Hi, everyone! So, most of you following the story "Not Without You," know that I spent the last week (Okay, more like two weeks ago, forgive me, I've been busy and now I'm on a roll) in Yellowstone/Wyoming /Jackson Hole. Best vacay ever, I have to say XD Anyway, it was so much fun that I decided I had to write about it. Now, this was originally going in "Family Force 5," because of the family element, but then I decided teens would be more fun. A/Ns will be in bold as some parts are based on the trip, but there's always the humor element where things tend to be exaggerated. XD enjoy!
"Okay, boys." Agura stood in front of her teammates, minus Tezz. Arranged neatly around the huntress were seven suitcases.
"These are your suitcases. We're going to make this trip with carry-ons only , got it?" All the team nodded with the exception of Stanford.
"Whoa whoa WHOA. I have to it everything I'll need for a WEEK in that shoe box?" He demanded. Agura nodded.
"Everything. There's a packing list inside; I would read it. And Stan?" She asked, smirking. Stanford looked up from frowning at the carry-on.
"Better hope your hair gel is under three ounces." She smirked, and everyone snickered as the blood drained from Stanford's face, and he sprinted towards his rooms.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOO-!" They heard only seconds later. Agura chuckled.
"Alright, guys, go pack." Everyone came forward to grab a suitcase, blatantly avoiding the green one as they all knew it would be Agura's. The red suitcase was given similar treatment, but the rest of the generic black ones were up for grabs. Stanford returned with a tape measure, inspecting each suitcase with care and ending up with the one he decreed the largest. Sherman and AJ simply grabbed a suitcase and rolled it out, and Spinner took Stanford's second-largest option. Zoom uncertainly took the last carry-on, pulling out the packing list.
"Uhm…Agura?" He asked timidly. "Why does this say 'three ounces only'?"
Agura cocked her head. "Have you ever been on an airplane?" She asked kindly. Zoom bashfully shook his head.
"Okay, so for security…"
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"Excuse me, did you see this list?" Stanford walked into Vert's room. "Only three pairs of shorts! What am I supposed to do the other four days?"
"You wear them more than once, Stan." Vert rolled his eyes along with a T-shirt he was packing.
"You…you do that?" Stanford exclaimed, shocked. Vert slowly nodded. "Okay, but-"
"Stanford, if you really wanna question the list, talk to Agura. She wrote it." Vert stopped him, pointing across the hall.
"Fine." Stanford huffed, knocking on Agura's door.
"Yes, you need to pack seven pairs of clean underwear!" She hollered through the door, causing laughter throughout the hallway.
"I wasn't going to ask that!" Stanford said indignantly. "I was wondering if-"
"No, security will not let you through with an eight-ounce tube of hair gel." She cut him off.
"But-"
"Stanford! Everything on that list is there for a reason!" She huffed, opening the door. "Do I need to draw it out in colorful pictures?" More laughter was heard as Stanford trudged into his room. As everyone finished packing, more banter was exchanged such as…
"Can I bring my snowboard?"
"AJ, your suitcase is too sma-why? It's August!"
"Do you think I could get my Xbox through security?"
"Spinner, the hotel doesn't have a TV….Ugh, Sherman, can you wake him up please?"
(Spinner fainted XD)
"I got it. Hey, are we really going to need water shoes?"
"Vert, was it on the list?"
"Well, yeah, but-"
"Then you'll need them. Any other questions?"
"Are you sure-"
"I AM SURE YOU CANNOT BRING THE HAIR GEL, STANFORD."
"Fine."
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"You sure you don't want to come, Tezz?" Vert offered, his teammate's last chance. Tezz shook his head.
"Sage cannot be left here alone, and I would find it difficult to continue my studies in such a climate. I would much rather stay." Tezz replied.
"Alright." Vert shrugged. "Everyone packed?" There were various nods of agreement. "Awesome. The taxi's here, so-"
"Taxi? We aren't taking our rides?" Zoom asked.
"No, Zoom, we don't want to leave them in the airport parking lot for a whole week, and we're renting a car once we get there." Agura explained.
"O-Okay." Zoom said, and Agura made a mental note to sit next to him.
"Let's go boys!" She announced. "And Zoom?" Zoom looked somewhat fearfully to her.
"Security doesn't appreciate it when you yell bomb, kay?"
