I want to say thanks to everyone who replied and to apologize for the
format of my first chapter! Anyway here you go!!!
"WHAT!!!!!" T.J. exclaimed "I thought you were giving me your candy!"
"Well we totally are." Ashley T said casually.
"But you must be an Ashley!" Ashley A finished the sentence.
"I'll never be one of YOU" T.J. said defiantly.
"Like, yah you will it says in your contract paragraph six " Ashley A said triumphantly "And if you don't become an Ashley we can take it to King Bob!!"
"Your stupid friend wanted a tire so much he didn't read the contract" Ashley T explained
"Now totally everyone in school is gonna call you Ashley" Ashley B giggled.
"Well there is like, ONE way out of the contract" Ashley Q teased.
T.J. stared hard at her ready to sacrifice anything for his freedom "You must give us your hat!" except for that.
With that the bell rang and T.J. left as quickly as possible while the rest of the Ashley's stayed behind .
"We totally got him" Ashley A said complimenting herself " Not to mention that like, total fashion reject Spinelli!"
"Yeah did you see her when T.J. came with us!" Ashley T laughed evilly.
"Yeah its like so totally obvious she likes him, that's why this was the perfect plan!" Ashley A stated as the left there clubhouse. ****************************************************** " See ya guys later" T.J. and Spinelli said as they waved goodbye to the rest of the gang.
"Hey Teej why'd ya stay in the Ashleys clubhouse for so long, is there that much candy?" Spinelli asked both worried and excited.
T.J. looked into her dark brown eyes that were filled with wonder. "Well." T.J. began, he had tried not to talk about it around the gang but he knew they would find out one way or another "The contract I signed said I had to become an Ashley!"
Spinelli became speechless horrified at the thought knowing she would rather eat lipstick than be an Ashley.
T.J. continued on " And there's only one way I can get out of it! I gotta give them my hat!!!!!!!"
Spinelli's expression became relieved until she saw the distraught look on T.J.'s face.
"You're gonna give up the hat right Teej? Spinelli questioned
"I can't give it up" he explained "its my identity!"
"You'd give up hangin with us for that hat" Spinelli exclaimed
"What good does it do me if none of my friends know who I am without my hat." T.J.countered
"We'd know it was you even without your hat" Spinelli said ending the argument.
With this last comment they came to T.J's house which he enter quickly with just a wave of goodbye to Spinelli. ****************************************************** T.J. had been up in his room for about an hour. He was still unsure about what to do with his hat (and the strange feeling he got when he thought of Spinelli) when his mother called up the stares for him.
"Theodore J. Detweiler come down and set the table!"
T.J. ran down the stares, knowing when she used his full name he had better do whatever she wanted him to. "Hey Mom!" T.J. greeted
"Hi T.J." she said finishing drying a cup "have you seen one of my black high-heeled shoes?"
"Nope, cant say I have" He said then added " Mom I got a question"
"Yes dear" she said as she watched T.J. set the dinner table.
"There's this kid. at school. who umm."TJ stumbled "always wears a shoe on his hand."
"T.J. Detweiler I swear if you start wearing a shoe on your hand I'll." His mom began threateningly .
"No this is uhhh.shoe kid" TJ inturupted.
"Oh, alright that makes a difference" his mother said relieved.
"Well anyway" TJ continued "Shoe kid always wears a shoe on his hand and that's like his trademark that everyone recognizes him by. Then these girls, the Angela's, say there gonna give him candy and all he he has to sign this contract. In the contract it says that he must become an Angela to get the candy but he doesn't want to. Now the only way he won't have to be an Angela is to give them his trademark shoe."
"I don't see why ANYONE would want that shoe" Mrs. Detweiler muttered "but he has to realize what is more important a shoe or freedom and also that just because he doesn't have a shoe his friends won't recognize him.
"Thanks Mom" TJ said as he ran back to his room knowing that what his mom said, was more easier said than done but he had to do it. not for him. not for the Ashleys. but for Spinelli
"Shoe Kid Huh?" his mother said finishing making dinner, then thinking more about it "I'll check his room for my shoe when he's asleep" ****************************************************** The gang walked to school in silence the next morning. When they reached the playground TJ heard the voice he had come to HATE!
"Oh Ashley T J" Ashley A said pleasantly.
"See you guys soon" TJ sighed as he headed towards the Ashley clubhouse.
As he did he looked over his shoulder at Spinelli and saw something he had never seen come from Spinelli A TEAR. With that he knew what he had to do, he came to the entrance of the underground fort but he didn't go in.
"Hey Ashley's" TJ yelled down the hole as he took of his hat "Here ya go!!!"
TJ flung his hat down the entrance and all four Ashley's scrambled for the hat.
"Yes! I'm like totally fashionable now!" Ashley A screamed as she left the clubhouse to show off her new accessory.
"Oh the hat look was so last week!" A sixth grade girl shouted to Ashley A.
"Like, no way it's in this weeks fashion magazine" Ashley A said as she pulled out the zine from her purse. "Oh no!" Ashley A shrieked as she stared at the magazine date printed at the top of the cover '8/15/02'.
"Uh, but,wha." Ashley A stuttered. Then when she came to her senses she was enraged by the end of the hat trend and threw it as hard as she could.
TJ saw this and quickly jumped to catch the hat and then returned it to its rightful place upon his head.
" Teej, you little dufus" Spinelli said running up to him, with the rest of the gang behind her
"I'm back Spin!" he said as he grabbed her and kissed her passionately as she did the same the rest of their friends stared mouths wide open.
