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"So…when is your friend supposed to show up?" Casey said as he wiped down a table.
"Around lunchtime," Chip said as he picked up a slice of marshmallow and mushroom pizza.
Casey glanced at the clock.
"Soon." Casey said.
"Should we keep the sharp objects off the tables?" Theo said as rushed past him with a tray of drinks.
He paused for a moment.
"No…I think I'm fine."
"I wasn't talking about you. You can handle yourself. I was talking about the consumers."
He beamed happily at Theo. He was really glad that they thought he could handle himself. He took a bite of his pizza.
"I'm sure it won't be that bad. Vida sounded like a very nice person," Lily said.
"Was that before or after she calmed down?" Casey said.
"After…but…"
"It is okay, guys. Trust me. Everything will be fine."
The door slammed open. He looked up to see a very unhappy Vida standing there. Casey and Theo looked at each other before going off to help consumers.
"Hey, V. Pizza?" He said with a grin.
She didn't say a thing as she walked over and hugged him.
"You are such an idiot, Chip." Vida said softly.
"I know…You tell me all of the time," He said as he hugged back.
She broke the hug and then hit him on the shoulder. He rubbed his shoulder.
"You could have told me that the world was going to end."
"First time was a joint agreement. Second time was a fluke. Sassy didn't tell me that the world was going to end. This time it was RJ."
She snorted.
"What did RJ do?"
"Uhhh…."
RJ poked his head out of the kitchen door.
"Aww…Miss Vida, welcome!"
She snorted.
"What did you do?"
"Right now, I'm making a pepper and onion pizza." RJ said.
He watched Vida look RJ up and down.
"Oh, yes….purple suits you. Nutty… weird…possible ga…"
"Vida!"
"What? It's true! Look at him. He gives Lenabow a run for his money in the whole I-am-crazy. It must be a purple thing….or possibly a wolf thing."
"RJ isn't crazy…he is…different." Casey said.
Vida looked over at Casey.
"Oh, he is a red."
"How in the world are we…." Theo glanced over at the busy restaurant then he lowered his voice, "are we supposed to keep our identities secret if you guys keep guessing it?"
"Once you are a ranger, you just know." Vida said as she looked over Theo.
"You are shorter in person."
"It comes with the shiny spandex suit."
She laughed. He smiled amusedly as he took another bit of his pizza. He glanced over at RJ trying to get back into the kitchen.
"Oh, I like you. Don't think about moving, RJ. I'm not done with you. I'm not done with you either, Chip." She said as she turned around again to look at RJ.
"But I'm eating…" He said.
V shot him a look and he sighed. He set down the pizza. She dragged him into the kitchen. He grinned slightly when he saw RJ was busy working on a pizza.
"Okay…what happened?" She said as she stared down RJ. RJ stopped for a moment and looked over.
"Dai Shi tried to take my animal spirit but failed. The effects were bad. My animal spirit became unbalanced. I called Chip to help while I went away. But good news, that I'm fine and Chip can go home," RJ said.
If looks could kill, RJ would have been dead right now.
"Yes….crazy must be a wolf thing." She mumbled.
"How about I make you a pizza? On the house, of course." RJ said happily.
"No weird stuff?"
"Weird is such a hard word. Unique is how I define my pizzas."
She looked at RJ then at him.
"Scratch that. It must be a sixth thing."
"Technically, I'm not a sixth," He said before V shot him a look.
"Neither am I. I am fourth." RJ added.
She threw up her arms.
"Screw it. I want a ham, mushroom and peppers pizza." Vida said.
"Easily done." RJ said.
She grabbed his hand and dragged him out of the kitchen.
"You do realize that you aren't leaving my sight for like a year even if I have to tie you down."
He blinked for a moment.
"Again?"
The End.