In Which Max and Jude Play Guitar Hero

Disclaimer: I am being forced to point out that, even though I want to, I do not own Across the Universe.

Sorry people, I just don’t own it.

“MAX! MAX! MAX! MAXYDOODLES!” Jude yelled as he ran up the stairs to his apartment with a huge, wrapped box in his arms. Max opened the door and stared at the box.

“Where in the world did you get that?” Max asked. Jude smiled.

“It just came in the mail. It says ‘To my dearest children; Maxwell and Lucy.’ I think that it’s from yer mum.” Jude said. Max looked at the package curiously, grabbed it, and then put his ear to it.

“It doesn’t APPEAR to be ticking, so she can’t be trying to kill us.” Max stated. Jude rolled his eyes.

“Come on! Can we PLEASE go inside and open it?” Jude begged, making Max laugh.

“Jude.” Max said, trying to calm his best mate down “This package is for me. WHY are YOU so excited about it?” Max asked. Jude shrugged.

“I dunno. I just get REALLY excited over these things!” Jude exclaimed. Max sighed and turned around.

“Note to self: Let Jude sleep in on Christmas.” Max said quietly as Jude jumped up and down, yelling about how excited he was to open the package.

.o.O.o.

“Lucy! Lucy goosey! Lucy goosey moosey! Lu-“ Max said, but was cut off when a stuffed duck came hurdling at his head.

“MAX! Enough with the nicknames! What do you want?” Lucy asked. Max smiled and lifted up the package.

“Present from our dearest momsy and popsy.” Max said. Lucy’s eyes went wide and she made a mad dash for the package.

“MINE!” Lucy exclaimed as she made a grab for it, but missed and ended up bashing into a wall. Jude winced and bent down to help her up.

“’M sorry, love. Come on, let’s go see what’s in the package.” Jude said sweetly. Luce Grabbed his hand and he pulled her up. They walked to where Max was staring at the package intently, as if he wanted it to open itself. Lucy rolled her eyes and quickly plopped herself down on the floor next to Max.

“Come on, Maxie! Let’s open it already!” Lucy whined. Max smiled.

“Patience, young grasshopper. We won’t even have to touch the package, and it will open.” Max said. He just stared at the package for a few more minutes and then something in Jude snapped.

“I CAN’T TAKE IT ANYMORE!” Jude exclaimed. He quickly got up off his arse and started ripping at the paper. Max grinned and put his arm around his sister.

“See, I told you that we didn’t even have to touch it.” Max said cheerily, making Lucy laugh. After all the paper was ripped off, everybody tried to get a descent look at what was under all the paper.

“It isn’t!” Max exclaimed.

“No! It can’t be!” Lucy said, bewildered.

“I have to pee!” Jude whined. Lucy groaned and hit him lightly.

“Then go, you booger!” Lucy teased. Jude shit up like a bullet and bolted for the bathroom. Lucy picked up one of the two boxes that was in the package and almost dropped it.

“GUITAR HERO!” Lucy yelled, holding up the package. A ray of light had come in through the window and was pointed directly at the box. There was also the sound of angels singing, and the box was giving off a faint but bright glow. Max picked up the second box.

“WII!” He exclaimed, and the same thing that happened to Guitar Hero happened to the Wii. Jude came back in the room and sighed.

“Don’t tell me that yer mum got you a dick in a box.” Jude begged. Max fell to the floor laughing and Lucy giggled.

“No, Jude. The Wii is a Nintendo product. Very expensive, mind you, but very fun. Did mom leave a note or something?” Lucy asked. Jude looked through the pile of ripped paper, and found a little pink note.

‘Dearest Lucy and Maxwell,

Since you can’t make it for Christmas this year, your father and I have decided to send you your present in advance. We hope that you have a merry Christmas. Please tell Jude that he will be getting a present soon as well, seeing as his mother probably won’t be able to send him one.

Much love,

Mom and Dad’ Max shot the letter aside and quickly moved to open the box.

“LET’S HOOK THIS MOTHER FUCKER UP!” Max exclaimed.

.o.O.o.

Two hours, forty-two minutes, seventeen seconds. That’s how long it took them to hook up the Wii. They had decided that the instruction manual was stupid, but that was because they picked up the French manual instead of the English one. Therefore, they decided to let Max figure it out, him being the more technical of the three of them. Sure, Jude and Lucy helped a bit, but otherwise, they just stood back and observed as Max frankensteined with the machine.

“EUREKA!” He yelled almost suddenly, as the Wii turned on. Jude and Lucy began clapping.

“YAY! MAXYDOODLES GOT IT!” Jude yelled. Lucy grinned and started to play with the guitar hero box.

“How long do you think it will take to set up the guitar hero?” Lucy asked.

Exactly 57 minutes and 25 seconds.

“Wow… we’re amazing when it comes to this stuff, aren’t we?” Lucy asked sarcastically. Max smiled as he picked up the guitar.

“Thank god we aren’t blonde, eh?” Max asked. Jude just sat on the side, trying not to but into brother-sister bonding (that could quite possibly turn into incest) After a few minutes, they got the game up and running. Thankfully, they had 2 guitars, so they were able to play against each other, seeing who could play better.

“Come on, Max! It’s not that hard! We’re still playing on EASY! How could you miss almost all of them on easy?” Jude asked. Lucy grinned and took the controller from her brother.

“He’s as dumb as a fish in a schnitzel factory.” Lucy joked. Max stuck out his tongue at her.

“I am NOT dumb.” Max protested. Lucy grinned.

“Oh yeah? I bet you that you couldn’t walk and chew gum at the same time!” Lucy challenged. Max stuck his hand in his pocket and took out a package of gum, put a piece in his mouth, chewed it, stopped chewing, started walking, stopped walking, started chewing… you get the idea.

“Wow… genius over here.” Lucy said sarcastically, making Jude laugh. Max pouted and sat on the ground.

“Well… I was smart like you at one point, so you’re bound to end up like me at one point.” Max pointed out. Both Lucy and Jude, who ever so stupidly didn’t put on the straps, dropped their guitars, which in turn broke them.

“SHIT!” They exclaimed in unison. Max grinned.

“I win.” Max said happily. Jude groaned.

“SHIT! I lost!” Jude exclaimed.

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