Disclaimer: Chapter 1 holds the secret. (I no, I'm lazy and don't change
this part). But, I also don't own and of the brands of the four wheelers or
the Benton Bottoms (yes, it really exists). Nor do I own the band Nickel
Creek or any of their songs, or the song When You're Evil by Voltaire. I
wish I did, tho. That would be 5vv337.
A/N: Okay kiddies, in case you haven't figured it out, what I do when starting to type a new chapter is take the previous one, change the chapter number and name, and delete everything but the author's notes and disclaimer. Just telling you so you don't think I'm a complete idiot when you see how much I repeat myself in these two sections. Thank you all again for your replies!! E-mail with ideas and any other comments at jupitergurl02@hotmail.com are STILL appreciated! (I haven't had anyone respond to this yet. sobs)
Okay, yeah, I lied. I saved the angst for this chapter. But then it gets cute and fun again! I promise!
Chapter 13, Lost and Found of Love
It was about three AM and Angela needed some time alone. Forgetting that anyone would be there, she went out to the motor home and sat on one of the couches, sobbing into her knees which were drawn up to her chest. She sat like that for about five minutes, not noticing that Pietro was standing there watching her. He cleared his throat softly and she jumped, looking up at him with puffy, red eyes.
"What are you doing here?" she demanded angrily, knuckling the wet tears which were coming to her eyes again.
"Uh, I sleep here, remember?" said Pietro, not really wanting to make her mad, which seemed like it could be an easy thing to do. He did, however, want to make her feel better. "So, uh, what's up?" he asked. She glared at him.
*flashback to earlier that night*
"I don' know, chere. I jus' tink we rushed inta dis, is all. I mean, y' great an' all, but, well, t' tell ya da truth, y' scares me sometimes," Remy was saying. They were upstairs in his room and Angela was on the bed while Remy paced by the window, not looking at her.
"But I don't know what you mean, Remy? How can you just like me one minute and not the next? It doesn't make sense!" she was getting angry now.
"Well, I jus'... Maybe I felt pressured t' say yes o' somethin'. I don' know. Y' jus' too hyper an', well, we can still be friens, right?" he said, turning to her for the first time. She had started to cry, but she was standing with her hands balled into fists. She glared at him through her tears and ran out of his room. He started to run after her, but stopped, sighing and closing the door.
*end flashback*
"Wow, that's harsh..." said Pietro, sitting next to her on the couch. She nodded, sighing. She was holding a cup of water in both hands and staring into it.
"I really just wanted to go out and zap some stuff. That would make me feel better," she said, sighing again.
"Um, you could punch me?" said Pietro uneasily. He cringed a little, but Angela shook her head.
"I'd rather punch Remy."
"Um, we could arrange that," said Pietro, smiling at the chance to get one of the X-Geeks hurt. 'Wait a minute, she's one of them, too. I should be happy that she's all sad and stuff. But I'm not. She's my friend. She kinda cute, too,' thought Pietro. He jumped. 'Wait a minute! I can't like an X-Man! Why are they called X-MEN? She's a girl, Jean's a girl, so are Boom Boom and Lisa. Weird. They should rebel. That's sexist.'
"Are you okay?" Angela asked, interrupting Pietro random thoughts.
"Ah- yeah! Sure! I'm fine! What were you saying?"
"I said that we should hang out more. We're kinda alike, y'know?" said Angela.
"How so?" asked Pietro.
"Well, Fay dumped you without even giving you a chance. We're both hyper and love sugar and can't stand slow stuff. And, yeah. We should just hang out more," said Angela, not noticing how hurt Pietro looked when she mentioned Fay.
"Yeah... I don't know why she hates me so much," said Pietro sadly. It was his turn to be depressed now.
"Oh, cheer up, Speedy!" said Angela, taking on the role of the happy cheerer-upper. "Fay's just... well, evil. That's all. I never really pictured her as having a boyfriend, but especially not a jock! The only person I've really seen her swoon over is Nakago."[1] Pietro nodded, not pretending to know what she was talking about. He kind of undestood, though. He suddenly was dragged away from his thoughts by an organ-crushing hug from the shorter mutant. He yelped.
"Hey! What's going on!?" he whined, squirming.
"Oh, don't be so mean," said Angela, letting go and pouting. Then she smiled happily. "Hey! We should both go out!"
"Huh?" said Pietro, wondering if she had the power of reading his thoughts from earlier.
"Yeah!" she said happily. "I was dumped by Remy, you were dumped by Fay. Well, sort of. We're both happy and hyper and could use another friend to help us through, so let's go out!" the logic seemed so clear to her that Pietro had to agree, or risk his brain exploding.
"You're right! We'll go out!"
"Yay!" she said, tackle-hugging him and pushing him back on the couch again. "But now I have to sleep, I did't sleep at all," she smiled, standing up and going to the door of the camper. She turned before she exited and blushed a little, as if just realizing what had happened. She smiled and blew a kiss at Pietro who was still laying on the couch, a bit stunned. "See you in the morning. And thanks." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Hey, wake up." Pietro's effort earned him a pillow in the face from the still-groggy Angela. Everyone else was up and ready to go, but she was still asleep. "Ah! Hey, come on! We gotta go! You're Nana's taking us four wheeling and she said you need to help us cuz we're dumb. SoComeOn!" he urged, pulling the covers off of her. She yelped and zapped him back into the wall. He fell, holding the smoldering hole in his shirt. "Ow! What's the problem?" he asked.
Angela sat up, pulling the covers up around her. "Go on! I'm in my jamies!" she yelled. He sighed and walked out, closing the door. Angela got up and dressed in her long jeans and a t-shirt. She walked into the kitchen where everyone was in shorts and tank tops. "You guys... you can't wear shorts."
"But it's ninety degrees out zere!" complained Kurt.
"Yeah, are you crazy, yo?" asked Kurt. Lisa and Fay seemed to be the only ones to notice anything was wrong with Angela. Mainly, her red and blood-shot eyes.
"No, I'm serious. Now go change into some long pants or no one's going," she growled angrily. "The motors on those things get hot and can burn you. Also, there's poison ivy and oak and red velvet ants and poisonous snakes and everything else you can think of. So go!" she shoed everyone away, but Lisa stayed after along with Fay.
"What's the matter?" asked Lisa.
"Not a morning person," Angela grumbled, biting into a cold piece of toast.
"It's nearly noon," said Fay.
"That's not what's bothering you," said Lisa firmly.
