A Day to Remember (lightbrush fanfic)

Chapter 5 - Wake Up, Painty!

Lightbulb POV
I woke up from a longgg nap. Well, I wouldn't call it a nap, more like a.. long rest you take at night. Anywho, I sat up and yawned. I looked down to see Painty sleeping peaceful. Might as well wake them up. I shook them but they weren't waking up.

"Looks like we've got a tough one here." I put my mouth really close to their ear. "PAINTY WAKE UP." I checked to see if they were awake. "Still nope. Well there's only one thing to do in these types of situations.. Get someone to help you make sure someone doesn't die. Which is a very smart and Testy thing to do."

I stood up and walked out the room to try and find someone to help me harass- wake up Painty. I saw a girl with red hair on the couch. "Ay red head! Wanna help me wake someone up from the dead?" She looked up at me. "Wouldn't that make them a.. what's the word? Those dead guys that come outta the ground?" "A zombie?" "Yeah that! Wouldn't they become a zombie?"

"Nahh, Painty's too smart to become one of those gross zombie fellas. I mean, they are kinda cool. Maybe Painty should become a zombie." "No! That would be bad!" "Hmmm, yeah you're right. What's your name farm gal?" "Apple- Wait, did you just call me farm gal?" "Yeah, you look like one of those farm girls from the movies. I think it's the face."

"Huh, I never knew that about myself. Thanks for that, uh.." "Lightbulb!" "Right, Lightbulb. Nice overalls!" "Nice green headband." She seemed to brighten up when I mentioned her headband. "You like it? My mom said it fit cause it looks like a apple.. uh? What's it called?" "A leaf?" "Yeah! It looks like an apple leaf and my name's Apple so she thought it fit!"

"Awesome! One time, I brought a gun to school since it was my turn for show n tell but I got in trouble so my mom hid all the guns in our house. Luckily, that didn't stop me." "That sounds dangerous... but also very cool!!" "I was very cool, but then my mom decided to just get rid of all our guns which I think was unfair. I mean, if I wanna play with guns, let me play, y'know?"

"Totally! My mom thought I was cheating in school because I kept on getting perfect.. uhh... scores! Yeah, I was getting perfect scores on my test, even though I didn't know how to spell and I still don't really know, b-but she said I couldn't cheat anymore and banned me from the computer." I sucked my teeth. "That sucks, getting banned from the computer, I have.. multiple times."

"Well gee, and I thought I was the one who was.. uh.. Oh yeah! Badass. Bow taught me that word! Isn't it neat?" "Yeah! Badass is like totally badass! It should be used more often!" Apple nodded excitedly. "I know right?! Bow says that Dough is the opposite of badass, which I think is.. um.. What's it called..? Oh! Humorous! I thought it was humorous!"

Me and Apple laughed at the silly things we talked about. "I've only talked to you for about 15 minutes and I can already tell we're gonna be the best of friends." "Like Marshy and her friend? Paintbrush I think?" "Hmmm, I'll talk about it with my manager."

"What does your manager manage?" "He lots of stuff! Like relationships, banks, friendships, dead people- Oh yeah! I just remembered why I needed you in the first place! Painty, my friend, is dead! Their not waking up and I don't know if they're sleeping or dead! Please help!"

"Oh I can help you with that!" "Yay!" "Just one question, what does dead mean?"

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Apple got some pots and pans from the kitchen and gave me some. "I read on a.. what's it called? Oh! A website! I read on a website that if we make lots of noise, then Paintbrush will wake up!" "I like the way you think, Apps." She looked at me confused. "What's Apps?" "Oh its just a nickname for you I just came up with. I'm pretty good at those." "Oooo, cool!" "Okay let's do this."

"One," We picked up the pots and pans.

"Two," I held mine close together, ready to slam them together.

"Three!" I slammed the pans together as loud and fast as I could and Apps did the same.

I checked to see if Painty was up yet. Nope. "Their still asleep." "Let's try banging the pans repeatedly!" "Okay!" We started banging the pots and pans together as loud and fast as we could until someone swung the door open.

