Later that night, Krys, and the other girls sat in the kitchen eating cookies, while Thai baked them. Krys seemed oddly calm to all of them. She was even calm when Emily announced that Kay was brining her older cousin's four year old daughter. She was calm when Emily insulted her and Hermione. And most surprisingly, she didn't do anything but smile when Hermione announced the near future's living arrangements. "That, and that cake, is why you have so much junk in your trunk." Thai said. She was pointing at Krys, who was eating cookies, by catching them in her mouth. They all laughed. "Then again… what guy doesn't like the junk in Cookie's trunk?"
"I can list about a gazillion." Krys said.
"And there is that prodigious vocabulary." said a voice from the door. Krys looked up, and Ares was walking into the kitchen. Krys rolled her eyes at him and they all felt the energy in the room shift, as Ares sat at the table. "So- what are we doing, ladies?" They all looked at him. "What? Are you all mad at me?"
"Yes." they said simultaneously.
"And what did I do?" Ares asked.
"We heard about the argument." Hermione said. Ares rolled his eyes.
"Did she tell you the mean stuff that she said to me?" he asked.
"I'm right here. And she has a name." Krys said. Krys was no longer calm. Ares looked at her.
"Are you done being difficult?" he asked.
"Are you done being a small, small dickhead?"
"That is what I'm talking about." Ares said to the others. "She's pure evil."
"I'm evil?" Krys asked, as she stood up. "You called me an incomplete, coldhearted person- and I'm evil?"
"I apologized." Ares said, as he discreetly looked at what she was wearing. She was wearing regular sized boxers, and a cotton bra tank top, with Beevis and Butthead on it. On her feet were flip flops, and she wasn't wearing toe socks. She had cute feet and even cuter pedicured toes. He looked at her face. As angry as she looked with the scowl on her face, she looked even cuter. Her hair was naturally in ringlets, with her bangs covering her eye by default. He was almost turned on by the way she moved her mouth to yell at him, but quickly averted his eyes to her narrowed ones.
"No- you apologized when you started talking about the relationship bullshit. You had the nerve to insult me, then think that I was going to back down. Do I seem like a punk bitch to you?" Krys asked. Ares stood up, and focused on her scowl.
"Okay- maybe you two need a middleman." Ginny said. Ares and Krys both looked at her. "Okay? A middleperson." They both shrugged. "Okay- Ares, what angered you about Krys? Why did this argument start?"
"We were talking about what happened with me and Emily last night. She went psychotic." Ares said. Ginny nodded.
"Okay. And Krys, what happened? What angered you about that?" she asked.
"Its stupid and petty… I know it is. But- I felt weird with him and his fiancé doing it in the bed. I would've rather them do it in front of me, than in the bed." Krys said.
"And I told you that we weren't fu-" Ares said.
"Well- when your fiancé opens the door and says- 'oh- I'm sorry, Ares and I were just d-" Krys mocked Emily's voice.
"Well, should I be apologizing?!" Ares asked, raising his voice. Krys stood up on the tips of her toes, emphasizing that her size wasn't going to be a problem when it came to beating his ass, and looked at him like he was stupid.
"Are you-… are you yelling at me? Are you seriously yelling at me? Listen- I'm not your bitch- I'm not your fiancé, I'm not your fiancé's bitch- don't yell at me!"
"I just did!" Ares yelled, as he moved closer to Krys. Since he finally hit six feet, the height difference was nine inches, including Krys' tame, yet wild curls. Without the curls, Krys was only about five feet one inch. It wasn't that her hair was messy, it was more that her curls were big.
"I should kick you in your nuts, you big p-!"
"Oh, big bad Krys is gonna hurt me! Let me go hide in my fucking corner and curl into a ball!"
"Oh- you think that just because I once had feelings that kept me from fucking you up, I won't do it now?! Ha- you must have lost your goddamn mind if you think tha-!"
"You are so-!"
"BE QUIET!!" Harry yelled. He was standing in the archway. "You guys are loud as all hell."
"Well tell your cousin something, please! She's turned everyone against me. She's crazy." Ares said in an even crazier tone.
"Oh that just means that they like me more." Krys said.
"They're afraid to tell you the truth, because you're psychotic!" Ares yelled.
"I'm the psychotic one, you bitch ass moth-?!" Krys yelled.
"Blah, blah, blah." Ares said.
"See- that's your problem. You're immature." Krys mocked. Ares glared at her.
"Shut up!" Harry yelled. Ares pointed at Krys and laughed. "Both of you!" Both Ares and Krys huffed, before Krys rolled her eyes and gave Harry the finger.
"Hey- have we come up with the final arrangements with the driving?" Thai asked, as she put a batch of cookies into the oven. They all looked at her, and Krys nodded.
"Yeah- I'm driving the Mercedes Van with my you, my Angel, my Jamie, Luis, Alex Angel, Jennifer, Victoria, Robyn and Rachel. H.J Prongsie Potter is driving the Expedition, with Pumpkin, J.J, Apollie and Bon-bon, along with some of the luggage. And last, but not least Papi Feo is driving Portia, with Toucan Sam, Kay- hoe, and Ronniekins." Krys said. They all looked at her. Ares looked with a glare.
"Who's Portia and Papi Feo?" A.J asked. "I mean- I already know who Toucan Sam, K hoe and Ronniekins are."
"Portia is the Porsche's name. And Papi Feo is… well- who else would be driving Emily and the gang?" Krys asked.
"You see? She's evil." Ares said. Krys looked at him.
"You called him ugly?" Thai asked. "Everyone wants a piece of Ares." They all looked at her. "Not everyone including me. I mean- oh you know its true."
"Padfoot, stop being difficult." Harry said. Krys looked at him.
"I am anything but difficult." she said. "I am wonderful, I am sweet, I am warm, and I am damn lovely and gentle!"
"Who the hell told you that?" Ares asked. Krys looked at him with her eyebrow raised. "Do you have to bring everything back up?"
