Helios

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The grown ups went upstairs, seeing a random few pillows and a bed cover on the floor. They found Earth in the bathroom, putting something in his mouth, wearing a pyjama top that was green and pyjama trousers that were blue.

"What are you doing?" Saturn asked. All he got in reply was Earth sticking his hand out, open palmed.

Earth suddenly spit into the sink and put down the tiny bush he had put into his mouth, "I was cleaning my teeth."

"Why?" Jupiter asked.

Helios interrupted Earth, "Kids are weird."

"No! It's because it's healthy, it wipes all the gunk out of your teeth." Earth said, scowling at Helios, "So why are you here?"

"What's the time?" The grown-ups all asked and Earth got a two phones and a watch shoved in his face.

"It's 7pm at night," he said.

"So it's not time for you kids to go to bed?" Saturn asked, as Earth left the bathroom.

"No but yes," Earth said.

"What?" Helios said, confused, phone in one hand.

"Yes, its not the time for us kids to go to bed to get the required amount of sleep but at this point, if I'm up 30 more minutes, I will fall asleep like a flamingo." Earth said, the grown ups stared at Earth, "Right, you don't get that reference."

"Okay, Earth," Jupiter said, getting the group of three supposedly grown men and a supposedly child on track, "It's time for bed, where are the other planets?"

"Oh, about them."

"Is everyone okay, Earth?" Saturn asked.

Earth opened and shut his mouth several times but nothing came out.

"Earth, tell me what's going on?" Helios asked, looking away from his phone.

"Ah, well, it's, um, complicated, to say the least."

"Earth, tell us," Jupiter said.

"Well, Luna fell asleep in my bed, Phobos and Deimos wouldn't get off Mars' bed, Mercury is refusing to get off Venus' bed in retaliation for something Venus did and Venus, in retaliation, dragged Mercury entire mattress, pillows and sheets, (thought some of them fell over) into Venus' room and is refusing to move it and Neptune didn't want to sleep on his own so Urrinus decided to also drag his mattress into Neptune's room."

Helios sighed, "Is it too late to get a refund on these kids?"

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