Caroline sat on a comfortable red and pink couch in the far corner of
a chic, but not expensive, restaurant; stirring a ginger ale in her baby
blue dress. She looked around waiting for Ron to arrive. He was not late,
he still had, Caroline checked her watch, ten minutes. She unfolded the
foil of another chocolate, the multicolor rapper glimmering in the setting
sun.
In due time Ron pulled open the oak doors and smiled and blew her a kiss, she knew that this was a very queer thing, but she did not mind as she seemed to float from her seat. He was carrying a large cardboard box. When the host inquired about it, he allowed her a peak and explained it. She looked tentative, but whatever was in the box and Ron's smooth talking swooned her to let him take it.
"Agh! What's that smell?" Caroline asked once the box got near her.
"It's her." He handed Caroline the box and inside was a puppy cocker spaniel, a dog, to those who foolishly do not know their breeds.
"Ohmygosh! Ron I love you, she's adorable. What is her name? How old is she? How'd you know that's what I wanted?"
Ron grinned at her excitement.
"You can name her whatever you want, just not Bob, that's cruel. She is a month old, today. And you complain all the time about how you're parents never let you have a dog, so."
"I never complain."
"You always complain."
"Fine, whatever, I just love my gift..."
"I'm glad you do, what shall we name her?"
"Um." Caroline stared at the puppy, "Deppy."
"Hmm. Deppy? It may just grow on her." After a long and delightful dinner, Pierce suggested that they go home; after all, it was important to get rest for her birthday surprise on Friday.
Caroline jumped up and down in her seat; Man elbowed her.
"Ow," Caroline rubbed her arm. "Who did that?" You see, Caroline was being blindfolded so we could all take her to her birthday party. Even though her birthday was in the summer, we choose to celebrate her half birthday, because we were all going different directions during the summer.
Emily pushed herself more toward the window. Liney was suffocating her; she was in the middle of the back seat, stuck. She sighed and rested her chin on her hand, and sighed.
"Where are we going?" Caroline demanded, again, for the millionth time.
"We aren't telling!" Amanda and Emily yelled again.
"Shesh! Well, is Ron coming?" Liney asked again. Ron had remained quiet the whole time; he was listening, on his walkman, to some of his favorite oldies. He smiled when he heard is name.
Maeve peered over the seat and hissed into Amanda's ear.
"Why am in back with Pierce?"
"It's not like I wanted you to." Amanda hissed back.
"Ugh! Leslie?" Maeve begged.
"No, we're almost there! We are not stopping!"
I pulled in to the driveway.
"Where here! Where here, aren't we?" Caroline shouted with glee. Ron laughed to himself.
We piled out of the car. Amanda untied the scarf.
"Ooooo!" Caroline jumped up and down clapping her hands. "A carnival!" She hugged us all, and KISSED Ron.
"Want some dinner?" Maeve asked, pulling out her wallet.
"Sure." We all headed over to the nearest corn dog stands.
We walked around for a while. Amanda, Pierce, Ron and Caroline decided to go into the love tunnel, while Emmy, Maeve, Troy, and I decided to go on a roller costar. When we got back, I looked at my watch. Where was she?
"Something wrong, Les?" Caroline asked.
"You're birthday surprise is late."
"Oooo! I love surprises."
"I know. Ron said. He put is arm around her. "Is anyone up for a roller coaster?"
Caroline was a little apprehensive about roller coasters. Love tunnels were fine. They were dark, with strange random pink lights everywhere.
We had all volunteered already and Ron was waiting for Caroline's answer.
"Um, sure." Ron smiled and put his arm around Caroline.
Caroline had always had a fear of roller costars. However, this was a good time to get over it. She breathed in as the coaster made its twists, turns up, and downs. Against the racing, speed Ron grabbed her hand, which made her feel better by completely emptying her stomach and filling it with warmth. She smiled and he smiled back.
Finally, the costar ended and she did not feel well at all. Her head was racing, dizzy, and her mouth felt dry. Her feet touched the ground again and her knees nearly buckled beneath her. Liney ran with all her might to one of the docks on the pier. The fresh sea air refreshed her brain and Ron called out to her. She was ready to head back, she felt better. But then the thoughts and visions of the twists and turns came back to her and she breathed one last breath of sea air before her mind went blank and she barely felt, as if she was dreaming, the water that now engulfed her body.
