And we've put this in the mix.

Chapter 19: Two New Brothers

At lunchtime, Jojo, Mike, Cody, Misty, Caitlyn, Seth, Chad, Austin, Marcus and Zeke were all just talking and enjoying some lunch. Caitlyn asked Jojo, "What are you having?"

"Basically, a Who-nut butter sandwhich, grapes and some leftover pizza at my house." Jojo replied.

"Leftover pizza?" asked Seth.

"Yep. My mom delivered it for us last night, because my dad supposedly 'burned' the meat loaf."

"I bet your mom thought twice about it." Cody said.

"We had to get a substitute for the burnt meat loaf and my mom knew that my dad would screw up dinner."

"Your dad's a bad cook?" asked Misty.

"I wouldn't say bad, but he's somewhat of a nuisance when it comes to his cooking."

"Well, that's nothing compared to what my dad makes every day." Caitlyn said.

"What does he make?"

"Tofu."

"Tofu? Gross." Misty said.

"And pasta al dente with tofu bacon."

"Tofu bacon? Is your dad serious?" asked Mike.

"He goes through organic meat, vegetables and grain products and they always taste gross."

"Our stepmom makes us eat organic crap most of the time and she even serves us wheat grass." Austin said.

"My dad gives me diet wheat grass and it tastes like week-old juice that you want to puke in. Maybe it's green vomit."

Marcus chuckled softly and said, "You said green vomit."

"What do you get at home, Marcus?" asked Cody.

"My dad works at a pizza shop, so pizza, pasta and breadsticks are pretty much dinner for us every few days. Plus, you guys would not believe that whenever my dad serves breakfast, he makes his specialty, fettucine with bacon and eggs and also some homemade breakfast mystery surprise both at home or on the go."

"What does he call it?" asked Chad.

Marcus zips open his backpack and pulls out a bag with some of that mystery surprise, which surprised most of them. Cody asked, "What the heck is that?"

"My dad calls this 'Monday's Finest'. It's a granola bar with eggs, bacon, pancakes, spinach and some steak. It's breakfast and dinner mixed in together."

"I'm surprised he named it 'Monday's Finest.' It should remain there on Mondays." Misty said.

"When it comes to my dad's cooking, he goes totally overboard, especially with pizza. He made me a breakfast pizza with steak, carrots, mushrooms, bacon and cereal."

"Who puts cereal in a breakfast pizza?" asked Caitlyn

"Or steak?" asked Misty.

"Or carrots?" asked Cody.

"Doesn't that taste disgusting?" asked Austin.

"Somewhat, but my dad's creative when it comes to food, even in the disgusting ways."

"So, who makes dinner?"

"Mostly my mom, but when she's not around, my dad takes over and most of the food is good and some...not so much."

"Does he go for the not so much?" asked Seth.

"Sorta, but not all the time, because he would call himself a hypocrite for it and then he would ask me to do some cooking. I can cook better than my dad, but my life is music."

"Is it that important to you?" asked Zeke.

"Very important. I'd rather have that than cooking."

"Do you write songs?"

"Yeah, why?"

"I write songs too."

"Really? That's cool."

"Hey, dudes. I'm amazing at writing songs and I pretty much write a basic line of poetry and make it sound really cool." Chad said.

"You write too?" asked Jojo.

'Yeah, all the time."

"You must be very creative."

"Always, dude."

Suddenly while they were talking, Koa comes over with his brother and sees Zeke from behind and while they were here, seeing them stand there caught their attention. Koa asked, "Is there room here?"

"Sure, there's room here." Austin said.

"Thanks."

They both sat down in one side of the table and Zeke said, "Thanks again for saving me."

"You're welcome."

"Whoa, 'saved'? Is there something I'm missing here?" asked Misty.

"Zeke got pummeled by some senior jockeys who said that he'll never amount to anything, because his dad is a pro football player and that he will never follow his father's footsteps. It wasn't like he cared, anyway. He just didn't want to be in that position and succumb to pressure of being in his dad's dream. Just then, I pulled him out of their way and one of them tries to choke me, but this dude comes in and beats him down. He saved him." Jojo explained.

"Whoa, really?" asked Chad.

"Yeah, that was it."

"So, who are you guys anyway?" asked Caitlyn.

"I'm Koa and this is my brother, Mana."

"Nice to meet you." Mana said."

Mana-with brown eyes, spiky hair and wearing a dark T-shirt and jeans-looked at Jojo and asked, "What's your name?"

"I'm Jojo McDodd and these are my friends-Cody and Mike McKinney, Seth and Austin Zuckerman, Caitlyn Fanning, Misty Kirkpatrick, Chad Stoner, Marcus Swift and Zeke Silverman."

"Nice to meet you all."

"Same here." Koa said.

"He seems kinda shy, isn't he?" asked Misty.

"We're both shy. It's our first day here and we just moved to Who'aii to Whoville two days ago and since then, our new home life is the same result as our old home life-dysfunctional."

"How dysfunctional are we talking about?" asked Chad.

"Like, we don't get along with our dad very much." Mana said.

"How?"

"Well...he doesn't like us."

"What's not to like about you guys?"

"You'd be surprised. We're loners, so we don't have much friends back at home." Koa said.

"Would it help if we were, though?"

"I'm not sure..."

"Come on, we're cool."

"Are you sure about it?"

"Hey, when you're friends with us, everything's cool and you never feel alone at all." Cody said.

"How will I make sure you guys won't turn against us?"

"How about we make a promise to you?" asked Misty.

"We promise to treat you guys as friends and if someone messes with you, we've got your back." Jojo said.

"You guys promise?" asked Mana.

"We promise."

Again, vampire1031, I hope this is cool with you. Stay tuned for more!