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"Okay, now put your shoes and sweatshirt in a bin, your bag in another and your suitcase just goes next to them." Agura instructed Zoom, who meekly complied.
"Uhm, sir, I'm going to have to check your bag." One of the security guards stopped Stanford.
"Don't bother." Agura groaned, stomping over to pull out the tube of hair gel. "Really, Stan?"
"What?" He replied angrily. Agura rolled her eyes, apologizing to the security guard as they made their way through the line.
"Hey! Dude, that's my cousin Jack!" AJ nudged Vert, pointing to a kid wearing a Cubs baseball hat.
If you ever go somewhere like Yellowstone, where tons of different people from EVERYWHERE go, wear as much team gear as possible. Like, I was wearing a Packer T-shirt, (We're fans, despite not living in WI) and I got like, five shoutouts! TOTAL bonding, trust me.
"HI JACK!" AJ hollered, and just as the kids head turned several security guards pounced on AJ.
"AHHH! IT WAS OSAMA, I SWEAR!" AJ yelled upon being tackled.
Hi-Jack. Hijack. Get it?
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"Sorry about that." Agura gave one final apology as the guards left, then turned on her heel, glaring at the guys.
"Uhm….sorry." AJ said weakly.
"You guys are so embarrassing!" She groaned. "Even ZOOM made it through!" Zoom grinned sheepishly.
"Sorry." All of them muttered, and she sighed.
"Let's just go eat."
"Oh! I can make it up to you guys!" AJ cried, pulling what looked like a credit card out of his wallet. He waved it in the air triumphantly.
"Dude, is that a Delta Club Pass?" Spinner asked excitedly. AJ nodded, a smug grin on his face.
"What's a Delta Club Pass?" Zoom asked. AJ sighed.
"Oh, Zoom. Naïve, innocent, little Zoom." AJ then put his hand on Zoom's shoulders, thrusting his free arm forward to set the scene.
"Picture a classy, quite, germ-free place with free wi-fi and unlimited food and drink. Now picture yourself in there." AJ paused, and Zoom looked to him, waiting for more but AJ was silent.
"So…are we gonna go there, or-"
"Please." Agura stopped them. "If you can't handle the security line, I doubt you guys can pull off the classy businessman look. Besides, they'll never let a group of teenagers in."
"What? Come on!" Spinner exclaimed. "Can we please go?" He begged Agura.
"No."
"So we're just going to sit here?" He asked.
"Yup."
"Well, I'm going!" Spinner declared.
"Me too." AJ stood up, along with Stanford.
"I wanna see it." Vert shrugged apologetically at Agura.
"Same." Sherman agreed. Zoom simply scooted closer to her, and Agura glared up at the "rebels."
"You're so getting kicked out." She said simply.
"Wanna bet?" Stanford retorted.
"Actually, yeah." She said smugly. "If you guys don't get kicked out before our plane leaves, I'll buy food for the WHOLE WEEK."
"And if we do?" Vert asked, suddenly uneasy.
"Each hotel room has two beds. I get one, Zoom gets one and neither of us have to pay a cent for food." She said smugly. The guys gave each other uneasy glances.
"You know, I don't really wanna see the clu-" Vert began, but Agura gave him a gentle push.
"Go."
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Exactly seven minutes later, six dejected teenagers were basically pushed out of the Club and straight towards a very smug Agura.
"Zoom? You hungry?" She grinned. AJ sighed, pulling out a few bills.
"Will you guys at least share the beds?"
"Not with you I won't." Agura raised an eyebrow.
"Aw, come on!"
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Plane Seats!
Zoom Agura AISLE Vert Spinner Stanford
"Man, I still can't believe you booked AJ and Sherm FIRST CLASS." Vert told Agura once seated on the plane.
"Well, they did pay for them, and…" Agura bit her lip, not really wanting to be the one to say what they were all thinking.
"Yeah, yeah, but still!" Stanford complained. "I'm ROYALTY! I should have my own private flight!"
"You will in about two minutes if you don't shut up." Agura threatened, and Stanford was silenced.
"So…you're telling me that this giant hunk of metal is actually going to get off the ground?" Zoom asked nervously, gripping the armrest.
"Yup! Way up there, ten zillion feet in the air, nothing but a thin metal wall separating you from total epic death, bunch'a people all crowded in-" Agura pegged Spinner with her rolled-up Sky Mall magazine.
