The Kiss and the Years (MrCranium x DumbApple)

[MrCranium]

Keebler and Dennis sat on the stairway and just talked about life for a least an hour and then a car pulled into Keebler's driveway it was his mother. She came out the car with a smile on her face. Keebler and Dennis helped her with her bags and took them inside. The girls ran up to their mom and hugged her happy to see her home. Keebler sat in the kitchen with Dennis as his mom puts her stuff away in her room, she came back downstairs and looked at the boys. Keebler smiled. "So how was your trip?" Keebler asked.

"It was nice. How was it here?" His mother asked him.

"You know, same old, same old. Just Dennis came over a couple of times and me and the girls had pizza and watched cartoons." Keebler said with a false smile.

"Okay well I'll be in my room unpacking." His mother said as she walked back upstairs


Keebler and Dennis waited for her to leave. "Are you gonna tell her about Clare?" Dennis asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Yeah later, but not now." Keebler whispered, he stretched and then seen it was still only morning. The day was going slow. I guess time doesn't fly when your not having fun.

[DumbApple]

Clare waited the allotted hour and dialed his number. All she had to do was make sure not to do or make Keebler do stupid stuff with her. that way he would be safe. She did not have to give up all of her excitement, but she would have to settle to keep things calm and normal with Keebs, and she wasn't too opposed to that either. She just... well just want to sit next to him and listen to him breathe and that would be good enough. As weird as it sounded, it would be good enough.

[MrCranium]

Keebler and Dennis were watching movies in his living room bored, they were eating Cheetos from the bag and just lounged. Keebler kept looking at his phone and moaned with discomfort. He then looked at Dennis with a concerned look. "How did we do this in the past?" Quinton asked Dennis, he felt like he was missing something, like something wasn't right.

"Time went by faster in the past, now your used to having fun adventures and mischief with Clare." Dennis said stuffing his face with cheese puffs. He looked over at Keebler's sadness and discomfort. "Just call her, okay? You'll feel 10 times better." Dennis said with a reassuring smile.

"Yeah your right. But what if she doesn't pick up and doesn't want to speak with me?" Keebler said panicking like a little kid. He quickly typed in Clare's number and called her, he was desperate to hear her voice and have her attention.

[DumbApple]

The line was busy so she tried again. The girl frowned... she didn't even know what to say. She still didn't want to date him, but she wanted him to herself. Oh why couldn't she have the cake and eat it too...

She stared at the phone... it was busy... busy... maybe he was talking to Denny. Bitching about how crazy she was. She bit her lip. she hoped it wasn't to late to make amends.

[MrCranium]

All Keebler could hear was the busy tone. He quickly went into the fetal position and rocked back and forth like a baby. He was miserable, he let go off his phone when he curled into a ball. Dennis watched, he didn't like seeing Keeb like this, he looked pathetic and desperate. So Dennis picked up the phone and texted her like a reasonable adult would. "Hey Clare Bear, can we talk?" He sent the message and called her not waiting for a text back, he tapped his foot impatiently waiting for her to pick up the phone. He cleared his throat so he could make it deep like Keebler's again.

[DumbApple]

Clare picked up her phone and saw the text and her phone began to ring. Her heart stopped, why was she so nervous. This wasn't her. She didn't get this way... and yet here she was... feeling like she was going to vomit because of her nerves.

The girl picked up the phone, "Hello Keebs." She attempted and succeeded at a steady tone.

[MrCranium]

Dennis got nervous and looked at the hopeless Keebler who was curled into a ball. "Hey Clare Bear, are you okay? How are you? Can we see each other?" Dennis went on in his Keebler impression, he rolled his eyes to the fact that he was doing this. He tossed Keebler the phone, he caught it with his hand and put it too his ear anxiously hoping to hear her sweet voice hit his ears...in the non creepy way. "Clare, I'm sorry I screwed up. I want to hangout with you cause I'm feeling sad and I have tears in my eyes, and I'm in the fetal position." He laughed with a tear running down his face.

[DumbApple]

Clare blinked, "Please tell me you are joking.... you know what, I am going to pretend you are joking. Keebs, I really am sick, I gotta stay home and get better, my dad wouldn't let me out of the apartment if I tried. And if you think I'm crazy, he's worse." She coughed again and continued to wheeze hacking something up awful.

[MrCranium]

"Ugh this is my fault. I'm gonna come over and give you soup or something, you sound horrible." Keebler said, he felt horrible by the fact that she was sick. "Let me repay you back for all the times you helped me. Plus I'm sure I can handle your dad, what's your address?" Keebler said looking for a pen and paper. Dennis was just shaking his head at how pathetic Keebler looked. He looked like a lost puppy.

[DumbApple]

Clare bit her lip, "I don't want you to see where I live... There's not mystery to that." She defended, but it was only an excuse. "I have to keep something of my mystique you know..." She bushed though... he wanted to bring her soup. that was... charming.

Her father peeked into the room seeing her on the phone, her cheeks red. Maybe it was the cold, but the smile on her face sad otherwise. He then snatched her phone ignoring her protests. "Hello, who's talking to my little girl?"

Clare glared at her father trying to snatch the phone. the man was unpredictable, she feared the worse.