A/N: Hello folks! This is a double chapter. Why? Because I say so! No.
The real reason is that the first one in this installment is short, the
second one is a little longer. Thank you to all who have been reading
(thanks Zero), and keep reading. Please Review! Thanks.
Oh yeah just need to explain a few things to you who have read! Zero has a
trust for Jules that is hard for even him to explain. (VERY hard for ME to
explain at the moment, and I'm the author.) And for Me (anonymous), the
thing about Zig is that these are his THOUGHTS about her. He hasn't told
anyone but himself.
Chapter 5: Stan and Jules Talk (A/N: Just a sweet, brief conversation between the two)
A few hours later, Bobby had been snuck back to E-Tent. Jules had tried to tell Mr. Sir about his situation, but he refused to believe her. "Codswallop", was his reply. "They're all insane in that tent, and if there was a disease with black blood that made you insane, I'd know about it." No matter how many times she tried to inform him, he was as stubborn as a mule. Meanwhile (the dreaded word I must use), Stan and Jules had gotten some samples of blood and were testing them in the night, using a kit that Stan brought with him "in case he got bored". After an hour or so, Jules put down a vat, turned to Stan and sighed. "I don't know how we are ever going to find out what this is." Stan put down his vat and said, "Then let's talk. What's your REAL name, anyhow?" "My full name? Julia Karen Verne. Yours?" "My full name is Stanley Yelnats The Fourth, no middle name." Jules giggled and said, "The Fourth, eh? So the name has been used before? That's clever. I wish my parents had been clever enough to name me something like that." "It isn't cleverness, just tradition", Stan said. "You see, every boy in the family, since my great- grandfather has been named Stanley." Jules looked up at the ceiling, then asked, "What was your great-great-grandfather's name?" "Elya Yelnats", he replied with a hint of anger in his voice. "And it's because of him that I'm so damn unlucky." He then told her the story of his no-good- dirty-rotten-pig stealing-great-great-grandfather, and of Madame Zeroni, and how because of his ancestor's stupid ways, his family was cursed the fortune. "Oh, wow", Jules remarked. "That guy just screwed up your life while thinking of himself. That woman, Madame Zeroni, she sounds very familiar. Odd indeed." She pondered the name for a moment as Stan stared at her, then checked her watch. "Oh Lord! It's midnight! We must get to bed!", she exclaimed with shock. "Good night, Stanley. I'll see you in the morning." Then she walked out, and they did not speak until morning.
Another chapter, WOOHOO!
Chapter 6: Falling Hard
Zigzag could not stop thinking about Jules. Every thought was about her. Every dream had something to do with her. It was killing him (mentally anyways). 'I have to tell her my feelings for her. But I don't want to say it to soon. What should I do?' These thoughts were in his head all during the next day. He was a slow digger that day, and Jules, fearing that something was wrong, walked over to his hole (for she was done) and said in a motherly way, "Zig, are you OK? You've been slower then usual." He said, "NO. I'm fine, don't worry", but instead of stepping forward as he planned, he stepped backward and fell into his hole. Jules immediately ran over to Zigzag's hole to help him get out. As she grabbed him by the arms to get him out, Zig felt his heart flutter. 'But she's just supposed to be a friend. I can't love her', he thought. She finally got him out of the hole, and measured it for him. "Five feet", she said. "You're free!" He walked away from the site and toward D-Tent. Jules stared at the young man for a while until she could not see him anymore. Then she heard a small voice. "Psst!" It was Zero. He was beckoning for her to come to him, and when she did, he grabbed he and pulled her toward his face until their noses were inches away from each other. "What's the scoop?", questioned Jules. Zero cleared his throat and whispered, "Now don't laugh at me when I say this, but I think Zigzag is falling..hard." Jules was sarcastic at first. "Well, that's obvious, he just fell into a hole." Zero groaned. "Not THAT type of falling, stupid. The figurative falling." Jules really couldn't believe it. "Impossible! He's just clumsy!" Zero sighed and said, "He's actually been more normal than usual, and that's only when he likes something. You see, he suffers from acute paranoia." Jules exclaimed, "I know that! I did read everyone's files in D-Tent. YOU suffer from loneliness." "No I don't, and I think you should wait till he's ready to tell you himself", Zero said. She replied, "I think you're lying, so I'll find out myself!" She stomped off in a huff, but that was just a cover. Her real thoughts were, 'I hope Zero wasn't lying.'
