Chapter Five:
Know What We Should Do?
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DOOM Fangirl: "This chapter was made to make you laugh a little. I think it's the right thing to do, since the last chapter was a little sad. It's short, but I hope you like it. Takes place a little while after the last chapter. Read, enjoy, review."
"Know what we should do?" Valon asked his friends.
"Don't care," Alister said.
"What?" Raphael sighed.
"What?" Marie asked brightly.
"We should get a dog!"
"Valon, if you want a dog, you'll have to buy it, and feed it, and pet it, and play with it, and housebreak it, and clean up after it, and take it to the vet, and…" Raphael began.
"Fine!" Valon cut him off. "Not a dog, then! But some kinda pet! How about a parrot? They're smart! They can talk!"
Alister rolled his eyes.
"Um, parrots need a lot of love, Valon, or they become unhappy and die," Marie told him, because she knew that Valon would probably look at it for five minutes, then get bored and let it sit there.
"Not to mention they make a lot of noise," Raphael pitched in, thinking of Alister and his migranes, and the fact that, if the bird irritated him too much, he'd probably throttle it.
Valon sighed.
"I have an idea," Alister said.
"What?" Valon asked suspiciously.
"There's a pet I can get for you that won't make a mess, or need too much attention, or make noise."
"Really?"
"Yeah. Stay there a minute."
Alister went outside for a moment, and returned with a rock, which he put in Valon's hand.
"I don't get it," the Australian said blankly.
"It's a pet rock," Alister told him. "Don't over-feed it."
Valon stared at the rock for a minute, before saying to it, "Your name is "Rocky", okay?"
'Rocky'? How original, Alister thought.
Valon went to put the rock on a table, but Marie said, "Um, Valon, Rocky is kind of, um…dirty. Can you, er, give him a bath or something before putting him down?"
"Eh? Oh, sure, Rie. Come on, Rocky-let's go get you all cleaned up!" And he walked off to the kitchen sink with the rock.
"Wow," Raphael deadpanned. "Just…Wow."
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