"Taurus Jackson is promoting his new movie, Xander McKane - SuperSpy, at the Central Pacific Mall tomorrow. We wanted to try and meet him, and y'know...get some stuff signed...then we were...Huuurrrgghh...g-...g...gunna have...lunch..." Eric yawned. "You...wanna come along?"
"Sure!" said Flavius, "But you sleep, lil' dude".
"Mmmm..."
Flavius tucked his friend into bed, stroked his shoulder, gave him a playful kiss...and then vanished in a flash of gold.
"G...g...huuuuuurrrgghhmmmmm...g'night F...Flavius..."
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"Dude! I can't believe YOU know FLAVIUS!"
"Uh...yeah..."
"LIKE, KNOW-HIM-KNOW-HIM!!"
"...Yeah..."
"That is SO RAD!! Dude I've always wanted to..."
"Ryan, calm DOWN, dude!"
Eric's friend Ryan had been bouncing up and down on his heels ever since Eric had left the house with Flavius. They were now walking towards the bus-stop on the corner.
"I've heard so much about you, dude! I've seen you on TV, and seen interviews you done, I've seen you in movies and stuff..." Ryan said. "This is so awesome!!"
"Heh, yeah, thanks", said Flavius. "Eric, put a leash on this guy before he runs off and wets himself, or somethin'".
Eric laughed! "Ryan calm DOWN, you're freakin' Flavius out!"
"Huh? Oh...uh...y-yeah sorry! I...wow! Gosh I didn't bring anything for you to autograph! Could I get your picture?"
"Sure!" said Flavius. They stopped at the bus-stop on the corner. They were the only ones there. Flavius was dressed in jeans, sneakers, and a white T-shirt with a grey hoodie on top, which had angel-wings, a halo, and a lightning bolt on the back.
"Awesome!" Eric...please?"
"Hold on, I'll do it", said Flavius. He held out Ryan's phone to take a selfie.
"...Alright...hold still...Eric move your ass in here...and look up...that's good...OK...okay...got it!"
"Thanks!"
"So you guys are a fan of Taurus Jackson, huh?"
"Yeah!" said Eric, "His movies are so cool!"
"Uh-huh", said Flavius.
"Do you like his stuff?" Ryan asked.
"Yeah, it's alright", said Flavius, sitting down on the bench. "So he's at the mall signing stuff and taking photos and whatever, yeah?"
"It's for his new movie", said Ryan. "I bought the poster online, see?" he said. He held up a cardboard tube under his arm.
The bus rolled around the corner.
"Here we are!" said Flavius, and they hopped on.
They scrambled to find seats, and sat down as the bus lurched and rolled off.
"By the way, I hope you guys don't mind me tagging along with you..." Flavius said.
"Dude! I asked you to come!" said Eric, "Besides, if you leave now, Ryan would probably kill himself.."
Flavius laughed! "Gee, we can't have that, huh?" he said.