The After Series.
Book 1: After the Fire, by Teal-Becky102285
A/N: Hey everyone, as you might have guessed, Becky wrote the first
chapter, and might I say what an excellent chapter it was! LOL. Anyways,
this is Teal, who's obviously going to be writing the even numbered
chapters. I was originally supposed to write the odd numbered ones, but
because of computer issues, it didn't happen. But that's ok.
Disclaimer: We do not, I repeat we do not own Power Rangers Ninja Storm. They are the property of Toei, BVS Entertainment, and Village Roadshows. And who ever else has a say in what goes on there. The only people we own are the created characters, Summer belongs to me (Teal), Joey belongs to Becky and Larissa belongs to both of us. Please don't use them without our permission, or else!
Chapter Two: Our house is a very very very fine house.
Joey, Larissa, and Summer all drove to their new home at the edge of town. It was a normal sized three-bedroom house that seemed like it was in extreme need of repair. But the girls couldn't afford incredible housing, so, as long as it had lockable doors and a place to sleep, they were happy.
"You know," Joey said. "We'd have more money if someone sold their stupid car." She said, looking at Summer. Summer looked at her and nodded. "You're right. I never liked that SUV anyway." Summer smirked. Joey looked at her. "I don't understand why we need two cars anyway." Joey said. Larissa looked at the two.
"Because that way it's not like we need to depend on just one person to get places." Larissa said. "Let's not worry about money, and just get settled in, ok?" She suggested. "Lar's right." Summer said. Joey sighed. "Right, sorry." Joey apologized to Summer. Summer smiled. "Hey, no harm, no fowl." She said. The girls began unpacking their boxes in the rooms they had claimed the night before when they arrived.
Summer tore open the first box, not remember what she had packed in it when she had left Glassington. Right on the very top of the pile, was a picture of her and her mom and dad from when she lived in New York. It had been taken 2 months previous to her mother's death. Smiling sadly, Summer placed the photo on her nightstand and ran her thumb over the glass encasement. Pushing herself onto her feet she went back over to the box and took out her lamp, and some small figurines that had been placed in that box and set them in random places around her room. She wandered out into the hallway and grabbed her mattress for her bed and dragged it into her room. She didn't have the posts and such set up yet, and her box spring was downstairs somewhere, and she didn't feel like retrieving it just yet. She dropped the mattress onto the floor where she thought she would put her bed in the morning. Summer retrieved her white and pink duffle bag, grabbed her pajama's and changed into them. And without another though dropped down onto her mattress, fast asleep.
Joey set up her bed. She really didn't want to do it right then, but, as her mother would always say "Algo que se puede ser hoy, no espera para otro dia." (Something that can be done today doesn't wait for another day.) So, she set up her bed, put her black sheets and pillowcases on. She went downstairs to grab her boxes and saw a box labeled "Joey's supplies." She didn't touch it at the moment, for it was her art supplies, which would be going into the basement/soon to be art studio of the house. She then saw a box that read "Other". Joey looked down for a bit. The box was filled with things belonging to her mother. She knew she'd never see her mother again, but she just couldn't wrap her mind around it. Joey decided to put the box down in the basement with her art supplies later. She picked up a box labeled "Jo's clothes" and carried it to her room.
Larissa tried putting her bed together, but was having problems with the posts. She sighed and decided to give up and ask Joey or Summer to help her tomorrow. Right now she just wanted to get some of her other things set up. Namely, her computer. She wanted to input the data she had collected at the Rock Quarry that afternoon, when she had met Dustin. Nice boy, not her type and he seemed to be interested in someone else. Which was fine with her. She wasn't ready for a relationship with anyone just yet. Her studies and work came before that, and when the would come, she'd accept whomever it was that crossed her path.
Besides, if and when she decided to venture into relationship, she'd prefer to go there with someone she'd have some things in common with. Dustin didn't strike her as someone who knew the difference between a megabyte and a gigabyte, so that was a no for him. The girl they had all met at the beach, Tori, seemed really nice too. Very friendly and welcoming. She was glad Tori had been able to find Summer when she wiped out. When she and Joey saw her go under, Larissa's heart filled with fear. She was afraid she'd loose Summer, someone who had become like a sister to her in the few years she'd known her. Shoving the last of the plugs into the back of her computer, Larissa climbed onto her computer chair and sat in lotus position and logged on and began inputting the data for her research.
