Disclaimer: I want to make it known that I do not own Rafe, Danny, Evelyn.
I also do not own Mario Tennis. It belongs to Nintendo. And I don't own
'Smells Like Teen Spirit', as it belongs to Nirvana (I love that song,
though).
A/N: Lookie here, chapter 21…and that 'special event' is in this chapter…whee…
To 2001!
I creep down the hall, leaping into the kitchen where I hear a noise. I look up, seeing the fridge is open. I slowly walk over to the other side, but no one is there. I look into the fridge and it seems like no one is there, but all of a sudden, a large green blob falls out at my feet, and he's calling to me.
"Skye, I've come for your SOUL!" he shouts. But then his voice changes. "Skye, Lionel wants us to go to the zoo with him," a new voice says.
I sat up hurriedly, only to see Evelyn staring at me.
"Evelyn, you're not the blob!" I said loudly, sounding very stupid.
"Uh, I didn't think I was. Anyway, Lionel wants Allen to go to the zoo with him," she said slowly. I glanced up at her.
"What? I thought you said he wanted all of us to go!" Evelyn shrugged. I shook my head. "Yeah, sure, whatever. He can go." Allen and Lionel stood in the doorway, watching me sleep. They cheered loudly and ran up and down the halls screaming. My head throbbed.
"Thanks Skye!" Allen shouted. I handed him a few ten dollar bills and a bottle of sunblock.
"Don't spend all of that money. I want some change back," I warned. Allen picked up his floppy alien hat. I sat at the kitchen table. I stole a glance at Danny, who was chewing his Lucky Charms. Rafe was sleeping down the hall, and Evelyn had gone down the hall to talk to him. Danny looked up at me.
"What is it?" he asked. It's now or never, I thought.
"It's nothing," I said. Arrrgh! I was such an imbecile! I have just blown it totally, I thought to myself. "Uh…you want me to teach you how to play Nintendo? I'll show you how to play Mario Tennis." It was the least suggestion I could make. He smiled.
"Sure!" Danny said. I led him into the living room and we sat on the floor. I set the TV up and flipped on the switch.
"Okay, this is what you do…"
-*-*-*-*-*-*-
By three o'clock Danny was a Mario Tennis master. I don't mean to gloat, but he did learn from the best. Okay, alright. He was even better than I was. He smiled proudly.
"Er…can I talk to you for a second?" I found myself spitting.
"Of course." So there was no way to take it back.
"Well, Danny. I just want you to know that I like you. A lot. In that way. You know." Oh my god! I was about ready to begin foaming at the mouth, going into convulsions on the living room floor. I was practically dead!
I was really scared. Time seemed to freeze. I could have ripped out my hair. I could have wet my pants (which I didn't, by the way!). I was ready to have a total mental collapse. It wasn't like I hadn't told a guy I liked him before. I did that most of the time, I realized.
But Danny was so different. He wasn't like other guys I had liked before. He was sweet, he knew me well. He was kind, and comforting. What was I going to do about this?
"Well?" I asked. He didn't say anything. But just then…
He kissed me.
Danny Walker, Army pilot, pulled me into a deep kiss from where we were sitting on the floor in my living room. I was shocked, but I kissed him right back. The kiss ended and we looked at each other.
"What was that for?" I asked, suddenly very shy and still in a total state of awe over what had just happened between the two of us. Danny visibly blushed.
"I like you too, Skye. I just didn't think that you were like…liking my the same way. You know," he said. He had a cute smile on his face. I blushed and wrapped him in a tight hug. He hugged me back.
"Well, I'm going down to my room," I said. I walked down the hall and opened my door. I shut it gently. I flopped down onto the bed. I sighed.
"God..." I thought. What was wrong? My first kiss was supposed to make me feel all…I dunno…floopy inside. It had, don't get me wrong. But that wasn't all I felt. I was scared. Scared I had wrecked things with Danny, scared I would be mocked by anyone who found out.
This wasn't how it was supposed to be.
"Maybe some music will calm me down," I thought aloud. I put my burnt CD into my CD player and turned it on. 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' by Nirvana began playing from the speakers. I picked up my notebook and began committing more time to my newest pastime: writing my own movie reviews.
After about half an hour, dear little Allen came home. He walked in my room.
"Danny told me to ask you if you were all right. He's still playing Mario Tennis and he wants me to teach him how to play Banjo Kazooie: Part Two," he said, setting down a ten dollar bill and a few coins on my desk.
"'Kay," I said, not looking up.
"Skye, did you beat Danny with a spatula after he beat you at Mario Tennis?" Allen asked. I sighed.
"No Allen, I did not assault Danny with a spatula," I said. Allen shrugged and left. There was a knock on the door. I told the person to come in. It was Danny.
"Are you okay?" he asked. I sighed.
"Yeah. I'm sorry. I guess I got freaked out a little," I explained as Danny closed the door so we could talk.
"Oh," he said, trying to understand.
"I was just scared. I mean, haven't you heard stories about people who's friendships get totally screwed with when they decide to be a couple?"
"Yeah, and I've seen it first hand," Danny said bitterly. He looked back at me.
"I mean, I always considered you my friend, even if you were kind of a pain," I ventured. "I just didn't want to lose that!" Danny got a kind smile on his face and hugged me. He kissed the top of my head.
