The next day was nicer than the night the Twins arrived. With the sun
shining, no one could have ever guessed it had stormed earlier that morning
and the night before.
"Come on, Two, hurry up or we'll miss the sightseeing bus." One waited for Two outside the hotel. Two stopped mid-way to fiddle with something on his portable CD player.
"There, I got it." Two clamped the battery compartment closed and ran toward One.
"What batteries did you put in that thing?"
"Coppertops, what else?" Two smirked.
Both twins jumped up into the bus and found a couple of seats in the very back where no one would bother them. Two placed his headphones on.
"Aloha! And good morning ladies and gentlemen. Today we will take you on a tour of the most interesting sights of the Hawaiian Islands that are sure to perk your interest."
One had to look around to see where the voice was coming from, and soon spotted the beautiful young slim blonde hair woman in the middle of the bus, between the two rows of seats. Could that voice have actually come from a human being? She began talking again, speaking at least a thousand words a minute in the squeakiest, giggliest voice One had ever heard. He'd seen many humans before, in fact he was around a lot of them now, but this one took the prize. One continued to listen as the girl talked on and on about this, that, and the other. Half the time he couldn't understand what it was she was going on about until he looked out the bus window where she was pointing. If there was ever a human that needed to be unplugged, it was this girl, One thought to himself as he tried to drown out the annoying voice. In the middle of his torment, One turned to Two sitting beside him. Two's head bobbed with whatever music he was listening to on his headphones. One gave Two a weird look before taking the headphones off of Two's head enough so he could speak to him.
"What are you listening to?" One asked with a slight laugh.
" 'Virtual Reality' by Jump5!" Two answered before taking the headphones from One's hand and placing them back on his ears. The blonde girl came closer to the Twins' seats, all the time jabbering on about something. From what One could make out, it sounded like she was talking about a former boyfriend. Whatever it was the rest of the crowd didn't look too enthused over it. The girl giggled again, sending chills down One's spine. He placed his hands over his ears and turned away. When he opened up his eyes again, he was looking into the face of a little bald headed boy peering over the seat in front of him. The boy held a spoon in one hand.
"Hello." The boy shyly said.
"Hey." One replied awkwardly. "She getting on your nerves too?"
"Who?" The boy asked.
"That annoying giggling excuse for a human walking up and down the middle of the bus."
The boy looked curiously at One's reply.
"The girl over there." One nodded toward the girl's direction. The boy looked over his shoulder.
"There is no girl." The boy said when he turned back to One.
"I wish that were true." One forced a slight laugh.
"There is no girl" the boy said again.
One rolled his eyes.
"You can't see the girl?"
"There is no girl."
"You blind or something? Look over there." One put his arm up on the back of the seat and pointed at the girl, who was now at the front of the bus.
"There is no girl." The boy again repeated. One sighed and gave up the conversation. The kid was beginning to be as annoying as the giggly girl. After settling back in his seat again, One looked out the bus window at the passing scenery. Two bobbed up and down to his music, occasionally hitting One in the arm, and each time One would jab him back. What misery, One groaned. At that moment something out the window caught his eyes. Off in a distance, One could see someone out in the ocean riding that funny looking board that he had seen in the travel brochures. It looked funny at first, but now he had the sudden desire to try it himself. It didn't look so bad. Of course it meant wearing those shorts, but it looked like it would be worth it. At this moment the shorts would be a warm welcome compared to the bus.
Something brought One back to reality and made him jerk his head around. It was the girl; she was talking to the Twins, or at least talking to One. Two was still into his music and didn't notice her.
"You two having a lovely trip?" she asked in her ditzy, squeaky voice. One cringed then nodded his head. He wanted so much to tell her to shut up and sit down, but he knew better.
"You two have such lovely hair. I'm just crazzzzy about silver!" she squealed even more then went off giggling again. One groaned. "Do you think I have nice teeth?" the girl asked before smiling wide, revealing a perfect set of white teeth. One nodded 'yes' just to please her. She giggled again.
"You two movie stars?" the girl asked. Before One could answer, she went off talking again. "Cause if you are movie stars that's really great because I'm just crazzzzzzy about movie stars too! You know I almost met a movie star once. He was totally handsome. Not your type of handsome, I mean he didn't wear silver or anything, but he was still handsome just the same. Had kind of a bent nose though, but he was otherwise handsome."
One got lost after that. Whatever else the girl said was a complete blank. After awhile she finally got tired of her high pitched flirting and left while still talking.
