Normal Day
After everyone got home from the beach house, they ran upstairs with their suitcases.
Capricorn, however, went shopping for her new plan.
***
Taurus was in her room, reading a book, when someone knocked on her door. She got up and opened it. Capricorn stood there, grinning ear to ear, with multiple bags full of supplies hanging off her arms.
"Hey Taurus. I have a solution to make the crazy zodiacs be normal for a while."
"Pfft... just a... second." Taurus started laughing her head off.
Capricorn squinted her eyes. "Why are you underestimating me? I thought I was the smart one."
Taurus grabbed onto the door frame for support. "Make the... crazy ones... normal. AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA my stomach hurts! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA you're so funny Capricorn."
"Hey! I'm serious. Do you want to help or not?"
After she managed to stop laughing, Taurus nodded. "Sure, I'll see what kind of impossible plan you've made. If you do manage to make them act normal, then you're officially the smartest person ever."
Capricorn smiled and dumped the bags on Taurus's bed. "We'll start by..."
***
The other ten were sitting in the living room. Capricorn texted the group chat, telling them to wait there.
"I'm so bored! Someone catch something on fire," whined Aquarius.
"No problem!" Sagittarius made fire burn in his hands. "Now, what can I catch on fire?"
"LIBRA!" cheered Virgo.
Libra looked at Virgo. "Do you realize the error in what you just said, or should I explain it to you?"
Virgo laughed. "Never mind! I choose Aqua. Libra is too precious to burn."
"I'm tired. You're officially my pillow." Aries leaned on Gemini and closed her eyes.
"Why me? Oh well, Scorpio is now my pillow." Gemini leaned on Scorpio.
Scorpio shrugged. "I guess I'm officially a pillow."
Aquarius chuckled. "I bet you have pilLOW quality! Pfffft!" He clapped his hands and died laughing.
"I'm done. Goodbye." Leo opened the door and walked outside.
"LOCK IT!" Sagittarius jumped up and locked the door.
"Pisces, why are you laughing?" asked Scorpio.
"I'm only laughing because his laugh is making me laugh! Laughter is contagious around me!" announced Pisces.
"HEY! LET ME IN!" Two fists pounded against the door.
"SORRY! WE DONT ANSWER THE DOOR FOR STRANGERS!" screamed Sagittarius.
"OPEN THE DOOR RIGHT NOW BEFORE I USE MY BLACKMAIL ON YOU."
Sagittarius crossed his arms. "I'll tell the others what you did in your sleep, in that hotel before we went for Florida."
"You remember that? All I did was sleeptalk."
"More like sleep moan."
Leo pounded on the door so hard, it fell down. Everyone stared at him in shock.
"SAVE ME!" Sagittarius hid behind Virgo.
Cancer jumped to her feet. "GUYS! Capricorn will literally kill us this time!"
Scorpio got up. "What she doesn't know won't kill her." She picked up the door and kicked it outside.
"Hey! You were supposed to be my pillow!" pouted Gemini.
"Shhhh! Pillows don't talk," hushed Aries.
Libra looked at everyone with wide eyes. "Guys. I think she's going to notice that the entire door is missing!"
Aquarius shrugged. "Let's see how long it takes. Also, Leo broke it, so why should Capricorn bother with killing the rest of us?"
Virgo nodded. "True. Everyone blame Leo!"
Leo gasped. "But I'm too awesome to die. Therefore we must sacrifice Sagittarius instead."
Sagittarius pointed at Cancer. "But it will make Cancer sad if you kill me. She'll be heartbroken. She doesn't deserve that kind of pain."
Leo pointed at Aries. "And if Capricorn kills me she'll-"
"Blame Leo," muttered Aries.
Leo crossed his arms. "Does anyone love me?"
Pisces smiled. "I do!"
"Thank you. So you see, if I die, Pisces-"
"JUST KIDDING!"
"Hey guys, thanks for waiting. I have an activity prepared for you guys." Capricorn walked into the living room. "Also why is the door wide open? Someone close it please.
"Alright, why don't you show us where the activity is? Leo will close the door before we go," explained Cancer.
