Chp 65 : Homecoming?

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"You're still here? It's over, go home... the film is over. Oh, you expect the teaser for the sequel? No, we don't have the budget for it. What? Do you want Steven Spielberg to direct it? Dream on, he was too old." Al was talking to the camera, he wore a red, grey, and white vertical striped pajama holding a cup filled with Skittles, while sometimes eating it like he was drinking a coffee.

The rest of the crews and cast who came over to see the finalé were holding their laughter.

This last scene was written on the script, but Al had improvised and it became a hundred times better, even John Hughes admitted that it was better than he had planned for.

As for the rest of their shooting on Ferris Bueller's house, Al had made them laugh until they could throw up their lunches, it was so damn hilarious.

How he improvised what he called, 4th wall break was so amusing, unlike in the alternate timeline when Matthew Broderick, who played Ferris was still a bit stiff in doing it, Al performed brilliantly.

After the shooting finished, he looked at the room they used for shooting, it was a teenager's dream come true, but how ungrateful Ferris was in the film when he complained he didn't get a car.

Al joked to everyone else in the set, this piano and computer that he got, cost at least $8000, an expensive thing for any middle-class family and Ferris still complained he got no car which only cost maybe $2000?

This almost made John Hughes thinking to revise the script and reshoot the scenes, which stopped by Al who said this could be a spoof and trivia for the film, so John canceled his plan.

Al wiped his sweat, the crews already glared at him and some of them even cracked their fist, if John did change the script and reshoot the scenes, he didn't know what would they do to him.

"Okay, finally I announced that the shooting for <Ferris Bueller's Day Off> has completed!" John Hughes shouted using a megaphone.

Everyone cheered when they heard him, at last, the pain of shooting for more than 2 months were over.

The shooting was completed, as for Charlie Sheen's demand, although it was a pain in the ass, he compensated for it with his good performance.

Just for his performance, he said he didn't sleep for 48 hours, he was a dedicated actor, but any talented person may have their own arrogance, and until this day, both Al and Charlie Sheen still didn't meet each other.

He did the shoot when Al was having a 1-week break, so the possibility of them meeting was less than 1%.

Tom Jacobson also told him the reason for Jennifer Brown were hostile to him, turned out that Jennifer Brown was his girlfriend.

His father, Martin Sheen was a force that he should be wary of, If he wasn't Steven Spielberg Godson, he would have made trouble for him a long time ago.

'Well, gotta thanks to that old man, by the way, it has been months that I didn't visit him, maybe I'll do a surprise visit.' He thought.

After the shooting finished, There was one less problem for him now, the next one would be the homecoming party that will be held next Saturday.

A rush of memory from the man's previous life hit him like a truck, it also affecting Alphonse's psychology.

He got some kind of bad memories at the homecoming dance party, and because of that memory, making Al unconsciously had an ugly face when he was informed by Anthony.

But as a new person, he needs to face it, but could he?

Next problem is, who should he bring to the party? Laura? Nah, she's too troublesome.

Why Laura was on the list, for the information, both Laura and Toby decided to enroll in Hollywood High School as a freshman, so that was why he considered taking Laura, because she was also a student of Hollywood High School.

Ione? No, he didn't want to complicate things to their friendship.

Robin? Is she even coming? After thinking for a long time, he sighed and finally chose Robin, she was the neutral one.

What if she didn't want to come? Well, he could drag her feet and carry her to the school, he suddenly had an evil smile on his face.

At home, he made a call to Graham's residence but his call was directly put into the voicemail box.

"Hi Robin, it's me, Al. If you received my message call me back." Before he could hang up the telephone, suddenly he heard her voice.

"E.D., it's me, what do you want to talk about."

"Hey Robbie, you know there was a homecoming party tomorrow right?" Her acknowledgment in silence gave him the answer.

"Do you want to come with..." Robin suddenly cut him off. "Not interested, besides, you know what I am, right?"

"A goth lonely girl who needs a hug?" Even though he was unable to see her, he felt that Robin was rolling up her eyes.

He then continued, "That's why I am inviting you. Besides, we could also scout Ione and her dates."

Still holding the phone on his ear, he turned his sight to the outside where the moon shined brightly, waiting for a reply from her that turned silent after he said his last words. A moment passed, finally, she gave him her answer.

"Okay, 6 PM, if you are late for any second, I'm not coming."

"Should I use Llamrei to take you?" She knew what it was, he had been told the group over and over and over again about it, it was his bike, he gave a name to his damn bicycle, creepy but cute.

