Reggie and Lars Married?

by Blemery

This is about when Lars and Reggie get paired for an assignment I know another LarsReg thing but I had to

13. Scenece From an Italian Resturant

Nothing really changed. Lars and Reggie hung out and stuff but everyone thought it was for the assignment which by the way still has three more weeks to go though. They still had as much fun as humanly possible when they were together. Some things did change, Lars first of all was a lot happier if that was a good thing no one knew because when he was sad he liked to womp people and when he was happy he like to...womp people. Reggie on the other hand was acting more 'girl' as Otto and Twister called it, Sam just said she was growing up when she took 1-2 hours a day to get ready for school, and at least 30 minutes if she was going to Madtown, the shore, or the Shack. This made Otto extremely irritated he didn't want to wait for Reggie to get ready to have to go surfing, or skating so he began to give her a hard time about it, yet she never seemed the slightest bit bothered by it. She did however, begin to keep secrets from them, and they knew it and it of course it bothered them, especially Otto. Soon she had so many secrets that she got Ray to get her a Dairy so she could at least share her time with Lars with some thing if not some one. She brought it every where and Otto hated that too. How could Reggie his sister go from super cool to so lame? He wanted so much to find out what was in it but he knew it was private so he never let his want get to him until one day he snapped. It was one week before school got out. Otto and Twister were at Otto's house. Otto was sitting on the couch discussing what they would bring. Twister was jumping on the couch claiming it helped him think in reality he just liked jumping on couches and while at his house it was illegal Ray had yet to tell him not to jump on the Couch.

"Now you'll bring your camera right. Oh and we have to bring our Hockey gear right?" Otto starts.

"Of," Twister jumps, "Course," Twister was talking jumpy because he only said anything when his feet hit the couch when he was in mid air he wouldn't talk, "my...Cam...is...my...right...arm." He says jumping, "OW, OW, OW." He cries hitting something on his way down. Since he had no shoes on it hurt. He quickly sat next to Otto and looked at his foot before picking up what he hit, "What's Reggie's Journal?"

Otto's eyes gleam, "Reggie's Dairy she left it here."

"Yeah and it hit me," Twister whines picking it up.

"Give it here so I can read it," Otto says.

Twister gives him a look; "Otto Dairies are suppose to be private. I don't want to think what she'll do if she finds out."

Otto reaches for the book and Twister holds it over his head, "But Twister we have a right we're her best friends and I'm her brother it's for her safety."

"No Otto if it was important she'd tell us," Twister says standing as Otto does to keep the book out of his reach. They looked weird standing on the couch Twister's hands over his head as they argued.

"What if that's why she wouldn't tell us," Otto says.

"I don't know Otto," Twister says.

"What if she's sad or hurt and wouldn't tell us but if we read that then we can help," Otto says and Twister lowers the book.

"I didn't notice she was sad," Twister says.

Otto thinks quickly, "Oh she is but she just doesn't want us to know so we wouldn't be sad."

"That's nice of her," Twister says.

"But not nice of us we have to find out what's wrong to help her," Otto says and Twister lowers the book just low enough that Otto can jump to reach it and he does. Then he sits on the couch and Twister sits uncomfortable next to him. Otto opens to a page in the middle and then reads out loud to Twister, "He was so sweet today...I was having one of those days were everything goes wrong, as Sam likes to say a Jinx day. I got up fell out of bed I was up late because my alarm went off. So I didn't have any breakfast and I forgot my English assignment. I got to school and Trish came up to Sam and I and began saying that this guy said that I was a wimp and he could beat me at any sport any time. That made me so mad I knew I rocked at sports I had to show him up. So during gym I made a complete follow of myself as I totally blew all my skills at sports. The guy who is in the 8th grade boy gym class which is the same time as the 7th grade girl gym class was satisfied that I wasn't just a wimp, but a Kook wanna be Shoebbie as well. So I went to lunch in a bad mood and got chocolate pudding all over me and every 7th grader in the whole school saw. Then in math I know I failed my math test although I study all week with Sam. Then in English, my teacher wouldn't even let me make up my assignment and I had to stay after school for detention. Like I said it was the worse day of my life. Even Sam said before he left that he was going to hang out with Trish today because he didn't want the jinx to spread. Therefore, when I finally got out of school all I wanted to do was go home and cry but instead Lars was waiting for me. Maybe he had been detained too but who knows it was still so sweet of him. He said he had heard about my bad day from that loser who thought he was better then me when it came to sports. He was so cool about it, he said that he knew I was much better then I let that guy see and then he asked me what would cheer me up more: beating him at, biking, skating, or surfing. I told him I rather bike but he better not let me win and he shock his head and said he didn't have to. So we raced and I beat him every time it made me feel so much better. Every one knows that Lars is awesome when it comes to sports especially biking, but maybe he did let me win but oh well it was still great of him. He's a great." Otto gasps.

