Ch.4 Wednesday
(BIANCA)
The phone rang for our wakeup call and I groaned and let Clare answer.
"Mickey says get up Bianca." She chirps at me and I throw my pillow at her.
She laughs as she goes into the washroom to shower and I decide I can sleep until she gets out of the shower. What feels like a very short time later I hear the shower turn off and I groan again. Clare comes out of the washroom wrapped in a towel and starts getting clothes from the closet,
"Picking out something sexy to wear for your day with Drew?" I tease as I get up.
She scowls at me as I enter the washroom, I turn on the shower and relish the feel of the hot water as it runs over my body. Just as I step out and start drying off I hear a familiar pounding on the door followed by the yelling of Clare's name. It's Eli and Adam of course come to collect the female misfit. Opting for skinny jeans and a pink top I blow dry and mousse my curls, make up, jewelry, sneakers and I'm finally ready; just as I open my door I see Drew and Owen come out of their room and look into ours.
"Sorry boys you're too late the other misfits came and got her first." I tell them as the door closes behind me.
They both grimace just slightly but I link arms with them and we go down to breakfast. Fiona and Imogen are in one corner being all cutsey. Clare as per usual is in between Adam and Eli as they eat and talk, much to the disappointment of Drew and Owen. I sigh, roll my eyes and go sit by K.C. We finish breakfast and Jason comes to get us and we start walking to the conference rooms where we'll be talking to primary school children. Adam, Wesley and Fiona get paired which they seem fairly happy about; Owen is grouped with Eli and Imogen he doesn't seem too happy about this. I get paired with Drew and Clare with K.C. and yes the fact that we both got paired with our exes doesn't escape me but it will make it easier for us to meet up when we're done. As it happens the four of us finish at the same time, Drew immediately moves next to Clare and Jason escorts us to the control room for haunted mansion where an Imagineer starts telling us all about the computer systems that run the rides. Going behind the scenes is actually pretty cool. When we're just finishing our tour we wave to the others on our way out.
"I'm starved." K.C. says.
"Café Orleans is right there." Clare points as Drew puts his arm around her.
"That…works." K.C. says slowly as he takes in the sight of Drew with his arm around Clare.
We order and sit down with our food, Drew moves his chair closer to Clare and K.C. gives them another curious look. Clare ordered some green concoction with a cherry in it; she explains it's a mint julep sans the alcohol which sounds grievously awful to me. Drew on the other hand decides he want to try the drink and takes it from Clare with a grin. I'm not entirely sure he likes the drink but he does like watching Clare eating the cherry when he sets the cup back down.
"So where to?" K.C. inquires when we're all finished eating.
"I haven't seen Toontown yet and if we catch the train there it'll take us straight to the entrance." Clare says.
"Toontown it is then." Drew smiles offering her his arm.
We walk the short distance to the train stop to wait for the next train. Drew leans against the railing and wraps Clare in his arms and I catch her smile.
K.C. turns to me and leans in. "Are they dating?" He whispers in my ear.
Seeing no need at all to whisper I reply in a normal voice. "Drew and Owen have both decided they like her and she agreed to spend time getting to know them better to see if she has chemistry with one or possibly both of them I guess. Well Owen got her to himself yesterday so they decided Drew got her today." I educate him.
K.C. looks somewhere between flabbergasted and curious but he doesn't say anything as the train pulls up. We all scoot into one of the benches that face the side of the train so we have a better view. Either competing or deciding he wants to be physical too K.C. puts his arm around me as Drew does Clare once we're all seated. After a couple minutes the train starts going and we enter a tunnel.
"Last time I was on a train with you two and we went through a tunnel you guys we're making out when we came back out to the light." Clare comments as we go through Splash Mountain.
"If we start making out this time you have my permission to pull us off the train." I tell her.