"The best way to flush poison is to regurgitate!" Krys yelled.
"I was poison?!" Ares asked.
"Pretty much." Krys said.
"And you figure this, how?"
"You make me sick." Krys said slowly.
"Maybe the man-eater should stop preying on the innocent!"
"Man-eater? You're calling me a man-eater?"
"Is that your comeback?"
"Well- 'you made me sick' was my exiting line. I was supposed to leave! Now my source of power is temporarily inept. I have to leave, then come back." Krys said, before she walked out of the kitchen. She came back a minute later. "Okay- lets pick up where we
left off." They all had to laugh when she said this.
"You're a man-eater." Ares said.
"I hope your male parts fall off."
"Is that what happened to yours?" Ares retorted. Krys looked at him, and started to laugh. They all looked at her.
"What? It was really funny." she said. "Its not working. I can't pick up with an argument. That's not how it works."
"So are you two going to mend fences?" Harry asked. Krys and Ares laughed at the same time.
"I'll apologize if she apologizes." Ares said.
"Then you'll be waiting forever." Krys said, before she walked out of the kitchen. A second later, she walked back in. "That was my closing line." Then she walked out again. They all looked around, before Thai sighed audibly.
"This is awkward." she said. This lightened the situation a great deal, because they all laughed. "Where are the guys?"
"Ron and Jason are packing- and keeping Kay and Emily away." Harry said, as he picked up a cookie. "What's with the baking, Mrs. Fields?"
"I like cookies." Thai said. "I need cookies on road trips. Otherwise- I'll be a wreck." All of a sudden, half the batch of cookies disappeared. Thai looked at Harry.
"It wasn't me." he said.
"Whatever. I already made the supply for the trip."
"How long do you think we'll be driving?" Ares asked. "Disneyland isn't far from here."
"How long did it take you and Krys to get to Disneyland?" Hermione asked him knowingly. Ares rolled his eyes.
"How long did it take you two to get to Disneyland?" Harry asked him.
"Two days." Ares said bitterly.
"Why?"
"They kept pulling over." Hermione said. Harry's face got a disgusted look on it.
"Ill." he said with a shudder.
"Road trips with Krys are very fun. I remember this one time… we got pulled over because she was speeding. Krys can flirt her way out of a well." A.J said.
"Yeah- you're talking about that road trip the first summer? When we apparated here, but drove to Vermont?" Thai asked. A.J nodded.
"That was fun." she said. "We stayed in a bunch of hotels for one night, because Krys was afraid of Motels. But when we drove at night- we had so much fun."
"When she flirted with the old police officer?" Hermione asked. Thai, Ginny, and A.J nodded. "She had him blushing like crazy."
"And when she flirted with the woman." Ginny said. Hermione looked at them questioningly. "You were asleep." Hermione laughed.
"Thai was on a big sugar high, because she ate so much maple candy." Hermione said.
"Yeah, she almost slept the entire day on the way home." A.J said.
"After having jumped up and down around the whole bed and breakfast in Vermont." said Ginny.
"Hey hey- you guys gave me the candy." Thai said. They all nodded. "I'm going to pack."
"Oh- yeah. A.J, Hermione, we have to go steal stuff from Krys' closet." Ginny said.
"Oh yeah." Hermione said. They all left Harry and Ares alone in the kitchen. The two looked at each other. They stood silent for a minute.
"Um… I'm gonna go pack." Ares said. Harry nodded.
"Yeah." he said.
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"You guys have too much drama." Hermione said, as she walked into Krys' closet.
"He is an asshole." Krys said, as she packed. Hermione laughed. "Let Ron in."
"What do you-" Hermione started to ask, but she was interrupted by the knocking door. Hermione walked out and opened Krys' door. Ron was standing in the doorway, with a bashful expression on his face. He looked up at her.
"Hey." he said, with a shy smile. Hermione smiled back.
"Hey."
"Um- can I come in?" Hermione nodded, and opened the door wider.
"Of course." she said. She walked farther in after him, and clucked her tongue. Ron looked at her, as she focused on a picture and continued to cluck her tongue. In a quick movement, Ron leaned in and kissed her. They only pulled back because of the small whimper that they heard.
"You guys are so disgusting." Krys sobbed, without tears. "I'll give you guys your little private moment."
"No- I just came in to say goodnight." Ron said.
"Did you think that that was an invitation for you two to do it in my bed?" Krys asked. Ron couldn't help but laugh, before Krys left the room.
"She'll never change." Hermione nodded.
"I know. But- that's not even a bad thing." she said, as she sat on Krys' gigantic bed. Ron walked over to her, and sat close to her. "So- what's going on?"
"I-"
"Rhetorical question, Ronald Bilius Weasley." Hermione teased, as she placed his hand on her thigh. Ron laughed.
"Doesn't matter, Hermione Jane Granger." he retorted, leaning in close to her. Hermione growled, and puckered her lips slightly. Ron smiled and gave her a feather light kiss on her ear, then her lips, then her collarbone. "Mmm, Ms. Granger." Hermione pulled back, then composed herself, slightly in shame of how small touches made her feel.
"We have to stop." she said.
"Okay." Ron said, as he nodded. He looked at her. "Why, exactly?"
"Because, if we don't… we never will." Ron laughed.
"I can control myself. I just- I want more of that." he said. Hermione smiled, and walked to him slowly. When she got to the bed, she leaned down and kissed him.
"Goodnight, Ronald." she said, when she pulled back. Ron nodded, and got up.
"Can I have a kiss goodnight? You know, before I go." he said. Hermione smiled.
"Now why would I send you to your girlfriend all happy and ready to go?" she teased. Ron smiled.
"I'm only happy and ready for you." he said. "Can I have a kiss?" Ron pouted, and looked like a newborn puppy.
