Kyle and Owen were desperately trying to reach Josh and Dave on their cell phones, but neither one was answering. They had gone upstairs to get away from all the noise Daniel and Alex were causing with their bickering.
Owen told the pair they could help themselves to the kitchen, and with having fused together just as lunch began, Daniel and Alex were starving with their shared stomach growling.
"What are you doing?!" Daniel yelled.
"Me? What are you doing?!" Alex yelled back. They were standing in the middle of the kitchen. Alex had his right arm and leg stretched out and was trying to grab the pop-tarts that Kyle had left on the counter, while Daniel was pulling to the left, and trying to grab a bowl for some cereal. They weren't really moving one way, or the other, seeing how they both had their feet planted, and weren't getting any leverage over the other.
"I just want some pop tarts!" Alex cried and yanked on Daniel's arm.
Daniel shook Alex's arm away, and gave a heave to the bowls, "Too bad! I want some cereal, and we can't eat both with one stomach!"
Try as he might, Alex was still too small to put up much of a fight against Daniel in their tug of war, so eventually he had to give in. "That's not fair! I want pop tarts!"
"Fair?! You want to talk about fair?" Daniel glared at Alex as he emptied the box of cereal and started pulling Alex to the table. "How is this fair?" He put the bowl down, and gestured to their body, "I happen to be at the wrong place, at the wrong time, and end up fused together with you!
Alex didn't say anything. He knew Daniel was right, so he sat down with his other half, and watched him eat. Even though he wasn't eating, Alex could feel his hunger going away, but his mouth was dry and the cereal did look good. "Hey, can I have some?"
"Fine." Daniel grunted, "But you're not using my spoon. It's bad enough I have to share my body with you."
"It's my body too!" Alex shouted in Daniel's ear, and went to stand, but found Daniel wasn't moving. "Um, can you get up? I need to get a spoon."
"You should have thought about that before, instead of worrying about your stupid pop tarts." Daniel took another mouth full. He felt a burp coming on, so he closed his mouth really tight, and made it come out Alex's mouth. Alex made a gross face, and looked at Daniel. Alex grabbed Daniel's spoon, and threw it across the room.
Daniel shoved Alex so hard they fell out of the chair and was Daniel about to punch him when they heard the front door open. They froze for a moment, but when they heard Josh's voice, Daniel pulled them to their feet and dragged Alex with him to the front door. "Josh! Thank god you're here! Did you find a way to get us apart?!"
Josh looked over to Dave's head, sitting beside his own, then to Daniel. "If I had, do you really think me and him would still be together?"