The Strange, the Odd and the Weird

by Jet556

Starting on a day filled with fence building, a Red Taz hunt and now the fire alarm going off a startling discovery is made: a photograph of Wendell Barrage, Veronica Victoria and the late Cassius Hagen together as friends! With the mystery of the appearance of a witch doctor who should be a glorified brain in a jar, Lee Ping and Tina Kwee's friend Basil Hagen has his own mystery.

24. Skipping School

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Skipping School

Basil and Venus had gone to a coffee shop to get to know one another. Basil had no taste for coffee it was a terrible drink. Coincidentally, Venus had no taste for it either. But really no civilized, intelligent or sane person liked coffee. Biffy and a few of Basil's friends were exceptions however because they were all civilized, intelligent and sane.

Basil had gotten an ice tea and Venus a hot chocolate. Coincidentally, Cherie always got a hot chocolate. What was it with Basil and ending up across a table that liked hot drinks?

"So you are named Venus Kellerman?" asked Basil.

"You've asked that three times and my answer has always been the same." Answered Venus.

"Fitting for a beautiful girl like you to be named 'Venus.'" Basil took a sip of his ice tea. "That was the name of the Roman Goddess of love, beauty and desirability." The only reason Basil felt Venus was beautiful was because she looked like Cherie.

"Are you hitting on me?" Venus' question only caused Basil to realize what he had said. Looking around, Basil felt relieved that no one from A. Nigma was here. This would have been terrible if there had been. And then Venus put a hand on Basil's causing him to pull his hand away quickly. Venus just laughed. "I'm such a tease, teasing people is sort of a hobby of mine. Whenever someone calls me beautiful, I tease them! It's what I do."

Just his luck! Basil ended up attracted to a girl because she looked like his girlfriend and to top it all of she was a tease. Basil didn't like to be teased. No matter the gender, no matter the person, Basil absolutely hated being teased. Not wanting to make a scene, something he never wanted to do, Basil just took another sip of his ice tea.

Always wanting his back against the wall when it came to being in a restaurant, it wasn't Basil's intention to see who he saw when he saw who he saw enter the coffee shop.

It was Legendre! Barrage's old friend from the Octavius Caesar School for Boys! Barrage had been at A. Nigma for most of his education before attending the Octavius Caesar School for Boys and meeting Legendre, whom had been held back a few times thus explaining the four year age gap between the two.

"Coffee and be quick." And with that Legendre took his order and left the coffee shop.