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june 30th
wheeler's residence
"what's wrong with me? what did i do wrong?"
mike and tilly were sharing a packet of nacho cheese crips while they sat on the couch in the basement, mike was lying with his legs on tilly's lap. lucas was comforting him while will set up d&d.
"nothing." lucas repeated as he comforted the boy.
"what did i do wrong?" mike recited, "what could i have done wrong?"
"do i have to go through this again?" lucas rolled his eyes in slight exhaustion.
"can you stop wallowing and shut up?!" tilly groaned, "you're getting on my nerves."
"i just don't understand what i did to deserve this." mike admitted, entirely neglecting her.
"nothing. nothing." lucas reassured him, "that's my whole point. you are the victim here."
"i know."
"are you though?" tilly added.
"yes! i mean, why is she treating me this way?" mike interrogated.
"i don't know." lucas sighed, "mike..."
"what did i do wrong? what did i do wrong?!"
"i could list-"
"mike, stop. relax. just relax." lucas readjusted the boy's legs on tilly.
"excuse me." she raised her brow in disbelief.
"sorry." lucas continued but didn't move mike's feet, "stop asking rational questions."
"i know, i know, you're right." mike came to a conclusion.
"yeah." lucas nodded.
"because women act on emotion and not logic." mike explained.
"woah." will turned around for a second, "come on guys."
"precisely." lucas agreed, "it's a totally different species."
"are you serious?" tilly drove mike off the couch and booted lucas.
"hey!"
"ow!"
"you two are such assholes." she scoffed while taking mike's position, sprawled on the couch, "and you wonder why you're girlfriend-less."
"low blow matilda joane." lucas shook his head.
"she's right," will agreed with a laugh, "guys, it's ready."
"great." tilly got up and seized a seat at the wooden table.
"will, not right now." lucas groaned.
"they broke up with you." will reminded the two, "what else is there to talk about?"
"tons."
"yeah, we're trying to solve the great mystery of the female species." mike nodded.
"i'm sitting right here!" tilly spoke before flicking her hand up and shooting him with a gust of heat.
ignoring her once again, mike let out a belch, "dude, you can smell the nacho cheese."
"disgusting." tilly grimaced while wiping her nose.
even though he had to put up with it all the time, will groaned in repulsion.
"i got that beat," lucas smirked.
"what?" mike queried.
"oh, no." will quickly came to a realisation.
"no, lucas, no." mike pleaded.
"lucas please." tilly begged as he raised his leg.
"no!"
he gave them a cheeky grin before passing gas loudly.
"lucas! lucas!"
"jesus!"
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july 1st
wheeler's residence
the trio woke up to loud medieval music. they shot up in surprise to see will standing there, wide awake.
"yes!"
"what are you doing?" lucas groaned.
tilly rubbed her eyes and saw her boyfriend in a purple wizard costume, "no way."
lucas had been laying on the girl's leg and he was heavy, "get off of me."
"you get off of me!" lucas snapped back.
"what?"
"yeah... will, can you turn down the music?" mike complained.
"please address me by my full name." will declared.
"what?"
he smacked his staff on the ground, "my full name!"
"oh my God." mike rubbed his eyes, "okay, will the wise, can you please turn down the music?"
"that is not music. that... is the sound of destiny!" will exclaimed, "i have seen into the future-"
"what? where are we going?" tilly yawned in confusion.
"no, no. we aren't going anywhere. i've seen that today is a new day, a day... free of your girls!"
"what is happening right now?" lucas questioned, "your girlfriend is right there."
"oh, now you see me?" she stood up.
"will, come on." mike sighed.
"a tribe of villagers are under threat from an evil force from the swamps of kuzatan." will ignored them.
"will, it's so early." mike murmured.
"is it? is it early, michael?" will asked him, "tell that to the villagers crying for your help, the children so frightened, they cannot sleep. are you truly going to let them perish? or are you going to come to their rescue and become the heroes you were always meant to be?"
"i am loving this." tilly smiled.
"uh..." lucas scratched his head, "can i at least take a shower first?"
"make that we."
"i don't want to take a piss matilda joane."
"no make the 'i' in your sentence a 'we'."
"we don't want to take a piss?"
she shook her head in astonishment, "forget it."
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"excuse me?"
erica stood in front of her friends, repeatedly ringing the bell. it was robin's turn to sling ice-cream but instead, she was listening to the russian recording.
"ahoy!" erica spoke, trying to get her attention, "hey you!"
slater looked up from the russian to english book, "erica, you know who i am."
"get sailor lady's attention please."
slater rolled his eyes before prodding his older friend, robin huffed and turned around.
"i'd like to try the peanut butter chocolate swirl, please." erica requested.
"no." robin shook her head, "no more samples today."
"why not?" erica raised her brow.
"because you're abusing our company policy." robin explained.
