Aki: New chapter just for you guys!

"Okay everyone, listen up. We're gonna be have a little carnival here in two weeks to raise some extra money for the park, near the snack bar area, and apparently it's going to be a big deal. Skips, Muscle Man and Hi-Five, you three will be building some booths for the festivities. We have food from the snack bar, so we need some ideas for the booths. Any suggestions?" Benson announced as the park employees waited to hear their assignments for the day. They were all assembled on the front steps again, Pops, Skips and the girls in the back, Muscle Man and Fives in the middle and Mordecai and Rigby on the bottom steps.

"Oh, I think a bottle toss would be a splendid idea." Pops said with his hand high in the air.

"Yeah, and we need some little B-Ball hoops and prizes and stuff." Muscle Man said.

"I think we have one of those strong man games out in storage." Skips told him.

"Oh, man Benson, we gotta have rides." Rigby said as he got excited.

"Yeah, he's right. Are we gonna have a roller coaster or something?" Mordecai asked.

"We're going to have 2 bouncy house for kids and a Ferris Wheel." Benson told them as he looked at his clip board. "And a kissing booth."

"Eww gross, who're the losers stuck there?" Rigby asked with a roll of his eyes.

"Are you that stupid? Like honestly, are you?" Mani asked the short brunette.

"I'm not stupid!" He shouted. "I just asked a simple question!"

Benson raised a brow before rolling his eyes and shaking his head. "We're doing it, you unenlightened dolt." Alex choose to speak up then.

"That's even grosser." He said as he turned back towards Benson and crossed his arms.

"You're just all kinds of stupid today, aren't you?" Mani asked him.

Before he could talk back, Benson decided to put an end to the current conversation. "BE QUIET!" He yelled, getting all of their attention. "Alright then, I'm going to be switching it up a bit today, since it appears that there's been some trouble between a few of you." He looked at Mani, Alex, Mordecai and Rigby when he said this, before looking back at his clipboard. "Okay, so...Mani and Mordecai, Alex and Rigby, you four will be cleaning the snack area. The girls will of course be manning the snack bar as well, and after you two idiots finish cleaning up, you can clean out the fountain."

"Ah what?" Mordecai asked the same moment that Rigby stood up and said, "Why do we have to be stuck with them?!"

"I agree," Mani said raising her hands. "I mean, I don't want to work with an old guy, and I'm sure Alex doesn't want to work with a crusty old guy."

"We're not old!" Mordecai yelled as he turned to look at the shorter girl.

"I beg to differ." Mani told them as she crossed her arms. "Ass-Face."

"See? You want us to work with that?" Mordecai said while he pointed to the two sitting girls.

"Yeah, look at him, he's just a douche-y pile of ole bones." Mani commented looking at her nails. "And the other one is a tiny neanderthal that can't tell up from down."

"I don't care, you're working together or you're all FIRED!" Benson yelled at them. The three closed their mouths and sulked. "Now go GET TO WORK!" All four of them jumped off and ran off to their destinations before Benson decided to make good on his threat.

"Man this blows." Mani commented as she watched all the people walk by. "I got up an hour early to get smokin' hot for this?" It was two weeks later and the two of them, as well as the rest of the park employees were working the stands that surrounded the snack bar. Muscle Man was manning a game booth with basket ball shooting, while Pops was working the bottle toss and Hi-Fives was working at the ring toss booth. Skips was near the Ferris wheel working on a strong man game when not controlling the Ferris wheel, and Rigby and Mordecai were working a dunk tank that Benson had rented for that day. Benson himself was working at the snack bar and would take small breaks when the crowd would lull and walk around to see how the others were doing.

"You got up an hour early because you saw that scary movie last night." Alex said from beside her as she moved around on her stool. "And you just put on a low cut top with out your hoodie and blush."

"And I'm smoking hot that way." She said turning to her friend. "And no one's coming to our booth! What is this fuckery?!" She said loudly. A few people turned to look at the two of them. "Hey there, wanna kiss? Only one dollar. 4 quarters, 10 dimes, 20 nickles, 100 pennies!" She said as she looked at them. The people looked away and shuffled away awkwardly. "See? What's the deal with them? We're look hot and awesome." She looked at her V-neck Captain America tank top, cut off denim shorts and her hi-top sneakers, then at Alex, who was wearing a dark blue flower print skirt, a purple tank top with a white lace pull over and ankle boots. Mani sneered at her outfit. "Well, I look hot and awesome. You look like a smelly hipster."