A/N: The next installment will definitely be a full chapter, not a double chapter. This is because it is a VITAL plot element. I won't tell you what it's about yet, but you probably know. Please keep reading, those who are faithful to the story! And I remind you, please review!
Chapter 5: Stan and Jules Talk (A/N: Just a sweet, brief conversation between the two)
A few hours later, Bobby had been snuck back to E-Tent. Jules had tried to tell Mr. Sir about his situation, but he refused to believe her. "Codswallop", was his reply. "They're all insane in that tent, and if there was a disease with black blood that made you insane, I'd know about it." No matter how many times she tried to inform him, he was as stubborn as a mule. Meanwhile (the dreaded word I must use), Stan and Jules had gotten some samples of blood and were testing them in the night, using a kit that Stan brought with him "in case he got bored". After an hour or so, Jules put down a vat, turned to Stan and sighed. "I don't know how we are ever going to find out what this is." Stan put down his vat and said, "Then let's talk. What's your REAL name, anyhow?" "My full name? Julia Karen Verne. Yours?" "My full name is Stanley Yelnats The Fourth, no middle name." Jules giggled and said, "The Fourth, eh? So the name has been used before? That's clever. I wish my parents had been clever enough to name me something like that." "It isn't cleverness, just tradition", Stan said. "You see, every boy in the family, since my great- grandfather has been named Stanley." Jules looked up at the ceiling, then asked, "What was your great-great-grandfather's name?" "Elya Yelnats", he replied with a hint of anger in his voice. "And it's because of him that I'm so damn unlucky." He then told her the story of his no-good- dirty-rotten-pig stealing-great-great-grandfather, and of Madame Zeroni, and how because of his ancestor's stupid ways, his family was cursed the fortune. "Oh, wow", Jules remarked. "That guy just screwed up your life while thinking of himself. That woman, Madame Zeroni, she sounds very familiar. Odd indeed." She pondered the name for a moment as Stan stared at her, then checked her watch. "Oh Lord! It's midnight! We must get to bed!", she exclaimed with shock. "Good night, Stanley. I'll see you in the morning." Then she walked out, and they did not speak until morning.
Another chapter, WOOHOO!
Chapter 6: Falling Hard
Zigzag could not stop thinking about Jules. Every thought was about her. Every dream had something to do with her. It was killing him (mentally anyways). 'I have to tell her my feelings for her. But I don't want to say it to soon. What should I do?' These thoughts were in his head all during the next day. He was a slow digger that day, and Jules, fearing that something was wrong, walked over to his hole (for she was done) and said in a motherly way, "Zig, are you OK? You've been slower then usual." He said, "NO. I'm fine, don't worry", but instead of stepping forward as he planned, he stepped backward and fell into his hole. Jules immediately ran over to Zigzag's hole to help him get out. As she grabbed him by the arms to get him out, Zig felt his heart flutter. 'But she's just supposed to be a friend. I can't love her', he thought. She finally got him out of the hole, and measured it for him. "Five feet", she said. "You're free!" He walked away from the site and toward D-Tent. Jules stared at the young man for a while until she could not see him anymore. Then she heard a small voice. "Psst!" It was Zero. He was beckoning for her to come to him, and when she did, he grabbed he and pulled her toward his face until their noses were inches away from each other. "What's the scoop?", questioned Jules. Zero cleared his throat and whispered, "Now don't laugh at me when I say this, but I think Zigzag is falling..hard." Jules was sarcastic at first. "Well, that's obvious, he just fell into a hole." Zero groaned. "Not THAT type of falling, stupid. The figurative falling." Jules really couldn't believe it. "Impossible! He's just clumsy!" Zero sighed and said, "He's actually been more normal than usual, and that's only when he likes something. You see, he suffers from acute paranoia." Jules exclaimed, "I know that! I did read everyone's files in D-Tent. YOU suffer from loneliness." "No I don't, and I think you should wait till he's ready to tell you himself", Zero said. She replied, "I think you're lying, so I'll find out myself!" She stomped off in a huff, but that was just a cover. Her real thoughts were, 'I hope Zero wasn't lying.'
A/N: The next installment will definitely be a full chapter, not a double chapter. This is because it is a VITAL plot element. I won't tell you what it's about yet, but you probably know. Please keep reading, those who are faithful to the story! And I remind you, please review!
