Postcards,
Popcorn and a Plan
Disclaimer: I don't own IaHB. I do own Jamie's family
members I made them up completely and for those of you who don't like them,
Deal with it.
Genre: General/Romance/Humor
Rating: G
"Jamie honey,
have you told Alex you can't work next week?" Mrs. Waite asked her son.
"Yeah, mom.
Tyler, Hank and Val huge overachievers. They can handle it with out me."
Jamie said.
"Oh, and your
sister Stacey decided to spend the week with a friends in Miami so we have an
extra ticket."
"Aunt Mel isn't
coming with us is she?" Jamie asked whining.
"No I was
thinking you could bring your friend, you know, what's her name….um…" Mrs.
Waite said.
"It's Caite,
mom." Jamie's sister chimed in. "And why is Jamie bringing his
girlfriend, isn't she the weird gothic one?" Jess continued.
"OK, One, She's not
my girlfriend and two, she's not
the "weird gothic one." She's unique." Jamie said.
"Well I think
she's nice, you should bring her." Mrs. Waite said, Jamie didn't want to
subject Catie to a week with his twelve year old sister but he read the tone in her voice. She was not asking him, she was telling him to
bring Catie.
"Fine. I've gatta
go Catie and I are going to see "The Score." Jamie said.
"Ok, See you
later. And you ask her!" His mother called.
"So Caite, Me, My
mom and Jess are going to Palm Beach for a week. Stacey decided not to come so
we have an extra ticket, my mom suggested you come with us." Jamie said.
"Palm Beach?
Sounds great. What's the catch?" Catie asked suspiciously.
"In order to make
the plane we would have to pick you up at 7:00. Tomorrow." Jamie said.
"Whoa. Seven
AM?" Catie asked.
Jamie nodded.
"Well, I guess,
Geez Waite, the things I do for my best friend!" She said
sarcastically.
"So you'll
come?"
"Yea. I'd like
that. Give me a chance to get away from Mr. Perfect and Miss America."
Jamie dropped Catie home and
went back to his house to pack. The second he walked through his door the
interrogation started.
"So is your
pathetic girlfriend going with you guys?" Stacey asked. Jamie hated his
twenty one year old sisters attitude.
"Yea, is she
coming?" Jess asked. He never minded his younger sister.
"Alright, enough
with the questions. Go amuse your selves." Mrs. Waite said.
Stacey and Jess left the room.
"So she's coming
right?" Mrs. Waite asked.
"Yea."
"Great, well go
pack."
Jamie went to his room to pack.
The next day bright and early he was woken up and got into the family mini van.
His sister called it the "Waite mobile." In minutes they were in front of Catie's house.
"Aren't you going
to go get her?" His mother asked.
Jamie rolled his eyes and got
out of the car. He knocked on the door.
"Come on in
Jamie." A voice called.
"Hey Mrs.
Roth." Jamie said.
"Hello Jamie.
Catie's just grabbing her stuff, she's in her room." Mrs. Roth said.
Jamie walked down the hallway to
Catie's room.
"Hey Catie."
"Morning
Jamie." She said. She grabbed her pocketbook and then tried to pick up a
duffle bag full of stuff.
"Such a weakling
Roth." Jamie joked picking up her duffle and carrying it to the car. In a little while they were in the airport.
Mrs. Waite handed out the tickets.
"14A for me, 14 B
for…" She went to hand it to Jamie
but noticing the number handed it to Jess.
"15A for Jamie
and 15B for Catie." Mrs. Waite continued.
"Flight 908 for
Palm Beach now boarding." A voice said.
"That's us."
Mrs. Waite said enthusiastically.
The plane landed in Palm Beach
four hours later.
"Were staying at
my Uncle Tony's beach house. He's mom's brother." Jamie told Catie.
The family got into a rental car
and were soon at a huge beach house feet from the crystal clear water.
"It's so
pretty." Catie said.
A man came running toward them.
"Hey! I'm Tony.
You must be Catie. My little sister told me Jamie was bring his girlfriend."
Jamie turned to his mom and made
a "MOM!" Face.
"Yea. Your house
is really nice," Catie said.
"Thanks, come on
in side."
The house was even bigger than
it looked.
"Jamie this is
your room." Tony said.
"Thanks Uncle
Tony." Jamie said dropping his suit case on the bed.
