(a/n- Yo, it's me, Loonybin. I'm back. Miss me? I'd like to think so. *slaps herself and starts acting normal and humble again*. Ok, hey. Um…I'm here to write you a story. You're here to read the story and if you're nice review it (hint, hint), so, yeah, uh I informed you what this story will be about in the last authors note, it'll also be longer, so don't worry. It might take longer to upload though, because I posted an X-men fic and I got a good response to it, so I want to write a lot on that too, but the summers coming so I should have enough time to do every thing. I'm not the kind who goes away to camp. I'm the kind who locks herself in her air-conditioned room and types madly on the computer trying to please her audience (actually more trying to please me). so see ya around.
PS- if anyone lives in NJ (New Jersey), NY (New York), or CT (Connecticut). let me know! I live in NJ and it would be great to be able to be in contact with some one!)
PSS- Does anyone know what state Pleasantville is in? 'cause I don't, but I'm assuming it's somewhere up in New England, so bare with me please. If you know please tell me in a review and I'll change the story accordingly.
"You'll be there right Tommy?" Cass's voice sounded urgent over the phone.
"Cass, I told you, I'll meet you at the airport in an hour." I said. "Merton won't disappear if I'm five minutes late y'know."
"Fine, I'll see you there then." She sounded happier. "Josh, says hello also."
"Tell him I love him and I'll see him later."
"'k," she said. "bye. Lori and I are leaving now."
The phone clicked down leaving me with a dial tone. I stepped out of the phone booth and walked away down the street.
You might be a little confused. Where's Merton you might
be asking, who's Josh? Well I can straighten some of it out. after graduating
from Pleasantville High Merton, Lori and I had all gone on to State U. (a/n- I
could give State U name if I had state! Arg! I am now inventing one. From this
point on they live in…Massachusetts.)
Merton was now finished with his studies in Europe, he'd
majored in genetic science. Now he was coming home, and we were supposed to
pick him up from the airport. Last time I'd seen him we'd gotten into a fight.
He convinced Cass to leave State U and take classes at Smith; told her that she
could do a lot better than the state college. She was now working towards becoming
a vet. We'd gotten over that fight though and Cass had gone, luckily it was
close to the apartment we rented so we still saw each other every day.
But the important thing now was to get to the airport, so Cass and Lori didn't hurt me for being late.
I wasn't late, in fact I was early, and got to Boston Airport before the girls. I stood waiting for them in the A terminal. They arrived about fifteen minutes later, but still within the hour they'd made me promise for.
"Hey Tommy." Lori said grinning.
"where were you guys?" I asked.
"Traffic. It was awful for this time of day." Said Cass,
kissing me on the cheek.
"Mom stuck up her middle finger at a big truck." Josh told me. he was only five, but he was wise beyond his years in the art of cursing; particularly because Cass did tend to a lot, and she didn't care who was around to hear her.
"and then the truck tried to go around us, and it almost hit us. Mom grew fangs." He continued.
"Let's go inside." Cass suggested. "Now."
Josh walked next to me and continued to tell of their adventure on the highway. We walked up to the screen looking for Merton's plane.
"On time." Lori read happily. "it's in gate 29, over that
way." She pointed to her left.
"says it just came in." Cass said. "C'mon he's expecting us."
We walked passed all the grumpy and hassled travelers until we came upon gate 29. they hadn't began letting people off yet, so Cass and I sat down. Josh dragged Lori over to look at the planes.
"you look tired." Cass observed.
"I had finals all week." I said grimly.
"Oh, sorry, I forgot." She apologized. "Look, they're coming off."
Lori and Josh had noticed too. I scanned the trail of people for a few minutes before I found him. He looked different; it was the way he carried himself. He saw Lori and Josh, an grinned. He walked, no not walked, sauntered over to them. He'd obviously gained an incredible amount of confidence over in Europe.
"Merton!" Cass yelled.
He put Josh on his shoulders and came over to us. At close range I noticed more changes too. He still dressed in black of course, nothing would ever change that. But he'd grown a small goatee, and he had an earring in one ear.
"Tommy! Cass!" he cried. He lost the saunter and turned it into a run.
"I'm so glad you're back." Cass squeezed him as hard as she could (that's pretty hard).
"So how was it?" I asked him, while I hugged him.
"It was pretty cool." He said. "But you don't know how glad I am to be back here. I missed you guys."
"Yeah, you didn't have anyone to experiment on." Lori teased.
"No actually, I really like you people." He said, grinning. "Let's walk while we talk, shall we? My stuff'll be coming in soon."
"A lot happened while you were gone." Lori offered.
"Supernatural stuff?" Merton asked hopefully. "Has Pleasantville stayed as ghoulish as it always had been?"
"Actually we're talking all of Massachusetts." I corrected.
"Awesome." Merton had a sort of dreamy look in his eye. I had a feeling he was thinking about our high-school days of kick ass fighting.
"I got kidnapped." Josh said from Merton's shoulder.
"hmm," Merton laughed. "And who had the pleasure of getting their asses kicked that time?"
"The Syndicate." Cass rolled her eyes. "We got rid of them though, this time, for good. We wiped them out."
"Any other baddies come to town?"
"we had the pleasure of accommodating, a Cyclops, more vampires, androids, alternate universe's, warlocks, elves, leprechauns, and a person who believed that he was Superman. There were some others, but I can't remember them right now." I told him.
