Absolute and utter Henry Stickmin Randomness

The Mistletoe-Incident - Part 2

Quiet night

"So let me get this straight." Sven was walking alongside Burt, Henry and Earrings down one of the colorfully decorated hallways. His mood very much not festive. "Hattie and Howie stole the decorations and threatened to drop it on your heads?"

"'Threatened' is a harsh word, but yeah, pretty much." Henry looked slightly annoyed while Earrings was just amused. "I had plans... And I really didn't want those two to interfere with them. Apparently they already ignored Matilda, so how am I supposed to stop them?"

"So my man adapted and confessed. Like a smart and collected boy." Earrings grinned and leaned over to kiss Henry's cheek. "And that is a compliment, Hen."

"I'm happy for you two, but why? We're not in High school, why would they think this is a good idea?" Sven was more talking to himself than the others. It was his responsibility to reprimand his two family members. Before they messed with the wrong person and agitated them enough to do something about it.

"Hattie is still a child, despite how she wants to be treated." Burt remarked. "It's not too farfetched for her... I don't remember Howie ever doing something like this."

"Yeah... Maybe he wasn't in the mood for that after watching his... Terrence is like your uncle, right?" Earrings had tried to keep track of the whole family situation, but she had also been furious for about two months whenever thinking about it as well, so some details still weren't entirely clear to her.

"He is. And you're probably right..." Sven sighed and then shook his head "But there's still no reason for this. He's 23 for god's sake."

For a few moments the other three tried to remember what exactly they had been doing when they were 23. Most things were potentially more dangerous, but mostly less nonsensical than this.

"At least we haven't heard anything of them actually doing it. Maybe Matilda has gotten through to them. We can look for them after dinner." Burt tried to keep Sven optimistic. They honestly had other things to deal with now.

Earrings looked past Henry and over Sven's head at Burt and smiled "Who knows, maybe they want to dump it on you first."

Ever since Burt had been confronted with his parents it was a lot harder for him to hide his more negative emotions. Maybe the positive ones too; there just hadn't been a lot of occasions for those so far to notice. Now he looked horrified before shaking his head and quickly trying to regain his composure.

Confused, Sven looked at Earrings and therefore didn't notice Burt's reaction at all. "Why? I'd rather expect them to avoid us at all cost. Just like they'll probably avoid Matilda."

Henry sighed while Earrings groaned an "Oh my god..." towards the ceiling "Well, if I understand their 'plan' correctly they don't really have a reason to go after Matilda anyway. There's not many... destined couples on the ship who aren't already together. If you want to call it that..."

While the gears in Sven's head turned and a few toppats who were walking behind them, overhearing their conversation, laughed more and less obviously, Burt changed the topic. "No matter what they're planning, we don't know where they are and we're already late." He really didn't want this conversation to continue down this route.

They had reached a junction in the hallway now and stepped to the side to let a few people walk past them.

"So your dad really went through with his whole dinner plans? Do you want me to tag along?" Burt looked at her as if he couldn't tell if she was serious or not. "Earrings... You wanted to kill Carol like... until last week. I'm not taking you to have dinner with her." "I've calmed down..."