A/N: Hello everyone and thanx for the reviews! I had the second part written up and unsaved and before I could get it on my disk the power went out!(Mental Note" Always save the document "First", then write it. So this is the second version of chapter two, sorry the last one was kinda short, but I found a good place to end it and I really didn't want to push it too far. Anyway, this one's longer. I'll try and make em at least 1000-1200 words from now on. R&R!
Disclaimer:I DO NOT own HA! Not that I wouldn't like to, I just don't.
P.S: Anything that has one or more of these "*" near them will have an explanation at the bottom.
The time was 8:45 in the morning, just before the school bell would ring. The day was exceptionally dark and overcast, giving the appearance of rain or a possible storm. And although the springtime humidity should have made things slightly warm, a deep chill occupied it's place. Buses, once filled with noise and unimportant gossip, started their engines for the second time that morning with slight jerks and puffs of exhaust that hung on the air, empty.
Every student that was in front of P.S 118 that morning was involved in some kid of activity. Yet as all the children were engrossed in idle conversations, rushes to finish up the previous night's homework, and small games of hopscotch and jump rope, one stood off alone, unaware of them all. This young 4th grade boy with blond hair, sea green eyes, and a slightly "oblong" head seemed to be staring at the clouds, in search of something...or someone-
"Hey Arnold!"
Arnold turned his head away from his interrupted thoughts in slight surprise and then smiled as he saw his best friend, a deep-toned boy with a raspy voice and unusually tall hair approach.
"Hey Gerald," came his slightly less-enthusiastic reply. Both boys placed their fists together and wiggled their thumbs. A traditional symbol of their strong friendship. Upon finishing this "secret handshake", Arnold turned his attention back to the sky overhead, as did his friend. Gerald frowned and a disappointed look came to his face.
"I guess we're not gonna be having practice today. Man, these Spring showers keep messing up our schedule. At this rate we'll have to cancel with Wolfgang on Saturday."
It took a second before Gerald realized that Arnold wasn't paying attention, but instead still staring at the ominous scene above them both.
"Arnold! Hey, hey Arnold!" He began to snap his fingers in front of Arnold's face, hoping to break his stare. Finally, with a slight jolt Arnold awoke form his trance-like state. With an apologetic look he turned to his best friend,
"Sorry Gerald, I was just thinking..."
The dark-skinned boy raised one of his eyebrows in curiosity.
"That's cool Arnold, but what's got you so preoccupied?"
Arnold sighed heavily and turned his gaze down to the ground.
"Well it's just-"
However, as he was about to finish, the bell rang. And before the sentence could even escape him, both boys had been pulled into the rushing herd of students, entering the school building.
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Slowly the day passed, subject by subject went without interruption. Math, History, English and Science. Finally it came time for lunch, and as the bell sounded, hordes of children, 1st grade through 6th, piled into the cafeteria to partake of whatever food they might have.
But even at this most happiest time of freedom from the boredom of school, Arnold still seemed lost in his own thoughts. And by now, Gerald was becoming slightly wearied,
"Look Arnold, I know somethin's buggin' ya, so why don't you just tell me what it is already?"
Arnold turned his head down, as he had done earlier that morning when asked the same question by his friend,
"Well, it's just...haven't you noticed that things have been seeming a little weird around here?"
Gerald took a glance around the cafeteria. Curly was jumping on his lunch tray while it was still on the table singing the latest Ronnie Matthew's song, a capella*, Sheena and Eugene were practicing their latest choreography steps and **Choclate Boy was trying to break Harold's record of eating 50 Mr. Fudgie's in a row. He turned to Arnold with a bland look,
"Nope."
Arnold turned back toward Gerald and rolled his eyes with a slight smile and a sigh. Then he quickly became serious again.
"No Gerald, I mean like weird...like the weather for instance."
Gerald spared a glance toward the window, and saw the still continuing dark clouds.
"Come on man, we just had a spring shower last week, there's nothin' weird about rain in April."
