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Author's notes: Reviews are as always wonderful, thank you. Yes, Marta does need to lay off the caffeine, Sarah Lou, but her real problem is that the whole competition thing at Juliard, not to mention always getting what she wants from her parents, which will be brought up, has turned her into a spoiled little "princess" who is really a w(b)itch with a pretty innocent face to hide behind. Which is also a phrase your probably gonna hear some character say. Also, I know Aerosmith and Rolling Stones don't tour together, but they could.
Ch14
About a quarter of the way through the movie, Zack looked at Summer, who still had tears fall every once in a while. "Hey, I'm gonna go get a soda, do you want anything?"
Summer sat up a bit so he could move. "I'll just have some of yours."
Zack nodded, and stood, but paused at Freddy's seat. "Hey, keep on eye on Summer. She won't tell me what's wrong. Maybe she'll talk to you."
"I'll try man, but I doubt she'll talk to me." Freddy agreed glancing over at her. "Pick me up a Skittles?"
"Did you think I wouldn't?"
Freddy shrugged, and Zack began to exit back to the snack bar area. He quickly told the man what he was getting, and was waiting when someone new came into the snack bar. "Hey Zack." The person greeted.
"Oh, hey Marta." He half smiled, not sure if she had caused Summer's problem.
Marta walked closer to him, hands clasped behind her back. "How are things with you and Summer? I didn't get a chance to ask her, she wanted to get inside before the movie started."
"They're really good." Zack grabbed the soda handed to him. "What about you? Do you have a boyfriend?"
"There's not much time for that at a school like Juliard. Of course if the right guy were to make himself available, I would make time."
"I'm sure you would."
Marta paused, gathering her thoughts. "Well, I'm sure Summer's waiting for you."
"She's talking with Freddy." Zack informed. "But you're right, I should get back."
"I'll talk to you later." Marta ended the conversation with a flirtatious smile, with teeth that rivaled the Osmond's in perfection.
"Yeah." Zack exited the snack bar, still unsure of what to think about the blond ballerina. When he got back to his seat, Freddy was back in the recliner. "Anything?"
"Nothing man." Freddy shook his head and grabbed the bag of Skittles. "Sorry."
"It's OK, we'll figure it out eventually."
Once he sat down, he soon found Summer leaning against his shoulder again. He was again distracted, and the movie's plot was lost upon him as Summer continued her crying.
§ § §
Summer and Zack left the theater first, so Summer could get situated in the van. She was no longer crying, but her eyes were rimmed with red. "Summer, what's wrong? You cried through half the movie."
"It's a sad movie." Was Summer's only defense.
"Summer, we watched Ghostbusters."
"Yeah well, it's sad when...they blow up the Stay-Puft Marshmallow man." Summer struggled to come up with an excuse as she was put in the front seat.
"He was a demon out to kill them. If they didn't blow him up, the whole world would have been controlled by the Sumerian God guy." Zack gave her a pointed look as he got into his seat. "What happened to suddenly make you upset?"
"Zack, I know you mean well, but I just don't want to talk about it. Could you please just drop it? I promise, I'm not going to go and commit suicide on you or anything."
Zack watched as others came out, and slowly split into the vans, Alicia and Tomika joining the van this time. "OK. Just remember I'm always here."
"I will."
"You know, I had forgotten how funny that movie was." Tomika said as the van got going.
"Me too. It's been a long time since I just sat down and watched a good movie." Alicia agreed. "What with studying and all. And the fact that my roommate has absolutely no class whatsoever and brings a guy to the room nearly every night, most of the time never the same one two nights in a row."
"I feel for you." Tomika replied. "What about you two? Long time since you sat down and watched a good movie? Ivy league is pretty busy isn't it?"
"We see a movie probably every weekend. There's a great theater right by campus." Zack informed.
"We almost forgot, Mik, the dating ones make time for that stuff." Alicia half-teased.
"Yeah." Tomika laughed, "It's been a long time since I've done that. The inn is a busy place."
"My dorm room is a busy place, but let's forget about that."
§ § §
The reunited band sat on the ground between the two vans at Sonic, waiting for the waitress to come and take their order. The rides had been uneventful, just talking and catching up. Zack was still keeping one concerned eye on Summer, though now, there was too much excitement to observe much, though he saw she was keeping mostly to herself, unless someone spoke directly to her.
"Well." Dewey began. "So far this reunion thing is going pretty well, wouldn't you say?" The small group clapped and cheered. "Well, things are just getting started. Tomorrow, we're gonna head out to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. I know, it's totally Schneebs, but you can thank me later. And then on Tuesday, I have tickets to the a rockin concert. We're talking Aerosmith and Rolling Stones."
