||Hello Neighbour: A Better Timeline||

||Chapter 14: Ike's Siblings||

Wilson stood before his former pupil.
. . .
"It. . . Yes, it has been some time. . . But I though, you had retired after. . ."
Wilson nods, taking a seat as Gunter jumped on his lap,"Yes. . . I retired after what happened to the students at my school, could never forgive myself. . .", Valeria nods, feeling a lump in her throat.
"So. . . Why are you here? Applying to be the Caretaker or Janitor?"
He looked at her, coldy,"It was at the request of The Board; They had apparently received many complaints about this school, not because of the students but, because of the teachers and The Headmistress.", he said as he pointed to her.
Valeria gulped,"I'm sure. . . It's just a misunderstanding-", "I. Would hope so.", Valeria got quiet after that, Wilson looked like one of those villains in shows as they sat in their chair, stroking their pet as they monologue their evil plans.
But he was no Villain.
He eyed her,"I want to remind you, what you told me when you came to about your desire to become a Principal,'To Change', Valeria; I'm well aware of what you and the others did all those years ago.", Valeria looked down at her desk, looking at anything but Wilson.
"I would hope these rumours are incorrect, or a misunderstanding; Cause I believed you wanted to change."
. . .

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'Bark!'
Wilson chuckled as Clementine brought him a can,"Thanks, girl.", he put it in the bag, readjusted his grip on the Trash Picker and looked around.
Gunter was sat with his toy, tail wagging as he was looking at all the children playing or eating their lunch.
. . .
"Oh, alright."
Wilson leaned down to Gunter,"You can go say hi, but don't go stealing anyone's food or bothering the kids.", with the 'OK' from his owner, Gunter sped off.

Trinity smiled,"Nicky, Hi!", Nicky waved,"Hello, sorry needed to add something in Math Class before I could leave.", Ivan looked down, Mya too with excitement,"You brought a new friend?", Nicky was confused, but then felt a presence and looked down to see the dog, Gunter, back at his side and wagging his tail as he looked up at him.
"How-?"
"Puppy!"
Mya jumped to pet Gunter, who happily leaned into her,"Has the dog just been following you?", "Yeah, I don't know why but his owner eventually found him and now he's back.", Aaron looked around, seeing the new Janitor with 2 dogs around him,"Him?", "Yeah, him; I guess he works here and couldn't leave the dogs alone.", Mya didn't miss the opportunity, she turned around,"Mister! Can play with your dog??? Is that okay????", he looked up, giving the thumbs up.
"Yay!"
Gunter placed his toy on Lucy's lap and began their game of fetch.
"Guess he was following around cause he likes you."
"Yeah. . . You and Mya want a pet?"
Aaron made a face, Mya turned around,"I wish; But a pet is a lot of responsibility and, Dad's not comfortable around any animal.", Aaron nods,"Yeah, he's not an animal person.", Nicky oohed, Mya nods as she threw Gunter's toy,"Yeah, he gets really nervous around any animal.", Nicky knelt down as Gunter gave him the toy,"I'd like a pet but...", Nicky sighed,"I'd just worry about constantly having to move, so it wouldn't be good.", Aaron nods,"Yeah  true.", "You move a lot?", Nicky nods,"Yeah, for Mom's job; Scientist.", it was a half lie, they also moved a lot because of him.
School issues.
"I see."
Aaron didn't push, but it was like he could see right through Nicky; Something was bothering him.

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Ike stumbled back into the Banner, with two others following him.
"Traffice bad?"
"No, it was just the airport dealing with Beatrix and Quentin's passport cause of our stupid last name.", Miguel turned to Jay,"Their last name is kind of complicated to pronounce or spell to the point they don't even know.", Jay nods, Beatrix smiled,"New Worker?", "Yeah, Jay Roth; Moved in with his wife and kid.", Quentin shook his hand,"Nice to meet you; I'm Ike's Twin Brother, Quentin and this is our younger sister, and my partner, Beatrix.", Beatrix shook his hand next,"Nice to meet you, hope you've settled in well.", "And our brother hasn't caused trouble.", Ike looked offended,"Oi; Right here.", Beatrix turned to him, smirking,"We're kidding, you know we love you; And because we do, we brought you a gift and you need to check-", Ike nods, opening his desk drawer,"Right Yeah, Blood pressure.", Ike then turned to Quentin as he rolled up his sleeve,"And you? What happened to your arm?", Quentin's arm was bandaged, fresh bandages so it was changed and Beatrix turned to him,"This moron did something stupid.","Hey!", Ike rolled his eyes, and he was the one that was gonna up in jail or hospital constantly?
Him??
"Regular Sibling Banter."
"Mhm."
Jay couldn't help but miss that as he watched them have a row at one another.