Chapter Ten: Groundhog Day
you, lost and lonely,
you, just like heaven
-the cure, just like heaven
Melody's POV:
"Melody, I don't think I'd ever be able to express my feelings for you. You mean everything to me... You may feel the same way about him, but I know that you feel something for me too. I don't wanna make you choose between me or him, but I had to get it out there." He said, and I could tell he meant it. He knew exactly what he was gonna say to me when he walked up to me.
But I didn't know what to say back.
*a week earlier*
"April is gonna be so pissed! And Bam had nothing to do with it? Ha!" I snorted as Glomb held me by my waist so I could build the snowman's head on the top of her P.T. Looser.
"We should write it down in the Viva La Bam history books." Glomb laughed.
It had been a month and a half since Britney stole my puppy, and Novak and I were friends again... But I seemed to become closer and closer with Tim everyday.
"Hey!" We suddenly heard Ape yell from the window. "What are you guys building?"
"An oversized snowman!" Me and Dunn answered in Sync.
"That's humongous!" She said, with a smile on her face.
"I know!" Dunn called back.
"That's pretty cool!" She said.
"Yo, you gotta come down here and move your car so we can plow the rest of the driveway." Dunn told her, and I laughed, and he gave me a look.
"I'm gonna get my camera and take a picture!" She said, closing the window.
Ape came out the sliding glass doors.
"Oh my god," she laughed. "That's so cool, everybody get in front of it so I can take a picture!"
I stood in front of Glomb, who grabbed me around the waist and lifted me off the ground so I would laugh, cause they told me I looked best in pictures when I laughed.
Then we took one with Ape, and Dunn took the pic, saying "Look happy, cause you won't be in a minute."
After the picture, April turned to the snowman. "My car was parked right here."
"We know it was." I said, and poked it with a shovel.
She gasped. "You guys didn't do that! You guys are Jerks! Where's Bam?" Ape asked.
"I dunno, but we're gonna have to get this outta here," Dico said.
"You better unclear my car!" Ape yelled, turning to go inside. "Where is that little brat?" She said to herself.
I bounded inside after her, laughing when I heard her sharply yell Bam's name.
"Your friends made a whole snowman outta my car!" She told him.
I flitted to sit beside him at the table.
"They're not my friends." He said.
"What do you mean I'm not your friend?" I slammed my palms on the table.
"You helped?" He asked, his eyes lighting up.
"Hell yeah I did!"
"I'm proud of you!" He said, and he kissed my forehead.
"Bam!" Ape yelled, breaking our moment.
"Ape! You ruined our Bromantic moment." He yelled back, and Ape cracked a smile.
"Well, they just piled the whole car up!" She yelled, and Dunn, Glomb and Raab walked in.
"That's what you do in the winter, you make snowmen!" Dunn defended us.
"I got stuff to do! I gotta go out!" Ape complained.
"Its winter, Ape." Bam said.
Ape snorted softly. "Well thank god winters almost over."
"Not so fast April. I think Punxsitawney Phil needs to decide that one. Groundhog Day is coming up." I said.
"GROUNDHOG DAY!" Dunn very loudly sang in Ape's face, who turned away.
"How far is Punxsitawney?" Bam asked.
"Dude, its at least five hours, right Glomb? We went down 'ere last year." I told Bam, and Glomb nodded in agreement.
"Well, let's go!" Bam said.
"Mista. Lova-Lova, girl, I'm Mista Lova-Lova- She call me Mista Bombastic, say me Fantastic, touch me back she say I'm Mista... Ro... Ro... Mantic, say me Fantastic, touch me back she say I'm mista... Ro... Ro... Smoooooth, just like silk" We all half-sang half-laughed together as we reached closer to Punxsitawney.
We reached a sign that said "Welcome to Punxsitawney, home of Phil, mascot of Groundhog Day!"
"We're here!" I cheered, throwing my arms up in the air. Bam stopped the car in front of a huge statue of Phil (the groundhog)
"After a five hour drive through Pennsylvania, we finally made it to Punxsi to see if there's gonna be more winter." Bam said into the camera, and Dico did one of his famous 'funny flipouts', asking the statue what he thought.
As much as I had fun, sitting beside Novak and Dico for a whole 5 hour road trip, I really needed to pee. We reached the hotel we were staying at for the night, since Groundhog Day was tomorrow. I called ahead because I knew it would be impossible to get one on the spot. I bounced up and down as we checked in, and sprinted up the stairs, with Novak following me so that I wouldn't get hurt. We reached the fourth floor, and Bam met us in the hallway, but I sprinted past him to our room.
"The key! The KEY!" I demanded, and Bam told me to calm down as he swiped the room key in the lock.
I ran into the bathroom.
Novak's POV:
I couldn't help but laugh as Melody sprinted to the hotel room, demanding the key. We got two adjoining rooms, Melody, Dico, Glomb and I sharing one, and Bam, Raab, and Dico sharing another. Each of us fought over a bed with Melody since it was the least awkward, and Melody said whoever didn't smell, Dico being the winner.
Night fell, and we made our way to Gobbler's Knob at midnight, a huge crowd of people there already. Melody didn't know we'd be there all night, and she pouted for a few minutes.
She looked so cute, with her bright red hair, oversized down coat, crimson red cheeks from the cold, and black skin tight jeans that made my heart race.
She was back to normal. She was herself again. She wasn't angry with me anymore. All I had to do was convince her how much I loved her, and hopefully she and I would end up together. Forever. And ever. And ever.
At 5:00 A.M. a police officer told Bam he would arrest him if he did anything stupid, which Bam wasn't planning on doing for the first time ever. There were so many people there, and I kept a good grip on Melody's hand to make sure nobody pushed her away to get closer. And she thought it was the funniest thing that once we came to Groundhog Day, all the attention was centered around us. Like we were phil, and not phil himself, to quote her.
"We welcome you to groundhog day! Are you ready?" The mayor announced, who was also pissed by the lack of attention to him.
"We've been ready since midnight!" Melody yelled, getting laughter from people near us.
When the handler picked up the groundhog it started pissing and shitting all over his arm, making Melody roar with laughter.
"I'm sorry to say, I see my shadow today." The mayor read a piece of paper, saying 6 more weeks of winter.
"Damn it!" Melody yelled.
"Punxsitawney Phil says there's six more weeks of winter!" Bam said into the camera, as we were crowded by people who wanted to be on Camera. I grabbed Bam's arm to keep from getting trampled, and Dunn had a grip on Melody's waist.
Bam asked me if I'd rather it be spring or winter, and I answered Spring, and he slapped me, causing me to fall down in the sea of people. Bam cleared a circle and asked me again, and I stupidly answered spring again, and Bam kicked me in the balls. Melody pushed Bam back, and a girl grabbed him.
Melody kneeled next to me. "Are you okay, Nudie?" She asked me softly.
I nodded. "Happens all the time."
Her bottom lip pouted when I sat up, and I pushed it back.
"I'm fine... Can you give me a hand though?" I asked, and she cracked a smile.
"I don't have any extra, but I'll help you up." She giggled.
I gave her a look and she took my hands happily and yanked me up. The girl was tiny, but she was fuckin' ripped. She was... So hard to describe sometimes. She was... so lost and lonely, you could see it in her eyes, but she was just like heaven. So much like what I think heaven would be like I would strive to get there. So when I died, I go to heaven with her, and while I'm alive, I would get to be in heaven with her on earth.
