1-2. school daze
3. the maud couple
4. fake it 'til you make it
5. grannies gone wild
6. surf and/or turf
7. horse play
8. the parent map
9. non-compete clause
10. the break up breakdown
11. molt down
12. marks for effort
13.
the mean 614. a matter of principals
15. the hearth's warming club
16. friendship university
17. the end in friend
18. yakity-sax
19. on the road to friendship
20. the washouts (episode)
21. a rockhoof and a hard place
âThanks, Li.â The woman on the unlit side of the door was detective Dennis Pawlak, officially on disability and secretly under watch in the Witness Protection Program safehouse apartment.
âNeed help with anything?â detective Singh offered without flinching.
âNo thanks, I bet thereâs youtube videos for everything these days. Thanks again, Li,â the pink-colored collection of curves and curls replied with a sigh. All her sighs were heavy, for physiological reasons as well as psychological ones. She started to close the door, but her unofficial caretakerâs hand stopped it halfway.
âListen, partner, weâre not giving up on you, okay? You need anything, you want anything, you have any questions-â
âIâll be okay, Li. Thanks. I mean it, I know you guys have my back in this. I really do appreciate it,â Dennis said through the gap.
âAny word from Martha?â Li asked.
âYouâd be the first to hear it,â Dennis said glumly, then attempted a weak an ineffectual smile. âAnyway, donât you have a soccer match to get to?â
âYeah,â Lian replied. She knew that bringing up her kidsâ sports activities was her partnerâs way of dismissing her. âTake care, partner. Weâll beat this thing. I havenât let anyone take your chair because I know youâll be upset if itâs not waiting for you back at the precinct.â
âThanks, bye Li,â Dennis said finally as he closed the door and latched the locks. He tread with heavy footfalls to the small living area and dropped to his knees in front of the ancient television, provisioned before the days of HD and never upgraded due to budgetary reasons. Safe houses arenât supposed to be vacation homes, what would the taxpayers say? had been the refrain from higher up. For the past three weeks it had been his primary source of distraction, other than the old and crumbling issues of Readerâs Digest.
Dennis clicked on the tube set and by the light of its flickering screen he rummaged through the pharmacy bag her partner had brought. Sanitary napkins, deodorizing wipes, and store-branded braided tampons. It was a reminder of the number of days that had passed since the incident, and that they still hadnât found a treatment. On the receipt in the bag was a brief note written in Singhâs laudable print handwriting: DONâT FLUSH. Dennis glanced at the total and was mildly upset her partner was laying out this extra money for his sake, and it reminded him how much her wife spent on similar products. A recurring charge for biology that she hadnât had to worry about until recently.
âBeing a chick sure ainât cheap,â she sighed in a voice that sounded almost like someone had been pumping helium into the apartment. She set the bag aside and looked around the floor. Todayâs lunch, delivered by a proxy officer each day to avoid giving away any information about Pawlakâs whereabouts, was now just an empty take-out box full of wrappers and plastic utensils. She needed to throw them away before they caused a roach problem, but even with nothing to do all day it seemed like a chore. Everything did, really. Besides, what was the point in trying to keep the place tidy? It wasnât her home. Eventually theyâd have to kick her out, even if they couldnât find a cure. When the future was looming so bleak, why bother keeping tidy?
But worst of all was the laughing. He couldnât stop, and it shook his body until he was bruised and sore while the medical staff watched and adjusted his restraints to keep him pulling out the IV line or injuring a nurse with his convulsions. And he guffawed the entire time, uncontrollable peels of laughter that gradually rose in pitch until he sounded like a madwoman instead of a madman. The look on Marthaâs face was one of abject horror, but he knew the look on his was a mask of elated joy. The joy that took over his brain as the transformation and first âfitâ progressed. He knew it was wrong to be happy about any of this, but he couldnât stop the manic euphoria induced by the drug even as it took a wrecking ball to his life in that hospital bed. Then it left him with two actual wrecking balls, heavy lumps of flesh that wiggled and rippled on his chest as they pushed up and pressed down, resisting the epileptic contractions of his lungs through force of gravity. All he could do was laugh as his old life was taken from him.
And it really bugged her that she could only think in male pronouns for the past tense.
âGosh, Pa! I was just tryinâ have some fun!â his delinquent son pleaded as he turned over the Winchester.