Robin pinched her nose and said, "I will say you were joking, but you are E.D., I won't come with you if you ride those. I don't like being in the center of attention."

"But..." Before Al could reply, Robin cut him off again, but with a cute voice.

"pleaseee." Robin decided to use the cute "please" word to him, he was weak for cute and adorable things.

Not only that, but she also learned puppy dog eyes from Ione and other kids, because that was how you will get anything from him.

She hanged up the phone with a sigh and shook her head, she hoped this party worth her time.

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Al drove his car towards the address that Robin gave him yesterday, in one of the Beverly Hills area called Trousdale.

He found himself driving through an elite-class neighborhood where he could see that each of the villas could cost millions of dollars.

The space between the villas was vast so he easily found the address he was looking for, it was a big villa with porcelain white paint with an area he guessed at least 10,000 sq ft.

He didn't know that Robin so damn rich, how Ione could befriend her anyway?

He parked his car in front of the villa then got out of his car, walked through the large front garden where he was stopped by a security guard from her house.

"Halt, what's your business here, young man?" He was a big man in his 40s, had a figure like Jason Barnes, the security guard of the orphanage, maybe he was also an ex-marines.

When Al was about to answer his question, the radio piece on his ear beeped, he answered the transmission he received and the security guard nodded.

"Excuse me, Mr. Brandt, the young miss was already waiting for you." He accompanied Al to the front door and opened it for him.

'Young miss huh?' He smirked inside his heart.

When he entered the villa, he was greeted by a man in his late 30s, taller than him about few centimeters, with a combed graying hair and trimmed beard.

Beside him was a woman who was also in her late 30s, a total MILF if he could say, and an older version of Robin with a motherly aura around her.

Both of them were dressed nicely like how rich class should inside their house.

Knew he was impolite after staring at them for a long time, he immediately gave out his hand to him, "Good evening Mr. Graham, my name is Edward Brandt, your daughter's date for tonight."

The woman who he sure was Robin's mother muttered, "Edward? What a coincidence right, honey?" The couple was staring at each other.

Al was confused by their attitude, but Mr. Graham turned to him and shook his hand, "Oh, strong grip, I like this kid, My name is Edward Graham, Robin's father." He said with an accent he was familiar with.

That was a British accent, He was British? But from when he heard Mrs. Graham spoke, she seemed to have a southern accent.

Also, he understood what Mrs. Graham meant, they both had the same name, but unfortunately, Edward was his middle name, not his first name.

Mrs. Graham also introduced herself, her name was Sherly, Sherly Graham.

"You got a nice ride there, kid. What did your parents do?"

"Honey!" His wife scolded him, she turned to Al and said, "I'm sorry Edward. My husband can be... frank."

"It's okay Mrs. Graham, no harm to me."

"E.D.? You are earlier than I expected." He heard a familiar voice came from above, he saw Robin came down from the stairs. She looked so beautiful, un-earthly beautiful, prettier than when they were tricking Keanu Reeves with "Black Widow Ops".

She wore a one-piece, black silk shoulderless dress that reached her ankles. It also traced her curves and the voluptuous figure she had. Especially in the chest area where he felt it was wealthier than what he saw every day.

He was intently gazing at her until he was snapped out by Mr. Graham's cough.

"Robbie!? You look amazing." Bad save.

She looked at him as he was stupid, "Yeah, yeah, whatever, let's go! I can't wait to finish the party and take out this stupid dress."

He heard her parents sighed when she said that. Hmm, this situation seemed familiar to him, a goth girl with issues, rich parents, and a big mansion.

"Hey Robbie, can you see a ghost?" Both she and her parents looked at Al weirdly after he suddenly asked the question.

So that means a no, no worry about Beetlejuice then.

Then she grabbed his hand and dragged him outside of the villa. They were halted from their steps after Mrs. Graham shouted at them.

"Robin! I need to take your picture, this is your first time attending a dance party, please." Her mother begged.

She relented and her mother took their picture together, although Robin still had sour look on her face.

Outside, Al opened a door for her and they began their journey to the homecoming party.

"Don't forget the curfew, Emily." His father shouted, Robin just facepalmed at her father, now E.D. knew her middle names.

Al smirked when he look glanced at her. "They were lovely parents."

She grunted, "Yes, and they were so annoying, sometimes I wish they were gon..." She immediately closed her mouth and worryingly looked at him.

