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Rex vs. Personal Hygiene

Something buzzed in Rex's ear. He groaned and turned around wrapping his pillow around his head to block out the noise. "Five more minutes, Six." He mumbled. When the buzzing didn't stop, he reluctantly turned to hit the button on the alarm clock. After several tries he finally was able to shut it off. He turned around to go back to sleep. A few minutes later his brain kicked in. "Holy crap! I'm late for class!" Rex jumped out of bed and into the bathroom. He stared at his toothbrush for a second. There was no time to brush. He put his hand over his mouth and breathed out. He coughed. He opened a drawer and pulled out some gum. He popped in two sticks. Running out he ran out to look for something to wear. Opening his closet, there was nothing hanging there except for a costume he wore for Halloween. He ran to his drawers. Pulling them open they too were empty. Desperate he ran to the pile of clothes in the middle of the floor. Rummaging through the pile he pulled out a blue T-shirt. He sniffed it. He made a face and pulled back. He sniffed again, thought about it, and shrugged. Good enough. He ran back into the bathroom. Coming back out, he was dressed in the wrinkled shirt. Throwing off his pajama pants, he grabbed a pair of jeans that were hanging from his chair. Grabbing his books, he bolted out of the room.

0o0

Noah, Claire, and Circe sat around a table in the cafeteria eating their lunch. Circe looked around. "Where's Rex? He never misses lunch."

Noah shrugged. "I don't know." He too glanced around.

"There he is." Claire waved at Rex who had just walked into the cafeteria. Rex spotted his friends and waved back. He went to grab a tray and some food. The people around him gave him a wide berth. Rex didn't notice.

"Hey guys!" Rex plopped down next to the empty seat between Noah and Circe. He started eating.

Circe gagged. "What's that smell?" She glared at Rex. "You just rolled out of bed again, didn't you?"

"Let me guess, you pulled that shirt out of that laundry pile?" Noah held his nose and slid a few inches away.

Rex pulled his shirt and sniffed it. "It's not that bad."

"Rex, I'm sitting over here and I can smell you." Claire daintily held a finger under her nose.

"I was running late for class." Rex protested.

"Yeah, but you could have showered afterwards." Noah countered.

"I had a pick up game of basketball." Rex shrugged.

"Aww Rex," Circe groaned. "You didn't think that maybe you should have showered instead?"

"Well, I was going to get sweaty anyway." Rex said.

"And what about after the game?" Noah asked.

"I can't miss lunch." Rex retorted.

"Well, I think I'm going to have to miss it. All of a sudden, I'm not very hungry." Claire picked up her tray.

"Yeah, me either." Noah also got up. Circe followed suit.

Rex looked at them. "Where are you going?"

"Rex, I love you, but… how do I put this nicely… you stink." Circe told him plainly. "After you shower, you can join us at the library to study." She walked off with Noah and Claire.

Rex frowned. He didn't smell that bad… did he? "Hey kid!" He called to someone passing by. The kid looked at Rex confused. "Yeah you. Come here." He motioned for him to come over. The kid hesitantly walked over but paused when he got half way there. He coughed and held his hand over his mouth.

"Uh, yeah? What… do… you want?" He coughed.

"Do I smell?" He asked.

"Oh, is that you?" The kid gasped. "I gotta go." He ran off tripping over his feet.

Rex's frown deepened.

0o0

Rex walked along the lawn. He was deep in thought. As he walked along, the people downwind started scattering. I mean I don't smell that bad. I mean who cares what I smell like. I mean if you want to know bad smells, try living with Bobo, now that's bad. A loud noise startled him. He looked up to see someone going EVO. Rex groaned, another person taking the EVO drug. He ran towards the monster as people started running away. The EVO which looked like a cross between an octopus and dog. "Hey Fido!" Rex formed his Smack Hands, "Sit!" He hit him across the chest. But one of its tentacles wrapped around his hand and Rex was pulled down along with it. The EVO punched him and Rex went flying back and slid into a mud puddle. Rex wiped the grime from his face. His eyes widened as the monster tackled him. Holding the creature's snapping jaws away from his face with his Smack Hands, he tried to push it back. When it seemed that the beast was about to win, it caught a whiff of Rex. It immediately jumped off and swiped at his nose. Rex sat up.

"Are you kidding?" He asked incredulously. He got up and approached the EVO. The EVO yelped and tried to run away. Rex made his Blast Caster and wrapped his whip around the EVO's leg. It fell over. As Rex approached it, it cowered whimpering.

"Okay, okay, I get it. I'm rank." Rex said exasperated. Pulling his fist back he punched it in the face, knocking it out. The EVO was knocked out. Rex rescinded his build. He pulled out his comlink. "Hello? Providence? Pick up at these coordinates. I can't stay. I gotta go shower."

0o0

Noah, Claire, and Circe sat at the table in the library reading and taking notes. Rex walked in, hair still dripping.

Noah looked up and smiled. "Hey, you're not melting my eyes."

"Haha, you should be a stand-up comic… oh, no wait you would have to be funny first." Rex said as he pulled up a chair.

"Well, I'm glad you decided to clean up." Circe said. "Besides you look cute with wet hair."

"Yeah?" Rex perked up. "But I'm always cute."

"Ugh, I think I'm going to be sick." Noah gagged.

"Shut up." Rex said before turning back to Circe.

"There's nothing more important than personal hygiene." Claire stated.

"But sometimes being dirty comes in handy." Rex added.

"What? How?" Claire asked confused.

"Ah, just the life of a Providence agent." Rex grinned.

"What does that mean?" Claire raised an eyebrow.

"You probably don't want to know." Noah told her.

"You know. I'm hungry." Rex said. "Let's take a break."

"You haven't even opened a book yet." Circe noted.

"I can open a book later." Rex waved his hand.

"Well, we have been studying for a while." Noah stretched. "We can take a break."

"And I'll go with you." Rex said getting up.

Circe shook her head. "How are you going to pass your classes?"

"Don't worry. I got this." Rex was already walking out the door.

Personal Hygiene: 1 Rex:0

Happy Father's Day.