Part 23
Taylor picks Sakura up for their date at the movies. He cautiously knocks on the door and hands Sakura a bouquet. She sniffs them and they go to Taylor's car. Once there, however, Sakura eyes the dull red car scrupulously.
"Ah, Taylor?" Sakura begins. "Why is your car so beat up like that?"
"What are you talking about?" Taylor lies. "My car is perfectly fine."
Sakura looks at the LARGE dent on the front and back of the car. "Ri- ght."
So Taylor and Sakura drive off. On the way, the car backfires three times. {Pop! Pop! Pop!}
"What the hell was that!?" a startled Sakura wonders after nearly hitting the roof of the car with her head. She then ducks down lower in her seat. "We're getting shot at!"
"Uh, no," Taylor says. "That was just a sewer thing we ran over."
"Oh, ok," Sakura replies when the car backfires three more times {Pop! Pop! Pop!}. "What the-!?"
"It's ok, it's just a crack in the road," Taylor makes another excuse.
"U-huh," Sakura wonders. A minute later, the car is seen swerving itself off to the left lane. "Is it me, or is the car going off a little to the left?"
"No, don't worry," Taylor says. "It's just the road."
"Are you sure? Because the car behind us is honking at us." Sakura explains.
"No, baby," Taylor continues. "It's just the road."
The car finally hits an ACTUAL bump in the road and falls back into place.
"Told ya it was nothing but the road," Taylor sighs.
A red light comes on and the car slowly continues to go through the light.
"Why isn't the car stopping? There's a red light up ahead! WHYAREN'TWESTOPPING?" a frightened Sakura pushing herself back against the dashboard and clinging to her seat screams.
The car slowly stops at the red light.
"I told you it was nothing but the road," Taylor tells her again.
The light turns green and the car begins to drive down a PERFECT road with NO bumps or sewers or cracks. The car backfires once more {Pop! Pop! Pop! Pop!}, four times this time.
"Oh my God, I'm going to die!" Sakura complains. "You can't be telling me that it was the road this time! I KNOW this road like the back of my hand!"
"Baby, it was just a 'squirrel'," Taylor says.
"It had to be one big ass 'squirrel' for you to have run over it FOUR TIMES!" Sakura yells.
"Man, it was probably an opossum, a squirrel, and a skunk—it was probably even a bug or two too!" Taylor contemplates.
Sakura gives Taylor a Death 'I don't believe you' glare as they pull up to the Movie Theater.
~*~
When Taylor FINALLY parks the car, Sakura gets out of the car trembling convulsively. Taylor pulls Sakura to her feet.
"What's wrong, babe?" Taylor asks.
"Bitch, don't start with me," Sakura mumbles. "You KNOW it's not working properly! I don't know WHY you made me go in that death trap of a car!"
"Uh," Taylor whispers. "We can't be late to the movies, come on."
As Sakura and Taylor walk to the Movie Theater, the dull red car is seen slowly rolling away and across the lot ready to hit another parked car.
Sakura sweatdrops as she turns around. "Hey, isn't that your car?"
"No, baby," Taylor answers. "Just keep on walking, it must be somebody else's car."
When the two enter, the dull red car collides with the one behind it and an alarm goes off for that car—that beautiful new silver car.
Sakura, still visibly shaking, goes off to the restroom while Taylor buys their tickets. When Sakura gets back, she finds Taylor with his arms full of junk food. He has a BIG bag of popcorn, tons of candy, and two medium sized drinks.
"Aw, how sweet," Sakura comments. "You bought me some candy."
"Aw no, this is all mine," Taylor replies. "I have your small popcorn right here under my arm, in between the milk duds and the snocaps."
Sakura sweatdrops. "It figures."
They see the movie Mothman Prophecies. In the middle of it, Sakura screams and grabs on to Taylor's arm. Taylor jumps in surprise, his popcorn flying in the air as the bag lands on his head. "Great," he mumbles.
After the movie, a fuming bald man is seen ranting around his silver car and Taylor's dulled red one.
"WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED HERE?" the little man confronts Taylor and Sakura.
"It was the squirrel," Sakura begins. "The squirrel jumped into the car window, put the car in reverse, and JUMPED out as soon as the car began to move backwards and it hit your car. Or was it an opossum? It could've been a skunk—er, baby, what was it again?"
"Uh, right," Taylor gasps. "That's what it was, let's get out of here."
~*~
The next day at school…
"He tried to KILL me in his car!" Sakura fumes at Karia.
"He tried to kill you?" Karia muses.
"YES, his car backfired fifty million times, rolled SLOWLY to the stop light and I thought I was gonna get killed, and THEN at the movies, his car starts rolling and hits this old man's car and I had to lie saying that it was a 'squirrel'! The man got so confused that he had to let us go," Sakura summarizes.
"Wasn't Duo helping him on the car," Karia wonders.
"Say what?" Sakura asks.
Duo comes around from the corner.
"YOU!" a flamed Sakura cries while lunging herself at Duo.
"Whatever happened, MICHIKI did it!" Duo rambles. "I had nothing to do with it! I swear!"
"Taylor tried KILLING me in that death trap that he calls a car!" Sakura yells at Duo.
"He did WHAT!?" Duo contemplates. "I TOLD him not to use the car!"
~DUO'S FLASHBACK~
"Tay, WHATEVER you do, you must NOT drive the car until we're through fixing it again," Duo lectures. "Do-you-under-stand?"
Taylor crosses his fingers behind his back. "Uh, yeah…sure, whatever you say, man."