Capricorn gave them a suspicious look before leading them to the basement. Everyone followed her.
***
In the basement, there were ten chairs spread out in a circle. Each chair had a paper bag on it. The chairs were spaced far apart. Two chairs, where Capricorn and Taurus sat, were in the middle.
Everyone else found a seat, and sat down while holding their paper bags.
Taurus cleared her throat. "Capricorn has a game for us. It's called, Everybody Acts Normal!"
"I'm out." Virgo stood up.
"Not so fast. If you do something successfully, you get these." Capricorn pulled a bag of candy out from under her seat. Virgo greedily eyed the candy while sitting back down.
"So," continued Taurus, "We will ask you questions or ask you to do stuff. If you act normal, you get candy. If you act crazy, you don't."
Sagittarius smirked. "Watch me. I'll be the most normal person you've ever seen."
"I'm not taking any chances." Cancer drank a bit of the potion that stopped Moncer from appearing.
Capricorn smiled. "We'll start with Leo and Sagittarius. Do a proper handshake for us."
Sagittarius got up and walked over to Leo's chair. He extended his hand. "Hello good sir, how is the weather?"
Leo awkwardly shook Sagittarius' hand. "Not bad, not bad. I am... err... looking forward to more good weather."
"What a fantastic response. Well, I have... uh... business to attend to. Goodbye." Sagittarius bowed before walked back to his chair.
Capricorn facepalmed. "I said a normal handshake. Not a handshake from the nineteen thirties!"
"But it was a NORMAL handshake from the nineteen fifties!" grinned Leo.
"Thirties!" corrected Sagittarius
"Thank you, Sagittarius, for correcting me, you little sh- I mean, my good friend. It's so nice to know I have a friend that will correct my mistakes to help me become a better person."
Sagittarius bowed. "No problem."
Capricorn rolled her eyes. "Give them the candy."
Taurus opened a tub of gummy worms and dropped a few gummy worms in Leo and Sagittarius' paper bags.
"Hmm... next up is Virgo. Please tell me who your best friends are." Capricorn turned and grinned at Virgo. "Without the use of nicknames."
Aquarius whistled. "Can't wait to see this."
Virgo bit his lip. "Best friend Lib...ra, best friend Aquarius, best friend Cap...ri...corn, my girlfriend Scorpio and best friend Aries. Wow that sounded unnatural as fu-rick. As frick."
Taurus gave some gummy worms to Virgo.
"Hmm..." Capricorn looked at everyone. "Next up is Pisces. How do you feel about pranks?"
Pisces smiled. "Pranks are... they're immature and pointless. Why waste time trying to create a mess for someone else?"
"Well done." Taurus gave him some candy.
"Sike!" muttered Pisces as he grinned at the candy.
"What was that Pisces?" asked Capricorn.
"I said thank you for the candy."
Capricorn tilted her head. "That's not what I heard."
Pisces smiled. "If your hearing aid is not working properly, it would be rather normal of me to offer to take it to get replaced for you."
Capricorn sighed. "New rule. Next person to comment on my hearing, gets the shit beaten out of them by everyone else."
Aquarius grinned. "Yeah! I can't wait to- uhh... I mean... it does not interest me in any way to beat someone up."
Capricorn thought of a question, before she asked, "Aries, how do you drive?"
Aries chuckled. "Of course I drive the speed limit. I'd never go over! I always be careful and I never blast the music. That would just be stupid. And I would never control the gas while someone sits in my lap and steers. Again, only insane people would do that. Oh yeah, I also have my license, so it's perfectly legal for me to drive."
"Good." Taurus gave her some gummy worms.
Capricorn grinned. "Cancer and Aquarius, do a skit where one of you missed school yesterday -for a perfectly valid reason- and you need to get notes from your classmate, who sits beside you."
Cancer got up and walked over to Aquarius. "My good friend Aquarius, since class didn't start yet, may I borrow your notes? I missed class yesterday because my... uh... tooth... was... uh... fractured."
Aquarius rose his eyebrows. "A fractured tooth? Oh shit, that's serious. No wonder you missed school. My handwriting is in top quality, so you may copy them down quickly before class begins."
