Okay, everybody. I wrote this and posted it in July. I just kinda ran out of ideas for it. Read these three chapters, and see the authors note at the end of chapter three for how you can help me. I will be accepting ideas and writen chapters for this story. Read, review and write a chapter. See note at the end of Chapter 3 for more details.
Chapter 1 – Vacation
"I know you guys have been working really hard around here, and I just wanted to do a little something to show my appreciation." Alex paused dramatically. This was so un-Alex like. He had gathered the squad: Hank, Tyler, Val, Jamie and Brooke, plus Catie and Nick together in the common room of the EMS station.
"I've arranged with some friends of mine in high places in Orlando, namely my brother, who works as a manager at one of the Disney Hotels, to get you seven a weeks hotel accommodations and tickets for Disney World." Eyes widened and jaws dropped all around the room.
"Are you serious?" Jamie asked
"I've already okayed it with your parents." There was a chorus of high five's and cheers around the room. Once everyone had settled down, Alex said, "You get the rest of the day off to pack. You leave tomorrow."
Jamie, always the skeptical one, asked, "Who are you and what have you done with Alex."
Alex just laughed. "You all deserve the break, plus it gets you out of my hair for a week."
There was a chorus of thank-you's as the seven teens left to go home and pack. They were going home to prepare for what they thought was going to be an amazing week of fun filled tourism. They just didn't know quite how amazing it would really be.
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Hank stopped in front of Val's house in his forest green Expedition and honked his horn. His car was the only one big enough for everyone and their luggage. He had already picked up Tyler, Catie, and Nick. Val and Brooke came out the door waving good bye to their parents. They each carried a small black leather duffel bag and a backpack. They put their stuff in the back and climbed in, Brooke in the back with Nick and Val in the middle next to Catie.
Tyler tuned around from the front seat and said, "Geez, Val, you packed light. I would expect you to be one who doesn't go anywhere without 4 suitcases." He smiled to show he was teasing. She smacked him lightly on the arm.
"Val is like Packing Queen. She can somehow condense 4 suitcases worth of clothes into a little tiny duffel bag, and nothing gets wrinkled." Brooke said. "She is definitely repacking my bag on the way home, because there is no way I will be able to get everything in."
Everyone laughed, forming a mental picture of Brooke trying to stuff all of her clothes into her little bag.
"Geez, Val, you're even overachieving at packing." Catie said, rolling her eyes. Val stuck her tongue out at her.
Hank pulled up in Jamie's driveway, only to find Jamie sitting on his porch with 4 suitcases and a backpack piled around him. Val started laughing. "Hey, Tyler. What did you think Jamie would bring?"
Tyler chuckled, "Well, to tell you the truth, I kinda pictured Jamie with a small black leather duffel bag."
Everyone in the car started cracking up. Jamie loaded his stuff into the trunk, and ended up having to put one of his bags next to Catie in the middle seat. He climbed in the back next to Brooke. Hank started driving to the airport, and Catie tried to lift the suitcase on the floor beside her. "Geez, Jamie, what do you have in here, bricks?"
"Nope," he smiled. "Hair Gel."
"Yeah, right. You can't fill a whole suitcase full of hair gel." Brooke said.
Catie heaved the suitcase onto her lap and opened it. Inside was a hair drier, about fifteen different combs and hair gel. Bottles and bottles of hair gel. Mouths fell open, and all heads turned to Jamie, then the suitcase, then back to Jamie. This went on for about three minutes, and thankfully Hank was at a stoplight, so he didn't cause an accident.
"Oh. My. Gosh." Val mumbled finally. Jamie rolled his head back and laughed. He laughed so hard his sides heaved, and his eyes watered. He finally stopped, out of breath. "Oh, that was so worth it. Don't you like my decoy suitcase? You should have seen the looks on your faces." With that he started laughing again.
Caite glared at him, embarrassed by falling for his joke. "I'll give you something to laugh about," she said, and reached back and started tickling him. Brooke helped, and soon, Jamie was begging for mercy. He may have had a tough, rebel look, but he was one of the most ticklish people on the planet.
"All right, Brooke, I think that's enough." Catie said finally, sitting back with a satisfied smirk on her face. "I think justice has been served." She slapped a high five with the younger Lanier sister. Jamie just gave them both a mock glare.
"Okay, guys," Hank said. "Sorry to spoil your fun, but we're here." Everyone cheered.
They all sat in the hard plastic chairs in front of gate 16A after checking in their luggage. Val and Tyler sat talking, as did Brooke and Nick, and Jamie and Catie. Each group was lost in their own conversations. Hank sighed. He decided to go up to the desk to see when the plane would board. He told the group what he was doing, but no one paid much attention to him. He was glad that all his friends had a significant other, even if they wouldn't admit it. But sometimes he felt like the odd man out. He could have his choice of girls, being popular, a football player, and an EMT, but he was waiting for that special person. He knew she was out there somewhere, he just wished he could find her.
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