Clare giggles and I can see It's a Small World approaching so I know we must be getting close to our stop. The train announces the stop for Toontown and Fantasyland and when it finally stops the four of us get off. K.C. has taken my hand and Drew has taken Clare's. Down the ramp under the bridge and I'm in a cartoon. Actually its impressive the detail and the whole feel of the place, it is pretty small but you really feel as if you just stepped into Mickey's world and even cynical me has to smile.
"So what first?" Drew asks.
"There's only a couple of rides. Let's go on Roger Rabbit since its right there." Clare says pointing.
The line is very short and we walk right on, K.C. and I get in first and Drew and Clare take the car behind us. K.C. and I spin the wheel rapidly, competing a bit for who can spin it the fastest.
From behind us I hear Clare. "Drew stop spinning so much I just ate." She insists, he laughs but apologizes.
After Roger Rabbit Clare insists on getting her picture with Mickey Mouse so we all get in line at his house. Once again the attention to detail is impressive even to me; most of the house is even interactive, I sit in his chair and open his fridge. When we get to Mickey he's dressed in a tuxedo, K.C. and I get one side of Mickey and Clare and Drew on the other. I put one arm around K.C. and one around Mickey and Drew is holding Clare in his arms.
"Okay everyone look in the camera and ready one two three, say Mickey!" Instructs the cast member taking the picture.
K.C. and I say Mickey but Drew takes Clare and dips her a little bit in front of Mickey and kisses her. Our picture, that Drew buys, is me and K.C. with half shocked, half amused faces, Mickey with his hand up to his mouth and Drew holding Clare in a dip like they just did the tango and kissing her while she looks surprised. Even the cast members are somewhere between amused and surprised and Clare is giggling when they finally straighten. They walk out hand and hand and both are smiling.
"So what now?" K.C. asks.
"It's A Small World." Clare says.
"But that song will get stuck in my head all day." Drew whines.
"Then I'll distract you." Clare says and then turns to Drew, putting her arms around his neck and bringing her lips to his, as she pulls away she bites his lip tugging it just a bit.
"Anything you want beautiful." Drew says after a minute to recover from the kiss.
"What if the song gets stuck in my head?" I complain as we get in line.
"K.C. can distract you." Clare says and we both laugh.
It only takes a couple minutes for us to get on a boat and the four of us take up the whole back row. As soon as we're in the dark ride K.C. turns to me and we start making out, I open my eyes to look at Drew and Clare and they are also making out. Neither of us stop until the boat emerges into the sun again and we all get off smiling. We go into the little store and Clare is distracted by something or other and Drew pulls me aside.
"Not that I don't like you and K.C. but Owen got her to himself yesterday and in a few hours we have to meet you all for dinner." Drew complains.
"Fine we'll leave you two alone." I tell him and then go over to K.C. "Hey lets go ride Big Thunder Mountain and maybe make out on Pirates of the Caribbean." I say pulling him away by the shirt.
(CLARE)
I watch Bianca and K.C. walk out of the store and look around for Drew but he finds me first, coming up behind me and putting his arms around me.
"Finally we're alone so where to now?" Drew asks.
"How about Finding Nemo submarines, it isn't far." I suggest.
"As you wish." He says removing his arms from me before taking my hand and interlacing our fingers.
We walk over and get in line, the line is fairly long but Drew doesn't seem to mind as he just takes me in his arms again.
"You know this isn't entirely fair, I did spend the day with Owen yesterday but he didn't hold me, or kiss me." I point out.
"He didn't know it was okay and it's his loss, besides if I know Owen he'll make up for it." Drew shrugs.
I laugh but lean into Drew, I have to admit it feels rather good being in his muscled arms against his chiseled chest. "Okay so let me ask you something?" I request.
"What?" He questions.
"You and Owen are good friends and presumably you both like me which is why you both kissed me. Assuming I decide to actually get into a relationship with one of you, you're not going fight are you?" I ask.
"No I mean I won't get angry if you choose him but I also don't plan on losing to him." Drew asserts.
