Chapter 239: Halloween (3)

Chapter 239: Chapter 239: Halloween (3)?

[Edward POV]

"I'm done!" I exclaimed while wiping my non-existent sweat, having finished carving my pumpkin into the shape of a small cat. Phil looked amazed and said, "Whoa. That looks just like your cat."

Luke, excitedly, declared, "I'm going to go get her so we can compare her to the pumpkin side by side." He quickly ran to the house and returned a few minutes later, dragging Alex and Vader along with him. Alex burst into laughter upon seeing my comical cat.

We positioned Vader next to the pumpkin and took multiple pictures, even placing a small witch's hat on her head.

"Meow?" Vader looked confused but obediently stayed by the carving as I continued snapping photos. However, my photo session was interrupted by a call from Maggie.

"What do you want?" I asked immediately upon answering the call.

Taken aback, Maggie stammered, "Um... Hi cutie, how are you doing—"

"I'm hanging up—"

"WA-WAIT WAIT WAIT!!" Maggie desperately called out. I put the phone back to my ear and said, "Last chance."

"Ummm... You know how... You made me go to college here... right," Maggie hinted.

"I know? I'm the one who talked to your dean to get you in," I replied, feeling a bit annoyed.

"Yeah. That," Maggie continued. "So, at college, people usually make friends, right—"

"Get to the point in less than 10 words," I interjected, sensing she had something specific in mind.

"My friends want to come to the party too... Please...?" Maggie confessed right away.

"Exactly 10 words. Good job," I said, thoroughly impressed. Maggie giggled and said, "Thank you~ Thank you~"

"Well, I have no problem with them coming. I also invited some model friends of mine whom I met at the fashion gala, so they'll have people their age. But if they want to come, they need to be vetted first. You should send their names and their social media accounts."

"To you?" Maggie asked, sounding confused.

"No, to my head of security. I'll send you his number."

Anxious, Maggie exclaimed, "Ed! You know I can't text a stranger—" but I cut the call without even hearing her excuses. If she really was an introvert, I would have some pity on her, but she's actually a social butterfly, so the whole thing was actually just laziness on her part.

Just as I ended the call, my phone buzzed with Maggie's name flashing on the screen again. With a sigh, I answered, "What?"

"Can't you answer the call more warmly next time? I'm still your cousin–"

"I'm hanging up."

"WAIT!" She stopped me desperately once more. Then she said, "I don't have a costume to wear for the party. N-Not just me, but I know Vanessa doesn't have anything to wear either."

"Hudgens, huh... Hmm... I don't have anything for girls, but Haley does. She might think she can hide them from me, but I know she has Longines working late hours to make outfits for her. That's why she doesn't have any money at all. You can go to his boutique and bring... Vanessa too. But, you need to call Haley before you can take anything."

"AH! That's perfect. Haley and I are becoming great friends these days. We mainly talk about you– Umm... I'm going to go."

"Wait. Explain. What do you mean you guys talk about me? Maggie!" I asked, but she had already cut the call. "Damn it. She won this time," I cursed before I called Haley to give her a quick heads up. But our conversation was cut short due to Cam's shouting in the background, prompting Haley to end the call.

Turning to Alex, I asked, "By the way, do you know what your sister is coming as for the party?"

"I don't know. She said she doesn't want to be Catwoman 'cause Enid got dibs. I'm not so sure what she decided to go with," Alex replied casually before rubbing her reddish nose.

I remembered her allergies to cats and felt a pang of guilt for not considering that earlier. I racked my brain, searching for a solution. Suddenly, a memory surfaced, and I realized I might have a way to help her.

"Hell– What the– Wait! I really forgot about it, huh," I muttered out loud, surprised by the realization. I had ignored the medicine knowledge I had gotten from Doctor Strange, because I thought it was going to be similar to the ones in this world.

But it really wasn't.

I forgot to consider the universe factor. In the world where they have really high technological advantages, the research on medicines there was top notch. The medicines formula in my brain, if taken out, would shock the entire world.

