, Ness.'' Jeff told his friend. ''Your mother will be really mad if you go home to dinner covered in sand.''
Ness ignored Jeff's advice and started to roll around in the sand and giggle uncontrollably.
Picky was influenced by the hyperactive older child and began to copy his actions.
''Picky, cut that out!'' A voice from behind the group scolded the younger boy. ''You're going to get covered in sand and then you'll tread it into our house and mum will go absolutely crazy!''
''Oh. Sorry, Pokey... I- uhh-''
''Don't be sorry to me. I'm just keeping us both out of trouble.'' The pig lookalike shrugged before turning to Ness. ''Ness, why did you and your pathetic little clan here buy so much shopping? Are you having a special dinner for you and your giiiiiirlfriend?'' Pokey snorted and taunted the boy with kissy faces.
Ness wasn't fazed. ''No, my mosah is hosting a dinnah pahty foh heh old fend.''
Pokey got up from the bench -which made Tracy and Paula gasp- and walked over to Ness. ''Really? Does she have any children?''
''Yes, she does.'' Tracy chimed in with a matter-of-fact tone.
''Shut it, brat. I never asked you.'' Pokey spat.
''Hey! Don't say sat to heh, Pohky!'' Ness stood up and put his hands on his hips.
''So, anyway, are you going to kiss all of her children?'' Pokey thundered with laughter. Oh, he really did love teasing Ness.
''You're unbelievably childish. It's actually quite amusing to witness your awful insults.'' Jeff smirked.
''Why is it that you morons keep sticking your nose in?'' Pokey obnoxiously growled. ''SHUT UP!''
Ness scowled. ''Why can't we all just be fends, Pohky?''
''Friends? FRIENDS?'' Pokey spat those words out as if they tasted vile.
''Yeah! Let's all b-'' Picky was cut off by his older brother.
''To tell you the truth, Ness...'' Pokey paced a couple of short spaces. ''I didn't mind being your friend. Infact, I quite enjoyed it. Especially playing pranks on you! BUT, you destroyed our valuable friendship by bringing THESE morons.'' Pokey pointed his chubby finger at Jeff and then moved it to Paula.
''Sose mohons ah my best fends!'' Ness frowned.
''Like I used to be, huh?'' Pokey reminded his ex-best friend.
''I- umm- I...'' Ness was speechless.
''Exactly. You abandoned me for those monkeys.''
''It wasn't like sa-''
''Yes, it was. Don't deny it. Now, if you don't mind me... I'm going to escape from you idiots whilst I can. I don't want to catch the plague!'' Pokey gave a crooked smile before grabbing his brother's wrist. ''Come on, Picky. We're going some place else. Our territory is over populated by Pig's Butts.''
''But I-'' Picky objected.
''Nope. I don't want to hear it. Come on.''
Picky groaned and wiped a tear from the corner of his eye.
''Geez, he's such a bully. I hate him with a burning passion!'' Tracy whispered as Pokey left the park with Picky sobbing at his side.
''I know... I don't know what his p'hoblem is.'' Ness shrugged.
''I am not a monkey.'' Jeff scowled.
''I had to FORCE myself not to hit him right in his ugly, piggy face!'' Paula raged.
''I know the feel.'' Tracy patted Paula's back.
''Time, Jeff?'' Ness changed the subject.
''We have 25 minutes left and then your mother will be expecting us back.'' Jeff confirmed.
''Well, it takes fifteen minutes to walk heyah fhom wheyah my house is so I take it we have ten minutes left to play?'' Ness turned to Jeff with a questioning look.
''Affirmative.'' Jeff nodded.
''Sen what ah we waiting foah?!'' With that, Ness began to roll around in the sand again.
Jeff rolled his eyes and shook his head but refused to give any negative feedback on their choice of 'game' because he didn't want to be a spoil-sport just like Pokey Minch.
''C'mon, Jeff! Join in! Don't be a spoi-'' Paula began.
''I'M NOT.'' Jeff interrupted before face-planting the sand.
A/N: I know that this chapter seemed a little off topic, but I needed to somehow pass the time so I can get it to 7:30pm quicker. Hopefully, it wasn't TOO off the subject but I tried (and probably failed) to make it at least a little interesting anyway.
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