After twenty minutes we get on the submarine, it's dark and narrow inside and we're sitting in the middle on the left side, as soon as Drew sits down his arms go around me. The ride is amazing Nemo, animated Nemo not an audio-animatronic is swimming in the water. Real fish are swimming along with animated characters as we go through the movie. It was awesome I don't know how they did it but I love it.
"Autopia!" I demand when we get off of Nemo.
Drew smiles and takes my hand and we get in line, it only takes about five minutes to get through the line and I make Drew go in his own car. I get a red one and he gets a blue one and as he's behind me he takes every opportunity to bump my car.
"Lead the way." Drew says when we get off Autopia.
Avoiding the roller coaster I take his hand and we get in line for Star Tours. After Star Tours we go on Buzz Lightyear and then I lead him to Fantasyland going past the wishing well where I pause.
"You know this is where Owen kissed me yesterday." I tell him with a flirty smile.
"Well then…" he says raising his eyebrows a bit and giving me a slightly lustful look.
Then he puts his hands behind my back and I circle my arms around his neck and he crashes our lips together. I open my mouth and slowly slide my tongue out, his finds mine and they dance and stroke each other. We remain kissing for a couple of minutes but as it's still daytime and there are lots of children I break away.
"Come on we're going on Peter Pan." I tell him.
He just smiles and takes my hand and we get in line, since I know Drew likes me and we can kiss and cuddle it makes today a lot more comfortable. I hope I'm this comfortable with Owen when I get some time alone with him again. When we get our pirate ship Drew puts his arm around my shoulders, I snuggle up to him and I enjoy the romanticism of the ride a lot more this time around. Deciding I didn't want to do Fantasyland with Drew since I went through it yesterday with Owen, I take Drew to Adventureland. We went on jungle Cruise there was no line we walked right on, our tour guide flirted with me and Drew looked angry and put his arm around me. The tour guide was hilarious we laughed the whole way, when we got off we got in line for Indiana Jones. The line was pretty long my feet were getting tired and Drew is leaning on the railing so I leaned against him and he put his arms around me.
Suddenly something occurred to me. "How do you think Adam is going to react?"
"What do you mean?" He asked me.
"I mean he's your brother but he's my best friend I'm just not sure if he'll be okay with us." I explain.
"I doubt he'll have a problem with it. He's never cared about the girls I dated before." Drew's tells me.
"Yes but none of them were his best friend." I counter.
"Adam has no say in who I date." Drew shrugs.
"Drew," I admonish, "if Adam isn't okay with this then I can't be either, he's my best friend and no offense but I barely know you."
Drew arms tighten around me and he grumbles. "Fine we'll talk to him at dinner."
I turned around and kiss him softly. "Thank you Drew."
He smiles and kisses me again. It takes 40 minutes for us to get on the ride; we are in the last row. We get whipped around a lot more being in the back and I kept hitting Drew, he didn't seem to mind though. Next we went on Pirate's again, we were sat in the back and just like small world we made out almost the whole ride, except for going down the hills.
"Is Owen going to be this physical next time I'm with him?" I asked when we get off the ride.
"Probably, why is it bothering you?" Drew questions.
"No I didn't say that, it's just that yesterday he wasn't physical at all until he kissed me." I tell him.
"Like I said before he didn't know it was okay. If you don't like all the kissing and touching you can tell me." Drew assures me.
"No I don't mind it at all I was just curious." I tell him before kissing him again.
"Where to now?" He asks me.
"Haunted Mansion and then Winnie the Pooh." I say taking his hand and interlacing our fingers.
"As you wish." He smiles as we start walking.
By the time we get off Winnie the Pooh it's time to start heading for California Adventure for dinner at Carthay Circle. So Drew puts his arm around me and we start walking for the exits. We get our hands stamped on our way out waiting in line to get in to California Adventure we see Owen. He smiles and waves us to him and puts his arm around me when we get there and now I'm sure he will be just a physical as Drew, alone or not. We go through the entrance and straight to the restaurant, we tell them we're there from DeGrassi and we are shown to a table upstairs. Bianca and K.C. are there they smile at us but K.C. gives us a look because Drew and Owen both have an arm around me.
