Jake and Frankie entered the house, where Viktor and Viveka greeted them.

"Hey!" Viktor said.

"Hey!" Jake and Frankie both said at the same time.

"How was school?" Viveka asked.

"It was awesome. Jake met a lot of new people today." Frankie said.

"Mm-hmm! I met Rochelle Goyle, Venus McFlytrap, our friend, Manny Taur's girlfriend, Iris Clops, and Ghoulia's boyfriend, Slo Mo." Jake added.

"That's wonderful, sweetie!" Viveka said with a smile.

Jake and Frankie smiled warmly as they took their shoes and socks off.

Viktor noticed Jake's pie. "What's that you're holding, son?"

"A key lime pie. I made it in Home Ick class." Jake responded.

"We all made pies. I made a cherry one." Frankie added.

"How come you didn't bring yours home with you?" Viveka asked, curious.

Frankie smirked. "Because I ate it on the way here."

Frankie's parents were surprised at this, while Jake was amused.

"You ate a whole pie?" Viktor asked in a puzzled tone.

"Well, almost. I ate some in Home Ick, too." Frankie said.

"Oh! You must be really full then." Viveka said with a giggle.

"I am. Now that I think about it, I think I ate too much." Frankie said, clutching her stomach.

"Well, we'll have dinner a little later." Viktor said cautiously.

"Okay. Excuse me." Frankie said, and ran to the bathroom.

Jake sat on the couch next to Viktor and Viveka and kicked back, setting his pie on the coffee table. He was aware of their worried facial expressions.

"Frankie scarfed down her pie pretty good while were driving here." Jake said.

"I hope she doesn't get sick." Viktor said.

"Me either." Viveka said.

"I kept telling her, 'Don't make yourself sick, don't make yourself sick', and she was like, 'I'm not gonna get sick', and I just said, 'Okay'." Jake said.

A few minutes later, Frankie came out of the bathroom and went back into the living room.

"Whoo! I feel much better now. I had to go number two. I know, I know, too much information!" Frankie said with a mischevious smirk.

Jake, Viktor and Viveka laughed hysterically while Frankie chuckled herself. After the laughter subsided, the 4 switched to a different topic.

"You wanna try some of my pie, Mr. and Mrs. Stein?" Jake asked them.

"Sure!" Viktor said excitedly.

"I wouldn't mind having a bite!" Viveka said, the same amount of excited.

"Frankie?" Jake asked, looking at her.

"Uh, no thank you. I'm all pied out for the day, heh." Frankie said with a giggle.

At that moment, Jake unwrapped the foil off of his pie and went to the kitchen to grab 2 forks, then went back to the couch.

"Dig in!" Jake said, handing the elder Steins the forks.

Viktor and Viveka each took a bite of the key lime pie. They were already enthralled by the taste and flavor of it.

"What do you think?" Jake asked in anticipation.

"It's delicious, Jake!" Viktor said.

"Yeah, it has so much flavor to it!" Viveka agreed.

"Thank you! I wasn't sure if it was gonna turn out okay or not. I'm glad you guys love it." Jake said.

Viktor looked at her daughter. "Frankie, are you sure you don't want some of Jake's pie?"

"I'm sure. I already had some at school, anyway. It was delicious." Frankie said.

"We all tasted each other's pies, actually." Jake added.

"What flavors did your friends make?" Viveka asked.

"Um, Draculaura made blueberry, Clawdeen made apple, Lagoona made raspberry, Cleo made chocolate créme with sprinkles, Ghoulia made pumpkin, Jackson made banana créme, Rochelle made pecan, and Venus made lemon meringue." Frankie said.

"Awesome!" Viktor said, grinning happily.

Jake and Frankie smiled warmly. They then turned on the TV and switched the channel to The House with a 1000 Monsters; Jake, Frankie, Viktor, and Viveka laughed through all of the hilarity and hijinks shown on screen.

(The next day)

After saying bye to the elder Steins and vice-versa, Jake and Frankie left and headed to school. They entered the building and greeted their friends.

"I can't believe it's the end of the second week of school already! Where does the time go?" Draculaura asked, almost incredulous.

"I know, right? At least we have the weekend to look forward to." Clawdeen said.

"Do any of you know what your plans are for this weekend?" Cleo asked.

Jake chimed in. "I'm not sure. I mean, I assumed we'd all hang out or something."

"That's what's I was thinking, too." Lagoona said.

