(Chester and Geoff)
On the other side, the three friends were in front of the construction zone again. For a few minutes afterward, Geoff, Chester, and Thread tried to regain their composures. After a bit, they felt mostly fine.
"You ok now?" Patrick asked.
Geoff nodded, while Hoodie-Chester made an affirmative noise along w/ Thread. Patrick, relieved, took a closer look at Geoff, and his look became tense.
"What?" Geoff asked.
"Good. By the way, I think you're symptoms are getting worse!" Patrick said.
"What?!" Geoff shouted grabbing his head, "Chester, is he right?"
Chester, now w/ orange eyes and orange in his mouth, nodded in affirmation.
"Yeah, your eyes are a little blacker and so is your hair!" Chester replied.
Geoff yelped while looking up at that. Patrick cleared his throat.
"Um, I have to get back to work. You're going to see a doctor about this, right?"
Geoff quickly nodded.
"I made an appointment."
Patrick pursed his lips at that. He then turned and waved at Geoff.
"Well, bye," he said.
Geoff waved back and sighed.
Fuck, fu-fuck, fuck, fuck... Geoff thought.
Do you ever not swear? Chester thought back.
Nope, Geoff thought.
Chester mentally groaned which made Geoff shudder a bit.
Let's just get to work, Geoff thought.
Chester sighed mentally, which made Geoff shudder a bit again.
Fine... |:T, Chester thought back.
Geoff, sighing himself out loud, ran off to somewhere else. After a while, the companions finally made it to Lola's repair shop.
"Ok, get," Geoff said to Hoodie-Chester.
Chester materialized his top half.
"Aw, really?" He asked.
Geoff, strangely feeling a little more sad than usual, nodded. Chester, making some small sad noises, slowly slunk off of Geoff. Once he was off, Geoff began to walk away.
"Wait, hold on!" Chester said.
Geoff, confused, turned back. Chester then suddenly pulled Geoff in for a big hug! The gesture was so shocking that Geoff had no reaction other than wide eyes.
Shiiiitt... Geoff thought.
After a bit, Chester let him go. Geoff, not knowing what to do, quickly rushed off. Chester, saddened a little, turned to the shop and immediately giggled. Lola stood in front of the door, her face full of pure rage.
"HAH HAH! You look so silly!" Chester belted out while pointing.
He then pushed past Lola into the repair shop, much to her fuming anger.








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(Geoff)
Geoff's work ended being more of the same as usual, except now, he wasn't feeling too well. The headaches he'd been getting before were now somewhat worse! As such, it felt like a kid was constantly banging on his head w/ their fists, and it felt horrible! Other than that, though, the workday itself was fine. It was just that the headaches made things very awful. As for Chester, though, that's where things got a lot more... interesting...

(Chester)
For Chester, his body pains had gotten worse. While they'd been bad before, they'd gotten somewhat worse! As for work itself, while repairing cars hadn't gotten any harder (aside from the pains, of course), Lola had become more of a battle-ax. She glared even harder, would point out minute mistakes in the repairs, and had a more overall jealous feel. Chester honestly drank it all up, as seeing Lola so jealous was the funniest thing he'd seen in many years! Eventually, though, Chester couldn't but finally bring up the situation during a break.
"Ok, why are you so jelly?" Chester asked Lola.
Lola got an offended face at that.
"Jealous? I'm not jealous! Who jealous?!"
Chester made a "Really?" face.
"Riiiiiiight," Chester said sarcastically, much to Lola's chagrin, "If you're not jelly, then why are you angry w/ me all the time? Hmmmm S:\?"
Lola got offended again before realizing what she was doing and sighing.
"I'm not jealous, I'm angry that my man is focusing his attention on you!"
Chester chuckled at that.
"I guess I'm just more lovely than you," Chester said smugly.
Lola tsked at that.
"In what universe are you lovely?" Lola asked snidely.
"Heh, clearly this one because Geoff clearly likes me more, witch," Chester countered w/ a smirk.
Lola's screen overheated as her face somehow became even angrier.
"No, he likes me more!"
"Then why'd he reject you twice😏?"
Lola did a short shriek.
"Listen, you big beast, Geoff is my man and he will be mine!"
"Can you proooovvve it😏?" Chester asked mockingly.
"Of fucking course I can!" Lola said defiantly, "Wanna bet?"
Chester's expression became more amused.
"Depends. What's a bet?"
Lola screenpalmed at that.
"A bet is where two people predict that something will and both people have different predictions. The winner is the person who ends up being right. Got that?"
Chester nodded.
"So, what's the bet?" Chester asked.
"I bet that I can win Geoff's love and affection. He'll be so enamored w/ me that he won't remember his affection for you >:]!"
Chester belted out a laugh at that. When he noticed Lola's frustrated expression, though, Chester simply smirked.
"Oh, you're serious? Well, I accept. Let's shake on it!"
Chester put out his hand. Lola hesitantly took the hand and shook. Chester smirked, while Lola had an angry smile while holding up her left middle finger. Chester gave the finger a confused look.
"What's that?"
"Oh, this?" Lola asked, "This is my little way of saying 'fuck you >:}'"!
At that, Chester's expression went stoic. Lola was confused for a second before the exits suddenly slammed shut and she was levitated! Immobile, Lola noticed w/ a terrified look that Chester simply stared at her, expressionless.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" She shouted.
After a bit, the exits slowly opened back up and Lola was slowly lowered. Lola hyperventilated while Chester was all smiles again. He then turned to go back to the cars.
"Break's over ^w^!" Chester said as he left.
Lola's expression became a mix of fear and anger. She hissed under her breath as she followed behind.








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(Chester)
The rest of the workday was spent doing the usual car repairs. This time, however, Chester and Lola's feelings were more intense. Due to the concept of the bet and the openness of the rivalry, they were more open about their discontent w/ each other. Eventually, though, Geoff came to pick up Chester. Before Geoff and Chester could leave, though, Lola stopped them.
"Geoff, wait!" Lola said.
"Yeah?" Geoff asked while turning to her.
"I was wondering if you might want to... I dunno-?"
Geoff put his hand up.
"I'mma stop you right there. Sorry, I'm not interested."
Lola's face became unreadable. As Geoff and Chester left, Chester turned his face to Lola and smirked, much to her ire...