'Maybe I can do something with this information later.' I thought secretly.

Alex looked at me with curiosity. "Forgot what?"

"Your allergies. I think I may have found a way for you to play with the cats without triggering them," I replied, however this knowledge wasn't from the Marvel universe, but instead, it was from my previous world.

Hope sparkled in Alex's eyes as she asked, "Really? How?"

Taking a moment to gather my thoughts, I continued, "First, we need to get Vader to stay inside a chicken coop."

Confusion washed over both Alex and Vader as they tried to make sense of my statement. Even Agent Smith that was hiding behind the trees was interested in the conversation when I mentioned fixing her allergies, and he almost broke out of his agent's composure when he heard about the chicken coop.

Alex put her hand on my forehead and asked, "Do you have a fever?"

I rolled my eyes and explained, "Cat allergies are usually triggered by a protein called FelD1, which is found in a cat's saliva, urine, and skin glands. These allergens can become airborne and cause allergic reactions to people like you."

"Theoretically, when a chicken is inoculated by these proteins, or like I said before, let Vader or any other cats live with them, they will produce an antibody, an anti-FelD1 protein. Like humans, these chickens' antibodies will be passed down to their descendants."

"These antibodies will concentrate on the egg yolks, and when a cat like Vader eats the yolk, they will receive the antibodies, which will neutralise the FelD1 allergen inside the cat, preventing them from spreading."

Alex widened her eyes and said, "So, stopping them at the source? So I don't have to take allergy medications anymore?"

"I don't know if it'll work 100%, like I said, it is still a theory." I replied with a smile. "I'll get someone to test it."

"NO! I can do that on my own!" Alex said before she turned to her father. Then, her excited expression slowly morphs towards confusion. "Wait, did I just... want to ask my dad to build a chicken coop at our house?"

I shrugged and said, "Seems like a feasible idea tho."

She rolled her eyes at me before realizing something, "Uncle Cam has a farm. I'll ask him if he can let us experiment there."

Agent Smith suddenly appeared in front of Alex, startling her. "AHH!" she shouted.

"Don't worry about it ma'am. We will help you contact our state trusted farms. We can even handle the experiments for you if you want." Agent Smith said.

Longines looked at Maggie from top to bottom, making her feel conscious, "I think it's too small for you. Hudgens may be able to squeeze into it, but girllll, we need to find you something adult size and not fun size."

Suddenly Maggie saw a Spiderman outfit hanging on the rack near her, "What about that? Who is that for?"

"That's for Edward actually. It was too tight for him, too small, especially in the you-know-what area." Longines said crassly while hinting at the girls, which made both of them fall in disbelief.

"It's Ed's? He's going as Spidey? But he said he was going to dress up as Batman? Did he lie to everyone?" Maggie bombarded Longines with questions.

Longines replied while crossing his arms, "Girl. I don't know what you mean. He made a lot of those, not only the Spiderman one. I'm also the one who made that Batman suit he showed in his Insta-Live. If he made a lot of them, maybe he wants to have the options? "

...

[Edward POV]

As I entered the house, I saw Jenna's mom, Mrs Karlsen sitting at the living room couch while I was putting down the pumpkin. Vader jumped down and ran to the kitchen to get her food and water.

"Hi. You're here." I greeted her cheerfully.

"Hi Ed. You said you wanted to see me?" Mrs Karlsen asked in confusion.

"Yeah, let's go upstairs for a bit. I have something to give you." I replied before looking to see where my dad was. But I didn't see him, or Frankie, so I asked Mrs Karlsen, "Wait. Where did my dad go?"

"?" Mrs Karlsen was confused, "He said he was going to go look for you. I don't know where he is. He left after letting me in."

"Alright then. So we're alone." I replied before I said, "Come upstairs."

At that moment, I didn't realise that my words could be misconstrued as something else to Mrs Karlsen. It was as if she heard everything I said with a sultry filter, and her heart skipped a beat as she followed me.

