S3 EP5: The Trouble With Frittles

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Henry

I walked into school alone because Aria won't talk to me, and I automatically got hit in the head with a Frittles can. Miss Shapen told everyone to check the news, so Jasper pulled out his tablet. 

Jack Frittleman, owner of the Frittles Factory, was announcing that people go online to frittles.com to vote for their favorite Frittles; Bodacious Blue Bacon or Raging Red Rhubarb.

"Ohhh man, this Bodacious Blue Bacon is amazing!" I beamed after chewing the blue chip, grabbing the can from Charlotte's hand. 

"Yeah, but there was something awesome about the Raging Red Rhubarb." Jasper said, twisting the red can around in his hands. 

"Ah, Char? What are you going to vote for?"

"Neither. I don't have time to vote for some dumb corn chip." She said, putting the lid on the can of the blue Frittles. 

"What? Charlotte?"

"Yo, People die for your right to vote...online." I paused while looking off to the side. Charlotte shook her head and walked away, probably to class. 

Jasper was voting for the red Frittles and got mad at me for wanting to vote for the blue Frittles. We even argued about it inside of Junk N' Stuff for crying out loud. 

Ray and I got into a fight over the two different flavored chips. He liked the red ones like Jasper, but I liked the blue ones like Schwoz. Ray even refused to help a man who's been crushed by a rock because he's voting blue. 

Let me just say that we fought about this debate for at least over an over until the news came on about the Frittle Factory.

As Captain Man and Kid Danger, we headed up to the Frittle Factory to keep an eye out on it because someone broke in and stole the red Frittle chips. Haha Ray. 

"Is there a problem?" I asked Mr. Frittleman, seeing as he was staring at a piece of paper looking rather confused. 

"Well, sort of. When the truck was stolen, it was carrying four hundred cases of Raging Red Rhubarb Frittle chips." 

"Yeah."

"So?" I looked over to see Ray scratching the back of his neck. He only does this when he's nervous about something. 

"Uh, it seems that two cases of the chips are missing. Weird. Wonder what happened to them." Mr. Frittleman looked up, his eyebrows mushed together. 

"Well, I guess you'll just have to ask the missing chips."

I argued with Ray back and forth while he argued with Mr. Frittleman about if chips could actually talk, they'd say where they were, which is so stupid. 

"Captain Man! Captain Man! Kid Danger!" 

I turned around to see my sister and the members of the Man Fans trailing behind her as she came running in. The door reopened and I saw Aria walking through, her eyes immediately connecting with mine. 

"Oh, that's just my sis-scissors. Has anybody seen my scissors? My scissors?" I stopped myself before I literally gave my identity to my little sister.

Ray and I started to argue again, to where we kept shooting either color cans at each other, which eventually broke the control panel behind Ray, setting off the emergency alarm. 

"Attention. This is Jack Frittleman. Run." 

This is not going to end well, and I was right because Aria wasn't paying attention to what was happening. Her earbuds were in, playing on her phone. 

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Aria

I got out of the shower, my hair and body wrapped up in burgundy colored towels. I walked to my room and towards my phone, seeing I got a message from Piper. 

Piper: Do you want to be apart of the Man Fans and go to the Frittle Factory with us?

This kind of shocked me because I didn't think Piper would talk to me after I accidentally took her phone charger without her permission. I opened the message and texted her back. 

Aria: Yeah, why not. I'll be over in fifteen minutes.

I threw my towels into the hamper near my bed and looked through my closet. I pulled out a plain shirt and a pair of black ripped skinny jeans and put them on, paired with my checkered Vans. 

I blow-dried my hair and straightened it, then pulled half it up into a ponytail. I applied very little makeup, then went back to my room. I still had about ten minutes until I had to leave, so I hurriedly plugged my phone in to my charger. 

When it was time to leave, I dug around for my earbuds. I found them in the drawer that had the letter I wrote about Henry. I sighed, pulling out my earbuds. 

I went downstairs and grabbed a snack, eating it before I left. I yelled at my mom and told her that I'll be back in a few hours. 

I knocked on Piper's door, seeing her open it. She sent a smile and literally yanked me inside of her house, and pushing me down onto the couch. There were at least ten or more other people here wearing shirts with a logo representing Captain Man.

"What exactly is the Man Fans?" 

I heard a million gasps from around me. I stared at everyone while shrugging then looked back over at Piper, who's mouth was agape. 

"The Man Fans is a club for Captain Man and the really cute Kid Danger. I'm the president of the club."

Piper doesn't know that her brother is Kid Danger, and she's crushing on him. I had to force myself to not mentally throw up from that. 

"O-oh. You think Kid Danger is cute?" I asked, kicking myself that I'd even say anything like that in my entire life. 

"Well, yeah. The girls and I do." Piper beamed, pulling up manips of her and Kid Danger, who were acting like a couple. 

"Isn't he like...older than you?" I pointed out, because Henry is a few years older than his little sister. 

"So what? I date him in my dreams."

I got up and went to the kitchen to grab a water before I actually threw up. I drank the whole bottle in under ten seconds. When I was done, I threw it in the nearby trash can and went back to the couch. 

"Come on we have to go and see what chips Captain Man and Kid Danger are voting for so we can vote too." One of Piper's friends said, looking at her tablet. 

"You guys start going, I need to talk to Aria." 

Piper pushed me back down on the couch and waited until her friends left. I stood up and walked to the door, opening it. 

"Do you still like my brother?" Piper asked, typing something into her phone as we walked farther behind Piper's friends. 

"Yeah, but we aren't on good terms right now." I hung my head down, the tears brimming my eyes. 

"Why's that?"

"We got into a fight last night at my house," I started, looking back in Piper's direction, "and it didn't end too well."

She nodded her head and walked ahead of me. I ran up behind her and started talking about whatever I thought of. All Piper was talking about was Kid Danger. I can't wait until one day when Piper finds out she's been crushing on her brother. 

We arrived at the Frittle Factory and Piper and her friends ran through the doors screaming for Captain Man and Kid Danger. I laughed, staying back behind the doors. I knew Henry was in there as Kid Danger, so seeing him might be a little awkward. 

Eventually, I put in my earbuds and shuffled music from my phone and walked in the room where the Frittles get produced or whatever. 

My eyes locked with Henry's, and I immediately looked away and back at my phone. Just making eye contact is awkward for the both of us. 

Out of the corner of my eyes, I saw people start frantically running around the place, their arms flying above their heads. Piper tugged on my arm to get me out of there, but I shoved her away. Next thing I knew, my body was thrown over someone's shoulder and I was escorted out. 

They set me down, and I looked at who carried me. It was Henry. Now that I'm getting a good look at him, I can see that he really wants to talk to me. 

"Henry, I'm so sorry...about everything."

He pulled me in for a hug, "Don't worry about it. It's okay."

He took me home and decided he was going to stay with me for a little bit. I didn't mind, although Piper might be curious as to why her older brother is constantly flirting with me, but I flirt back too. 

But it's okay, because I'm going to tell Henry this time, that I like him. I told Kid Danger, but that was before I knew that he was Henry.