When they finally stopped all either of could say was "SCANDELOUS"
"WHAT!!!!!" T.J. exclaimed "I thought you were giving me your candy!"
"Well we totally are." Ashley T said casually.
"But you must be an Ashley!" Ashley A finished the sentence.
"I'll never be one of YOU" T.J. said defiantly.
"Like, yah you will it says in your contract paragraph six " Ashley A said triumphantly "And if you don't become an Ashley we can take it to King Bob!!"
"Your stupid friend wanted a tire so much he didn't read the contract" Ashley T explained
"Now totally everyone in school is gonna call you Ashley" Ashley B giggled.
"Well there is like, ONE way out of the contract" Ashley Q teased.
T.J. stared hard at her ready to sacrifice anything for his freedom "You must give us your hat!" except for that.
With that the bell rang and T.J. left as quickly as possible while the rest of the Ashley's stayed behind .
"We totally got him" Ashley A said complimenting herself " Not to mention that like, total fashion reject Spinelli!"
"Yeah did you see her when T.J. came with us!" Ashley T laughed evilly.
"Yeah its like so totally obvious she likes him, that's why this was the perfect plan!" Ashley A stated as the left there clubhouse. ****************************************************** " See ya guys later" T.J. and Spinelli said as they waved goodbye to the rest of the gang.
"Hey Teej why'd ya stay in the Ashleys clubhouse for so long, is there that much candy?" Spinelli asked both worried and excited.
T.J. looked into her dark brown eyes that were filled with wonder. "Well." T.J. began, he had tried not to talk about it around the gang but he knew they would find out one way or another "The contract I signed said I had to become an Ashley!"
Spinelli became speechless horrified at the thought knowing she would rather eat lipstick than be an Ashley.
T.J. continued on " And there's only one way I can get out of it! I gotta give them my hat!!!!!!!"
Spinelli's expression became relieved until she saw the distraught look on T.J.'s face.
"You're gonna give up the hat right Teej? Spinelli questioned
"I can't give it up" he explained "its my identity!"
"You'd give up hangin with us for that hat" Spinelli exclaimed
"What good does it do me if none of my friends know who I am without my hat." T.J.countered
"We'd know it was you even without your hat" Spinelli said ending the argument.
With this last comment they came to T.J's house which he enter quickly with just a wave of goodbye to Spinelli. ****************************************************** T.J. had been up in his room for about an hour. He was still unsure about what to do with his hat (and the strange feeling he got when he thought of Spinelli) when his mother called up the stares for him.
"Theodore J. Detweiler come down and set the table!"
T.J. ran down the stares, knowing when she used his full name he had better do whatever she wanted him to. "Hey Mom!" T.J. greeted
"Hi T.J." she said finishing drying a cup "have you seen one of my black high-heeled shoes?"
"Nope, cant say I have" He said then added " Mom I got a question"
"Yes dear" she said as she watched T.J. set the dinner table.
"There's this kid. at school. who umm."TJ stumbled "always wears a shoe on his hand."
"T.J. Detweiler I swear if you start wearing a shoe on your hand I'll." His mom began threateningly .
"No this is uhhh.shoe kid" TJ inturupted.
"Oh, alright that makes a difference" his mother said relieved.
"Well anyway" TJ continued "Shoe kid always wears a shoe on his hand and that's like his trademark that everyone recognizes him by. Then these girls, the Angela's, say there gonna give him candy and all he he has to sign this contract. In the contract it says that he must become an Angela to get the candy but he doesn't want to. Now the only way he won't have to be an Angela is to give them his trademark shoe."
"I don't see why ANYONE would want that shoe" Mrs. Detweiler muttered "but he has to realize what is more important a shoe or freedom and also that just because he doesn't have a shoe his friends won't recognize him.
"Thanks Mom" TJ said as he ran back to his room knowing that what his mom said, was more easier said than done but he had to do it. not for him. not for the Ashleys. but for Spinelli
"Shoe Kid Huh?" his mother said finishing making dinner, then thinking more about it "I'll check his room for my shoe when he's asleep" ****************************************************** The gang walked to school in silence the next morning. When they reached the playground TJ heard the voice he had come to HATE!
"Oh Ashley T J" Ashley A said pleasantly.
"See you guys soon" TJ sighed as he headed towards the Ashley clubhouse.
As he did he looked over his shoulder at Spinelli and saw something he had never seen come from Spinelli A TEAR. With that he knew what he had to do, he came to the entrance of the underground fort but he didn't go in.
"Hey Ashley's" TJ yelled down the hole as he took of his hat "Here ya go!!!"
TJ flung his hat down the entrance and all four Ashley's scrambled for the hat.
"Yes! I'm like totally fashionable now!" Ashley A screamed as she left the clubhouse to show off her new accessory.
"Oh the hat look was so last week!" A sixth grade girl shouted to Ashley A.
"Like, no way it's in this weeks fashion magazine" Ashley A said as she pulled out the zine from her purse. "Oh no!" Ashley A shrieked as she stared at the magazine date printed at the top of the cover '8/15/02'.
"Uh, but,wha." Ashley A stuttered. Then when she came to her senses she was enraged by the end of the hat trend and threw it as hard as she could.
TJ saw this and quickly jumped to catch the hat and then returned it to its rightful place upon his head.
" Teej, you little dufus" Spinelli said running up to him, with the rest of the gang behind her
"I'm back Spin!" he said as he grabbed her and kissed her passionately as she did the same the rest of their friends stared mouths wide open.
When they finally stopped all either of could say was "SCANDELOUS"