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Fear grew in Ace's stomach, why wasn't she replying? Didn't she hear him? She had to. For a moment Ace thought she could be dead, but given the evidence that she was still breathing, he could rule that out.
"Juiliette," Ace said shaking her gently.
Juiliette moaned faintly in response and fidgeted in Ace's arms to gain more comfort than she was receiving at that moment.
Knowing that Juiliette was indeed okay, Ace said, "For Christ's sake Blue, get off me, my ass is getting numb."
Juiliette chuckled in reply, lifting her head from Ace's shoulder, looking bleary-eyed and slightly confused, she yawned.
Ace stood up, knocking Juiliette over, who didn't seem to care, and she then rolled on the grass. He leaned down and grabbed Juiliette's arm, "where'd you go?" He asked curiously as Juiliette rose to her feet with Ace's help.
"Sleep." Juiliette answered simply as she leaned against Ace's chest, still feeling rather tired.
"You just feel asleep?"
"Yup. I usually do after an attack."
"Attack?" Ace asked worriedly.
"I have asthma, makes me tired, sleep calms my breathing down."
"Is it serious?" Ace asked, looking down at Juiliette, which didn't strain his neck because she was only a few inches shorter than him.
"Not really, it's not often that I have attacks, it's just when I'm close to a lot of smoke,"
"Would it help if I stopped smoking around you?"
"Not really, since you don't smoke around me that much anyway."
"I'll still quit."
"You don't have to." Juiliette said, shocked that Ace would give up smoking for her.
"I know, but I want to." Ace said before kissing Juiliette on the forehead.
Juiliette awed (I think that's how you spell it), "That's so sweet," Juiliette took in her surroundings, realising where she was. "Why are we in Eyeball's yard?"
"Can't you remember?"
"My memory is blurry, usually is."
Ace, realising what he could do with Juiliette who was having a case of amnesia, began to grin and said, "You came over here to get me, you wanted to show me something."
"Show you what?" Asked Juiliette nervously.
"I'm not exactly sure, but you did say you wanted to show me it in your bedroom." Ace answered, grinning even more.
"I did?" Juiliette replied slightly unbelieving.
Ace nodded his head, "I think you wanted to seduce me or something," Ace said looking away from Juiliette who seemed shocked.
"But that doesn't sound like me." Juiliette said, dazed.
"It was you, we have a room full of people that will confirm that what I just said is the honest truth." Ace said holding up his hand as if he was taking an oath.
"Oh, okay, I'm just glad I didn't promise to show you something." Juiliette said, relief washing over her.
"You did." Ace said smugly.
"What?"
"Did I forget to mention that you promised to show me something?"
"Yes, you did. It still doesn't sound like me. Are you lying to me Ace Merrill? Trying to take advantage of a defenceless girl like me?"
"Me? Lie? Take advantage? I've never been so insulted in my life," Ace pretended to look hurt.
Juiliette weighed up the disadvantages and the advantages of showing Ace something, she grabbed Ace's hand and they both walked to Juiliette's house, thankfully, no one else (except curious Romeo) was home.
~*~*~A week later (where Chapter 12 started, 2 months after the appointment)~*~*~
Eyeball had accepted that Sophie was pregnant, and said he would be there for her if needed. When she had told him he was shocked, then scared, then worried, but he had a week to reorganise his thoughts and to find his place and decided that being a father wouldn't be so bad. The fact that they were still young bothered him slightly and the fact that he couldn't really provide annoyed him also, but he was going to enjoy it, screw the consequences.
He, Sophie, Juiliette and Ace were driving around Castle Rock, they had finished an intense game of Mailbox Baseball, the boys winning against the girls. The four weren't sat in couples like you'd expect them to, Ace was driving since it was his car and Eyeball was next to him, behind Eyeball was Juiliette and next to her was Sophie.
The topic had changed to Sophie's pregnancy; Ace had only recently been enlightened on the subject.
~*~*~The other week when Juiliette was about to "seduce" (I use that term loosely) Ace~*~*~
"You liar, I remember why I was there now." Juiliette said angrily.
"Yeah, to seduce me." Ace argued, he was so close.
"No, Sophie had to tell Eyeball that she's..." Juiliette's voice trailed off.
"Sophie had to tell Eyeball what?"
"Nothing. Forget I said anything."
"Tell me."
"I can't."
"Why not?"
"Because Sophie has to tell Eyeball."
"Why would she tell you something and not tell me? She's known you a few months, she's known me for a few years."
"Yeah, but she likes me more." Juiliette replied, smiling proudly.
"Did she say that?"