"All right!" They cheered again, excited that the band was together and they got to do things they had dreamed of when they were.
"Hey, you didn't let me finish." Dewey shook his head. "I didn't get to tell you about the backstage passes."
"Finn, if you are kidding, I will personally have to shove my sticks down your throat." Freddy warned.
"No joke. I have a few friends in high places. And last but not least we're fully going finish off the week and a half on a nice long trip to Universal Studios and Disney World."
"Dewey this is insane." Alicia remarked. "How much money did you spend on this?"
"Not important. Teaching kids to rock out pays well nowadays."
"Dude, this totally rocks." Zack was fully excited. "You have no idea how much we need to thank you."
"It's not a prob, man. You already thanked me enough by forgiving me."
"Hey, Summer." Marta began. "You haven't said much."
"Yeah. I was just thinking about how pissed Katie's gonna be when she finds out what she's missing." Summer quickly covered for herself.
"What is it exactly that I'm missing?"
Everyone turned to see Katie stepping out of a taxi. "Katie?" Freddy jumped up and quickly kissed his girlfriend. "What are you doing here?"
"Well, let's just say, I saw the error of my ways." Katie laughed. "I caught the first flight out. Thanks for that phone call Zack."
Zack nodded. "Anything to help."
Summer looked at her boyfriend. "What did you do?"
"I called her on my cell and had her listen to everything. I'm guessing she forgives Dewey, because she's here." Zack explained.
"That I do. So what is it that I was gonna be angry about if I missed?" Dewey recapped the plans for the reunion. "Can't wait."
§ § §
"OK girls." Tomika began. "We're so having a sleepover in my room tonight." The band aside from Dewey was now at the hotel, do to the lack of room at Dewey's place.
Everyone seemed to agree aside from Marta. "I'm not gonna stay up all night playing elementary school games. I need to rest, so I'm afraid you'll just have to party without me."
"Well, OK." Alicia shrugged. "See you in the morning." She added confused at Marta's behavior. "Anybody else think Marta's acting a bit weird?"
"We'll talk upstairs." Katie grabbed her bags. "Night Freddy." She gave him a long kiss. Summer and Zack did the same, and then the girls made their way upstairs.
"OK." Alicia tossed her bag into a chair. "Does anybody else think Marta's acting weird?"
"I think something at Juliard crawled up her ass and died." Summer informed, hoisting herself out of the chair and onto a bed, to be more comfortable.
"And what brought this on?" Katie asked, finding her own place to sit.
"She wanted to talk at the movies."
"What did she say?" Tomika wanted to know.
"She wanted to make it clear that Zack would be hers, and said that while I may have done a good job playing the cripple card, end quote, and learning to do things he likes, that I can't measure up to her looks and she has tricks up her sleeve. Oh yeah, apparently I learned to do those to compensate for not being able to walk."
"That little..." Alicia trailed off. "Now, I may have an attitude problem, but if there's one place I know to draw the line, it's that if I like a guy and he's dating someone, you let that go wherever it's going. Stooping to stealing the guy is low."
"I can't believe she would say that." Tomika reached for a pillow. "No wonder your eyes were so red after the movie."
"I'll be right back." Katie stood. "I'm going to have a talk with Freddy."
§ § §
Katie waited impatiently for Freddy to open the door to the room he was sharing with Zack when he finally did, he grinned at the site of her. "Hey, couldn't stay away that long?"
"You need to have a serious talk with your cousin." Katie entered the room.
Freddy closed the door. "With Marta? What are you talking about?"
"She's trying to vamp Zack." Zack became attentive.
"Wait. My cousin is a vampire?"
"No. Vamp. As in steal. Do you have any idea what she said to Summer?"
"She's the one who got Summer so upset?" Zack queried.
"Yeah. She said she only learned to do guitar and keyboard, and the voice lessons to compensate for being paralyzed, And then she congratulates her on playing what she called the 'cripple card'. Oh, and apparently Marta has looks that Summer will never measure up to."
"Why the hell would Marta do that?" Freddy was curious. "I know she likes him, but that's not like her at all."
"Well, her parents gave her everything she ever wanted. She's a spoiled brat. And then at Juliard, it's cutthroat. That's what probably turned her into a bitch. She just uses the blond, innocent ballerina looks to hide it all."
That's chapter 14. Like you didn't know that I was gonna bring Katie there.