The blonde boy looked towards the window as well, shaking his ever-so*** slightly.
"It's not the rain...haven't you noticed how dark those clouds are? They look almost like heavy snow clouds they're so dark. And what about how cold it's been today. It has to be at most 50 degrees, and yesterday it was 70. Last night it was even 65. Temperature couldn't have changed that fast?" The 9 year old looked to Gerald for his response,
"Arnold, is that all your worried about, a little weather disturbance. Just watch the news, I'm sure it's just a shift in the winds or something. Remember when we had that flash flood? It was a perfect day one minute, then torrential rains the next."
"It's not just that Gerald, there's something else..."
"What man?"
"Well..." Arnold took a deep breath, and seemed to be thinking about whether he should say what he was thinking over, "it's just that...I don't know, something feels strange...different. Like there's something missing or out of place or something."
Gerald placed his hand on Arnold's shoulder, "Now Arnold, you know I'm always behind you 110%, but your over thinkin' things man. There's nothin' wrong with a little rain and an out of season breeze...unless it messes up our baseball practice." He ended jokingly. Arnold gave slight smile and tried to put his deliberations out of his head...or at least give the appearance that he was.
"Now, are we still on for our checkers game tonight?"
The boys continued their conversations as usual, talking about the new sequel to the "Evil Twin" series, the science quiz, and everything they could think of...they didn't even notice the small drop of neon red light, that had appeared just outside the window...
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*a capella means singing a song without backround music of any kind
** I know that from the new season of eps Choclate Boy is now addicted to radishes and has pretty much kicked the choclate habit. Please just go along with it and don't constatly point it out to me.
***Yes, sue me, I used the phrase "ever-so" (or is that considered a conjunction?) and Lila didn't have any dialogue. PLEASE don't hurt me!!!:(
A/N: Well, that's it for now. Expect chapter 3 in a day or so. Oh and I was wondering if you guys could help me with something. Someone gave me one of these Backstreet Boy's CD's that were a Burger King Promotion. I got CD#2 and on the last track, 7 (whihc is unlisted) there's thing song that I think is called "My Religion". I think Britney (sp?) Spears is singing it but I can't quite tell, does anyone know? I really like the song and it's been killing me! Thanx!
Disclaimer:I DO NOT own HA! Not that I wouldn't like to, I just don't.
P.S: Anything that has one or more of these "*" near them will have an explanation at the bottom.
The time was 8:45 in the morning, just before the school bell would ring. The day was exceptionally dark and overcast, giving the appearance of rain or a possible storm. And although the springtime humidity should have made things slightly warm, a deep chill occupied it's place. Buses, once filled with noise and unimportant gossip, started their engines for the second time that morning with slight jerks and puffs of exhaust that hung on the air, empty.
Every student that was in front of P.S 118 that morning was involved in some kid of activity. Yet as all the children were engrossed in idle conversations, rushes to finish up the previous night's homework, and small games of hopscotch and jump rope, one stood off alone, unaware of them all. This young 4th grade boy with blond hair, sea green eyes, and a slightly "oblong" head seemed to be staring at the clouds, in search of something...or someone-
"Hey Arnold!"
Arnold turned his head away from his interrupted thoughts in slight surprise and then smiled as he saw his best friend, a deep-toned boy with a raspy voice and unusually tall hair approach.
"Hey Gerald," came his slightly less-enthusiastic reply. Both boys placed their fists together and wiggled their thumbs. A traditional symbol of their strong friendship. Upon finishing this "secret handshake", Arnold turned his attention back to the sky overhead, as did his friend. Gerald frowned and a disappointed look came to his face.
"I guess we're not gonna be having practice today. Man, these Spring showers keep messing up our schedule. At this rate we'll have to cancel with Wolfgang on Saturday."
It took a second before Gerald realized that Arnold wasn't paying attention, but instead still staring at the ominous scene above them both.
"Arnold! Hey, hey Arnold!" He began to snap his fingers in front of Arnold's face, hoping to break his stare. Finally, with a slight jolt Arnold awoke form his trance-like state. With an apologetic look he turned to his best friend,
"Sorry Gerald, I was just thinking..."