That was when Juiliette threw the closest cushion on the sofa at Ace.
~*~*~*~Now~*~*~*~
"So, what are you going to call her?" Asked Juiliette as she played with a strand of her hair.
"I'm thinking about calling her Rose or Jessica."
"What makes you so sure it's a girl?" Asked Ace.
"Quiet you, we're allowing you to listen in on some girl talk, you should relish this moment." Said Sophie.
"What about Tabatha?" Asked Eyeball.
Sophie and Juiliette made a face at this.
"Why do all men have no taste whatsoever?" Sophie asked Juiliette.
"I don't know, but not all of them have bad taste." She turned to Ace, "Suggest a name for us."
"Teresa." He answered simply.
"Your right," Juiliette said turning back to Sophie, "Men have no taste at all."
"What names do you like?" Eyeball asked Juiliette.
"Josephine and Jocelyn."
"You like your Js." Said Sophie.
"Indeed I do."
"What if it's a boy?" Requested Eyeball
"Michael or James." Replied Sophie.
"My dad's name is Michael." Said Juiliette.
"On second thoughts, just James." Sophie joked.
"What about Gary?" Asked Ace.
"See, Juiliette, no taste at all." Sophie said.
"What about Richard?" Asked Eyeball.
"No way are we having Richard Junior, Eyeball." Stated Sophie.
"Richard?" Asked Juiliette.
"Eyeball's real name." Sophie said seriously.
The two girls both burst out laughing, Ace pulled the car to the side of the road, wondering why the two girls were having fits of giggles.
"What's so funny?" Asked Eyeball, defending his name.
"Can you imagine how Sophie would feel if she gave birth to a Dick?" Juiliette explained before she continued to laugh.
Ace also laughed, but Eyeball turned to him with a face like thunder and he rapidly silenced himself.
Juiliette also stopped laughing when she saw Eyeball's face. She quickly jumped out of the car, with Eyeball following behind. The two ran, Eyeball after Juiliette.
"Ace, help me!" Cried in mock fear. But Ace still came to the rescue.
"No-one messes with my girl." Ace said to Eyeball as he scooped up Juiliette and walked with her to the car.
"No-one disgraces my name." Eyeball said, doing his darned best to defend himself.
"Oh, shut up Dick." Ace said, still walking to the car, which contained a still giggling Sophie.
Juiliette looked over her shoulder and stuck her tongue out at Eyeball, who was walking to the car as well.
"No-one messes with Ace Merrill's girl," Juiliette said as Ace put her down next to the car door. She kissed Ace on the cheek and said thank you before climbing into the backseat of the car next to Sophie.
"No-one messes with John Merrill's girl." Eyeball said loudly as he sat down in the front passenger seat.
"John?" Juiliette asked in Ace's direction.
"At least it isn't as bad as being called Dick." Said Ace.
"Juiliette, you do like your Js." Said Sophie who had composed her self in a now ladylike manner.
Juiliette laughed once again, and buried her face in her arms, and for the second time since she had met Ace, she snort laughed, causing her to laugh even harder.
"I don't get it." Said Sophie, who then chuckled when she heard Juiliette snort.
This went on for a minute until Juiliette calmed down and raised her head; her eyes were watery from laughing so hard.
"You honestly don't get it?" She asked the other three people in the car.
The three replied no.
"It's Dick," she started, pointing to Eyeball, and then pointing to Ace, she finished, "And Johnny."
Sophie replied, "No wonder you guys are best friends."
She and Juiliette immediately burst out laughing, and continued to do so as Ace started the engine and begin to drive.
A few minutes later when it had grown silent, Juiliette asked, "So none of us here use our real names?"
"I use mine," said Sophie.
"Your real name isn't Juiliette?" Asked Ace.
"Nope." Juiliette said as she shook her head.
"What is it?" Asked Eyeball.
"I'm not saying." Replied Juiliette.
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~*~*~*~*~Author's Note~*~*~*~*~
Okay, here's the deal, I wrote that chapter about a week and a half ago including the old author's note (that has been replaced with this more recent one), I want to apologize immediately for the time it has taken me to now display this chapter, but in my defence, let me explain.
A lot of things have been happening, I'll just go in the order that they happened. School finished so I've been spending a lot of time with my friends because I won't see them because some of them are moving, going to college etc, etc (it was very emotional on Monday).
Then last Wednesday my sister went on holiday, after giving me the floppy with all my stuff on, some of it couldn't be recovered and stuff, so I'm still annoyed at that.
