Garfield came leaping into the room.
"Guys, Guys!" he yelled at Richard and Victor. "Their holding a marathon race this leap year!" he yelled.
"Who are?" Victor asked looking up from the microwave Garfield had broken earlier that morning.
"The whole town,"
"Marathon races? How many? How long," Richard asked.
"Uh…It didn't say." Richard looked at him.
"Then are you sure this is a marathon race?"
"Yea, it said Annual Marathon Run the Town or something." Garfield scratched his head in thought. "I signed our names on it and we meet in the square tomorrow to start!"
"You signed our names on it!" Victor said as Richard dropped a dumbbell on his toe.
"Look Garfield," Richard said hopping around on one toe. "Before you sign our names could you talk to us about it?" Garfield shrugged and left the room. Richard and Victor looked at each other.
"I cannot run a marathon, how about you?" Victor asked. Richard Shrugged.
"It depends on how long it is. I'm not even quite sure this is a marathon Race." both boys looked toward the spot Garfield was earlier.
Victor just jumped out of his seat. "I'm going to train!" he ran off.
"Wait for me!" Richard yelled.
Next Day
"Richard! Victor!" Garfield asked looking around the house. There was a mote around the house just not full of water but many footprints. "Guys," Garfield yelled seeing Victor and Richard running up to where he was standing. "We need to get going the car is all filled up so we need to get going!" Victor and Richard stopped nodding their heads.
It was not a long ride in the car because soon they arrived.
There were mostly girls.
Richard shuddered.
Victor wanted to run.
Garfield thought it was cool and took a picture.
Richard slipped his sunglasses on.
Victor put a wide brimmed hat on.
There were too many girls.
"Guys, I don't think there are any Fan girls amongst them." Garfield said while taking a picture. "Besides it's not like the girls are going to be chasing after us. Right? This is just a marathon race."
A loud speaker came on.
"Okay ladies and Gents we will start the annual Love Run around the town…."
"Love run?" Richard said shuddering.
"Around the town," Victor questioned. They looked at Garfield, but he was gone talking to some girls.
"When I shout 'go' you run. By reading the paper, you know the rules and regulations. I am going to feel awful bad for you people so we give you an 8-second head start. Put your name tags on and…GO!" Richard, Victor, and Garfield along with other people took off running. Eight seconds passed to quickly.
"Garfield, why are these girls chasing us me?" Richard yelled. Garfield ran up tot him.
"Don't know but I love it! Woo!" he pumped his arms in the air and ran on.
Richard had lost sight of Victor so he turned a corner and jumped into the dump. The girls passed him. He poked out of the dump.
"Whew! Must just be fan girls I've go to find the finish now," Richard slid out of the dump just as a boy with strawberry blonde hair came out of hiding also.
"AHHH!" the both screamed.
"O, sorry thought you were a girl…"
"Me? Girl? I was just running from them," Richard said.
"RICHYPOO!" a girl wearing all pink started to run after him. Richard screamed and jumped into the dump. The person with Strawberry blonde hair shot an arrow at her.
"I feel sleepy…" the girl fell asleep. Richard came out of hiding.
"O, thanks…Roy I thought I was a goner."
"Its cool, now lets get out I don't have any more where that came from." Both boys took off. It was only a matter of minutes later when…
"Girls everywhere! Why?" Roy yelled pumping his legs very, very hard.
"This is the hardest Marathon ever maybe their here to make it harder." Richard suggested.
"I doubt that," Roy yelled. They turned a corner and the girls lost track of them again. They were in a clearing. There was a circle of trees around them Guys hiding in the trees.
"Are they playing hide and seek here?" Roy asked
"Ssh."
"Garfield?"
"Get up here quick." Garfield grabbed Richards hand and helped him up. Then he grabbed Roy's and helped him.
"What's going on?" Richard said in a horse whisper.
"I signed us up for a Thing that happens every time of each leap year where the girls chase after the guys and if they are caught guess who they need to marry tomorrow?"
"WHAT," Both Roy and Richard screamed.
"Dude, Ssh! I got this weird girl chasing me if she finds us she'll try to marry all the…"
"RICHYPOO!"
"Cutie Pie!"
"Roy!"
"Shut up!"
The female voices sounded like nails on a chalkboard. Four girls stepped into the clearing. Long
Richard started to tremble.
"Dude stop or they'll see the shaking tree," Garfield whispered placing a hand on Richards shoulder.
The girl engrossed with the book sat down on a bench while the other three walked around. They did not make a noise. Stopping directly underneath the tree they were in they stopped.
"AAHHH!" Mammoth yelled falling out of another tree.
"Get your ass out of my hiding spot!" Gismo yelled after Mammoth who was running away afraid to be caught by some girls.
"Hey that is a bad…" Richard slapped his hand over Garfield's mouth. "Remember the rule?" he whispered.
The girls paid no attention to Mammoth but instead turned into cats and started to climb up the tree.
"AHHH!" Garfield fell head long on the ground face first. The girl with fake cat ears and Egyptian style make-up ran toward the knocked out Garfield just as he disappeared! Unknown to the girl but known to Richard, Garfield had shrunk into a one celled amoebaean.
Richard forgetting he did not have his utility belt got into the ready position to throw his bat rope to save himself. Bad idea. He fell also and the Girl obsessed with pink jumped off the tree after him. Richard got up and ran for is life!
Roy climbed higher into the tree.
"Good going Roy," he said aloud to himself as the girl that looked untidy climbed up the tree after him. The girl tried to grab his foot but Roy moved it. There as a cracking noise. Roy and the girl fell. Roy took this chance and ran away from the now dazed girl to find a better hiding spot.
Victor leaped over another fence.
"Why am I being chanced by a girl obsessed with black and yellow?" he said
"Wait! I'm not trying to catch you!" Brenda said yelling after the person she was chasing. "I need your help! There is a group of 12 guys looking for me," This caused Victor to stop.
"Well Great! I have 20 girls after me and you're the 20th!" he turned around to start running again when Brenda replied.
"We can help each other!" This caused Victor to stop and slowly walk toward the girl.
"I'll only help if you promise not to you'k,"
Brenda nodded, "I need help and just decided to ask help from a guy being chased by girls." She heaved in and out.
"O, then what do you suppose?" Brenda did not respond but instead looked behind Victor.
"What is that? A dust cloud?" Victor turned around.
"Guys help!" Richard and Garfield ran past Brenda and Victor. Victor gave Brenda one scared looked and said,
"RUN!"
Okay an awesome story? Random right? Well If your not getting what's going on a do a quick explanation.
It is Leap Year! Girls must chase after guys. If the guys get caught they need to marry the girl. There a seriously big hordes of girls running after the men here. So I hope this chapter was good.
Please no flames.
GG29