Author's Note- Sorry about the wierd format, these were all typed on a sidekick so they came out kidna wierd. I suppose if you acually live on Long Island you could appreciate this a lil more but hopefully it wont be too big of a deal. Well as I said earlier, I wrote this just for the fun of writting it so some things may not make much sense, either way, please R&R- my first serious fanfic.
Sora saw the LIRR train up on the raised tracks slowing to a stop from
across the street in the pizzaria. "Ahh, Riku lets go! The train is
here!"
But Riku was already out of the bathroom and packing some bottles of
water into his backpack while leading Sora out of the under-sized
resturant. Sora stopped for a second to check his reflection in one of
the many mirrors lining the walls of the small buildiing. "Come on!"
Riku said, grabbing Sora with one hand and stuffing his pizza into his
mouth with the other. "Rairi ill be a tu each ight?" Riku tried
yelling with half of his peperoni and sausage slice still hanging out of
his mouth as they were chased across the street by several angry car
honks.
"She said she would meet us at the bus-stop-" Sora paused to whipe his
mouth on his short-sleeve-back and white hoodie which he was wearing
over a plain red shirt, "-right outside the Long Beach station." The
two sprinted up the stairs, taking two at a time as they flew past the
impatient escalator guests. They made it to the top of the platform and
didn't stop running until they were safely in their seats in the back of
one of the middle cars. "Phew, you got your ticket?" Sora sighed more
than asked as the train began moving.
Riku took a moment to swallow the rest of his slice then finally
answered, "Yup, right here." as he took his wallet out of the back
pocket of his jeans and removed his monthly pass, waving it in Sora's
face.
Sora did the same and stuck both tickets in the seam on the top of the
seat for the conducter to come and punch yet another hole in each.
After a moment of silence, Sora finally mumbled, "Ya' know, I've been
hearing alotta people think we're gay."
Riku just laughed, as if Sora had told a joke.
"Seriously, people acually believe it!" Sora finally raised his voice
to a normal level.
"Yeah whatever, crazy fanfic girls online will do all kindsa crazy
stuff when they like you." At this, both boys laughed and forever
dismissed the topic.
The train ride wasn't long, but Sora began to snooze while Riku just
gazed out of the window. Then without warning, Sora's head snapped up
as he kicked the seat in front of him and elbowed Riku in the ribbs.
"What was that?" Riku yelled, more to blow off the evil looks from the
people in the seat in front of them then to acually hear Sora's answer.
"Wha-uhh... Oh!" Sora shoved his left hand into the pocket of his
baggy black pants which were rolled up just below his knees as his cell
phone vibrated once again. "Message from Kairi. She says... she's at
the bus-stop already, and why aren't we."
"We're pulling in now." Riku said as he rose to his feet and pushed
Sora to his. Sora strained to see Kairi waving from down bellow the
tracks and waved back as Riku forced him into the aisle of the train.
Sora hopped out of the train with a giant smile on his face as Riku
continued shoving him in the direction of the steps. Sora kept sounding
like he was about to say something but never managed to get a full word
out.
"Hey guys!" Kairi yelled from across the street as the two ran over to
her, bumping into eachother. She was wearing one of her usual skirts,
black today, and had a leather bag on her hip. She wore an unzipped
light-weight white hoodie over a tight purple sleeveless shirt. "The
bus should be here any minute now... What? Is there something on my
face?" Sora was staring at Kairi with a crooked smirk on his face and
Riku was just looking between the two of them, laughing.
The bus pulled up and exhaust broke the akward mood as the three of
them climbed onto the bus, each one chuckling to themselves, stuck in
their own thoughts.
"Eykids, Two bucks each." The bus driver grumbling without taking his
eyes off the windsheild.
"Oh right, Riku you got the bus." Sora said as he lead Kairi to the
back row and Riku payed the six dollars.
"...and I'll get the icecream, and we all split dinner." Sora finished
explaining to Kairi as Riku joined.
"Sounds good. So what'd you two do thismorning?" Kairi asked, just
trying to get the conversation going.
"Uhh, breakfast at home, then we went out skating for a lil' while. We
stopped at Riku's for a some DDR and then had the classic combo of a
7-11 slurpee and Front Street pizza for lunch."
"What were you doing again Kairi?" Riku asked.
"Oh uhh, nothing too important. Just out... shopping for a little
while."
Riku moaned a suspicious aknowledgement and then turned his intrest to
the increasingly expensive houses outside of the window.
"It's been a while since we went to the islands hasn't it?" Kairi
whispered staring straight ahead, obviously lost in memories of the
times they used to spend there.
"Well since my mom and I moved from the shore it's been much more of a
hassel for all of us to get out there. Remember when the three of us
would spend the night at my house just so we could get back to the
island before all the others the next morning?"
"Yeah," Kairi smiled as she thought back, "and we would just spend
days without doing anything productive. We could just waste what seemed
like endless time. And strangley enough, those were the days we seemed
to get the most done." Riku looked over at Kairi and smiled for a
moment and then went back to his house watching.
None of them said another word until they arrived at the beach parking
lot and filed out with other beach-goers. They all missed the old days
that seemed to last for so much longer than these days do, but that was
why they were heading to the islands today; to relive the memories of
years past.
