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TSLOTBK Chapter 9: Achmed, Sam, and Jorge

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"You know Sam, you look cute and all, but maybe I can take you shopping and give you a rock n' roll makeover!" Achmed told Sam.

"Okayyy…."

The next day was Saturday, and Sam started the day by brushing her teeth, painting her toenails black, getting dressed, calling Achmed, and listening to her Beach Boys and Madonna CDs. She and Achmed went shopping at the mall. Achmed found a Beatles shirt, a black leather skirt, tights, and high heels boots for Sam. Then Sam got interested in the makeup one store was selling, and bought eyeliner, foundation, and grape-purple lip gloss.

Sam went to school Monday wearing the outfit, and shocked everyone. Achmed had to explain to a lot of people why Sam was wearing the outfit she was wearing.

"Do you like your new outfit?"

"It kinda grows on me…"

"YES!"

Achmed sent Sam a text after school.

It said:

"Meet me at the Leaning Tower of Pizza. Awesome concert there and I want you to be there as my girlfriend!"

Sam texted back:

"Okay…cool."

Sam went to Achmed's concert, and heard Achmed play "Any Way You Want It", "Whole Lotta Love", and "Magic Carpet Ride."

"I would like to dedicate this song to my girlfriend, Sam. Keep rocking, Sam!"

Sam went up and sang "Get Ready" with Achmed.

After the concert, Sam went to talk with Achmed.

"You know what, Achmed?"

"What?"

"I think I like you!"

"I think I like you too, Sam!"

They smiled at each other.

Jorge's life went back to normal in November, though his new powers gave him new instincts-he could smell Angela's hair from six inches away-and on November 11th, Memorial Day, he had a nightmare. Tiffany pushed him into a zoo exhibit, and he was trapped with a giant lion and got very scared.

He could feel the transformation coming back to him, as his eyes turned goldish-green and his pupils slit, his nails grew to talon length, his skinny body bulked up with muscle, black fur grew all over his body, his hands and feet turned into paws, his jaw bulged forward, making a muzzle, and a tail shot from his spine.   

He growled and charged forward. The two animals wrestled together, then the lion blinded Jorge by scattering dirt in his eyes.

He started morphing back to his normal self, then woke up and screamed.

Jorge's Uncle Adrian came into his room.  

"Jorge, you know it's all right. I'll love your forever and ever and ever. Would you like to talk?"

"Yes, please."

"What would you like to talk about?"

"Well, you know how I used to be such a sweet little child when I was seven?"

"Yes."

"That was shortly after my mother died. I was still trying to recover, and my father was pressuring me to be perfect, but my childlike innocence kept me a cheerful little imp who loved Roy Orbison."  

"Oh yeah. I remember that."

"And now with me being a teenager soon, and knowing what the real world is, and me compressing my feelings for about four years, living a lie…I'm worried I might snap again sooner or later, like last October when I transformed into a panther to protect myself against Tiffany and went on to get revenge of my father. Remember that?"  

"Oh yeah. It was in your school newspaper, with your name on it."  

"Unfortunately. But I still have anger inside of me, in fact, more than ever. You know what this means?"

"What?"

"If I'm put in the right circumstances, like with my new powers, I could unleash all my anger. Face it, I'm living a nightmare every day. There's a very, VERY angry young man inside of me, but I don't know when or even why he'll be unleashed again, like on the night I transformed into an animal. What if you're there, Adrian?"

"I don't know…I can't ever make you act like the polite young gentleman you are 100% of the time, especially since that's your father's job, and I know you can't control yourself. This is not the real you."

"Oh, Uncle Adrian, I don't know what will become of me…"  

"Oh dear…"

"Oh dear is right," said Jorge snarkily.

He then went to talk to Pablo. Pablo and his father were staying at Jorge's house for Veteran's Day.

"Good morning, Pablo."

"Hey, Dad. You know what?"

"What?"

"Doesn't Cousin Jorge remind you of Zorro?"

"I can see the comparison, Pablo, wealthy, young Hispanic men with dashing alter egos."

Jorge overheard them in his room.
This chapter describes early November, after Halloween. Achmed and Sam seem to be on cloud nine with each other, but Jorge...not so much.
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