"Yeah, I know. You've only told me about 20 times since we started setting up." Alex replied as she put her elbow on the stand and leant forward.

"Are we not showing enough cleavage or something?" Mani asked her. Alex shrugged and Mani rolled her eyes. "Hey, lean down some more and press your arms together. And show some more skin."

Alex glared at her friend. "Why, pray tell, do I have to show some skin?"

"Cuz I don't want to." She replied as she looked around again. "Hey, here comes Benson. Sit up, or get lower and show off your boobs." Alex rolled her eyes and sat up as Benson got closer.

"Hey there girls, how's it going?" He asked with a small smile in their direction.

"We've made a profit of zero dollars and zero cents." Alex said holding up a jar with heart and kissing lips stickers that said 'Pay Here!' on it. She put it back down and said, "We're not getting any biters, Benson."

"Aw, that's alright. You both only started a half an hour ago. I'm sure you'll have to start beating the guys off with a stick in a while. But until then, here," He got his wallet out and took out two singles and dropped them in the jar. "Just to get you two started."

"Thanks man, this will totally show them that we're desirable and hot pieces of ass." Mani said as she picked up the jar. She saw some people and held the jar above her head. "See that?! He thinks we're hot! You should totally pay for us hot pieces of ass to kiss you!" They quickly looked away and went over to the snack bar.

"Well, looks like I'd better get back to work. I'll be making rotations in another half hour. Good luck girls." He said before he walked away. Alex waved while Mani put the jar on the stand and mumbled under her breath.

"C'mon, you call that a throw?" Rigby yelled as the group of teen boys tried to toss the tennis balls at the target. "My grandma can throw better than that and she doesn't have any hands!"

"Dude, dial it back a bit." Mordecai said from outside the dunk tank. "Who knows what they'll do to you if you hit a nerve."

"Pffft. What can they do, they're just a bunch of kids." He replied before the seat he was on fell out from underneath him. He flailed around in the water for a minute before he pulled himself from under the water. He coughed and sputtered as he took a breath of air. "Warn a guy first! You could've killed me!" He climbed back onto his seat and shook the water off of himself while the teens continued to laugh.

"Whatever, geezer!" On of the boys said.

"I'M NOT OLD!" He yelled at them.

"Hey, wanna buy another bucket of tennis balls? Only 10 dollars." Mordecai asked holding up a small bucket of the yellow balls.

"No way." Another teen said. "We saw some hot chicks that are kissing dudes for a dollar, we're going there."

"You don't want do that." Mordecai said frowning.

"Why not?"

"Cuz they're ugly!" Rigby told them. "And they have herpes. And they stink! Like big time."

"Yeah, and they're nasty kissers, too. Lots of saliva and tongue." Mordecai said.

"Especially the one with the silver glasses." Rigby added with a nod. Mordecai looked at him and Rigby frowned and shrugged his shoulders. "So don't go over there. Ever!"

The teens shuffled around a bit and looked a little uncomfortable before they decided to leave.

"Hmph. Alright, that's like five more that won't go over there now." Mordecai said with a satisfied smile.

"Yeah, and when they don't make enough money, Benson'll totally fire them." Rigby said as he rubbed his hands together. "Then bye bye stupid Alex with her stupid glasses and her stupid soft lips!"

"What?" Mordecai asked.

"What?" Rigby asked back.

"This is just embarrassing." Alex said after two hours. The sun was high in the sky by now and other than Benson coming by every half hour, no one had even stopped by their booth. They would shoot the two girls dirty looks and walk right past them. She sighed and looked at the jar. There were 8 singles and two lollipops in it and they all came from Benson and Pops. "I feel pathetic." She mumbled as she set her head on the booth ledge.

"I gotta go to the bathroom, I'll be right back." Mani announced as she stood up and started to walk away.

"Whatever." She called back as she watched her friend walk away. She sighed again and closed her eyes for a minute.

