Chap 2! This was accidentally posted as chap 1 a few days ago. Hehe.
Yes we still have a High School Musical Song goin on here. I'm sorry. It was the only happy-yay-summer's-here song i could find.
Enjooy*
What time is it?
Summertime! It's our vacation!
What time is it?
Party time! That's right say it loud!
What time is it?
Time of our lives! Anticipation!
What time is it?
Summertime! School's out, scream and shout!
2 Hours Later
In the final briefing of the impossibly gruelling 2-week shift, it seemed Wordy had brough his daughter's excitement to work. Ed was in a superbly sunny mood, despite the fact that Sophie planned to drag him to their cottage for the rest of the week. (He planned to make up for it by hosting an All-SRU barbeque party as soon as he got back.) Spike was fully loaded with caffeine (2 cream, 4 sugar) and was getting ready to show Kira his new Hawaiian-style shirt. (Black patterned with parrots, flowers, and yellow suns...and complete with a little SRU-logo patch, sewn on by his one and only mom.) Lou was laid-back as usual, but his wide smile made it obvious that he'd made plans with his girlfriend Shawnee. Sam was playing it cool, but he was in full-on flirtation mode with Jules. Jules was also playing cool. The type of cool that you can only pull off when you're Jules. The type of cool that makes Sam's cool look hot.
And that left Sargeant Gregory Parker. Nobody seemed to know what his plans were, so Spike took the liberty of asking.
"PAPERWORK?" Spike yelped. "Paperwork? On summer vacation? Sarge, you can't be serious!"
"When you're my age, you find joy in simple things." Greg joked. But the smile didn't quite reach his eyes, and Spike being the intuitive people reader that he is, instantly knew Greg was really feeling the loss of his family right now as everyone else was gearing up for 2 weeks of fun with theirs.
"Come on, what do you wish you were doing?" Spike pressed.
"I'm doing exactly what I need to be doing, Spike." Sarge's voice was even and relaxed, but his undertone clearly said "Spike, stay out."
For his own good, Spike decided to mind his own business. But that didn't mean he wouldn't be keeping an eye on the situation...
Finally Summers is here,
Good to be chilling out,
I'm off the clock,
The pressure's off,
And my girl's what it's all about...
"Got any plans for the summer, Jules?" Sam asked casually as he sipped his Ice Capp.
"Totally booked." Jules answered with a hair flip.
"Oh really." Sam smiled, being careful not to display any trace of dissapointment. "And what exactly has you totally booked?"
"Well..." she began, making a big show of pulling out her Blackberry Pearl and flicking through the daytimer, unsucessfully hiding a smile. "I'm gonna jog for an hour, every morning. I have to go shopping for new summer clothes, a GPS, and sunglasses, for when I go camping. I go to the beach all the time. I might be visiting my dad in Alberta. I guess I'll make an appearance at Ed's barbecue party. Then I'm gonna build a new deck." she listed.
"I build decks!" Sam blurted out mindlessly.
"Cool, Braddock." Jules answered with a grin hotter than the summer sun.
Ready for some sunshine,
For my heart to take a chance,
I'm here to stay,
No moving away,
Ready for a summer romance...
Review :) Hope you're all having sweet summers!
Don't think i'll be updating for a while, cuz i have a horse show all weekend, then im off on my VACATION! and i get to leave from the TORONTO airport! If i see any volatile guys holding a grenade to Sam's head, i'll try not to escalate the situation with my Rabid-Fangirling.
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*Roxxy,
How do you stay so fresh?
I think cool thoughts.
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