"I will not kill her, I will not kill her, I will not kill her!" One said over and over through gritted teeth to himself as he settled back down.
"There is no girl." The boy in front of One said as he peeked over his seat.
"Oh hush!" One snapped.
After a few minutes, Two took off his headphones and smiled at One.
"So, did I miss anything exciting?"
One wanted so much to choke Two at that moment.
"Don't bother me." One said in a low voice.
"Why? What happened?"
"There is no girl." Another voice spoke. Two turned to the little boy.
"Huh?" he asked, puzzled.
The girl started coming toward the Twins' direction again while giggling for all she was worth, and for the first time since they got on the bus Two heard her.
"Great Scott! This bus needs new breaks or something. Hear that high pitched sound?"
"It's not the breaks, Two."
"Impossible! Nothing else could make that noise." Two looked around the bus.
"It's her, Two." One pointed in the girl's direction.
"You're kidding me."
"If only I were." One sighed, leaning his head back on the seat. The girl came closer to the Twins, all the while talking around 50 MPH. Two sat silent, watching the girl until she walked back up to the front of the bus. He remained still for a few minutes then slowly turned to One.
"Whoa!" Two breathed. "Coming to think of it, I think I'd rather have the squeaky breaks."
One nodded.
"Never seen a human that had a voice like that!"
"If she is human." One added.
"Huh?"
"Look at her. She hasn't stopped talking once since we got on here. No human could last that long without stopping to breathe a little."
The Twins sat silently and eyed the girl. Whether human or not, she was still annoying just the same. When the bus stopped at the end of the tour, it let everyone off at one of the local beaches. The Twins got up from their seats and grabbed onto the small suitcases they had taken with them and started toward the front of the bus. As they hopped off, they were greeted by the giggling nightmare.
"Hope you two have a relaxed day!" she giggled before kissing both Twins on the cheek and placing flowered leis around each of their necks.
"Ahhh! I've been poisoned!" One shouted when they were far enough away from the bus not to attract attention to them. "Get me something to wipe the germs off!"
"Get you something?! What about me? She kissed me too!" Two took the sleeve of his trench coat and rubbed his face.
One and Two both wiped their cheeks where the girl had kissed them then grabbed onto the leis and yanked them from their necks.
"The Merovingian will pay for this!" Two shouted.
"Yes he will!" One added angrily.
"Come on, Two, hurry up or we'll miss the sightseeing bus." One waited for Two outside the hotel. Two stopped mid-way to fiddle with something on his portable CD player.
"There, I got it." Two clamped the battery compartment closed and ran toward One.
"What batteries did you put in that thing?"
"Coppertops, what else?" Two smirked.
Both twins jumped up into the bus and found a couple of seats in the very back where no one would bother them. Two placed his headphones on.
"Aloha! And good morning ladies and gentlemen. Today we will take you on a tour of the most interesting sights of the Hawaiian Islands that are sure to perk your interest."
One had to look around to see where the voice was coming from, and soon spotted the beautiful young slim blonde hair woman in the middle of the bus, between the two rows of seats. Could that voice have actually come from a human being? She began talking again, speaking at least a thousand words a minute in the squeakiest, giggliest voice One had ever heard. He'd seen many humans before, in fact he was around a lot of them now, but this one took the prize. One continued to listen as the girl talked on and on about this, that, and the other. Half the time he couldn't understand what it was she was going on about until he looked out the bus window where she was pointing. If there was ever a human that needed to be unplugged, it was this girl, One thought to himself as he tried to drown out the annoying voice. In the middle of his torment, One turned to Two sitting beside him. Two's head bobbed with whatever music he was listening to on his headphones. One gave Two a weird look before taking the headphones off of Two's head enough so he could speak to him.
"What are you listening to?" One asked with a slight laugh.
" 'Virtual Reality' by Jump5!" Two answered before taking the headphones from One's hand and placing them back on his ears. The blonde girl came closer to the Twins' seats, all the time jabbering on about something. From what One could make out, it sounded like she was talking about a former boyfriend. Whatever it was the rest of the crowd didn't look too enthused over it. The girl giggled again, sending chills down One's spine. He placed his hands over his ears and turned away. When he opened up his eyes again, he was looking into the face of a little bald headed boy peering over the seat in front of him. The boy held a spoon in one hand.
"Hello." The boy shyly said.
"Hey." One replied awkwardly. "She getting on your nerves too?"
"Who?" The boy asked.
"That annoying giggling excuse for a human walking up and down the middle of the bus."
