Chapter 2: Andrew is No Longer Wholesome

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   "Double, double, toil, & double! Or something!" Andrew said, standing over some chemistry equipment in the kitchen that they had stolen from the science lab at UMich. He was wiggling his fingers dramatically over the marble counter.

"It's actually—"Ross was interrupted by a knock at the door. "Put the stuff away!" he whispered, loud enough to hear without whispering into Andrew's ear, but quiet enough to not be audible outside. Andrew immediately started putting things in the cabinet. Fortunately, there was no liquid in anything yet, save for one beaker whose contents he simply dumped down the drain. It was just water.     

"Coming!" Ross walked somewhat slowly towards the door.

He opened it & was met with Joe, who was adjusting his hat. "Hey, what took you so long?"

Ross fidgeted with his necktie. "Just cleaning up a bit."

Joe frowned. "Alright. Anyways, uh, I think I got your stuff by accident." He handed Ross a mail envelope."Thanks." Ross shut the door."

That was close," Ross said. He tore open the envelope & found that it was a letter from his mother. He set it aside to read later & walked back to the kitchen.

Andrew had already started setting the equipment back up. "So, uh, what do we do now?" Andrew asked. "You're the scientist here."

"Yeah," Ross said, "But I'm studying biology, not chemistry."

"Still science."

Ross sighed. "Let's just get to it."

They ran around the kitchen, mixing random ingredients & chemicals. The result was some kind of thick brown liquid.

"Ew." Andrew visibly gagged.

"It smells and tastes like bananas, though, probably," said Ross, in a slight whisper. "Kay, now to bake it into a dessert, tell Zubin to eat it, & wait for the poison to kick in!"

They did some more random baking stuff, & ended up making cookies.

"Alright, tomorrow we give him the stuff," Ross said.

A rustling sound came from the bushes. Ross looked out the half-open window.

"What was that?" Andrew whispered fearfully.

"Eh, sure it was nothing."

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