"Dude she has it bad," Twister says.

"What has what?" Otto says.

"Dude you read it I only listen your sister is way into my brother," Twister claims.

"No Twister, Reggie would never like Lars it's not possible," Otto says.

"Oh yeah," Twister grabs the journal and opens to another page, "Today was okay. It started out boring. It was Saturday, Otto and Twister ditched me saying they had 'work' to do. Trish and Sam had to hang out along with everyone else except Lars and I we didn't because we already did. Sam said he might come hang with me later it wasn't like he had to hang with Trish they already finished hanging out but they wanted to. It's like everyone who's been pair wants to spend extra time together, which includes Lars and I. Yet, I couldn't find him anywhere. I think he went to hang out with his 'friends,' I felt sorry for anyone who got caught by them today. So I went down to the pier and sat with my feet hanging over the edge right by the ladder. I was looking into the ocean just thinking and being bored. When I heard laughing below me; I looked down recognizing the evil tone in the laughter. Sure enough, Lars, Pi, Sputz, and Animal had gotten a hostage and were I believe having fun with him before they took turns womping him. I snicker a little, I really didn't mind Lars womping people as long as it wasn't me and of course, it never was anymore. Yet, I was still bored so I wanted to have some fun too slowly I let my shoe slip off and fall to the ground. Then I slide away from the edge so no one could see me.

"Ahh its raining shoes," Animal said. I knew right then Lars was giving him an are-you-stupid look because he said, "What it did almost hit you?"

"I know that dork and they'll pay who ever it was," Lars says. I guess he hadn't exactly seen the shoe.

"Want me to, bro," I'm sure Pi said as I looked over so they couldn't see me but I could see them I noticed that Lars was just then looking at the shoe then he looked up. I knew I was cool because his eyes weren't glaring evil.

"No cuz I'll do it," Lars says, "You take care of this twerp." He climbed up that huge latter all the way to me, "Nice joke Reggie." He said as he got up without even looking to see if I was still there.

"I thought it was," I said smiling. He drops the shoe next to me.

"What's up?" He asks I think worried slightly.

"I was just bored," I said yawning to show how bored I was.

"Just let me finish up down there and we'll hang out. That is if it's ok with you that I womp this kid," Lars says and I nod, "You're not going to put your shoe on?"

"I think I forgot how," I shrug he rolled his eyes as he kneeled to put my shoe on, "That's how you put on a shoe got it?" "Yup thanks," I said as he kissed me and headed back down to finish. I looked over as he got down.

"So..." Pi says.

"The kid ran in fear barely got his shoe and I didn't feel like chasing him," Lars says, "Where's that dork?"

"Oh he...we...we let him go," Sputz says nervously.

"What why did you do that?" Lars glares.

"He was..." Pi starts.

"He kick Pi in the shin and then ran off," Animal says, "Saying that he wasn't afraid of us just you."

"Lame-Os how can I hang out with people like you," Lars glares.

"B-but...Lars," Pi says.

"Nope, I think you need to practice being feared without me, I'll give you the day, later much," Lars says heading away from them towards the boardwalk over by Madtown and the Shack. Of course he was going around, so I went to meet him half way and then we spend the rest of the day hanging out..." Twister stops reading. "See Otto."