"No, it's not," Angela sighed.
"Then what is it?" Fay pressed.
"Remy broke up with me last night," she said, looking down at her plate.
"What? Already?" asked Fay in surprise.
"All hail the queen of long relationships,"[2] said Lisa jokingly. "How ya takin' it?"
"Okay, I guess. I went to the camper last night to think, forgetting all about Speedy, and he cheered me up." She smiled a little. "Now we're going out."
"All hail the queen of quick rebounds," said Fay sarcastically. Pietro sped into the room and she smiled. "Hey, does this mean you'll lay offa me now?"
"Not a chance," said Pietro.
"What!?" said Angela angrily.
"Eep!" eeped Pietro. "Uh, only joking?" Angela glared. Everyone else came into the kitchen and she drained a glass of strawberry tea. She smiled her best I've-not-slept-and-will-bite-your-head-off-at-any-minute smile and stood.
"Alright, everyone. Get out to the garage. Nana will supply you with goggles and boots. Pick your partners and we'll be off to the Benton Bottoms! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Okay," said Sandy, walking over to the trailer with the four wheelers. "I'll take the Kodiak with Mikey. Does everyone else have their partners?" she asked. Everyone broke into groups. Lisa went with Kurt, Angela with Pietro, and then Remy with Fay. They hooked up the trailer to one of the machines for Todd to ride in. It was on the back of the Big Bear.
"That's the only one I know how to drive, so looks like that's ours, Speedy," said Angela. "Sorry to disappoint you, but we can't go too fast, we'll flip. Put on your helmets and goggles, everyone. Oh, and don't open your mouths when we ride, bugs aren't tasty. You can, though, Todd," she added as an afterthought. They all got on their machines and Sandy led the way. They took off through the field and then turned into the woods down a path. They were full of dusts by that time, but in the woods the shade had kept the ground moist. It wasn't long before everyone was covered in mud.
"This is great, yo! I love it!" said Todd.
"Yeah!" said Lisa happily. She was driving and Kurt was holding on around her waist.
"I doubt zis mud vill ever come out of my fur!" said Kurt complacently.
"Hold on, Pietro!" said Angela happily, punching it over a root. They actually got some air and Todd almost fell off his trailer.
"Hey! I wanna change machines, here!" said Todd, "I think my life's in danga!"
"We should stop for lunch, anyway," said Sandy, pulling into a clearing. Everyone else stopped by her and they got the sandwiches out of the coolers along with drinks and sat and ate lunch.
"What's this bug? Can I eat it?" Todd was asking. He had learned to ask before eating anything after trying the dirt dauber and the horsefly. Angela walked over to him and yelped.
"Definitely not! Lisa, y'know that bug I showed you in my collection? Here's a live one! Look out, though, it looks angry."
"Vhat is it?" asked Kurt, hovering over them. Everyone else joined them except Sandy and Fay.
"I don't even want to know," said Fay, finishing her sandwich.
"It's called a red velvet ant. Isn't she pretty? see the stinger though? Worse than a bee, I reckon," said Angela.
"You... what?" said Lisa. Angela blushed.
"It starts..." she said with a sigh. [3]
"Hey! ThisCokeIsGood!" said Pietro.
"What?" asked Sandy.
"He said the Coke's good. It's called Pepsi One," Angela translated, then corrected. Everyone took their places again except Remy. He was sitting away from the group, watching the ant. Lisa finished first and stood.
"Can I take a walk around here? It's nice," she said.
"Someone else should go with you," said Sandy.
"I'll go, Mrs. H," said Kurt, standing.
"Me, too," said Fay.
"You guys be careful. Watch for snakes and don't go far. Yell if anything goes wrong," said Sandy. They all nodded and went down a small trail. After a while, they came back. Kurt was holding Lisa's hand and she was holding a small snake.
"What's that?" asked Mikey.
"A snake," said Lisa. "Isn't he pretty?"
"Put that down, honey, it could be poisonous!" said Sandy.
"Oh, don't worry, Nana. It's jus' a lil' ol' chicken snake," said Angela. Lisa put it in one of the empty coolers after dumping the ice out of it.
"Um, is that a chicken snake, too?" asked Todd. Everyone looked to where he was pointing and Angela yelped.
"What is it?" asked her Nana. "I can't see it."
"Copper head, let's go,"[4] she said, pushing everyone back onto their four wheelers. They all sped off, laughing and yelling. When they got home, there was a car in the driveway.
"Who's here, Nana?" asked Angela.
"Shoot! I was supposed to be here for when your Aunt Patsy came. She brought your Granny. Hmmm, Lisa, how about you take Remy's room upstairs and Remy, you can sleep out in the camper with Pietro." Pietro glared at Remy.
"Hey, what's this?" Todd asked as Sandy went inside, leaving them outside to use the hose and clean off as much as possible before going inside. They were almost unrecognizable from all the mud. Todd was holding a cup with a hole cut out of the top. Angela looked over at him and wrinkled her nose.
"That's my Papa's spit cup."
"His what?" asked Todd, sniffing it. "Yuck! What is it!?"
"I told you, it's his spit cup. He chews tobacco," Angela said, taking the hose and spraying Lisa. She made the water go around her and it hit Kurt.
"Hey!" he yelped, bamfing out of the way. The next in line was Pietro who sped away from the water. Fay finally got drenched.
"Angela!!" She yelled. Angela eeped, dropping the hose and running. She hid behind Lisa. Fay laughed. "Well, I guess we should stop using out powers," said Fay, "or else we may never get this mud of." Lisa smiled and the water pulled from the mud, drying it. The crusted mud was easy to flake off and she tossed her boots in the he garage and went inside to shower.
"Hey, no fair, yo! She should help us!" said Todd.
"Shut up, froggy," said Remy irritably. He grabbed the hose and sprayed as much mud off of himself as he could and went to sit out on the blacktop driveway to dry before going in. Everyone else followed suit, though Fay had a wind demon make it quicker for them. They all went inside and showered and met Angela's Aunt Pat and Great Grandma.
"So, what are we having for dinner?" asked Angela after her Aunt Pat left. Sandy smiled
"Well, your favorite band's having a concert tonight by the river. I figure we should show them downtown before it's time for you to go," she said. Angela was excited.
"Really? And we can have real barbque?" asked Angela. Sandy nodded.
"None of that fake stuff they serve up north. Come on, let's go," she said. They all piled into the Jeep. All, that is, except Pietro who decided to run along side it on the shoulder of the road. No one would notice him, really. He was going too fast. They arrived by the flood wall with all the paintings on it.