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The next day, the three friends sat in their new kitchen eating breakfast. Larissa told Summer about meeting Dustin and how he worked at the extreme sports store. Summer smiled. "Hey, I need to go there today anyway. Need a new board." Summer said, laughing a bit. "Maybe I can get a discount if I bring you along, eh?" She joked, ruffling Larissa's hair. Larissa smiled and ducked away from Summer. Summer and Joey where older then Larissa, not by much, but older nonetheless. So, they treated her like a little sister. It didn't help her that she was the shortest of the three. "Doubtful, but I wouldn't mind coming along." Larissa said. Summer laughed. She looked at Joey. "How about you?" She asked her friend. Joey sighed. "Maybe we should wait before spending money, until at least one of us has a job, you know?" Joey said, her tone a tad condescending. Summer and Larissa could've gotten offended, but they knew this was Joey being Joey. She was the oldest; therefore she was the "mommy" of the group. She was the boss.
"Yes mom." Summer began. "I'd still like to get another wakeboard, especially if I going to enter the competition's soon. I really need to practice, and since my board got smashed to smithereens yesterday, I kinda need a new one to practice with. And I promise that after I go to Storm Chargers did you say it was Larissa?" Larissa nodded. "Then I'll go drop off a few resumes at places. OK?" Summer finished. Joey gave an exasperated sigh and nodded her head. "But don't be lolly gagging around all day not doing anything productive." Joey scolded. Larissa giggled and Summer grinned stupidly. "Aye aye Captain!" Summer saluted. Joey vaulted herself across the table, but wasn't quick enough to catch Summer, who had already bolted out the kitchen door towards the front door where her keys, and shoes were. Halfway there, Summer smashed her foot into a box, and flew across the hallway. "Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!" She called before she landed face first; butt in the air on the hard linoleum floor. Cackling like a mad woman, Larissa and Joey dashed into the front hallway and watched Summer attempt to push herself up onto her feet.
Larissa burst out laughing. Joey chuckled and shook her head. "Wow, you're graceful." She went over and helped Summer up. "I meant to do that!" Summer insisted. "What did I trip over?" She asked as her laughter subsided. Larissa looked over and saw the offending box. "This one." She said, walking to a box that was labeled "other." Larissa looked at it questionably. "What's in here?" She asked. She went to open it. "Uh, it's noth-" Joey began. Larissa opened the box and looked in to see some of Joey's mother's belongings. She looked up at her friend. Joey looked away.
"Joe-" Larissa began, but she was cut off by the evil glare from Joey, who slammed the flaps of the box shut and stormed upstairs to her room. Summer looked quizzically at Larissa then went to follow Joey, but was stopped by Larissa's hand catching her arm. "Don't go up there Summ. Come-on let's get going." Larissa shoved her shoes on her feet, as did Summer, who also grabbed her car keys, and purse and headed outside to her car. Once both girls had climbed inside Summer turned to Larissa and said "Lar, what was in that was in that box?" She asked. Larissa sighed and looked at her. "Some of her mom's things." She said. Summer looked at her briefly, and then turned her eyes back to the road. "Aw man." Summer sighed. "Has she talked to you about how she feels?" She asked. "No. Why would she tell me anything she hasn't told you?" Larissa asked. Summer shrugged. "You two grew up together, I've just known you for a few years. I just thought she'd be more open with you. And, besides, you guys are both in the same boat with this kind of thing." "Well, a, she hasn't. B, you are just as close to Joey as I am. We're all a family, no one's less or more important, got it?" She asked. Summer smiled. "Yes ma'am." She said. "And lastly, Joey doesn't seem to care if everyone is in the same boat, she won't talk about it. We both know that." Larissa said.