"N-no, t-this I-isn't p-possible," Otto says thinking, "You see this is just a fake journal to throw us off cause she knew we'd read it and so she wrote these just to make us mad and so she could bust us, but we're smarter then her.

"We are?" Twister says, "But Otto how did she come up with all these stories about Lars."

"She's a writer dude it comes natural like me and sports, Sam and nerd," Otto says, "Don't question it Twister who's smarter you or me."

"You are," Twister says, looking at the book before closing it and putting it on the table.

"Let's go hang out with Sam and Reggie I bet they're at the Shack." Twister and Otto left it at that. Twister wasn't exactly sure that Otto was right but he wasn't sure that Otto was wrong and he really just didn't want to fight about it. Even if it was true Reggie hadn't wanted them to know and Twister just felt bad about reading it. Otto stayed with his story because he didn't want to believe the truth it just was not possible.

That Thursday Ray called a meeting at the Shack, with Reggie, Twister, Otto, Sam, and Tito.

"Now look kids I have good news and Bad news what do you want first," Ray says.

"Oh I know the news," Twister beams.

"I want the bad news first," Otto says.

Reggie shakes her head; "You should never want bad news only good news."

"Good point Reggie would you like to tell them Twister," Ray asks.

"Yeah, Clio's going to go to MT. Badly with us," Twister says.

"All right," Sam says.

"Yes, yes, yes," Reggie says.

"That's good news," Otto sighs. "What's the bad?"

"You better tell them I don't want to be womped," Twister says.

Ray sighs, "Lars is coming too." "No way, this stinks on ice," Otto says moaning.

Reggie's eyes gleam as she says, "Yeah major harsh."

"Well I had to let him come, Raoul and Sandy have to go on a business trip and they couldn't just leave Lars and Clio alone. Besides, it's the only way Twister got to go," Ray says.

"What's better No Twister No Lars, or Twister and Lars," Reggie says.

"Uh...well Twister it's been nice knowing you," Otto says.

"I already agreed to it Otto so you're going to have to live. Reggie and Sam seem to be looking at the good side of it," Ray says.

"Yeah bro," Twister says, "Don't you want me to be there."

"That's not the problem Lars is the problem," Otto says.

"Oh come on Lars isn't that bad," Reggie tells Otto.

"Not to you you've had to hang with him for the last 7 weeks what's another but if you hadn't noticed Regina we haven't," Otto says.

"Well Otto," Reggie says, "You don't really have a choice so you can either, suck it up and have a good time, or you can pout about it."

"I enjoy pouting," Otto says.

"Urggh you're impossible," Reggie says moving away from the counter, "Later Ray see you at home."

"Where are you going we were going to hang?" Twister says.

"I don't hang with pouting cry babies," Reggie says leaving.

"Thanks a lot cry baby," Sam says, "Reggie hasn't hung out with us for weeks and now you go and do this."

"She has to," Twister says, "Like...oh wait that was Otto...what about the time...nope that was Otto too."

"It's not my fault," Otto glares, "Its...Twister's."

"Mine?"

"Yeah you're the one that had to be related to Lars," Otto says.

"Otto that's not fair," Twister says.

"Yeah besides Twister wouldn't be Twister if he wasn't related to Lars," Sam says, "Then again Lars wouldn't be Lars either."

"He wouldn't?" Twister says worried.

"Well it's all a question of Nature V.S. Nurture..." Sam starts.

"What ever Sam its Twister's fault," Otto says heading out. Twister and Sam sigh as they follow him out.

Reggie she was so steamed she didn't know what to do? How could Otto even say that? He didn't even know Lars. Not the way she knew Lars. Lars was she thought just as mad about going as Otto was about having him go. It wasn't like he had a choice he had to go and Otto never even gave him a chance he never even talked to him. Then again, Lars never gave Otto a chance. Why did she have to in the middle of this? In the middle of two guys that she liked equally and who liked her equally. She became so frustrated by the two of them that she grew near tears thinking about them. She didn't even notice when Lars walked up, although he stood right in front of her for about five minutes she didn't even notice as she looked at the ground.

