Arthur holds Derek at shrink-ray-point and leaves
Family's New Shrink Ray
chapter 22
by
copier
· original author:
jurto2
Arthur's face turned red with rage. "You and your football team have made my life MISERABLE. Then you have the nerve to ask ME to fix what is obviously a shrink ray? I'm no idiot, I can see plainly what it is. I don't think you deserve to have this after all you've done."
Derek gulped.
Arthur continued his tirade, "You only use me for group projects and then bail, leaving me to do all the work. Your buddies push me around, smash me into lockers, and make it hard enough just to get to class."
Derek looked down at the ground with a deep sigh, the guy wasn't wrong.
"And then, you have the audacity to ask me for help? After all that?" Arthur let out a breathy growl, "NO. That's not how these things work, DEREK," putting accent on his name, proving that he did remember Derek's name, unlike Derek who had just asked his friends about the "nerdy redhead dude."
Derek was ashamed, and there really wasn't anything he could say to retort any of Arthur's points. "Yeah," was all he could say, "I'm sorry."
Arthur and his sister worked their way back up the stairs and out the front door, slamming it behind them.
Derek finally realized just how bad he messed up. All he could do was sit in the basement and pull his phone out, texting Lisa, "So, uh, ask dad what he would do if the shrink ray was, uh, stolen?"
Lisa texted him back:
Derek gulped.
Arthur continued his tirade, "You only use me for group projects and then bail, leaving me to do all the work. Your buddies push me around, smash me into lockers, and make it hard enough just to get to class."
Derek looked down at the ground with a deep sigh, the guy wasn't wrong.
"And then, you have the audacity to ask me for help? After all that?" Arthur let out a breathy growl, "NO. That's not how these things work, DEREK," putting accent on his name, proving that he did remember Derek's name, unlike Derek who had just asked his friends about the "nerdy redhead dude."
Derek was ashamed, and there really wasn't anything he could say to retort any of Arthur's points. "Yeah," was all he could say, "I'm sorry."
Arthur and his sister worked their way back up the stairs and out the front door, slamming it behind them.
Derek finally realized just how bad he messed up. All he could do was sit in the basement and pull his phone out, texting Lisa, "So, uh, ask dad what he would do if the shrink ray was, uh, stolen?"
Lisa texted him back:
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