The Thursday after (next day) there was a storm right over where I live, I mean you sometimes you hear thunder and see lightning about ten seconds later, but here in Sprotbrough you heard thunder and saw lightning at the same time, later that day I tried to connect to the internet and it didn't work, it said no dial tone but the phone still worked, the modem had been fried along with a reported 12 other modems in my little town. I only got my computer back today, so I haven't had it because my mom took it to this computer shop and they had it for five days because she took our old computer that doesn't work and asked them to make it work. And it still doesn't work properly because whenever I open a new window on the internet an error comes up, it's the same with pop-ups and it means I can't review anyone's story :: fake sobs:: Yay!
Over the weekend my boyfriend (I really hate him) asked me if I wanted to move in with him and his family, which is his mom, his brother and his dog, that is only because he lives nearer to the college that we're both going to attend and because it means he gets to see more of our daughter. And the only problem is my family doesn't like his family because they think his family are rich snobs (and you really wouldn't tell by looking at them - scruffier than my family). But there is no room at my house, and there is at his house, so there are a lot of arguments between my mom and his mom. That's why I really hate Cal (my bf), cos it means myself and my mom are arguing a lot more often. But I really want to move out.
And last night my dad called saying he would be going into hospital in a couple of weeks because he's having a hip replacement and he's asked me (for when he goes into surgery) to visit my step-mom (who I like more than my real mom) on occasion for company, (and I don't mind).
Another thing is that my daughter is going to start attending playgroup which is the British equivalent of the American pre-school, so there is talk about that, so I'm really busy and I love my life but I wish things were a lot calmer and sorted than they are.
Laterz - Lou aka half of LouphIe
PS - On a lighter less complicated and frustrating note, I recently bought Donnie Darko on DVD, and I have to say, my favourite movie was Stand Be Me but now it's Donnie Darko, not only because Jake is very attractive (I didn't know he was in it - I just liked the bunny on the cover), but the movie is like nothing I've ever seen before, it is completely and utterly fantastic. And it's weird coming from me because I can't watch drama, (well, I can if Kiefer Sutherland's in it) but it took a while for the whole experience to sink in. And I do recommend it to anyone and everyone. People are going to look back in twenty maybe thirty years and they're going to see Donnie Darko as a cult classic. Plus the extra features aren't that bad either, especially the Director's Commentary which is with the Director and Jake.
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Fear grew in Ace's stomach, why wasn't she replying? Didn't she hear him? She had to. For a moment Ace thought she could be dead, but given the evidence that she was still breathing, he could rule that out.
"Juiliette," Ace said shaking her gently.
Juiliette moaned faintly in response and fidgeted in Ace's arms to gain more comfort than she was receiving at that moment.
Knowing that Juiliette was indeed okay, Ace said, "For Christ's sake Blue, get off me, my ass is getting numb."
Juiliette chuckled in reply, lifting her head from Ace's shoulder, looking bleary-eyed and slightly confused, she yawned.
Ace stood up, knocking Juiliette over, who didn't seem to care, and she then rolled on the grass. He leaned down and grabbed Juiliette's arm, "where'd you go?" He asked curiously as Juiliette rose to her feet with Ace's help.
"Sleep." Juiliette answered simply as she leaned against Ace's chest, still feeling rather tired.
"You just feel asleep?"
"Yup. I usually do after an attack."
"Attack?" Ace asked worriedly.
"I have asthma, makes me tired, sleep calms my breathing down."
"Is it serious?" Ace asked, looking down at Juiliette, which didn't strain his neck because she was only a few inches shorter than him.
"Not really, it's not often that I have attacks, it's just when I'm close to a lot of smoke,"
"Would it help if I stopped smoking around you?"
"Not really, since you don't smoke around me that much anyway."
"I'll still quit."
"You don't have to." Juiliette said, shocked that Ace would give up smoking for her.
"I know, but I want to." Ace said before kissing Juiliette on the forehead.
Juiliette awed (I think that's how you spell it), "That's so sweet," Juiliette took in her surroundings, realising where she was. "Why are we in Eyeball's yard?"
"Can't you remember?"
"My memory is blurry, usually is."
Ace, realising what he could do with Juiliette who was having a case of amnesia, began to grin and said, "You came over here to get me, you wanted to show me something."
"Show you what?" Asked Juiliette nervously.
"I'm not exactly sure, but you did say you wanted to show me it in your bedroom." Ace answered, grinning even more.
"I did?" Juiliette replied slightly unbelieving.
Ace nodded his head, "I think you wanted to seduce me or something," Ace said looking away from Juiliette who seemed shocked.
