Not even a week and work is getting on my nerves. I feel so lazy. I better suck it up. It's just me getting used to things. Everyone there is so nice, it's awkward.

In other news, I saw a rabbit today on my way to work! I hear that they are EVERYWHERE around that building. I need to keep a look out for more.

Read on!

As the days turned into weeks then into months, TJ settled into a weekly routine that he was comfortable with. Monday to Thursday he focused on school, Saturday he would watch Zack and Valarie when they came over his house, along with Valarie's bunnies, and on Sundays he would go over to Prickly's house to either help him out around his house or to just talk. Friday's however where different.

Every other Friday he found himself being with Ashley A., whether it was at a date he had with her, or at one of their houses. It was something that he didn't plan to do at first, but after their first date forced on him, he found himself asking her not on another date, but to just hang-out together. He had to admit that she wasn't what he expected her to be, and that if he was going to ask for another chance, then he could do the same for others.

After talking with her for a while, he saw that she just wasn't one of for clones. She was a completely smart individual, capable of free will without the approval of her group. What he didn't get was why she didn't act like it at school. He didn't see the part of her that he saw glimpses of alone. She acted as only and extension of her friends, and nowhere near as smart as she truly was. It annoyed him, but he decided to bring it up at another time.

The girl was stubborn, in every form of the word.

As his social life unknowingly developed more than he would have liked, TJ had to balance that with what he HAD to do before he could relax. Numerous doctor and dentist appointments took up much of his times during the weekend as well. Along with all the things he did miss while being in Duval, he did not miss the dentist office. It was necessary for him to eat comfortably without feeling as if someone was taking a jackhammer to his teeth, but it hurt while he was there. Adding on to the pain was his wisdom teeth, which needed to come out as soon as possible. They were beginning to rot, and if they were allowed to fully come in, it would damage the teeth in front of them. Because of the time it would take to recover, he was going in during spring break to have them taken out.

Those problems were minor compared to his blind eye. The first infection cleared without a hitch, but it was only his first. Every time he was given the all clear from the eye doctor, it didn't take long for his eye to become infected again. He blamed it on the contacts he was wearing, but he stopped wearing them and replaced them with JoJo's shades. Even still, his ye was repeatedly infected. It was constantly giving him trouble and it didn't seem like it was going to stop.

Even with his own health issues, TJ was concerned with the health of his rabbit. Taking the money he needed to take Duracell to the vet was not a problem for him. The trip to the vet had gone better than he expected.

~*~FLASHBACK~*~

"How is she?" TJ asked. He sat in the corner of the room while the vet examined Duracell on the table in the middle of the room.

"You said you found her outside, yes?" The vet asked, examining Duracell's ears.

"Yeah. She found me, actually. I was minding my own business when she started digging in my pocket. She followed me inside and wouldn't leave me alone."

"She looks healthy, especially being a feral rabbit. No sign of ear mites, or rabies...her teeth are a little longer than I would like them to be, but that can be solved by giving her something to chew on, but her nails are a good length," said the vet as he set Duracell on a scale. "She's a few ounces underweight, but I wouldn't worry TOO much about that. Most rabbits that I see are overweight, and you did say you let her out for exercise. What are you feeding her?"

"Just timothy hay."

"Make sure she has a constant supply of it. Eating that will keep her teeth at a good length. But besides that, she's much healthier than I would expect a feral rabbit to be. Much tamer too. You must be taking good care of her."

"Do you have any idea how old she is? I had her for a year and a half already."

"A year and a half? Hmm. I would estimate that she's between two and three years old. Mini Lops can live between eight and fourteen years. If you take extremely good care of her, she can live up to eighteen years." The vet paused to grab a book off the shelf and hand it to him. "This book will tell you all you need to know about rabbits. What they eat, how they act, what's normal, what's not, and proper care. I also want you to have her spayed. Her behavior can change drastically from seemingly out of nowhere if you don't. We don't do it here, but at another facility. I would have it done rather sooner than later. Also, to help her gain those last few ounces, I would add small amounts of fruit to her diet, but not much."

