"That was SO much fun!! What will we do now...? I've still gotta big rush from that~!" Laughing Melle twirled a little and grinned. Stinkie promptly raised an eyebrow at her as he thought.
"OH, I KNOW!!! I wanted to always try dis!! Y'know how dem stores always say, No Shoit, no shoes, no soivice?" Stinkie grinned and rattled his fingers together. "Dey NEVUH mention ANYTHIN' about PANTS...!" Laughing he winked at her. "Whatta ya tink?"
"Oh my god, no way, you'd REALLY do something like that?" Very amused at the idea Melle stared at him. A smirk formed on Stinkie's face as he stood there and removed the pants leaving him down to his undies. At that point he tilted his head up and strutted into the first store they crossed paths with. In no time he was running out the door being chased by the owner. "I can't believe you did that!!" Melle called out as she followed after him not wanting to get caught either.
"Haha, I'll do it again even!! Hehehe, you pick da next one!" When they'd gotten away far enough Melle pointed to a few of the stores. Each one always ended the same the two of them laughing and running away as the store owners chased them. They weren't quite finished yet either! Once Stinkie had placed his pants back on the two of them decided to go scaring together. "Shhh, dey get a REAL scream outta dis...! See e-everyone gets really bad green breath aftuh dey've eaten what we ate earlier! E-Except girls, i dunno chemical thing!" He tried to make up an excuse.
"Oh really...? Well that's a shame...!" Rolling her eyes Melle went along with it trying to sound as if she believed him.
"Y-Yeah, so... anyways!" Taking a big gasp of air Stinkie blew a smell-o-gram in front of a store window. Afterwards they gently knocked on the glass to get the attention of the store keeper. When the man saw the smoke he quickly rushed over to the window and stared trying to figure out what was going on. Luckily for Melle and Stinkie they watched him approach and when they did. The two of them JUMPED and smooshed their faces right through the green smoke and against the glass window. The guy in the store screamed and stumbled backwards. This caused a chain reaction of shelves getting dumped over onto the floor. Both Melle and Stinkie burst into laughter as they darted off again. When they got to another store Stinkie again fogged up the glass with his smoke. Again they elongated their faces and pushed them against the glass! Only this time the guy fainted and the customers hid in fright. Ah yes, the two of them continued this for a little while getting a riot out of every one they scared. One guy got his foot stuck in the cleaning bucket, another one ran into a post, the one after that dropped the cans he held. Yes the two of them wreaked much havoc all over the town that night. Once everything had been said and done, the two of them laughed all of the way home.
"D-Didju see his face?? He was all like WAAUGH!" Melle bulged out her eyes and laughed as she clung onto Stinkie
"Y-YEAH! Dat was great~!!" Laughing at what she'd done it soon trailed off as he noticed they were only feet away from the stairs to Whipstaff. "O...oh well.. I... I guess we're he'e... heh... "
"Y-yeah, well.. I ... I had a REALLY good time! This was my first date, but, the best date I've ever been on...I... I guess I'll see you later then...?" Smiling shyly she hugged him tightly. Slowly she pulled away from him and started for the stairs.
"Yeah..." He watched her as she pulled away from him. It was then that something in the back of his mind screamed at him. It demanded him to grab her,not to let her go yet! That created heart started to ache as he watched her move away. Without even realizing what he was doing he reached out for her. "WAIT!!" Swiftly but gently he pulled on her arm bringing her close to him. In a slick move he dipped her and stared deep into those gorgeous blue eyes of hers. Melle gasped out in surprise at this move of his. Her face slowly filled with blush as she realized the situation she was in. Part of her was horribly terrified about him kissing her first, though another part of her longed for it. Moving in for it Stinkie's lips finally embraced hers softly, and just like that something surged through out the ghosts body. A feeling that had long since escaped him. There was a side of him an empty void that filled up as he felt her delicate lips push back against his. Acting upon instinct Stinkie pulled her tightly to his body as he held the kiss with her for a little longer. His head tilted just slightly to deepen it. Finally the two reluctantly pulled away from one another. Both of them gazed lovingly into the others eyes and clung to the moment. "Good night, my Juliet, my angel..." Gently his hand brushed the bangs from her face.
"Good night, Romeo..." Melle played back on the words and winked. Slowly she turned and walked to the door. When she reached it she looked back at him and waved before she entered. When inside both hands clasped where her heart resided in her chest. A very warm smile placed on her face as she stared at the floor. Outside Stinkie sighed happily and floated to his room to get changed out of his human disguise. Both of his brothers noticed the stupid look on his face and shrugged. They'd bug him a little later about it if it bothered them enough.