"Wow, that's pretty," said Fay. "Can I paint something on the wall like that?"
"No, it's a local artist that does it," said Sandy.
"What it for?" asked Todd.
"Its a flood wall. Whenever the waters of the river get too high, they close that big gate so that the stores don't get flooded," explained Angela.
"Have they ever needed to use it?" asked Lisa. Angela smiled, pointing to one panel of the wall that depicted a flooded out city. Many of the stores were still standing in downtown somewhere. They all walked over to that one and read the plack that said that the water had risen nearly fifteen feet above the present sidewalk. "Wow," said Lisa. Angela nodded.
"Look!" she said, pointing to the picture of the cow on the roof of a building. Everyone laughed and went down to get seats for the concert.
"So who's playin'?" asked Remy.
"Nickel Creek!" said Angela excitedly.
"You mean Nickel Back? I love them, yo!" said Todd.
"No, not Nickle Back, Nickel Creek! They're my favorite band," said Angela.
"Oh, what kind of music do they play?" asked Mikey. Just then, a fiddle started and a mandolin was plucked. Most of the group besides Lisa, Angela, and Pietro groaned. Pietro was just being nice, though.
"Oh, come on, guys! I love it! Let's dance!" said Angela, pulling Pietro out of his seat. They danced, both were horrible at it, and then the rest eventually joined in. Angela sang along with all the songs she knew, and tried the ones she didn't Pietro laughed.
"You're pretty good at singing!" he said. Angela blushed.
"Thanks."
"Hey, let's go see if we can meet them!" said Angela, dragging Pietro over to the stage during intermission. Sandy had gone to get the food and left them alone.
"What? How?" asked Lisa.
"Fay, have Fluffy cloak us or something," said Angela smiling. Fay did so and they went backstage, looking around for the members of the band. There were three of them and Angela knew them upon sight. She was holding Pietro's hand and it started to turn blue. He yelped and the three band members looked toward the direction of the noise. Everyone froze. Angela had her hand clapped over Pietro's mouth.
"Who's there?" asked Sean Watkins. He didn't seem alarmed or scared and acted as if he was expecting visitors or something. Angela poked Fay and she told Fluffy to let go of the cloaking. The band members jumped as the eight of them seemingly appeared out of nowhere. They blinked.
"This is so great!" Angela breathed happily. She was still holding Pietro's hand and it was slowly turning purple.
"Letgo!" he whined, pulling away. He was unsuccessful, but Angela let go. He rubbed his hand with the other
"I don't see what's so great, yo. They're just some stupid singas," said Todd, crossing his arms. Angela glared at him and he clung to Remy's leg, hiding behind him.
"What do you mean just some stupid singers!? They're great! I'd like to see you sing or play the instruments they do!" she snarled. Todd continued to cling to Remy who shook him away.
"Le' go!" he said angrily. Todd hopped behind Lisa who sighed.
"You've done it now..." she whispered to him in warning. Fay and Mikey looked down at him gravely.
"Wanna shield?" asked Mikey.
"It won't do him any good," said Fay.
"Um... Can we help you?" Sean asked again. Angela jumped and turned back to the group.
"Wow! This is so great! Isn't this great, Pietro?" she said.
"Uh, SureIGuess," he said quickly.
"What?" asked Sara.
"He think's it's great, too!" Angela translated. "Oh! Lemme introduce us! I'm Angela! You guys are my favorite band! And this is Lisa, Fay, Mikey, Todd, we call him Toad, Pietro," she said, giving her new boyfriend a hug, "Kurt, and Remy," she said the last one a bit shakily. They still hadn't talked since she stormed out of his room.
"O... kay? How did you guys get passed security?" asked Chris. He set down the mandolin he had been polishing.
"Well, you see, Fay can-" Angela started. Lisa quickly covered her mouth with her hand and cut her off.
"That's not important!" she said quickly. "Right?" she said to Angela. She whined and nodded. Lisa let go.
"Do you want autographs or something?" asked Sara.
"Sure!" said Angela happily. She produced a pen and pad of paper from her purse, handing it to them. They all signed it and handed it back.
"Should we go now, Usagi-chan?" asked Mikey.
"Iie!" she said determinedly. Everyone else sweatdropped.
"But they have to go on stage soon," said Lisa.
"Yah, and ve haff to go eat, remember?" said Kurt.
"But... but..." Angela whined.
"Aw, come on, don't cry!" said Chris, smiling. "Tell ya what, you guys go and then come back after the show, okay? Here, take these passes so that you can get through security... although that didn't seem to be a problem for you, but these will help." He handed them all backstage passes and Angela giggled, taking them and putting them in her purse. Toad looked at Chris, then grabbed the Mandolin with his tongue.
"What is this thing, anyway?" he asked, plucking one of the strings. The three band members backed away, disgusted.
"Toad! Give that back!" Angela shouted. Toad eeped, dropping the instrument. Angela ran at him and he hopped away. The rest of them apologized and followed the other two mutants. Pietro ran in front of Toad, grabbing and holding him.
"Do your worst!" Pietro shouted happily. Angela laughed and advanced on her captive. She was stopped by her Nana calling to them that she had dinner. They all went and ate, watching the rest of the show without incident. After, they went backstage and presented their passes.
"What now?" said Fay, looking bored. She crossed her arms and sat down in one of the chairs that were set up. Everyone else took a seat as well.
"I guess now we wait," said Lisa.
"They're probably still cleaning up on stage," said Angela.
"Why are we here, anyway?" asked Toad.
"I sink eet has somesing to do vith ze fact zat Angela scares everyone," said Kurt. Everyone sweatdropped.
"Um, yeah, why are we here?" asked Pietro. "Do you just wanna autograph or something?"
"I don't know," said Angela after thinking for a minute. Everyone sweatdropped.
"You don't know?" You mean we're sitting here while the mosquitoes threaten to carry us away while draining pint after pint of our blood, and you don't know why?" demanded Fay.
"Well, I guess not," said Angela, laughing a little. "Wanna go home?" she said. They all sighed, returning to the house. Sandy went to sleep, so they all went to the motor home, not wanting to wake her.
"What now?" asked Remy.
"Well, we could play truth or dare?" suggested Lisa. Everyone seemed to think that was a good idea. They all found places to sit.
"Who goes first?" asked Mikey.