Random Quote of the Day: "My parents keep asking, 'How was school?' It's like saying, 'How was the drive-by shooting?' You don't care how it was—you're lucky to get out alive."—Angela on My So Called Life
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Author's notes: Reviews are as always wonderful, thank you. Yes, Marta does need to lay off the caffeine, Sarah Lou, but her real problem is that the whole competition thing at Juliard, not to mention always getting what she wants from her parents, which will be brought up, has turned her into a spoiled little "princess" who is really a w(b)itch with a pretty innocent face to hide behind. Which is also a phrase your probably gonna hear some character say. Also, I know Aerosmith and Rolling Stones don't tour together, but they could.
Ch14
About a quarter of the way through the movie, Zack looked at Summer, who still had tears fall every once in a while. "Hey, I'm gonna go get a soda, do you want anything?"
Summer sat up a bit so he could move. "I'll just have some of yours."
Zack nodded, and stood, but paused at Freddy's seat. "Hey, keep on eye on Summer. She won't tell me what's wrong. Maybe she'll talk to you."
"I'll try man, but I doubt she'll talk to me." Freddy agreed glancing over at her. "Pick me up a Skittles?"
"Did you think I wouldn't?"
Freddy shrugged, and Zack began to exit back to the snack bar area. He quickly told the man what he was getting, and was waiting when someone new came into the snack bar. "Hey Zack." The person greeted.
"Oh, hey Marta." He half smiled, not sure if she had caused Summer's problem.
Marta walked closer to him, hands clasped behind her back. "How are things with you and Summer? I didn't get a chance to ask her, she wanted to get inside before the movie started."
"They're really good." Zack grabbed the soda handed to him. "What about you? Do you have a boyfriend?"
"There's not much time for that at a school like Juliard. Of course if the right guy were to make himself available, I would make time."
"I'm sure you would."
Marta paused, gathering her thoughts. "Well, I'm sure Summer's waiting for you."
"She's talking with Freddy." Zack informed. "But you're right, I should get back."
"I'll talk to you later." Marta ended the conversation with a flirtatious smile, with teeth that rivaled the Osmond's in perfection.
"Yeah." Zack exited the snack bar, still unsure of what to think about the blond ballerina. When he got back to his seat, Freddy was back in the recliner. "Anything?"
"Nothing man." Freddy shook his head and grabbed the bag of Skittles. "Sorry."
"It's OK, we'll figure it out eventually."
Once he sat down, he soon found Summer leaning against his shoulder again. He was again distracted, and the movie's plot was lost upon him as Summer continued her crying.
§ § §
Summer and Zack left the theater first, so Summer could get situated in the van. She was no longer crying, but her eyes were rimmed with red. "Summer, what's wrong? You cried through half the movie."
"It's a sad movie." Was Summer's only defense.
"Summer, we watched Ghostbusters."
"Yeah well, it's sad when...they blow up the Stay-Puft Marshmallow man." Summer struggled to come up with an excuse as she was put in the front seat.
"He was a demon out to kill them. If they didn't blow him up, the whole world would have been controlled by the Sumerian God guy." Zack gave her a pointed look as he got into his seat. "What happened to suddenly make you upset?"
"Zack, I know you mean well, but I just don't want to talk about it. Could you please just drop it? I promise, I'm not going to go and commit suicide on you or anything."
Zack watched as others came out, and slowly split into the vans, Alicia and Tomika joining the van this time. "OK. Just remember I'm always here."
"I will."
"You know, I had forgotten how funny that movie was." Tomika said as the van got going.
"Me too. It's been a long time since I just sat down and watched a good movie." Alicia agreed. "What with studying and all. And the fact that my roommate has absolutely no class whatsoever and brings a guy to the room nearly every night, most of the time never the same one two nights in a row."
"I feel for you." Tomika replied. "What about you two? Long time since you sat down and watched a good movie? Ivy league is pretty busy isn't it?"
"We see a movie probably every weekend. There's a great theater right by campus." Zack informed.
"We almost forgot, Mik, the dating ones make time for that stuff." Alicia half-teased.
"Yeah." Tomika laughed, "It's been a long time since I've done that. The inn is a busy place."
"My dorm room is a busy place, but let's forget about that."
§ § §
The reunited band sat on the ground between the two vans at Sonic, waiting for the waitress to come and take their order. The rides had been uneventful, just talking and catching up. Zack was still keeping one concerned eye on Summer, though now, there was too much excitement to observe much, though he saw she was keeping mostly to herself, unless someone spoke directly to her.
"Well." Dewey began. "So far this reunion thing is going pretty well, wouldn't you say?" The small group clapped and cheered. "Well, things are just getting started. Tomorrow, we're gonna head out to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. I know, it's totally Schneebs, but you can thank me later. And then on Tuesday, I have tickets to the a rockin concert. We're talking Aerosmith and Rolling Stones."
