Overture

         Prelude To A Nightmare      Involving Inflated Hot Dogs

“Hey Jose, why are we here again?”
“I told you why. We’re here cause I need help looking for that damn book for my English Composition class. Where the hell is Harlan and Ruben ? They should have been back from the fifth floor already.”
“Why don’t you text them?”
“My dear Rogelio, you know why doing that is pointless?”
“Cause they’re back and they brought Lexy?”
“No, it’s cause- wait what?”
“Yeah, they brought Lexy.”
“How do you know that?”

“LEAVE ME AND MY TACOS ALONE! NNNNOOOOOOO!“

“…a very astute observation Rogelio.”

“Let’s go and stop her from getting kicked out like the other time.”
“You mean the one time with the hot sauce or the stuffed dog?”
“The  time with the inflated hot dog raft.”
“GOOD GOD! Quickly we must stop her before-hey look it’s a pretty book!”
“Oh god, come one Kidd, let’s keep going. Hopefully you’ll be distracted by something else.”
“Damn it, stop calling me Kidd  Add already. I was like, what, 17? Clearly I’ve out grown that ph-hey! It’s Trotsky’s War and Peace! Did you know that-”
“-we have to stop Lexy from getting in trouble?”
“Oh. Yeah. OH! That! Of course! Let’s us go! But first lemme get some water.”
“Why would you need water? And why the heck is there a water fountain in a library?”
“Trust me, although Ruben won’t admit it, I do know Lexy well enough to know that I’m going to need this. As to why there is a fountain, I….have no clue. Quickly! To the…place…where the escalators meet…ing place. Yeah. CHARGE!”
“SSSHH!”
“Sorry. Charge.”
“As my grandfather would say, Ay Chingados.”