For Infamous Phantom: I tried to make this a oneshot… but it seems to be going off in a direction of it's own :P Hope you don't mind this being a sequel instead.
Otto and Twister are moping in Otto's room. It's been three months since Reggie, Cleo, Sam and Sherry have left for college. Sam has moved to Massachusetts, where he's attending MIT. Despite being offered a place at Ocean Shores Community College, Sherry has decided to attend community college in Cambridge, Massacussetts, where she conveniently already has a roommate in mind. Reggie and Cleo are at UCLA. Reggie is doing a double degree in journalism and English, while Cleo is an English lit major. Otto and Twister suddenly find themselves in the uncomfortable situation of being in Ocean Shores without half of team Rocket… and without their girlfriends.
"Dude… remind me again why we can't skip the rest of senior year?"
'Because we barely made it through freshman and sophomore year without Reggie and the Squid's help, Maurice.'
"Our grades were good last year!"
'Apparently not good enough to skip a grade…'
"Principal Ortega didn't have to laugh THAT hard when we asked…"
'Yeah, well…he obviously doesn't see our potential.'
They lapse off into brooding silence, before Twister pipes up.
"Did you hear from Reggie…"
'Yeah… their new FRIENDS seem nice' Otto seems to spit out the words.
"I can't believe they're not coming home for spring break…"
'Yeah… like a school project could be THAT important… she COULD always blow it off…'
"Only Rocket Girl could work on her vacation…"
'She's a bad influence on Cleo…'
"Watch it, bro…"
Twister is distracted, as he reminisces over his most recent conversation with his girlfriend. She'd called to tell him she wasn't going to be coming back for Spring break, as she was working on a project for journalism class with a group of friends. She and a classmate, Cindy, were going to film a documentary on females in male dominated sports. Cindy was going to cover martial arts, and Reggie was going to give her take on extreme sports. That sounded fairly innocuous, until she mentioned that their friend Tommy Pickles was going to film it.
"Did she mention anything about this Tommy guy to you?"
'Dude… I already told you… apparently he's really a really talented aspiring filmmaker. Reg and Cleo have apparently been hanging out with him and his roommate, Chuck Finster quite a bit lately'
Otto rolls his eyes as he speaks. Cleo's been talking about her 'new friend Chuck' who was in one of her classes, and had 'saved her life' on her math elective. He did NOT like this Chuck person. One bit.
"If she needed someone to film her, I could have gone down…it IS over spring break after all…" Twister grumbles. He doesn't quite like the idea of someone else filming his girlfriend. Especially since she seems to like his work.
'It IS his project too, dude…' Otto makes a half hearted attempt at consoling his best friend. He's too lost in his own thoughts to be too much help, though.
Meanwhile, at college, the girls are in their dorm, packing.
'Those boys are going to be SO surprised, Reg…'
"I know… I can't believe I managed to talk Cindy into letting us film the extreme sports section in Ocean Shores…"
'I think she was just happy to get her part over with first so she and Jimmy could go on that trip to Tijuana'
"I'm not calling Twister tonight… I don't want to give it away…"
'And Otto's not hearing from me, either… I can't WAIT to see the looks on their faces…'
"I can show you Otto's reaction now…" Reggie opens her mouth and widens her eyes in an imitation of a shocked Otto.
"Babe… is that YOU? Dude… this is sick!!!"
'And Maurice will be all… Baby… I can't believe you're here…'
Giggling, the girls continue their packing with renewed vigor. Both are picturing a particular face as they pack.. their minds already several miles away.
The next morning, Otto Rocket and Twister Rodriguez sleep in. It is the first day of spring break, and both boys had been up late the night before, worrying. Their girlfriends hadn't answered any of their phone calls the night before, and the best friends had been driving each other crazy the whole night inventing possible reasons for this.
Flashback:
'Tommy drugged her, and she's out cold in his dorm right now!'
"Chuck kidnapped her, and is holding her against her will!"
'What if they got into an accident, and no one thought to tell us!'
"They could have been robbed first, and THEN hit by a car… the hospital wouldn't even be able to ID them as they wouldn't have their identification on them!"
'They could have amnesia!'
"And their friends aren't telling them about us because they want to move in on our girls!"
Needless to say, the boys had had a rough night. They're awakened at noon, however, by the sound of a beeping horn.
"Dude… what was THAT?"
'Dude… what're you doing in my sister's room? I thought you were sacked out here last night…'
"I was… kind of upset after our conversation… and I thought being around her stuff would calm me down a little… you probably think I'm lame" Twister's face turns as red as his hair as he looks down in embarrassment. As his friend convulses with laughter, he notices something in his best bro's hand.
"What're you doing with Cleo's T-shirt…"
It's Otto's turn to blush slightly as he squirms under his friends hard gaze.
'I… kind of took it from your house at our last sleepover… I sleep with it sometimes when I'm thinking of her… I'M NOT WHIPPED…'
"Bro… we're both whipped…"
'This stays between us, right?'
"Duh! Woogie?"
After a customary handshake, the boys make their way downstairs, where they can hear Raymundo, Tito and Twister's parents making some noise across the street. In front of Otto's house, a gleaming, they see an unfamiliar red convertible.
