CHAPTER 7 - JAKE AND DUSTY: LEARNING HOW TO COUPLE, Part I


Here we were. An old married couple.
Jake and me. YUP YUP. 





Been together for jest forevah, yah know?
I MEAN, DING DANG DINGUS.
We been together TWO WHOLE DAYS,
so...

Ok. Stop giggling.

We did feel like a really rad and bodacious kinda couple true, 
but that didn't mean everything 
was always simple. 
Nor would it ever be in all likelihood.

For example, what about our friends. 
Course for Jake that basically meant ME, 
him being so new here and all...
and no problem there.
 I approved. Hee hee. 
But what about my friends? 
What about our families?

Oops. 

Okay, mine were cool with us...
my family that is. 
NO siblings to have to murder 
which is always a plus.
Mother and dad. 
SCORE ONE FOR THE TWITS!
They took to Jake almost as fast 
and as much as I had.

But again. What about Jake's family? 
Our families had never met. 

Mine knew Jake but his mom and dad 
had never met me.

"What if they don't like me, Jake? 
What then? HUH? What? 
I will have to go join a convent.
 I wonder what they wear? 
Nothing maudlin I hope!"

"YOU are NOT EVEN catholic, fool."
"I...uh...uh...um..
ok, I CAN BE you know."
This was of course only the latest episode 
of Jake rolling his eyes 
while I acted insulted 
or despondent or crazed, 
which meant time for...

'THE JAKE & DUSTY SHOW'
It ain't easy being me yah know?

But I DID know that day would come 
and soon and I was really nervous. 
Ok not nervous exactly and nervous 
is much too wimpy a term.

PETRIFIED! 
Ahh much better yes. 
Petrified and a teench of scared shitless, 
not to mention tossing in a dab of 
fear on steroids stuffies.

I must ask my sweet Jakey.
"Does your mother wear any sidearms 
as a general rule? You know, 
like when baking gingerbread and stuff?"

THIS was gonna be a 
GUINESS RECORD
of an eye roll Ah jest knows it.

"Honeybear,
(hehe, his nick for me. 
So cutesie huh).

"Don't worry. They will. 
C'mon you are adorable. 
What's not to like, ok?"

Course he was right. Yeh yeh. Sho nuf,  
I am that is true, BUT...

"Adorable only goes so far, Jakey," 
I retorted in my most serious of 
sixteen year old voices. 
I MEAN. 
This was major important stuff here.
"We can't count on that you know."
"Count on what?"

"My adorable uh..itey, carrying the day. 
What about your brothers and sister? 
You know what teenagers are like. 
mean. 14 year old twins? 
GEEZ...and your sister? 
EEEK!

Easy methinks to understand teenagerdom 
for us SINCE both of us still were 
and would be for awhile yet.

"They will ALL love you, 
so stop worrying doofus."

Of course, that little remark then 
had to cost him and OH was he gonna pay...
and pay big time. so I then did 
the only possible thingy and mock slapped 
his mouth. Then of course he had to 
retaliate for that 
OUTRAGEOUS 
act of agression...
so, I got kissed. Sigh.

War IS HELL, ain't it.

Now this being our first semi-official 
something or other, 
which if not squelched 
might lead to rank insubordination and 
plank-walking and all sorts of mayhem...
that had to be taken into consideration. 

Yup. NO WEAPONS! 
(Wait, does that mean lips too? EEEK).

SO, then we did the ONLY 
conceivably apt thing
given the circumstances and the declaration 
of war provisions and all that.

THE PROTOCOLS, 
crucial in times like these.

ONE of us, who shall remain nameless 
of course, started it. Then the what eventually 
(an hour or so later. Okay five minutes) 
became known as the 

TAH DAH
(I had to do my own drum roll. 
How amateur is that?)

THINGY occured.

Anyways AKA

THE OFFICIAL 
SUPERSERIOUSLY
'DUSTY & JAKE' 
WARSTUFF...STUFF,
and just how kewl is THAT, 
I mean,
which by its very nature and according to 
the old iron bridge protocols as it relates 
to war/non-war/war STUFF, ok, 
does mandate and require 
and all that kind of oh so official thingus...
IM POH TUNT dippitly doo, 
anyway, to put it laymen's terms...

There must be LOTS of kissies and huggies 
and hand-holding 
AND one of the 
most important parts, giggling.

Okay, I WIN...IF
you toss out everything but giggling. 
That mah FORTE!