The boy looked curiously at One's reply.
"The girl over there." One nodded toward the girl's direction. The boy looked over his shoulder.
"There is no girl." The boy said when he turned back to One.
"I wish that were true." One forced a slight laugh.
"There is no girl" the boy said again.
One rolled his eyes.
"You can't see the girl?"
"There is no girl."
"You blind or something? Look over there." One put his arm up on the back of the seat and pointed at the girl, who was now at the front of the bus.
"There is no girl." The boy again repeated. One sighed and gave up the conversation. The kid was beginning to be as annoying as the giggly girl. After settling back in his seat again, One looked out the bus window at the passing scenery. Two bobbed up and down to his music, occasionally hitting One in the arm, and each time One would jab him back. What misery, One groaned. At that moment something out the window caught his eyes. Off in a distance, One could see someone out in the ocean riding that funny looking board that he had seen in the travel brochures. It looked funny at first, but now he had the sudden desire to try it himself. It didn't look so bad. Of course it meant wearing those shorts, but it looked like it would be worth it. At this moment the shorts would be a warm welcome compared to the bus.
Something brought One back to reality and made him jerk his head around. It was the girl; she was talking to the Twins, or at least talking to One. Two was still into his music and didn't notice her.
"You two having a lovely trip?" she asked in her ditzy, squeaky voice. One cringed then nodded his head. He wanted so much to tell her to shut up and sit down, but he knew better.
"You two have such lovely hair. I'm just crazzzzy about silver!" she squealed even more then went off giggling again. One groaned. "Do you think I have nice teeth?" the girl asked before smiling wide, revealing a perfect set of white teeth. One nodded 'yes' just to please her. She giggled again.
"You two movie stars?" the girl asked. Before One could answer, she went off talking again. "Cause if you are movie stars that's really great because I'm just crazzzzzzy about movie stars too! You know I almost met a movie star once. He was totally handsome. Not your type of handsome, I mean he didn't wear silver or anything, but he was still handsome just the same. Had kind of a bent nose though, but he was otherwise handsome."
One got lost after that. Whatever else the girl said was a complete blank. After awhile she finally got tired of her high pitched flirting and left while still talking.
"I will not kill her, I will not kill her, I will not kill her!" One said over and over through gritted teeth to himself as he settled back down.
"There is no girl." The boy in front of One said as he peeked over his seat.
"Oh hush!" One snapped.
After a few minutes, Two took off his headphones and smiled at One.
"So, did I miss anything exciting?"
One wanted so much to choke Two at that moment.
"Don't bother me." One said in a low voice.
"Why? What happened?"
"There is no girl." Another voice spoke. Two turned to the little boy.
"Huh?" he asked, puzzled.
The girl started coming toward the Twins' direction again while giggling for all she was worth, and for the first time since they got on the bus Two heard her.
"Great Scott! This bus needs new breaks or something. Hear that high pitched sound?"
"It's not the breaks, Two."
"Impossible! Nothing else could make that noise." Two looked around the bus.
"It's her, Two." One pointed in the girl's direction.
"You're kidding me."
"If only I were." One sighed, leaning his head back on the seat. The girl came closer to the Twins, all the while talking around 50 MPH. Two sat silent, watching the girl until she walked back up to the front of the bus. He remained still for a few minutes then slowly turned to One.
"Whoa!" Two breathed. "Coming to think of it, I think I'd rather have the squeaky breaks."
One nodded.
"Never seen a human that had a voice like that!"
"If she is human." One added.
"Huh?"
"Look at her. She hasn't stopped talking once since we got on here. No human could last that long without stopping to breathe a little."
The Twins sat silently and eyed the girl. Whether human or not, she was still annoying just the same. When the bus stopped at the end of the tour, it let everyone off at one of the local beaches. The Twins got up from their seats and grabbed onto the small suitcases they had taken with them and started toward the front of the bus. As they hopped off, they were greeted by the giggling nightmare.
"Hope you two have a relaxed day!" she giggled before kissing both Twins on the cheek and placing flowered leis around each of their necks.
"Ahhh! I've been poisoned!" One shouted when they were far enough away from the bus not to attract attention to them. "Get me something to wipe the germs off!"
"Get you something?! What about me? She kissed me too!" Two took the sleeve of his trench coat and rubbed his face.
One and Two both wiped their cheeks where the girl had kissed them then grabbed onto the leis and yanked them from their necks.
"The Merovingian will pay for this!" Two shouted.
"Yes he will!" One added angrily.