Disclaimer: I own only the characters you don't recognize from Pearl Harbor, the book or the movie. Plus, I don't own Krazy Bread, Boy Meets World, Sonic, lacrosse, 'I tawt I taw a puddy-tat', NSYNC, Frosty the Snowman or Dragon Ball Z.
TO 2001!
Chapter 10 (we made it!)
The motorcar clattered across the rickety wooden bridge. I patted Rafe on the back as he muttered a prayer repeatedly as we rattled across it. I had to admit it. I felt bad for him. I guess I identified with him. I had been freaked out the first time I rode the car too, but seeing the guys I had spent about 3 days dissing like this was too much. I had to calm them down, even if it was unlike me.
Rafe looked a bit surprised at the end of the bridge. He opened his eyes. "We're-we're ALIVE!" he said to me, so relieved he forgot to say 'ma'am.' I frowned. Then again, maybe Austin was right. He and Danny might be sissies. Oh well, so much for the goody-goody act.
But then, there it was. The screeching sound of the brakes. No gas, it meant. A long walk, it meant. Blisters the size of Alaska, it meant. I wanted to scream. I wanted to jump up and down and cry my eyes out. Paw-Paw grimaced and shook his fists. I had to admit; it was funny. My cousins and Allen and I all exchanged a look, and we shook with silent laughter.
But it wasn't funny anymore. The sun was setting slowly and it cast a spooky orangey glow on the fields of corn and wheat and the huge pond in the middle of the corn forest. I frowned again. I stood up and got out of the motorcar.
"Better start pushin' it back."
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"Skye, I'm TIRED!" Mallory griped. I sighed and stopped.
"Sit here, hon." I put he into the seat in the now useless, gasless car and continued to push it.
"Skye!" Danny said shrilly.
'Shut up, she's seven, you're um, I don't know how old! So you will help us!" I barked, exhausted, and we were nowhere near back yet. I saw Allen, Alden and Austin whispering and giggling. At this point, I didn't care if they were talking about crude, R -rated material. I couldn't cry, I couldn't get a free ride like my cousin. I was the oldest.
"Let's sing a song, you guys." There. The only distraction I could think of. So we sang every NSYNC song we could think of. Still only half way there. Every Christmas song. We were ALMOST there. After finishing the third round of 'Frosty the Snowman,' our families appeared. Evelyn squealed and kissed Rafe. Danny's mouth dropped open. I did it again. I grabbed his hand and gave it a reassuring squeeze. He looked like he was in tears.
It was pitch dark outside. It had taken us two hours to walk back from our place of misery. So I was a bit surprised when Grandma said it.
"Let's go back to my house." So Mallory, Austin, Alden, Allen and I piled into the van, Grandma and Danny in the front.
"Sonic, must have Sonic," my cousins, Allen and I all said at the same time, on cue from me. Grandma sighed and drove into the nearest Sonic.
1. One large vanilla shake for Skye
2. Three grape Slushies for Allen, Alden and Austin.
3. One strawberry limeade for Grandma
4. One medium chocolate shake for Mallory
5. One cherry limeade for Danny.
The waitress carried our drink tray out and handed it to Grandma. She paid and we drove away. I drank my shake like I hadn't had anything to drink in years. Danny gingerly sniffed his and took a drink. He saw how good it was and guzzled it.
I grinned and settled back. Mallory was sitting next to me and the boys were sitting in the back. Mallory and I decided to make bead animals with the bucket of beads I had accidentally left in Grandma's car at one time. I began crafting the second tick I had ever made while I thought about my unusual activities, you know, being 'nice' to Rafe and Danny? Ah, yes you remember now.
My head throbbed as I sipped the icy drink. Was I all right? I really felt kind of cruddy. Come to think of it, my throat did kind of hurt. I shivered involuntarily. I needed a nap. Yep, just a nice, long nap. I had been working way to hard, anyway. And as I dozed off, one thought crossed my mind: I know how my mom feels.
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"Skye! Come on! Grandma and Paw-paw are ordering some pizzas!" I heard Mallory shriek. I shook my head and wiped a small trail of drool off my cheek. I thanked her and got out of the van. Standing up, I noticed the familiar surroundings of Grandma's garage. Boxes of useless items, a basketful of lamps and much more cluttered the room.
I ran inside. "Pizza, stuffed crust!" I shouted. After an angry yell from Paw-Paw, I went out onto the back porch with Austin, Allen, Mallory, Alden, Danny, Rafe and Evelyn.
"Turn on the bug lights, Allen."
"You have to light them!" he yelped. I groaned and ran into the house, seizing a pack of matches.
"Grandma, I'm going to light the bug lights so we can play a game." She nodded. My feet clunked on the wood of the back porch as I walked out to the torches. I lit them and shook out the flame on the tip of the wooden match. The flames made the light from the torch flicker eerily.
"What do you guys want to play now?" I asked.
"Skye, can we play lacrosse?" Allen begged. I looked at my cousins.