Ron saw it all, from behind, the light swaying of her graceful body, and the even more graceful fall of her as she plunged into the Atlantic. There was no doubt in his mind as he ran after and plunged into the murky green sea. He grasped her frail body and blasted off to shore.
When he returned to shore, the choking Caroline in his two arms, a crowd had gathered. Including me, we all worried about Liney. Was she going to be okay? Ron leaned down to resuscitate her, but when his lips were barely an inch away, she awoke and slapped him.
"What was that for?" Ron asked.
"What?" Caroline blinked.
"You slapped me."
"I did!?"
"You did."
"I'm sorry! So, so, so sorry!"
"Where is she? Is she okay? Oh, for heavens sake, Justin, HURRY UP! She could've died!" Caroline jumped up from the sand, her clothes wet and sandy, but she knew that voice. It was.
"Stin!"
"Liney! Oh, my gosh, I'm so glad you're okay. We were going to surprise you later, but then LiLi told me! Are you okay? What happened?"
"Stin, calm down I'm fine."
"Good; glad to hear it." Then the brunette guy behind her coughed, "Oh sorry, Justin, this is Liney, Liney this is Justin is studying to be a rocket scientist!" Kristen said with glee, not the least bit modest.
Everyone else ran up beside her and hugged Liney. Amanda turned and stared at Kristen's boyfriend. He looked a wee bit younger than she did.
"Who's this?" she asked, putting her hand out to shake his.
"Justin." Kristen perked, showing off her new boyfriend. She was about to explain what he was studying to be and all but then Ron suggested that they take Caroline home. Amanda offered to take everyone to dinner and we all accepted.
When we all hopped into my car and we drove off. Ron suggested that they put up a black blanket to block everyone out. Peaceful, he said.
On the way home we could here the two back there, it was so.sickening that I had to replace it with the loud Rancid, but that didn't even work.
When we got home Liney did not seem any better, perhaps worse. Her hair was off in all different directions and her skin was wet and she smelled of sweat and the sea, but she had a huge smile on her face. Ron looked almost the same.
We all headed off to our dorms, fought over the showers and got ready for dinner.
"So." Emmy asked when we got the dinner. "Feel rested with the 'black curtain'."
Liney kicked Emmy in the shins.
"Tell me Justin," Amanda asked, her eye lashes fluttering. "What are you studying to be?"
"A rocket scientist." Justin answered through his pizza.
"Really, that's so interesting." Amanda twisted her finer around her hair. Pierce looked at Amanda then at Justin, then back again at Amanda. He looked startled then coughed. Amanda snapped back in reality and smiled at Pierce. The rest of the dinner went fine and when were all done we headed back to our rooms.
I stayed up late and watched Saturday Night Live, until someone knocked on my door.
"Who is it?" I called. Readjusting myself on my futon and muting Jimmy Fallon.
"Liney, can I come in?" She asked.
"Doors open."
Caroline walked in and jumped on the couch next to me she grabbed a pillow.
"What's up?" I asked.
"There's a party tomorrow, at the Kappa's." I nodded. "And this guy, he's in my classical music class. You might know him; he takes creative writing with you. Well, he asked me to ask you if you would be okay, um, having dinner with him. Or if you're ready to date again for that matter."
I thought about. Bailey and I hand not spoken in a long time. It wouldn't surprise me if he thought we were broken up.
"Sure," I decided.
"Really? He's going to be so happy."
The rest of the night, we talked about Ron and how Liney was lucky to have him. She didn't mention anything about the black blanket. However, I let it play out in my mind, and then just as quickly shunned it.
The next morning I came over to their dorm and we did our biology homework together. Deppy following us around whenever we got up for snacks. Around noon, Caroline called Perry and thrust the phone at me. We made plans to meet at a club, for tonight. We were all going to be there.
That night we all dressed in our usual clubbing outfits, the sparkles, the colors, and the makeup.
I didn't really know who Perry was, or what he looked like. Nevertheless, he was sweet and funny, scrawny and caring.
Ron put his arm around Caroline.
"How are you feeling, sweetie?" He kissed Liney on her forehead and she felt warm and safe.
"Much better, kiss me again and I'll have a better answer." Ron did as he was told/
"Hmmm, still not sure, once more please." Ron did. "Perfect."
From a distance I could see Ron and Liney, they were off in there little corner. Everyone else, including myself, was sitting on the couches at the Kappa's house.
"So, when's the next time you'll need a knight in shinning armor?" Ron asked.