"All right!" They cheered again, excited that the band was together and they got to do things they had dreamed of when they were.
"Hey, you didn't let me finish." Dewey shook his head. "I didn't get to tell you about the backstage passes."
"Finn, if you are kidding, I will personally have to shove my sticks down your throat." Freddy warned.
"No joke. I have a few friends in high places. And last but not least we're fully going finish off the week and a half on a nice long trip to Universal Studios and Disney World."
"Dewey this is insane." Alicia remarked. "How much money did you spend on this?"
"Not important. Teaching kids to rock out pays well nowadays."
"Dude, this totally rocks." Zack was fully excited. "You have no idea how much we need to thank you."
"It's not a prob, man. You already thanked me enough by forgiving me."
"Hey, Summer." Marta began. "You haven't said much."
"Yeah. I was just thinking about how pissed Katie's gonna be when she finds out what she's missing." Summer quickly covered for herself.
"What is it exactly that I'm missing?"
Everyone turned to see Katie stepping out of a taxi. "Katie?" Freddy jumped up and quickly kissed his girlfriend. "What are you doing here?"
"Well, let's just say, I saw the error of my ways." Katie laughed. "I caught the first flight out. Thanks for that phone call Zack."
Zack nodded. "Anything to help."
Summer looked at her boyfriend. "What did you do?"
"I called her on my cell and had her listen to everything. I'm guessing she forgives Dewey, because she's here." Zack explained.
"That I do. So what is it that I was gonna be angry about if I missed?" Dewey recapped the plans for the reunion. "Can't wait."
§ § §
"OK girls." Tomika began. "We're so having a sleepover in my room tonight." The band aside from Dewey was now at the hotel, do to the lack of room at Dewey's place.
Everyone seemed to agree aside from Marta. "I'm not gonna stay up all night playing elementary school games. I need to rest, so I'm afraid you'll just have to party without me."
"Well, OK." Alicia shrugged. "See you in the morning." She added confused at Marta's behavior. "Anybody else think Marta's acting a bit weird?"
"We'll talk upstairs." Katie grabbed her bags. "Night Freddy." She gave him a long kiss. Summer and Zack did the same, and then the girls made their way upstairs.
"OK." Alicia tossed her bag into a chair. "Does anybody else think Marta's acting weird?"
"I think something at Juliard crawled up her ass and died." Summer informed, hoisting herself out of the chair and onto a bed, to be more comfortable.
"And what brought this on?" Katie asked, finding her own place to sit.
"She wanted to talk at the movies."
"What did she say?" Tomika wanted to know.
"She wanted to make it clear that Zack would be hers, and said that while I may have done a good job playing the cripple card, end quote, and learning to do things he likes, that I can't measure up to her looks and she has tricks up her sleeve. Oh yeah, apparently I learned to do those to compensate for not being able to walk."
"That little..." Alicia trailed off. "Now, I may have an attitude problem, but if there's one place I know to draw the line, it's that if I like a guy and he's dating someone, you let that go wherever it's going. Stooping to stealing the guy is low."
"I can't believe she would say that." Tomika reached for a pillow. "No wonder your eyes were so red after the movie."
"I'll be right back." Katie stood. "I'm going to have a talk with Freddy."
§ § §
Katie waited impatiently for Freddy to open the door to the room he was sharing with Zack when he finally did, he grinned at the site of her. "Hey, couldn't stay away that long?"
"You need to have a serious talk with your cousin." Katie entered the room.
Freddy closed the door. "With Marta? What are you talking about?"
"She's trying to vamp Zack." Zack became attentive.
"Wait. My cousin is a vampire?"
"No. Vamp. As in steal. Do you have any idea what she said to Summer?"
"She's the one who got Summer so upset?" Zack queried.
"Yeah. She said she only learned to do guitar and keyboard, and the voice lessons to compensate for being paralyzed, And then she congratulates her on playing what she called the 'cripple card'. Oh, and apparently Marta has looks that Summer will never measure up to."
"Why the hell would Marta do that?" Freddy was curious. "I know she likes him, but that's not like her at all."
"Well, her parents gave her everything she ever wanted. She's a spoiled brat. And then at Juliard, it's cutthroat. That's what probably turned her into a bitch. She just uses the blond, innocent ballerina looks to hide it all."
That's chapter 14. Like you didn't know that I was gonna bring Katie there.
Random Quote of the Day: "My parents keep asking, 'How was school?' It's like saying, 'How was the drive-by shooting?' You don't care how it was—you're lucky to get out alive."—Angela on My So Called Life
Thank You
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SarahLou
Pannalid
kittygal-meow
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