Annoying Author's Note: Hey the first chapter of my
revised edition is finally out. That copy has a few changes and the flashbacks
are indicated because of my italics not working. Hope you read it…if you don't
I won't continue doing the revised edition where everything should make a
little more sense. Oh…and the songs in the background are the ones that present
day Gaz is listening to as she remembers these things.
Chapter 6: Bus Ride From Hell I
"Welcome,
everyone, to the bus to Cambridge, New York," the bus driver said into his
microphone. "I'm bus driver Keef."
"Hello,
Keef," everyone on the bus besides Gaz said.
"This
bus ride will take twenty hours not counting pit stops. It is 9:30 A.M. now and it should be about 6:30 A.M.
tomorrow when we arrive," Keef said as he got onto the highway.
"Whatever,"
Gaz mumbled to herself as she pulled out her CD player and her new Game Slave.
Quickly
she put the new Nelly Furtado CD in, and put it on the fifth song.
~*~ Song insert (Turn off
the Lights-Nelly Furtado) ~*~
* It's
getting so lonely inside this bed
Don't know
if I should lick my wounds or say 'woe is me' instead
And there's
an aching inside my head
It's telling
me you're better off alone*
"Should we go give her our condolences, Jean?" a short
lady asked a tall lady next to her.
* After midnight
Morning will
come
And the day
will see
If you will
get some*
"No,
she's a tough girl, but we should go talk to Dib, Cathy; he's such a nice boy,"
the tall lady that seamed to be named Jean said.
* They say that girl ya know she act too
tough, tough, tough
Well it's
'til I turn off the light, turn off the light
They say
that girl you know she act so rough, rough, rough
Well it's
'til I turn off the light, turn off the light
And I say
follow me follow me follow me down, down, down, down
'Til you see
all my dreams
Not
everything in this magical world is quite what it seems*
"And
she does seem somewhat rough," Cathy replied looking over at Gaz.
*I looked
above the other day
Cuz I think
I'm good and ready for a change
I live my
life by the moon (by the moon)
If it's high
play it low, if it's harvest go slow and if it's full, then go*
Gaz
was standing across the grave from Dib with Zim. She and Dib kept giving each
other the nice brother-sister looks that you see super close brothers and
sisters giving each other when something sad happens in the family. This
certainly had been a sad day, their father's funeral just got over and both of
them were doing their best not to break down.
*But after midnight
Morning will
come
And the day
will see, yeah
If you're
gonna get some*
"How
are you doing, Dib?" Cathy asked walking up to Dib with Gaz staring at her and
her sister Jean.
*They say
that girl ya know she act too tough, tough, tough
Well it's
'til I turn off the light, turn off the light
They say
that girl you know she act so rough, rough, rough
Well it's
'til I turn off the light, turn off the light
And I say
follow me follow me follow me down, down, down, down
'Til you see
all my dreams
Not
everything in this magical world is quite what it seems*
"I'm
doing better," Dib said noticing that Gaz was staring at the two women with a
sad look in her eyes.
*I'm
searching for things that I just cannot see
Why don't
you don't you don't you come and be with me
I pretend to
be cool with me, want to believe
That I can
do it on my own without my heart on my sleeve*
"So,
how's your sister doing," Jean asked being polite.
*I'm
running, I'm running, catch up with me life
Where is the
love that I'm looking to find
It's all in
me, can't you see
Why can't
you, why can't you see it's all in me*
"She's
doing her best, she's tough," Dib said, quickly adding, "She's right over there
if you want to talk to her."
*Where is your
logic (turn off the light, turn off the light)
Who do you
need (turn off the light, turn off the light)*
"Yes,
well, I suppose that we'll all have to do our best during this sad time," Cathy
said.
*And I say
follow me follow me follow me down down down
'Til you see
all my dreams
Not
everything in this magical world is quite what it seems*
"Your
father was a wonderful man," Jean said quietly.
*Follow me
follow me down, down, down, down
I do not need I do not need nobody (turn
off the light, turn off the light)*
"Yes,
he was," Dib said sadly.
*Follow me
follow me down down down down
I do not
need I do not need nobody (turn off the light, turn off the light)*
"Well,
we should be leaving now," Cathy said looking down at her watch after a few
minutes of uncomfortable silence.
* Follow me follow me follow me down down
down
'Til you see
all my dreams
Follow me
follow me follow me down down down
'Til you see
all my dreams*
"Yes,
we should," Jean said almost too quickly.
*Where is
your logic*
"Ok,"
Dib said. "Good bye Aunt Cathy, Aunt Jean. Thank you for coming."
*Who do you need*
"Good
bye, Dib," the two women said together.