âHeh,â Dennis chuckled. Fun. âHeheh.â
âSon this is the last time Iâm tellinâ ya: A gun ainât fun-â
âHeheheeeeâŠâ Dennis laughed. Fun. It wasnât really funny, though.
â-itâs a tool fer killinâ! And ainât no God-fearing son of mine is gonna live under the delusion that killinâ is fun!â
âHahahaha!â Dennis bust out laughing, like she was watching a sitcom instead of a drama. Fun! âHehehe, oopsa-daisy! Iâm getting a giggle fit!â she said to herself, the tone of her voice and her choice of words not quite aligned with her trepidation. It was close to dinner delivery time, and she was going to be knees-deep in a fit when her fellow officers showed up at her door. âThatâd be silly!â she giggled despite herself.
Dennis tried to stand up, but she was experiencing the dizziness that accompanied fits in the early stages and toppled backwards onto the couch. She landed with a heavy thud that caused her chest to bounce. âHehehe, galloping girlies!â she joked, rapidly losing her sense of shame to the artificial elevation of her mood. She shook her chest from side to side and laughed as they wobbled against each other. âIâm- Iâm all a titter!â she joked, inspiring herself to let loose an explosive guffaw that shook the rest of her body just along with her boobs. âGotta get ahold of myself!â she announced before deliberately slapping a hand on each side of her bosom. âWoob-woob-woob!â she mouthed while squishing them together playfully and sniggering through her nose. âWoob-woob-woob, time to watch the boob tube!â she giggled while continuing to bounce herself with both hands.
âWe gotta get to the outpost before the Comanche do!â the stern rancher declared as he stepped into the stirrups and mounted his horse. âHyah!â he cried, putting spurs to flanks and holding on as his powerful mare shot forward like a lightning bolt of muscle and beastly fury.
âYeee-haw!â Dennis cheered, bouncing her plump rear on the couch as if in a saddle. âRide her, cowboy! Why canât we all just get along, little doggie? Yeehaw!â Every sentence was punctuated with a constant stream of giggles and laughs, and she was fully under the fit now. âYou know, isnât a long little doggie a weener dog?â she said to nobody, and providing her own raucous audience reaction. âWhen is some cowboy gonna get me a long little doggie? Yeehaw!â she laughed, putting her hands on top of her curly-maned head and swaying as she bounced in order to swing her over-sized breasts in a circular wave.
âHot dog!â she cried merrily in a high, nasal voice that he could already tell he was going to hate. âWe have a weener!â
âUm, actually itâs a Reuben,â Hendrix said, offering the takeout box as he looked around at the messy safehouse apartmentâs littered floor and tried to listen over the loud old cowboy show on the TV. âWhereâs detective Pawlak?â
âIn the flesh!â the weird bimbo cheered, striking a pose that stuck all her assets out at exaggerated angles, not that they needed any help. âSpeaking of which, I think you brought my footlong, silly!â she giggled flirtatiously.
âNoooâŠ? Like I said, itâs a Reuben.â Hendrix replied, trying to evaluate all this information and failing to organize it into a sensible framework.
âAww, really?â the bimbo asked, closing the gap between them and reaching out to grip his belt. âBecause I thought you were gonna get me a long little doggie!â
âI-â he blurted out before she suddenly shifted her weight and flung him onto the couch, dropping the dinner delivery in the process. In a flash she was straddling his legs and had his buckle undone, giggling like an idiot.âWhereâs the detective?â he asked again, grabbing her wrists and shaking her.
âLike I said, youâre meeting detective Pawlak in the flesh! Or at least, youâre about be!â she chortled and wrestled her arms free, continuing her assault on the zipper of his uniform slacks. âNow hurry up, Iâm a damsel in need of dis-dress and the only thing I like more than a man in uniform is a man out of one!â
Hendrix looked at the weird chickâs pink face, biting its lip to stifle her laughter and boring into him with hungry eyes. He looked down at some incredibly hefty knockers that wiggled enticingly just inches from his chest, two jumbo-sized nipples high-beaming the stressed fabric of her ill-fitting top. He felt the shifting of her well-padded seat on his thighs, and his âlong little doggieâ pulling against the material of his slacks.
âGiddy-up,â he said with a grin. The sexting session with Linda could wait.