"It's okay," he said. "And even Allen, and Rafe, and Evelyn don't have to know." I smiled gratefully. I was about to thank him, when I heard a scream.
"Holy crap!" It was Allen.
A/N: Lookie here, chapter 21…and that 'special event' is in this chapter…whee…
To 2001!
I creep down the hall, leaping into the kitchen where I hear a noise. I look up, seeing the fridge is open. I slowly walk over to the other side, but no one is there. I look into the fridge and it seems like no one is there, but all of a sudden, a large green blob falls out at my feet, and he's calling to me.
"Skye, I've come for your SOUL!" he shouts. But then his voice changes. "Skye, Lionel wants us to go to the zoo with him," a new voice says.
I sat up hurriedly, only to see Evelyn staring at me.
"Evelyn, you're not the blob!" I said loudly, sounding very stupid.
"Uh, I didn't think I was. Anyway, Lionel wants Allen to go to the zoo with him," she said slowly. I glanced up at her.
"What? I thought you said he wanted all of us to go!" Evelyn shrugged. I shook my head. "Yeah, sure, whatever. He can go." Allen and Lionel stood in the doorway, watching me sleep. They cheered loudly and ran up and down the halls screaming. My head throbbed.
"Thanks Skye!" Allen shouted. I handed him a few ten dollar bills and a bottle of sunblock.
"Don't spend all of that money. I want some change back," I warned. Allen picked up his floppy alien hat. I sat at the kitchen table. I stole a glance at Danny, who was chewing his Lucky Charms. Rafe was sleeping down the hall, and Evelyn had gone down the hall to talk to him. Danny looked up at me.
"What is it?" he asked. It's now or never, I thought.
"It's nothing," I said. Arrrgh! I was such an imbecile! I have just blown it totally, I thought to myself. "Uh…you want me to teach you how to play Nintendo? I'll show you how to play Mario Tennis." It was the least suggestion I could make. He smiled.
"Sure!" Danny said. I led him into the living room and we sat on the floor. I set the TV up and flipped on the switch.
"Okay, this is what you do…"
-*-*-*-*-*-*-
By three o'clock Danny was a Mario Tennis master. I don't mean to gloat, but he did learn from the best. Okay, alright. He was even better than I was. He smiled proudly.
"Er…can I talk to you for a second?" I found myself spitting.
"Of course." So there was no way to take it back.
"Well, Danny. I just want you to know that I like you. A lot. In that way. You know." Oh my god! I was about ready to begin foaming at the mouth, going into convulsions on the living room floor. I was practically dead!
I was really scared. Time seemed to freeze. I could have ripped out my hair. I could have wet my pants (which I didn't, by the way!). I was ready to have a total mental collapse. It wasn't like I hadn't told a guy I liked him before. I did that most of the time, I realized.
But Danny was so different. He wasn't like other guys I had liked before. He was sweet, he knew me well. He was kind, and comforting. What was I going to do about this?
"Well?" I asked. He didn't say anything. But just then…
He kissed me.
Danny Walker, Army pilot, pulled me into a deep kiss from where we were sitting on the floor in my living room. I was shocked, but I kissed him right back. The kiss ended and we looked at each other.
"What was that for?" I asked, suddenly very shy and still in a total state of awe over what had just happened between the two of us. Danny visibly blushed.
"I like you too, Skye. I just didn't think that you were like…liking my the same way. You know," he said. He had a cute smile on his face. I blushed and wrapped him in a tight hug. He hugged me back.
"Well, I'm going down to my room," I said. I walked down the hall and opened my door. I shut it gently. I flopped down onto the bed. I sighed.
"God..." I thought. What was wrong? My first kiss was supposed to make me feel all…I dunno…floopy inside. It had, don't get me wrong. But that wasn't all I felt. I was scared. Scared I had wrecked things with Danny, scared I would be mocked by anyone who found out.
This wasn't how it was supposed to be.
"Maybe some music will calm me down," I thought aloud. I put my burnt CD into my CD player and turned it on. 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' by Nirvana began playing from the speakers. I picked up my notebook and began committing more time to my newest pastime: writing my own movie reviews.
After about half an hour, dear little Allen came home. He walked in my room.
"Danny told me to ask you if you were all right. He's still playing Mario Tennis and he wants me to teach him how to play Banjo Kazooie: Part Two," he said, setting down a ten dollar bill and a few coins on my desk.
"'Kay," I said, not looking up.
"Skye, did you beat Danny with a spatula after he beat you at Mario Tennis?" Allen asked. I sighed.
"No Allen, I did not assault Danny with a spatula," I said. Allen shrugged and left. There was a knock on the door. I told the person to come in. It was Danny.
"Are you okay?" he asked. I sighed.
"Yeah. I'm sorry. I guess I got freaked out a little," I explained as Danny closed the door so we could talk.
"Oh," he said, trying to understand.
"I was just scared. I mean, haven't you heard stories about people who's friendships get totally screwed with when they decide to be a couple?"
"Yeah, and I've seen it first hand," Danny said bitterly. He looked back at me.
"I mean, I always considered you my friend, even if you were kind of a pain," I ventured. "I just didn't want to lose that!" Danny got a kind smile on his face and hugged me. He kissed the top of my head.
"It's okay," he said. "And even Allen, and Rafe, and Evelyn don't have to know." I smiled gratefully. I was about to thank him, when I heard a scream.
"Holy crap!" It was Allen.