Okay, so finally, I'm back. I started writing this chapter a long time
ago, but I just had a lack of inspiration. Bri-chan, your review made me
feel specialful =) Yep, anyway, I'll start writing Chapter Nine now. Oh
yeah! I started writing it at school, but since I won't be back for
another two months, I guess I'll start over.
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Ellie yawned sleepily the next morning and rolled over onto her side. Glancing at the clock, she noticed it was 9:45. Crap. They were leaving for Disneyland at ten and she hadn't even gotten out of bed yet. Quickly, she scurried over to the bathroom, but she heard the sound of the shower running inside. She guessed it was Ashley in there, since Paige and Hazel were sitting on their beds, putting on mascara and lipgloss.
"Hon, she just got in there," Paige told Ellie. "She's not gonna be out for a while." Ellie groaned. There was no way she would have time to take a shower and then get ready. She figured she would just skip the showering for today.
She pulled a punkish top and a pair of black pants out of her suitcase. She sat on her bed for a few minutes until she heard the sound of the shower stopping. When Ashley came out, she used the bathroom to change and applied her black eyeliner and other makeup. When she finished, it was exactly 10:00, so she and Ashley headed downstairs. Paige and Hazel had already left.
When they arrived in the lobby, they saw other Degrassi students milling about. Ellie saw Marco standing with Spinner and Jimmy. He looked devastated about something. Just when Ellie decided to go ask him what was wrong, Mr. Simpson began speaking. "The shuttle to take us to Disneyland has just arrived. Please line up by grade and we'll be on our way shortly."
The Grade Eights left on a shuttle, and a few minutes later, a second one arrived for the Grade Nines. In less than five minutes, both groups had arrived in the Disneyland drop-off area and were filing out of the shuttles.
When they reached a center area in between Disneyland, California Adventure, and Downtown Disney, Mr. Simpson stopped them so they could take roll. Right. Of course someone was gonna get lost in between the bus and the ticket booths. Manny heard a familiar song playing over the loudspeakers as they got closer to the ticket booths. She realized it was "Straight Up" by Paula Abdul. She had recently become a fan of Paula Abdul, so she found it pretty cool that her song was playing. Manny began singing along. "Straight up now tell me do you really want to love me forever? Oh-oh-oh."
"Manny!" Emma said annoyed. "Why are you singing along? It's like, an old song! It's something my mom would like!"
"It's only from the eighties!" Manny replied. Emma rolled her eyes. Oh well. Manny thought about Craig and realized her situation related to this song. Craig just needed to straight up tell her if he really wanted to love her forever! (Oh-oh-oh). Manny laughed at the thought. Her mood about Craig had brightened since she was able to let it out last night.
Ms. Kwan handed tickets out to the students, and then they were dismissed. They were given emergency contact numbers and were instructed to meet up again under the Mickey Mouse flowers at 4:00 and 9:00. They also were told that they had to stay in groups of at least three the whole time. Manny, Emma, and JT formed a group. Toby was off with Kendra somewhere.
"So, where do you gals wanna go first?" JT asked. Emma pulled out her map and studied it.
"Let's go to It's A Small World!" Manny said, laughing.
"Oh, God, why did I pick these people as a group?" JT jokingly complained.
"Please?" Manny begged. "It looks so cute!"
Hesitantly, he and Emma agreed and they followed the map over to It's A Small World. The line was only about five minutes long, much better than the 110 minutes for the Matterhorn they saw on the way there. Emma, Manny, and JT got in line behind a two-year-old who kept pointing at them.
"Aww! He's so adorable!" Manny exclaimed. JT snorted. Little kids were so annoying in his opinion. When they made it to the front of the line, the three hopped in the back row of a green boat. "It's a small world after all! It's a small world after all! There's so much that we share that it's time we're aware it's a small world after all," the miniature animatronic people that were supposed to look like they were from all around the world sang over and over. And over. And over. Pretty soon, JT was singing along in a high-pitched screech. When he got bored of singing, he had an idea. He pulled a penny out of his pocket and threw it at one particularly annoying-looking little person who was supposed to be from Ireland.
"JT!" Emma whined. "Don't do that! You'll get us kicked out!"
"Em, no one cares. You wanna throw one?" he questioned.
"Um, no thank you!" Emma said, irked.