*Where can you turn*
Dib quickly
walked over to Gaz as soon as the two women were out of sight. Zim easily that
Dib wanted to talk to Gaz alone, and only because of their new alliance, did he
leave as soon as Dib got over to them.
~*~ New song
now (I'm like a bird-Nelly Furtado) ~*~
*You're beautiful, that's for sure
You'll never
ever fade
You're
lovely, but it's not for sure
That I won't
ever change*
"Gaz," Dib said when he got over to her. "They
said they had to leave that's the only reason they didn't come over."
* And though my love is rare
Though my
love is true*
"No, they think I'm too tough, and in their
words, 'rough,'" Gaz said sadly. "They don't like me, they never did."
* I'm like a bird, I'll only fly away
I don't know
where my soul is
I don't know
where my home is
And baby all
I need for you to know is*
"Wait till they find out that you're the
executive of dad's estate," Dib said with a small laugh, the first in months.
* I'm like a bird, I'll only fly away
I don't know
where my soul is
I don't know
where my home is
All I need
for you to know is*
"How did that happen anyways?" Gaz asked that
question had been on her mind ever since she found out.
* Your faith in me brings me to tears
Even after
all these years
And it pains
me so much to tell
That you
don't know me that well*
"I talked dad into it," Dib said quietly.
* And though my love is rare
Though my love
is true*
"Why?" Gaz asked not understanding why he would
do that.
* I'm like a bird, I'll only fly away
I don't know
where my soul is
I don't know
where my home is
And baby all
I need for you to know is*
"Because you're the executive of mom's estate
when dad died, so I just thought it
would be easier to put the two estates together and separate them how ever way
you wanted to," Dib said.
* It's not that I wanna say goodbye
It's just
that every time you try
To tell me,
me that you love me
Each and
every single day I know
I'm going to
have to eventually give you away*
"Why would I be the executive of mom's estate, I
mean she died years ago, dad could have done whatever he was going to do with
her stuff by now," Gaz said wiping away the tears that always formed in the
corner of her eyes whenever anyone mentioned her mom.
* And though my love is rare
And though
my love is true, yeah
Hey I'm just
scared
That we may
fall through
Yeah, yeah,
yeah, yeah*
"He couldn't bare to touch her stuff," Dib replied
sadly, "And dad knew how much she loved you."
* I'm like a bird, I'll only fly away
I don't know
where my soul is
I don't know
where my home is
And baby all
I need for you to know is*
"Oh," Gaz said looking around.
* I'm like a bird, I'll only fly away
I don't know
where my soul is
I don't know
where my home is
And baby all
I need for you to know is*
The cemetery was empty except for them.
* I'm like a bird, I'll only fly away
I don't know
where my soul is
I don't know
where my home is
And baby all
I need for you to know is*
"You ready to go?" Dib asked Gaz noticing that
it was only them left.
"Yeah," Gaz said as they walked to a new blue
Volks Wagon Beatle that had been their father's.
Gaz wiped a tear away as she put her CD player
away and began to play her Game Slave.
"Nineteen hours," Keef said over the intercom.
"The first rest stop will be coming up in about ten minutes.
Realizing that she was hungry, Gaz reached into
her backpack and pulled out a box of Pop Tarts. Quickly she took out one of the
two pack packages and put the rest back into her backpack. Then, she settled
down into her seat, and ate them before quickly pulling out more from her
backpack. By the time she had finished eating, she had finished off the whole
box. Keef had made the announcement that the rest stop was only five minutes
away, then, two minutes away, then, one minute away, before finally pulling
into the parking lot.
Gaz quickly looked at the watch pendant around
her neck, when the bus pulled to a stop, it was 10:30.
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Annoying End of the Story Author Note: yeah!!
This is the longest chapter so far, longer ones will come soon. And it took so
long to publish cause I was waiting for some reviews to answer. Yes, I was
waiting for reviews to answer. I illiterate on that cause my friend is reading
this over my shoulder asking if I'm sure about whatever I'm typing. But I
didn't let her ruin this chapter, nope, my characters just jumped out of the
computer and tied her up and made it so that I can't save her, so there won't
be anymore of that repeated stuff any more. Oh…yeah…I forgot to tell you
something…when this chapter gets put up on ff.n I will already have up to
chapter 12 done. ^_^
~*~ Review Answers ~*~
Shibby: You'll find out later. I know why,
but I'm not sure how to get the fact into the story. Maybe if you read the
revised edition, you won't be so, so confused. ^_^
Ztarlight: Thanks for being a faithful
reviewer. I'd say more but I'm like totally zonked. (I just fell a sleep a few
minutes ago while I was waiting for ff.n to open one of your stories. I had
this totally kewl dream that started a new fic so I'm trying to work on that
before I fall asleep waiting for AOL to update me to AOL 7.0)