Okay, there is so much expensive crap in those things! Why would I ever want a toilet seat that raises and lowers itself?
"Ouch…" Spinner grumbled, opening the magazine. "Hey! A life-size R2D2!"
…Exactly.
"Don't worry Zoom." Vert comforted. "It's not bad at all."
"See?" Agura added, passing him a bag of Lifesavers. "You'll want these for the ascent, you're ears will pop."
"Aww!" Spinner pouted. "I forgot about that!"
"I know, that's why I got some for you guys." Agura grinned, handing out gummies.
"Yay! Wait, what about AJ and Sherm?"
"Please." Stanford rolled his eyes. "The "first-classmen" are probably having them fed to them by flight attendants!"
Just then the plane began moving. Zoom gripped Agura's hand.
"We'removingwe'removingwe'removingHOLYCRAPWE'REMOVING!" He hissed, eyes wide. Agura laughed, patting his hand.
"We're just moving on to the launching strip." She said calmly, then shot Vert a look that said "He's so going to die when we get in the air." Vert nodded grimly, then drew his finger across his forearm, gesturing to her and mouthing "Ouch!" Agura looked down to her own arm, where Zoom's knuckles were turning white.
Then they started the ascension.
"We'regonnadie! I don't wanna dieohmanwe'regonnaidewe'resooooooogonnadie!" Zoom rambled as the plane sped up.
"Zoom. Zoom! ZOOM!" Agura hissed. "We're fine, k?"
Zoom shook his head, round eyes staring out the window in fear. As the plane's front wheels lifted off the ground, they heard a "WHOOOOOOOOO!" from first class.
"AJ." Everyone except Zoom said immediately.
"He always does that." Vert shook his head in laughter while Spinner madly chewed his gummies.
"I hate this part." He explained as their ears began popping.
"We'regonnadie." Zoom muttered again, and Agura gently smacked him.
"We AREN'T GOING TO DIE!" She exclaimed. "It's a plane, not 2012!"
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"You can open your eyes now, Zoom." Agura nudged him as their plane landed.
"Never…again." He shuddered.
"Have fun driving home." Spinner scoffed.
"I would rather hitchhike home with Al Qaeda than ride that death machine again." He said, with all seriousness.
"Agreed. The service was terrible!" Stanford said haughtily.
"Stanford, you got free pretzels!" Spinner asked.
"Hmph. Peasant food." Stanford sneered.
"Don't worry, you can buy all the fancy food you want, since you guys are paying." Agura smirked, and everyone except Zoom groaned.
Finally, they had assembled their bags, teammates, and car.
"It's…a minivan." Stanford said flatly.
"SHOTTIE!" Spinner yelled, racing for the passenger seat.
"Oh no you don't!" Vert held him back with his arm. "Ladies first." He gestured for Agura to sit down, and she rolled her eyes but grinned.
"How does that rule out Spinner?" Zoom joked, plane-o-phobia forgotten.
"Ha! Good one, but Agura actually knows where we going…" Vert pointed out; she had planned nearly the entire trip. He was simply the driver, along with Sherman, the only other person trusted.
Spinner shrugged. "Fine, but I ain't sitting in the back!"
"Well, I don't want to!"
"You're the smallest!"
"Yeah, Spinner, Zoom and Stan in the back!"
"What? Excuse me, royalt-"
"Get in the back, Stan!"
"Yeah, but I'm not that sma-"
"YES YOU ARE, SPINNER."
"Fine. Nose goes for middle!"
After much chatter, it was decided that Zoom, Spinner and Stan would rotate in the back three seats, with AJ, Sherman and Vert switching out the middle two depending on who was driving, and Agura constantly in shotgun.
"This is sexism and discrimination all rolled into one." Spinner crossed his arms.
"So, we're not a hippie van! Deal with it!" AJ replied, from the much roomier seat.
"Fine, but I'm not happy."
"No one cares if you're happy! Just be quiet and try not to take up too much space!"
"Geez, Stan. Wake up on the wrong side of the bed?"
"Well, considering I had to wake him up from the floor…"
"Hey! That happened two times!"
"Two times too ma-ny…"
"Can it."
"Why don't you can your-"
"BOYS! Can you turn down the testosterone? I'm trying to direct here!"
"Sorry, Agura…"
"Spinner started it!"
"HEY!"
