AN: TEP and I, LB have decided to join forces together and torture the inhabitants of Middle Earth. We figured we could do more damage that way. We are switching off every other chapter, and I get the odds, and she the evens. (so if you want chapter 2, bug her, not me!).Have any complaints, please be specific so we can correct them. Flames will be used for TEP's wienie roast. Oh, and I own Kukanak!
"Careful, Aly!" Lizzie yelped, ducking from the boiling beaker her lab partner held with the tongs.
"Hey, I warned you that you should record the results on the other side of the table," Aly chided slightly, her eyes fixed to the beaker in front of her.
Lizzie sighed, gathering the notebook, chock full of their chemistry project notes, and moved to the opposite side of the small black counter-table. "I know, I just want to get out of here! I'm tired of doing this stupid project, and well, just frustrated that it's taking so long!"
Aly set the beaker down on a tile before looking at Lizzie, her olive green eyes sparkling with mirth as a she smirked at her friend. "You just want to get to camp and watch my Pretear DVD, and get the top bunk."
Lizzie eyed Aly mock-defiantly. "What of it?" she asked, trying, but failing at arching an eyebrow at Aly. This just caused Aly to burst out laughing.
Yes, that was part of the reason Lizzie was so anxious to get out of the ChemLab…True, she wanted to watch the Pretear DVD, she had been threatening to steal it if she couldn't watch it soon, but she really wanted to go to camp. Camp Kukanak. They were to be staying the weekend there as soon as they finished their project. She and Aly had already changed out of their school uniforms to more comfortable clothes.
Aly had her shoulder length auburn hair with its choppy layers pulled back half up and half down. She was wearing her loose, pale green t-shirt she had made with one of her trademark sayings "I BRAKE FOR PROCRASTINATORS" with a pair of jeans. Her skin was fair with a smattering of freckles and she had an average/muscular build.
Lizzie had tied her dark brown shoulder length hair back with one of the many hair bands she had on her arms. Her tan skin complimented her brown eyes, which were dark and observant underneath her blue-plastic glasses. It was hard to determine her build with her bulky dark gray t-shirt that she made displaying the quote she and Aly came up with: "BE A PROCRASTINATOR, YOU'LL LIVE LONGER"
Yes, they were all ready to go to Camp Kukanak-they just had to finish up their project.
"Anyways," Aly's voice broke Lizzie from her thoughts, "it's not like you are doing anything." She turned to face the other chemical test tubes and powders in front of her, grinning at her lab partner. "I'm the one who's doing all the work here."
Lizzie shook her head, dark brown whips of hair coming out of her ponytail. She tucked the new strands behind her ears. "Well, I'm the one who's gonna end up with a cramp in my hand from writing so much," she returned, smiling. "Yes, I can't wait to go to camp. I've got all my stuff right here." She waved her pencil at her black messenger bag that carried her necessities for the trip.
"Yes, and mine is under the counter." Aly referred to her blue backpack that was covered with different friends' messages, not even breaking concentration from her task. "Come over here and help," Aly directed, eyes still fixed to her work. "With any luck we will be out of here in five minutes. All we have to do is mix the variable with our solution, write our observations, clean up and TA DA! We're finished."
Lizzie went over and grabbed one of the bulky orange lab aprons to put on and adjusted her safety goggles before joining Aly.
"Alright, what do you want me to do?"
"Hold this beaker over the Bunsen burner as I add the variable," Aly instructed as Lizzie grasped the tongs and picked up the beaker. She in turn picked up a test tube of green liquid. "Okay, let's hope this works…" Aly and Lizzie held their breaths as the formula dropped into the solution.
And then exploded.