Part One: Tuesday Morning
Squid walked inside after waving goodbye to his friends. They had just came home from a pool party at Caveman's house, after they're big adventure with the ghosts of Sam and Kate. He was laughing when he walked into the kitchen, but he stopped dead when he saw what was in it. His mom and dad.
"Dad? DAD! What are you doing here?" he asked in a very surprised voice. He hadn't seen his dad in a very long time.
Neither of the parents looked very happy. "Son," said his dad. "You're coming with me."
"What do you mean?" he asked, putting down his backpack that he had.
"You. Are. Coming. With. Me." he said slowly.
"But why?"
"Don't you want to spend some time with your dad?" his dad didn't seem that interested about it.
"It's for the best." said his mother, that didn't seem to care either. She hugged him hastily and started to push him towards the stairs. "Now you better get ready. You'll be leaving soon."
"When am I leaving?" he asked, staring at them worriedly. He didn't want to leave. And he didn't even know where he was going to.
"Tuesday morning." said his dad flatly.
(*)
Squidman17 has entered the room.
Squidman17: GUYS! You won't believe this. I got home today and guess who was in my kitchen?????!!!!!!
Smelly One: Elvis?
Squidman17: NO! My dad!
Bookworm07: You're dad???? But why would he suddenly show up?
Paranoid: Yeah. I thought you said he was dead.
Squidman17; I didn't say he was dead. I said he left when I was younger. Anyway, my mom and dad started talking about me going away with my dad.
Bookworm07: But what about the war with Hilary? We all were going to meet at the mall this weekend!
Squidman17: I know! And I don't know where I'm going so I dunno if I'll be able to come.
Magnetic Charge: Well, maybe you should go ask your dad.
Squidman17: I tried that.
Bookworm07: I dunno.... maybe you won't go too far away......
Squidman17: I hope so.
Bookworm07: Me2. So, should we just call the thing off?
Squidman17: NO! Just...... go on without me if you have to.
Bookworm07: Are you sure?
Squidman17: Yes.
X-Ray Vision: Maybe it's a good idea to call it off. It'll take hours for some of us to get to the mall since we live so far away.
Paranoid: That's only you, X. Rest of us can get there in less than an hour or so. Maybe you should just not come if you feel that way.
Bookworm07: No fighting all right? How about this. If you don't want to drive such a long distance to the mall, then just not come?
X-Ray Vision: All right.
Squidman17 has left the room.
Bookworm07: Why did he leave?
(*)
"What the-" Squid said, smacking his computer, trying to get it to work again. That was when he noticed his father had unplugged it.
"Son, I need to talk to you."
"Ok." he said.
His father sat down on Squid's bed, thinking about how to start. "I know your mother and I are probably confusing you, and maybe even scaring you, but we have both talked about this for a long time. We think it's best for you to come out with me- for a little while." he said quickly. "Just to get out of this setting." he said, looking around the house.
"What makes your setting better?" Squid asked darkly.
"Alan, I know you're still angry with me leaving. but I've come back! And I'm offering to take you with me!"
"But now what about mom?"
His father sighed. "She'll be fine. She needs a little break."
"She didn't seem to happy about it."
Squid's dad got up from the bed and started to walk around. 'I haven't seen you in a long time. You haven't seen me in a long time. Can't we just spend at least a year together? To catch up, father to son?"
Squid hesitated. "Yeah, I guess so." he mumbled. His father smiled a little.
"I was hoping you'd say yes. Now, um, I'll leave you to your packing." his father talked in a nervous kind of voice as he left the room.
Squid started to rub his eyes. "This is so messed up." he said.
*
"Can you believe Squid is going to move?" said Becky. She was walking with Magnet down a sidewalk, hand in hand. "What if he moves so far away that we'll never see him again?"
"I don't know!" said Magnet.
Perhaps the reader is wondering a few things. The reader might be wondering what happened to all their new names and them going to Magnet's school? They were sent back to their own family and school, and had their real name back. Though most of the D Tent members met up almost every weekend, to catch up on things.
"It would be rather strange without him. Don't you think?" she said, turning to him.
"Yeah."
"You're not very talkative today," she said, watching him. "Is something wrong?"
"No. It's just that, we don't get to see each other much anymore. Sometimes I wish we were back at camp. Not everything there was bad."
Becky nodded slowly. "I agree with you there." she sat down on a nearby rock. "I wish I was back there almost every day...... with you guys I mean."
Magnet sat down with her and she rested her head on his shoulder. "At least we'll be together for a few weeks this Christmas." she said brightly.
"Yeah." said Magnet, smiling. "That'll be fun."
"Have you gone Christmas shopping yet?"
"I'm not telling you!"
"And why not?" she asked, grinning.
"Cuz you'll just ask me what I got you!"
"I will not! Well.........maybe."
They both started laughing. Then she leaned on him again. "At least we get a nice break from ghosts and mad people trying to find Kate Barlow's treasure."
"Yeah. I wish it would snow though."
"What?" she said, rather surprised.
"You know, snow? It's Texas, it isn't going to snow here."
Becky looked around, then back at Magnet. "That's true......."
"Maybe Squid will move somewhere where it snows and we can go visit him."
"That would be wonderful!"
"Too bad it doesn't snow at Camp Greenlake."
