Author's Note: I'm so sorry to anyone who was interested in this fic. I
didn't mean for it to take so long for me to write my next chapter. I've
been really, really busy lately and haven't had time to write. But here's
the next chapter for you, so enjoy!
Wednesday, March 5, Computer Club:
Lilly's filming the computer club for her latest show. It's going to be called "How Technology has Brainwashed Today's Youth." Eloquent and succinct, as usual. ;)
Anyway, I'm sitting here, completely bored, waiting. She's interviewing members of the club individually at the moment, with Tina behind the camera. We shot Michael's interview last night. Our "incognito" plan totally failed. He caught us perching outside his window. Lilly kept banging the side of the building with her camera equipment, so he looked out the window and nearly made me fall off the ledge. So he let us film him in the kitchen, so that we would leave him alone. Lilly wanted to get shots of his room, too, as an insider view of what a techno-geek's room looks like, but he drew the line on that one. I wasn't too disappointed, because I'd gotten to see his room once before, after the whole Josh debacle.
Anyway, I would be talking to him, or at least be sitting here, thinking about talking to him, if he wasn't in another room, ordering computer parts. At least, I think that's what he said.
Whatever.
Uh oh, here comes Jonas.
June 22, later, The Loft:
Jonas snuck up behind me while I was writing.
"Hey Thermopolis, what are you writing?"
"Oh, it's nothing interesting. It's just this notebook my mom gave me. She said I needed to release my feelings somewhere, since I wouldn't tell her anything."
"So it's like a diary?"
"Well, yes. I suppose you could call it that."
Then we just sat there. It was one of those awkward silences where I couldn't think of anything to say. I mean, after the conversations of the day before, I couldn't think of a single thing to say to this person. So we sat there for a few minutes, watching Lilly interrogate Hannah Boewsworth about the usefulness of the internet. Then Jonas turned to me,
"What do you do on the weekends?" Slightly perplexed, I told him, "Other than homework, and princess lessons, and keeping track of my mother, and meeting important diplomatic figures, you mean?"
"So you're pretty much busy all the time, huh?" he asked.
"Pretty much. I make time for Lilly. And Fat Louie, because, you know, he's my cat."
For some reason the mentioning of Fat Louie caught Jonas's attention. "You like cats?" he inquired. "Because I know this really great place, just north of Brooklyn, that you would absolutely love. It's a cat haven, but it's really fancy and all the cats wander around freely and you can go in there and just pet them."
"Hey, that sounds like something I would do! Build a fancy cat haven, I mean, and let all the cats roam around. I told Lilly once about how I was going to let all the cats in Rome come stay in the palace in Genovia after Grandmere is gone, and she aired it on her show as an interview."
I started laughing to myself. Then Jonas asked,
"Do you think you could, like, put off the King of Sweden, or whoever you're meeting this weekend? Because you look like a person who could use a little break and a whole lot of cats."
"Sure, I'll see if Grandmere will let me."
Then Lilly called Jonas over. Even though it was his first meeting with the club, she wanted him in her show too. So while Lilly was filming away, everyone who wasn't being interviewed was working, and I had time to observe some of Michael's fellow Computer Club mates:
Paul Abbot - an ADHD kid who completely hates school, except for the computer club, because the internet is just about the only thing that can keep his attention for more than ten minutes. Must be the fact that there's so much versatility with the internet. Paul is a junior.
Mark Burrell- Mark is quiet. He's really friendly and outgoing once you get to know him, but even when he's in a big group of just friends, he tends to watch and listen more than speak. Which is understandable, since he's really skinny and kind of short. Mark is a sophomore. And also happens to have a twin brother, but Richard (his twin) plays soccer.
Colin Tennessee- Lots of drama in this one. And not "soap opera" type drama either. Colin is in the drama department. In other words, he's an actor. But he's not very interested in lead roles or deep plot. Colin is a jokester and loves to play comedy. But he also loves computers, so go figure. He's a junior too.
Hannah Boewsworth - Hannah is a chameleon. She came to school the first day and was wearing Mary-Janes and a jumper, with her medium-length hair placed neatly behind a blue headband. The next day, her hair was cut in jagged chunks, spiked, and bright pink, and she was wearing all black. But she's totally sweet and completely gifted. Except with hand-eye coordination, which she has zero of. So despite the fact that she skipped three grades in grade school and is a12-year old sophomore, she can't even type on a keyboard without knocking something over. Today it was her entire pencil case.
Jonas Moore- I still don't really know Jonas very well. I mean, he only got here yesterday. He was wearing jeans and a Rolling Stones t-shirt today. No combat boots either- just plain Converse's. He's still got those horrible glasses though.
Kenny Showalter- Kenny is totally obsessed with anime and he told me once during bio that he is going to find a cure for cancer. To each his own, I guess. Just as long as he keeps helping me out in bio, I can put up with the anime.
Judith Gershner- Judith cloned a fruit fly in her bedroom and got early admission to Columbia. Judith is a genius. Judith is the perfect girl for Michael. As much as I like Judith, I have never been able to talk to her without imagining her wrapped around Michael in some sort of demonstrative position. Our conversations never get very far.
Michael Moscovitz - Michael is perfect.
But are Jonas and I going on a DATE? Or is it just a friendly visit to a cat haven? I have to do "Mon homwork français" now, but I doubt I'll get very far.