"someone that believed he was superman?" Merton sounded skeptical.
"we painted a rock green and he though it was kryptonite, then he left." Lori shrugged.
"I missed all this?" Merton shook his head and rubbed hit goatee. "I am soooo sticking around from now on."
Merton collected his suitcases and we left for the exit.
"Do your parents know about Josh yet?" Merton asked Cass and I.
"Nope." Cass muttered.
"have you told them anything about your lives?"
"we prefer to keep them out of it as much as possible." I said, raising an eyebrow. Why was he brining this up?
"The only reason I ask," he began to answer my question. "is because I might be moving back to London…permanently."
Lori spun around. "Excuse me?!"
Merton looked a little guilty as he lowered Josh from his shoulders. Lori was glaring at him, while Cass and I just looked stunned.
"why?" Cass finally asked.
"I d'know." he shook his head. "Nothings definite yet, I need to talk to my parents."
Lori pursed her lips, and folded her arms. Her features clouded over as she leaned on her car.
"Listen," Merton turned to us. "none of us is going to stay in Pleasantville forever. I just figure I'd better get started on a future now, before it's too late."
I started lifting his suitcases into the trunk. Lori and Cass were conferring by the parking meter. It looked as if Lori was feeling a little better.
"Tommy," said Merton. "if I do go to live in Europe, all of you should come."
I stared at him wide eyed. "Live in London?"
"Just a thought, because y'know…oh I can't think of an excuse, just think about it ok?"
Next Wednesday Lori, Cass and I took the day off from college to spend the day with Merton and Josh. We all met at a small park in Boston to decide what to do for the day. We'd been to all the museums so we were looking through the tour book to see if there were any conventions or fairs at this time of year.
"The county fair starts tonight at 7:00." Read Merton. "Until then there're two conventions we could go to. A Brady Bunch convention and a Sci-Fic convention."
"Sci-fic." Said Cass, shuddering at the thought of
spending the day around Brady Bunch maniacs. (a/n- if any of you readers are
Brady Bunch fans, no offense was intended.)
"any one for Brady Bunch?" asked Merton. We all shook our heads. "well then, Sci-fic it is."
we walked over to a patch of land that had been cleared. There was a large, white bubble, tent in which the convention was being held. There was a steady stream of people filing in, so we joined the line. The line moved quickly so we were soon inside the bubble. It was a lot bigger than it looked from the out side. There was booths set up around the perimeter and in the middle there were a few autograph tables where various stars sat.
"Oh my God!" I heard Lori mutter. "Cass, is that who I think it is?"
Lori gestured to one of the autograph tables. They both screamed. Merton and I covered their mouths.
"Get off." Cass struggled in my grip. "I'll shut up."
Merton released Lori after she tried to bite him, and they proceeded to tell what they were screaming about.
"Look," Cass pointed. "that's Lucy Lawless."
"Who?" Merton and I asked at the same time.
Lori's mouth dropped open. "You don't know who Lucy Lawless is? For crying out loud, she's Xena: Warrior Princess. You know, forged into the heat of battle?"
"Ah." Merton nodded slowly. "So why don't you stop screaming, and go talk to her?"
Cass and Lori were giggling like mad as they ran off. Merton and I took Josh and went to explore some of the other booths. We weren't big sci-fic fans, but some of it was sorta interesting, especially to Merton. We wandered over to one of the many Star Trek booths. The girl sitting behind the counter grinned at us as we walked up. she was wearing a large Star Trek tee-shirt with the voyager crew across it. She also had a COM badge and a phaser. All in all, she was a total Trekkie.
"Hey," she stood up. "I'm Char. You guys Trekkies?"
"Uh, no." Merton answered quickly. "we're just browsing."
"Oh." She picked up one of the things on the display and started fiddling with some of the buttons.
"What's that?" I asked.
"Tricorder." She said nonchalantly. "I'm scanning you."
"Ok." Said Merton slowly in his, 'I'm talking to a nutcase' voice. "You know that thing doesn't really work."
"Yeah it does." Char shrugged. "You're middle name is Jared."
"Jared?!" I laughed. "You always said that it was an awful middle name. Jared isn't that bad."
"How'd you know that?" Merton asked her.
"My tricorder." Char answered innocently.
Merton and I looked at each other. He raised his eyebrows and shrugged. That meant, let's move away from here now. I nodded.
"we're gonna go look at some of the other stuff." I told her. she gave us a slightly disappointed look but then turned back to her many toys. I took Josh's hand and followed Merton threw the think crowd. We hooked up with the girls by the autograph tables, and continued to walk around. Merton told them about the girl with the tricorder. Lori laughed.
"It was probably just a lucky guess." She said. "Merton it's like you're looking for something to fight."
"I've never told anyone that my middle name is Jared." He said. "It just doesn't have that certain ring to it; Merton Jared Dingle. Merton J. Dingle sounds a heck of a lot better."
All of us nodded and agreed with him, so he wouldn't harp on the issue.
"Look at all the stand up card board thingies." Cass pointed out. we'd walked into a section where someone was selling a lot of life sized characters.
"Creepy." Lori said looking around.
"Why would anyone want these in their rooms?" I asked.
"It's not like they move." Merton knocked one with a fist. "They're not gonna attack you in the night."
I still ask him why the hell he had to go and say that…
To be continued
(a\n- my mom's calling me to come put the dishes in the dishwasher, so I'd best be going. TTFN- Tata for now. Please r/r)