"Vhy don't you go, Lisa? It vas your idea," suggested Kurt.
"Okay," said Lisa. She smiled and turned to Pietro. "I dare you to kiss Angela." Angela blushed deeply and looked at him. His cheeks turned from their normal pale color to an actual normal color.
"Um, okay, but first I need her to promise that she won't kill me, kay?" Angela nodded, though she glared at Lisa. Pietro leaned in and quickly pecked her on the cheek. Everyone laughed.
"Yo, Speedy, you actually look like ya got some color in ya!" said Toad, laughing.
"Alright, all right," said Pietro angrily. "My turn. Hmm... Oh! I got one! Angela, I dare you to sing! You're always singing in the car but I can never hear you." Angela looked nervous.
"Do I have to?" she whined. Everyone nodded. "Oh, okay.... Lisa, yer singing with me."
"What!? How did I get dragged into this? Oh, fine. Evil song then?" she asked. Angela nodded. They counted to three and began singing.
"When the devil is too busy, and death's a bit too much. They call on me by name you see, for my special touch. To the gentlemen, I'm Miss Fortune. To the ladies, I'm Sir Prize. But call on me by any name, anyway it's all the same. I'm the fly in your soup I'm the pebble in your shoe I'm the pea beneath your bed I'm a bump on every head I'm the peel on which you slip I'm a pin in every hip I'm the thorn in your side makes you wriggle and writhe. And it's so easy when you're evil This is the life, you see, the Devil tips his hat to me. I do it all because I'm evil, And I do it all for free. Your tears are all the pay I'll ever need.
"While there's children to make sad, while there's candy to be had while there's pockets left to pick. While there's grannies left to trip down the stairs, I'll be there, I'll be waiting round the corner it's a game, I'm glad I'm in it 'cause there's one born every minute. And it's so easy when you're evil. This is the life, you see, the devil tips his hat to me. I do it all because I'm evil, and I do it all for free. Your tears are all the pay I'll ever need.
"I pledge my allegiance to all things dark and I promise on my damned soul to do as I am told. For Beelzebub has never seen a soldier quite like me not only does his job, but does it happily. I'm the fear that keeps you awake, I'm the shadows on the wall, I'm the monsters they become, I'm the nightmare in your skull. I'm a dagger in your back, an extra turn upon the rack. I'm the quivering of your heart. A stabbing pain, a sudden start. And it's so easy when you're evil This is the life, you see, the Devil tips his hat to me. I do it all because I'm evil, And I do it all for free. Your tears are all the pay I'll ever need.
"It gets so lonely being evil. What I'd do to see a smile, even for a little while. And no one loves you when you're evil. I'm lying though my teeth, your tears are all the company I need." They concluded happily and everyone gaped at them. Pietro was the first to break the silence.
"You know, there's room for two more at the brother hood," he said, aghast.
"Okay!" said Angela excitedly.
"No way!" said Lisa at the same time. They looked at each other, blinking.
"Really?" said Pietro, directing the question at Angela. She shrugged.
"Sure, why not? Logan doesn't like me, anyways."
"Baka," said Lisa.
"Oh, quit fighting, you two," said Mikey. Angela perked up and smiled. Everyone looked at her. "What is it now, Usagi-chan?" asked Mikey warily.
"Come on, guys! I gotta idea!" she said happily, grabbing Pietro and dragging him out of the motor home. Everyone else followed them to the field where the X Jet was.
"You mean you've finally come to your senses and ve're going home?" said Kurt hopefully.
"Of course not, silly!" said Angela, climbing back into the field. Everyone groaned.
"Come on, chere! We' already ate up from d' bugs here an' nobody wants t' go back in dat field 'less it's ta go home," said Remy. Angela glared daggers at him and he shut up. Everyone followed her silently then until they saw the cows.
"Hey, yo, what's the matter with 'em? They all got their eyes closed, they sick?" said Todd, hopping closer to one of them.
"No, silly, everyone knows that cows sleep standing up," said Fay. Todd blinked, hopping closer. Angela walked up beside the cow that Todd was 'stalking' and smiled.
"Come on, Pietro, I need your help," she said, bracing her back against the cow. Pietro blinked, leaning back on the cow next to her. Todd did the same.
"What's the point of this?" asked Fay. Lisa smiled, running up on the other side of Toad.
"Cow tipping!" she exclaimed happily. Angela nodded, giggling. "On the count of three. One, two, three!" Lisa counted aloud
"Cow what!?" said Todd as he fell backwards with the large beast. The creature let out a loud cry when it was startled awake. Todd disentangled himself from the cow and hopped away. Angela and Lisa both grabbed Pietro and drug him as well. He blinked.
"What just happened?" he asked, confused.
"You just tipped your first cow," said Fay. "Now move over and let someone else try," she ordered. Pietro looked back at the toppled animal. It was looking at them crossly, but it didn't get it. It instead curled its long legs underneath its massive body and, after one last cautionary look at the teens, put its head down to try to sleep again.
For a while, they all wandered the field, pushing over cows and laughing as they fell. "Hey! Look at zat vone!" said Kurt, running over to a large bull. He pushed his back against the cow and Lisa fell in beside him. Fay and Remy were next, then Angela on the end. They all heaved and tried to topple the creature, but it wouldn't budge.
"Come on, guys, we need your help!" said Angela, dragging Pietro and Todd to help them. Angela gave Pietro her spot and Fay gave up hers to Todd. They counted to three and put their hands on the beast's sides and shoved. It finally toppled with an angry cry as it stood up again.
"That's not good... is it...?" said Todd, blinking as the animal stomped at the ground.
"Angela, what's it doing?" asked Fay angrily.
"Uh, it's telling us to run!" she said, running. Everyone else followed suit as the animal began to give chase.
[1] Nakago is Fay's Bishounen from Fushigi Yuugi. If anyone else likes him, she will probably kill them. She's very protective of her harem. [2] The first two relationships I've ever had in my life only lasted a couple weeks. ^_^;;; I'm working on the third now and it's been a month! Happy anniversary Gamby-chan! [3] I always get an accent when I go to Kentucky. Mine right now is coming along nicely and I don't go back until August 3rd. [4] a Copper Head is a snake which is all gray with red on its head. It is one of the three types of poisonous snakes in the USA. They're a member of the pit viper family.
A/N: Ta daaaa! I didn't know how to end this chapter, so here we are! Cow tipping incident! Thank Lisa for the feral cow idea. The next chapter will (I think) end the vacation. You'll finally get to see how the Professor and Wolverine felt about the idea. Oh, and Angela will loose her temper with Wolverine. It'll be fun! Hope you enjoy and see ya next time!