"When I kiss you, do you promise to go to your room?" Hermione asked. Ron nodded. "Okay." Hermione walked closer to him, and pressed her entire body against his. She slowly licked her lips in a way that made Ron's eyes dart in their direction. She then bit her lip, and stood on the tips of her toes, before closing in on Ron's top lip. Automatically, his hands started to roam after he put them under her shirt. Hermione pulled back and smiled. "You have to go now." Ron pouted.
"I don't wanna." he whined. He crossed his arms, and gave her the puppy dog pout. Hermione kissed his pouting lips, then walked to the bed.
"I love you. Goodnight." she said.
"I love you too." Ron said. "Goodnight." As soon as Ron opened the door, Hermione closed it, and kissed him again.
"I love you." she said, when she pulled back. Ron nodded.
"I love you too." he said breathlessly. "Merlin… I love you."
"Good." Hermione said, before she pecked his cheek over and over again. After about another ten minutes, the two had to part. "You cannot be here anymore." Hermione said. Her hair was disheveled, as were her clothes, considering that her pants were unbuttoned, and so was her shirt.
"Why?" Ron whined. Hermione gave a devilish grin.
"Because, if you don't leave… I'll want to do this." she said, kissing his ear, before her tongue flicked the lobe. She straddled him, and kissed his neck.
"Okay." Ron said breathlessly. "I-I have to go." Hermione nodded.
"Yeah." she moaned. "You do." She got off of him, and walked to the bed. "Goodnight." Ron moved over to her, and kissed her cheek. "Ron- you can't go."
"Why? What happened?"
"Um- you're… you are… think of synonyms for unyielding." Ron said.
"Rigid, stiff, hard-"
"Those two." Hermione said, before Ron looked down.
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The next morning, Krys woke up to Hermione, Ginny, Thai, Alex and A.J next to her. Krys got out of bed carefully so that she wouldn't wake them. She immediately followed through with her morning routine of taking a shower, washing her hair, face and brushing her teeth. When she was done bathing, she went straight to her closet. She decided to get dressed in navy blue Old Navy slacks and a cotton/spandex white Gap t-shirt. Krys put on white on white high top Air Force Ones and a white coach belt. She stared in the mirror after she dressed, then ran her hand through her hair. It straightened and curled together at the ends. Krys tucked her hair behind her ear at the right part, while her bangs went over her left eye as usual. Her cartilage bar was white gold, with a swirl of blue. The two studs in her regular two rows were sapphire white gold studs. Krys put on a blue Yankee fitted and a matching Yankee hoodie. The hat was slightly to the side and the hoodie looked like it would've been a fit for Andre the Giant. After she was dressed, she ran to her dad's room and pressed the intercom for each room. An alarm was heard through most of the house. Thai, Alex, Hermione, A.J and Gin woke up at almost the same time. Krys looked at them and whistled loudly.
"Get up! Rise and shine, ladies!" she yelled. They all looked at her, and mumbled something. Krys whistled again. "Wake up dammit!! Thai, you get my bathroom! A.J, you take the downstairs bathroom! Gin, you get my closet shower! Hermione, you get the hallway bathroom!! Alex, you take a shower downstairs in the hallway bathroom!! Now dammit! Up, up, up!" The girls all trudged out of bed, while glaring at Krys. They all went to the bathrooms, and Krys left the room. She walked into Thai's room. Jennifer, Rachel and Victoria were still sleeping. The only one that was awake, was Robyn. She was going through her suitcases. She looked at Krys and gave a tired wave. Krys smiled and waved back.
"I have nothing to wear." Robyn said. Krys smiled.
"What? Are you looking for a summer boy?" she asked. Robyn nodded, causing Krys to laugh. "C'mon. You can have something from my closet- seeing as you're almost taller than me, and we look the same size." Robyn smiled, as Krys led her to Thai's bathroom. "I'll bring you something." Krys looked at the girls on the beds, and whistled as loudly as she could. "Up, up, up!!" Rachel and Jennifer jumped, while Victoria slept soundly. "NOW! UP, UP, UP DAMMIT!!!" This was enough to get Victoria up. She yawned as soon as she woke. "Get your clothes together, and get dressed. I'll be up in an hour. There's another bathroom downstairs, and one in the hallway." Krys waved, then skipped out of the room. She walked to the boys room and knocked really hard, before she opened the door. "I hope you're all dressed!! Up, up dammit!! Boys get dressed!! Now!! NOW!" Harry got up, and threw a shoe at Krys. She started to curse at him in Spanish.
"Padfoot, get out!!" Harry yelled, as he blew a doggie whistle. It took everything that Krys had to not pull out a rifle and start to hunt him then and there. Instead Krys laughed it off, and left the room. She ran upstairs and knocked on Ares and Emily's door. Ares opened the door after a minute. He was already dressed. He was wearing baggy Antiques and a white t-shirt. On his feet were white on white Air Force Ones and he wore a blue Yankee fitted. Because he opened the door so wide, Krys could see Emily and Kay still asleep.
"Um…" Krys started. Ares nodded.
"Yeah, I'll wake them up." he said. Krys nodded, then walked away. She ran down the stairs and went to Jamie's room. He was still sleeping soundly with his plush car. Krys smiled, and snapped. Jamie was clean. Krys snapped again, and his clothes changed. Krys walked out of his room and into Angel's room. Angel was sleeping on her bed purring. Krys walked over to her and snapped. Angel was clean. She snapped again, and Angel's clothes changed and her hair was done. Krys walked over to Kay's kin and snapped twice. The little girl was cleaned, and wearing new clothes. Krys walked out and back to her room. The showers were still running. Krys walked down to the kitchen and snapped. A bunch of sandwiches made themselves and packed themselves, and whizzed to the food bag. A.J walked into the kitchen and sat across from Krys after awhile.
"What's going on, chica?" she asked. Krys shook her head.
"What are you wearing?" she asked her. A.J was wearing regularly fitting light blue jeans, and a white t-shirt with the Puerto Rican flag on it. On her feet were white Adidas with red and blue stripes and the Puerto Rican flag at the toe and the back of the sneaker. Today her hair was a very light brown, in a middle ponytail.