"Clare why don't you sit with us." Bianca says patting the seat next to her on the end.
I sit down and Drew and Owen sit across from me just as we are joined by Wesley, Eli and Adam.
"Where's Imogen and Fiona?" K.C. inquiries.
"They decided to eat in their room." Eli informs us.
Adam and Eli sit next to Drew and Wesley sits next to K.C. as the waiter brings our menus. We all ordered drinks and Adam orders the house biscuits as an appetizer.
"Where were you all day?" Eli asks me.
"I was exploring the park just like you." I tell him.
"We couldn't find you and you never answered your phone." Adam scolds.
"The park is very loud and I didn't hear my phone. Don't worry I wasn't alone I spent the day with Drew." I inform them.
Adam looks a little shocked. "You spent all day with my brother and you didn't kill each other?" He asks dubiously.
"Quite the opposite actually." I say and smile at Drew.
Adam and Eli are looking at me curiously but don't say anything as our biscuits have come to the table with our drinks. I take a biscuit, they are bacon jalapeno cheddar biscuits with apricot butter, I cut it open and spread on some butter and take a bite. It's like heaven in my mouth all the flavors meld together so well. My eyes go half lidded and I sink down in my chair just a little.
"Are they good?" Bianca asks me.
"MMmmmmm oh my God, so very good. Almost orgasmic!" I tell her and all the guys look at me.
I take another bite and swallow in ecstasy with a satisfied moan. Drew, Owen and Eli are giving me a peculiar look and Bianca is laughing too hard to eat.
"Ignore them they're all having little fantasies of you doing something else." Bianca says between hysterical laughter.
"Oh you guys! Do guys ever think of anything besides sex?!" I scold kicking Owen and Drew under the table but I can't reach Eli. "Adam will you smack Eli for me please?" I request crossing my arms over my chest. Adam is laughing a little too but he does smack Eli's arm for me pretty hard. "Thank you." I say.
When Bianca finally stops laughing she grabs a biscuit for herself. "Oh my god!" She exclaims grabbing my arm. "Clare you are right these things are fucking orgasmic!" She says.
The biscuits quickly vanish but our food comes out soon afterward and my salad is amazing we get dessert and when we're almost done Jason suddenly appears at our table.
"You'll all be viewing World of Color tonight so as soon as you're done I'll take you to the viewing area." Jason informs us.
We finish our dessert and follow Jason to a roped off spot at the World of Color viewing area. We all sit down on a cement step to wait for the show to begin. Have you any idea how uncomfortable sitting on a cement step for more than a few minutes is? Bianca seems to agree with my silent discomfort as she soon moves herself into K.C.'s lap.
"Clare you don't have to sit on the step you have at three laps from which to choose just sit in one." Bianca prods.
"Wait three?" Eli questions.
"Oh yeah Drew and Owen have the hots for your ex and she's agreed to give them both a chance." Bianca informs him.
"Whoa wait a minute when did you decide you like my best friend?" Adam questions his brother.
"I don't know." Drew shrugs.
"Does it bother you Adam?" I ask standing up as I simply can't stand to sit any longer.
"I guess not." Adam says slowly. "It's kinda weird…but fine I guess."
"So what does it mean you're giving them both a chance?" Eli inquires pulling me into his lap.
"I spent all day with Owen yesterday, although it was before I had decided to give them both a chance so I'm not sure that was fair. Anyway I spent all day with Drew today, well mostly. The point is to spend time with both of them to see if there's anything there. Actually given the day I had with Drew I think Owen gets another day with me." I explain.
"Fine then I get a day too." Eli commands.
"Excuse me?" I question.
"I'm throwing my hat in the ring so to speak, I want a day with you to myself to see if we still have that spark." Eli says.
