𝐈'𝐥𝐥 𝐁𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐥 ; ᵂᶦˡˡ ᴮʸᵉʳˢ

iii ; The Case Of The Missing Lifeguard

"What did I do wrong? What could I have done wrong?" Mike contemplated

"Do I have to go through this again?" Lucas asked him

Mike took another bite of his chip as Will and Ethan were conversing where they should start if we were going to play D&D at all at this point.

"I just don't understand what I did to deserve this." Mike told Lucas

"Nothing. Nothing. That's my whole point. You are the victim here" Lucas replied

"I know. It's just, why is she treating me this way?"

"I don't know. Mike-"

"What did I do wrong? What did I do wrong!?"

"Mike, stop. Relax. Just relax. Okay? Just stop asking rational questions." Lucas instructed, lifting Mike's feet on top of the arm rest of the couch.

"I know, I know, your right."

"Yeah"

"Because women act on emotion and not logic."

"Precisely"

Ethan scrunched his nose up in confusion and looked in their direction. He knew Mike was going through a break-up and whatever, but now he was doing his old 'pulling shit out of my ass' technique.

"It's a totally different species" Lucas agreed

"Guys, it's ready" Will announced

"Will, not right now" Lucas deflected

"They broke up with you. What else is there to talk about?" Will argued

"Tons" Lucas replied

"Like how you're both being jackasses?" Ethan asked in a sarcastic tone.

"Look, were trying to solve the great mystery of the female species" Mike added

Ethan looked at Will with a 'what the hell' face, which he returned with a 'mentally worried' expression. And of course, they turned into middle-aged drunk men who told their bar friends divorce jokes.

"Dude, you can smell the nacho cheese" Mike chuckled

Will groaned, shaking his head and contemplating his choices on being there.

"I got that beat"

"What?"

"Oh, no"

"No, Lucas, no"

"I'm gonna go, bye-"

"No!"

"Lucas! Lucas!"

Ethan grabbed Will's hand and their backpacks, teleporting the boys into Mike's bathroom upstairs. Ethan slid down the door as he closed and locked it.

"Jesus Christ someone kill me" Ethan sighs

"Why are our friends like this" Will groaned

"I'm staying in here tonight, I can't bear to leave" Ethan sighed

"We're playing D&D in the morning. No matter what" He announced, "But I'm not dealing with that."

"Agreed. I'll get the cassette tapes from Mike's closet in a minute. We'll listen to music or watch a movie in the living room"

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In the living room past ten'o'clock, the two brunettes sit on the couch watching A Nightmare On Elm Street, one of Ethan's favorite movies.