Virgo fell on the ground, because he was laughing so hard.
Cancer smiled. "Thank you!"
Aquarius nodded. "No problem. Make sure you hand me my notes back before class, because I need to write down what the teacher says, since I'm a good student that always does my work."
Taurus, Sagittarius, Libra and Scorpio joined Virgo on the floor, laughing so much they couldn't breathe.
"Okay. Good job guys." Capricorn handed some gummy worms to Cancer and Aquarius, since Taurus was still laughing on the floor.
Everyone eventually stopped laughing and sat back in their chairs.
Capricorn looked around. "Who didn't go yet? Scorpio! Spying on people is...?"
"Not good. You should always respect everyone's privacy," Scorpio grimaced, "or you might see some things you didn't want to see."
"Good." Taurus handed her the rest of the gummy worms.
Capricorn crossed her ankles. "Gemini and Libra, act out a skit where one of you is insulting the other."
Gemini got up and walked over to Libra. "Hey nerd."
Libra cleared his throat. "Gemini, that insult deeply affected my feelings. I am saddened that you would call me that, but I will not get upset or chase you while threatening you, because only crazy people do that. Instead, I will calmly explain my displeasure with your comment, and be the bigger person."
Gemini chuckled. "Libra, I have no idea what awful thought possessed me to say that awful word. I am deeply sorry that I have insulted you. I will now beg for your forgiveness!"
Libra smiled. "I accept your apology. Now, let us continue to co-exist civilly, without hurling insults at each other ever again."
Gemini nodded. "That sounds swell."
Taurus closed her eyes and took a deep breath. "In what world is that a normal conversation?"
Gemini shrugged. "It's more normal than crazy."
Taurus opened a pack of skittles and handed some to Libra and Gemini.
Capricorn looked at Sagittarius. "Sag, if Leo were to insult you, or make you angry, what would you say to him?"
Sagittarius rolled his eyes. "I would... tell him how upset I am, like what Libra did with Gemini, and calmly react. I would never call him a little shit or anything like that. That's just crazy!"
Taurus gave him skittles.
"Aries, you get paired up with me for a partner project in school. How do you react?"
Aries smiled. "I'm glad that I got paired with my wife- uh... I mean, I am glad that I got paired with a friend who's friendship I cherish deeply."
"And how do you feel about calling me wifey?"
"I better get twice the candy for answering two questions." Capricorn narrowed her eyes at her. "I mean... calling Capricorn wifey in a joking manner is pointless. Especially since we both have boyfriends. Tormenting my fellow straight friend like that would not make sense. Doing so just to get a reaction from her would be crazy."
Taurus gave Aries some skittles.
Capricorn looked around. "Gemini. You are hanging out with your friends, but you get extremely bored. You see a trumpet nearby. What do you do?"
Gemini grinned. "I would ask my friends if they'd like some music."
"And if they say no?"
"Then I ask again."
"They politely decline, and ask that you do not offer again."
"Well that's their problem. I play it anyway- I mean... I will play the trumpet when I get home. It's their problem that they missed out on hearing my beautiful music. I will continue to die from boredom."
Taurus looked at Capricorn. "Does that count."
"Just give it to her. Leo, you're going to prom. Your best friend wins the best dressed award-" Sagittarius stuck his tongue at Leo. Leo almost held up his middle finger, but Capricorn's glare reminded him why he was here. "As I was saying," continued Capricorn, "how would you react?"
Leo glared at Sagittarius. "I would be proud of my friend my achieving what I couldn't."
Capricorn cleared her throat. "Okay. Virgo and Aquarius. You notice that Libra accidentally wore his hoodie inside out. What do you do? Also you can't say the same thing."
"Uh..." Virgo smirked. "I would tell him that his hoodie is inside out."
"Would you make fun of him?"
"I would never!"
Aquarius didn't know what to say. "I would tell him to take his hoodie off."
"He asks why."
"I'd tell him because it's warm out."
"He says that the temperature is just fine."
"Then I pretend to be cold so that he'd offer his hoodie to me."
"But you just said that you're warm."
"Well maybe I'm secretly an old lady going through menopause!"
