Fifth Wheel Pt. 2

Micky Dolenz's high-pitched scream broke the peaceful early morning silence of 1334 Beechwood Avenue.

Mike jerked awake and promptly fell off the side of his narrow bed. He hurriedly got up and dashed to the door, panic speeding his movements. Downstairs, two other people bolted upright in their respective beds and leapt up to find out what was happening. Peter's feet got tangled up in his covers and he was unceremoniously dumped into the floor. Davy jumped over his roommate's prone body, threw open the door and rushed out.

"I'll save you Micky!" He shouted, and ran up the tornado staircase at full speed.

Upstairs, Mike had finally burst into his old bedroom and was gaping at the sight before him. Micky let out another shrill scream as he stared pop-eyed at the monster sitting on his bare chest.

"Micky! Hey Micky! It's just Jeffrey! Calm down, he won't hurt ya none!" Lenny Kosnowski was shouting, trying to get the wild-haired drummer's attention.

Davy slammed into Mike's back, unable to stop his headlong charge, sending them both sprawling into the floor. He looked up, saw the reason for all the commotion and gulped loudly.

"What's that?!" He asked in a trembling voice, pointing at the large green creature stretched out on top of Micky.

"That's Jeffrey, my iguana." Lenny replied, looking utterly confused by the chaos erupting around him. He finally just picked the unperturbed animal up and set it on his bed. Micky bounced up immediately and flattened himself against the wall as far away from the lizard as he could get.

"Did you see that?" He shrieked, "It was trying to eat me!"

By this time, Peter had arrived and looked around the room fearfully, not knowing just what was eating whom.

"What's trying to eat you Micky?" He asked confusedly, not seeing anything making breakfast out of his bandmate.

"That!" Micky cried and jerked his finger toward the iguana, which was merely sitting and staring attentively at Lenny's pillow.

Mike stood up and ambled over to the creature, smiling a bit in spite of himself.

"This?" He asked with a snicker. "You thought this was going to eat you?" He burst out laughing so hard tears came to his eyes and he had to sit down to catch his breath.

"Micky, these don't even eat meat!" Mike finally gasped.

"Yeah, they just eat things like lettuce and carrots and stuff." Lenny agreed.

Micky blinked at them and began to turn an odd shade of pink. He crossed his arms and stubbornly glared at everyone.

"Well, It can't stay." He announced loudly.

"What? Why not?" Lenny asked in shock. "Just cause he scared you? That ain't no reason ta evict 'im!"

"I think he's right Micky, just because you're afraid of a lizard doesn't mean…" Peter began only to be cut off by Davy.

"Wait just a minute, if Micky doesn't want it in the house then I don't think he should have to put up with it."

"Hold it! Just hold it a second!" Mike shouted over the argument. Immediately everyone stopped talking and turned to stare at him. He straightened his pajamas and cleared his throat.

"I don't see why the critter can't stay…" He held his hand up to stop Micky's inevitable outburst. "I just think we should maybe try different sleeping arrangements." The others stood there with their mouths hanging open at the suggestion. Different sleeping arrangements?

"What do you mean Mike?" Peter asked worriedly, obviously wondering what was going through the Texan's mind.

"I mean, do you have a problem with Jeffrey?" Mike asked him pointedly.

"Well no, but…"

"Do you have a problem with Lenny?"

"Of course not! He's nice." Peter smiled.

"Okay, do you have a problem with Micky?" Mike asked Davy suddenly.

"What kind of a question is that?" Davy asked in wonder.

"Just answer me, would you have a problem sharin' a room with Micky?"

"I never really thought about it, I guess not." Davy admitted with a shrug.

"Wait a minute Mike, you just can't go moving people around like this!" Micky blurted out from the corner. "I mean what if I don't like Davy?"

Davy looked at him with a surprised and hurt expression.

"What do you mean you don't like me?" He piped up.

"That's not what I meant, I like you man!" Micky quickly explained. "I just don't know if I want to be your roommate, you snore awfully loud you know."

"Well, until this can be settled, consider yourselves roommates." Mike announced with a grin. "Everyone say hello to your new partners and goodnight!"

You could have heard a pin drop in the pad at that moment. Right before all Hell broke loose…





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