"Stole your shit." A.J said.
"That's mine?" Krys asked. A.J nodded.
"Yup." she said. "But the question is; what are you wearing?"
"I like this." Krys said. "Its very comfortable."
"But will it turn heads?"
"I don't want it to."
"Yes you do." said the voice walking into the kitchen. Hermione sat down on the stool next to Krys. "But- it's a reverse psychology thing that's she's doing."
"What are you talking about?" Krys asked.
"You know that he loves the way that you dress." said the new voice walking into the kitchen. Krys looked at the archway. Thai and Ginny were walking in. Thai spoke, and Ginny was agreeing.
"Hold on, hold on, hold on." Krys said. "First off, what the hell are you guys wearing? Patriotism almost all over, huh?" Hermione was wearing fitting black jeans with a British flag belt. On her shirt was the British flag half massed. On her feet were classic black Reeboks. Her hair was out, but her bangs were left out from a headband that pulled the rest of her hair away from her face. Ginny almost looked exactly like her, except her jeans were light blue, and the Reeboks were white. The appearance that shocked Krys the most was Thai. Thai who was wearing a plaid skirt that hit mid thigh. The skirt was beige with baby blue print. Her shirt was a baby blue camisole that fit her upper half perfectly, except for the fact that a chunk of it was missing. The shirt showed her midriff. Over the camisole was an open beige suede jacket, that was longer than the skirt and almost covered it. On Thai's feet were knee high suede boots with heels. Thai's hair was silkily straightened, and some was pulled into the ponytail, while the rest was left loose with her bangs in front of her left eye. All girls wore their regular chains, earrings and lip gloss. "Did I buy you that?" Krys asked Thai. Thai nodded.
"Yeah. You bought it yesterday." she said.
"Oh shit." Krys said. "I'm probably a horrible influence for saying this… but it looks really cute." They all laughed.
"I like it." A.J said.
"Same." Gin said. "Makes me want to wear a skirt."
"That's only because that give Harry easy acc-" Krys started jokingly.
"Don't start." Gin warned.
"I'm shaking in my Ups."
"Speaking of- what is it with you and Uptowns?" A.J asked, as she looked at Krys' feet.
"Ups, Reeboks, K-Swiss, Airmax, Adidas- with the right pair of socks, they make you feel like you're walking on air." Krys said.
"Yeah…" Gin said, with a thoughtful look on her face. She was looking at the Reeboks on her feet and nodding. "They really do."
"See." Krys said. They all laughed.
"I'm gonna go get Alex." Thai said.
"No you're not." they all said. Thai looked at them.
"What?" she asked.
"You're going to go upstairs and traipse around so that Angelo sees you." Krys teased, Thai rolled her eyes, and walked up the stairs. "My record is shot to hell." A.J and Ginny laughed, while Hermione looked at her questioningly.
"What record?" Hermione asked.
"Thai's-" But Krys never got to finish. Harry, Jason, Ron and Ares walked downstairs and looked at Krys. "What happened?"
"What the hell is Thai wearing?" Jason asked. Krys looked at him.
"Honestly, Padfoot- how can you consider letting her leave the house like that?" Harry asked. "There's- its- where's the fabric?"
"She- she really needs to change." Ares said.
"I agree with all of this." Ron said. Krys looked at all of them.
"Okay- Prongsie, question for you." she said. "How old was Ginny when she wore the outfit to the Gryffindor party?" Harry didn't say anything. "She was sixteen, and it didn't matter to you, because you liked it and you guys were in a… sort of a relationship-y thingy."
"Yeah, but-" Harry started.
"Doesn't matter." Krys said.
"Okay, but how about-" Jason tried.
"And when you really, really realized that A.J was bad as hell was when she wore a skirt a bit longer than that." Krys said.
"We-" Ares started. Krys looked at him.
"Don't get me started on you. You wouldn't want your fiancé to hear it."
"She's too young to be wearing things like that." Ron said.
"No- she's just not the girl that you want to see wear things like that." Krys said. "In a few months, she'll be able to do whatever she wants. She's not a little slut-butt. She gets good grades. She doesn't drink. She isn't doing it. She doesn't hop from boy to boy. And she has me. Does anyone have any objections?" Krys asked. None of them said anything. They all sat around the counter and a minute later, started to eat cookies.
"Its funny how a man always thinks about the-!" Krys looked up at the singing, and saw Thai skipping into the kitchen. She changed her outfit. She was now wearing a fitted black t-shirt with the Lucky Charms Leprechaun on it. Her pants were black and slightly baggy. On her feet were green on black low uptowns. Thai's her was in a messy side bun and she was wearing a green on black Mitchell and Ness cap. It was to the side.
"Why'd you change?" Krys asked. Thai looked at her with her eyebrow raised.
"The look on your face when I walked in her with that on. Are you kidding me?" Thai asked. Krys looked at the guys smugly. "Plus- they only want, Only want my ha, ha-ha, Ha, ha-ha, Only want what they want, But, nah, ah-ah, Nah, ah-ah" Krys and Thai did their little handshake to the song, just like in the Pussycat Dolls 'Beep' video. "That skirt was drafty as hell. I have never felt so much breeze in my life." They all laughed. "And to think, our little Cookie Monster has skirts way shorter than that."
"Little girl, remember who pays your credit card bill." Krys said. Thai stopped talking and they all laughed. "Where are the rest of the people?"
"I'll go get Emily." Ares said, as he got up. Krys rolled her eyes and looked at Thai.
"Can you go get your little Mickey Mouse Club?" she asked. Thai laughed and walked out of the kitchen. "What's Kay's cousin's name?"