A/N: Okay kiddies, in case you haven't figured it out, what I do when starting to type a new chapter is take the previous one, change the chapter number and name, and delete everything but the author's notes and disclaimer. Just telling you so you don't think I'm a complete idiot when you see how much I repeat myself in these two sections. Thank you all again for your replies!! E-mail with ideas and any other comments at jupitergurl02@hotmail.com are STILL appreciated! (I haven't had anyone respond to this yet. sobs)
Okay, yeah, I lied. I saved the angst for this chapter. But then it gets cute and fun again! I promise!
Chapter 13, Lost and Found of Love
It was about three AM and Angela needed some time alone. Forgetting that anyone would be there, she went out to the motor home and sat on one of the couches, sobbing into her knees which were drawn up to her chest. She sat like that for about five minutes, not noticing that Pietro was standing there watching her. He cleared his throat softly and she jumped, looking up at him with puffy, red eyes.
"What are you doing here?" she demanded angrily, knuckling the wet tears which were coming to her eyes again.
"Uh, I sleep here, remember?" said Pietro, not really wanting to make her mad, which seemed like it could be an easy thing to do. He did, however, want to make her feel better. "So, uh, what's up?" he asked. She glared at him.
*flashback to earlier that night*
"I don' know, chere. I jus' tink we rushed inta dis, is all. I mean, y' great an' all, but, well, t' tell ya da truth, y' scares me sometimes," Remy was saying. They were upstairs in his room and Angela was on the bed while Remy paced by the window, not looking at her.
"But I don't know what you mean, Remy? How can you just like me one minute and not the next? It doesn't make sense!" she was getting angry now.
"Well, I jus'... Maybe I felt pressured t' say yes o' somethin'. I don' know. Y' jus' too hyper an', well, we can still be friens, right?" he said, turning to her for the first time. She had started to cry, but she was standing with her hands balled into fists. She glared at him through her tears and ran out of his room. He started to run after her, but stopped, sighing and closing the door.
*end flashback*
"Wow, that's harsh..." said Pietro, sitting next to her on the couch. She nodded, sighing. She was holding a cup of water in both hands and staring into it.
"I really just wanted to go out and zap some stuff. That would make me feel better," she said, sighing again.
"Um, you could punch me?" said Pietro uneasily. He cringed a little, but Angela shook her head.
"I'd rather punch Remy."
"Um, we could arrange that," said Pietro, smiling at the chance to get one of the X-Geeks hurt. 'Wait a minute, she's one of them, too. I should be happy that she's all sad and stuff. But I'm not. She's my friend. She kinda cute, too,' thought Pietro. He jumped. 'Wait a minute! I can't like an X-Man! Why are they called X-MEN? She's a girl, Jean's a girl, so are Boom Boom and Lisa. Weird. They should rebel. That's sexist.'
"Are you okay?" Angela asked, interrupting Pietro random thoughts.
"Ah- yeah! Sure! I'm fine! What were you saying?"
"I said that we should hang out more. We're kinda alike, y'know?" said Angela.
"How so?" asked Pietro.
"Well, Fay dumped you without even giving you a chance. We're both hyper and love sugar and can't stand slow stuff. And, yeah. We should just hang out more," said Angela, not noticing how hurt Pietro looked when she mentioned Fay.
"Yeah... I don't know why she hates me so much," said Pietro sadly. It was his turn to be depressed now.
"Oh, cheer up, Speedy!" said Angela, taking on the role of the happy cheerer-upper. "Fay's just... well, evil. That's all. I never really pictured her as having a boyfriend, but especially not a jock! The only person I've really seen her swoon over is Nakago."[1] Pietro nodded, not pretending to know what she was talking about. He kind of undestood, though. He suddenly was dragged away from his thoughts by an organ-crushing hug from the shorter mutant. He yelped.
"Hey! What's going on!?" he whined, squirming.
"Oh, don't be so mean," said Angela, letting go and pouting. Then she smiled happily. "Hey! We should both go out!"
"Huh?" said Pietro, wondering if she had the power of reading his thoughts from earlier.
"Yeah!" she said happily. "I was dumped by Remy, you were dumped by Fay. Well, sort of. We're both happy and hyper and could use another friend to help us through, so let's go out!" the logic seemed so clear to her that Pietro had to agree, or risk his brain exploding.
"You're right! We'll go out!"
"Yay!" she said, tackle-hugging him and pushing him back on the couch again. "But now I have to sleep, I did't sleep at all," she smiled, standing up and going to the door of the camper. She turned before she exited and blushed a little, as if just realizing what had happened. She smiled and blew a kiss at Pietro who was still laying on the couch, a bit stunned. "See you in the morning. And thanks." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Hey, wake up." Pietro's effort earned him a pillow in the face from the still-groggy Angela. Everyone else was up and ready to go, but she was still asleep. "Ah! Hey, come on! We gotta go! You're Nana's taking us four wheeling and she said you need to help us cuz we're dumb. SoComeOn!" he urged, pulling the covers off of her. She yelped and zapped him back into the wall. He fell, holding the smoldering hole in his shirt. "Ow! What's the problem?" he asked.
Angela sat up, pulling the covers up around her. "Go on! I'm in my jamies!" she yelled. He sighed and walked out, closing the door. Angela got up and dressed in her long jeans and a t-shirt. She walked into the kitchen where everyone was in shorts and tank tops. "You guys... you can't wear shorts."
"But it's ninety degrees out zere!" complained Kurt.
"Yeah, are you crazy, yo?" asked Kurt. Lisa and Fay seemed to be the only ones to notice anything was wrong with Angela. Mainly, her red and blood-shot eyes.
"No, I'm serious. Now go change into some long pants or no one's going," she growled angrily. "The motors on those things get hot and can burn you. Also, there's poison ivy and oak and red velvet ants and poisonous snakes and everything else you can think of. So go!" she shoed everyone away, but Lisa stayed after along with Fay.
"What's the matter?" asked Lisa.
"Not a morning person," Angela grumbled, biting into a cold piece of toast.
"It's nearly noon," said Fay.
"That's not what's bothering you," said Lisa firmly.
"No, it's not," Angela sighed.
"Then what is it?" Fay pressed.
"Remy broke up with me last night," she said, looking down at her plate.
"What? Already?" asked Fay in surprise.
