After all the problems that were going on last night, Susan and Peter were not looking forward to the following day, but their alarm went off just like any other day at six in the morning. Opening their eyes, the two of them looked at one another before looking down to see that the events of last night weren't a dream, causing them to each groan. Getting annoyed by the buzzing alarm, Peter pulled their body to the side and turned it off. Like last night, the two of them felt the need to empty themselves and each made a move to get out of bed. Off both sides.
"Ugh..." Peter groaned as they pulled to separate sides of the bed. "You've got to be kidding..."
"Come on. Let's just pick something..." Susan said. "Yours..." She tells him as she decides to follow him off the bed. Once the two of them had both their feet off the same side, they stood up and began walking towards the bathroom. As per the first part of wish last night, the two of them walked flawlessly together as if they were a single person. They did their business and washed their hands together with perfect synchronicity, followed by they wrapping themselves up in their strange half and half bathrobe. They didn't say anything to one another while they were doing this, but they were almost a perfect team... Right up until they went out the door and tried to go in two different directions. As soon as they tried to walk away, their balance disappeared and they went stumbling into the far wall of the hallway.
"Oof!" They both grunted as they collided with the wall.
"What are you doing?" Susan asked as they pushed themselves off the wall.
"Coffee. What are you doing?"
"Going to wake up the kids. They need to get ready for school."
"They're big kids. They can't get themselves up?"
"Mikey is 8, and Zoe will sleep through every alarm I set her."
"Oh come on... They can wait a few minutes..." Peter said as he tried to forcibly pull them towards the stairs. Susan then dug her foot in and tried to pull them towards the other bedrooms.
"You have no idea how many times I've wanted to just ignore them and get myself coffee, or better yet sleep in! But... It'd be... A mess!" She said, starting to groan as the two of them pulled in separate directions. As per the second part of the wish, as they pulled, they could feel pain, but their body began to stretch like a rubber band rather than cause any injuries to themselves. Their body stretched a good three feet apart before neither of them could take it any more and they were pulled back together with a 'thud' and fell onto the ground.
"Ugh... That sucked..." Peter said as he rubbed the part where their necks came together.
"Honey... Can we please just do it my way? I don't think either of us want to be doing that all morning." Susan said. With another sigh, the two of them stood up once again in sync as Susan lead them to their children's rooms. Jon was no problem to wake up, he had his own alarm set. Mikey needed some more encouragement to get his but out of bed, but he was soon out and getting himself dressed. Finally it was the queen of the night that was left.
"Zoe? It's time to get up. You don't need to be late for school again." Susan told their daughter. With one swift movement, Zoe threw a pillow at the two of them. Again, thanks to the wish last night, Peter took the lead and pulled them to the side out of the way. "Thank you..." Susan said.
"No problem..." Peter said. "Now, we don't need to be throwing things at us, young lady."
"Screw you guys. I don't need you two telling me to get up!" She growled.
"According to your mother, you do apparently." Peter said.
"I've told you a thousand times not to stay up so late. If you're late for the school bus again, I'm taking your phone and your computer!" Susan said, sternly.
"Ugh! Fine!" Zoe screamed as she finally got up. Grabbing some clothes, she pushed her way past her parents and went into the kid's bathroom to take a shower.
Peter and Susan sighed and without thinking said, "Where does she get that attitude?" before looking at one another in surprise. They held a stare for a moment before Peter let out a small chuckle.
"Alright. Now that the kids are up, are we able to brew something?" He asked.
Susan rolled her eyes and said, "Yes... Honestly, I could use a cup..."
Meanwhile, Jon was downstairs looking at the stone, wondering if things were going to be alright before hearing a set of footsteps coming down the stairs. They were too heavy to be either of his siblings, but they seemed in sync with one another, so he wasn't sure it was his parents. His suspicions were proven right as he saw his parents walk flawlessly through the door together and over to the coffee maker.
"Good morning..." Jon said nervously.
"Morning." His father said.
"Good morning, sweetie." His mother said.
"How are you guys doing this morning?..." Jon asked.
"Well, your father and I certainly still have issues that we need to work out, but we seem to still be... Uh... Solid..." His mom said as she gestures to their shared body.
"That's good..." Jon said as he watched his parents work.
His mother was pulling them around a bit to try and get things ready for his little brother Mikey, but then his dad argued that he should be old enough to get breakfast himself. Rather than chime in on the argument, Jon decided that he had done enough to them. Still he felt comforted in the fact that if they were so coordinated when walking and didn't really think about it, then the other parts of his wish were probably in effect as well. Meaning that the longer it goes on, the more and more they'll like being attached. And that means they'll be more and more likely to make up and be separated... He hopes... Three weeks should be long enough for them to make up, right?...
