Sightseeing on Earth
By: Writes with Block
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Disclaimer: Me no own. You no sue.
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Chapter Three: The Ingenious Plan
Jo dropped her bag on the table, nodding hello to Kil and looked around for something to do. The thing about being an office aid was it you never knew when there was going to be work that needed to be done. The past couple of days had been blessedly empty of responsibility but now Jo wanted some excuse to leave the office and stay gone for a long period of time without having someone question her absence. The last thing she need was more questions.
"I need someone to run this package out to the field house," Mrs. Winters said.
This was exactly the chance she needed but Jo didn't want to look to anxious. That would make questions too.
"Its yer turn," Kil mumbled and then laid his head down on the desk.
"Thanks allot," Jo grumbled back at him, taking the package. She walked calmly, lazily, from the office but the minute she was out of sight she took off sprinting down the hallway. She ran down to the debate room and knocked lightly on the open door frame.
"Yes?"
"Holly Ford needs to come down to the office," she said, trying to not sound winded. Holly gave her a weird look but Jo refused to look at her until the teacher nodded and they were out of the room.
"What's up? You guys got free food in there?" Holly asked.
"We're not going there," Jo said, steering her toward the gym.
"O....kay. Where are we going?"
"Outside. Hold on a sec." Jo went into the councilor's office, pretended she didn't know where the box was supposed to go, and hurried back out, grabbing Holly's arm and dragging her down the hall.
"Dude, are you okay? You didn't eat that apple I gave you, did you?"
"Its not about that apple. And I wouldn't eat that thing anyway. It was growing fur."
"So, then, what's up?"
"I gotta tell you something and I'm not sure yer gonna believe me but I need you in on this or its not going to work."
"Are we finally toppling that damn podium?"
"What podium?"
"The one out on the band field. We've been talking about it for years."
"No," Jo answered. "Not yet anyway. We can't until someone organizes the resistance. No this is allot more serious than that. And allot weirder."
"Where are we going?" Holly asked as they walked past the gym.
"Outside. To the football field."
"Why would we wanna go out there?"
"Oh there's a good reason. Trust me."
"Are you ever going to tell me what this is about?"
"Yeah sure." Jo stopped and started explaining. "Remember when we went to DCI and Shawn and I were acting weird all morning?"
"Yeah."
"Well that's cause we weren't actually there."
"I could have told you that."
"Not only mental. Physically. I'm not really sure why you guys think we were there or anything but we weren't. We were in Middle Earth."
"You did eat that apple."
"I'm not kidding you. Want the full story?"
"Yeah sure. Then I'm gonna take you to the nurse."
"Whatever. Okay so I spent the night over at Shawn's the day before DCI. We were getting ready to go to sleep and we heard this weird hiccuping noise coming from Shawn's closet. So she opened it and we ended up in Middle Earth. We were there for a really, really long time."
"How long?"
"From Fangorn forest to the end. We went everywhere. Rohan, Helm's Deep, Gondor. Shawn even saved Haldir at Helm's Deep. Since we all ready knew what was going to happen I told everyone that we had the power of fore sight and they believed me. I became a sort of ambassador of Gondor and Shawn did the same for Lorien Then I ended up being Faramir's baby sitter and then Gandalf tried to take us to Mordor but this elf named Morwen, who looks allot like you before you cut your hair, sent us back home and we ended up with you guys at DCI. So its been like two weeks since we got back and then Haldir showed up in our computer class and he's here with Gandalf, Legolas, Aragorn, Merry, and Pippin."
Holly stared at her for a long moment in silence when she had finished her story. "Are you still taking those little white pills?"
Surprised by the question Jo mumbled, "Yeah."
"Did you take them today?"
"This morning yeah."
"How many cokes have you had?"
"Uh, none. I drank orange juice with lunch."
"And you only took one today?"
"Yeah."
"And you didn't eat the apple?"
"No."
"You didn't eat those candies out of my bag did you?"
"I'm not crazy."
"Yeah right. Let's go see the nurse now. She knows you pretty well by now."
"I freak out one time and you guys never let me live it down."
"Have you listened to anything you've just said?"
"I know it this sounds crazy but I've got proof." She dug in her pocket and pulled out the flag from Rohan. "See? Look at it."
"Yeah," Holly said, a grin spreading across her face, "this looks exactly like the one from the movie. Where'd you get this? Ebay?"
"I got it from Rohan. When it feel from the gate."
"Maybe you caught West Nile. The mosquitoes were pretty bad last night."
"I've got even more proof. Its out at the football stadium. Cummon. You'll have to believe me after this."
"Well.....if you try anything weird I'll just kick you in the shins and run."
"Fine. Cummon." She hurried to the stadium, looking around. "Hey! You guys! I gotta talk to you about something!"
"I don't see anyone coming Jo."
"I know I told you to hid but I really need you to come out here and met a friend of mine!"
"If she is a friend then it is all right."
Jo and Holly jumped in surprise.
"Gandalf! Stop doing the creepy sneaking up thing."
"Creepy?"
The girls jumped again.
"I hate you all," Jo mumbled to Aragorn.
"I am very happy to see you as well," Aragorn said, giving Jo a hug.
"What the crap?" Holly mumbled. "Yer letting someone hug you?"
"I think we have more pressing matters at hand," Jo mumbled.
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Two chapters in one night. I'm impressed with myself. This old computer isn't all that bad except for the fact that its really freaking slow. It was always a good compy. It'll always have a special place in my heart. *huggles old compy* So the reason for Holly being in on everything will be made clear in the next chapter. Read and review please. Thanks!