A/N: Ok so that's my chapter finished, I really hope everyone enjoyed it. You see that small purplish button down at the bottom of the screen? Yes that one. It says, "go" on it. Yes, go review our story. And if there's a lot of reviews, you know what that means. Yupp, a faster update. Next chapter belongs to Becky. Good luck and Ja ne.
* Falls asleep*
Disclaimer: We do not, I repeat we do not own Power Rangers Ninja Storm. They are the property of Toei, BVS Entertainment, and Village Roadshows. And who ever else has a say in what goes on there. The only people we own are the created characters, Summer belongs to me (Teal), Joey belongs to Becky and Larissa belongs to both of us. Please don't use them without our permission, or else!
Chapter Two: Our house is a very very very fine house.
Joey, Larissa, and Summer all drove to their new home at the edge of town. It was a normal sized three-bedroom house that seemed like it was in extreme need of repair. But the girls couldn't afford incredible housing, so, as long as it had lockable doors and a place to sleep, they were happy.
"You know," Joey said. "We'd have more money if someone sold their stupid car." She said, looking at Summer. Summer looked at her and nodded. "You're right. I never liked that SUV anyway." Summer smirked. Joey looked at her. "I don't understand why we need two cars anyway." Joey said. Larissa looked at the two.
"Because that way it's not like we need to depend on just one person to get places." Larissa said. "Let's not worry about money, and just get settled in, ok?" She suggested. "Lar's right." Summer said. Joey sighed. "Right, sorry." Joey apologized to Summer. Summer smiled. "Hey, no harm, no fowl." She said. The girls began unpacking their boxes in the rooms they had claimed the night before when they arrived.
Summer tore open the first box, not remember what she had packed in it when she had left Glassington. Right on the very top of the pile, was a picture of her and her mom and dad from when she lived in New York. It had been taken 2 months previous to her mother's death. Smiling sadly, Summer placed the photo on her nightstand and ran her thumb over the glass encasement. Pushing herself onto her feet she went back over to the box and took out her lamp, and some small figurines that had been placed in that box and set them in random places around her room. She wandered out into the hallway and grabbed her mattress for her bed and dragged it into her room. She didn't have the posts and such set up yet, and her box spring was downstairs somewhere, and she didn't feel like retrieving it just yet. She dropped the mattress onto the floor where she thought she would put her bed in the morning. Summer retrieved her white and pink duffle bag, grabbed her pajama's and changed into them. And without another though dropped down onto her mattress, fast asleep.
Joey set up her bed. She really didn't want to do it right then, but, as her mother would always say "Algo que se puede ser hoy, no espera para otro dia." (Something that can be done today doesn't wait for another day.) So, she set up her bed, put her black sheets and pillowcases on. She went downstairs to grab her boxes and saw a box labeled "Joey's supplies." She didn't touch it at the moment, for it was her art supplies, which would be going into the basement/soon to be art studio of the house. She then saw a box that read "Other". Joey looked down for a bit. The box was filled with things belonging to her mother. She knew she'd never see her mother again, but she just couldn't wrap her mind around it. Joey decided to put the box down in the basement with her art supplies later. She picked up a box labeled "Jo's clothes" and carried it to her room.
Larissa tried putting her bed together, but was having problems with the posts. She sighed and decided to give up and ask Joey or Summer to help her tomorrow. Right now she just wanted to get some of her other things set up. Namely, her computer. She wanted to input the data she had collected at the Rock Quarry that afternoon, when she had met Dustin. Nice boy, not her type and he seemed to be interested in someone else. Which was fine with her. She wasn't ready for a relationship with anyone just yet. Her studies and work came before that, and when the would come, she'd accept whomever it was that crossed her path.
Besides, if and when she decided to venture into relationship, she'd prefer to go there with someone she'd have some things in common with. Dustin didn't strike her as someone who knew the difference between a megabyte and a gigabyte, so that was a no for him. The girl they had all met at the beach, Tori, seemed really nice too. Very friendly and welcoming. She was glad Tori had been able to find Summer when she wiped out. When she and Joey saw her go under, Larissa's heart filled with fear. She was afraid she'd loose Summer, someone who had become like a sister to her in the few years she'd known her. Shoving the last of the plugs into the back of her computer, Larissa climbed onto her computer chair and sat in lotus position and logged on and began inputting the data for her research.
