Story #12: The Last Name

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"Jaiden!" Nelson yelled, "someone is here to meet you!"

Jaiden turned off his video game system, got up, and went to Nelson.

"Who is it, Nel-"

Jaiden saw Nelson kneeling next to two pieces of bread.

"Hey there!" Greeted Saturday.

"What the! Your bread can talk!?"

"Not only that, but we can eat, run, and kiss," Saturday informed.

Jaiden's has now seen everything.

"Jaiden, this is Saturday and his dad, Friday," Nelson introduced, pointing at each individual bread.

'How fitting,' Jaiden thought.

"Nice to meet you, sir. You have certainly raised a fine dog," said Friday.

"He's a cat," Jaiden corrected.

"Don't mess with me!" Yelled Friday, in sudden anger.

"Any who! You owe them fifty bucks," Nelson announced, breaking the silence.

"What!? Why?!"

"Apparently you ate Saturday's grandparents, and they want you to pay for their gravestones."

Jaiden was confused for two reasons. First, why aren't they more angry at him. Secondly, those will be very small gravestone....but I guess they're just bread.

"I'm so sorry, Mr...Uh....bread. I will happily buy your gravestones."

"It's Mr Breaded, actually. And thank you for not fighting with us. You see, Saturday was really close to his grandparents."

Jaiden looked at Saturday. He was smiling wider than a slice of a watermelon. Jaiden then looked at Nelson. He saw a tear creep down his cheek.

"First Jaiden, in order to buy these specific gravestones, you will need to put in your surname. Nelson didn't know it, so I couldn't put it in for you," explained Friday.

"Lemme see."

Friday handed Jaiden the document. He picked up a random pen from the floor, and put it on the paper. He was about to write his last name, but he couldn't remember.

"Jaiden, hurry up!" Nelson commanded, his voice cracking a little bit.

"I can't remember my last name..." Jaiden explained, kind of freaking out.

"Excuse me?" Asked Friday.

"I don't think I have ever needed to, or at least not recently. I just say Jaiden, and they nod their head."

Friday exchanged looks with Saturday.

"Well, we need your surname, so please figure it out," Friday said.

Jaiden nodded.

"Come on, Nelson. I need your help."

Nelson got up and followed Jaiden to their old 2003 computer.

"This thing is so slow," Jaiden said, bumping his elbow against the monitor.

"What do you need me for?" Nelson asked.

"What's the password?"

"Hmm.... oh! Oh, yeah! Bill Nye your mom's a guy."

"I'm not even going to ask."

Jaiden went on the internet and searched in the search bar, "What is my last name?".

"It's not telling me," Jaiden said to Nelson.

"That's not how it works."

Nelson pushed Jaiden out of the chair, and typed, "What is Jaiden's last name?".

"All is lost," Nelson announced, after looking at all the first page's links for random websites.

"Maybe I can find one of my old accounts on an old website," Jaiden suggested.

"That could work," Nelson agreed.

So they went to an old website Jaiden used to go on.

"They closed down Beanie Babies! What the heck!" Jaiden yelled in anger.

"Try using eBay," Nelson suggested.

They went to eBay.

"It wants me to log in," Jaiden announced, pointing at the old screen.

"Well, log in!"

"I can't. I don't remember."

Nelson picked up a vase, and threw it at Jaiden.

*crash!*

"Ow! What the heck!"

"For once, use your brain!"

"I am using my brain, Nelson!"

"It's official. You're dumb."

"Says the one who can't even tell the difference between a plus sign and a minus sign!" Jaiden yelled.

"At least I know my last name!"

"Woah, woah, woah. Calm down, dweebs," said Pamela walking into the room eating an apple, "what's the problem?"

"This stupid nerd can't remember his last name!" Nelson said.

"Your last name? It's Tibbs."

Nelson and Jaiden stood there with shock.

"That's right! Now I remember. Hey, how'd you know that?" Jaiden asked.

"The owner told me I was moving in with a Jaiden Tibbs and a Nelson Meem when I came here," Pamela explained, eating the apple core.

"Oh! Well, thank you, Pamela. That's very helpful," Jaiden thanked.

"No problem. Why do you need to know anyway?"

"I kinda need to buy a few gravestones for some bread," Jaiden explained, pointing in the room Saturday and Friday are in.

"Huh. I did that a couple times in my lifetime. I'm going to go lie down. Good luck, dweeb."

Jaiden and Nelson went back to the room to see Friday and Saturday were wrestling on a giant blue mat. Friday noticed them, and came right over.

"Just bonding with my son. Here you go."

He handed Jaiden the document, and he copied down "Tibbs".

Jaiden handed Friday the document.

"Tibbs? Fascinating," said Friday.

"What's so fascinating?" Jaiden asked.

Friday didn't answer, and held out his hand. He put fifty bucks into his hand, and Friday walked off into the bathroom.

"That's a strange piece of bread. Nelson, why don't you feel weird eating bread?" Jaiden asked.

"Kill or be killed, Jaiden. Kill or be killed."

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