"And this next
one is Catie and Jess' room." Tony said leading them into a room with two
queen sized beds. . Jamie set Catie's bag down on the dresser. Jess dropped her
stuff on the floor.
"And this last
room is Kelly's." Tony said referring to Mrs. Waite.
"So I'll let you
guys explore and then I'll meet you for dinner at this nice place in
town." Tony suggested.
"Bob's
Bistro!!!!" Jess yelled in excitement.
"You got
it!" Tony said. He walked out.
"So you kids go
do what you want. I'll take Jess to the beach." Mrs. Waite said. She and
Jess left.
Jamie nodded.
"So how about
renting a boat?" Jamie said.
"Sounds
good."
They headed down to a cove and
walked up to a rental boat station.
"One boat."
Jamie said.
"Motor, row or
sail?" The guy said.
"Motor."
Jamie said.
"Ok, How long do
you want it?"
"I don't know,
what are my choices?"
"Two hours, Three
hours, Five hours."
"Um…I
dunno….Three?" Jamie said.
"Number six.
That'll be 40 bucks." The guys said.
Catie went to pay the guy but Jamie
beat her to it. Jamie started the boat
and they headed out to sea.
Later they met up with everyone
at the restaurant for dinner.
"So what did you
guys do?" Tony asked his four guests.
"I tried to teach
mom to surf." Jess said.
Jamie burst out laughing. Catie
elbowed him and he made his fake serious face. She smiled.
"How did it
go?" Tony asked.
"Let's just
say…We need a professional…" Jess said.
"I was pretty
good!" Mrs. Waite said.
Jamie couldn't hold it in
anymore, he had to laugh.
"Ok, ok, enough
laughing at your mother." Mrs. Waite said.
"What did you
guys do today?" Tony asked Jamie.
"We rented a
boat." Jamie said.
"Oh, cool."
Tony said.
They ordered dinner. Tony pulled
out his wallet.
"No, Uncle Tony,
PLEASE NO!" Jamie said.
Catie looked confused. Jamie
filled her in.
"That's Uncle
Tony's "Let's embarrass Jamie" Photo collection." Jamie said.
"Well, he's one
of when he was two, he wanted to run threw the sprinkler but he didn't have
anyone to play with so he drew a face on this balloon…." Tony said handing
Catie a photo.
Catie laughed.
"And here, this
is when he was seven and he hid in the clothes hamper…His hair was so messed up
and his little brown jacket was all wrinkled…" Tony continued, pulling
another picture out.
Caite laughed harder.
"Awww! So your
hair isn't always perfect!" Caite said sarcastically. Jamie prided
him self on his perfectly done hair.
After about six more pictures
and a great dinner they left the restaurant.
"Thanks for
dinner Mrs. Waite." Catie said.
"You're welcome,
I'm glad you liked it. I was thinking tomorrow we could all go to the beach tomorrow. Maybe between all of you,
someone can teach me to surf." Mrs. Waite said.
The next morning they all headed
over to the beach. Jamie rented a black surfboard, Catie a red one, Mrs. Waite
and Jess booth took blue and Tony picked a green one. Jamie and Catie were the first ones in the water. They picnicked
at the beach and went back to the house around nine. They were all tired and headed to their rooms.
"Night
Caite." Jamie said.
"Good Night
Jamie."
Catie walked into the room and
Jess after her. Jess closed the door.
"So what's the
deal with you and my brother?" Jess asked.
"What do you
mean?"
"I mean, do you
like him???"
"Jamie's my best
friend." Catie said. Even Jess could tell she was hiding something.
"Oh, cuz you
know, he's always saying "Catie this.." and "Catie that.."
I just thought…." Jess said.
"Why? Oh, come
on, you and him both smirk like that. What do you know???" Catie asked.
"I know he does
this…." Jess said handing Catie a bunch of papers. The first was a letter to Jamie.
"Who's
Todd?" Caite asked, noticing the signature.
" A friend of my
bothers. He had apparently heard that Jamie had a new girlfriend, named
Catie."
The next few papers were
crinkled and ripped.
Todd:
She's not my girlfriend. She's just my
Catie read the next attempt.
Todd:
Catie's my best friend, but in the last year I have realized she's
really
And
the final attempt.
Todd:
She's sorta my girlfriend see I really like her
but I don't think she thinks of me as more than
"Jamie….wrote
this?" Catie asked.