"All hail the queen of long relationships,"[2] said Lisa jokingly. "How ya takin' it?"
"Okay, I guess. I went to the camper last night to think, forgetting all about Speedy, and he cheered me up." She smiled a little. "Now we're going out."
"All hail the queen of quick rebounds," said Fay sarcastically. Pietro sped into the room and she smiled. "Hey, does this mean you'll lay offa me now?"
"Not a chance," said Pietro.
"What!?" said Angela angrily.
"Eep!" eeped Pietro. "Uh, only joking?" Angela glared. Everyone else came into the kitchen and she drained a glass of strawberry tea. She smiled her best I've-not-slept-and-will-bite-your-head-off-at-any-minute smile and stood.
"Alright, everyone. Get out to the garage. Nana will supply you with goggles and boots. Pick your partners and we'll be off to the Benton Bottoms! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Okay," said Sandy, walking over to the trailer with the four wheelers. "I'll take the Kodiak with Mikey. Does everyone else have their partners?" she asked. Everyone broke into groups. Lisa went with Kurt, Angela with Pietro, and then Remy with Fay. They hooked up the trailer to one of the machines for Todd to ride in. It was on the back of the Big Bear.
"That's the only one I know how to drive, so looks like that's ours, Speedy," said Angela. "Sorry to disappoint you, but we can't go too fast, we'll flip. Put on your helmets and goggles, everyone. Oh, and don't open your mouths when we ride, bugs aren't tasty. You can, though, Todd," she added as an afterthought. They all got on their machines and Sandy led the way. They took off through the field and then turned into the woods down a path. They were full of dusts by that time, but in the woods the shade had kept the ground moist. It wasn't long before everyone was covered in mud.
"This is great, yo! I love it!" said Todd.
"Yeah!" said Lisa happily. She was driving and Kurt was holding on around her waist.
"I doubt zis mud vill ever come out of my fur!" said Kurt complacently.
"Hold on, Pietro!" said Angela happily, punching it over a root. They actually got some air and Todd almost fell off his trailer.
"Hey! I wanna change machines, here!" said Todd, "I think my life's in danga!"
"We should stop for lunch, anyway," said Sandy, pulling into a clearing. Everyone else stopped by her and they got the sandwiches out of the coolers along with drinks and sat and ate lunch.
"What's this bug? Can I eat it?" Todd was asking. He had learned to ask before eating anything after trying the dirt dauber and the horsefly. Angela walked over to him and yelped.
"Definitely not! Lisa, y'know that bug I showed you in my collection? Here's a live one! Look out, though, it looks angry."
"Vhat is it?" asked Kurt, hovering over them. Everyone else joined them except Sandy and Fay.
"I don't even want to know," said Fay, finishing her sandwich.
"It's called a red velvet ant. Isn't she pretty? see the stinger though? Worse than a bee, I reckon," said Angela.
"You... what?" said Lisa. Angela blushed.
"It starts..." she said with a sigh. [3]
"Hey! ThisCokeIsGood!" said Pietro.
"What?" asked Sandy.
"He said the Coke's good. It's called Pepsi One," Angela translated, then corrected. Everyone took their places again except Remy. He was sitting away from the group, watching the ant. Lisa finished first and stood.
"Can I take a walk around here? It's nice," she said.
"Someone else should go with you," said Sandy.
"I'll go, Mrs. H," said Kurt, standing.
"Me, too," said Fay.
"You guys be careful. Watch for snakes and don't go far. Yell if anything goes wrong," said Sandy. They all nodded and went down a small trail. After a while, they came back. Kurt was holding Lisa's hand and she was holding a small snake.
"What's that?" asked Mikey.
"A snake," said Lisa. "Isn't he pretty?"
"Put that down, honey, it could be poisonous!" said Sandy.
"Oh, don't worry, Nana. It's jus' a lil' ol' chicken snake," said Angela. Lisa put it in one of the empty coolers after dumping the ice out of it.
"Um, is that a chicken snake, too?" asked Todd. Everyone looked to where he was pointing and Angela yelped.
"What is it?" asked her Nana. "I can't see it."
"Copper head, let's go,"[4] she said, pushing everyone back onto their four wheelers. They all sped off, laughing and yelling. When they got home, there was a car in the driveway.
"Who's here, Nana?" asked Angela.
"Shoot! I was supposed to be here for when your Aunt Patsy came. She brought your Granny. Hmmm, Lisa, how about you take Remy's room upstairs and Remy, you can sleep out in the camper with Pietro." Pietro glared at Remy.
"Hey, what's this?" Todd asked as Sandy went inside, leaving them outside to use the hose and clean off as much as possible before going inside. They were almost unrecognizable from all the mud. Todd was holding a cup with a hole cut out of the top. Angela looked over at him and wrinkled her nose.
"That's my Papa's spit cup."
"His what?" asked Todd, sniffing it. "Yuck! What is it!?"
"I told you, it's his spit cup. He chews tobacco," Angela said, taking the hose and spraying Lisa. She made the water go around her and it hit Kurt.
"Hey!" he yelped, bamfing out of the way. The next in line was Pietro who sped away from the water. Fay finally got drenched.
"Angela!!" She yelled. Angela eeped, dropping the hose and running. She hid behind Lisa. Fay laughed. "Well, I guess we should stop using out powers," said Fay, "or else we may never get this mud of." Lisa smiled and the water pulled from the mud, drying it. The crusted mud was easy to flake off and she tossed her boots in the he garage and went inside to shower.
"Hey, no fair, yo! She should help us!" said Todd.
"Shut up, froggy," said Remy irritably. He grabbed the hose and sprayed as much mud off of himself as he could and went to sit out on the blacktop driveway to dry before going in. Everyone else followed suit, though Fay had a wind demon make it quicker for them. They all went inside and showered and met Angela's Aunt Pat and Great Grandma.
"So, what are we having for dinner?" asked Angela after her Aunt Pat left. Sandy smiled
"Well, your favorite band's having a concert tonight by the river. I figure we should show them downtown before it's time for you to go," she said. Angela was excited.
"Really? And we can have real barbque?" asked Angela. Sandy nodded.
"None of that fake stuff they serve up north. Come on, let's go," she said. They all piled into the Jeep. All, that is, except Pietro who decided to run along side it on the shoulder of the road. No one would notice him, really. He was going too fast. They arrived by the flood wall with all the paintings on it.
"Wow, that's pretty," said Fay. "Can I paint something on the wall like that?"
