Ch20

Alanna stood in front of the freezer looking at her options.

Coke. Sprite. God so many choices.

She reached inside the freezer and pulled out a sprite. She tapped Skip's shoulder and held up the glass bottle. He nodded, and she began to walk to the exit of the shop when Jay came from the corner outside the door.

"Hey, where are you going?" Jay said blocking the door way, she smiled.

"Outside if you'd let me," She replied trying the under his arms, but he blocked her, "C'mon Jay."

"You need stealing is against the law, Lanna," he said looking straight into her eyes. Her heart skipped a beat but she knew he was joking with her.

"I'm not stealing Skip's paying for it," she said trying to push past him, but he didn't let her through.

"Jay, C'mon!" Alanna said standing back a little. He shook his head, "Alright, alright. What do you want from me?"

Jay looked around innocently, and then looked at Alanna and laughed.

"Nothing I'm just kidding," Jay said moving out of the way. Alanna rolled her eyes laughing, and walked out the door. And stood next to Tony who seemed mad, as he ate a hot dog.

"What's up?" she asked and he didn't even look at her, he just looked down.

Alanna saw Stacy come out laughing.

He stood on the other side of Tony, and said something Alanna couldn't really hear, and Tony threw a piece of his hot dog at him.

"Ew man, that's nasty," Stacy said and Alanna turned her head as Jay threw his closed nacho bag on the ground by a black man's nice shiny car. Alanna looked up to Jay, and he just smiled. Alanna laughed, and laid her head back against the glass as she watched Skip come out of the market.

"Hey," she said to him, and he gave her a nod.

Alanna looked around and then saw Jay do an acid drop onto the nacho bag, and it splattered on the shiny car. The group began to run into the car.

"Hey," the black man yelled and began to chase after them all. They five hopped in the car and began to drive away...

Alanna skated down the street, banging her hand on cars, and tipping over dumpsters. She began to whistle Jimi Hendrix's 'Purple Haze' as she skated down Bicknell Hill towards the Zephyr shop.

She rounded a few corners until she crashed in Biniak. She sat on the ground for a minute taking in the fact that she'd just crashed into someone.

"Lanna?" she heard Biniak say and he kneeled over, and he gave a hand to help her up.

"Yeah? Oh sorry, wasn't paying attention," she said accepting the hand, and standing up only to bend down to collect her board under her arm.

"It's ok. You heading to the bowl today?" Biniak asked her,"Skip said there's something big for you, Tony, Stacy, and Jay."

"Really? Well...I guess I better go find Stacy, he'll give me a ride," Alanna said sighing.

"He's in the shop, he's with Jay, and Sid," Biniak said hopping on his board and skating away giving a wave. Alanna began to walk the rest of the way to the door making sure she didn't crash into anyone else...

...Alanna sat in the back of Stacy's car with Sid in the front seat, and her sprawled out in the back seat with her feet up on the seat and her laying her head down in the middle seat next to Jay. Did anyone understand that. I'm trying to paint a picture

"So does anyone know what exactly we're doing?" Alanna asked fidgeting with her fingers.

"Skip said it'd change us all," Stacy said deeply. Alanna sat up, and leaned in the crook between the border of the front, and back of the car.

"That could be anything, where are we going Stace?" Alanna said trying to get a good look around.

"Stecyk found a pool that we're actually allowed to use, so we're going there, it's by the first house with the pool we skated," Stacy said using his free hand for visual directions.

"That's...great," Alanna said flatly, and sat back in her seat looking out the window, "You don't get that much of a rush when you know you're allowed to skate the pool," Alanna pouted.

"True," Jay spoke up from the seat next to Alanna where he was playing with the wheels on his skateboard.

"I know, but there's nothing we can do," Stacy said turning a corner and stopping the car.

Alanna looked out the window, and froze.

Mom's neighborhood. No fucking way.

Alanna got her board and dashed out the car.

"Lanna!" Jay yelled wondering what was the matter. He grabbed his board and chased after her. She went through a side gate into the backyard. And everyone was there. She felt Jay stop right behind her, and they looked.

"Cameras?" she said looking around at all the equipment.

"Photographers?" Jay said next to her and looking. Just then a black woman with a British accent turned to them.

"There they are!" she said coming over to the two along with Tony.

"Man this is awesome," he said obviously excited.

"Dude what's going on?" Jay said poking a light, and a woman who was with the set up crew slapped his hand away. He pulled it back looking at the woman like she had six heads.

"Photo shoot man. We're gonna be on the cover of Skateboard Magazine. You, me, Lanna, and Stacy," Tony said and Alanna's eyes widened, but she was still wondering about something.

"How did you guys find out about this place?" Alanna asked looked at Tony.

"Stecyk said some lady called, and said she would volunteer for pool skating, and well here we are," Tony said looking around at the sight.

"Hm..I'll be right back," Alanna said walking off.

Tony and Jay looked at each other, and Jay raised an eyebrow as he saw Alanna walk through a doorway to the inside of the huge house. He slowly began his stalk behind her...

A/N : The word stalk always creeps me out. Don't know why. Does that happen to anybody else here. Do you have one word that just gives you the shivers? Goose Bumps? Anything? Ha, this is random, but you know, it happens. Review the chapter. Let me know what you think.

Nat