2/01/2002. Let us always remember the Colombia and the seven brave
astronauts that sadly perished. If nothing else then let it be known that
at least because of them I now have the firm conviction that I WILL go to
space someday.
A/N: Sorry I haven't posted for so long but I wanted to wait to the end of the season so I could write it would make sense with the past season. Also I wrote in a twist (not for awhile) and put more of Ellie in it just because I think there's only something like 2 other stories that have El in them.
Did you know that the alphabet song and twinkle twinkle little star have the same melodie?
Rock Bottom's Jet Pack
Robert leaned against a handrail belonging to the Degrassi steps. His headphones were blaring angst filled rock lyrics into his ears. A quick glance at his watch told him that school should get out...he heard shrill cry of a school bell over his music and almost instantly a stampede of kids poured out of Degrassi's doors. He scanned the crowd coolly. He finally spotted Ashley and put his earphones neck, reached into his black jeans pocket and turned off his CD player before casually walking over to her.
"Hi, Ashley," he said trying to sound casual.
"Hey Robert. What are you doing here?" there was a spark to her now and Robert instantly picked up on it.
"Well someone had a good day," he chuckled, "oh yeah, I called last night but you're your brother...um," he snapped his fingers repeatedly as if to spark his memory.
"Tobey," Ashley offered.
"Yea, that's it. Tobey told me you were asleep, so since I had nothing more pressing to do, I decided to see you in person. 'More pressing,' he thought, 'I must sound like a nerd.'
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Jimmy had ran through the halls as fast as Michael Johnson could run the 400 Meters to try and catch up with Ashley. He franticly picked his way through the crowded Degrassi halls with surgeons precision. He stopped just outside the door and began to rapidly search the massive crowd in front of him. When he finally spotted his heart sank. She was talking to some guy he had never seen before, and as she crossed the street he noticed she was wearing a smile bigger then she had when things were going well on Wednesday. He had decided to talk to her anyway when he felt a hand on his shoulder.
"Your not...gonna get away...with out telling me...that easy," Spinner said through his panting and heavy breathing.
"Come on Spin, I'll explain on the way home," he said dejectedly and start off home.
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"...so after Sean pretty much blew me off nothing happened until lunch when I sat down with Ellie,"
"The one from this morning?"
"Yea, so I thanked her and she said it was no problem and that she knew I was having a bad week..." and so Ashley continued explaining her day talking at a record pace. She wouldn't usually tell so much to someone who is by all accounts a stranger, but she was too elated to care. Robert just smiled as he absorbed the details of Ashley's new found happiness. She ended up tell him the whole account in just three minutes.
"Wow, I'm happy for you, looks like the people down at rock bottom gave you a jet pack to help get things back to normal," Robert said trying to sound philosophical.
"Not really," Ashley said losing some of the excitement in her voice, "Paige still hates me and a lot of people won't be your friend at Degrassi if she doesn't like you."
Robert was quiet for a few seconds before he answered. "Well it's the quality of your friends, not the quantity."
"Yea, I guess your right."
"Besides, Paige sounds like she'd be a crappy friend to me," Robert said putting his hands behind his head." The two remained silent until Robert finally broke the silence. "Oh, I forgot," once again he lost his cool and became nervous. "I was wondering if you would uh wanna catch a movie with me Sunday?" Ashley snapped into her conservative reality.
"You know, I don't really know that well........"
"My full name is Robert Ryan Bishop, I'm 5'7" and a hundred.........uh I forget pounds, I'm home schooled I enjoy writing and I'll kick anyone's ass in basketball," he said so fast he probably didn't catch half of it. Ashley had begun snickering, and Robert only now realizing that his cool act was blown was turning red. He quickly composed himself and tried to play cool again. "Listen," he said casually this time. "Dating is all about finding out if your meant for each other, now how are we gonna figure out if where right if we don't date."
"Ok," Ashley said, "Sunday it's a date."
"Good, I don't take rejection to well" he said lighting up a cigarette. "You know once I got turned down cause I was to smart." He didn't show it but he was feeling awkward. Usually after he asked a girl out they went there separate ways.
"Really?"
"Yea, stupid shit reason huh?"
"I think so. Can I ask why you decided to talk to me yesterday?" She didn't no why she asked but she attributed it to the fact that she was feeling awkward.
"Sure, number because you were crying and if I ever see a girl cry I gotta try to console her," he said shrugging his shoulders. A small grin broke onto his face. "And even though you were crying I could tell your cute when your happy, so I decided that maybe if I could get your number we could end up getting to know each other and somewhere down the line hook up."
Ashley was wondering how anyone could be so brash and admit what he just did, and honestly he was wondering how he did it too. "So you planed this all when you first saw me" she said with a look of disbelief in her face.
"Well first I thought I'd try to help you stop crying. Then when I got number I decided I wanted to get to know you better. But I never have a plan. Really I like to fly by the seat of my pants."
"I'm glad you decided you want to get to know me better," Ashley said sheepishly.
"Me too."
They arrived at Ashley's house shortly after Robert told her that he call her later that night with a "game plan" for their date. Feeling both bold and confident, Ashley gave him a peck on the cheek before he left, expecting to see his face turn red. But instead it remained the same color, and an ear to ear smile appeared on his face before he turned and walked toward the park. Needless to say he was happy.
+++++ Hope you enjoyed this chapter. Next chapter: Preparation and a Long Walk. Remember to review. Reviews help motivate to type these up (I write them in my notebook first.), and I need a lot of motivation (i.e. reviews) because I'm having a hard time sitting down to type lately. Also I will be updating more frequently depending on reviews. And that's a promise. So review review review.
