Always

Chapter 11

"What the hell was that about." Zack said when he walked in "I really don't know he asked me about my grandparents, I don't know anything about them." MJ said, cruise walked in with two bags of meeps, one yam tempura flavored, one cotton candy flavored "I got two for the price of one whoop whoop." Everyone looked at cruise "you don't even like cotton candy or yam tempura." MJ said "I think your missing the best part, it was free." Cruse said as he opened and ate one " your supposed to break it then put in the microwave." MJ states "you eat them your way I'll eat them my way." Cruise says through gritted teeth. Cruise's jaw cracks and he lets out a wince "it's a perfectly normal sign of enjoyment." MJ scowled "oh of course you would say that. This is just like the time you left all the zeenobri cheese in your room and it started an ecosystem, we had to get a group off hazmat workers to take it out and the whole wall came down. Now its one of the most studied ecosystems in all of the world. Plus need I remind you still ate it then we had to go to the ER, remember dad had to pay to repaint that room because it wasn't covered by our insurance." MJ pointed at him. "I don't recall any of this." Cruise said flatly. "Zack, how do you eat these?" Cruise bit down hard on another chunk. "Leave me out of whatever this thing is." He said. "You...umm... Bleachers. How do you eat these, the right way or the way she says?" Cruise asked. "I don't eat them, my mom says that meeps are blasphemous snacks from hell. I think they smell like a turtle's dirty aquarium, But I do like to read the ingredients." Ears looked around, from one face to another, realised he had made an error in reading the room and opened his right pants pocket to offer a snack to share. "Sugar? It's granulated, my favorite. Just lick your finger and stick it in here." He said pointing at his open pocket. "No thanks." Cruise responded, breaking eye contact with him and stepping back. "Peanut butter?" He opened his other pocket. Zack stepped back, "Thanks but I'm good, I just finished mine." He smirked. "Oh, you must have been hungry." Ears replied. "Sure, anyways..." Zack turned toward MJ. From the hall they heard Frigo, "who keeps leaving peanut butter on the floor!" He stormed into the room with a saturated mop dragging behind him. "It leads in here, one of you is doing this to me and I will find out who." Frigo said, locking eyes with Cruise. "It's not me man." His eyes darted towards Ears. Ears tilted his head back and opened his mouth a vacant look filled his eyes. "My mom is calling me... I have to pick up eggs and vitamin C gummies." He turned on the spot and left the room, walking to the nurses station. Everyone looked at each other as he was over heard asking "Do you sell eggs?" They all started to laugh. "That kid is nuts, I dig it!" Cruise said. Matilda walked in, hooves scraping on the floor. "Well, all the tests are inconclusive. Your vitals are normal, blood work is clear, there is no reason to keep you. Dr Spry has signed off for you to head out whenever you're ready. You're free to go kid." Mom and dad walked in just in time to hear the happy news. "Are you sure? Did you check for bone fungus? I'm so worried about it taking hold in her joints." Mom said. "Mom, I'm fine, I'm not sore at all." MJ said. Zack walked over and bent down, kissing her forehead. "I'll see you later." He winked and left the room. "What about your urine? Is it still blue?" Mom asked. "You couldn't have waited to say that? Zack is barely out the door, Mom! And no my urine hasn't been blue since I have been awake." MJ replied frustrated. "Wow mom, get a grip." Cruise walked over to his dad and asked for some change for the vending machine. Dad and Cruise left the room together, dad going to the nurses station and Cruise to go check the vending machine for more low hanging snacks. Mom packed up MJ's things, helped her into a wheelchair and they headed home again, hoping to never see the inside of these rooms again. 

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hey so sorry for not posting yesterday, I feel like an asshole.

Just had a really shitty day and needed to write my pain away.

anyhow, hope your weekend goes great, love you all.

Slay the day

-Ava