When they rode up their street they saw Sam skateboarding in front of his house. He saw them coming up the road and shouted "I've been looking EVERYWHERE for you guys!" Then he got a closer look at them and felt like he was going to pass out. Otto was covered in blood and Reggie, Twister, and Lar's shirts were stained red in places also.
"What's wrong Sammy?" Reggie asked.
"W-w-why are you all covered in blood?"
She looked around at Otto, Twister and Lars and realized why Sam looked so pale. "It's a REALLY long story Sammy."
"What happened?"
"I gotta take Otto home, he's still bleeding. Come with us and I'll tell you everything."
******
As Reggie was getting splinters from Otto's hand with a needle she explained everything to Sammy.
"OUCH! CHILL Reggie!" Otto yelled out every once in awhile.
"Don't be such a baby Rocket Boy" she said "So anyway, after Twister went down, Otto was able to get the rope and climb back up. I can't believe tying those shirts together actually worked. Great idea Lars."
"Thanks" Lars said.
"MAN! WHAT were you thinking Twister? You've done some pretty dumb stuff before, but THIS?"
"I know Squid. It was really stupid. It seemed like a good idea at the time though." Twister said.
"If you EVER do that again, I swear I'll push you over so you won't have to jump!" Otto said.
"You won't have to worry about that Ottoman. I know how much all of you care about me now, even though it doesn't seem like it sometimes. I'm sorry for everything."
"It's not ALL your fault Twister." Reggie said.
"It isn't?" Otto asked.
"NO Otto! I mean, look at everything he went through! If you and Lars didn't have to act like freakin fools about us dating it never would have happened." She said.
Otto and Lars didn't say anything even though Reggie just busted them. They knew she was right.
"So does this mean that you and Twister are going to keep dating?" Sam asked.
"DUH!" Twister said. "I love Reggie and I don't care what any of you say about it!"
"Me either." Reggie said.
"That's cool with me." Otto said. "But I'm warning you Twister. If you break her heart, I WILL whomp your ass big time!"
"Ok O-man. No problemo." Twister said cause he knew it would never happen.
******
That night Twister was sitting in his room thinking about everything that happened. Luckily his parents didn't know anything cause they would totally freak if they did. He heard a knock at his door.
"Come in" he said.
"Hey little bro."
"Hey Lars."
"I just wanted to see if your Ok."
"I'm fine." Twister said.
"Oh…um…I also wanted to say I'm sorry for what I did. I didn't get a chance to tell you earlier. I…acted like a real dork. I swear I will stay away from Reggie as long as you two are dating. I can see how much you care about each other. I'm really sorry Twister. I was only thinking about myself."
"No problemo. Atleast everything turned out Ok" Twister said.
Lars continued "I know you think I hate you, but I don't really mean those things I say. It's just the way I am. If anything happened to you…I just…I…uh…" Lars said looking for the right words.
"I love you too Lars." Twister said, interrupting him.
"HEY! I didn't say THAT!"
"That's cause you can't. That's what you meant though."
"No way!"
"Whatever bro." Twister got up, walked over to Lars and hugged him.
Lars returned the hug and then tried to play it off. "Hey! Get off me DORK! What are you whacked or something?"
Twister just stood there grinning. He knew that Lars had a hard time showing his true feelings.
"Look LAME-O" Lars said "I'm getting sick of worrying about you. I have better things to do. I only look out for you cause Mom and Dad would have my ass if anything happened. So next time you decide to go surfing by yourself or jump off a mountain, I'm just gonna WHOMP to death you and save you the trouble of getting yourself killed!"
"Ok Lars. Thanks."
"Whatever Dork!"
******
At the Rocket house, Reggie was sitting on her bed, working on the Zine when Otto came in and plopped down beside her. "How could you make me look like such a lame-o in front of Dad? Come on! Fell off my bike? I haven't fallen off my bike since I was like four!"
That's all Reggie could think of to tell Raymundo when he saw Otto's bandaged head and hands. "Well what did you want me to tell him? That you almost got splattered all over the bottom of a cliff?"
"I guess not. He probably wouldn't take it too well."
"I don't think so." Reggie said.
"I still got busted though cause you said I wasn't wearing my helmet." He said.