"No, it's a local artist that does it," said Sandy.
"What it for?" asked Todd.
"Its a flood wall. Whenever the waters of the river get too high, they close that big gate so that the stores don't get flooded," explained Angela.
"Have they ever needed to use it?" asked Lisa. Angela smiled, pointing to one panel of the wall that depicted a flooded out city. Many of the stores were still standing in downtown somewhere. They all walked over to that one and read the plack that said that the water had risen nearly fifteen feet above the present sidewalk. "Wow," said Lisa. Angela nodded.
"Look!" she said, pointing to the picture of the cow on the roof of a building. Everyone laughed and went down to get seats for the concert.
"So who's playin'?" asked Remy.
"Nickel Creek!" said Angela excitedly.
"You mean Nickel Back? I love them, yo!" said Todd.
"No, not Nickle Back, Nickel Creek! They're my favorite band," said Angela.
"Oh, what kind of music do they play?" asked Mikey. Just then, a fiddle started and a mandolin was plucked. Most of the group besides Lisa, Angela, and Pietro groaned. Pietro was just being nice, though.
"Oh, come on, guys! I love it! Let's dance!" said Angela, pulling Pietro out of his seat. They danced, both were horrible at it, and then the rest eventually joined in. Angela sang along with all the songs she knew, and tried the ones she didn't Pietro laughed.
"You're pretty good at singing!" he said. Angela blushed.
"Thanks."
"Hey, let's go see if we can meet them!" said Angela, dragging Pietro over to the stage during intermission. Sandy had gone to get the food and left them alone.
"What? How?" asked Lisa.
"Fay, have Fluffy cloak us or something," said Angela smiling. Fay did so and they went backstage, looking around for the members of the band. There were three of them and Angela knew them upon sight. She was holding Pietro's hand and it started to turn blue. He yelped and the three band members looked toward the direction of the noise. Everyone froze. Angela had her hand clapped over Pietro's mouth.
"Who's there?" asked Sean Watkins. He didn't seem alarmed or scared and acted as if he was expecting visitors or something. Angela poked Fay and she told Fluffy to let go of the cloaking. The band members jumped as the eight of them seemingly appeared out of nowhere. They blinked.
"This is so great!" Angela breathed happily. She was still holding Pietro's hand and it was slowly turning purple.
"Letgo!" he whined, pulling away. He was unsuccessful, but Angela let go. He rubbed his hand with the other
"I don't see what's so great, yo. They're just some stupid singas," said Todd, crossing his arms. Angela glared at him and he clung to Remy's leg, hiding behind him.
"What do you mean just some stupid singers!? They're great! I'd like to see you sing or play the instruments they do!" she snarled. Todd continued to cling to Remy who shook him away.
"Le' go!" he said angrily. Todd hopped behind Lisa who sighed.
"You've done it now..." she whispered to him in warning. Fay and Mikey looked down at him gravely.
"Wanna shield?" asked Mikey.
"It won't do him any good," said Fay.
"Um... Can we help you?" Sean asked again. Angela jumped and turned back to the group.
"Wow! This is so great! Isn't this great, Pietro?" she said.
"Uh, SureIGuess," he said quickly.
"What?" asked Sara.
"He think's it's great, too!" Angela translated. "Oh! Lemme introduce us! I'm Angela! You guys are my favorite band! And this is Lisa, Fay, Mikey, Todd, we call him Toad, Pietro," she said, giving her new boyfriend a hug, "Kurt, and Remy," she said the last one a bit shakily. They still hadn't talked since she stormed out of his room.
"O... kay? How did you guys get passed security?" asked Chris. He set down the mandolin he had been polishing.
"Well, you see, Fay can-" Angela started. Lisa quickly covered her mouth with her hand and cut her off.
"That's not important!" she said quickly. "Right?" she said to Angela. She whined and nodded. Lisa let go.
"Do you want autographs or something?" asked Sara.
"Sure!" said Angela happily. She produced a pen and pad of paper from her purse, handing it to them. They all signed it and handed it back.
"Should we go now, Usagi-chan?" asked Mikey.
"Iie!" she said determinedly. Everyone else sweatdropped.
"But they have to go on stage soon," said Lisa.
"Yah, and ve haff to go eat, remember?" said Kurt.
"But... but..." Angela whined.
"Aw, come on, don't cry!" said Chris, smiling. "Tell ya what, you guys go and then come back after the show, okay? Here, take these passes so that you can get through security... although that didn't seem to be a problem for you, but these will help." He handed them all backstage passes and Angela giggled, taking them and putting them in her purse. Toad looked at Chris, then grabbed the Mandolin with his tongue.
"What is this thing, anyway?" he asked, plucking one of the strings. The three band members backed away, disgusted.
"Toad! Give that back!" Angela shouted. Toad eeped, dropping the instrument. Angela ran at him and he hopped away. The rest of them apologized and followed the other two mutants. Pietro ran in front of Toad, grabbing and holding him.
"Do your worst!" Pietro shouted happily. Angela laughed and advanced on her captive. She was stopped by her Nana calling to them that she had dinner. They all went and ate, watching the rest of the show without incident. After, they went backstage and presented their passes.
"What now?" said Fay, looking bored. She crossed her arms and sat down in one of the chairs that were set up. Everyone else took a seat as well.
"I guess now we wait," said Lisa.
"They're probably still cleaning up on stage," said Angela.
"Why are we here, anyway?" asked Toad.
"I sink eet has somesing to do vith ze fact zat Angela scares everyone," said Kurt. Everyone sweatdropped.
"Um, yeah, why are we here?" asked Pietro. "Do you just wanna autograph or something?"
"I don't know," said Angela after thinking for a minute. Everyone sweatdropped.
"You don't know?" You mean we're sitting here while the mosquitoes threaten to carry us away while draining pint after pint of our blood, and you don't know why?" demanded Fay.
"Well, I guess not," said Angela, laughing a little. "Wanna go home?" she said. They all sighed, returning to the house. Sandy went to sleep, so they all went to the motor home, not wanting to wake her.
"What now?" asked Remy.
"Well, we could play truth or dare?" suggested Lisa. Everyone seemed to think that was a good idea. They all found places to sit.
"Who goes first?" asked Mikey.
"Vhy don't you go, Lisa? It vas your idea," suggested Kurt.
"Okay," said Lisa. She smiled and turned to Pietro. "I dare you to kiss Angela." Angela blushed deeply and looked at him. His cheeks turned from their normal pale color to an actual normal color.