*
Squid walked inside after waving goodbye to his friends. They had just came home from a pool party at Caveman's house, after they're big adventure with the ghosts of Sam and Kate. He was laughing when he walked into the kitchen, but he stopped dead when he saw what was in it. His mom and dad.
"Dad? DAD! What are you doing here?" he asked in a very surprised voice. He hadn't seen his dad in a very long time.
Neither of the parents looked very happy. "Son," said his dad. "You're coming with me."
"What do you mean?" he asked, putting down his backpack that he had.
"You. Are. Coming. With. Me." he said slowly.
"But why?"
"Don't you want to spend some time with your dad?" his dad didn't seem that interested about it.
"It's for the best." said his mother, that didn't seem to care either. She hugged him hastily and started to push him towards the stairs. "Now you better get ready. You'll be leaving soon."
"When am I leaving?" he asked, staring at them worriedly. He didn't want to leave. And he didn't even know where he was going to.
"Tuesday morning." said his dad flatly.
(*)
Squidman17 has entered the room.
Squidman17: GUYS! You won't believe this. I got home today and guess who was in my kitchen?????!!!!!!
Smelly One: Elvis?
Squidman17: NO! My dad!
Bookworm07: You're dad???? But why would he suddenly show up?
Paranoid: Yeah. I thought you said he was dead.
Squidman17; I didn't say he was dead. I said he left when I was younger. Anyway, my mom and dad started talking about me going away with my dad.
Bookworm07: But what about the war with Hilary? We all were going to meet at the mall this weekend!
Squidman17: I know! And I don't know where I'm going so I dunno if I'll be able to come.
Magnetic Charge: Well, maybe you should go ask your dad.
Squidman17: I tried that.
Bookworm07: I dunno.... maybe you won't go too far away......
Squidman17: I hope so.
Bookworm07: Me2. So, should we just call the thing off?
Squidman17: NO! Just...... go on without me if you have to.
Bookworm07: Are you sure?
Squidman17: Yes.
X-Ray Vision: Maybe it's a good idea to call it off. It'll take hours for some of us to get to the mall since we live so far away.
Paranoid: That's only you, X. Rest of us can get there in less than an hour or so. Maybe you should just not come if you feel that way.
Bookworm07: No fighting all right? How about this. If you don't want to drive such a long distance to the mall, then just not come?
X-Ray Vision: All right.
Squidman17 has left the room.
Bookworm07: Why did he leave?
(*)
"What the-" Squid said, smacking his computer, trying to get it to work again. That was when he noticed his father had unplugged it.
"Son, I need to talk to you."
"Ok." he said.
His father sat down on Squid's bed, thinking about how to start. "I know your mother and I are probably confusing you, and maybe even scaring you, but we have both talked about this for a long time. We think it's best for you to come out with me- for a little while." he said quickly. "Just to get out of this setting." he said, looking around the house.
"What makes your setting better?" Squid asked darkly.
"Alan, I know you're still angry with me leaving. but I've come back! And I'm offering to take you with me!"
"But now what about mom?"
His father sighed. "She'll be fine. She needs a little break."
"She didn't seem to happy about it."
Squid's dad got up from the bed and started to walk around. 'I haven't seen you in a long time. You haven't seen me in a long time. Can't we just spend at least a year together? To catch up, father to son?"
Squid hesitated. "Yeah, I guess so." he mumbled. His father smiled a little.
"I was hoping you'd say yes. Now, um, I'll leave you to your packing." his father talked in a nervous kind of voice as he left the room.
Squid started to rub his eyes. "This is so messed up." he said.
*
"Can you believe Squid is going to move?" said Becky. She was walking with Magnet down a sidewalk, hand in hand. "What if he moves so far away that we'll never see him again?"
"I don't know!" said Magnet.
Perhaps the reader is wondering a few things. The reader might be wondering what happened to all their new names and them going to Magnet's school? They were sent back to their own family and school, and had their real name back. Though most of the D Tent members met up almost every weekend, to catch up on things.
"It would be rather strange without him. Don't you think?" she said, turning to him.
"Yeah."
"You're not very talkative today," she said, watching him. "Is something wrong?"
"No. It's just that, we don't get to see each other much anymore. Sometimes I wish we were back at camp. Not everything there was bad."
Becky nodded slowly. "I agree with you there." she sat down on a nearby rock. "I wish I was back there almost every day...... with you guys I mean."
Magnet sat down with her and she rested her head on his shoulder. "At least we'll be together for a few weeks this Christmas." she said brightly.
"Yeah." said Magnet, smiling. "That'll be fun."
"Have you gone Christmas shopping yet?"
"I'm not telling you!"
"And why not?" she asked, grinning.
"Cuz you'll just ask me what I got you!"
"I will not! Well.........maybe."
They both started laughing. Then she leaned on him again. "At least we get a nice break from ghosts and mad people trying to find Kate Barlow's treasure."
"Yeah. I wish it would snow though."
"What?" she said, rather surprised.
"You know, snow? It's Texas, it isn't going to snow here."
Becky looked around, then back at Magnet. "That's true......."
"Maybe Squid will move somewhere where it snows and we can go visit him."
"That would be wonderful!"
"Too bad it doesn't snow at Camp Greenlake."
*