The dark-skinned boy raised one of his eyebrows in curiosity.
"That's cool Arnold, but what's got you so preoccupied?"
Arnold sighed heavily and turned his gaze down to the ground.
"Well it's just-"
However, as he was about to finish, the bell rang. And before the sentence could even escape him, both boys had been pulled into the rushing herd of students, entering the school building.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Slowly the day passed, subject by subject went without interruption. Math, History, English and Science. Finally it came time for lunch, and as the bell sounded, hordes of children, 1st grade through 6th, piled into the cafeteria to partake of whatever food they might have.
But even at this most happiest time of freedom from the boredom of school, Arnold still seemed lost in his own thoughts. And by now, Gerald was becoming slightly wearied,
"Look Arnold, I know somethin's buggin' ya, so why don't you just tell me what it is already?"
Arnold turned his head down, as he had done earlier that morning when asked the same question by his friend,
"Well, it's just...haven't you noticed that things have been seeming a little weird around here?"
Gerald took a glance around the cafeteria. Curly was jumping on his lunch tray while it was still on the table singing the latest Ronnie Matthew's song, a capella*, Sheena and Eugene were practicing their latest choreography steps and **Choclate Boy was trying to break Harold's record of eating 50 Mr. Fudgie's in a row. He turned to Arnold with a bland look,
"Nope."
Arnold turned back toward Gerald and rolled his eyes with a slight smile and a sigh. Then he quickly became serious again.
"No Gerald, I mean like weird...like the weather for instance."
Gerald spared a glance toward the window, and saw the still continuing dark clouds.
"Come on man, we just had a spring shower last week, there's nothin' weird about rain in April."
The blonde boy looked towards the window as well, shaking his ever-so*** slightly.
"It's not the rain...haven't you noticed how dark those clouds are? They look almost like heavy snow clouds they're so dark. And what about how cold it's been today. It has to be at most 50 degrees, and yesterday it was 70. Last night it was even 65. Temperature couldn't have changed that fast?" The 9 year old looked to Gerald for his response,
"Arnold, is that all your worried about, a little weather disturbance. Just watch the news, I'm sure it's just a shift in the winds or something. Remember when we had that flash flood? It was a perfect day one minute, then torrential rains the next."
"It's not just that Gerald, there's something else..."
"What man?"
"Well..." Arnold took a deep breath, and seemed to be thinking about whether he should say what he was thinking over, "it's just that...I don't know, something feels strange...different. Like there's something missing or out of place or something."
Gerald placed his hand on Arnold's shoulder, "Now Arnold, you know I'm always behind you 110%, but your over thinkin' things man. There's nothin' wrong with a little rain and an out of season breeze...unless it messes up our baseball practice." He ended jokingly. Arnold gave slight smile and tried to put his deliberations out of his head...or at least give the appearance that he was.
"Now, are we still on for our checkers game tonight?"
The boys continued their conversations as usual, talking about the new sequel to the "Evil Twin" series, the science quiz, and everything they could think of...they didn't even notice the small drop of neon red light, that had appeared just outside the window...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*a capella means singing a song without backround music of any kind
** I know that from the new season of eps Choclate Boy is now addicted to radishes and has pretty much kicked the choclate habit. Please just go along with it and don't constatly point it out to me.
***Yes, sue me, I used the phrase "ever-so" (or is that considered a conjunction?) and Lila didn't have any dialogue. PLEASE don't hurt me!!!:(
A/N: Well, that's it for now. Expect chapter 3 in a day or so. Oh and I was wondering if you guys could help me with something. Someone gave me one of these Backstreet Boy's CD's that were a Burger King Promotion. I got CD#2 and on the last track, 7 (whihc is unlisted) there's thing song that I think is called "My Religion". I think Britney (sp?) Spears is singing it but I can't quite tell, does anyone know? I really like the song and it's been killing me! Thanx!