"Maggie." Ron said. Krys nodded, then walked out of the kitchen. Ron, Harry, Ginny, A.J, Jason and Hermione sat in the kitchen silently. A few minutes later, Krys came down with a dormant Jamie in her arms, while Ares held snoring Maggie, and Angel held purring Angelica. Emily, Kay, Alex, Luis, Rachel, Robyn, Rachel, Victoria and Thai walked down behind them. As soon as Krys came downstairs with Jamie, Harry took him from her. And the same happened with Angel and Angelica, when Jason took her. They all left Ares with Maggie, who was proven to be a pain in the ass, the previous day, when she couldn't have ice cream for dinner. Krys looked at all of the clothing bags and snapped. Thai picked up one food bag, while Hermione picked up the other.
When they got outside, the cars that they'd use were already parked at the stairs. Krys ran to the Mercedes van that was somewhat like an RV, except it was stylish and Krys wouldn't allow anyone to go to the bathroom in there. Inside, Harry, Ares and Jason were already putting the kids in the gigantic crib type bed that Krys supplied.
"Are you sure that you can drive this thing?" Harry asked. Krys looked at him.
"Are you sure that you can drive that thing?" she asked. Harry laughed.
"That's why you get stuck with a bunch of teenagers."
"I am a teenager." Krys said.
"Oi- me too." Harry said.
"Um…" Ares said, as he was walking over. "On the highway-"
"Neutral, clutch, third gear. On the highway, clutch, then fourth gear." Krys said. Ares nodded, then got out of the van. Krys and the others got out behind him. They were all still waiting outside. "Okay people. Emily, Kay, Ron- you're with Ares in Portia. Thai, please give them their candy bag. Um- please don't drop any crumbs in my car. Drivers, you already know which way we're going. Please stick to the route. Stop at the second gas stop, please. Apollie, Pumpkin, J.J, Bon-bon, you're with Harry- unless you want to roll with me, Bon-bon." Hermione looked at Ginny and A.J, then walked over to Krys. "Teenagers, you're with me." Krys and Hermione walked to the van, and pulled out first. All of the cars followed.
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The first hour on the road, Krys noticed that the Escalade looked like it was running weirdly. As they stood in traffic that Krys couldn't understand, she saw that the car took a second to move.
"Hermione, does the car look like its stalling when Harry steps on the gas?" she asked. Hermione looked ahead of them, and watched as the traffic in front of Harry moved.
"Yeah, it does." Hermione said. They hadn't seen their rest stops yet, so Krys called Harry on the car phone and put him on speaker.
"Prongs, change of plans." she said.
"Padfoot, this car is pissing me off." Harry said. Krys laughed.
"I saw that it was stalling. You- pull into the next rest stop, okay?"
"Yeah, you might want to call Ares and tell him that." Harry said, before Krys hung up. Krys rolled her eyes, and called the Portia's car phone.
"Um- pull into the next rest stop, okay?" Krys said, as soon as Ares picked up.
"Yeah. I need to- Portia is out of control." he said. Krys laughed after she hung up.
"What's the point in arguing anyway?" Hermione asked.
"He's a-" Krys started. "Forget it." Krys looked up and saw Harry pulling into a rest stop, so she followed. Harry stopped next to the air pump, and Krys stopped a few feet behind him, making sure not to block any cars. Ares pulled up behind her. Krys hopped out of the car, and walked to the Escalade, with Ares behind her. Harry was still behind the wheel. "Pop the hood."
"You can fix cars?" Jason asked. Krys took off her hoodie and fitted and handed them to Harry, who was now next to her.
"She's the Latina Kim Possible, with black hair." A.J said, from the backseat. They all laughed at that. Krys looked under the hood and checked the transmission oil, after she put her hair in a high ponytail.
"Its completely dry." she said, as she took out her wallet and handed Harry a twenty dollar bill. "Prongs… ask if they have transmission oil. Get four-five bottles, please." Harry nodded and went into the shop a few feet from them. Ares looked at Krys who was standing on a stool, fixing a car, then at Emily, who was looking at her nails. The difference between the two didn't shock him, considering the difference in how they made him feel. He was snapped from his thoughts, when Jason walked back with transmission oil. Krys looked at him, and hopped off the stool.
"Who knew she knew about cars?" Jason asked Ares. Ares shrugged.
"It doesn't really surprise me." he said. "She learned to drive when she was fifteen. Why wouldn't she know about cars?" Harry walked over, and looked at the car.
"Where's Padfoot?" he asked.
"She left when I brought the oil." Jason. Harry nodded.
"How the hell does she know about cars?" he asked. They both shrugged.
"I was just asking the same thing." Jason said. They all stopped talking, when Krys walked back over with a funnel. While she put the bottles of oil in, she sang 'I Just Wanna Love You', by Jay-Z and Pharell.
"I'm a hustler baby, I just want you to know
It ain't where I been, but where I'm bout to go
Now I just wanna love you, but be who I am
And with all this cash, you'll forget your man
Now give it to me. But don't bullshit me." she started. Then she started to rap Jay-Z's part. "When the Remi's in the system, ain't no telling, will I fuck 'em will I diss 'em, that's what they be yellin, I'm a pimp by blood, not relation
Y'all be chasin, I replace them, huh?
Drunk off Crys', mami on E, can't keep her little model hands off me
Both in the club, high, singing off key "And I wish I never met her at all..."
It gets better, ordered another round, It's, about, to go, down
Got six model chicks, six bottles of Crist', four Belvederes, got weed everywhere
What do you say, me, you, and your Chloe glasses, go somewhere private where we can discuss fashion
Like, Prada blouse, Gucci bra, filth marked jeans, take that off" Back to Pharell's part. "Give it to me. But don't bullshit me.
