It was Sunday night when Stuart finally returned home. It was so boring at his aunt's house, he missed having Murdoc around. 'Stupid aunt, tricking us into thinking she was ill.' thought Stuart.
He looked out his window as they pulled into their driveway and started unbuckling his seat belt. It was still night, but the brunette knew how to sneak out of the house. He and Murdoc had promised to meet up at the tree house when he got home.
'I hope he's there.' thought Stuart. He hopped out of the car to grab his bag and follow his mother inside.
"Well, that was a fun weekend." said Rachel. "It was awful, even if she was sick, why couldn't Murdoc come with us?" asked Stuart. "Sweetheart, this was a family emergency, Murdoc is your friend, but he's not really a Tusspot." said Rachel. "This was no emergency, Murdoc would have saved me from that boredom." groaned Stuart.
Rachel sighed as David walked in, putting down two other bags. "Well, we're home now so you can see him tomorrow." said David. The child nodded, though his parents had no idea he was going to meet up with his best friend in a bit.
"Okay, school night, time for bed, sweetheart." said Rachel. "Fine." said Stuart. He walks upstairs to his room to toss his bag and shut his door, locking it.
Now that he was ten, his parents stopped checking on him at night so he was a bit free to do what he pleased at night. Though this WILL be the first time he sneaks out.
"Always thought I'd be sixteen when I first snuck out, oh well." said Stuart. Murdoc truly was a bad influence on him. The brunette pockets his flashlight to then open his bedroom window, feeling the cool night air.
He takes a deep breath before climbing out, grabbing onto a thick tree branch and crawling to the tree and climbing down. Once safely on the ground, Stuart sneaks past the windows to get to the main street, running for the park.
His flashlight on, Stuart looks around, seeing the shadows dance and the moon shine high above with shimmering stars. 'This is so cool, I've never knew the night was this amazing.' thought Stuart.
He reaches the park to go into the woods, stepping on sticks and kicking up leaves. He gets to the tree house to pull out the rope ladder, climbing up. He gets in to stare in shock.
Murdoc was playing a video game, but the tree house was now set up like a mini bedroom. "Hey Stu-pot, just get back?" asked Murdoc. "Ya, um Mudsy, why does the tree house look like a bedroom now?" asked Stuart. "Because it is, this is where I live now." declared Murdoc, sprawling back on the two bean bag chairs.
"Really, oh no, did something bad happen with your dad again?" asked Stuart. "Ya, that stupid drugged up fucker tried to kill me, he strangled me!" snarled Murdoc. Stuart was shocked and moved over to his friend, hugging him.
"I'm sorry I left you to such an awful thing." sniffled Stuart. "Eh, you had a family emergency." said Murdoc. "No it wasn't, my aunt lied just so we'd go see her." snapped Stuart. Murdoc was silent to narrow his eyes.
"Your aunt is a goddamn shit-whore." spat Murdoc. "I know, I was stuck with her all this time." said Stuart. The two boys fall silent before bursting out laughing. "Shit whore, that's funny." laughed Stuart.
The Satanist wiped a tear away to look to his friend. "So, ya, this is where I live now." said Murdoc. "But, what about food, or your lunch money?" asked Stuart. "Eh, that old git never fed me, plus I can just steal some cash off of people in the park." said Murdoc.
The brunette frowned, this wasn't anyway for his friend to live. 'He'll be dead at the end of the week.' thought Stuart. He looked around to suddenly smile.
"Wait, Murdoc, why not just move in with my family?" asked Stuart. "Thanks, but then your parents would ask why, then we'll have to tell them about my dad, they'll call the cops on him where he'll run away with Hannibal, leaving me behind to be stuck in the goddamn system and we'd never see each other again." said Murdoc. "Oh." said Stuart sadly.
Murdoc nodded to pat his friend on the head. "Calm down, it's not so bad, I'm used to being on my own." said Murdoc. This didn't calm the boy down, he was worried for his friend.
"Wait, what if you lived with us but we don't tell my parents?" asked Stuart. "What do you mean?" asked Murdoc. "Well, I got her by climbing through my window and down the backyard tree, plus my door locks and my parents are HEAVY sleepers, they'd never know you were living with us." said Stuart.
"Hm, true, your parents can be a bit dense." said Murdoc. "Ya, plus you can come out of hiding on the weekend as you always sleepover." said Stuart. "Alright, I got it, I'll stay with you." said Murdoc.
Stuart cheered happily to hug his best friend tightly. "This'll be so fun, we'll listen to music, watch horror movies, plan pranks, and hit joggers with mash potatoes all the time." beamed Stuart. "Ya, I'm still surprised those guys keep coming back after getting pelted with bowls of potatoes, well, except for that skinny blonde guy." said Murdoc. "That's because you threw a whole potato at him, I think he's still recovering from that." said Stuart. "Oh ya, one of my best tosses." laughed Murdoc.
The brunette smiled to grab his friend's bag to open it. "Well then, let's get you packed up and moved into my room." said Stuart. Murdoc rolled his eyes but packed up with Stuart's help and the two move down the ladder to head to the Tusspot residence.
"So, will your parents even realize I'm there?" asked Murdoc. "Not really, Dad's usually busy with his fair grounds and Mom's still relaxing from work, I think you may on occasion be able to swipe a beer." said Stuart. "Ha, awesome." said Murdoc.
