"Courtney!" I turned when I heard my name yelled across the courtyard. I paused when I spotted Joey running up to me. "Hey girl, you weren't gonna leave me where you?"
"You know I wasn't. What's up?"
"You're never gonna believe what just happened?" She said with a huge grin on her face.
"Oh yeah? Would it happen to involve Bryan?" I asked, sliding her a sly look. She blushed before replying.
"Yeah. He like soo just asked me out girl! I was like hyperventilating! I couldn't believe my ears!"
"Well what did you say?" I prodded, now grinning right along with her.
"Yes of course! I'm not crazy enough to turn him down!" I smiled at the thought. Joey wasn't the type to turn anything down. She was hyperly crazy just like me. Maybe I could use that to my advantage with Chris. Hmm that's a thought for later. I snapped back to reality when J snapped her fingers in my face.
"Girl, you need to stop spacing out like that. One of these days you're gonna trip and kill yourself."
"OK, Mom." I laughed at our old joke while she tried to look upset before cracking up. We jumped on the bus and ran to the back, snatching the seats at the end and stretching across both of them.
"Hey." Someone complained and I looked up to see Chris.
"Oh, s-sorry Chris. D-did yo-you want to s-sit here?" I asked smiling shyly.
"Nah, it's OK. I know how ya'll are with the backseat thing. I'll just sit up one." I frowned when he sat and I couldn't see him without being obvious about it.
"Dang." I mumbled under my breath. Then his head popped up over the seat.
"We can talk from here." He said. I grinned.
"Ya, sure." Joey winked at me from her seat across from us. And I winked back. Chris is like one of our best friends, but I have a crush on him. He's soo much like me that it's almost weird, but I like him too much to really care about that. Twenty minutes into the bus ride me and Chris were deep in conversation. J had given up her seat so we were lying across from each other talking. I was laughing at something funny he had said when I saw it.
Out the window of the bus behind him I could see an eighteen-wheeler spinning out of control. I barely had time to scream and reach for Chris when it struck the side of the bus. I remember tumbling like I was in a dryer, Chris' hand held tight in mine. I clung for dear life. I could hear screams and the shattering of glass. Suddenly I lost my grip on Chris and the next thing I knew I was flung out the back window.
Struggling into a sitting position I watched the bus roll to a stop a few yards away from me. I tried to stand but couldn't, my right leg was at an awkward angle. So I dragged myself towards the wreckage and hoped to see J and Chris climb out. Slowly my vision started tunneling until everything went black. I could hear people talking, but I couldn't see anything. Then the blackness swallowed me and I was floating in blissful oblivion.
"Hey." Someone said, poking my arm. "Wake-up." I groaned in pain and anger. Who the hell was poking me? I struggled to open my eyes. Finally I could see a blond boy squatting next to me. "Hey." He poked me again and I grabbed his hand.
"Poke me one more time and you lose that finger." I growled out. He backed away.
"Umm, OK. Just trying to wake you. You're lying in the middle of my training field." I looked around. I was in a huge field surrounded by trees. How had I gotten here? Wait. Where was I supposed to be anyway? Then all the memories came flooding back and I jumped to my feet.
"Oh my god, Chris! J!" I screamed, looking around frantically. Then I froze. I was standing. I thought my leg was broken. Looking down I saw that I was fine. Everything was the way it was supposed to be. What the hell was happening to me. I turned on the blond boy who was looking at me like I was crazy. Maybe I was. "Where am I? Who are you? What happened to Chris and J?"
"WHAT!" He screamed. "How do you not know where you are? You're in Konoha, the Hidden Leaf Village. And I'm Uzumaki Naruto, the next Hokage!" He yelled in my face.
My jaw dropped. No way! I looked him over, just now taking in the orange outfit and sparkling blue eyes. This has to be a dream. There's no way I'm in Konoha. Naruto is just a TV show, the best TV show of all time, but still. That's impossible. Then I grinned, if I'm in Konoha then I get to meet Sasuke and Kakashi and Naruto! Oh My God Naruto's in front of me! This is the best day of my life!
Then I remembered J and Chris. NO! Where are they? The last I screamed at Naruto. He rubbed the back of his head in his famous gesture.
"I don't know a J or a Chris. Those are weird names don't you think? Hey! What's your name?"
I glared at him. "I don't have time for this! I was just in a car wreck and my leg was broken and I was looking for my best friends then I blacked out and I wake up here perfectly fine and my friends are gone. I need to find them now! So either help me look or get the hell out of my way!" Naruto looked for a second.
"What's a car?" Damn, I had forgotten that they didn't have cars. Before I could explain someone appeared between the two of us. Kakashi! OMG! I almost fainted before I caught a hold of myself. He said something, but I ignored him. A million things were racing through my mind. This is a dream, this is a drug-induced dream and right now I'm lying in a hospital bed. I'm gonna wake up any minute now. Yeah, that's right. I'm gonna wake up soon. I might as well enjoy this while I can.
"OMG, you're Kakashi Hatake!" I jumped on the ninja and hugged him.
He gently pried me off while he and Naruto gave me weird looks. "How do you know who I am." I giggled.
"The same way I know that I'm in Konoha and that Sasuke's in that tree over there and Sakura is staring at him from the other tree and that Naruto is probably acting like an idiot and you're trying to train them all while reading your Icha Icha Paradise book that you paid extra for so you got the advance copy. And that you have a Sharingan eye that Uchiha gave to you. And I know that Naruto has the...never mind I won't say that because he doesn't know yet. And I kno-" I was going to say more, but Kakashi had made a few hand gestures and next thing I know I was falling asleep.
I blinked my eyes open against the harsh lights. I was lying in a hospital bed. YES! I thought. I woke up and any minute J or Chris is gonna walk through that door. When the door did creak open my head snapped up and I looked toward it with such hope. Only to meet the eyes of Kakashi Hatake. No, this was only a dream! Then all I was the black oblivion.