I said give it to me. But don't bullshit me" The back to Jay-Z. "Yeah, save the narrative, you savin it for marriage
Let's keep it real ma, you savin it for karats
You wanna see how far I'ma go, how, much I'ma spend but you already know
Zip, zero, stingy with dinero, might buy you Crys', but that about it
Might light your wrist, but that about it, fuck it, I might wife you and buy you nice whips
Ma, but you really gotta ride nice dick, know how to work your hips and your head's priceless
Profess you love the Hov', and I'll never let you down, get you bling like the Neptune sound
Okay, hot Hov', too hot to hold, ladies love me long time like 2Pac's soul
Only way to roll, Jigga and two ladies, I'm too cold, Motorola, two way page me, c'mon" Then back to the chorus. She didn't even notice that Ares was watching her intently, as she checked the rest of the easy car things. "Give it to me. But don't bullshit me.
I said give it to me. But don't bullshit me.
I'm a hustler baby, I just want you to know
It ain't where I been, but where I'm bout to go
Now I just wanna love you, but be who I am
And with all this cash, you'll forget your man." By the time she got to Jay-Z's last verse, Ares was almost in arousal at how her mouth moved, and at how down to earth she was. He finally decided to move away.
When Krys was done, she moved to the Porsche. Everyone went inside to get hot drinks, hoping to wake up some more.
"Is she behaving?" she asked Ares. He nodded, and touched his cheek, gesturing to a smudge of dirty oil that was on her face. He got out of the car.
"You have oil on your face." he said. Krys nodded and wiped it off with her sleeve.
"Is the car working for you?" she asked. Ares shook his head.
"I'd almost go as far to say that you messed with it to hurt me and my pride." Krys raised her eyebrow.
"Is it my fault that the man can't handle a stick shift?" she asked.
"I'm sorry if not everyone can handle a stick shift as well as the Great Krystathaili." Ares said hotly.
"Oh- you don't know how well I can work a stick shift when given the right equipment. And by 'not everyone', do you mean Emily?" Krys asked. Ares' jaw twitched.
"You're a real pain in the ass." he said. Krys blew him a kiss.
"Aye dito. You can take the Mercedes." Krys said, as she threw him the keys. Ares threw her the keys to the Porsche. A few minutes later Emily and Kay walked towards Portia. Krys had the hood up, and she was checking the oil. Hermione walked to her, just as Kay and Emily started to get in the car.
"Mate, since when can you fix cars?" Hermione asked. Krys laughed.
"There's a lot that I can do, dude." she said. "Exempli gratia, did you know that I speak Latin?"
"Don't you speak like, every language?" Krys shrugged.
"Probably, but I've spoken Latin fluently since I was ten. I was also able to speak, Spanish, English, and Portuguese since then." she said.
"And when did you learn about fixing cars?" Hermione asked.
"A girl who can't fix a car is the base example of why urban legends are created. I don't like to feel helpless. Every car has two spare tires, patches, and tools in the trunk. My dad and I took a mechanics class one summer. I decided to read up on it, afterwards." Krys said.
"Well- just so you know… I can ride a motorcycle." Hermione said. Krys looked at her, after closing the hood.
"Can you really?" she asked. Hermione shook her head.
"Not worth a damn, but… I wanna be interesting." she said. Krys laughed.
"Um- are you done?!" Emily yelled, before she got out of the car and slammed the door. Krys looked at her.
"Oh- so you'd rather be in a car that'll blow up." she said sardonically. "Go to the car over there, dick- towhead." Kay got out of the car, and she and Emily started to have a water fight. A water fight that coincidentally mostly wet Krys and Hermione. The moment that water touched Krys' hair, it started to curl again. Hermione looked at her and laughed.
"How does it do that?" she asked.
"What?"
"Your hair. When it curls, it automatically goes into place." Hermione said.
"I don't know. Is it messy?"
"I said it goes into place, didn't I?" Hermione mock snapped. Krys laughed.
"Do you wanna fight me?" she asked.
"That was the message I was sending, yes."
"I must warn you. I am a Jedi master." Krys said.
"You're such a weirdo."
When the rest got out of the shop, Angelica, Jamie, Thai and Hermione rode in the Porsche with Krys.
Two hours later, they were checking into the concierge suites. Krys and Hermione walked to the front desk in the Disneyland resort.
"Hello, how do you do?" asked the woman at the front desk. Krys smiled.
"I'm good, thank you." she said. "I'm checking in under the name, Krystathaili Rodriguez."
"Okay." the woman said. "You have ten rooms. Correct?" Krys nodded.
"Yes." she said.
"All penthouse? Three, three bed suites, and one suite with a queen size, one kiddy bed and a crib. That's three rooms with the Winnie the Pooh theme, and the other six regular, correct?"
"Um- can we make that one with the queen bed, a queen, two kiddy beds, and a crib?" Krys said.
"Okay. Well- here are your keys. Um- it says here that you requested Disney credit cards. How many do you need?"
"Um… eighteen, please."
They walked to the Penthouse, before they stopped to discuss anything. When Krys handed all of them their Disney credit cards and travel schedules, they all thanked her. Well- all except Kay and Emily.
"Okay- so there's a breakfast buffet, lunch buffet and dinner buffet. All at scheduled times. There's also a full blown spa. All of which are charged to the room. Stick to your buddies, people. The rooms are on the top floor… and Ares, please don't lose your fiancé. You too, Ron." Hermione said, as she handed out the Disney credit cards, while Krys handed out room keys.
"Okay- Bon-bon and I have decided to- if you want to go to Disneyland today… meet us in my room in two hours." Krys said. The teens seemed to disappear with the kids, as soon as they got their credit cards and room keys. All of the adults looked at Krys and Hermione. The two friends couldn't pull their eyes away from Kay nibbling on a bored Ron's ear. Krys slung her arm around Hermione's shoulder and directed both of their attention to Ares and Emily. Emily's bleach blonde hair was in a high ponytail away from her face, showing the massive makeup caked on her face. "I like your hair, Emily. I can't pull off a high ponytail to save my life. I always end up looking like a prostitute."
"Like you'd need a hairstyle to look like a whore." Emily scorned. Krys actually looked wounded. She was trying to put her jealousy and their differences aside, to maybe wash out the friction. She actually tried to be nice to Ares' new fiancé. The insult threw her off balance.