A/N: Let me know how I did, eh? Just hit that little button that says "REVIEW." You can do it!!
Wednesday, March 5, Computer Club:
Lilly's filming the computer club for her latest show. It's going to be called "How Technology has Brainwashed Today's Youth." Eloquent and succinct, as usual. ;)
Anyway, I'm sitting here, completely bored, waiting. She's interviewing members of the club individually at the moment, with Tina behind the camera. We shot Michael's interview last night. Our "incognito" plan totally failed. He caught us perching outside his window. Lilly kept banging the side of the building with her camera equipment, so he looked out the window and nearly made me fall off the ledge. So he let us film him in the kitchen, so that we would leave him alone. Lilly wanted to get shots of his room, too, as an insider view of what a techno-geek's room looks like, but he drew the line on that one. I wasn't too disappointed, because I'd gotten to see his room once before, after the whole Josh debacle.
Anyway, I would be talking to him, or at least be sitting here, thinking about talking to him, if he wasn't in another room, ordering computer parts. At least, I think that's what he said.
Whatever.
Uh oh, here comes Jonas.
June 22, later, The Loft:
Jonas snuck up behind me while I was writing.
"Hey Thermopolis, what are you writing?"
"Oh, it's nothing interesting. It's just this notebook my mom gave me. She said I needed to release my feelings somewhere, since I wouldn't tell her anything."
"So it's like a diary?"
"Well, yes. I suppose you could call it that."
Then we just sat there. It was one of those awkward silences where I couldn't think of anything to say. I mean, after the conversations of the day before, I couldn't think of a single thing to say to this person. So we sat there for a few minutes, watching Lilly interrogate Hannah Boewsworth about the usefulness of the internet. Then Jonas turned to me,
"What do you do on the weekends?" Slightly perplexed, I told him, "Other than homework, and princess lessons, and keeping track of my mother, and meeting important diplomatic figures, you mean?"
"So you're pretty much busy all the time, huh?" he asked.
"Pretty much. I make time for Lilly. And Fat Louie, because, you know, he's my cat."
For some reason the mentioning of Fat Louie caught Jonas's attention. "You like cats?" he inquired. "Because I know this really great place, just north of Brooklyn, that you would absolutely love. It's a cat haven, but it's really fancy and all the cats wander around freely and you can go in there and just pet them."
"Hey, that sounds like something I would do! Build a fancy cat haven, I mean, and let all the cats roam around. I told Lilly once about how I was going to let all the cats in Rome come stay in the palace in Genovia after Grandmere is gone, and she aired it on her show as an interview."
I started laughing to myself. Then Jonas asked,
"Do you think you could, like, put off the King of Sweden, or whoever you're meeting this weekend? Because you look like a person who could use a little break and a whole lot of cats."
"Sure, I'll see if Grandmere will let me."
Then Lilly called Jonas over. Even though it was his first meeting with the club, she wanted him in her show too. So while Lilly was filming away, everyone who wasn't being interviewed was working, and I had time to observe some of Michael's fellow Computer Club mates:
Paul Abbot - an ADHD kid who completely hates school, except for the computer club, because the internet is just about the only thing that can keep his attention for more than ten minutes. Must be the fact that there's so much versatility with the internet. Paul is a junior.
Mark Burrell- Mark is quiet. He's really friendly and outgoing once you get to know him, but even when he's in a big group of just friends, he tends to watch and listen more than speak. Which is understandable, since he's really skinny and kind of short. Mark is a sophomore. And also happens to have a twin brother, but Richard (his twin) plays soccer.
Colin Tennessee- Lots of drama in this one. And not "soap opera" type drama either. Colin is in the drama department. In other words, he's an actor. But he's not very interested in lead roles or deep plot. Colin is a jokester and loves to play comedy. But he also loves computers, so go figure. He's a junior too.
Hannah Boewsworth - Hannah is a chameleon. She came to school the first day and was wearing Mary-Janes and a jumper, with her medium-length hair placed neatly behind a blue headband. The next day, her hair was cut in jagged chunks, spiked, and bright pink, and she was wearing all black. But she's totally sweet and completely gifted. Except with hand-eye coordination, which she has zero of. So despite the fact that she skipped three grades in grade school and is a12-year old sophomore, she can't even type on a keyboard without knocking something over. Today it was her entire pencil case.
Jonas Moore- I still don't really know Jonas very well. I mean, he only got here yesterday. He was wearing jeans and a Rolling Stones t-shirt today. No combat boots either- just plain Converse's. He's still got those horrible glasses though.
Kenny Showalter- Kenny is totally obsessed with anime and he told me once during bio that he is going to find a cure for cancer. To each his own, I guess. Just as long as he keeps helping me out in bio, I can put up with the anime.
Judith Gershner- Judith cloned a fruit fly in her bedroom and got early admission to Columbia. Judith is a genius. Judith is the perfect girl for Michael. As much as I like Judith, I have never been able to talk to her without imagining her wrapped around Michael in some sort of demonstrative position. Our conversations never get very far.
Michael Moscovitz - Michael is perfect.
But are Jonas and I going on a DATE? Or is it just a friendly visit to a cat haven? I have to do "Mon homwork français" now, but I doubt I'll get very far.
A/N: Let me know how I did, eh? Just hit that little button that says "REVIEW." You can do it!!