"You okay Reggie," Lars says.

"Lars," she looks up, "Not really."

"Is there anything that I can do?" Lars says sitting next to her.

"No..." Reggie says.

"You know after tomorrow we wouldn't be married its going to be so hard to find time to hang out with you," Lars says.

"I know, but with you going to Mt. Badly it wouldn't matter," Reggie points out.

"Oh you heard about that," Lars says looking at the ground.

"Yeah I know. Otto knows and he didn't take it well," Reggie says.

"I figured he wouldn't. Twister didn't take it well either, he says Mt. Baldly is like his home away from home away from me, but my Mom said I either go or we all have to stay with the Stimpletons," Lars tells her.

"Yeah well Otto got mad when he heard Clio was coming," Reggie says, "He just doesn't understand. Sometimes, he such a little kid."

"It's your fault," Lars says.

"Mine!" Reggie snaps. "You're suppose to be helping me!"

"Sorry chill. Its just you always let him win; he's use to getting his way. Reggie you're a lot better, then you let him believe you are. He takes advantage of you by pushing you around when you'll let him and you always let him. Trust me I see it, Twister tried the same thing when we were little but I wouldn't hear of it that's why Twister respects me Reggie," Lars tells her.

"Yeah but is he your friend?" Reggie asks him.

"That will all come in time Reggie. Besides, friends don't take advantage of you like Otto does," Lars says. "What do you want his friendship or his respect?"

"I...can I want both?" Reggie asks.

"Yeah you can, but the way you're treat him he'll never learn respect for you," Lars says, "You can't baby him his whole life one day he's going to have to find out what its like to lose. I just don't want him to lose you because of it."

Reggie sighs, "Yeah I know you're right."

"Aren't I always?" Lars asks.

"Don't push it," Reggie says, "So let's hang out."

"That's why I came over," Lars says, "Come on get your bike we'll ride."

"Where?" Reggie says.

"It's a surprise, just follow me," Lars says.

Jokingly Reggie replies, "Follow Lars now that sounds like a bad idea."

"Reggie," Lars says as they go to get their bikes.

They spent the whole rest of the day together. Lars took Reggie up a small mountain, around sunset he arrived at a great view of Ocean Shore, the Ocean, and the setting sun. Lars made her stop to watching.

"Oh come on, Reggie it will be fun," Lars says.

"Lars watching the sunset isn't fun, I think riding bikes are fun," Reggie says, but Lars stops so Reggie does.

"Oh Reggie a lot of things are fun, we'll still ride, but we can only watch the sunset right now, tomorrow we might not be here to do it," Lars says.

Reggie sighs, "So the sunsets every where."

"Sure it sets everywhere but when do you get a great view like this plus it's going to an extra pretty one," Lars says.

"How do you know?" Reggie argues as Lars sits on the look out point with his feet dangling towards the ground that by the way isn't close.

"Because there is a lot of dust in the air I checked it out," Lars says.

"How?" Reggie says.

"You ask too many question, but if you want to know it says it in the Newspaper," Lars says.

"Oh," Reggie sits next to him looking down and decides not to hang her feet over she was slightly afraid. "What's so good about a sunset?"

"Everything, the colors, the beauty just think about it Reggie if we lived a hundred years ago, when would you ever see the color orange?" Lars asks and doesn't wait for her to answer, "Only in an Orange, a rainbow, and a Sunset, oh and maybe a fish if you lived near the sea."

"They didn't have anything better to do, no biking, no surfing, no skating," Reggie says.

"Reggie you should appreciate beautiful things, I appreciate you," Lars says.

"Yeah I do when it's...did you just say I was beautiful?" Reggie asks.

"What do you think?" Lars says.