I bet you sang or hummed the alphabet song and twinkle twinkle little star, didn't you?
A/N: Sorry I haven't posted for so long but I wanted to wait to the end of the season so I could write it would make sense with the past season. Also I wrote in a twist (not for awhile) and put more of Ellie in it just because I think there's only something like 2 other stories that have El in them.
Did you know that the alphabet song and twinkle twinkle little star have the same melodie?
Rock Bottom's Jet Pack
Robert leaned against a handrail belonging to the Degrassi steps. His headphones were blaring angst filled rock lyrics into his ears. A quick glance at his watch told him that school should get out...he heard shrill cry of a school bell over his music and almost instantly a stampede of kids poured out of Degrassi's doors. He scanned the crowd coolly. He finally spotted Ashley and put his earphones neck, reached into his black jeans pocket and turned off his CD player before casually walking over to her.
"Hi, Ashley," he said trying to sound casual.
"Hey Robert. What are you doing here?" there was a spark to her now and Robert instantly picked up on it.
"Well someone had a good day," he chuckled, "oh yeah, I called last night but you're your brother...um," he snapped his fingers repeatedly as if to spark his memory.
"Tobey," Ashley offered.
"Yea, that's it. Tobey told me you were asleep, so since I had nothing more pressing to do, I decided to see you in person. 'More pressing,' he thought, 'I must sound like a nerd.'
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Jimmy had ran through the halls as fast as Michael Johnson could run the 400 Meters to try and catch up with Ashley. He franticly picked his way through the crowded Degrassi halls with surgeons precision. He stopped just outside the door and began to rapidly search the massive crowd in front of him. When he finally spotted his heart sank. She was talking to some guy he had never seen before, and as she crossed the street he noticed she was wearing a smile bigger then she had when things were going well on Wednesday. He had decided to talk to her anyway when he felt a hand on his shoulder.
"Your not...gonna get away...with out telling me...that easy," Spinner said through his panting and heavy breathing.
"Come on Spin, I'll explain on the way home," he said dejectedly and start off home.
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"...so after Sean pretty much blew me off nothing happened until lunch when I sat down with Ellie,"
"The one from this morning?"
"Yea, so I thanked her and she said it was no problem and that she knew I was having a bad week..." and so Ashley continued explaining her day talking at a record pace. She wouldn't usually tell so much to someone who is by all accounts a stranger, but she was too elated to care. Robert just smiled as he absorbed the details of Ashley's new found happiness. She ended up tell him the whole account in just three minutes.
"Wow, I'm happy for you, looks like the people down at rock bottom gave you a jet pack to help get things back to normal," Robert said trying to sound philosophical.
"Not really," Ashley said losing some of the excitement in her voice, "Paige still hates me and a lot of people won't be your friend at Degrassi if she doesn't like you."
Robert was quiet for a few seconds before he answered. "Well it's the quality of your friends, not the quantity."
"Yea, I guess your right."
"Besides, Paige sounds like she'd be a crappy friend to me," Robert said putting his hands behind his head." The two remained silent until Robert finally broke the silence. "Oh, I forgot," once again he lost his cool and became nervous. "I was wondering if you would uh wanna catch a movie with me Sunday?" Ashley snapped into her conservative reality.
"You know, I don't really know that well........"
"My full name is Robert Ryan Bishop, I'm 5'7" and a hundred.........uh I forget pounds, I'm home schooled I enjoy writing and I'll kick anyone's ass in basketball," he said so fast he probably didn't catch half of it. Ashley had begun snickering, and Robert only now realizing that his cool act was blown was turning red. He quickly composed himself and tried to play cool again. "Listen," he said casually this time. "Dating is all about finding out if your meant for each other, now how are we gonna figure out if where right if we don't date."
"Ok," Ashley said, "Sunday it's a date."
"Good, I don't take rejection to well" he said lighting up a cigarette. "You know once I got turned down cause I was to smart." He didn't show it but he was feeling awkward. Usually after he asked a girl out they went there separate ways.
"Really?"
"Yea, stupid shit reason huh?"
"I think so. Can I ask why you decided to talk to me yesterday?" She didn't no why she asked but she attributed it to the fact that she was feeling awkward.
"Sure, number because you were crying and if I ever see a girl cry I gotta try to console her," he said shrugging his shoulders. A small grin broke onto his face. "And even though you were crying I could tell your cute when your happy, so I decided that maybe if I could get your number we could end up getting to know each other and somewhere down the line hook up."
Ashley was wondering how anyone could be so brash and admit what he just did, and honestly he was wondering how he did it too. "So you planed this all when you first saw me" she said with a look of disbelief in her face.
"Well first I thought I'd try to help you stop crying. Then when I got number I decided I wanted to get to know you better. But I never have a plan. Really I like to fly by the seat of my pants."
"I'm glad you decided you want to get to know me better," Ashley said sheepishly.
"Me too."
They arrived at Ashley's house shortly after Robert told her that he call her later that night with a "game plan" for their date. Feeling both bold and confident, Ashley gave him a peck on the cheek before he left, expecting to see his face turn red. But instead it remained the same color, and an ear to ear smile appeared on his face before he turned and walked toward the park. Needless to say he was happy.
+++++ Hope you enjoyed this chapter. Next chapter: Preparation and a Long Walk. Remember to review. Reviews help motivate to type these up (I write them in my notebook first.), and I need a lot of motivation (i.e. reviews) because I'm having a hard time sitting down to type lately. Also I will be updating more frequently depending on reviews. And that's a promise. So review review review.
I bet you sang or hummed the alphabet song and twinkle twinkle little star, didn't you?