"But that doesn't sound like me." Juiliette said, dazed.
"It was you, we have a room full of people that will confirm that what I just said is the honest truth." Ace said holding up his hand as if he was taking an oath.
"Oh, okay, I'm just glad I didn't promise to show you something." Juiliette said, relief washing over her.
"You did." Ace said smugly.
"What?"
"Did I forget to mention that you promised to show me something?"
"Yes, you did. It still doesn't sound like me. Are you lying to me Ace Merrill? Trying to take advantage of a defenceless girl like me?"
"Me? Lie? Take advantage? I've never been so insulted in my life," Ace pretended to look hurt.
Juiliette weighed up the disadvantages and the advantages of showing Ace something, she grabbed Ace's hand and they both walked to Juiliette's house, thankfully, no one else (except curious Romeo) was home.
~*~*~A week later (where Chapter 12 started, 2 months after the appointment)~*~*~
Eyeball had accepted that Sophie was pregnant, and said he would be there for her if needed. When she had told him he was shocked, then scared, then worried, but he had a week to reorganise his thoughts and to find his place and decided that being a father wouldn't be so bad. The fact that they were still young bothered him slightly and the fact that he couldn't really provide annoyed him also, but he was going to enjoy it, screw the consequences.
He, Sophie, Juiliette and Ace were driving around Castle Rock, they had finished an intense game of Mailbox Baseball, the boys winning against the girls. The four weren't sat in couples like you'd expect them to, Ace was driving since it was his car and Eyeball was next to him, behind Eyeball was Juiliette and next to her was Sophie.
The topic had changed to Sophie's pregnancy; Ace had only recently been enlightened on the subject.
~*~*~The other week when Juiliette was about to "seduce" (I use that term loosely) Ace~*~*~
"You liar, I remember why I was there now." Juiliette said angrily.
"Yeah, to seduce me." Ace argued, he was so close.
"No, Sophie had to tell Eyeball that she's..." Juiliette's voice trailed off.
"Sophie had to tell Eyeball what?"
"Nothing. Forget I said anything."
"Tell me."
"I can't."
"Why not?"
"Because Sophie has to tell Eyeball."
"Why would she tell you something and not tell me? She's known you a few months, she's known me for a few years."
"Yeah, but she likes me more." Juiliette replied, smiling proudly.
"Did she say that?"
That was when Juiliette threw the closest cushion on the sofa at Ace.
~*~*~*~Now~*~*~*~
"So, what are you going to call her?" Asked Juiliette as she played with a strand of her hair.
"I'm thinking about calling her Rose or Jessica."
"What makes you so sure it's a girl?" Asked Ace.
"Quiet you, we're allowing you to listen in on some girl talk, you should relish this moment." Said Sophie.
"What about Tabatha?" Asked Eyeball.
Sophie and Juiliette made a face at this.
"Why do all men have no taste whatsoever?" Sophie asked Juiliette.
"I don't know, but not all of them have bad taste." She turned to Ace, "Suggest a name for us."
"Teresa." He answered simply.
"Your right," Juiliette said turning back to Sophie, "Men have no taste at all."
"What names do you like?" Eyeball asked Juiliette.
"Josephine and Jocelyn."
"You like your Js." Said Sophie.
"Indeed I do."
"What if it's a boy?" Requested Eyeball
"Michael or James." Replied Sophie.
"My dad's name is Michael." Said Juiliette.
"On second thoughts, just James." Sophie joked.
"What about Gary?" Asked Ace.
"See, Juiliette, no taste at all." Sophie said.
"What about Richard?" Asked Eyeball.
"No way are we having Richard Junior, Eyeball." Stated Sophie.
"Richard?" Asked Juiliette.
"Eyeball's real name." Sophie said seriously.
The two girls both burst out laughing, Ace pulled the car to the side of the road, wondering why the two girls were having fits of giggles.
"What's so funny?" Asked Eyeball, defending his name.
"Can you imagine how Sophie would feel if she gave birth to a Dick?" Juiliette explained before she continued to laugh.
Ace also laughed, but Eyeball turned to him with a face like thunder and he rapidly silenced himself.
Juiliette also stopped laughing when she saw Eyeball's face. She quickly jumped out of the car, with Eyeball following behind. The two ran, Eyeball after Juiliette.
"Ace, help me!" Cried in mock fear. But Ace still came to the rescue.
"No-one messes with my girl." Ace said to Eyeball as he scooped up Juiliette and walked with her to the car.
"No-one disgraces my name." Eyeball said, doing his darned best to defend himself.
"Oh, shut up Dick." Ace said, still walking to the car, which contained a still giggling Sophie.
