Chapter 17: The Truth Volcanos Lava Flows Out
After parting ways with Frank for the time being I felt great, I had created stronger bonds with a lot of my new friends, Skull Boy, Poe, Doom, Iris, Ruby and now Frank. That's 6 out of 9! pretty impressive if I do say so myself. But it got me thinking who hadn't I gelled with yet? Scaredy, Len and Misery. I felt like I could spend some time with my remaining housemates and create stronger bonds with them as well.
But it wasn't much longer until I quickly realized how late it was now, the clouds were gone and the night was clear, I must've been conversing with Frank about my past longer than I had expected and now I felt how knackered it had made me, I decided that it was bedtime.
I quickly re-entered the kitchen where I checked the clock. 11:46!
Man! I really let time slip away from me! I decided to quickly make myself an almost midnight snack and get to bed before I ran out of night! I threw together a salami sandwich with mustard and a glass of milk. I carefully made my way upstairs where I met with Misery coming downstairs, it was a good thing I saw her before I turned around the corner.
"Oh, hi Misery." I said.
"Hello" she answered back quietly.
"What are you still doing up?" I wondered.
"I had to use the first aide kit in the upstairs bathroom." she answered. "What are you doing up so late?" she questioned me.
"Oh, I got lost in a looooong conversation about my past with Frank." I responded.
"With Frank?!" She said sounding a bit surprised.
"Yesss," I answered uncertainly. "I just let him know what my life was like before I came to live with you guys and he hugged me and made me feel...safe ya know? Like I could always be safe with him." I finished.
Misery looked a bit unsteady after hearing what I'd done that evening, her eye twitched.
"Gee, how...nice for him to comfort you." She said sounding like a balloon that was ready to pop.
"Okay...well I'd better get some shuteye, g'night!" I told her as I walked to my bedroom as she walked downstairs to her room.
I opened my door and set my food down on the dresser. I checked the time was now 11:59, dang, I guess I won't be waking up early tomorrow.
It suddenly struck midnight. Oh well, what better time for a midnight snack? I savoured the salty flavours of the salami and mustard, and gulped down my milk. I then got out of my clothing and changed into some new pajamas, a black T-shirt with some rock band I've never heard of on it, and some blue short shorts. I tucked myself under my quilt and opened up my small window, the misty moonlit night felt so soothing with the cool air blowing through. I finally closed my eyes and fell into a deep slumber.
However, unbeknownst to me, Misery wasn't feeling so peaceful. She was furious as she layed upon her bed of nails.
"Zaí..that-that Zaí, I-I men who does she think she is?! coming here and taking...Frank from me?"
"I've been in love with him for years, and I've never been brave enough. T-then little miss rigor mortis rolls in and all of a sudden he's goo-goo for her?" she pulled out a picture of Frank from her dress.
"Don't worry my love, I'll teach that zombie girl who's boss. Then you'll be free to love me, we'll hold hands and hug and kiss, and I won't be sad anymore! Once you and I are together, I'll be happy." Misery finished off putting her dastardly scheme in place before laying down and sleeping, dreaming of Frank and her in love, sharing a passionate kiss to cement their undying love.
[[Authors Note]]: I bet some of you readers are wondering why Boo Boo isn't in this story, well the main reason is that despite appearing in the opening theme and being treated like a main character, Boo Boo only had speaking roles in 12 of the 40 episodes, (That's less than half!) Also he only appears in 18 episodes total, (the other 6 were non-speaking cameos.) besides that he really had no character to work with, Poe and Scaredy may not play prominent roles in this, but they at least qualify as official characters.