Okay. This went on for a tad...
UNTIL
our peace and quiet and slapsies and huggies and serious smooching was INTERRUPTED, (how RUDE), by my mother.

GASP.

We were sitting out by the pool 
and soaking up some rays...
and
conserving seating space 
by my sitting in his lap
on one of the chaise loungers 
which meant acts of war 
were up close and personal, 
especially since he had his arms 
around me 
TO THE POINT 
I was fearing gangrene setting in. Hee.

LOUNGERING while vulnerable as we were 
to aerial bombing and sniper attacks 
and all that fun stuff 
one normally associates with 
poolside festivities at least here, today...
and I kept pointing that out 
which of course meant 
FEAR HUGGIES, 
and those are the BEST, 
if you toss in sneak attacks 
on lips and earlobes and things.

OH GOD 
I AM SOOO GOOD AT THOSE.

Anyway, comfy it was and we were,
even while to any casual observer 
mildly DERANGED was pretty obvious...
not to mention smoochily ANNOYING
to anyone other than another 
newly together couple of 16yo
 TWITS...
AND THEN... 
into this absolutely idyllic domestic scene 
(apart from the fast and furious war 
being waged on the aforementioned lounger), 

BUT, still...peace and quiet to the max, 

yes, into 
ALL THIS STILLNESS 
AND MAYHEM...
came my mother. 

Armed I am sure and vaccinated. 
One can't ever be too careful 
during an outbreak of smoochies. 
Highly contagious and..

'Yes mom?'
Now it should be pointed out that 
at this juncture of ANY 
of our conversations throughout our long 
(16 years not counting 9 months in solitary) 
and sordid history...
I would hasten to add...
"And what did I do NOW?"
Presuming as I was there would be 
a formal reading of all charges 
at the preliminary hearing 
which of course was never actually held.

My complaints to the propah authorities 
always resulted with them being returned 
and YEH RIGHT scribbled 
on the envelope in crayon. I mean. 
CRIPES.
I suspect postal mischief.

It's hard being an only child. Yah know?
Blaming others for the endless array of 
mis-adventures and serious transgressions 
I am constantly being accused of, 
WRONGLY of course, is much harder 
to blame on the others around you 
WHEN YOU IT.

The dogs were NEVER any help, 
with their perenially oh so innocent PRECIOUS faces...
and I HAD kinda 
overdone the 

'CAT. Yup. HE DONE IT,'

number and I had begun to suspect 
that his retaliation was near. 
URGH...and like I said,
adorable only goes so far.

"Yes mom?" I said in my MOST innocent 
pure as the driven snow WHO ME? 
look I am world-famous for 
(and which I might add 
NEVER WORKS.)

Does slow them down though, 
right Warden?

Jake was reaching for his Coke, 
while mother was busily working on 
perfecting her hand 
and facial signals inventory. 

"WHAAAT?"I muttered, 
while it should have been plain to see 
I was working on 
advancing my use of the
oft successful albeit somewhat devious
military strategy known as...
'clueless', 
which always annoys her NO END
and makes me giggle, 
but then...what doesn't.

OK, see I knew she wanted me 
to leave my comfort zone 
(been here and done this 
OH so many tahmes)
and go where no son 
IN LOVE I might add 
FOR THE FIRST TIME 
I might add quickly 
and 
FOR TWO DAYS I might add, 

has gone...and talk privately 
which Jake was bound to overhear 
ANYWAY 
(him having the hearing 
of bats you see) 
and so 
'MOTHER? Harumph, 
what IS the point here?' 

You can jest picture the harumph 

there now can't you.

Oh ok. OOPS! Silly me. Hahaha.
I had forgotten about his arms around me 
AND about the fact I was glued to him. 

CRAZY glue of course. 

My adorable heinie and his...
uh...um...
well, you know. 
YUP! So turrib sorry and all that momsie. 
Can't get up right now. Has to wear off 
yah know. Might take YEARS, and so...

JUST AS I was contemplating 
my next move and working to perfection 
that last one SHE...
the woman who bore me and trust me. 
That little episode I barely remember was 
NOT boring so they say).

This varmit woman reached over 
and grabbed my left EAR. 

OWWWW
OWW OWW OWW

OWWWWWWWWWW

Owwww...
oww. that hurts.

"OK, moms. I was just about to...(fume)"
Mothers VARMITS ALL.
but they do come in handy 
during mealtimes.

OWW.

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