"Slacking on the job I see." She heard and frowned. She opened her eyes and looked at Mordecai and Rigby standing there, both with their hands on their hips. She looked them up and down and sighed again.

"Oh joy, the blockhead brigade." She said as she stretched. "Did you come over here to make fun of us or something? Cuz if you did, you should wait for Mani to get back." She sniffed the air, then frowned as she leant towards them. She grimaced and recoiled from the two of them while fanning her face. "Gross! You both smell like sweat and hot dog water."

They heard laughing and all looked to the right to see Mani coming back their way.

"Whatever. When Benson see's how much money you didn't make, you both are totally outta here." Rigby said with a smug smile on his face.

"I'm sure." Alex said with a roll of her eyes. "Since he's the one that put all this money in here." She tapped the jar and then yawned.

"What's the matter with you?" Mani asked her.

"You woke me up an hour early and wouldn't let me go back to sleep." She said.

Mani rolled her eyes. "Yeah sure, blame me for all your problems." She turned back towards Mordecai and Rigby. Why are you geezers still here? I think the nursing home is that way."

"WE'RE NOT OLD!" Rigby shouted.

"Whatever." Mani turned to look at Alex, content with ignoring the two males standing there. "We have to resort to drastic measures. Time to pull out the big guns." Alex raised a brow as Mani reached into the jar and pulled out one of the lollipops. "Eat this." She said shoving it in Alex's face.

"How's that gonna help you?" Mordecai asked as Alex took the piece of candy with a sigh.

"Shut up and move!" Mani said getting up and pushing them away from the booth. They stumbled back and scowled at the short girl. She walked back over to Alex, yelling, "No, you have to eat it seductively!"

"How do you eat a lollipop seductively?" Alex asked taking the candy out of her mouth. Mani got closer and whispered something in her ear making Alex blush and shake her head.

"Do it! It's the only way to get money!"

"Then you do it!" She hissed.

"I can't do it. I have class and standards and shit." Mani told her as she took the candy out of her friend's hand and stuck it back in her mouth. Mordecai snorted while Rigby laughed at them. "Both of you go away. And you!" She said to Alex. "Do what I told you or I'll tell everyone about you and-."

"Fine!" She said around the lollipop. She rolled her eyes, then asked, "Wouldn't a Popsicle be better?"

"...I'll be right back." Mani said before walking towards the snack bar.

Alex threw the lollipop somewhere behind her and reached into the jar to get rid of the second one as well. "Ah, cop out! You're not gonna do it?" Rigby asked.

"Wha- NO!" She shouted as she narrowed her eyes at him. Mordecai looked at him with a frown and a shake of his head. "Why are you both still here? Go away!"

Before either of them could move away or say anything else, some guy walked up to them and said, "Hey, I heard you shouldn't be over here. They have AIDS or something." Before giving Alex and the now returned Mani dirty looks and walking away. Mordecai gulped and looked at the girls while Rigby giggled into his hand.

"WHAT?!" Mani yelled at his retreating back. "WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY?! COME SAY THAT TO MY FUCKING FACE!"

"Whoa there Storm, cool it before you blow a gasket." Mani turned to see Crust and his gang of hipsters standing a few feet away and gazing everything they saw with distaste. They were talking amongst themselves and complaining about all the attractions there. Crust broke away from them and went to lean on the booth in front of Alex.

"How 'bout you go away and never come back." Mani snapped.

"Chillax, Storm. Just dropped by to see Hemmy." He said as he looked at Alex. She smiled and looked down with a blush on her face.

"Hemmy? Dude are you stupid or something?" Rigby asked him as he frowned. "That's not even her name."

Alex sighed and covered her face with her hands as Crust looked over to Rigby with a raised brow. "Did you say something? I'm afraid you'll have to say it again, I can't understand your uncouth prose."

"What?" Rigby asked as he narrowed his eyes. "Did you just call me stupid?" Mordecai sighed and shook his head.

"Shut up Fagby." She hissed at him and looked at Crust. "Take your stupid smelly friends and get outta here. We're trying to get money for our booth."