"I think your crazy," Reggie says and Lars smiles before looking at the setting sun, Reggie takes a couple minutes to look at it in awe. She never noticed the sunset before. Then she turned and pulled her dairy out, and began to write about the day. After about fifteen minutes of writing she looked up to, notice that Lars was watching her.

"You ready to ride?" Lars says.

"The sunset over," Reggie asks.

"Yup has been for a while didn't you notice?" Lars says.

"I guess I was just busy writing," Reggie says.

"I like that about you," Lars stands up, "You're really are a good writer I love your Zine."

"You're not bad are you?" Reggie asks

Lars smiles, "I'm not as good as you. So what are you writing?"

"Stuff..."

"About?"

"You," Reggie says putting the notebook away and standing and mounting her bike.

"Oh great I can imagine it," Lars says getting on his bike, "Lars is such a jerk, always womping kids and busting on Twister. I wish he'd take a hint and get lost. "

"Lars I wouldn't write that," Reggie says, "Any more."

Lars raises his eyebrow in question before heading down, "beat you down, Reggie."

"Oh you're so losing," Reggie says.

"In your dreams," Lars says as Reggie heads down. Reggie wins to Lars's disappointment; "How come you let your brother win but you never let me win?"

"Are you jealous?" Reggie says.

"Maybe a little," Lars says. "We better get back its dark and I don't want your Dad to worry."

"All right then," Reggie says following Lars back to their houses.

"See you tomorrow Reggie," Lars says pulling into his driveway Reggie goes into her house. That night Reggie packet for the next day they were leaving right after school she listened to, 'you really got me going' it was playing on the radio. She hummed a long, as she put everything including her dairy into her suitcase.

"Better get to bed Rocket Girl," Ray says walking in her room, "It's late and I don't want you to be tired for tomorrow."

"Okay dad," Reggie says, "Hey Dad I'm not mad that the Rodriguez's are going. I think it was a good thing that you let them come."

"Thanks Reggie," Ray says.

"Night Dad," she says turning her light off and going to bed.

The next day everyone was excited that it was the last day of school. That is until they all piled into the Woody, Otto was still not happy about Lars or Clio. He made them sit in the back Reggie went with them because Sam said he was afraid to, Twister said he wanted peace on the way up. It wasn't long though that Sam, Twister, and Otto had fallen asleep on each other not one of them had slept the night before they had been too excited. Clio fell asleep too, she put her legs across Lars and then Reggie, they both rolled their eyes annoyed but they didn't move her feet as she slept. Lars and Reggie didn't sleep either did Ray or Tito. Reggie did lean up against Lars as if she was going to sleep but she didn't.

"I'm so excited," Lars says.

"Really, why because I'll be there?" Reggie says.

"No, I'm excited because I haven't been to Mt. Baldly since...since we all went," Lars says.

"Who?"

"You and me, Twister, Otto, your mom and Dad, My mom and Dad, and even Tito," Lars says.

"Do you remember it?" Reggie asks.

"Yup," Lars says.

"Tell me about it," Reggie says closing her eyes to listen and dream about it.

"Okay...well...You and I were just old enough to go on the big runs. Twister and Otto had to stay on the bunny slopes with the ski school. Oh right, we were skiing then, until the last day. It was the first run we were on and we rocked when it came to skiing. At least we thought so we went so fast and caught a lot of air. We were going down with our parents and Tito. When we saw about 5 kids, guys I think on snowboards. Everyone on the mountain stopped to watch them, snow boarding was new we didn't even know what it was called, but it sure looked cool. You thought so because when they passed you turned to your mother and asked; 'can I try?' Ray and Tito laughed, 'that's too hard Regina you'll spend the whole time falling this is fun,' Ray said. 'I wanna try' you said to your mother she looked and you and shrugged, 'well if some one will try it with you I'll be happy to watch you.' You looked around to see if anyone would join you but of course, Ray and Tito were still laughing, and my Mom and Dad had already began down the mountain. That's when you turned to me and asked, 'will you try?' I didn't want to I liked my safe skis I was good at it and I didn't want to go and try something I had to work at. Yet your Mom got me again by saying, 'Yeah why don't you try Lars,' what was I supposed to do? You had that pleading look, so I looked to my skis then to you then to my skis and said, 'I'll try.' We went down to the lodge and got some snowboards then we went with your Mom to the bunny slopes we were both glad that Twister and Otto were on their naps. We started out horribly I was better then you because I was use to doing stuff like skate boarding, surfing, and skating, but like you're dad said we spend most the time falling down. You fell so many times I was sure you'd give up but not once did you even stop smiling and since you wouldn't give up, I didn't. By midday, we were doing good enough to go on the bigger runs. We got a lot of attention not only were we doing a new sport we were little kids doing a new sport and we weren't that bad and even if we did fall everyone just went, 'awe.' The next day we left but the next time you went up Twister and Otto had to try and of course you were the only one left to show them. I didn't go because..." Lars stops.