"That huge cut on your head would be kinda hard to explain if you had of been wearing it."
"Yeah, I guess." He said.
"So how are you feeling?" Reggie asked.
"I'll live. I don't think I'll EVER take up mountain climbing though."
After a few minutes of silence, Reggie said "I was really scared Otto. I thought I had lost you."
"Come on Reg! You know I'll live forever. I'm Otto Rocket." He said, trying to make light of the situation.
"I'm NOT joking around Otto. You're a real pain in my ass, but I don't know what I'd do without you."
"Thanks…I think." He said.
"When I saw you go over, something happened to me and I felt like I was four years old again. It was the day mom died and we were at the hospital. It was like reliving the whole thing over again. It was so real." She said with tears in her eyes.
He put his hand on her shoulder to comfort her. He didn't remember that day. In a way he was glad because he never felt the pain of losing her that Reggie and their dad felt, but it also made him really sad that he never got to know his mom. "I'm sorry Reggie." He said softly "I know it was hell for you and dad when she died. Don't worry about me though. I don't plan on going anywhere for a long time. You're not getting rid of me that easy!"
She laughed with tears running down her face. "I'm hope not Rocket Boy…I love you." She reached out and hugged him.
"I love you too Rocket Girl." He said, returning the hug. "You better not tell anybody I said that though!"
"Deal." She said.
**********
The next morning, Twister and Reggie were sitting on the curb holding hands. They were trying to decide what to do, when Otto came running out of the house in his swim trunks and holding his surfboard.
"I KNOW you're not going surfing like that" Reggie said, pointing his bandages.
"Why not?" he said.
"Well DUH! You need to rest, Otto. Atleast for a few days." She said.
"No way! Otto Rocket doesn't rest."
"Whatever! I give up!" Reggie said. She knew it was pointless to argue with him.
"I'm glad you agree. So, you two coming with me, or what?"
"Right on dude! Let me go get my board!" Twister said.
"Cool! I'm going to get Squid" Otto ran over to Sam's house and rang the doorbell.
"You know what happened last time Twister." Reggie said.
"Yeah, but I can do it now. I know I can!"
"Ok. I'm sure you'll do fine." She said trying to build up his confidence.
"Thanks." He said and kissed her. Her lips pressed to his never felt so good.
"Awwww. Isn't that just so cute?" They looked up and saw Otto standing there.
"I thought you went to Squid's house!" Twister said, blushing.
"I did. He's on his way. Now are you two gonna get a room, or are we gonna go catch some gnarley waves?"
"I'm with you Ottoman!" Twister got up to go get his surfboard.
********
At Rocket Beach, they paddled out to the best waves they'd seen in weeks.
"Whoa! These waves are awesome!" Otto said.
"A little too awesome if you ask me." Sam said, worried as usual.
They sat on their boards and waited for the right wave to come. Finally, a huge swell appeared. "There you go bro! Looks like major tube to me!" Twister said to Otto.
"I'll get the next one dude. This one's all yours Twist!"
'Thanks a lot' Twister thought to himself nervously. He put his fears aside and paddled up on the wave anyway. He was shaky at first, but after a few seconds he was surfing. He pulled off a huge aerial then rode the tube. The smile on his face couldn't have been any bigger. He paddled back to Otto, Sam and Reggie. "I DID IT!!! I REALLY DID IT!!!" he yelled.
"That was SIC Twister! I've never seen you get so much air! Way to go Bro!" Otto said.
"I knew you could do it!" Reggie said, hugging him.
"Yeah, that was pretty awesome, Twister!" Sam said.
"Thanks guys."
Then a monster swell came up behind them. "PARTY WAVE!" Otto yelled.
They all paddled up on it. When they stood up on their boards Twister looked over and saw Reggie on one side of him and Otto on the other. He smiled and thought that his life couldn't possibly get any better than it was at this very moment.
The End
AN: Well that's it guys. I really didn't want to finish it cause I had so much fun writing it, but I had to do it before my life ends on Tuesday. This has got to be the longest thing I've ever written. The whole thing was like 30 pages in Word single spaced. I hope I can write more stories soon.
AN2: Thx again to all my reviewers---you all are great!!!!! I'm really glad you liked it. Let me know how you liked the ending! LOVE YA!!