Jess nodded. It was now obvious
Catie liked Jamie. The two girls went to sleep.
The next morning Jess got up
extra early and went into Jamie's room.
"Jamie,
Jamie get up." Jess whispered.
"What
do you want?" Jamie asked. Neither Jamie or Catie were morning people.
"Look,
Look! I found these on the night stand." Jess said, handing her brother
some postcards.
Jamie sat up.
"What
are thes-" He started, but then he read them.
Val:
Hey! Having a great time here! You
were right, When we were at the beach yesterday I realized that I really like
Jamie, I just wish I knew if he liked me…Well, Gatta Go! See you soon.
*Catie*
He smiled, then looked at his sister as if to
confirm if this was real. She nodded. She urged him to read the other one. It
was to Catie's cousin.
Miranda:
Maybe you ere right, being here with
Jamie makes me see Jamie in a different light. Oh, gosh, now I'm rhyming! Maybe
Jamie is more than my best friend! Hope to see you soon. I'll call when I get
home.
*Catie*
Jamie
smiled. Jess left to put back the postcards. Jamie got up and dressed in his
"Make it Stop." Shirt and Jeans. He headed down to breakfast.
Everyone else was already seated. The only seat left was next to Caite.
"Morning."
Jamie said generally, but he looked at Caite. She smiled and handed him a cup
of coffee.
"Thanks." He
said.
"Oh, um,
Jamie?" Mrs. Waite asked.
"Yeah mom?"
"I have a thing
to do, you know for work, sorry but I'll be gone all day. I'll be back around
nine."
"No
problem." Jamie said.
"And I promised
Jess that I would take her to the "Gnarly Surf" competition. We'll be
gone all day, so you and Caite find something to do, you could go into
town." Tony said handing Jamie twenty dollars.
"Sure, when will
you be back?" Jamie asked.
"Like
seven." Jess said.
Jamie nodded.
"Ok, I guess
we'll check out the boardwalk."
Jamie said.
Before long everyone had left,
Jamie and Catie sat in the kitchen.
"So you want to
head up to town? There's lots to do there." Jamie said.
"Sure."
Catie said.
Jamie and Catie headed up to
town, they went mini golfing and had lunch at a café. Then they headed down to
the beach.
"I thought Jess
had a competition today?" Catie asked. She had noticed there was almost no
one on the beach.
"I thought so
too. Oh, well, It must be at another beach." Jamie said. "Want to
rent a movie? Tony has a great home theater." Jamie suggested.
"Sure."
They walked up town to the video
store.
"So what do you
want to get, movies that laugh at people like Val….." Jamie said laughing
and holding up a copy of "Bring It On."
"Or our kind of
movies like Jurassic Park, Jurassic Park Two and then maybe tomorrow we could
go see the third one." Jamie said holding up a cop y of Jurassic Park.
"Jurassic
Park." Catie said.
Jamie smiled and rented the
movie and it's sequel. He also bought some popcorn and candy and two cokes.
They headed home. By the time they got there it was about 7:30. The lights were
off.
"I guess the
competition ran late," Jamie said. He pulled out a key and opened the
door.
He cooked the popcorn and put
the candy in a bowl, they carried it up to the home theater room along with the
cokes. Jamie put the movie in and took a seat on the couch next to Caite. They
were both tired from walking around all day, Jamie fell asleep before the
dinosaurs even got out of hand and Catie dozed off soon after that.
At nine Jess, Tony and Mrs.
Waite came home.
"Jamie?"
Mrs. Waite called.
"Probably
upstairs watching TV." Jess said.
They all walked up stairs.
"Isn't that
cute." Mrs. Waite said.
"Well your plan
better have worked after all that time we put into making that stuff looked
like Catie's hand writing!" Jess said.
"What?" Tony
asked.
"Mommy wanted to
set hem up! She told Jamie to bring Catie, then she made me help
her write these fake letter to one of Jamie's friends an show them to
Catie." Jess explained.
"And you did this
why?" Tony asked.
"Come on Tony,
they obviously liked each other, I just gave fait a little push." Mrs.
Waite said.
Tony rolled his eyes.
"You were always
up to something." He said to his sister.
"I know, and if
either of you breath a word of this to either of them I'll….I'll…Well I don't
know what I'll do but I'll think of something so keep your mouths shut!"
Mrs. Waite said smirking. Her plan had worked.
