Chapter 41- Too quiet.



(Mac’s house. 8:30 pm. Living Room. Mac and Jaque are sitting on the couch, watching Scrubs)

Mac: (sigh) The house is empty.
Jaque: Oui.
Mac: Shelly and Senri left for the Tropics.
Jaque: Oui.
Mac: Jebus and Kino got a house together.
Jaque: Oui.
Mac: Caboose is living with PFf.
Jaque: Oui.
Mac: Who knows where Sephiroth is anymore.
Jaque: Oui.
Mac: It’s just you and me.
Jaque: ….C’est mal? [that’s bad?]
Mac: …Non, c’est bon. [No, that’s good] We can do whatever we want.
Jaque: You thinking what I’m thinking?

(8:40. Mac and Jaque are rollerskating through the house.)
Mac: This is awesome!
Jaque: Why did we never do this when the others were here?
Mac: Because somebody might- (trips over a mislaid cat toy and knocks a statue crashing to the floor)
Jaque: (stops a little further down the hall) break something?
Mac: (crumpled on the floor) I can fix it!

(9:20. Mac and Jaque are hanging from the ceiling, playing Guitar Hero)
Mac: Why is Freebird so damn long?!
Jaque: (keeps missing notes) Pétasse! Branleur! Merde! Merde Merde Merde!!!! [all vulgar French exclamations]
Mac: (song finishes) I win! I knew watching TV upside down all these years would come in handy!
Jaque: Great…now how do we get down?
Mac: Down? How did we get up here?
(They stare at each other)

(10:45. Mac is mixing ingredients in a bowl, while Jaque is rifling through the cupboards)
Mac: These will be the best brownies EVER!

(11:15. They are tasting said brownies)
Mac: (makes a gross face) These are the worst brownies ever.
Jaque: What do you think it was that made them so bad?
Mac: (throwing entire pan away) It may have had something to do with the fact that Jack Daniels is not a normal ingredient.
Jaque: (sadly throws his piece away) It seemed like a good idea at the time.

(12:50. The house is blaring with rock music, and Mac and Jaque are standing in the second floor hall)
Mac: (strapping on a motocycle helmet) You ready?
Jaque: (adjusting his own) You know we’re idiots, right?
Mac: Yup. Let’s go!
(They run down the hall and launch themselves onto a mattress that is setting at the edge of the stairs. The mattress slides when the hit it, zooming down to the first floor and into the opposite wall, sending Mac and Jaque flying)

(1:05am. Mac and Jaque are sitting on the living room couch watching scrubs. They are both bruised and bandaged)
Mac: I miss the others.
Jaque: Oui.

End.

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