"Um, okay, but first I need her to promise that she won't kill me, kay?" Angela nodded, though she glared at Lisa. Pietro leaned in and quickly pecked her on the cheek. Everyone laughed.
"Yo, Speedy, you actually look like ya got some color in ya!" said Toad, laughing.
"Alright, all right," said Pietro angrily. "My turn. Hmm... Oh! I got one! Angela, I dare you to sing! You're always singing in the car but I can never hear you." Angela looked nervous.
"Do I have to?" she whined. Everyone nodded. "Oh, okay.... Lisa, yer singing with me."
"What!? How did I get dragged into this? Oh, fine. Evil song then?" she asked. Angela nodded. They counted to three and began singing.
"When the devil is too busy, and death's a bit too much. They call on me by name you see, for my special touch. To the gentlemen, I'm Miss Fortune. To the ladies, I'm Sir Prize. But call on me by any name, anyway it's all the same. I'm the fly in your soup I'm the pebble in your shoe I'm the pea beneath your bed I'm a bump on every head I'm the peel on which you slip I'm a pin in every hip I'm the thorn in your side makes you wriggle and writhe. And it's so easy when you're evil This is the life, you see, the Devil tips his hat to me. I do it all because I'm evil, And I do it all for free. Your tears are all the pay I'll ever need.
"While there's children to make sad, while there's candy to be had while there's pockets left to pick. While there's grannies left to trip down the stairs, I'll be there, I'll be waiting round the corner it's a game, I'm glad I'm in it 'cause there's one born every minute. And it's so easy when you're evil. This is the life, you see, the devil tips his hat to me. I do it all because I'm evil, and I do it all for free. Your tears are all the pay I'll ever need.
"I pledge my allegiance to all things dark and I promise on my damned soul to do as I am told. For Beelzebub has never seen a soldier quite like me not only does his job, but does it happily. I'm the fear that keeps you awake, I'm the shadows on the wall, I'm the monsters they become, I'm the nightmare in your skull. I'm a dagger in your back, an extra turn upon the rack. I'm the quivering of your heart. A stabbing pain, a sudden start. And it's so easy when you're evil This is the life, you see, the Devil tips his hat to me. I do it all because I'm evil, And I do it all for free. Your tears are all the pay I'll ever need.
"It gets so lonely being evil. What I'd do to see a smile, even for a little while. And no one loves you when you're evil. I'm lying though my teeth, your tears are all the company I need." They concluded happily and everyone gaped at them. Pietro was the first to break the silence.
"You know, there's room for two more at the brother hood," he said, aghast.
"Okay!" said Angela excitedly.
"No way!" said Lisa at the same time. They looked at each other, blinking.
"Really?" said Pietro, directing the question at Angela. She shrugged.
"Sure, why not? Logan doesn't like me, anyways."
"Baka," said Lisa.
"Oh, quit fighting, you two," said Mikey. Angela perked up and smiled. Everyone looked at her. "What is it now, Usagi-chan?" asked Mikey warily.
"Come on, guys! I gotta idea!" she said happily, grabbing Pietro and dragging him out of the motor home. Everyone else followed them to the field where the X Jet was.
"You mean you've finally come to your senses and ve're going home?" said Kurt hopefully.
"Of course not, silly!" said Angela, climbing back into the field. Everyone groaned.
"Come on, chere! We' already ate up from d' bugs here an' nobody wants t' go back in dat field 'less it's ta go home," said Remy. Angela glared daggers at him and he shut up. Everyone followed her silently then until they saw the cows.
"Hey, yo, what's the matter with 'em? They all got their eyes closed, they sick?" said Todd, hopping closer to one of them.
"No, silly, everyone knows that cows sleep standing up," said Fay. Todd blinked, hopping closer. Angela walked up beside the cow that Todd was 'stalking' and smiled.
"Come on, Pietro, I need your help," she said, bracing her back against the cow. Pietro blinked, leaning back on the cow next to her. Todd did the same.
"What's the point of this?" asked Fay. Lisa smiled, running up on the other side of Toad.
"Cow tipping!" she exclaimed happily. Angela nodded, giggling. "On the count of three. One, two, three!" Lisa counted aloud
"Cow what!?" said Todd as he fell backwards with the large beast. The creature let out a loud cry when it was startled awake. Todd disentangled himself from the cow and hopped away. Angela and Lisa both grabbed Pietro and drug him as well. He blinked.
"What just happened?" he asked, confused.
"You just tipped your first cow," said Fay. "Now move over and let someone else try," she ordered. Pietro looked back at the toppled animal. It was looking at them crossly, but it didn't get it. It instead curled its long legs underneath its massive body and, after one last cautionary look at the teens, put its head down to try to sleep again.
For a while, they all wandered the field, pushing over cows and laughing as they fell. "Hey! Look at zat vone!" said Kurt, running over to a large bull. He pushed his back against the cow and Lisa fell in beside him. Fay and Remy were next, then Angela on the end. They all heaved and tried to topple the creature, but it wouldn't budge.
"Come on, guys, we need your help!" said Angela, dragging Pietro and Todd to help them. Angela gave Pietro her spot and Fay gave up hers to Todd. They counted to three and put their hands on the beast's sides and shoved. It finally toppled with an angry cry as it stood up again.
"That's not good... is it...?" said Todd, blinking as the animal stomped at the ground.
"Angela, what's it doing?" asked Fay angrily.
"Uh, it's telling us to run!" she said, running. Everyone else followed suit as the animal began to give chase.
[1] Nakago is Fay's Bishounen from Fushigi Yuugi. If anyone else likes him, she will probably kill them. She's very protective of her harem. [2] The first two relationships I've ever had in my life only lasted a couple weeks. ^_^;;; I'm working on the third now and it's been a month! Happy anniversary Gamby-chan! [3] I always get an accent when I go to Kentucky. Mine right now is coming along nicely and I don't go back until August 3rd. [4] a Copper Head is a snake which is all gray with red on its head. It is one of the three types of poisonous snakes in the USA. They're a member of the pit viper family.
A/N: Ta daaaa! I didn't know how to end this chapter, so here we are! Cow tipping incident! Thank Lisa for the feral cow idea. The next chapter will (I think) end the vacation. You'll finally get to see how the Professor and Wolverine felt about the idea. Oh, and Angela will loose her temper with Wolverine. It'll be fun! Hope you enjoy and see ya next time!