The Modern Four

Chapter 22

The future brought boredom, it seemed. The uniforms were taking forever to make, it had been nearly three weeks since they tried on the prototypes, in which, nothing excited happened except for thanksgiving break, over which the group hung out, and the two girls went Black Friday shopping with Mrs. Parr. School was becoming extremely mundane, at least according to Wilbur Robinson, it was. The weeks began to drag by, especially since it was nearing finals week. He sat in his last period English class, pretending to work on an English essay, when really he was letting his mind wander. The first topic that came up was the midwinter formal, which he was planning to ask Violet to. Since the night that they got the time machine back, Wilbur couldn't stop thinking about her, and he was 100% going to ask her to the dance. That is, unless Hiro got to her first. Wilbur couldn't tell with Hiro. He knew that Penny had a huge crush on him, but he was unsure if he liked her back. Hiro seemed to flirt with both Penny and Violet, and he sincerely hoped that his relationship with Violet is purely friendly.

The school bell rang, and Wilbur was shaken out of his thoughts, shutting down the computer and grabbing his stuff, quickly pulling out his phone. One new text from Penny. She wanted to hang out tonight, since the weekend was finally here. He shrugged, texting back and accepting. He headed for the bus, flopping down and looking at his bus mate. "Oh, hey Hiro." He said, looking at the boy, whose ears were covered in headphones.

"Huh?" Hiro said, taking off the headphones.

V"Just saying hey. Quick question, when are the suits gonna be done? I'm literally dying for them."

"Uh, I dunno..my brothers been using the lab a lot, he said he's making something for his advanced science class. But, uh, they're like halfway done?"

"Ugh, that's so long. Hiro, you've failed us. You're not doing this right. You need to do better. I give up on you Hiro, that's it, friendship over."

Hiro rolled his eyes. "Okay Wilbur, okay. You say that, but tomorrow you'll be asking me again as if this never happened." He grinned a bit, putting back on his headphones.

Wilbur rolled his eyes and took out his phone, and started playing a game. Pretty soon, he got to his house, where Penny was already waiting. Wilbur blinked. "How...how'd you manage to beat me here?" He asked, frowning.

"Your mom gave me a ride!" She said cheerfully, going inside. "Now cmon, it's cold. I've been waiting for like ten minutes."

Wilbur blinked again. "My mom gave you a ride? Why didn't she give me a ride?" He frowned.

Wilbur's mom, who was in the kitchen, smirked. "Because you didn't ask." She laughed, and penny grinned. Wilbur grumbled, going into the basement and flopped down on the couch. His golden retriever, Carl, hopped up next to him. Penny grinned, plopping down next to Carl.

"Aww, are you jealous that your mom picked me up instead of you? How cute!" She giggled, laying down on top of Carl.

Wilbur rolled his eyes, turning on the TV. "No, I'm not jealous." He grumbled, changing the channel to How I Met Your Mother, one of his favorites. Penny sighed.

"C'mon dude, we've seen this episode at least five times. Can't you find something better on?"

Wilbur shook his head, crossing his arms. "Nope. Not for you. Now, if Carl wants me to.."

"Ugh, Wilbur, you suck." She pouted, and lunged for the remote. Wilbur yelped, moving the remote just in time. Penny yelped as she fell off the couch. Carl barked, jumping off the couch and running upstairs. Penny groaned, sitting up. "Jerk!" She jumped after the remote again, but Wilbur stood up and held the remote high.

"You can't get it!" He laughed. Being quite a bit taller than Penny, he easily held it above her head. Penny groaned, jumping up for it.

"Wilbur!" She frowned, crossing her arms. "Not fair."

Wilbur grinned, shaking his head. "It's totally fair!"

Penny poured, looking up at him. "Is not!" She huffed, sitting back down and staring at the TV. "You're the worst best friend ever, Wilbur Robinson. I'm going upstairs to hang out with your mom. At least she appreciates my efforts." She stood up, going upstairs. "MRS. ROBINSON, YOUR SON'S A JERK CAN I JOIN YOU?"

Wilbur rolled his eyes, sitting back down on the couch, quickly getting bored of what he was watching and going upstairs, watching as his best friend and mom made some cookies. He started playing on his phone when he got a call from Hiro, which he quickly picked up.

"Hello?"

"Wilbur! Hey, listen, how soon can you come over?" Hiro said, sounding excited. Wilbur frowned, then his eyes widened.

"Like fifteen minutes, why? Are the suits done?!" He asked, the excitement in his voice clear.

Hiro shook his head, rolling his eyes. "No, even better!" He said. Wilbur jumped off the chair.

"Mom, can you take me and penny to Hiro's?" He asked, smiling sweetly. Penny furrowed her eyebrows, looking at Wilbur, slightly confused.

Mrs. Robinson frowned. "What for?" She asked, looking at her son skeptically.

Wilbur sighed. "He just needs some help with science homework. C'mon mom, just let us go! Pleeeease?"

"Hiro needs help with science from you? Why do I doubt that." Mrs. Robinson smirked, crossing his arms.

Wilbur rolled his eyes. "Okay, so he needs help with math. Can we go?"

Penny laughed, shaking her head. "Yeah, obviously, Hiro needs help with math." She shook her head, smiling at Mrs. Robinson.

"Wilbur...tell me the truth.." She crossed her arms, raising an eyebrow.
"Mooooom!" Wilbur begged, pouting.

Mrs. Robinson sighed. "Fine okay, I'll take you guys. Get in the car, you two." She said, grabbing her car keys. "Just don't get into any trouble!"

Wilbur and Penny exchanged looks, grinning at each other. "We won't!" They said in unison, getting into the car, excited to see what Hiro was going to show them.