Lionblaze has a Shadow

Part 15: First Impressions are Balloon Noises

"Lionblaze, phones for you," Hollyleaf called from the other room. Lionblaze inwardly groaned. It's probably Heatherpaw. Lionblaze resentfully grabbed the phone from his sister and held it up to his ear.

"What?" he snapped.

"Why do you sound so hateful?" Jayfeather said crossly. Lionblaze breathed a sigh of relief. "Sorry I thought you were Heatherpaw," Lionblaze explained. Jayfeather snorted. "Do you always talk that rudely to her?"

"Yeap."

"That's… rude."

"Well she won't go away!" Lionblaze cried. "She calls like ten freaking times a day."

"Oh … anyways, I'm at the supermarket and I forgot Hollyleafs shopping list at your house. Can you get it and read it to me?"

Jayfeather was staying at his house for the next few days, because he got into a fight with Cloudtail and apparently it was too awful to work out with him. Hollyleaf said he could stay as long as he made dinner for the time he was there. Lionblaze walked back into the kitchen and saw the list for dinner on the table.

Eggs

Cheese

Pasta noodles

Any spice that's not hot mustard

Parmesan cheese

It looked like Hollyleaf wanted macaroni and cheese for dinner. Lionblaze shook his head in disgust. I hate macaroni and she knows it.

"Okay, you ready?" Lionblaze asked into the phone.

"Yeah."

Lionblaze cleared his throat. "Okay the first item is hamburger meat."

"Got it."

"Tomato's."

"Kay."

"Lettuce."

"Mhm."

"Ketchup, mustard and hamburger buns."

"Alright."

"That's it," Lionblaze said.

"I take it we're having hamburgers for dinner?"

"That's the way it's looking, isn't it?" Lionblaze crumpled up Hollyleafs list and shoved it in his pocket.

"Okay, see you later," Jayfeather hung up the phone, and Lionblaze grinned in satisfaction.

Later

The sound of the door opening woke Lionblaze from his nap. He sat up and stretched, groggy from sleeping all afternoon.

"Lionblaze can you come help me with the groceries?" Jayfeather yelled from the other room. Grumbling, Lionblaze shuffled over to the door and took some of the bags from Jayfeather. A bag of hamburger buns was sticking out the top, and Lionblazes belly rumbled in excitement. He put the lettuce in the fridge and set the buns on the counter. Jayfeather then walked in holding the rest of the bags. Lionblaze noticed half of them were full of ice cream.

"How many freaking pails of ice cream did you think we needed?" Lionblaze snapped. Jayfeather rolled his eyes and started putting them in the freezer. "They were on sale and I thought I'd nab the opportunity."

"Hollyleafs gonna be pissed," Lionblaze noted. Jayfeather just snorted. When they were done unloading the groceries, Jayfeather pulled out a frying pan.

"What are you doing?" Lionblaze crowed.

"I'm going to cook the meat, unless you'd prefer to eat the damn things raw."

"I thought we could just get Hollyleaf to make them," Lionblaze said.

"She'd make them, but she'd probably burn them."

Lionblaze realized he was right. "All right, while you do that I'm going to go watch a TV show," Lionblaze started making his way for the door.

"You can help me," Jayfeather snapped. "Come cut up the tomatoes."

Lionblaze sighed and started cutting the tomatoes. The sizzle of the hamburger meat made his mouth water. He was so lost in his thoughts he didn't even hear Hollyleaf walk in.

"What the hell is this?" she cried. Lionblazes head shot up in alarm.

"What are you doing?" she yelled again, grabbing the spoon away from Jayfeather, whose protests were drowned out by Hollyleafs yelling. "Jayfeather, I gave you a very straightforward list! Where is the pasta?" she chucked the spoon back into the hamburger, slopping it all over the stove. "And where," Hollyleaf cried, making crazed hand gestures towards the tomatoes. "Is the cheese? What the hell is all this crap?"

Jayfeather looked so confused Lionblaze almost felt sorry for him.

"Lionblaze read out the list to me," Jayfeather said. "I bought what was on the list so what the hell are you screaming about?"

Hollyleafs glare transferred to Lionblaze. "I should have guessed it was you."

Lionblaze continued cutting the tomato and mumbled something inaudible.

"I feel so used!" Hollyleaf continued. "I give you my money to buy your food, and you spend it all on your own interests! Did you at least pick up some parmesan cheese?" Hollyleaf yanked open the freezer door and six buckets of ice cream tumbled onto the floor. Lionblaze watched in silence as Hollyleaf just stood there, staring at the ice cream.

"It was on sale," Jayfeather said feebly. Hollyleaf stalked over to the stove, turned the oven off and grabbed the frying pan. Then she picked up the tomato and walked out of the room. Jayfeather's eyes stretched wide as he heard the front door open, and heard the clattering of the pan hit the driveway. Hollyleaf stormed back in and pointed to the door. "GET OUT!" she screamed. Jayfeather and Lionblaze did as they were told; Hollyleaf did them the liberty of slamming and locking the door behind them.

"That didn't go as well as id planned," Lionblaze said, picking up the frying pan. Luckily the meat was still okay, just getting cold from not being on a burner anymore.

"I wish she threw the buns out here too," Jayfeather said, knocking on the door. "Maybe if I ask nicely she'll give them to us-"

The door flew open and Hollyleaf threw the buns in Jayfeathers face. Then she slammed it again without saying anything. Lionblaze noticed a family of four staring at them from across the road.

"What?" Lionblaze shouted. They scurried away with their heads low.

"You shouldn't have lied," Jayfeather said. Lionblaze hung his head. "I know," he mumbled. Jayfeather sighed and looked around. "Now what are we going to do?"

"We could sing really loudly until she lets us back in."

"I don't think that would help," Jayfeather mumbled.

"THERES NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOW BUSINESS-" Lionblaze's voice cut off when Jayfeather punched him on the arm. "Stop it!" he hissed. Lionblaze giggled.

Later

"Welcome to FantasticBurger may I take your order?" a voice droned from the order taking booth. Jayfeather cleared his throat. "Um, yeah. If I give you some hamburger meat would you be able to fry it up for me?" he turned back to Lionblaze, face red from embarrassment. Lionblaze nodded in encouragement. He could hear the voice pause, then Lionblaze heard a cough that mysteriously sounded like laughter.

"Can I do what?" the person giggled.

"Fry some hamburger meat for me," Jayfeathers face turned ever redder. It took all of Lionblazes willpower not to start laughing.

"Pull up to the first window and I'll help you there," the voice said. Lionblaze tried not to think of how stupid they probably looked, walking through the drive thru with no car.

"This is so freaking embarrassing," Jayfeather hissed as he carried the frying pan to the window. The window opened, and the prettiest girl Lionblaze had ever seen looked out.

"Hi," she giggled. Jayfeather set the frying pan on the ledge. "I'll give you three bucks if you fry this," he said. "Lionblaze, give me your change."

Lionblaze just sat there, staring.

"Oh for gods sake," Jayfeather pulled out his own change and set it on the counter. "Can you do this for us?"

"Uh, I don't see why not," the girl took the frying pan and disappeared.

"Heeee…" Lionblaze made a sound that resembled air leaking out of a balloon.

"She probably thinks you're retarded," Jayfeather said. Lionblaze glared at him. A few minutes later, the window opened again and the girl handed out the frying pan.

"Thanks," Jayfeather said, pushing the change towards her. She shook her head. "Keep it," she smiled one last time at them, then shut the window.

"Haaaa.."

"You're weird," Jayfeather said. Lionblaze shook his head to clear his thoughts. "Let's go eat," he said at last. "I'm starving."