Located in Casper's playroom, Kat, Casper and Dr. Harvey worked on trying to figure out the next clue. "Inside of My Chest" Casper read the line and looked at Dr. Harvey his curiosity peeked. The Doctor studied the line over and over in his mind.
"Honestly, Inside of My Chest" could be anything! A chest in the literal sense, A Treasure Chest, A Chest that clothes are kept in...? It's really hard to say.." Frowning Dr. Harvey scratched the top of his head softly and looked at Kat. "The most we could do to help out is.... search everywhere."
"But where would we start?" Casper frowned and slumped into the palms of his hands.
"Up here! I mean, there are a LOT of chests to go through.. and since we're already here it'd make the most sense." Kat shrugged and placed a hand on Casper's shoulder. "Don't worry, I'm sure we'll find it." She did her best to reassure him that everything would be alright. Carrigan and Dibs both spied on the little formed group. They wanted to make sure they had an equal chance to figure out this clue. After all they needed it for what they wanted!
"Hrmpf, so they haven't found it yet, figures. Alright Dibs, I want you to stay right here and watch EVERY move they make. Let me know if they've found ANYTHING that's related to the formula!" Carrigan demanded as she started for the stairs.
"What about you...?" Dibs questioned curiously as he watched her walk away.
"I need to have a talk with Melle." Carrigan smirked to herself as she went about her thing. Down in her room Melle placed the toys around her room that Stinkie had won her at the carnival. Softly she hummed to a song that played on the radio. Picking up the skunk she jumped onto her bed and laughed. Images from the day quickly passed through her mind as she hugged the toy close.
"It even looks like him...chubby cheeks, golden eyes...!" Laughing she slowly looked up to see her Mother standing there. "AH! Oh, don't do that...! Sheesh, you scared me.." Placing a hand over her chest Melle forced a smile at Carrigan. "What'd you want?" Curiously she tilted her head.
"Just to see how you were doing. Augh, you know that guy is taking you on a ride right?" Carrigan smirked at her daughter who inturn irked her eyebrow. "Another words sweety, he doesn't care about you at all. He's using you for something..! He wants something from you. Whether it be information, your body or just amusement, he's using you. That guy doesn't really love you at all!" Walking around the room she stared at all of the toys. "You can't be serious, why do you even bother placing out this junk..?" Picking up one of the plushies she tossed it right back down.
"Y-you're wrong! He does love me! He's not using me... he loves me very much.. I know he does.. I know it! I could feel it tonight, I could feel it when we kissed..." Shaking her head she ignored her mothers words. The last thing she wanted to do was believe them right now.
"AUGH, You kissed that horrid thing?" At the sound of that she about puked. "Darling, I just don't want to see you get hurt. I know you and I don't get along much at all... but, I do love you and I care about you. I just don't want to see you get your heart broken by this..... chump in a disguise. BESIDES, he's DEAD, how is it going to work out between you and him? You two can't even get married for pete sake!" Carrigan hugged her and tried to reason the best she could with her.
"I don't know, I look at the fact he's dead as a good thing! Then I never have to worry about something bad happening to him! I mean, he can't die and ...leave me all alone! He's already that way, so he can't get shot, he can't get stabbed.... the worst would be that he crossed over... but how he is with his brothers, no way! He'd never do it!" Melle nodded firmly and hugged her mother back. "...One day you'll see Mom, you'll see that he really cares about me."
Rolling her eyes her mother shook her head and stood up. "Mmhm, well for your sake I hope you're right. But remember that I told you so if he's only using you! I'm sure his motives will be revealed in due time." Carrigan smirked and left the room to go to bed for the night. When she left the room she was greeted by Dibs. "Well did they find anything...?" Pulling out a cigarette she lit it up and puffed.
"Nope, but they'll be on it again, first thing tomorrow. So I'll wake up nice and early to get on the case!" Dibs smiled widely as thoughts dashed across his mind about being a millionaire.
"Good." Was all that Carrigan said before the two parted ways. Dibs stood in front of the Trio's bedroom door and swallowed. He was rather frightened about what they might do to him if he went in there tonight. Then it occurred to him the best way to show them who's boss was NOT to show them any fear. So with a stiff upper lip and his head held high he stormed into the bedroom.
"Good evenin' boys!" The first thing he noticed that was off was that the Trio hadn't yet directed their attention to him. They seemed to be a little more focused on Stinkie's weird behavior. Dibs also found this a tad bit unusual as he walked over to have a look at the ghost. "Had a good night did we...?" Dibs smiled as he tried to make friendly conversation.
"What's DAT supposed ta mean...?" Stretch snapped at Dibs giving off a little glare.
"Oh nothing, just that it looks like he's love struck." Shrugging Dibs folded his arms over his chest.