"Is that OK?" I asked. They agreed.
TEAMS
Green
Rafe
Skye
Alden
Allen
Yellow
Austin
Danny
Evelyn
Mallory
I explained the rules to Danny, Rafe and Evelyn. I answered questions and explained it again. As I concluded with "two hands on the stick at all times," I picked my green stick up and got the ball out of a box. We started out on the wooden porch. Yellow team, first possession. Evelyn tossed the ball to Mallory. She caught it and ran towards the goal and shot. Blocked by goalie Alden! Green team in possession! Alden passes to Allen. Catch!
Allen passes to Rafe! Rafe drops it! He picks it up with his foot and takes off running! We score!
This is great, I thought.
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The yellow team had just won, and we were all coming inside, sweaty and grass-stained, the lot of us when the doorbell rang.
"Pizza!" Allen, Alden and Austin yelled. I ran to the door. I whipped open the door. Oh man! Did we order all these pizzas?
"Grandma! Pizza's here!" She came to the door. I smiled at the pizza boy and walked back into the living room. I took of my shoes and flicked on the TV.
"Peace talks remain-."
"And in today's news-."
"I tawt I taw a puddy-tat!"
"I dunno, Shawn. I don't think I should steal my dad's car." Ah. Boy Meets World. Finally, something good, I thought as I finished flicking through the channels. The boys screamed.
"No, Skye!"
"This show sucks!"
"Change it!" I held the remote up over my head where they couldn't get it.
"No! I chose Boy Meets World!" I shouted. The adults yelled at us to stop screaming. We all sat down. Then Allen decided to whine horribly.
"Dragon Ball Z's on, followed by Pokemon!" he yelped. I wanted to shout "So WHAT?" But I couldn't. I forked over the remote and went into the kitchen for my pizza and Krazy Bread. I served myself 2 slices of the cheese and pepperoni, stuffed crust, and 2 Krazy Breadsticks.
I turned around, and I noticed Rafe had followed me. I looked at him.
"Why aren't you watching the violent content of Dragon Ball Z with the guys and Mallory?" I asked. He shrugged.
"Just don't feel like it." I accepted that answer and sat down at the table. Rafe took some pizza and breadsticks.
"Rafe, we still need to find out how you got here." I looked at him. He frowned, thinking hard.
"And why I did, too." He smiled.
"Yeah, that's true." I pondered as Allen, Alden and Austin screamed during a battle on TV. I nibbled my pizza.
"Why do you think that Danny and Evelyn are here with me?" he asked, baffled. I shrugged.
"We'll just have to figure that out."
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End of chapter 10. Reviews will be appreciated.
TO 2001!
Chapter 10 (we made it!)
The motorcar clattered across the rickety wooden bridge. I patted Rafe on the back as he muttered a prayer repeatedly as we rattled across it. I had to admit it. I felt bad for him. I guess I identified with him. I had been freaked out the first time I rode the car too, but seeing the guys I had spent about 3 days dissing like this was too much. I had to calm them down, even if it was unlike me.
Rafe looked a bit surprised at the end of the bridge. He opened his eyes. "We're-we're ALIVE!" he said to me, so relieved he forgot to say 'ma'am.' I frowned. Then again, maybe Austin was right. He and Danny might be sissies. Oh well, so much for the goody-goody act.
But then, there it was. The screeching sound of the brakes. No gas, it meant. A long walk, it meant. Blisters the size of Alaska, it meant. I wanted to scream. I wanted to jump up and down and cry my eyes out. Paw-Paw grimaced and shook his fists. I had to admit; it was funny. My cousins and Allen and I all exchanged a look, and we shook with silent laughter.
But it wasn't funny anymore. The sun was setting slowly and it cast a spooky orangey glow on the fields of corn and wheat and the huge pond in the middle of the corn forest. I frowned again. I stood up and got out of the motorcar.
"Better start pushin' it back."
***************************
"Skye, I'm TIRED!" Mallory griped. I sighed and stopped.
"Sit here, hon." I put he into the seat in the now useless, gasless car and continued to push it.
"Skye!" Danny said shrilly.
'Shut up, she's seven, you're um, I don't know how old! So you will help us!" I barked, exhausted, and we were nowhere near back yet. I saw Allen, Alden and Austin whispering and giggling. At this point, I didn't care if they were talking about crude, R -rated material. I couldn't cry, I couldn't get a free ride like my cousin. I was the oldest.
"Let's sing a song, you guys." There. The only distraction I could think of. So we sang every NSYNC song we could think of. Still only half way there. Every Christmas song. We were ALMOST there. After finishing the third round of 'Frosty the Snowman,' our families appeared. Evelyn squealed and kissed Rafe. Danny's mouth dropped open. I did it again. I grabbed his hand and gave it a reassuring squeeze. He looked like he was in tears.
It was pitch dark outside. It had taken us two hours to walk back from our place of misery. So I was a bit surprised when Grandma said it.
