||Chapter 40: A Storm Coming||

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"Did you guys hear a bunch of people got in trouble with Mr Murtaugh."
Aaron looked up,"What, what happened?", "Apparently a lot of students got in trouble for cheating on a lot of tests.", Lucy made a face,"Well, they're all dead.", Mya nods, eating her pasta as they all just accepted that those pupils were goners, dead meat and would become Mr Murtaugh's next experiments.

"Hello."
"Hey, Nicky: What's up?"
"Not much, I'm taking further science and my Uncle is here."
Maritza smiled,"You have an uncle?", "Oh yeah, you mentioned him at dinner from a while ago; You have two right?", Nicky nods, unpacking his food,"Yep; My dad's older brothers, Uncle Jimmy is the oldest and Saul is the 2n Oldest, my dad is the youngest; Once he heard where we were and came to visit for a while.", Mya gave a thumbs up,"Can't wait to meet him!", Nicky nods, completely starving after PE.

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"Hear there's a storm coming."
Norman nods,"Mhm; Though, it seems to just be some thunder, rain and wind: I'm not worried much.", Theodore nods,"Still. . . I'll be downing something to knock me out, cause I will not be able to sleep.", Ike pointed his his ears,"Probably because you got some really sensitive ears.", "True, I thunk after working on so many roller-coasters, my hearing is just. . .", Theodore waved his hand a bit,"I dunno how to describe it.", Ike shrugged, Norman sighed,"Well, might it be an idea to make sure The Weather Station is secured?", Theodore nods,"Yeah, that's probably something we should do.", so that was needed to make sure no one broke into there and also the Observatory.

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"He's really happy here."
Jay nods, handing Saul an energy drink,"Thanks; And yeah, he's really happy with school and has a group of friends that you'll most definitely meet soon.", Saul gave a thumbs up,"Good to hear, I'm interested and intrigued on who he's befriended.", Jay nods,"They're all lovely kids. And also, we're thinking of letting Nicky get a cat.", Saul smiled,"Really?", "Well, Luanne suggested it, she knows Nicky always wanted a pet and we couldn't in the past due to. . . A lot.", "Hwrd to forget.", "So, we're getting him one now and he's chosen this. . . Maine Coon cat?", Jay pulled out a notebook, having filled with cats and all the pros and cons of each kind,"He drafted this up, and so Luanne and him should be back with the cat today.", Saul nods, "Impressive. I remember Nicky would bring so many strays home to feed them, and it would take us ages to tell him he needed to let them go.", Jay chuckled, then heard the car pulling in,"I remember that.", "Also, sorry for the bad timing with a storm.", Jay got up to get the door,"It's fine, and it's best you stay for a while; I'm not letting you drive back in a storm.", Saul nods, yeah that's fair.

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"So, had fun at the Roths?"
Mya and Aaron nods,"Yeah! We got to meet one of Nicky's Uncle!", Mr Peterson smiled, offering his hand,"Hi, uh. . . Saul or Jimmy?", Saul shook his hand,"Saul Roth; Nice to meet you, your kids are really nice.", Mr Peterson nods,"I hope they behaved.", "Nicky got a cat!", Mr Peterson was surprised,"Really?", and like one cut the cat came over, it was a big cat and walked around their legs.
"How nice."
"He's really fluffy!"
Aaron knew Mya was trying to appeal to her dad the small possibility of getting a pet, but their dad was never a fan of animals and they made him anxious.
And that was obvious as the cat jumped up on his leg, looking at him as he tensed.
Mr Peterson didn't know what to do.
So he just. . . Pet the cat, and it leaded into his hand.
"She likes you."
Aaron was surprised, the cat then got off and let Mr Peterson go through as he calmed a little.
"You got a name for it?"
"Xeno! Short of the Alien in the movies about Aliens!"

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