Jo
By: Writes with Block
***
Disclaimer: Me no own. You no sue.
***
Chapter Three: The Ingenious Plan
Jo dropped her bag on the table, nodding hello to Kil and looked around for something to do. The thing about being an office aid was it you never knew when there was going to be work that needed to be done. The past couple of days had been blessedly empty of responsibility but now Jo wanted some excuse to leave the office and stay gone for a long period of time without having someone question her absence. The last thing she need was more questions.
"I need someone to run this package out to the field house," Mrs. Winters said.
This was exactly the chance she needed but Jo didn't want to look to anxious. That would make questions too.
"Its yer turn," Kil mumbled and then laid his head down on the desk.
"Thanks allot," Jo grumbled back at him, taking the package. She walked calmly, lazily, from the office but the minute she was out of sight she took off sprinting down the hallway. She ran down to the debate room and knocked lightly on the open door frame.
"Yes?"
"Holly Ford needs to come down to the office," she said, trying to not sound winded. Holly gave her a weird look but Jo refused to look at her until the teacher nodded and they were out of the room.
"What's up? You guys got free food in there?" Holly asked.
"We're not going there," Jo said, steering her toward the gym.
"O....kay. Where are we going?"
"Outside. Hold on a sec." Jo went into the councilor's office, pretended she didn't know where the box was supposed to go, and hurried back out, grabbing Holly's arm and dragging her down the hall.
"Dude, are you okay? You didn't eat that apple I gave you, did you?"
"Its not about that apple. And I wouldn't eat that thing anyway. It was growing fur."
"So, then, what's up?"
"I gotta tell you something and I'm not sure yer gonna believe me but I need you in on this or its not going to work."
"Are we finally toppling that damn podium?"
"What podium?"
"The one out on the band field. We've been talking about it for years."
"No," Jo answered. "Not yet anyway. We can't until someone organizes the resistance. No this is allot more serious than that. And allot weirder."
"Where are we going?" Holly asked as they walked past the gym.
"Outside. To the football field."
"Why would we wanna go out there?"
"Oh there's a good reason. Trust me."
"Are you ever going to tell me what this is about?"
"Yeah sure." Jo stopped and started explaining. "Remember when we went to DCI and Shawn and I were acting weird all morning?"
"Yeah."
"Well that's cause we weren't actually there."
"I could have told you that."
"Not only mental. Physically. I'm not really sure why you guys think we were there or anything but we weren't. We were in Middle Earth."
"You did eat that apple."
"I'm not kidding you. Want the full story?"
"Yeah sure. Then I'm gonna take you to the nurse."
"Whatever. Okay so I spent the night over at Shawn's the day before DCI. We were getting ready to go to sleep and we heard this weird hiccuping noise coming from Shawn's closet. So she opened it and we ended up in Middle Earth. We were there for a really, really long time."
"How long?"
"From Fangorn forest to the end. We went everywhere. Rohan, Helm's Deep, Gondor. Shawn even saved Haldir at Helm's Deep. Since we all ready knew what was going to happen I told everyone that we had the power of fore sight and they believed me. I became a sort of ambassador of Gondor and Shawn did the same for Lorien Then I ended up being Faramir's baby sitter and then Gandalf tried to take us to Mordor but this elf named Morwen, who looks allot like you before you cut your hair, sent us back home and we ended up with you guys at DCI. So its been like two weeks since we got back and then Haldir showed up in our computer class and he's here with Gandalf, Legolas, Aragorn, Merry, and Pippin."
Holly stared at her for a long moment in silence when she had finished her story. "Are you still taking those little white pills?"
Surprised by the question Jo mumbled, "Yeah."
"Did you take them today?"
"This morning yeah."
"How many cokes have you had?"
"Uh, none. I drank orange juice with lunch."
"And you only took one today?"
"Yeah."
"And you didn't eat the apple?"
"No."
"You didn't eat those candies out of my bag did you?"
"I'm not crazy."
"Yeah right. Let's go see the nurse now. She knows you pretty well by now."
"I freak out one time and you guys never let me live it down."
"Have you listened to anything you've just said?"
"I know it this sounds crazy but I've got proof." She dug in her pocket and pulled out the flag from Rohan. "See? Look at it."
"Yeah," Holly said, a grin spreading across her face, "this looks exactly like the one from the movie. Where'd you get this? Ebay?"
"I got it from Rohan. When it feel from the gate."
"Maybe you caught West Nile. The mosquitoes were pretty bad last night."
"I've got even more proof. Its out at the football stadium. Cummon. You'll have to believe me after this."
"Well.....if you try anything weird I'll just kick you in the shins and run."
"Fine. Cummon." She hurried to the stadium, looking around. "Hey! You guys! I gotta talk to you about something!"
"I don't see anyone coming Jo."
"I know I told you to hid but I really need you to come out here and met a friend of mine!"
"If she is a friend then it is all right."
Jo and Holly jumped in surprise.
"Gandalf! Stop doing the creepy sneaking up thing."
"Creepy?"
The girls jumped again.
"I hate you all," Jo mumbled to Aragorn.
"I am very happy to see you as well," Aragorn said, giving Jo a hug.
"What the crap?" Holly mumbled. "Yer letting someone hug you?"
"I think we have more pressing matters at hand," Jo mumbled.
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Two chapters in one night. I'm impressed with myself. This old computer isn't all that bad except for the fact that its really freaking slow. It was always a good compy. It'll always have a special place in my heart. *huggles old compy* So the reason for Holly being in on everything will be made clear in the next chapter. Read and review please. Thanks!
Jo