At that moment, one of the girls in the small group of hipsters broke away and walked up to Crust, latching onto his arm. "C'mon Crust. Don't you know that kissing booths are just a form of prostitution? It totally puts women down and just enforces the stereotype that they can be bought." She sneered at Alex and Mani as Crust tried to shake her off.

Mani gritted her teeth as she ground out, "Did you know that leeching off your parents to work on your nonexistent art is just being an unemployed cunt?"

"It totally means that you mooch off of them while you sit around and act like you're better than everyone else." Alex added with a smirk. She gasped and Crust finally managed to shake her off of him and started to chuckle.

"Bro! Where'd you go?"

Crust turned around and yelled, "Over here!"

"Oh no, you can't bring anymore of those pretentious assholes over here!" Mani said as she went to stand in front of the booth and chase them away.

"That's one I've never heard before."

She turned to yell some more but stopped when she saw Stephen walking towards them. She blinked and slinked back behind the booth. "Kisses are a dollar each." She said with a smirk. Mordecai and Rigby started to snicker at her actions and she turned to glare at them. "Go away or I'll hit you with my shoe." She hissed at them.

Stephen and Crust shared a laugh before Stephen said, "Hey, you're both Margret's friends right?"

Mani's smirk fell a bit and said, "Yeah, we met at her party."

"You both know Red?" Crust asked Alex and she nodded. The four of them kept talking to each other before Rigby nudged his taller friend.

"What?" He asked.

"Isn't that the dude you were crying over cuz he's going out with Margret?" Rigby asked in a low tone.

"Yeah, why?" He asked as he narrowed his eyes.

"Aren't you gonna tell her?" He motioned towards Mani and raised a brow.

"Well..."

"Why are you old dunderheads still here?" Mani asked the two of them.

"WE'RE NOT OLD!" Rigby yelled as he flung his hands in the air. Mordecai narrowed his eyes at Mani and grabbed Rigby before he could make a running jump for the two girls. The shorter male looked at his friend and asked, "C'mon man, I can totally take both of them with one arm behind my back."

"No way dude. I'd rather tell Benson that the two of them are here playing around with the two of them then risk our own jobs by doing anything to them." He told Rigby as he turned to walk to the snack bar. He stopped when he saw Benson walking their way with a scowl on his face. "Hmmm. Looks like we don't have to do anything but watch the fireworks."

Benson stormed over to the booth and looked at Mordecai and Rigby. "Why aren't you two at the dunk tank?!"

Both of them looked at each other before looking back at their boss. "But Benson-."

"Don't you but me! All you two had to do was be at the dunk tank and you two can't even handle that simple job! Get back over their or YOU'RE FIRED!" He shouted.

"What about them?!" Rigby pointed over towards the girls. Both of them had looked up when they heard Benson start yelling and they were now frowning at Rigby. "They haven't even made any money at all!"

"Of course they have." Stephen said as he reached into his wallet to pull out three 20 dollar bills, a ten and a five before placing them in the jar.

"Totes magotes." Crust said pulling the same amount out of his pocket. "And I'm sure that's enough for us to take the lovely ladies out for a while. Say, an hour?" He winked at Alex and she smiled at him while her face turned bright red.

"Wow, congrats girls." Benson said as he smiled at them. He looked at the watch on his wrist then back at the girls. "Well, you girls deserve a break, you've been at this all day after all. Go ahead and have some fun."

"Ah, what?" Mordecai asked.

"That's totally unfair!" Rigby complained.

"Life's unfair." Benson told the both of them. "Now stop dawdling, and GET BACK TO WORK!" He yelled before he turned and stomped off.

"Sucks to be you." Mani called as she and Alex closed down the booth and started to walk away with Crust, Stephen and their friends.

"So there's this party going on Saturday night..." They heard before the sounds of people and laughter drowned them out.

Rigby growled and was about to run after them and probably tackle one of them to the ground before trying to wail on whoever his victim was, but Mordecai held him back. "Dude, chill."

"Chill? Chill! We just got yelled at and have to do more work, and they get to go and run off after not doing anything!"

"Rigby, relax. We can just get them later. I've got a plan." He told his short friend as he dragged him back over to the dunk tank.

Aki: Co- Written and Co- Authored with Mani De Malice