"I-I'm sorry Al, I didn't mean to." He smiled and patted her head with his free hand. "It's okay Robin, everyone has their issues, I hope someday you will tell me." She nodded and squirmed under his big warm hand.

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Outside of the assembly hall of Hollywood High School,

His mind screaming madly, the sudden memory of his previous life, where he was shamed in front of everyone else in the homecoming party on his sophomore year, surfaced.

He felt someone held his arms and comforted him. He saw Robin was hugging his arm with both of her hands.

She still had indifferent look on her face, words were not her strongest point but she could feel their emotion. He was sure that she was an empath, a person who was sensitive to other people's emotions, but she was cursed by unable to openly expressed hers.

Her little gesture somehow calmed him down, he suddenly felt sure that his bad memory was gone from his mind.

"Let's go," Robin said and he nodded at her.

Insides, he saw the hall was lit up by colorful disco light, recordings of 80s disco songs, and a crowd of students from sophomore to senior year, teachers, school staff, and even some alumnus from their school.

Damn, he remembered that many famous people graduated from here, gosh, that was Laurence Fishburne, oh, that was Sarah Jessica Parker!

Rita Wilson? Is Tom Hanks here? Oh yeah, they were not married yet, and Tom was still happily married to Samantha Lewes.

Then he saw Anthony, Max, and Ione with their dates.

"Ed! Robin!" They raised their hands and came to approach him and Robin.

Anthony whistled, "Damn, Robin, is that you. I know you are smoking hot, but not this hot."

Robin just replied to him with the middle finger, Ione suddenly hugged her arm and whisper something to her that made them both laughed.

Anthony introduced his date, a girl named Michelle who had an ebony skin tone.

To his surprise, Max's date was his crush, Anne Betty who was just broken up with Steve on the summer vacation.

As for Ione, it was a young man named Jerry from the science class they took together.

The homecoming party was, how could he described it, normal, with no one bullying him like in his previous life.

He and Robin just stayed on one of the tables and drank some fruit punch, while everyone else was dancing in the middle of the hall, the weird thing was, no band playing the music on the stage.

"Hello, excuse me." Suddenly someone tapped his shoulder. When he turned around, and he saw that Rita Wilson was behind him, tapping his shoulder.

"Oh, sorry, you seemed like someone I know, but I was wrong. Forgive me." She smiled and turned away, Al released his breath, he almost got recognized by her.

"Hey Robbie, wanna take a walk? It seems that my cover will be blown if I just stayed here."

She shrugged "Sure, it was boring anyway."

Al with Robin hugging his arm was taking a walk to decrease his probability to be recognized.

When they took a walk near the backstage, they saw the band who was supposed to perform was there, their members consist of 1 female and 3 males. When he saw them, he thought that they might be the same age as them, the high school band maybe.

And their condition was, concerning, the female and one of the male were laid down while the other 2 were helping them, and he saw the teacher who responsible as the supervisor, their chemistry teacher, Roy Mustang had a worried face.

"Uh, what happened here? Mr. Mustang?" He got curious and asked him.

He saw that the one approaching him was his favorite student, "Bad news, Edward, 2 of the band personnel just got food poisoning, the female is the lead singer, and this guy said that they can't perform without the singer."

"E.D. can do it, right E.D.? He was a good singer." Robin elbowed him.

Oh, so this is how little Robin showed her revenge to him because taking her here, smart little Robin.

"Really? Edward? Thank God, I'll make sure you got the extra score and dispensation approval from me if you help us." Mr. Mustang said.

He sighed, what he came into this time. He talked with the remaining members of the band and they agreed to play some of the popular songs because Al didn't know theirs.

Besides, they just formed this year and this was their first performance, unfortunately, the accident happened.

He walked to the stages, went to the keyboard, and carried it to the center. With the microphone, he spoke to the audience.

"Hello everyone... Ed here," That made the student of Hollywood High School turned their heads to the stage.

"I got an announcement to make... No, not about confession to girls, public confession is so outdated, it brings pressure to the girl to accept their confession, so don't do it if you love her." That made the female student laughed.

"The thing is, 2 of the band members that will perform here got food poisoning, so I will go as a substitute for them, this is an old song, by King Harvest in 1972." The old teachers clapped their hands, they knew about the one-hit-wonder of this band.

"Let me present to you, the..." Al realized he didn't get the name of the band, the guitar player also forgot to tell him about his band name, so he shouted, "No Doubt!"

"Yes, No Doubt!!" He repeated, but he realized something.

'No Doubt!? So the female singer from before was her!?'

To Be Continued...

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