After we got into my room, I walked to the table and picked up a script for her. "I remember what you said about the audition, and here–"

However as I turned, I saw that she was tying her hair and almost kneeled on the floor, opening her mouth seductively. But she was surprised when she saw the script and went back up immediately. "Wait. A script?!"

"Um, what just happened here?" I asked teasingly, but she didn't even blush a bit. Her eyes were glued on the script, so I gave that to her.

"It's for the role of Skyler White, the wife of Walter White in the new series the company's producing." I explained. "Is she the main character?" She asked excitedly.

"The face of the series is Walter White and Jessi, but Skylar is a main character too." I explained. Mrs Karlsen suddenly hugged me excitedly and said, "Thank you ED! THANK YOU!"

"Calm down. I'm not finished yet. I'm not giving you the role. The auditions are starting next week, and I wanted to give you a head start."

"Doesn't matter. This is the first time I've ever got the script for the main character." She said with tears in her eyes. I was amazed and said, "Wow, this is a huge deal for you isn't it?"

"I've been auditioning for 14 years. And never once did I land an important role. So yeah, it is a big deal for me." She said before she added teasingly " In fact, if you want me to really do what I thought you wanted me to do, I'll have no problems with that."

I rolled my eyes at her and changed the topic, "I'll put in a good word for you with the director. Ah, but I have to warn you, Skylar's character can be quite annoying, so the audience may hate the character."

"Oh, she's going to be pregnant at an old age..." Mrs Karlsen ignored me and skimmed through the script before she teased, "Hmm...Do you want me to be pregnant for real, or?--"

"I can't roll my eyes anymore than this. Go home and read it. I need to get ready." I said as I chased her away.

"Get ready for what?" She asked with a permanent smile on her face. She touched her cheeks and said, "God, this is so embarrassing. My face can't stop smiling. I'd probably need to get botox after this."

"Don't do that." I laughed a bit and replied, "I have a special date today, with a few special ladies."

"A few? Wow! I need to make Jenna stay away from you." She joked. She left soon after with a huge grin plastered on her face while I had some lunch and changed my outfits.

I wore circular glasses, a Gryffindor scarf and Hogwards robes, I drew a lightning mark on my forehead. My dad returned at this time and saw me.

"Well well well, if it isn't the great Harry Potter." He said. I chuckled and pointed my wand at him, "Petrificus Totalus!"

He pretended to be paralyzed for a second before he laughed. "I thought you'd be going as Batman." He asked.

"Batman's for the Trick or Treating thing. Oh shoot, I need to go now, so can you take care of Vader?" I darted off to the front door as I knew I had to go now if I wanted to make it in time.

"Wait. Ed, Dr Gabblehauser–" My dad tried to explain, but I dismissed him, "Later. I really need to go!"

...

[General POV]

Jenna's mom went to Alex's house to share the good news with her daughter before she left. And at the same time, she jokingly shared that Edward was going on a date, which made both Enid and Jenna startled.

"He has a date?! Where!?" Jenna asked.

"With who?!" Enid asked.

Mrs Karlsen was dumbfounded and said, "Um...I don't know."

Claire, who has been eavesdropping, also shouted, "He has a date with multiple girls at once, or they meet him at different times?"

"I seriously don't know anything about it." Mrs Karlsen said with disbelief.

In the children's hospital where Edward went with Haley before.

"Edward's here!" The children shouted excitedly as he came into the ward and brought some gifts for them.

"Hey! Ed! I saw you on TV!" One of the girls said excitedly.

"Are you Harry Potter?" One of the boys asked.

"Are you staying with us to watch the Wizards of Waverly Place?!" A small girl with burn marks on her face– on her left forehead asked meekly while holding a teddy bear.

Edward patted her head and said, "Of course. I promised that I would watch the show with you guys, didn't I? That's the whole reason I went and shot the show in the first place. Here, have some candy."

Edward placed his paper bag on the ground and pointed his wand at the bag, "Candy Bombarda!" He chanted. The spring mechanism in the bag was activated and it shot the candies to the air like a volcano.

The children cheered thunderously as they saw that, some even starting to believe that Edward was a true wizard because of it.