Manny found this amusing. "I'll take one!" she offered. JT handed her a penny and she threw it at the two Japanese girls that were bowing above the entrance to the next land. It bounced back down into an empty row in the boat and the people in the first two rows turned around. They looked up at the ceiling as if they thought the ride was falling apart. She and JT tried to suppress their laughter. Emma grit her teeth. They were so immature.
When the ride was finally over, to everyone's happiness, they sat down at a nearby bench.
"So, where to next?" JT asked. "How about this time, Manny does not get to pick!"
"Hey!" Manny said, pretending to be offended.
"How about Space Mountain?" JT suggested. The others agreed and they began heading over there. When they got closer, they saw a sign that said it was closed for renovations until 2005.
"Great," Manny said. "So, um, what should we do?" They saw to the right of them people walking into the Honey I Shrunk the Audience theater.
"How about that?" asked Emma. "The show's starting right now." They agreed to see it. After being supposedly shrunken down in size, run over by mice, and sneezed on by a dog, they returned their 3D glasses to the bin.
"That sucked," JT said, stating the obvious. He was beginning to think that Disneyland wasn't all it was made out to be.
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"Okay, dudes! We're at Disneyland!" Spinner announced, stating the obvious. "What do you wanna do?"
"You can pick," Marco told him. "I'm good with whatever."
"Yeah, me too," agreed Jimmy. Just as long as he didn't have to see Ashley. Ever since she had gone out with Craig at the end of the year, he loathed even hearing her name.
"Okay, then," said Spinner. "How about Indiana Jones?"
They decided to go with Spinner's suggestion and headed over to that side of the park. When they arrived, they saw that there was a 70 minute wait.
"Let's just come back to this later," Marco pleaded.
"Nah! We got all day!" Spinner argued. "Let's go now!"
"Yeah, why not?" asked Jimmy. Marco groaned and trudged over to the end of the line. After waiting for what seemed like hours (although was only fifteen minutes in actuality), Marco was getting incredibly frustrated.
"Why did I agree to go on this with you?" he demanded.
"'Cuz it's a good ride!" Spinner exclaimed.
Marco rolled his eyes. "You know what? I think I'll let you guys go on this alone. See ya!" He cut through the line of people behind him, ignoring Spinner's shouts.
"Wait! We're gonna get in trouble! Ms. Kwan told us to stay in groups of three!" Normally, Spinner didn't care about following school rules, but he was in California. He didn't want to have to miss out on anything they would be doing.
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Ellie yawned sleepily the next morning and rolled over onto her side. Glancing at the clock, she noticed it was 9:45. Crap. They were leaving for Disneyland at ten and she hadn't even gotten out of bed yet. Quickly, she scurried over to the bathroom, but she heard the sound of the shower running inside. She guessed it was Ashley in there, since Paige and Hazel were sitting on their beds, putting on mascara and lipgloss.
"Hon, she just got in there," Paige told Ellie. "She's not gonna be out for a while." Ellie groaned. There was no way she would have time to take a shower and then get ready. She figured she would just skip the showering for today.
She pulled a punkish top and a pair of black pants out of her suitcase. She sat on her bed for a few minutes until she heard the sound of the shower stopping. When Ashley came out, she used the bathroom to change and applied her black eyeliner and other makeup. When she finished, it was exactly 10:00, so she and Ashley headed downstairs. Paige and Hazel had already left.
When they arrived in the lobby, they saw other Degrassi students milling about. Ellie saw Marco standing with Spinner and Jimmy. He looked devastated about something. Just when Ellie decided to go ask him what was wrong, Mr. Simpson began speaking. "The shuttle to take us to Disneyland has just arrived. Please line up by grade and we'll be on our way shortly."
The Grade Eights left on a shuttle, and a few minutes later, a second one arrived for the Grade Nines. In less than five minutes, both groups had arrived in the Disneyland drop-off area and were filing out of the shuttles.
When they reached a center area in between Disneyland, California Adventure, and Downtown Disney, Mr. Simpson stopped them so they could take roll. Right. Of course someone was gonna get lost in between the bus and the ticket booths. Manny heard a familiar song playing over the loudspeakers as they got closer to the ticket booths. She realized it was "Straight Up" by Paula Abdul. She had recently become a fan of Paula Abdul, so she found it pretty cool that her song was playing. Manny began singing along. "Straight up now tell me do you really want to love me forever? Oh-oh-oh."
"Manny!" Emma said annoyed. "Why are you singing along? It's like, an old song! It's something my mom would like!"
