I'M NOT DEAD! ISN'T THAT AMAZING?

Tis Jessica who shouts so. Howdy all, long time no see!

To be perfectly honest with you, I was putting this off cos I HAVE NO IDEAS. But alas, Abby told me to update, and who am I to argue with that logic? (Er... What logic?)

Myrtle: I think he's coming up soon. I'm not sure cos Abby currently has the reigns. We switch the reigns back and forth depending on who has an idea.

Abby says to tell you all that the action is coming up soon and you have to be patient.

*flails arms* We don't own! Stop accusing us of doing so!

Chapter Twenty-Five: Oh Stupid Me

Jessica POV

I have concluded that I am an idiot.

I have also concluded that I am even more of an idiot for concluding that at a time like this.

Why am I an idiot, you ask? Well, to explain, we need to back up a bit...

This Morning:

"Hey Matt!" I exclaimed, waving like a doofus. I had just walked into his hotel room. He and Noah were watching the TV, Pyro was nowhere to be seen.

"Hi," he replied, grinning at me.

"How's life?" I asked pleasantly, too lazy to come up with a substantial question.

"You know, same old, same old." Matt laughed. "I was wondering, do you wanna go to the Grand Canyon with me?"

"Sight-seeing?" I bounced with excitement. Literally. "Of course!"

"Can I come?" Noah asked, turning his attention to us with a hopeful expression.

"Sure thing, little man," I replied with a strange accent. Proof of idiocy number one: Matt's face dropped a little bit. I didn't notice at the time.

"Echo!" I shouted at the top of my lungs, trying to get my voice to reverberate throughout the canyon. Yeah, that was disappointing.

"Can we go down to the bottom?" Noah asked, wide-eyed and in wonder. Matt laughed.

"Not legally," he told him.

"Since when has that ever stopped us?" I asked with a maniacal look in my eye.

"Tons of times," Noah replied easily.

"I blame Abby. She's the law-abide-r. She's the only reason we ain't arrested by now." I waved my hand dismissively, twirling on the heel of my feet and turning myself around and around as I babbled incessantly. "You know, I always wondered, if Abby's the most responsible, why are you in charge?" I asked Matt, tilting my head in curiosity.

"Cos you all love me!" he exclaimed arrogantly, grinning at my sarcastic 'sure' and Noah's laugh.

"So are we breaking the law or not?" Noah asked, making me gasp in mock horror.

"Oh no!" I cried in exaggeration. "We've corrupted him!"

"Oh, the horror!" Matt cried next to me. Noah looked at us both weirdly before realizing we were kidding. "Sorry buddy, no can do. If we get arrested, Abby will murder me."

We meandered around for a bit until Noah stated – quite loudly, I might add – that he had to go to the bathroom and didn't want Matt coming with. So we sat in the dirt, me with my legs in the crisscross-applesauce position, him with his legs sprawled out in front of him.

"Er..." he began. "Do you know why I asked you to come with me?" he asked, breaking our companionable silence. I shot him a questioning look and his face reddened a bit. "This was going to be a date." And that's proof of my idiocy number two.

So now both our faces were red and I was open-mouthed.

"Oh." Brilliant response, I know. "Um. Sorry I let Noah come."

"It's fine," he told me with a laugh. "He would've bugged me if he didn't come. This way we're both happy. He got to come here, I got to spend the day with you." He smiled at me and I smiled back, still red in the face.

"This was fun. We need to do this more often," I stated firmly, grinning maniacally. What can I say, I get smiley when I'm nervous.

"Then will you be my girlfriend?" Matt asked awkwardly. I beamed and opened my mouth to reply.

And then the world kerploded.

Haha kerploded. That's a word that Abby uses all the time.

"Someone must have turned the world into a quaffle, Hermione Granger just appeased my ego!" That's a quote from one of my stories. Cracks me up whenever I read it.

The poll for the April Twin Exchange will be up on 4/20. The link to the TE is on my main profile, can any Harry Potter fans please go vote? You don't have to vote for mine if you like the other oneshots better, but I'd really appreciate it if you did. Kthnxbaii.

~Jessica