"Emmy, don't be mad." Hermione cooed. "My Cookie works upper-class places. She's the best of the best. If you work hard enough… fix a few things… balance out the 't' and 'a' a little, stop looking like something out of the Discovery Channel- I'll get you out there too. Soon- you'll be going for five- maybe ten pounds. Maybe you'll even hit a twenty pound note someday." Krys' eyes widened, and she almost choked on laughter, but she held it down, and pointed to herself.
"Crème de la crème." she said. Then she pointed at Emily.
"Bottom of the barrel." Hermione said for her. Krys laughed.
"Dude- who wants to go shoot some pool?" she asked. They all looked at each other, and without words walked back downstairs.
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When they got to the game room, Krys and Hermione lost themselves in a game of pool. With a year and a half as Krys' roommate, Hermione had become a whiz in pool, darts, poker, guts, and almost all videogames imaginable. The two girls immersed themselves in the game, ignoring all their friends and hormonal onlooker teenage boys watching them.
"Okay- if you make this… I'll give you…" Krys trailed off. The girls were playfully gambling. Krys had already lost her chain, two galleons, her hat, and her cream Fendi Spy bag that Hermione had her eye on. "The hoodie off my back." Hermione nodded. She'd already lost her belt, twenty American dollars, her bracelet, chain and her ring. Krys took the hoodie off and handed it to Harry and Jason, who were holding the pot.
"Its not like you have much else anyway, Honey." Hermione teased.
"Yadda, yadda, yadda. Save the drama and make the shot, Peanut." Krys joked. Hermione lined the ball up and kissed it, making two of her cue balls. Krys rolled her eyes.
"Make your bet, baby." Hermione teased, as she blew on the end of the cue in a slightly provocative way. Krys laughed, and looked at her.
"Flirty." Krys said. Hermione's eyes widened, and she looked at A.J and Gin.
"Okay- if we're gonna talk about flirty- A.J, Gin… would I be lying if I said that Krys does worse than that?" she asked.
"Krys, you're horrible." A.J said.
"She really is. Do you remember when we spent that week in Florida, and she-" Gin started, until Krys started to stop her.
"Hold on. Hold on." Krys started. "I do not do anything flirty and slutty, like the female cue puff."
"You name these things?" Ginny asked. Hermione and Krys nodded. "And what are the others?"
"Wait- wait. What the hell are you guys talking about?" Harry asked.
"None of your damn business." Krys said jokingly. "Hey Prongsie, can you get me a ice caramel coolatta? And a chocolate chip cookie type thing. Oh- and a big brownie."
"The line is ridiculous, Padfoot." Harry said.
"Please, Prongsie." Krys said, as she stuck her lip out, and showed him the Marauder chain.
"Fine. Do you want anything?" Harry asked the rest of them. He turned to Gin. "Do you want anything, Gin?"
"Just an iced tea, please?" Ginny asked. Harry smiled and nodded.
"Of course. Do you want anything?" he asked A.J. She shook her head, thanked him, and turned to Jason.
"Jason, can you get me a Pepsi?" she asked. Jason nodded, and kissed her cheek. Kay and Emily looked at Ron and Ares expectantly.
"Em, do you want something?" Ares asked. Emily smiled.
"Just a coffee." she said. "Oh- nonfat milk, and light on the sugar, but cinnamon." Ares nodded, and they all watched as Kay looked at Ron expectantly. Finally after about half a minute later, Ron asked.
"Do you want something?" he asked her. Kay nodded.
"A coffee, nonfat milk, and light on the sugar, Ronniepoo." she cooed. Ron nodded.
"Okay." He looked at Hermione. "What about you, Hermione?" he asked warmly. His tone was sweet and gentle with Hermione. Where it seemed natural being nice to her, it was also involuntary to be mean to Kay. Hermione looked thoughtful.
"Mochaccino, please?" she asked. Ron nodded, and the guys all walked off with each other. Krys started to explain, as soon as she turned back to the girls.
"The female cue puff- it works, but it's a feminine flirting- or cute girly cliché." Krys said. Hermione was about to object, before Krys started to explain. "Wrong or right- in every movie that you see with a woman playing pool, she does one of these?" Krys held up her cue stick and lightly blew on it.
"As opposed to your slutty lip licking?" Hermione jokingly retorted. Krys gave her the look of mock offence, and they laughed.
"Number one… when I do it, it works. Other women, I don't know. I only hope that I can pass it down to Thai one day." Krys said.
"Do it." Ginny said. Krys looked at her weirdly.
"I can't. I have to be attracted to someone." she said. "Its very difficult trying to be sexy, when you despise the person."
"You despise me?"
"No- I'm just not attracted to you. You know- something about women… they just doesn't make me go vroom-vroom." They all laughed.
"Oh- well I'm off the hook then. For a moment I was scared." Emily muttered. None of them said anything for a minute. They all just stood silent for the moment, not saying anything, waiting for Krys to retort or react at all. Finally, when they all thought that she didn't hear it, she sat on the pool table and looked at Emily.
"What is your problem with me?" she asked seriously, and almost kindly. The two women stared at each other in a challenge, before Emily gave a small smirk.
"I simply don't like you." she said. Krys nodded, and gave the look that said 'oh- wow'.
"Okay. See- that's all well and good, but you have to have some specific problem with me, for you to be a bitch 24/7. And small shit like that- it doesn't get to me, but don't get all huffy when I punch you in your fucking mouth. But trust-… if I was to ever move that way I'd probably waste my time on someone pretty, or worth it. Just remember that saying your little slick shit when Ares isn't here, it's a neutral ground. He won't hear you insulting me, he won't see me beating the shi-"
"Cookie, confrontation… not liking it." Hermione said.
"Being a lapdog to avoid confrontation." Emily said. "Yet- I thought lapdog was your title." she said to Hermione. Both Krys and Hermione looked at her, before they looked back to the pool table.