"You remember a lot Lars I like that," Reggie says.

"I like that you were so determined, you never gave up," Lars says placing his hand on Reggie's and locking his fingers in hers.

"Were we only there one day?" Reggie says.

"No," Lars says.

"Then tell me," Reggie says.

"All right then," Lars starts not noticing that Ray and Tito had stopped talking to listen. "It was one of those days that the adults wanted to be alone, so they left your Mom with the kids. Twister and Otto were being less then good. In fact, they were horrible. Crying, biting, fighting, we were bored to death, so your Mom sent us out to make a snowman. We went out there, you had no idea what a snowman was, and I had only seen them on TV, so we had no idea how to make them. Of course, I didn't tell you I didn't know how I tried to make a snowman with all my power with your help. For at least two hours I tried hard to make a stupid snowman. Finally, I gave up but you didn't want to so annoyed I yelled at you saying I didn't know how to make a stupid man out of snow. Then with the ball of snow in my hand, I threw it at the wall of the cabin and it splattered back at me. I was covered with snow; all you did was laugh. You pick up some snow and threw it at me, and then another and another, just laughing away like it was fun getting me all snowy. I wanted to cry but I didn't I picked up as much snow as I could and put it in a tight ball then I chucked it at you as hard as I could. I hit you I was so proud when you stopped laughing, then out of no where you sat down and cried, screamed cried so that I thought the whole world could hear you. I tried to get you to be quiet I asked you, I told you, I even yelled at you, nothing helped, I even tried making you laugh but it still didn't work. Your Mom came out she looked worried, tried, and upset I think it had to do with Otto and Twister but at that time I thought it was my fault. Your Mom came out and asked you what happened. You said I hit you with a snowball, and that I was the meanest person alive, and that it had hurt. I thought I was in for it you had just told her what happened you were crying though it all I knew I wouldn't get my chance to tell my side, but then you Mom turned to me and asked what happened. Slowly I told her everything from the snowman, to the snowballs, how it made me feel. She then looked at both of us and said that the next time we were going to throw snowballs we might think about how it had made us feel, because she said that was the golden rule. Then she said we should have said we didn't know how to make a snowman, she showed us and said wasn't that more fun then a snowball in the face. We both agreed and then before leaving she made and angel in the snow. You lied next to her and made one of your own before saying that it was a Mommy Angel and a Baby Angel together. I think it almost made your Mom cry because she left but maybe it was 'cause Otto began to cry. Anyway after she left you said you liked the snowman so much that we made a whole village of snowmen and women and you named them all. Except one you said I had to name it but since I couldn't think of a name I said that it was lame because snowmen weren't real they were just snow, but you didn't think so you thought they were real because you believed it. Then, our parents came back and you went around introducing them all and then said that I had made them although you helped a little. I was so embarrassed I kicked the one with out a name down and then went into the cabin to be by myself until dinner. I didn't like to be around a lot of people but I always liked being with you Reggie."

"You really remember all that Lars," Tito says startling him.

"Yeah I guess I mean no one ever talks about that time, I have to right," Lars says.

"I'm glad you remember it," Reggie says, "Because you're right no one talks about then."