"A-AM NOT!!" Stinkie defended himself as he hugged his pillow tightly. "I just had a good toime scarin' folks t'night! Dat's right I went out SCARIN' folks...!" Narrowing his eyes Stinkie glared at his brothers and Dibs.
"ARE TOO!! I betcha didn' even scare dat ghoul didja....?" Fatso gave his brother a rather angered look as he felt betrayed as a ghost.
"NO! But I could if I wanted ta!" Hissing Stinkie poked Fatso in the chest.
"Bet ya couldn'!" Stretch smirked smugly to his brother.
"Dem is fightin' woids!" Raising his fists Stinkie and Stretch both growled and the Trio started fighting each other. A giant dust cloud filled the room as the mass of blue and white duked it out with one another. Dibs took this moment of distraction to put himself to bed and climbed into his sleeping bag with a smile. After a few minutes of this Stretch pulled them apart from each other.
"FINE! Tomorrow you prove ta us dat you can still scare 'er!" If y'cant den we'll know just how good ya really are. Ya gotta prove ya ain't in love wit a FLESHIE..." Stretch grumped at his brother and held out a hand.
"YER ON!" the two then shook on it. It was then that they noticed someone was missing. Looking around they found Dibs asleep on the floor. The three finally smiled at each other briefly as they picked him up sleeping bag and all. They carried him on outside and tied him up to one of the tall trees. Let's just say he looked like a dangling burrito...~! Come next morning when the man woke up his eyes widened as he realized where he was.
"A-Augh!! C-CAARRRIGAAAAN!" The man screamed at the top of his lungs as he tried his best to get free. The only problem was that when he'd managed to he landed in a giant bush. Slowly and unamused he raised up covered in shrubbery bits and dirt. Back inside Melle and Ghastly had only just woken up and made their way to the kitchen. As she walked in she wandered her way over to the fridge yawning tiredly. When she opened the fridge Stinkie jumped out at her.
"HEY DHERE! A ROTTEN apple for a ROTTEN day?!" Stinkie shoved it in her face and waved it around. Melle's eyes widened as she stared at it for a moment then smiled.
"Sure.." Taking it she started to bite into it only to have Ghastly swipe it from her. "HEY!" Glaring at Ghastly she folded her arms. Stinkie meanwhile just frowned and hung his head as the door was slammed in his face. He'd forgotten that she used to eat that stuff, THAT'S right she wasn't a normal fleshie...!
"C'mon Melle, you don't eat that junk anymore... try this.. !" Smiling Ghastly handed Melle a bowl of dried oatmeal. " Here, I'll get the water!" Flying over to the stove Ghastly picked up the kettle and carried it back over.
"Hmn...?? Uhm.... what are those.....?" Tilting her head Melle pointed at the oatmeal. Taking one look at the bowl Ghastly squealed very loudly.
"MEAL WOOOOORMS EWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!" Throwing the kettle over her shoulder she grabbed up the bowl and slammed it into the sink turning on the garbage disposal. Suddenly the room echoed with painful screams. First off were Stretch, Dibs and Fatso who all felt the searing heat of the boiled water land all over them. The three of them zipped around each other in a panic. Both Fatso and Stretch found their way into the ice box. Dibs decided why the hell not, and followed suit only he managed to fit a little of himself in there. The last scream of pain came from the sink as tiny Stinkie's flew out of the disposal.
"D-Dat's da foist toime I've gone all ta pieces...." The ghost pulled himself together and frowned at the failed attempts to scare Melle, who actually laughed her butt off at the whole situation. After breakfast he tried to dangle a spider in front of her face though it only managed to get her to jump back, nothing scream worthy. Several other times he just randomly appeared in front of her and shouted "BOO!!" only to have her make a scary face right back at him. The sad part was that 2 of them actually managed to scare HIM enough that he eeped! One point he tried the heights theory, but Melle wasn't afraid since he promised her what he had at the carnival. Finally he'd started to get desperate and tried scaring her with animated objects. Smirking Melle had started to finally ignore the antics, especially when he'd tried using a haunted smelly sock. Finally she gave in when he animated a Barney doll, staring at it she screamed as loud as she could and dashed out of the room. "I .... i did it? I DID IT! HAHAHA! I knew I'd scare dat fleshie!" Grinning Stinkie puffed out his chest. "Dis is one ghost dat ain't gone soft yet!"
"Melle!? Melle are you alright!? Did he finally scare you!?" Ghastly raced to her side with a worried look on her face. "Want me to bash his big nose in!?"
"Nah......but I hate seeing people get so desperate they'd use a Barney doll for a scream..." Making a face Melle sighed and shrugged. Ghastly and her both laughed and giggled afterwards.