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E. 10. "Beware of Green" (3/10)

In Brandon, Kale Clague and Reid Duke are sitting in the dining room. Their attention is on a laptop, which is loading a video.

"Hey...," Reid starts off with a glimmer of playfulness in his eyes. He turns to his friend and points to him. "What do people call you when you rap?"

Kale furrows his eyebrows in bewilderment at the odd question. He slowly turns to face him, maintaining his perplexed look. "Uh, what?"

"A kale wrap!" Reid shakes his hands by his face with a mighty large smile.

Kale immediately snorts as he shoots his hands over his mouth. He chuckles while moving his hands away, revealing his open smile. "I get it...! I get it...!"

The front door is then heard opening and slamming closed. The two spin to the left to see the one entering the house.

"Hey, Pat!" Kale calls out, giving him a wave.

A large, dazzling grin pops on Nolan's friends as he spots the hockey players together. "Hey, guys!"

Reid hits the space bar on his laptop and spins it around to show the skater its screen. "Wanna watch a meme?"

His eyebrows shoot up in interest. "Sure!" With excitement noticeable, he skips over to him and slips into the empty seat next to Kale.

Kale has a surprised look at the tallest roommate. "Really? I thought you hated memes..."

Nolan gives him a look of anxiety. "Well, is there a problem if give them a try?" He holds a hand out at Reid. "I was asked."

He shrugs with confusion. "Well, uh, no, no, I was just—"

"Claguer loves them!" Reid blurts out, leaning forward to look at the other skater. "I know you'll like 'em too!"

With that, the jokester hits the space bar, playing the video. The three watch the meme of Nicholas Cage having the hardest time driving in a high-speed car chase.

Out of curiosity, Kale eyes Nolan slyly. He spots the skater with a thrilled look, displaying his flawless smile with sparkling eyes.

Kale flicks his eyes back to the video, his face being clouded with skepticism.

The meme ends with the airbag blowing up in the actor's face.

Nolan instantly throws his head back with loud laughter. "HA! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAA!!!"

Reid peers up at him with astonishment. "You liked it...?"

He straightens up and then leans over and slips his face into his arms against the table. "Oh my goodness, that's so funny!" He continues giggling in his arms.

Reid takes in a gasp of excitement with wide eyes and a smile. He turns to the defenceman. "Doctor Pat actually likes memes!"

Kale has his suspicious look at the tallest skater. "That's strange..."

Nolan's laughter fades away, followed by him lifting his head from his arms and narrowing his eyes at him narrows his eyes.

Spotting his harsh expression, Kale pulls up an accepting look. "...but cool!"

He flashes him his famous grin. He then pushes himself back up to a straight posture. "Do I look nice?" He runs his fingers through his soft hair.

Kale eyes him with a gawk. "Uh, yeah, you always do." He scrunches his eyebrows with subtle disgust. "Don't rub it in our faces now."

"Okay, good." Still running his fingers through his hair, he rises to his feet and wonders into the kitchen. "Now, what do we have to eat?"

He frees his hands and opens the refrigerator. He then spots a container of pasta sitting on a glass shelf. He pulls it out and peers at it.

From the dining room, Kale is watching him with distaste. "That's pasta."

Nolan lowers it from his vision and throws him a glare. "I'm not blind."

Reid points to the container in Nolan's grasp with raised eyebrows. "That's mine!"

He peers down at it with a slight frown. "Oh." He slips it back into the refrigerator. "What's there to eat?" He bends over and rifles through the bottles and containers of food.

Kale shrugs with his eyes on his back. "I don't know, you never tell us what you have to eat. We don't eat any of your stuff anyway since it's all gluten-free, dairy-free stuff."

Nolan perks his head up with wide eyes as he processes his answer. "'Gluten-free, dairy-free'?" He mumbles to himself. He then peers down and continues in his rummaging.

Kale gazes at the tall friend before turning back to his other friend.

Reid senses Kale having his eyes on him, causing him to peer up from his laptop and look at him.

Kale nods his head to Nolan.

Reid turns to his right and stares at the other friend, who is consumed in his hunt for lunch. He then turns back to look at Kale with confusion.

With a huff, Kale rises to his feet and looks down at him. "Hey, Duker, I wanna show you something in my room."

Reid's eyes light up with excitement. "Ooo, what is it?"

"It's in my room." Kale turns around and begins exiting the dining room. "Follow me."

"Okay!" Reid jumps from his seat and speeds after him.

Kale climbs up the stairs, ascending to the second floor. Before he loses sight of the first floor, he peers down, spotting Nolan scrutinizing a container by the refrigerator.

He then rushes up the steps and slips into the nearest room to his right.

Reid comes in after him and halts by the door. Kale closes his room's door closed and turns around, facing his bedroom.

"Sooo...," Reid eyes him with excited anticipation, "...what do you wanna show me—?"

Kale grabs his upper arm and drags him across his room, away from the door.

"Nothing." He halts him and himself next to the wall by his bed, which is on the other side of his room, and lets go of his arm. "I used it as a non-suspicious excuse to get away from Pat."

Reid knits his eyebrows at him. "Why do you wanna get away from Doctor Pat?"

"He's acting strange!" Kale holds his hand out by the door. "That's what I wanna tell you about without him being around."

Reid scratches his head with lowered eyes in bewilderment. "He's acting strange...?"

"Yes!" He throws his hands into the air. "First, he was open to memes— He never likes memes! And on top of that, he LAUGHS at them! And then he can't figure out his lunch! He knows his lunch from the back of his hand with no commentary." He holds his hands out at him. "Didn't you catch on to that?"

Reid rubs chin in deep thought. "Well, now that you mention it, I can see how he is off." He flicks his eyes at him. "But why?"

"I don't know." Kale scratches the back of his neck in uncertainty. "I wanna ask him, but the last thing I want is to offend him." He drops his hand.

Reid peers up and asks like as if he is asking Nolan: "'Doctor Pat, why are you so weird? You are a doctor yourself!'"

Kale chuckles at his last statement. Yet he still shakes his head. "No, no, not like that. Maybe just ask if he's okay." He shrugs with a slight frown. "I'll talk to him later on when we're unwinding."

Reid shoots him a closed smile. "Sounds good!" He spins around to begin exiting the bedroom. "I'm gonna show him more memes—!"

Kale grabs the back of his collar and pulls him back. "I don't think that's a good idea." He lets go of his shirt, letting him whirl around to face him. "Just do your thing...and only bring Pat in it if he asks."

He dips his head with a look of dejection. "Aw, okay..." With that, he slowly turns around and shuffles out of the room.