"Let's go back to my house." So Mallory, Austin, Alden, Allen and I piled into the van, Grandma and Danny in the front.
"Sonic, must have Sonic," my cousins, Allen and I all said at the same time, on cue from me. Grandma sighed and drove into the nearest Sonic.
1. One large vanilla shake for Skye
2. Three grape Slushies for Allen, Alden and Austin.
3. One strawberry limeade for Grandma
4. One medium chocolate shake for Mallory
5. One cherry limeade for Danny.
The waitress carried our drink tray out and handed it to Grandma. She paid and we drove away. I drank my shake like I hadn't had anything to drink in years. Danny gingerly sniffed his and took a drink. He saw how good it was and guzzled it.
I grinned and settled back. Mallory was sitting next to me and the boys were sitting in the back. Mallory and I decided to make bead animals with the bucket of beads I had accidentally left in Grandma's car at one time. I began crafting the second tick I had ever made while I thought about my unusual activities, you know, being 'nice' to Rafe and Danny? Ah, yes you remember now.
My head throbbed as I sipped the icy drink. Was I all right? I really felt kind of cruddy. Come to think of it, my throat did kind of hurt. I shivered involuntarily. I needed a nap. Yep, just a nice, long nap. I had been working way to hard, anyway. And as I dozed off, one thought crossed my mind: I know how my mom feels.
*******************
"Skye! Come on! Grandma and Paw-paw are ordering some pizzas!" I heard Mallory shriek. I shook my head and wiped a small trail of drool off my cheek. I thanked her and got out of the van. Standing up, I noticed the familiar surroundings of Grandma's garage. Boxes of useless items, a basketful of lamps and much more cluttered the room.
I ran inside. "Pizza, stuffed crust!" I shouted. After an angry yell from Paw-Paw, I went out onto the back porch with Austin, Allen, Mallory, Alden, Danny, Rafe and Evelyn.
"Turn on the bug lights, Allen."
"You have to light them!" he yelped. I groaned and ran into the house, seizing a pack of matches.
"Grandma, I'm going to light the bug lights so we can play a game." She nodded. My feet clunked on the wood of the back porch as I walked out to the torches. I lit them and shook out the flame on the tip of the wooden match. The flames made the light from the torch flicker eerily.
"What do you guys want to play now?" I asked.
"Skye, can we play lacrosse?" Allen begged. I looked at my cousins.
"Is that OK?" I asked. They agreed.
TEAMS
Green
Rafe
Skye
Alden
Allen
Yellow
Austin
Danny
Evelyn
Mallory
I explained the rules to Danny, Rafe and Evelyn. I answered questions and explained it again. As I concluded with "two hands on the stick at all times," I picked my green stick up and got the ball out of a box. We started out on the wooden porch. Yellow team, first possession. Evelyn tossed the ball to Mallory. She caught it and ran towards the goal and shot. Blocked by goalie Alden! Green team in possession! Alden passes to Allen. Catch!
Allen passes to Rafe! Rafe drops it! He picks it up with his foot and takes off running! We score!
This is great, I thought.
*************************
The yellow team had just won, and we were all coming inside, sweaty and grass-stained, the lot of us when the doorbell rang.
"Pizza!" Allen, Alden and Austin yelled. I ran to the door. I whipped open the door. Oh man! Did we order all these pizzas?
"Grandma! Pizza's here!" She came to the door. I smiled at the pizza boy and walked back into the living room. I took of my shoes and flicked on the TV.
"Peace talks remain-."
"And in today's news-."
"I tawt I taw a puddy-tat!"
"I dunno, Shawn. I don't think I should steal my dad's car." Ah. Boy Meets World. Finally, something good, I thought as I finished flicking through the channels. The boys screamed.
"No, Skye!"
"This show sucks!"
"Change it!" I held the remote up over my head where they couldn't get it.
"No! I chose Boy Meets World!" I shouted. The adults yelled at us to stop screaming. We all sat down. Then Allen decided to whine horribly.
"Dragon Ball Z's on, followed by Pokemon!" he yelped. I wanted to shout "So WHAT?" But I couldn't. I forked over the remote and went into the kitchen for my pizza and Krazy Bread. I served myself 2 slices of the cheese and pepperoni, stuffed crust, and 2 Krazy Breadsticks.
I turned around, and I noticed Rafe had followed me. I looked at him.
"Why aren't you watching the violent content of Dragon Ball Z with the guys and Mallory?" I asked. He shrugged.
"Just don't feel like it." I accepted that answer and sat down at the table. Rafe took some pizza and breadsticks.
"Rafe, we still need to find out how you got here." I looked at him. He frowned, thinking hard.
"And why I did, too." He smiled.
"Yeah, that's true." I pondered as Allen, Alden and Austin screamed during a battle on TV. I nibbled my pizza.
"Why do you think that Danny and Evelyn are here with me?" he asked, baffled. I shrugged.
"We'll just have to figure that out."
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End of chapter 10. Reviews will be appreciated.