Juiliette looked over her shoulder and stuck her tongue out at Eyeball, who was walking to the car as well.
"No-one messes with Ace Merrill's girl," Juiliette said as Ace put her down next to the car door. She kissed Ace on the cheek and said thank you before climbing into the backseat of the car next to Sophie.
"No-one messes with John Merrill's girl." Eyeball said loudly as he sat down in the front passenger seat.
"John?" Juiliette asked in Ace's direction.
"At least it isn't as bad as being called Dick." Said Ace.
"Juiliette, you do like your Js." Said Sophie who had composed her self in a now ladylike manner.
Juiliette laughed once again, and buried her face in her arms, and for the second time since she had met Ace, she snort laughed, causing her to laugh even harder.
"I don't get it." Said Sophie, who then chuckled when she heard Juiliette snort.
This went on for a minute until Juiliette calmed down and raised her head; her eyes were watery from laughing so hard.
"You honestly don't get it?" She asked the other three people in the car.
The three replied no.
"It's Dick," she started, pointing to Eyeball, and then pointing to Ace, she finished, "And Johnny."
Sophie replied, "No wonder you guys are best friends."
She and Juiliette immediately burst out laughing, and continued to do so as Ace started the engine and begin to drive.
A few minutes later when it had grown silent, Juiliette asked, "So none of us here use our real names?"
"I use mine," said Sophie.
"Your real name isn't Juiliette?" Asked Ace.
"Nope." Juiliette said as she shook her head.
"What is it?" Asked Eyeball.
"I'm not saying." Replied Juiliette.
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~*~*~*~*~Author's Note~*~*~*~*~
Okay, here's the deal, I wrote that chapter about a week and a half ago including the old author's note (that has been replaced with this more recent one), I want to apologize immediately for the time it has taken me to now display this chapter, but in my defence, let me explain.
A lot of things have been happening, I'll just go in the order that they happened. School finished so I've been spending a lot of time with my friends because I won't see them because some of them are moving, going to college etc, etc (it was very emotional on Monday).
Then last Wednesday my sister went on holiday, after giving me the floppy with all my stuff on, some of it couldn't be recovered and stuff, so I'm still annoyed at that.
The Thursday after (next day) there was a storm right over where I live, I mean you sometimes you hear thunder and see lightning about ten seconds later, but here in Sprotbrough you heard thunder and saw lightning at the same time, later that day I tried to connect to the internet and it didn't work, it said no dial tone but the phone still worked, the modem had been fried along with a reported 12 other modems in my little town. I only got my computer back today, so I haven't had it because my mom took it to this computer shop and they had it for five days because she took our old computer that doesn't work and asked them to make it work. And it still doesn't work properly because whenever I open a new window on the internet an error comes up, it's the same with pop-ups and it means I can't review anyone's story :: fake sobs:: Yay!
Over the weekend my boyfriend (I really hate him) asked me if I wanted to move in with him and his family, which is his mom, his brother and his dog, that is only because he lives nearer to the college that we're both going to attend and because it means he gets to see more of our daughter. And the only problem is my family doesn't like his family because they think his family are rich snobs (and you really wouldn't tell by looking at them - scruffier than my family). But there is no room at my house, and there is at his house, so there are a lot of arguments between my mom and his mom. That's why I really hate Cal (my bf), cos it means myself and my mom are arguing a lot more often. But I really want to move out.
And last night my dad called saying he would be going into hospital in a couple of weeks because he's having a hip replacement and he's asked me (for when he goes into surgery) to visit my step-mom (who I like more than my real mom) on occasion for company, (and I don't mind).
Another thing is that my daughter is going to start attending playgroup which is the British equivalent of the American pre-school, so there is talk about that, so I'm really busy and I love my life but I wish things were a lot calmer and sorted than they are.
Laterz - Lou aka half of LouphIe
PS - On a lighter less complicated and frustrating note, I recently bought Donnie Darko on DVD, and I have to say, my favourite movie was Stand Be Me but now it's Donnie Darko, not only because Jake is very attractive (I didn't know he was in it - I just liked the bunny on the cover), but the movie is like nothing I've ever seen before, it is completely and utterly fantastic. And it's weird coming from me because I can't watch drama, (well, I can if Kiefer Sutherland's in it) but it took a while for the whole experience to sink in. And I do recommend it to anyone and everyone. People are going to look back in twenty maybe thirty years and they're going to see Donnie Darko as a cult classic. Plus the extra features aren't that bad either, especially the Director's Commentary which is with the Director and Jake.