They get to the brunette's house to sneak to the backyard, seeing the windows black. "Sweet, they went to bed." said Stuart. "Alright, then help me get up there." said Murdoc. Stuart climbs up the tree to then get tossed the bag.
Murdoc follows up and the two are soon in the brunette's bedroom. "Wow, that wasn't too bad." said Murdoc. "Ya, now, we'll stick your stuff in my closet, my parents never look in there." said Stuart. Murdoc nods to toss his bag into the closet to shut it, stretching his back a bit.
"Ugh, okay, so bean bag chairs are horrible beds." said Murdoc. The younger boy laughs to change into his PJs. "The batman ones are still in the top drawer." said Stuart. Murdoc opens the drawer to put them on, sticking his tongue out.
"You need better PJs." said Murdoc. "Hey, I'm not a teen yet, let me enjoy my childhood." teased Stuart. Murdoc rolls his eyes to climb into bed with his friend, who once again took to the wall.
"Night roomie." said Stuart. "Call me that again and I can promise you a nice pillow shoved down your throat come morning." growled Murdoc. The younger boy laughs happily to yawn, eyes closing in sleep.
Murdoc watches him for a moment before laying down himself, eyes shutting. This was definitely better than the tree house. 'Thanks Stu.' thought Murdoc. With that, he drifts off to sleep.
*~* GORILLAZ *~*
"Psst, hey, Mudsy, wake up." said a voice. Murdoc groaned to open his eyes, seeing Stuart looking down at him.
"The hell, what is it?" asked Murdoc. "It's six, my parents will be sleeping for another thirty minutes, plenty of time for you to do your bathroom thing." said Stuart. "Huh, oh ya, thanks." said Murdoc. Stuart nods and hops off the bed to get dressed.
Murdoc gets down to unlock his friend's door, peering down the hallway before heading for the bathroom. He shuts the door to get to the toilet, lifting the lid and relieves himself.
'Huh, I forgot, I'm staying with Stu now.' thought Murdoc. He blinks to grin, hell ya, he was FREE! He finishes to flush the toilet, washing his hands before his face. "No more dad, no more Hannibal, no more bullshit." chuckled Murdoc.
He dries his face to walk back to the bed room where Stuart was wearing a white t-shirt with red sleeves. "Done already, thought you'd take a bath." said Stuart. "Nah, I'm good for another day." said Murdoc. The brunette nods as his friend goes to the closet to get dressed.
He settles on a dark gray tank top and gray jeans with his black combat boots. He then grabs a small black box to pull out his golden inverted cross, putting it around his neck. It gleamed evilly and proudly in the sunlight.
"So, we still got time before I usually arrive at seven for breakfast." said Murdoc. "Ya, so, got any pranks today?" asked Stuart. Murdoc grins evil to chuckle. "When don't I?" asked Murdoc.
Stuart shrugs and sits by his friend who pulls out a CD. "I'm going to sneak into the office and put this disc in the player for morning announcement." said Murdoc. "But, it'll get taken away." said Stuart. "I don't care, this is Hannibal's copy." said Murdoc. "Oh, okay then." said Stuart.
"Anyway, aren't you sick and tired of that bullshit soft rock or country music they play?" asked Murdoc. "Ya, the teachers have awful taste." said Stuart. "Exactly, so for morning announcement when they go to play the music, all that we'll get to hear if ACDC's highway to hell." said Murdoc.
Stuart laughs at that as his friend pockets the disc. "What do I get to do?" asked Stuart. "You stand guard, make sure no one spots me." said Murdoc. The brunette nods when they hear an alarm blaring.
"That would be my parents, we got half an hour left." said Stuart. "Yep, okay, go meet them, I'll head down five minutes to seven." said Murdoc. Stuart flashes a thumbs up before leaving his room.
The Satanist sighs and he leans back, looking the room over. They'll have to change a few things so that it feels a bit more homey to Murdoc. 'Nothing says home like my posters.' thought Murdoc. Course he has to steal some new ones as he abandoned his back at the house.
After a bit, Murdoc grabs his bag to climb out the window and down the tree. He sneaks to the front of the house to start knocking. He waits a minute before Rachel answers.
"Oh, good morning Murdoc, just in time for breakfast." said Rachel kindly. "Cool." said Murdoc. He walks in to see Stuart at the table eating. He winks at the older boy who grins in reply.
He sits at the table where Rachel gives him a plate of eggs and toast. The two eat their food to leave the table, waving in farewell.
"So, the announcements are going to be better today." said Stuart. "Yep, now, I also have an idea for our math teacher." said Murdoc. "I think she's still out, last weeks prank did give her a concussion." said Stuart.
"Please, it was just a bunch of fake snakes leaping out of her desk, we did the same thing to Mr. Shepherd back in second grade and all he did was faint." said Murdoc. "Ya, but, maybe because she's a bird it was worse?" suggested Stuart.
"Fine, then it'll be for the sub, it involves glue and a whole lot of old pasta." said Murdoc. "That pasta from last weeks Pasta Thursday?" asked Stuart. "Yep, those lunch people never throw anything away till Monday." said Murdoc. Stuart gagged as the older boy laughed.
They got to the bus stop to climb onto the bus to school. Sitting in their seat, Murdoc grins as they make the drive to school. 'Time for a new day of fun.' thought Murdoc evilly.
A/N: Well, Murdoc is free of his family and now happily lives with Stuart. Now please pray for the poor teachers and don't worry, no one was harmed in the making of this chapter. What will happen next? Stay tuned and plz review.