"Hmmm.good thing you weren't in armor." Caroline laughed.
"Next time I promise to wear some. I think it will make me look.sexy."
Caroline snorted.
"Sexy?"
"What? I could pull it off."
In due time Ron pulled open the oak doors and smiled and blew her a kiss, she knew that this was a very queer thing, but she did not mind as she seemed to float from her seat. He was carrying a large cardboard box. When the host inquired about it, he allowed her a peak and explained it. She looked tentative, but whatever was in the box and Ron's smooth talking swooned her to let him take it.
"Agh! What's that smell?" Caroline asked once the box got near her.
"It's her." He handed Caroline the box and inside was a puppy cocker spaniel, a dog, to those who foolishly do not know their breeds.
"Ohmygosh! Ron I love you, she's adorable. What is her name? How old is she? How'd you know that's what I wanted?"
Ron grinned at her excitement.
"You can name her whatever you want, just not Bob, that's cruel. She is a month old, today. And you complain all the time about how you're parents never let you have a dog, so."
"I never complain."
"You always complain."
"Fine, whatever, I just love my gift..."
"I'm glad you do, what shall we name her?"
"Um." Caroline stared at the puppy, "Deppy."
"Hmm. Deppy? It may just grow on her." After a long and delightful dinner, Pierce suggested that they go home; after all, it was important to get rest for her birthday surprise on Friday.
Caroline jumped up and down in her seat; Man elbowed her.
"Ow," Caroline rubbed her arm. "Who did that?" You see, Caroline was being blindfolded so we could all take her to her birthday party. Even though her birthday was in the summer, we choose to celebrate her half birthday, because we were all going different directions during the summer.
Emily pushed herself more toward the window. Liney was suffocating her; she was in the middle of the back seat, stuck. She sighed and rested her chin on her hand, and sighed.
"Where are we going?" Caroline demanded, again, for the millionth time.
"We aren't telling!" Amanda and Emily yelled again.
"Shesh! Well, is Ron coming?" Liney asked again. Ron had remained quiet the whole time; he was listening, on his walkman, to some of his favorite oldies. He smiled when he heard is name.
Maeve peered over the seat and hissed into Amanda's ear.
"Why am in back with Pierce?"
"It's not like I wanted you to." Amanda hissed back.
"Ugh! Leslie?" Maeve begged.
"No, we're almost there! We are not stopping!"
I pulled in to the driveway.
"Where here! Where here, aren't we?" Caroline shouted with glee. Ron laughed to himself.
We piled out of the car. Amanda untied the scarf.
"Ooooo!" Caroline jumped up and down clapping her hands. "A carnival!" She hugged us all, and KISSED Ron.
"Want some dinner?" Maeve asked, pulling out her wallet.
"Sure." We all headed over to the nearest corn dog stands.
We walked around for a while. Amanda, Pierce, Ron and Caroline decided to go into the love tunnel, while Emmy, Maeve, Troy, and I decided to go on a roller costar. When we got back, I looked at my watch. Where was she?
"Something wrong, Les?" Caroline asked.
"You're birthday surprise is late."
"Oooo! I love surprises."
"I know. Ron said. He put is arm around her. "Is anyone up for a roller coaster?"
Caroline was a little apprehensive about roller coasters. Love tunnels were fine. They were dark, with strange random pink lights everywhere.
We had all volunteered already and Ron was waiting for Caroline's answer.
"Um, sure." Ron smiled and put his arm around Caroline.
Caroline had always had a fear of roller costars. However, this was a good time to get over it. She breathed in as the coaster made its twists, turns up, and downs. Against the racing, speed Ron grabbed her hand, which made her feel better by completely emptying her stomach and filling it with warmth. She smiled and he smiled back.
Finally, the costar ended and she did not feel well at all. Her head was racing, dizzy, and her mouth felt dry. Her feet touched the ground again and her knees nearly buckled beneath her. Liney ran with all her might to one of the docks on the pier. The fresh sea air refreshed her brain and Ron called out to her. She was ready to head back, she felt better. But then the thoughts and visions of the twists and turns came back to her and she breathed one last breath of sea air before her mind went blank and she barely felt, as if she was dreaming, the water that now engulfed her body.
Ron saw it all, from behind, the light swaying of her graceful body, and the even more graceful fall of her as she plunged into the Atlantic. There was no doubt in his mind as he ran after and plunged into the murky green sea. He grasped her frail body and blasted off to shore.