"Okay sure, you can have tomorrow and Owen you get me Friday again I guess." I say.
"God that sounds weird Eli gets me tomorrow and Owen gets me on Friday. And when did Eli decide he wants to get back together? He better not be doing this just because Drew and Owen have shown an interest."
"Sounds good." Owen says.
"Works for me." Eli replies.
Then the music starts and everyone stands up so we do as well and a few minutes later the show starts with sheets of water shooting up and animated characters projected on them. It's amazing, so beautiful, just one problem I'm fairly short and I'm having trouble seeing over the people in front of me. Next thing I know there are two hands on my waist and I'm lifted like a foot in the air and now I can see.
"Better?" Owen asks.
"Much, thanks." I smile.
"No problem." He says kissing my cheek.
He readjusts me so that his arm is under my butt and I put my arms around his neck for support. The show is amazing and Owen holds me up the whole time, which is fairly impressive. I'm not exactly heavy but the show was about twenty minutes long which is a long time to hold someone with one arm. Owen puts me down and the group of us exit the viewing area and end up near the entrance to Little Mermaid.
"So what should we do now?" Wes asks.
"Soarin' Over California?" K.C. suggests.
"Sure." Owen says putting his arm around me and pulling me to him.
"Sounds good." Eli agrees pulling me from Owen's arm and into his arms.
"Let's go." Drew nods pulling me away from Eli and putting his arm around me.
"Great so Soarin' it is just uh one thing." Adam says pulling me away from Drew. "You three stop pulling at Clare." Adam tells them, he puts his arm around my shoulders loosely like he always does and we start walking toward the ride.
"Thanks Adam." I say in a relived but low voice.
"No problem I saw the look on your face." Adam smiles.
Bianca and K.C. are walking next to us and I hear the other guys walking behind us. After Soarin' we all go on Tower of Terror and I sit between Eli and Adam, then we walk through A Bugs Land and watch It's Tough to be a Bug. Then everybody but Wesley and I go on California Screamin' while Wes and me get in line for Toy Story Midway Mania. They join us in line just as we're about to get on and I share a car with Wes. After we get off the others convince Wes and I to go on the Mickey's Fun Wheel again. As there's eight of us we decide it's best to split into two groups.
"Clare will ride with Eli, Drew, Owen and Adam to keep you three from fighting." Bianca announces.
"This whole thing is entertaining to you isn't it?" I whisper to her.
"Oh extremely." She laughs. "You'll be fine I sent Adam with you."
"Yeah thanks for that." I reply.
Wes, Bianca and K.C. get on first, and then me and the rest of the boys. I sit down on the side that faces backwards and Eli, Drew and Owen all try to sit next to me just as I knew they would so I hop up and sit next to Adam who is laughing. The cast member closes the door and tells us to remain seated. I spread out on the seat so none of them can sit next to me, using Adam's arm to rest on. Of course I still scream my head off every time our car swings but since I can hear Wes doing the same thing in the car ahead of us I don't feel so bad.
"Alright I'm off to Downtown Disney I hear they have some good places to dance." Bianca tells us when we get off the ride.
"Actually I'd like to explore Downtown Disney myself." I comment.
"Then Downtown Disney it is." Drew says offering me his arm and Owen quickly offers me an arm as well. I shrug and link arms with both of them.
"I think I'll go back to the room, I'm pretty tired." Wesley says.
"I'm going with Clare." Eli says.
"Yeah didn't see that coming." Adam says sardonically and I hear Eli smack him. "I'm going too but mostly to make sure the three of you don't hurt her, or kill each other." Adam adds.
"I'll go to Downtown Disney with you guys mostly for the same reason Adam is." K.C. laughs.
Since Wes has to walk through Downtown Disney to get back to the hotel the eight of exit California Adventure together and walk as a group. Aside from a couple tiny kiosks and La Brea Bakery, the first thing I see is World of Disney and something occurs to me.
