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"Calvin."
The striped paw of his best friend nudged his side, making the blonde teenager stir, throwing the covers over his head, groaning. His voice had changed to that still high pitched, but somehow deep, teenage or of tome. He was taller, too. Not as tall as Hobbes, still, which the tiger loved to boast, but only about four inches shorter. Calvin clenched his eyes shut, batting the paw away from him,
"Shut up, Hobbes, I'm tired!"
"But Calvin-"
The tiger snickered as Calvin groaned in irritation,
"If you shut that furry hide of yours up, I swear to God I'm gonna-"
"But Calvin-"
"What?"
"Your mom made pancakes!"
At the mention of this, the slim boy tore the covers from his ruffled hair, his eyes flickering in excitement. He stared blankly at Hobbes,
"Seriously?"
Hobbes nodded with a small smirk as Calvin shot out of his shared bed, to his dresser, pulling out some clean clothes as he began to tug at the waistline of his pajamas. Hobbes strolled over to the windowsill, looking at the front yard, which was glossed over in the unusual sunny glow of the beginning of Autumn. School had started up again just two weeks before, but today, it was Saturday. A day for just him and Calvin, but his thoughts of the day's activities stopped short when he saw that gorgeous teenage girl from the window, sitting on the curb, appearing to be on her cell phone.
"Hobbes! Earth to Hobbes!"
Hobbes had involuntarily tuned him out. He was brought back to reality by a shoe being thrown at his head,
"Hobbes! You fleabag, what the hell is up with you?"
The sudden blow to the back of the head made Hobbes growl, baring his claws and pouncing at the boy, landing directly on top of him, growling through gritted teeth, "Throw another one, and see where you are five seconds after."
"O-Oops, that- uh…sorry."
"That's what I thought."
He got off of Calvin, dusting himself off as he returned to the window. Susie was still there, sitting on the curb. She was wearing a grey turtleneck, blue skinny jeans and Ugg boots, he noticed, gazing own on her. Calvin, frustrated with his friend's behavior, stormed over to the window to see what Hobbes was staring at.
"Susie? What are you looking at the enemy for?"
"Enemy?" thought Hobbes for a second before laughing nervously, "Oh! Right! The enemy!"
Calvin crossed his arms, an agitated glare thrown at the tiger, who shuffled awkwardly, scratching the back of his head,
"So…how 'bout those pancakes?"
"Hobbes…"
"What?"
Calvin took another look out the window, to see that Susie was pacing in front of their house, still on the phone. He turned back to the accused tiger, who was now sitting on the end of the bed.
"Never mind, I'm hungry. We'll discuss this after breakfast, in the tree house."
"Okay."
This bought hobbes some time to think of some other excuse for looking out the window. Calvin was obviously already suspicious, so it was best to think of something else. Maybe a running tuna fish…no…that was too obvious. He followed Alvin down to the kitchen where the delicious scent of pancakes filled the room.
"Ah, I see you two finally decided to wake up."
Calvin and Hobbes looked at the clock, seeing it was already eleven. Around the time Calvin got to third grade, his parents had taken a class on parenting, and how to use their imagination more vividly to be able to interact with Calvin better, instead of feeding him annoyed sarcastic answers. After practicing the techniques of seeing things through more of a child's views, they started to little by little, see Hobbes. The result of this definitely made Calvin feel proud of himself for being right.
"Yeah…"
"You boys need to stop staying up so late! I blame those energy drinks…"
She handed a plate to each of them, earning 'thank you''s in return, as they sat at the table to eat. Calvin's mom had to admit, at first, when she saw Hobbes come to life, she thought she was crazy. But when she realized that Dad saw it, and that Calvin always has seen it, she welcomed him as a late member of the family. She felt sort of bad that nobody else saw him, so she couldn't put him through school or introduce him to anybody., except Calvin's little circle of friends, who were also able to see Hobbes. It was nice, thought the tiger, to at least have a few other people notice him.
"What do you two have planned for today?" she asked.
Hobbes looked at Calvin, and shrugged. Calvin thought for a moment,
"I think we're going to go to the pizzeria with Tobin and Drew."
"When?"
"Probably around three."
"Well, have fun, and don't wreck the car!"
oooOoOooo
By the time they finished breakfast, and finished their "morning" routine, it was a little before noon. Hobbes was mentally cursing himself as he followed Calvin to the treehouse; he hadn't yet come up with a good lie to substitute for Calvin's suspicions. Reaching the loft of the tree house, he stood to his full height, leaning against the rail of the little fence, trying to be as casual as he could. Calvin crossed his arms.
"President and First Tiger of the G.R.O.S.S. Club, may I ask why you were staring upon the enemy through the window this morning?"
Hobbes thought of his reply,
"No, you may not."
"This is ten demerits you're facing here, Mister!"
"Oh, shut it! Don't pretend like I didn't see you mailing that Valentine to that Delaney girl."
Calvin glared at Hobbes, groaning,
"That's not the issue! We're talking about you. Now, what is going on with you and Susie?"
"Absolutely nothing" Hobbes crossed he arms, and closed his eyes.
"Oh please! You've told me multiple times that you'd smooch that girl!"
"I was kidding!"
Calvin raised his eyebrow.
"Fine…I think I'm in love with Susie…" Hobbes grumbled, nearly intelligible.
"Y-…You do, Buddy?"
Hobbes nodded glumly, turning around to rest his forearms on the wooden rail, looking sadly down to the ground. He could see Susie walking past the tree house with a friend. Calvin stood beside the tiger, looking down too, unsure of what to say.
"She can see you, can't she?"
"Not sure. Probably not. She hasn't been around you, or me, enough to see yet."
"Well, I guess that's the first step."
Hobbes looked over at Calvin, astonished, "You'll help me?"
"Of course! You can't expect me to not help my best bud in his time of need, can you!"
"…Yes."
"Well, not this time. It's my job to get Susie to fall in love with you."
Hobbes was wide-eyed. What could he say in response to this. He was overwhelmed!
"Thanks, Cal."
"…And I think I know how!"
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-RJ