Mind Games

Chapter 03

The week was long and tiring, but with Mic's help, Mom and I were able to, on my insistence, clean up the house. And unpack our things afterwards.

We had to call up the carpet cleaners. What was it? Stanley Streamers...? They helped us out with polishing the hardwood flooring and cleaning out the carpet on the stairs. Whew, because I was totally going to die of exhaustion if I, Candy Penylez, had to do all that.

Then I had Mom buy paint so we could repaint the house, both inside and out. Mom and Mic did all the painting though because I had to catch up on my Netflix shows, Pretty Little Liars and Orange is the New Black. And then watch the recordings of the episodes I missed from Teen Wolf and The Office.

Sighs, I really do need to follow Sam's advice and cut down on the shows. Oh and speaking of Sam, I'd spoken to her and Ashe after the moving van left, on the day we moved.

The conversation went pretty much like this:

Me: Hello? Sam?

Sam: Oh my Pringles, FINALLY! Took you long enough. You guys already got there, right? Lord, it sucks with you not here! Though I am still stuffed so....

Me: Um... Sam, calm down. But yeah, agreed, it is boring without you guys. And I'm guessing you're talking about The Grieving Tradition?

Sam: Yeah. It was real long this time. Any-hoo, how is it over there? Is it like, I don't know, some kind of dodo land?

Me (chuckling): Dodo land? What in the world...? No. No, its not. It's not that different from over there.

Sam: Oh? So, you're telling me that you like over there better than here. My Pringles, Candy! You're like so... Ugh, here---

Ashe (Bang!): Uh, Penniless? The phone... it fell. Sorry.

Me: Okay, that was unexpected.

Ashe: Huh? Oh, you mean Sammy. Yeah, I guess. You know she gets really overdramatic sometimes.

Me (rolling my eyes): Sometimes?! More like all the time.

Ashe: Hmm. True.

Me: So... how are you coping?

Ashe: You dumb butt! Get your baloney-self away from my face!

Me (staring at the phone): Hello? Ashe?

Ashe: Huh? What? No! Stop, you--- you beef-jerky face! No, scratch that, beef jerky is good. You cat-dog-rat mutant!

Me (confused): Uh, Sam? Ashe?

Ashe: So how do you like it, Penniless? Over there, I mean.

Me: Okay what the hell is going on? Ashe, you still talking to me?

Ashe: Duh, I'm talking to you. Who else? No. No, you know what, I'm done. Its Beast Mode time now, man! Haha, I activated my Beast Mode, you dirt ball. So, can't catch me!

Me (utterly confused and about ready to hang up): Ashe, are you playing a game?

Ashe: What? Oh, yeah. Didn't you realize?

Me (doing breathing sessions to prevent myself from going to jail): No, how could I, when you just up and start sprouting the most weirdest curses ever?

Ashe: Weird? How come?

Me: You cat-dog-rat mutant!? Really dude?

Ashe: It sounds fine to me---