"Bon-bon, should we start to play again?" Krys asked.
"Cookie… I think we should go play air hockey." Hermione said.
"Or- flirt with younger guys." Krys suggested. Hermione nodded.
"That works too." she said. The two looked at each other and laughed. "Do you have gum? I need gum."
"Yeah… I have some Trident- you want it?" Hermione nodded, and put her hand out. Krys looked through her pockets and pulled out some gum. "Dude- we should go." Hermione nodded, and the two started to walk slowly towards the air hockey table.
"You should really cut those puppet strings." said a voice behind them. Hermione looked at Krys, and inhaled deeply, before she dragged her back to the pool table. "Lapdog once again." Kay said.
"Okay- I don't think you get it. You've won." Hermione said. "See- in the past few days that I've known of you, you've insulted my dead parents, my best friend, me, and pretty much- you've just fucked with me constantly. But let me tell you this; its over. The next thing you say to insult me or my friends, you'll have blood dripping from your pores before you can get your wand. So don't test me." Hermione looked at Krys, then at the rest of them.
"So- where we going?" Krys asked in a witty manner. Almost all of them laughed, including Hermione, who seemed angry as hell.
"When are you going to leave?" Kay said. Hermione looked at her.
"Excuse me?" she asked.
"When are you going to get over it, and realize that he's mine? He doesn't want you, and he's with me now. I have him, and he's hooked. I'm closing in on that diamond, and he's not going anywhere. Just like Emily has Ares. You guys just have to get that… they don't want you. And that whole 'we're best friends' thing, its getting old. So- just leave without embarrassment." Kay said. A second later, Krys had her on the floor, by a simple trip spell.
"Oh- you're jealous of the relationship I have with your fiancé? I thought you didn't like me because I look better." Krys said to Emily, before she wiped invisible sweat off her brow and turned to Hermione, Gin and A.J. "I'm gonna go find leave and find Thai, before I do some serious damage."
"I'm coming with." Hermione said. The two looked at Gin and A.J. "Mates, you don't have to come. I just wanna badmouth Kay and Emily, with Krys." Krys laughed, and kissed her hand twice, and gave imitation slaps to A.J then Gin, as her and Hermione's hands intersected, indicating that that was their signature parting move. The two younger girls laughed, then looked at their brother's spouses. When Krys and Hermione were walking away, Krys looked over her shoulder.
"And Emily." she called. They all looked Krys and Hermione's way. "I actually look better than you with the high ponytail."
"But she's a better kisser." Kay called back.
"I'm sure you would know." Hermione said, before she turned back to Krys. "Krys, why are we exchanging insults?" Krys shrugged.
"Oh shit- the guys haven't gotten back yet. I want my iced coffee." she said.
"Yeah… I want my mocha too. Lets go back." Hermione said, as she dragged Krys back to the table. A.J and Gin looked at them questioningly. "We want our stuff."
"Yeah, I'm really going crazy for my ice caramel." Krys said.
"And your big chocolate chunks of fat." Emily said. Krys looked at her.
"Oh honey, you don't have to be jealous of my lovely lady lumps." she said. "I swear, I'm gonna make 'Fergalicious' my theme song. That or 'Beep'. Its gonna work for me." Hermione, Gin and A.J laughed.
"My theme song would be… 'Skips' by Alexz Johnson." Hermione said. Krys nodded.
"That song works for you. Then again, me saying that Fergalicious and Beep are my songs, makes me sound conceited." she said. They all shook their heads.
"Very modest… low self-esteem even." A.J said. "You're like a happy Daria."
"How long is this gonna take? I want my mocha." Hermione whined.
"Dude- I took the Fendi spy bag for you. I just forgot to give it to you." Krys said. "Just remind me when we get home." Hermione nodded. "When's the photo shoot for Witch Weekly?"
"Uh- Wednesday." Hermione said. "And Teen Witch Weekly is… Thursday. We have a spread for both. They asked about us doing a spread for Warlock's World. I just didn't feel comfortable with being in a men's magazine."
"Uh- Thai told me that… I don't want you to go crazy. You're gonna go crazy." A.J said. Krys looked at her. "A talk show called your house. They want you to guest star a talk show."
"Whose talk show?" Krys asked.
"Okay- you love this person. They used to dominate the pages of Victoria Secret." Krys' eyes went wide.
"Okay- I actually want to do that show. I love her. That woman is like- especially when she was on Fresh Prince." she said. "I want you guys to go with me."
"Dude… I'm in." A.J said.
"Ditto." said Hermione.
"Always." Ginny said. Krys looked at them.
"You're all weird." she said.
"Please." started the voice behind them. "You're all weird." Krys turned around, it was Harry. She laughed and noticed that the guys were walking towards the couches. They were carrying trays.
"Okay- please don't sit." Krys said, just as they were all about to sit on the clean couch.
"Krys, just sit down." Hermione said. Krys shook her head.
"No- its nasty looking." she said. At that moment, Hermione and A.J pulled her down onto the couch, while she screeched softly. When she realized that she survived, they all laughed at her. "Okay- fuel, Prongsie." Harry rolled his eyes, and handed her a bag of things that he got her. "I love you, Prongs. Platonic soul mate number one. The rest of you are falling behind big time. Redeem your spots."
"Krys, shut up." Jason said, holding back his laughter.
"I will not be silenced." Krys said. "And you- you should be ashamed of yourself. You were platonic soul mate number one, and now- I can't even. I don't know you anymore."
"Can you please stop flirting? Some of us are trying to eat." Emily said. Most of them looked at her simultaneously.
"Hon, you have something in your teeth." A.J said.
"Whoa." Hermione said suddenly and softly. Krys looked at her.
"What happened, Bon-bon?" she asked. Hermione pointed in the direction where she was staring. Krys looked, and her mouth almost dropped open. In the direction where Hermione was pointing, was Brandis. Brandis, who was known as Hermione's ex-boyfriend.