~END OF DUO'S FLASHBACK~
Taylor picks Sakura up for their date at the movies. He cautiously knocks on the door and hands Sakura a bouquet. She sniffs them and they go to Taylor's car. Once there, however, Sakura eyes the dull red car scrupulously.
"Ah, Taylor?" Sakura begins. "Why is your car so beat up like that?"
"What are you talking about?" Taylor lies. "My car is perfectly fine."
Sakura looks at the LARGE dent on the front and back of the car. "Ri- ght."
So Taylor and Sakura drive off. On the way, the car backfires three times. {Pop! Pop! Pop!}
"What the hell was that!?" a startled Sakura wonders after nearly hitting the roof of the car with her head. She then ducks down lower in her seat. "We're getting shot at!"
"Uh, no," Taylor says. "That was just a sewer thing we ran over."
"Oh, ok," Sakura replies when the car backfires three more times {Pop! Pop! Pop!}. "What the-!?"
"It's ok, it's just a crack in the road," Taylor makes another excuse.
"U-huh," Sakura wonders. A minute later, the car is seen swerving itself off to the left lane. "Is it me, or is the car going off a little to the left?"
"No, don't worry," Taylor says. "It's just the road."
"Are you sure? Because the car behind us is honking at us." Sakura explains.
"No, baby," Taylor continues. "It's just the road."
The car finally hits an ACTUAL bump in the road and falls back into place.
"Told ya it was nothing but the road," Taylor sighs.
A red light comes on and the car slowly continues to go through the light.
"Why isn't the car stopping? There's a red light up ahead! WHYAREN'TWESTOPPING?" a frightened Sakura pushing herself back against the dashboard and clinging to her seat screams.
The car slowly stops at the red light.
"I told you it was nothing but the road," Taylor tells her again.
The light turns green and the car begins to drive down a PERFECT road with NO bumps or sewers or cracks. The car backfires once more {Pop! Pop! Pop! Pop!}, four times this time.
"Oh my God, I'm going to die!" Sakura complains. "You can't be telling me that it was the road this time! I KNOW this road like the back of my hand!"
"Baby, it was just a 'squirrel'," Taylor says.
"It had to be one big ass 'squirrel' for you to have run over it FOUR TIMES!" Sakura yells.
"Man, it was probably an opossum, a squirrel, and a skunk—it was probably even a bug or two too!" Taylor contemplates.
Sakura gives Taylor a Death 'I don't believe you' glare as they pull up to the Movie Theater.
~*~
When Taylor FINALLY parks the car, Sakura gets out of the car trembling convulsively. Taylor pulls Sakura to her feet.
"What's wrong, babe?" Taylor asks.
"Bitch, don't start with me," Sakura mumbles. "You KNOW it's not working properly! I don't know WHY you made me go in that death trap of a car!"
"Uh," Taylor whispers. "We can't be late to the movies, come on."
As Sakura and Taylor walk to the Movie Theater, the dull red car is seen slowly rolling away and across the lot ready to hit another parked car.
Sakura sweatdrops as she turns around. "Hey, isn't that your car?"
"No, baby," Taylor answers. "Just keep on walking, it must be somebody else's car."
When the two enter, the dull red car collides with the one behind it and an alarm goes off for that car—that beautiful new silver car.
Sakura, still visibly shaking, goes off to the restroom while Taylor buys their tickets. When Sakura gets back, she finds Taylor with his arms full of junk food. He has a BIG bag of popcorn, tons of candy, and two medium sized drinks.
"Aw, how sweet," Sakura comments. "You bought me some candy."
"Aw no, this is all mine," Taylor replies. "I have your small popcorn right here under my arm, in between the milk duds and the snocaps."
Sakura sweatdrops. "It figures."
They see the movie Mothman Prophecies. In the middle of it, Sakura screams and grabs on to Taylor's arm. Taylor jumps in surprise, his popcorn flying in the air as the bag lands on his head. "Great," he mumbles.
After the movie, a fuming bald man is seen ranting around his silver car and Taylor's dulled red one.
"WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED HERE?" the little man confronts Taylor and Sakura.
"It was the squirrel," Sakura begins. "The squirrel jumped into the car window, put the car in reverse, and JUMPED out as soon as the car began to move backwards and it hit your car. Or was it an opossum? It could've been a skunk—er, baby, what was it again?"
"Uh, right," Taylor gasps. "That's what it was, let's get out of here."
~*~
The next day at school…
"He tried to KILL me in his car!" Sakura fumes at Karia.
"He tried to kill you?" Karia muses.
"YES, his car backfired fifty million times, rolled SLOWLY to the stop light and I thought I was gonna get killed, and THEN at the movies, his car starts rolling and hits this old man's car and I had to lie saying that it was a 'squirrel'! The man got so confused that he had to let us go," Sakura summarizes.
"Wasn't Duo helping him on the car," Karia wonders.
"Say what?" Sakura asks.
Duo comes around from the corner.
"YOU!" a flamed Sakura cries while lunging herself at Duo.
"Whatever happened, MICHIKI did it!" Duo rambles. "I had nothing to do with it! I swear!"
"Taylor tried KILLING me in that death trap that he calls a car!" Sakura yells at Duo.
"He did WHAT!?" Duo contemplates. "I TOLD him not to use the car!"
~DUO'S FLASHBACK~
"Tay, WHATEVER you do, you must NOT drive the car until we're through fixing it again," Duo lectures. "Do-you-under-stand?"
Taylor crosses his fingers behind his back. "Uh, yeah…sure, whatever you say, man."
~END OF DUO'S FLASHBACK~