Alas, Chapter 12. Nada Sampson is fully credited to MonstarzGirl. Hale, Kari, Marie, and the other girls are mine to mix and mold to my desire. Oh, the drama.. the suspense.! I'll let you read now.

By around eleven, we finished watching up to two movies: Coraline and Taken, which were two favorite movies of mine and Hale's. The Tunes thanked us for the movies and made their way up the stairs towards my room so they can use the mirror to return home.

The Monstars also bade us farewell, most of them slightly disappointed of leaving after just meeting the girls. I laughed and told them that we would be more than happy to pay them a visit tomorrow, seeing as how school is completely canceled for the time being.

They seemed to like the idea, even the girls! Lexi said her goodbyes to Bupkus, taking a sleeping Marie out of his arms, carefully as not to wake her. Maddie and Bang said goodbye to one another too; as it turns out she shared one of her ear-buds with him and let him listen to one of her favorite songs while everyone else was taking their leave. Pound waved shyly at Mika, who smiled and waved back, excited about seeing them again tomorrow.

Blanko hugged Nada goodbye, whispering something sweet in her ear, then pulled back with a kiss to her forehead. She giggled and kissed him back on the cheek. I felt my heart warm up to the two of them being happy with one anothers presence.

Nawt sauntered over and pulled me in for a hug and a savoring kiss to the lips. After a moment, we pulled back, grinning from ear to ear. He leaned closed to me and rubbed his nose on mine. "See you tomorrow, okay?" I nodded and let him go as he went to catch up with the other Monstars towards my mirror.

After everyone left through my mirror, the rest of us decided to call it quits for the night. Hale left to go shower quickly and went straight to bed.

Lexi helped me tuck Marie to bed while the rest of the girls got into their pajamas. Once I was sure Marie was fine in her room, I walked out, running into Nada right at the door.

"Oh, hey there Kari. Great evening, huh?" I smiled at her in agreement. "Yeah, it was! I'm glad everyone could get together and enjoy some time with one another. I think we all needed it, what with Swackhammer running about.. you okay?" I noticed her face slightly paled at the mention of Swackhammer.

Then I realized that's what was bothering her. "Oh. So that's what's bugging you as of late. Why didn't you say so?" Nada shifted around uncomfortably. "Well, I- uh-" I placed my hand on her shoulder, assuring her.

"Look, don't worry about it. I doubt that pig will do anything to hurt us. Besides, we're a team! And now that the Monstars are free of his hold, he doesn't stand a chance against any of us. Trust me."

She glanced up at me with a hopeful expression. "Do you really think so?" I nodded, grinning a huge grin. "Positive! Now why don't you get some shut eye? You look like you could need it." She nodded and bade me goodnight. I did the same and headed towards my room.

Reaching my door, I saw Maddie walk out with a curious look. "Is Nada okay?" I waved my hand at her. "She's fine. I think she's just worried about what's going on with the issue about Swackhammer."

Maddie raised her brows. "So that's it? I don't blame her. The guy sounds like a real asshole. I'll go keep her company tonight. I doubt she'll be able to sleep without someone else other than your baby cousin."

I smiled in appreciation. "Thanks! I'm sure she would like that." Maddie took her stuff and headed off to the room where Nada and Marie were sleeping in.

Stepping inside my room, I sat on the bed with Lexi, Mika and Elise. Mika glanced at me with a serious look. "This Swackhammer guy sounds like real trouble, huh? Girl, I think you need to give that guy a serious ass whoopin'." Lexi snorted. "Leave me out of it. Sounds like a nasty guy enough as it is, and I don't want a piece of his ass on my foot."

Mika gave a sly smile. "No, but I know whose ass you really want a piece of! I saw how you and that purple muscle machine were flirting. He was certainly all over you!" Lexi flushed at her crude remark. "It's not like that! I mean- I'm just- We're just getting to know each other, that's all!"

Mika let out a scoff. "Right, and I'm cupid ready to fly high to the moon where the plate and the spoon are busy spoonin'. Don't kid around, Lex. We all know you are one of the most popular girls at our high school and practically every guy there doesn't interest you the slightest! But this guy-"

"Bupkus. His name is Bupkus." Lexi interjected, hugging her pillow as a storm of red flooded her cheeks.

"See? You're as red as a cherry! Girl, you have a thing fo' him. Just admit it!" Mika dodged as Lexi threw a throw pillow in her direction, hitting the head board of my bed instead. "Well, what about you and the orange? You guys were hitting it off just fine too!"

Mika looked away, her eyes shifting here and there nervously. "His name's Pound, and fo' your information, we were just having friendly conversation, that's all."

Lexi raised a cocky brow, a smirk playing on her face. "Guess I'm not the only one who's crushing here, huh?"

Mika then turned to look at her, a keen smile appearing on her lips. "Nada seems to like that Blanko guy. They seem really cute together."

I laughed, joining in their conversation. "Trust me, she's got him wrapped around her pinky. I can tell; Nada and Blanko are so meant for each other! It's practically adorable!"

Elise perked her head up and glanced at me shyly. "What about you, Kari? You and the red guy are really close; you guys even kissed like it was nothing!"

Lexi and Mika were aroused with interest at this mention and poked in. "Yeah, hon. You two are like a couple; holding hands, kissing, snuggling and all that."

Mika leered with a cheeky grin. "Someone's definitely in love! His name's Nawt, right? Since when did you two hit it off?"

I shyly rubbed the back of my head, chuckling nervously. "Well, we liked each other for about six years now."

The girls almost fell off from the bed in utter shock. Lexi gabbed hold of the edge of the bed to keep from falling completely off. "S-six years? The hell? But then that means you guys were off the bat when you were only ten!"

Mika swallowed on some saliva that she nearly choked on and muttered. "I hope he ain't no pedo." I blushed furiously at her crude comment. "He's not a pedophile! Yeah, he was probably older than I was then and probably still is now, but I really do care for him and he does me! Besides, in Looney Tune Land, Bugs said they can't age, since the aging process doesn't exist there."

Lexi thought aloud in wonder. "You don't age there, huh? Sounds like the Fountain of Youth legend."

Mika turned her attention towards Elise, now aiming her merciless slew of comments and pointers at her. "What about you, Bo Peep? You're the only one who ain't paired with a Monstar. Wait, what about that green guy?"

I interjected. "That's Bang, and he seems already interested in Maddie as it is." Lexi grinned. "Yeah, those two had absolutely no problems getting along! She was eager to have his company, too!"

Elise blushed two shades of red, her eyes gazing down at the carpet while hugging one of my throw pillows. "Well, um, I like Hale. Kari even knows that."

Mika squealed a little too loudly. I had to signal her to keep it down, as some people in the house were already asleep. "Oh, sorry. But wow, girl. Imagine, if you and Hale hit it off.. who knows! Maybe someday you'll be Kari's sister-in-law or something like that."

Elise flushed even deeper at the thought. "Huh? No- I mean yes- I mean, don't you think it's too soon to think about such things like that? Who knows if Hale and I will end up together? Besides, I have no clue if he likes me back or not.." We all murmured among one another, understanding what she meant. I knew, cause I had the same problem back when I saw Nawt again after he became a Monstar.

"Well, I'm sure you'll find out sooner or later. Right now, I think we should all get some shut eye. We're gonna need the beauty sleep if we're gonna go to Looney Tune Land tomorrow." I calmly told her. She glanced up and gave a shy smile, nodding her head. We all tucked ourselves in, the girls with their individual sleeping bags. Turning off the light and bidding everyone a good night, I couldn't help but feel that tomorrow, something was about to happen... Something that definitely wasn't good. Not at all.