Almost everyone erupted with laughter.
"If he said that to me, I'd just throw the hoodie at him so he'd shut up, honestly," announced Libra.
Taurus gave candy to Virgo. "Aqua, saying statements like that are not normal." Then she walked back to her seat without giving candy to Aquarius.
"Okay... Cancer, Libra just said you look ugly. How do you react?"
"Uh..." beads of sweat rolled down her forehead. "I'd... I'd... uhh... I... I would... ughhhhhhhh... I'D BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF HIM! HA! YOU THINK THAT LITTLE DROP OF POTION WILL STOP ME? I THINK NOT! MONCER'S BACK AND READY TO KILL. WAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA."
Taurus pointed at Moncer. "No candy for you"
"Understandable." Then Moncer sat back down.
Taurus sighed. "Okay Capricorn, who's nex-"
Moncer shot to her feet. "I SHOULD GET CANDY! ACCEPTING DEFEAT IS A NORMAL RESPONSE WHEN SOMEONE SAYS NO!"
Taurus shook her head. "But screaming like that is crazy."
"I'LL TAKE SOME ANYWAY!" Moncer lunged forward. Taurus put the candy on her seat and blocked Moncer. Then she pinned her down. "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH."
Capricorn looked at Moncer with wide eyes. "What's gotten into you?"
"I'm just a distraction."
Taurus and Capricorn looked at each other. "What?" They turned around. Pisces and Gemini held the candy in their arms. Then all the other crazy zodiacs ran into the elevator, to find a hiding place and split the candy. Capricorn ran after them, but the elevator closed before she got there.
Taurus elbowed Capricorn. "Didn't I tell you that you can't make them become normal? Not even for half an hour."
Capricorn sighed heavily. "Whatever."
***
Later on, everyone was happily eating their candy in various parts of the house, when a loud voice boomed through the air.
"WHO THE FUCK BROKE THE DOOR THIS TIME?"
The question was followed by a loud, "LEO DID IT!"
Meanwhile, Leo packed a few things and fled for his life.
Capricorn offered ten dollars to the first person to bring Leo back.
***
"Scorpy! I'll give you fifteen if you let me go!" screeched Leo as Scorpio hauled him up the driveway.
"Where's your money? Or are you just saying that?"
"I have some in my room!"
"How pathetic. You didn't even last two minutes."
"Well you're just a superhuman."
"Well you're just weak." Scorpio dragged Leo through the hole where their door used to be.
Capricorn waited with her arms crossed. She looked ready to snap. "Leo, tell me something. How. Did. This. Happen?"
Leo gulped. "I... uh... I didn't do it. They're framing me because I'm the scrape goat."
"Do you mean scapegoat?" asked Scorpio.
"Isn't that what I said? Anyway, it wasn't me!"
"Let's test that." Capricorn walked outside. Scorpio dragged Leo behind her.
Capricorn paused at the old door. "There is a imprint of a fist, burnt into the door. As if someone's hand caught on fire as they banged on it, before knocking it down. I know three people who lose control of their fire powers when they get mad. All we need to do is see if your fist fits."
Scorpio pulled Leo's hand over to the imprint in the door, and made him curl it into a fist. It fit perfectly.
Capricorn shot Leo a rage filled glare. "What would you like to say for yourself?"
"I... uh... me and Sagittarius have the same hand size."
"I thought you'd say that. Oh Saggi!" shouted Capricorn.
Sagittarius skipped outside, and put his hand on the door. It was too big.
"Come on." Capricorn walked back inside the house.
"It's punishment time~" sang Scorpio as she pulled Leo back into the house.
***
Leo's punishment was that he's not allowed back in the house until he pays for a new door.
Capricorn said he wasn't allowed to use anyone else's money.
Leo, with no idea how to get enough money, asked Phoenix for help.
In return for babysitting Pegasus for a while, while Phoenix got to rest, she gave Leo enough money to buy a new door.
It was too late to buy a new door now, so Leo had to sleep over at Phoenix's house and buy the door next thing tomorrow.
Meanwhile, the other insomniac watched over the door while everyone else slept, to make sure that Leo wouldn't sneak in the house.
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