This story is actually a re-written version of one I wrote a long time ago. Like, four years ago. XD It originally didn't have Jennifer in it, but I added her because Christina seemed lonely. D:
…And she makes me laugh. XD
Well, enjoy
Disclaimer: OMG GUYS I TOTALLY OWN THIS. TOTALLY.
Christina flopped down onto her super squishy, army green sofa next to her best friend since forever, Jennifer.
"You better have popcorn and coke," Jennifer said, giving her a look, "or hell will be raised."
Christina held up her index finger and opened her mouth, and then a ding came from the kitchen.
"Way ahead of you."
She hopped up and trudged into the kitchen. There was the sound of popcorn falling into a bowl, the hiss of carbonation escaping from the coke bottle, and she returned with the aforementioned food and drink, and went to plug in the DVD.
"What're we watchin' anyway?" Jennifer inquired through a mouthful of popcorn.
"It's a surprise." She rose from the floor in front of the entertainment center, and once again set herself on the couch next to her friend. The movie started up, and she skipped through the previews and clicked start on the menu.
"Aww, National Treasure again?" Jennifer frowned, "You've seen this like, a million times. Aren't you tired of it?"
Christina put her hand over her heart in mock surprise, "Tired? Of National Treasure? Blasphemy! Besides, it's sixteen times, not a million."
Jennifer rolled her eyes, "Sixteen, a million, same difference. Point is, you watch it too much."
"Shh, it's starting!" Christina smiled and stuck her tongue out at her friend.
Jennifer punched her in return.
Suddenly, the screen started to fizzle with static, and the lamps went out.
"What's going on? Is there a storm?" Christina turned her head about the room.
Pressure starting building in her head and she grabbed it in pain. It felt as though her eardrums would explode.
"Chris! What's going on?" Jennifer also held her own head, wincing with pain.
She merely squeaked, as the pressure was too much to allow her to speak properly. They screamed as the room appeared to squirm and contort, however the TV stayed unchanged, still playing the movie. She screwed her eyes shut and held her breath, then, it was over. The pressure was gone and she felt perfectly fine once again. She slowly opened her eyes as she felt a cold wind nip at her exposed skin.
Her mouth fell open. All she could see for miles was snow. She looked to her side and let out a relieved sigh as her eyes fell on her friend, who shared the same look of confusion and fear.
"Chris, where are we?"
"I don't know, but-" She cut herself off as her eyes fell on two snow mobiles on the horizon.
"Jenn, I think we're in the movie."
Her friend just stared at her.
"Well, what do we do?"
"If we are in the movie, then that would be Ben and the gang over there," she pointed to the two vehicles "so I guess we go with them." She shivered.
"Before we freeze to death."
Her friend was up in a heartbeat and running over to them.
"Jenn! Jenn, wait!"
She scrambled to her feet and ran after her friend. She caught up with her and grabbed her shoulder.
"Jenn, we can't just run up to them and hop in!"
"Why not?"
"Oh, I don't know, maybe because it would be a tad suspicious if two eighteen year olds suddenly ran up from out of nowhere in the middle of the Arctic Circle!"
"Oh, is that where we are? I thought this might be Alaska or something."
"Yes! The Arctic Circle! I thought you had seen the movie before?"
"Well, once. But what do you expect us to do, we can't just stay here, and we can't tell the truth."
Christina thought for a moment.
"Well, I guess we will have to just run up to them, but let me do the talking!"
Jennifer rolled her eyes, "Yes ma'am. Now hurry! I'm freezing!"
They hurried over to the vehicles and waved their arms around, trying to get their attention. It worked, as they pulled over and Ben got out.
"Now what would two teenagers be doing out in the middle of the Arctic Circle?"
They just smiled.
"Well you see sir-"
"We were on a camping trip with some friends, and I guess they had a little too much and went off and left us while we were asleep." Christina interrupted.
Jennifer gave her an incredulous look and Christina elbowed her in the side.
"Oh, um, it's true."
Ben raised an eyebrow and stared at them.
Jennifer huffed, "Well, look, no matter how fake our story is you can't just let us stand out here and freeze to death."
He laughed and nodded his head, "Well I guess that's true "
Then a voice rang out from the back seat that made Christina's heart skip a beat.
"Hey Ben, what's the hold-up?"
"Oh, nothing, just two pretty girls."
"Ha ha, very funny."
Riley Poole. She had just heard Riley Poole in the flesh.
"That's Riley." Ben stated, repeating her thoughts.
"And I'm Ben. Ben Gates.", he said, extending a hand.
They took turns shaking it.
"Gates? You're the family looking for the treasure, right?"
He frowned slightly and nodded.
"Well it's an honor" Christina continued, "I always thought it was so interesting and I've wanted to meet you for a long time."
He smiled again.
"Well it's certainly nice to know there's someone out there who doesn't think I'm crazy." He smiled again and continued, "You two can take the back seat with Riley; there should be some extra coats back there."
They both climbed up into the vehicle and Christina stopped.
"Oh, our names are Christina," she motioned to herself, "…and Jennifer." She motioned to her friend, who was currently snuggling up in a big fluffy coat.
"Nice to meet you," two voices chorused, one belonging to Ben, the other dripping with an English accent.
A man in the front seat turned around to face them. Of course, this man was none other than Ian Howe.
"Oh, Christina, Jennifer, this is Ian Howe." Ben stated, once again repeating her thoughts.
"Pleasure." Christina said in a manner that said it was really not that pleasurable at all.
Jennifer was too busy enjoying her coat to say anything.
Finally, Riley said something for the first time in ten minutes, "I hate you Ben."
Ben laughed, "I told you, it's your fault you didn't believe me."
Christina finally looked over to him, and her breath caught in her throat. He looked even better in person than on screen! He had the most beautiful blue eyes and-
"This has to be the most comfortable coat I have ever worn." Jennifer pulled it tighter across her body with a content sigh.
Christina could almost smack her, but decided to thank her when her interruption caused her to notice that her mouth was hanging open and she was starting to drool.
"It'd better be" Riley said glaring at her, "seeing as how it was mine before you oh-so politely took it from me."
Christina took that as her opportunity to smack her and did so.
"Hey, I'M the lady; you should be honored to have me wear your coat."
"Jennifer Leigh Simpson! You give Riley his coat back this instant!"
"No." She replied, sticking her tongue out.
"Yes." Christina said, crossing her arms.
"No, I'm the cute one, I shouldn't be cold."
"Uh-huh. So, you still wouldn't give it back even if I mentioned Little J-"
Jennifer's hands flew over to cover her mouth.
"Okay, okay, you can have it back. Though cheating's not fair."
"Hey, I do what I can. Besides, Riley's the cute one."
Her hands flew to her own mouth as soon as she closed it, but it was too late. It had been said.
"Heh, you think I'm cute?" he said, with an adorable smirk on his face.
She turned a shade of red that closely resembled a fire truck.
"I… Um, well…"
She stumbled and stuttered, failing to get a complete sentence out.
"Aww, my ickle little Chrissy has the hots for Riley." Jennifer said, putting her hands together against her face and batting her eyelashes.
"Oh, shut the hell up", she spat, turning away from them.
Jennifer shrugged, "Oh well, at least she forgot about the coat."
At that, Christina turned around and ripped it off of her, handing it to Riley.