"So she's in good health?"

"She's in wonderful health. Just make sure to read that book to keep it up."

~*~END FLASHBACK~*~

TJ had honestly expected Duracell to have some sort of illness. He didn't know much about taking care of rabbits in the first place so learning that his rabbit was in perfect health was a surprise. In his spare time he read the book he received from the vet and even taught Duracell a few tricks and to ring a bell in her cage when she was hungry, though there was more than one occasion when he was woken up in the middle of the night by Duracell ringing her bell.

Though he had asked him friends for forgiveness, he didn't add them as a major part of his life. He talked to them when they did and sat with them at lunch whenever they came over, but outside of school he didn't socialize with them at all. And he had no problem with it. They had been his very best friends in elementary school, but they weren't the same to him now. There was no longer much of a reason to be around them unless he wanted to gain a social life, of which he was doing more than he would like by dating Ashley A.

But tonight was going to be different.

At lunch, Spinelli and the others choose to eat with him again. A conversation had started, but TJ was barely paying attention. When it came to listening to them, he had a bad habit of drowning their voices out. He remembered hearing "come over you're house later," and "never spending time together," but nothing else. Now, he was playing with Zack until they came over.

"TJ guess what?" Zack asked him as they played with the large bucket of Lego's in his room.

"What?"

"I got a girlfriend! Valarie's my girlfriend now!"

"That's wonderful, Zack. When did this happen?"

"Yesterday. She said I'd make a good boyfriend because I'm nice to her."

"Good, and you should keeping being nice to her." The ring of the doorbell cut their conversation short. "Stay right here Zack, I'll be right back." He stood from where he was sitting and walked downstairs. Opening the door he was met with his old friends, along with Valarie on Vince's shoulders and Ralphie behind him. He didn't exactly want any of them there at the moment, and definitely didn't want Ralphie at his house. He got on his nerves at school, and this was unacceptable.

"What's he doing here?" TJ asked, pointing to Ralphie behind them.

"He wanted to come, too," said Mikey. TJ stared at Ralphie for a few seconds before turning and letting them all inside. Valarie ran past his and up the stairs towards Zack's room.

"Do you all mind telling me why you're over here? I wasn't paying attention earlier."

"We asked if we could come over here later and you said okay." The sound of a bell could be heard as they went upstairs.

"That's my rabbit," TJ mumbled, opening his door. There was much more room inside now that most of the boxes that were there when he first arrived home was either emptied or in his closet. The only box left was the one he brought home from Duval. "What is it exactly that you all want to do?" He asked holding Duracell. "I didn't know if I was supposed to come up with something, so I didn't."

"We were going to watch the horror monster movie marathon on TV. They're going to show the best horror movies ever made," Said Gus. "We thought you'd want to watch with us, because God knows how long you've seen a movie."

"I've seen movies. I've seen lots of movies over Ashley A's house. I took her to see a few too."

"Ugh. How could you stand to be around that powderpuff?" Spinelli asked in disgust.

"Because we're dating. I'm staying out of whatever goes on between you too. You handle that. I'm minding my own business until someone gets hurt. We can watch the movies in the basement if you want. It's dark. Helps that whole 'horror' feel, I think. When does it start?" He sat Duracell on the floor, and she promptly jumped on Vince's shoe and chewed on the laces.

"I think your rabbit likes my shoes," Said Vince. "She has good taste. The marathon doesn't start for another hour. We can wait up here if you, you know, don't mind." they all stayed in his room, waiting for the hour to pass until the horror monster movie marathon started. The room was filled with an awkward silence except from the sound for playing coming from Zack's room, and the hops Duracell made from person to person. TJ couldn't help but to laugh when Duracell bit Ralphie when he tried to pet her.

"You and me are going to be in-laws by the looks of it," He told Vince. "It's been three months and they still have crush on each other. Just to let you know, it's customary that the bride's family pay for the wedding."

"Isn't it a little early be thinking about their wedding? They're only three."