"where's the sailor man?" erica looked around.
"sorry, he can't help you." robin explained, "he's busy."
"busy with what?" erica interrogated.
slater and robin shared a smirk, "spy craft."
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"do you guys hear that?" will questioned.
"no." tilly leaned in, "what is it?"
"it sounds like... thunder. but, no, wait. that's not thunder." will shook his head, "it's...a horde of juju zombies! sir mike, your action."
"what should i do?" mike quizzed lucas.
"attack?" lucas suggested.
"okay, i attack with my flail." mike said tiredly.
"whoosh!" will rolled his dice, "you miss. your flail clanks the stone, the zombie horde lumbers towards you, and... the juju bites your arm. flesh tears!"
"ha!" tilly smirked.
"aah."
"seven points of damage." will told him.
"oh, no, my arm." mike faked, "lucas, look, my arm."
the couple gave lucas and mike a look that had a hint of irritation.
"sir lucas, the zombie horde roars!" will turned to lucas, "do you fight back or do you run?"
"fight back!" tilly ordered, "or you're chicken."
before lucas could answer, the phone began ringing which caused all their heads to turn to it.
"no! it's a distraction!" will attempted to prevent them.
"guys it's a trap." tilly agreed, will smiled at her sudden interest in the game, "don't answer!"
will observed mike go over to the phone, "what? no!"
he didn't hesitate before picking it up, "el? no. sorry, not interested. telemarketers."
"surprise surprise." tilly rolled her eyes and took will's hand.
"maybe we should just call them." lucas suggested.
"we can do that?" mike gasped.
"i think so."
"yeah, but what would we say?" asked mike.
"we'll say nothing!" will dictated, "the khuisar tribe still needs your help."
"he's right, we are in the middle of a campaign." tilly reminded them.
"all right, then." mike spoke quickly, "i'll use my torch to set fire to the chambers, sacrificing ourselves, killing the jujus, and saving the khuisar. we all live on as heroes in the memories of the kalamar."
"victory." lucas high-fived him.
"are you being serious?" tilly frowned at them.
"okay. fine." will took off his hat and stopped the music, "you guys win. congratulations."
"will..." tilly walked over to him and tried to stop him.
"will, i was just messing around." mike attempted to convince him as the frustrated boy flung his purple cloak off, "let's finish for real. how much longer is the campaign?"
"just forget it, mike." will snarled.
"no, you want to keep playing, right?" mike glanced over to lucas for assistance.
"y-yeah, totally." lucas chimed.
"we'll just call the girls afterwards."
"i said forget it, mike, okay?" will blurted at him, "i'm going home."
"but..."
"come on will."
"move!" he shouted as he shoved lucas away and stepped up the stairs.
"you two are so selfish." tilly pointed at them in disappointment, "will has been through so much and you can't even do this one thing for him?"
the two looked both shocked and guilty, it had been a while since they saw tilly that furious so they knew it was serious. dating will had made her a calmer person.
"tilly i-"
"no!" tilly headed over to the stairs, "you've known will longer than you've known you're girlfriends yet you're still putting them before him. he's your best friend!"
she let out a groan before sprinting after will. the two shared a look before mike raced after them.
"will, come on." mike walked out the door, "you can't leave. it's raining. listen, i said i was sorry, all right? and tilly made me feel even worse. it's a cool campaign. it's really cool. we're just not in the mood right now."
tilly watched from behind them and next to the door as they interacted.
"yeah, mike. that's the problem." will justified, "you guys are never in the mood anymore. you're ruining our party."
"that's not true." mike tried to reason.
"really? where's dustin and slater right now?" will asked, mike stayed silent, "see? you don't know and you don't even care. and obviously, they don't either and i don't blame them. you're destroying everything, and for what? so you can swap spit with some stupid girl?"
"el's not stupid!" mike clamoured back, "it's not my fault you only like the sound of having a girlfriend instead of acting on it!"
tilly gave mike a stunned stare and sensed anger building up at his words. will began stuttering, unable to form words after what mike had said.
"i'm not trying to be a jerk. okay?" mike softened, "but we're not kids anymore. i mean, what did you think, really? that we were never gonna get girlfriends? we were just gonna sit in my basement all day and play games for the rest of our lives?"
"it's not about having girlfriends! it's about you never showing up." will cried, "so yeah, i guess i did. i really did."
"will!" mike watched him cycle away, "will! will? come on!"
with raindrops streaming down her face, tilly gathered up her bag and skateboard.
"tilly..." mike put his hand on her shoulder.
"leave it michael." tilly shrugged him off, "instead of worrying so much about my relationship, you should be worried about yours. but, it ended and i can now see why."
"i didn't mean it." mike looked down.
"yeah? well sorry, michael, but i did."
⎯ ❃ neens speaks!
also, tilly and lucas are going to have a better friendship soon, so i can't wait to write that
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