"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TWO DOING?!" Marshmallow slammed the door opened, looking very tired. Apple's face seemed to brighten when she saw her. "Hi Marshy!" "Apple, would you care to explain what you and Lightbulb are doing and why it requires so much noise?"

"Lightbulb said that Paintbrush wasn't waking up so she wanted my help to try and get them up!" "Yeah, chill out Sugar Cube." "Don't call me that." Marshmallow said, clearly annoyed with us. "Look guys, you can't be making all this noise! You almost woke up Bow, and we're gonna be banned from campus before school even starts! Please stop with the noise."

"Fineee, party pooper, we'll stop." I said, dropping the pans I was holding. "Lightbulb, you and Paintbrush are leaving as so as Paintbrush wakes up." Marsh said, leaving and closing the door quickly but quietly. "Maybe we need to wake them up without making noise." Apple got an idea from my suggestion. "How about we shaking them really really hard!" "You're on a roll today, Apps! Let's do it!"

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"Well that clearly didn't work." Apps said, letting go of Painty. "Maybe something needs to wake them up, like an emergency!" I exclaimed. "Like what?" "Like if they can't breathe, they'd wake up, right?" Apple seemed to understand what I meant and nodded. I went to go get some stuff from the kitchen.

I came back with a fruit bowl. "This was the only thing I could find in there!" "Maybe if we.." Apple took an apple (pun intended) and put in Painty's mouth. "..They aren't waking up Lightbulb, what should we do?"

"Don't we breathe through our mouths?" "I've always thought so.." Something in my head just clicked. "NO!! ITS OUR NOSES!!" Apple looked at me for a second as I grabbed her shoulders and shook her. "Wha.. OH!!!!!" I got on top of Painty and I was about to ask Apple for something to cover their nose when they started to wake up!!!

Paintbrush POV
I woke to Lightbulb on top of me inspecting my face with Apple sitting on the bed next to her. "..What are you guys doing?" Lightbulb sighed with relief. "I thought you were dead, Painty! Me and Apple tried to make a bunch of noise to wake you up but it didn't work!" "Because I was sleeping. What's-" Apple shoved an apple in my mouth. "Apple, we're done with the tests! Painty's alive and well." "Oh okay, I thought they were still dead because they look like a zombie."

I took the apple out my mouth and sighed. "Lightbulb can you get off of me?.. I'm starting to notice a pattern here." Lightbulb stood up and grabbed my wrist, pulling me up enough so I was sitting up. "Marshmallow said that we need to leave the dorm as soon as you woke up because me and Apps were making too much noise." I stood up and yawned. "Okay, lets go- what the hell is Apps?" "It's a nickname Lightbulb gave me! Isn't it.. what's the word? Cool?!" "No. No it's not."

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Lightbulb POV
Me and Painty walked into our dorm to see a broken egg on the floor and Test Tube screaming at Fan. "Um.. we're back." Test Tube turned around, still very pissed, and took a deep breath. "Hello Paintbrush, Lightbulb. As you can see, SOMEONE broke my egg and now I'm going to fail my first assignment BEFORE THE SCHOOL YEAR EVEN STARTS!"

"Testy, just try to calm down-" "DON'T SAY ANOTHER WORD FAN. YOU'VE ALREADY DONE ENOUGH!" Painty rolled their eyes. "And I thought I had anger issues." "DON'T SASS ME PAINTBRUSH!" "Or what? You're gonna make a potion that'll turn me into a frog?" "I might as well make one! You're being a real jeebweezer right now!" I separated them.

"Woah guys, take a chill pill! There's no need to go at each others throats! Why don't we all just take a deep breath and-" "LET ME AT THEM! I'M TOO UPSET TO TALK!!!" Fan grabbed Test Tube and dragged them back to her room to talk. "Well that's one way to be welcomed back." Painty said, walking towards the kitchen. "Well, at least you're not dead!" "I hate you."