When he returned to shore, the choking Caroline in his two arms, a crowd had gathered. Including me, we all worried about Liney. Was she going to be okay? Ron leaned down to resuscitate her, but when his lips were barely an inch away, she awoke and slapped him.
"What was that for?" Ron asked.
"What?" Caroline blinked.
"You slapped me."
"I did!?"
"You did."
"I'm sorry! So, so, so sorry!"
"Where is she? Is she okay? Oh, for heavens sake, Justin, HURRY UP! She could've died!" Caroline jumped up from the sand, her clothes wet and sandy, but she knew that voice. It was.
"Stin!"
"Liney! Oh, my gosh, I'm so glad you're okay. We were going to surprise you later, but then LiLi told me! Are you okay? What happened?"
"Stin, calm down I'm fine."
"Good; glad to hear it." Then the brunette guy behind her coughed, "Oh sorry, Justin, this is Liney, Liney this is Justin is studying to be a rocket scientist!" Kristen said with glee, not the least bit modest.
Everyone else ran up beside her and hugged Liney. Amanda turned and stared at Kristen's boyfriend. He looked a wee bit younger than she did.
"Who's this?" she asked, putting her hand out to shake his.
"Justin." Kristen perked, showing off her new boyfriend. She was about to explain what he was studying to be and all but then Ron suggested that they take Caroline home. Amanda offered to take everyone to dinner and we all accepted.
When we all hopped into my car and we drove off. Ron suggested that they put up a black blanket to block everyone out. Peaceful, he said.
On the way home we could here the two back there, it was so.sickening that I had to replace it with the loud Rancid, but that didn't even work.
When we got home Liney did not seem any better, perhaps worse. Her hair was off in all different directions and her skin was wet and she smelled of sweat and the sea, but she had a huge smile on her face. Ron looked almost the same.
We all headed off to our dorms, fought over the showers and got ready for dinner.
"So." Emmy asked when we got the dinner. "Feel rested with the 'black curtain'."
Liney kicked Emmy in the shins.
"Tell me Justin," Amanda asked, her eye lashes fluttering. "What are you studying to be?"
"A rocket scientist." Justin answered through his pizza.
"Really, that's so interesting." Amanda twisted her finer around her hair. Pierce looked at Amanda then at Justin, then back again at Amanda. He looked startled then coughed. Amanda snapped back in reality and smiled at Pierce. The rest of the dinner went fine and when were all done we headed back to our rooms.
I stayed up late and watched Saturday Night Live, until someone knocked on my door.
"Who is it?" I called. Readjusting myself on my futon and muting Jimmy Fallon.
"Liney, can I come in?" She asked.
"Doors open."
Caroline walked in and jumped on the couch next to me she grabbed a pillow.
"What's up?" I asked.
"There's a party tomorrow, at the Kappa's." I nodded. "And this guy, he's in my classical music class. You might know him; he takes creative writing with you. Well, he asked me to ask you if you would be okay, um, having dinner with him. Or if you're ready to date again for that matter."
I thought about. Bailey and I hand not spoken in a long time. It wouldn't surprise me if he thought we were broken up.
"Sure," I decided.
"Really? He's going to be so happy."
The rest of the night, we talked about Ron and how Liney was lucky to have him. She didn't mention anything about the black blanket. However, I let it play out in my mind, and then just as quickly shunned it.
The next morning I came over to their dorm and we did our biology homework together. Deppy following us around whenever we got up for snacks. Around noon, Caroline called Perry and thrust the phone at me. We made plans to meet at a club, for tonight. We were all going to be there.
That night we all dressed in our usual clubbing outfits, the sparkles, the colors, and the makeup.
I didn't really know who Perry was, or what he looked like. Nevertheless, he was sweet and funny, scrawny and caring.
Ron put his arm around Caroline.
"How are you feeling, sweetie?" He kissed Liney on her forehead and she felt warm and safe.
"Much better, kiss me again and I'll have a better answer." Ron did as he was told/
"Hmmm, still not sure, once more please." Ron did. "Perfect."
From a distance I could see Ron and Liney, they were off in there little corner. Everyone else, including myself, was sitting on the couches at the Kappa's house.
"So, when's the next time you'll need a knight in shinning armor?" Ron asked.
"Hmmm.good thing you weren't in armor." Caroline laughed.
"Next time I promise to wear some. I think it will make me look.sexy."
Caroline snorted.
"Sexy?"
"What? I could pull it off."