"It's only from the eighties!" Manny replied. Emma rolled her eyes. Oh well. Manny thought about Craig and realized her situation related to this song. Craig just needed to straight up tell her if he really wanted to love her forever! (Oh-oh-oh). Manny laughed at the thought. Her mood about Craig had brightened since she was able to let it out last night.
Ms. Kwan handed tickets out to the students, and then they were dismissed. They were given emergency contact numbers and were instructed to meet up again under the Mickey Mouse flowers at 4:00 and 9:00. They also were told that they had to stay in groups of at least three the whole time. Manny, Emma, and JT formed a group. Toby was off with Kendra somewhere.
"So, where do you gals wanna go first?" JT asked. Emma pulled out her map and studied it.
"Let's go to It's A Small World!" Manny said, laughing.
"Oh, God, why did I pick these people as a group?" JT jokingly complained.
"Please?" Manny begged. "It looks so cute!"
Hesitantly, he and Emma agreed and they followed the map over to It's A Small World. The line was only about five minutes long, much better than the 110 minutes for the Matterhorn they saw on the way there. Emma, Manny, and JT got in line behind a two-year-old who kept pointing at them.
"Aww! He's so adorable!" Manny exclaimed. JT snorted. Little kids were so annoying in his opinion. When they made it to the front of the line, the three hopped in the back row of a green boat. "It's a small world after all! It's a small world after all! There's so much that we share that it's time we're aware it's a small world after all," the miniature animatronic people that were supposed to look like they were from all around the world sang over and over. And over. And over. Pretty soon, JT was singing along in a high-pitched screech. When he got bored of singing, he had an idea. He pulled a penny out of his pocket and threw it at one particularly annoying-looking little person who was supposed to be from Ireland.
"JT!" Emma whined. "Don't do that! You'll get us kicked out!"
"Em, no one cares. You wanna throw one?" he questioned.
"Um, no thank you!" Emma said, irked.
Manny found this amusing. "I'll take one!" she offered. JT handed her a penny and she threw it at the two Japanese girls that were bowing above the entrance to the next land. It bounced back down into an empty row in the boat and the people in the first two rows turned around. They looked up at the ceiling as if they thought the ride was falling apart. She and JT tried to suppress their laughter. Emma grit her teeth. They were so immature.
When the ride was finally over, to everyone's happiness, they sat down at a nearby bench.
"So, where to next?" JT asked. "How about this time, Manny does not get to pick!"
"Hey!" Manny said, pretending to be offended.
"How about Space Mountain?" JT suggested. The others agreed and they began heading over there. When they got closer, they saw a sign that said it was closed for renovations until 2005.
"Great," Manny said. "So, um, what should we do?" They saw to the right of them people walking into the Honey I Shrunk the Audience theater.
"How about that?" asked Emma. "The show's starting right now." They agreed to see it. After being supposedly shrunken down in size, run over by mice, and sneezed on by a dog, they returned their 3D glasses to the bin.
"That sucked," JT said, stating the obvious. He was beginning to think that Disneyland wasn't all it was made out to be.
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"Okay, dudes! We're at Disneyland!" Spinner announced, stating the obvious. "What do you wanna do?"
"You can pick," Marco told him. "I'm good with whatever."
"Yeah, me too," agreed Jimmy. Just as long as he didn't have to see Ashley. Ever since she had gone out with Craig at the end of the year, he loathed even hearing her name.
"Okay, then," said Spinner. "How about Indiana Jones?"
They decided to go with Spinner's suggestion and headed over to that side of the park. When they arrived, they saw that there was a 70 minute wait.
"Let's just come back to this later," Marco pleaded.
"Nah! We got all day!" Spinner argued. "Let's go now!"
"Yeah, why not?" asked Jimmy. Marco groaned and trudged over to the end of the line. After waiting for what seemed like hours (although was only fifteen minutes in actuality), Marco was getting incredibly frustrated.
"Why did I agree to go on this with you?" he demanded.
"'Cuz it's a good ride!" Spinner exclaimed.
Marco rolled his eyes. "You know what? I think I'll let you guys go on this alone. See ya!" He cut through the line of people behind him, ignoring Spinner's shouts.
"Wait! We're gonna get in trouble! Ms. Kwan told us to stay in groups of three!" Normally, Spinner didn't care about following school rules, but he was in California. He didn't want to have to miss out on anything they would be doing.