"Yeah, but you've seen them together." He looked over the where Ralphie had finally managed to pet Duracell without her attacking him. That didn't last for long, because a few seconds later, he was bit, hard.

"Dude, what's with your rabbit?" Ralphie asked him.

"She doesn't like you. She's picky about the people she likes."

"TJ can you help me with something?" Zack asked coming in the room.

"I'll be right back," He said leaving the room with his brother.

"Gus, what are you doing?" Gretchen asked him. Gus was busy flipping through several pages of a black notebook with duct tape at the sides.

"I'm reading," Said Gus. "His journal, by the way it looks."

"Put that down! Do you have any idea what'll happen if he sees you reading that? He tried to choke me when I did," Spinelli told him.

"He saw me reading it. I was reading it before he left. Didn't seem like he minded to me," Gus said, reading a few lines.

"Can one of you get this rabbit away from me?" Ralphie asked. He was trying to get away from Duracell who was deliberately approaching him and biting him. "It's got rabies or something!"

"It doesn't have rabies," Said Mikey, picking up the animal. "She just doesn't like you yet. Give her time."

"You can take it home if you want, Gus," "That's my old journal, but I want it back on Monday. Can we go watch those movies now? The kids are busy painting and won't bother us now."

~*~TJ's POV~*~

I'm not a big fan of horror movies. Psychological thrillers, yes, but horror? No so much. I like the classic horror movies more than the recent ones. One's like Halloween, that was a good movie. It's actually the one on TV right now. The darkness in the basement helps add to the whole 'a fucking psychopath is after you, don't look back just run,' feel.

Is that how everyone felt about me? I can see it.

The movie is good in the sense that I'm not jumping when a 'scary' scene comes on. Everyone else is. I'm laughing instead. It's funny as hell, you know, when you're not scared.

Don't look at me like that guys. It's funny, damn. And I told you all I had psychopathic tendencies. It wasn't my idea to watch these movies.

I'm texting Bandit and Specs through the movie. We're trying to find out what's going on with JoJo. He hasn't written back to any of us in over a month. We're worried because we would normal write two letters back and forth in a week. I hope nothing has happened to him. Prison can be brutal. I know JoJo's strong, but people in prison can be stronger, right? Yeah. Someone could've beaten the shit out of him. I'm not sure if he's dead or alive.

Don't think like that. I don't want to entertain the idea that he's not alive. He's my best friend; I don't know what I would do if he was gone.

…

I got a message from Ashley. She asked if I wanted to come over her house later. Mmm….no thanks. I don't feel like leaving the house today.

I don't trust Ralphie. I don't. I've been keeping an eye on him since he came in my house. I love that Duracell keeps biting him. I didn't train her to do that, but I'm glad she does. Maybe she thinks he's creepy too. Or is trying to defend me.

Such a loyal rabbit. Couldn't ask for a better pet.

He has a disturbing smile on him. It looks fine to these guys, but not to me. If I'm ever left alone with him I'll hurt him. I don't know why but I would. Better not approach me in school by himself. I could go back to jail for attempted murder. I only felt this strongly about one other person and that was Tommy Gun, the perv. I definitely don't like how he looks like me if I didn't bleach my hair. I'm surprised no one asked me why I keep bleaching it. If I ever choose not to bleach it anymore, I would look like him. I would hate that. first of all, he would look like me, not the other way around. I'm the original. He's a cheap rip-off, let's get that straight right now.

….

I have an idea! Why didn't I think about this before? I should ask that little snitch Randall if he has any dirt on this guy. He should.

I'm an idiot for not thinking of that in the first place.

Okay. Now I can enjoy the movie.

For all the readers putting this story on alert, thank you for having the patience to read this story. If I saw a 200K-plus monster that is this story, I would not have the patience to read through it, and for that I have respect for you all.

Also, for any of you who may have not found the destruction of the fourth wall in the last chapter, while Ashley A. and TJ were out on their forced date, TJ described something he found on the internet, which was this story. :D I'm loving these reference's I'm making to the show itself in this story.

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