"I'm gonna go buy something that says Disneyland on it. I haven't bought anything yet." I say walking to the entrance of the oversized Disney Store.
Eli, Drew and Owen follow me in but thankfully so do Adam and K.C.
"See you guys tomorrow." Wesley waves.
"I'm off to find some trouble see you lot tomorrow." Bianca calls to us and she starts walking away.
"Hey you better come back to the room tonight." I call after Bianca.
She just turns around and gives me a mischievous smile, turns again and disappears into the crowd. The six of us enter the store and I take K.C.'s arm.
"Help me pick something out K.C." I request pulling him further into the store quickly and turning a corner, we end up in ladies pajamas and I start laughing. "Maybe not from this section though."
K.C. turns, using his height to his advantage and looks over the heads of most of the other people in the store. "Let's go this way," he says pulling my arm in the other direction, "I see bags and jewelry and stuff." He says. We walk over and I release his arm and start looking at purses but K.C. puts his hand on my shoulder so I'll look at him. "You okay?" He asks.
"Fine I'm just…not used to getting quite so much attention and honestly I'm still processing the fact that Owen and Drew like me. It's still…a little weird to me." I admit.
"Yeah I didn't exactly see that one coming either." K.C. laughs.
K.C. walks all the way through the store with me, finally I buy a pair of Mickey Mouse earrings they're my birthstone in the shape of his head. I also get 2 charms bracelets, one for Alli and one for Jenna. It isn't until after I purchase them that I realize I didn't get anything that actually says Disneyland.
"Nothing I bought says Disneyland." I frown when K.C. and I exit the shop to wait for the rest of the group.
"You wanna go back in?" He asks.
"No I can pick up something in the park or even at the hotel, let's go sit by the fountain to wait for them." I say.
We sit down and a minute later are joined by Drew and Owen. To my surprise they both have bags in their hands.
"What did you two buy?" I inquire as K.C. moves over so they can both sit down next to me.
"I bought a shirt for Tristan." Owen says.
"I got tea and cookies for my Mom and I got a shirt with Goofy on it." Drew tells us.
A minute later Eli and Adam come out and they both have bags too.
"I guess I'm the only one that didn't buy anything." K.C. comments.
"What did you two get?" I ask as we stand up and start walking.
"Jack Skellington shirt." Eli says.
"A beanie with Mickey's head on the front and Disneyland on the back." Adam tells us.
I tell them what I bought, of course K.C. knows already, then I smell fudge from Marceline's Confectionary.
"Ooooh I want more fudge!" I exclaim walking a little faster.
"Yeah that fudge was awesome." Adam agrees.
We all go into the store and we all buy fudge, this time I get strawberry cheesecake. We spend another hour walking through Downtown Disney and exploring the shops before we start getting tired. We walk back to the hotel slowly, taking the long way round through the grounds.
"Goodnight all." I yawn when the elevator reaches the seventh floor.
"Night Clare, see you all tomorrow." K.C. waves as he unlocks his door and goes in.
"See you guys in the morning." Adam says hugging me and pulling Eli in the room with him as he unlocks the door.
I smile at Drew and Owen and turn to go into the room but they both grab me. Owen releases me first and lets Drew kiss me softly and then Owen takes me from Drew and does the same. I bite my lip and unlock my door going in, I quickly get ready for bed, I slip under the covers falling asleep almost as soon as my head hits the pillow and I stay that way until a few hours later when I'm woken up by Bianca coming in the room.
"Sorry." She apologizes, locking the door again.
I look at the clock on the nightstand. "It's after three; you know we have to be up in four hours right?" I say half awake.
"Jack was worth the lack of sleep." She says impishly with a satisfied smile.
She goes into the washroom to get ready for bed, I shake my head, yawn and go back to sleep.
And then there were three!
So as I said in my authors notes in the first chapter this is written between stories when I can't sleep and I will upload the last three chapter for the last three days whenever I finish them.