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Blondie and the Whiz kid (and the freaky laptop)
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"Patience, man, patience!" shouted Tyson as he made his way to the front door. "I'm coming!"
He opened the door and his face broke in the widest, hugest smile ever. "Maxiiiie."
"Monkeyyy," replied Max, smiling.
Tyson faked an angry look and jumped on Max pummeling him.
"Easy, Ty," came a voice from behind Max. "Seriously, chief, why do some people never grow up."
Max and Tyson looked at each other then looked at the owner of the voice. "Look whose talking! The return of the Laptop. How much have you grown, Dizzy? 10 megabyte? Oh I see, you must have grown so much that you are now retired," Tyson snorted.
"Shut up, donkey! Is that how you treat a jetlagged guest," replied Dizzy.
Kenny butted in, "The way things are it seems Dizzy is more popular than me."
Max and Tyson looked surprised. "Chief?" managed Max at last.
"Ya, who else?" sighed Kenny.
The other two men laughed and hugged him. Tyson said, "And here I thought Dizzy had her own chauffer. I can hardly recognise you without the specs and the hair over half of your face."
Max nodded and said, "This is the first time I am seeing your face."
Kenny, who was becoming redder my the minute, decided to change the topic. "Where are Kai and Ray?"
"Kai is inside and Ray and Mariah are still to come. By the way, I thought I had better warn you there's a potential volcano woman inside too," Tyson winked.
Before we proceed I am going to lay out Tyson's and Kai's flats. They live on the third floor of a seven floor building. On each floor there are two flats which if you ignore the attachments can function as four flats. So, Tyson and Kai live in the same flat which is divided into two because Kai could not go on ignoring Tyson's atrocious living. So the right hand side of the house is really, really dirty while the left side is really really clean. Do I need to specify which is which?
"Kai," screamed Dizzy. "I missed your sarcasm. Chief, never ever fights. Its really good to see my old tongue sharpener again."
"Likewise,"Kai replied with a smirk.
Hilary rushed over from the kitchen, still wearing her apron. "Max, Kenny, Dizzy I missed you all such a lot. Kai and Tyson seriously drive me craz-woah-TYYYYYSSSSOOOOONNN, you dunce."
Intentionally or unintentionally Tyson had tripped Hilary. She fell flat on her face. She got up, red in the face, and raced Tyson across the room with dire threats.
"Does this happen everyday?" asked Kenny.
"Daily soap opera," replied Kai in dull voice. Max guffawed. "Its good to be back."
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"I'll get it,"Max continued and rushed across the room. He opened the door whistling cheerfully. He stopped short when he saw who it was. He felt his face going red and hot. "Hi-uh-Mariam."
"Hello, Max."
Mariam looked different from the last time Max had seen her. Eight years do make a difference. She was wearing a short navy blue skirt and a navy blue coat over a pale blue shirt. She was holding a brown briefcase in one hand. By the other she was hauling her suitcase. Her long black hair must have been cut as it was now tied up in a small bun.
Cool and dignified, she handed Max her suitcase. Max took it inside without a word.
"Mariam," squealed Hilary forgetting Tyson for the time being. "Max, stop staring rudely at her. What did you think that you all are my only friends?" She then turned to Mariam and started, "Have you come straight over from work?" When Mariam replied in the positive, Hilary continued, "I thought so. You need to change your clothes. You look so business-like. Oh no! I forgot I'd put something on the stove."
Mariam sighed, "I had forgotten Hilary was so hyper. Hi guys. How are you all?"
One by one they told her about themselves and their jobs. "Tell us, what are you doing?" asked Kenny.
"I am an architect. Currently I am working over the designing of the new London Olympics Stadium.. That's the reason why I am so busy nowadays but when I got to know about Mariah's wedding and Hilary's engagement I knew I had to come," said Hilary.
Tyson asked, "And where are Ozuma and the rest of your group?"
"Ozuma is now the head of the Shields clan. He has changed a lot of the earlier rules. You will be amazed by his work. He's managed to convince people about your ownership of the sacred beasts. Dunga has enrolled in the International Forest Preservation Official. Joseph has become a vicar," answered Mariam.
"Joseph a vicar?" laughed Tyson.
"Dunga in forest preservation," Max was holding his sides from laughter.
Kenny threw Mariam an apologetic glance.
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