Ghoulia spoke zombie.

"Yeah, it's what we usually do on weekends, anyway." Frankie said.

Jake looked across from him and saw Jackson and Deuce talking to each other; this gave him an idea.

"I'll be right back." Jake said.

"Okay." Draculaura said.

Jake walked up to Jackson and Deuce and greeted them.

"Hey, guys!"

"Hey, Jake!" Jackson and Deuce both greeted. Them and Jake did a fist-bump with each other.

"Uh, what are you two doing this weekend?" Jake asked.

"I don't know, we haven't decided that yet." Jackson responded.

"Yeah. What about you?" Deuce asked.

"I was thinking maybe us guys could hang out and do stuff tomorrow. You know, us three, Clawd, Heath, Gil, Slo Mo, Manny, that kind of thing." Jake suggested.

Jackson and Deuce became on board with that suggestion.

"I like that idea, Jake!" Jackson said excitedly.

"Me too! It'll be like a guys day, if that makes sense." Deuce said, smiling.

"Yep! I just figured since we never really hang out outside of the larger group, we could have our own day." Jake said.

"We'll let the rest of the guys know at lunch or something." Jackson said.

Jake and Deuce nodded accordingly at that. Jake then went back to the ghouls; they were curious after his conversation he had.

"What'd you talk to Deuce and Jackson about?" Frankie asked.

"Uh, me and the guys are gonna be hanging out tomorrow." Jake said.

"Okay, that's cool!" Clawdeen said happily.

"You ghouls don't mind?" Jake asked with hesitation.

"Of course not! Why would we mind?" Draculaura asked, giggling in confusion.

"Well, you know, it'll be my first time hanging out with the guys outside of our main group. I just wanted to make sure y'all were cool with that." Jake said.

"Yeah, we're totally cool with that! I mean, there's no reason for you to believe that we wouldn't be." Lagoona said.

"Thank you for telling us in advance, though." Cleo said.

Ghoulia nodded in agreement.

Jake smiled. "Sure thing!"

Suddenly, Rochelle and Venus approached the gang and greeted them; the 7 greeted the two back.

"We took your advice and listened to Michael Jackson." Rochelle said.

Jake, Frankie, Draculaura, Clawdeen, Lagoona, Cleo, and Ghoulia's faces lit up with glee.

"What'd you guys think?" Frankie asked.

"We had an amazing time! Now we can understand why he's called the king of pop." Venus said with a bright smile.

"That's awesome! What's your favorite album?" Jake asked.

"Mine would be Thriller." Rochelle replied.

"Mine's Bad. There's just something about that one, I don't know what it is." Venus said.

"Great picks. MJ was on his A-game during the eighties." Draculaura said.

At that moment, the bell rang, which meant it was time for first period. Jake, Frankie, Draculaura, Clawdeen, Lagoona, Cleo, and Ghoulia began walking to Dead Languages; Rochelle and Venus said bye to them and went to their own classes.

XXXXXXX

When lunchtime arrived, the students of Monster High got in line, served themselves food and sat down, including the gang.

Jackson turned the conversation towards the weekend. He looked at Clawd, Gil, Heath, Manny, and Slo Mo.

"Hey, bros, Jake suggested this killer idea to me and Deuce this morning." Jackson said.

"What was it?" Clawd asked.

"I was thinking that we could all hang out tomorrow, you know, just us guys." Jake said.

Clawd, Gil, Heath, Manny, and Slo Mo became on board with that idea.

"Jake, my man, that is one hot idea!" Heath exclaimed as his head lit on fire.

"Yeah, dude, we'd love to do that!" Clawd said.

Gil, Manny, and Slo Mo agreed to this as well.

Operetta chimed in. "I hope you boys have fun."

"Thanks. I'm honestly glad we're doing this." Deuce said.

Jake, Frankie, Draculaura, Clawdeen, Lagoona, Cleo, Ghoulia, Abbey, Robecca, Operetta, Spectra, Rochelle, Venus, Jackson, Clawd, Gil, Deuce, Heath, Manny, and Slo Mo continued to talk until lunch was over. After that, they went to their fifth period and eventually sixth period classes.

XXXXXXX

It was now the end of the school day and the end of the second week. The gang left the building and said bye to one another, anticipating the weekend.


This chapter was supposed to come out yesterday, but I was at a family gathering and therefore wasn't able to update, so that's why this chapter is delayed a day. Thank you all for your support! :-)