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The next day, the three friends sat in their new kitchen eating breakfast. Larissa told Summer about meeting Dustin and how he worked at the extreme sports store. Summer smiled. "Hey, I need to go there today anyway. Need a new board." Summer said, laughing a bit. "Maybe I can get a discount if I bring you along, eh?" She joked, ruffling Larissa's hair. Larissa smiled and ducked away from Summer. Summer and Joey where older then Larissa, not by much, but older nonetheless. So, they treated her like a little sister. It didn't help her that she was the shortest of the three. "Doubtful, but I wouldn't mind coming along." Larissa said. Summer laughed. She looked at Joey. "How about you?" She asked her friend. Joey sighed. "Maybe we should wait before spending money, until at least one of us has a job, you know?" Joey said, her tone a tad condescending. Summer and Larissa could've gotten offended, but they knew this was Joey being Joey. She was the oldest; therefore she was the "mommy" of the group. She was the boss.
"Yes mom." Summer began. "I'd still like to get another wakeboard, especially if I going to enter the competition's soon. I really need to practice, and since my board got smashed to smithereens yesterday, I kinda need a new one to practice with. And I promise that after I go to Storm Chargers did you say it was Larissa?" Larissa nodded. "Then I'll go drop off a few resumes at places. OK?" Summer finished. Joey gave an exasperated sigh and nodded her head. "But don't be lolly gagging around all day not doing anything productive." Joey scolded. Larissa giggled and Summer grinned stupidly. "Aye aye Captain!" Summer saluted. Joey vaulted herself across the table, but wasn't quick enough to catch Summer, who had already bolted out the kitchen door towards the front door where her keys, and shoes were. Halfway there, Summer smashed her foot into a box, and flew across the hallway. "Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!" She called before she landed face first; butt in the air on the hard linoleum floor. Cackling like a mad woman, Larissa and Joey dashed into the front hallway and watched Summer attempt to push herself up onto her feet.
Larissa burst out laughing. Joey chuckled and shook her head. "Wow, you're graceful." She went over and helped Summer up. "I meant to do that!" Summer insisted. "What did I trip over?" She asked as her laughter subsided. Larissa looked over and saw the offending box. "This one." She said, walking to a box that was labeled "other." Larissa looked at it questionably. "What's in here?" She asked. She went to open it. "Uh, it's noth-" Joey began. Larissa opened the box and looked in to see some of Joey's mother's belongings. She looked up at her friend. Joey looked away.
"Joe-" Larissa began, but she was cut off by the evil glare from Joey, who slammed the flaps of the box shut and stormed upstairs to her room. Summer looked quizzically at Larissa then went to follow Joey, but was stopped by Larissa's hand catching her arm. "Don't go up there Summ. Come-on let's get going." Larissa shoved her shoes on her feet, as did Summer, who also grabbed her car keys, and purse and headed outside to her car. Once both girls had climbed inside Summer turned to Larissa and said "Lar, what was in that was in that box?" She asked. Larissa sighed and looked at her. "Some of her mom's things." She said. Summer looked at her briefly, and then turned her eyes back to the road. "Aw man." Summer sighed. "Has she talked to you about how she feels?" She asked. "No. Why would she tell me anything she hasn't told you?" Larissa asked. Summer shrugged. "You two grew up together, I've just known you for a few years. I just thought she'd be more open with you. And, besides, you guys are both in the same boat with this kind of thing." "Well, a, she hasn't. B, you are just as close to Joey as I am. We're all a family, no one's less or more important, got it?" She asked. Summer smiled. "Yes ma'am." She said. "And lastly, Joey doesn't seem to care if everyone is in the same boat, she won't talk about it. We both know that." Larissa said.
A/N: Ok so that's my chapter finished, I really hope everyone enjoyed it. You see that small purplish button down at the bottom of the screen? Yes that one. It says, "go" on it. Yes, go review our story. And if there's a lot of reviews, you know what that means. Yupp, a faster update. Next chapter belongs to Becky. Good luck and Ja ne.
* Falls asleep*