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Jeffy woke up to the sound of his dad knocking on his door. "Jeffy, wake up. It's time for school."

"Ughh, fine daddy." Jeffy groaned, sitting up and rubbing his eyes. Marvin was a little surprised about Jeffy not fighting about staying home, but he was more relieved than anything.

"Get dressed and put on your deodorant. And dress in actual clothes today, not your bunny suit. When you're done, come down to the kitchen, that's where I'll be." Marvin told Jeffy. He shut Jeffy's door and walked downstairs.

Jeffy stood up from his bed and got his clothes on. He then made sure no one was around, before moving the box to wake up Junior. Junior was still asleep when Jeffy first saw him. He was cuddled up in Chef PeePees uniform as well, like it was a stuffed animal. He tapped on the boy's leg to wake him up, since he couldn't reach him properly. Junior opened his eyes slowly and looked down at Jeffy. The helmet boy signaled for him to come down from the closet shelf, and Junior did as he said.

Once the struggle of getting Junior down was over, now there was a new one. Getting him to school. "Could we sneak downstairs?" The ginger asked.

"No, my dumb daddy put a camera by the stairs." Jeffy responded. He thought of more ways to sneak the boy out. He then had a lightbulb moment. "What if you went out my window?"

"How would I get down? I don't think I couldn't just jump off without hurting myself." Junior said.

"You could go around to the side of the house and jump down on the big vent thing. It's pretty high up." Jeffy told him.

"JEFFY! HURRY UP! THE BUS IS GONNA BE HERE SOON!" Jeffy heard his dad shout from downstairs. Junior didn't have time to object before Jeffy opened the window and gestured for him to crawl out. Junior squeezed through and carefully stood on the roof of the house.

"Run down the street and then get on the bus there, or my daddy will see you." Jeffy warned. Junior nodded and went around the house to find the vent thing Jeffy was talking about. Once he found it, he cautiously lowered himself onto it. He dropped a little bit, but it was easier than just jumping from the roof to the ground. He did as Jeffy said and sprinted to the next bus stop down the street. As he got to that stop, the bus was just going to his house. He hid behind a bush to avoid Jeffy's father noticing him.

Once the bus started moving towards him, he crept from the bush but stayed cautious. He got on the bus with his head tilted downwards and some weirded-out glances from his neighbors and went to sit with Jeffy.

"My daddy didn't see you, so we're in the clear." Jeffy told him. "Also, I got your phone."

Jeffy handed the ginger his phone, and the ginger smiled widely. "Thanks Jeffy! I missed this thing. I wonder how many missed calls I got." He turned his phone on and instantly got spammed with what seemed like a million notifications. He quickly turned his ringer sound off before the bus driver started yelling at him, and checked all the messages he could.

Cody called you 173 times

Joseph messaged you: Hey dude your clash base is getting raided.

Weird but hot new ginger girl messaged you: are you like okay? I saw your thing on cody's snap story.

Jeffy messaged you: were u at

Bully messaged you: imagine getting kidnapped lmao

Patrick messaged you: I can't beleve you got kidnapd haha so CRAZY XD I got kidnapd onse to it was also CAWAAAZY

He scrolled through the various messages but didn't reply to any. "Cody called me 173 times? Jeez..." He mumbled.

"Oh yeah, he definitely did. Trust me, everyone in the house heard it ring. I'm sure the aliens on Mars did too." Jeffy responded.

The bus stopped again at a house Junior recognized well. Cody's house. Junior saw the nerd boy's mom kiss him on the face all over before sending him on his way. Junior cringed a little at the sight, but was still excited to see Cody.

Cody went to his seat, which was in front of Jeffy's. He somehow didn't notice Junior, but he did when Junior tapped him on the shoulder and smiled. "JUNIOR?! OH MY GOD! JUNIOR!" He exclaimed, his look of surprise quickly morphing into an over-joyed one.

"Hey Cody." Junior said calmly. The bus started driving from Cody's house to the next town over, aka where Joseph lived.

"Where have you been?! Are you okay?! Did Chef PeePee really kidnap you? How did you walk that far?! How are you here now?! Are you okay?!?!" Cody rambled, only stopping due to shortness of breath. Junior laughed a little bit.

"Calm down, Cody. I am okay, and no Chef PeePee didn't kidnap me. We ran away since we were sick of my da-... Bowser's abuse. How we walked that far, I honestly have no idea. And the reason I'm here now is because the police caught us, and arrested Chef PeePee... and sent me back to Bowser." Junior explained.

"Wait, your dad was abusing you?" Cody asked, concerned. Junior nodded, a little embarrassed, and showed him the fading bruises on his arms. "Oh my god, Junior, why didn't you tell me? I could've gotten CPS to arrest your dad!"

"If the cop didn't believe me directly telling him that my dad was abusing me, I doubt you calling them would do anything." Junior scoffed. "Anyways, long story short, Chef PeePee is in jail for nothing, and Bowser has been looking for me."

"Yeah, I hid Junior in my closet. My dumbass daddy and his dumbass daddy didn't find him because of my amazing distraction skillz." Jeffy added.

"Wow... Why was Joseph with you guys? Did he help you escape?" Cody asked.

"Not exactly... when Chef PeePee and I had just saw us on the news, we ran into him. We told him everything, and he basically carried us for the rest of our journey. He even nearly saved us from the cops since Chef PeePee taught him how to use a sling shot." Junior explained once again.

"Ohhhh. I still wish I knew what was happening, so I could at least help out a little as well. Now I just feel guilty." Cody said.

"Well, Chef PeePee told me not to tell anyone, and Joseph kinda came out of nowhere." Junior said. "If I could've told you, I 100% would have. I know you would've definitely been able to use your nerdiness to do something."

"Yeah... so, what are you going to do about Chef PeePee being in jail? If your dad manages to convince everyone he really did kidnap you, then he'll get a really bad sentence." Cody questioned.

"I... don't know. I haven't thought about it much yet, or at least not enough to where I have a plan yet." Junior replied.

"I think the main thing you need to do is get people on your side that are willing to fight for Chef PeePee. Witnesses, friends, anyone you know that has evidence that your dad is the real villain." Cody told the ginger.

"I can definitely get my daddy on your side. He's super smart... Sometimes." Jeffy said. "And my mommy should help your chef out too."

"Thanks Jeffy. I don't know who else would help out though besides them..." Junior said.

"Don't like... at least 5 other people live at your house? Surely one of them can testify in defense of Chef PeePee." Cody said.

"Oh yeah! I forgot about them, they don't show up as much as they used to." Junior said.

The bus drove into Titoville's last stop, aka the stop that Joseph normally got on. Junior and his friends expected to see him get on and plead Junior's case, but he didn't show up. The bus driver waited a minute or two, before driving away. Junior and his friends were confused.

"Did Joseph get arrested too?" Cody asked hesitantly.

"No... at least I don't think so. He should've gotten away." Junior said in a worried and unsure tone.

"He's only like 12, can they even do that?" Jeffy questioned. "I didn't get sent there when I was 12, and I was a little fucker even then."

"Maybe he's still in Brent... we did have to walk far. He's probably still walking back." Junior said. "I hope so anyways."

"Me too." Cody agreed. "So, when is Chef PeePee's court date?"

"I don't know. Jeffy, did you hear anything about it?" Junior said, before turning to Jeffy.

"Nope, I didn't." Jeffy replied.

"Well crap. I'll make sure to find out though, one way or another." Junior said. The bus turned the last corner from Titoville to Pensacola, and was on its way to the school.