"Reggie that's enough let's just listen to music," Ray snaps.

"But Dad I have a right to know," Reggie says sitting up.

Ray looks behind him at Reggie, "What right?"

"She is my Mother," Reggie says loudly but no one wakes up.

"Mr. Rocket," Lars says.

"That doesn't give you a right just as much as it doesn't give me a right," Ray says.

"Ray," Tito says.

"Oh so who does have a right," Reggie argues.

"No one," Ray says, "You just don't talk about things like that other people have feelings Reggie."

"Mr. Rocket," Lars says again.

"I have feelings too but I don't have one little memory of my Mom and I don't even have you to tell me about her so I take what I can," Reggie says.

"I don't tell you about her because you're not ready," Ray says.

"I am to ready, don't you think I'd know if I'm ready or not," Reggie says almost yelling, the guys stir and Clio rolls over, sort of kicking Lars as she does it. "I'm ready you're not the one ready and you never will be."

"Ray," Tito says, as Ray pulls over and slams on the brakes, heaving the guys onto the floor.

"What is it?" Ray says.

"Watch the road brother or we wouldn't have to talk about it," Tito says and Ray gets out slamming the door.

"What's his problem," Reggie says as the guys pull themselves up from the floor.

"He just misses her Reg," Lars says.

"So do I but I don't go around telling people they can't remember her," Reggie says.

"Ummm...would anyone mind telling us what is going on," Otto says as Reggie pushes her way over the seat smashing the guys and then following Ray out.

"Your dad and Reggie had a fight," Tito says.

"There goes the weekend," Otto says angrily.

"What was it about Tito," Clio says sleepily as Lars pushes her feet away.

"It doesn't matter cuzes," Tito says.

"Shhh listen to what they're saying," Twister snaps as they all look out the window.

Outside Reggie paces angrily and Ray watches. "Why are you doing this Dad?"

"I'm just trying to protect you," Ray says.

"You're not protecting us, the truth might be painful Dad but I want to know what happened?" Reggie says, "You don't know what it is like to not know about your past. To not know where you came from or what she was like."

"Reggie it's not that easy," Ray says.

"Sure it is you just have to start and then don't stop until your done," Reggie says. "If you go Dad how will I ever know?"

"Reggie I'm not going anywhere," Ray says, "I...I...just c-can't tell you."

"Why?"

"Because like you said it's too hard on me," Ray says, "I don't want to remember her because I miss her."

"Sure you miss her Dad, but you can't just forget her. After everything you shared you can't just forgot about her, nor how you felt," Reggie says, "Can you?"

"Well I...I can try," Ray says.

"But why don't you want to," Reggie asks.

"I just told you that Reggie," Ray says, "I miss her."

"Well I miss her too, but keeping it all inside isn't going to solve anything I don't think she'd want it that way," Reggie says, and Ray looks her over, "Do you?"

"No, Reggie I don't but I'm just not as strong as you or her," Ray says.

"That's why we're a family we can be strong for each other. I just want to know I want to know my past," Reggie says, "I want to hear about my first word, and the first time I walked, and the way she smiled, I just want to know about her."

Ray sighs, "Okay Reggie I'll try to be strong for you."

"Thanks Dad," Reggie says hugging him. They climb back in the car and without saying anything to anyone they begin to drive onto Mt. Baldly.

"You okay Reggie," Lars says around the same time Tito asks if Ray is okay.

"Yeah I'm cool," Reggie says.

"I don't get it," Twister says.

"You never get it," Otto says.

"Well do you get it," Clio says.

"Not really," Sam says.

Reggie smiles, "It doesn't matter guys its over. Who's ready to shred?"

"I am!" The guys say. After that everything fades, as they head to the mountain no one remembers the yelling or the fight but Ray did try. When they got to the mountain, they had time for a last run before going back to the cabin.

"Tomorrow early," Otto says laying out everything onto the floor of the main room.

"Kids," Ray says walking in with Tito, "We were thinking we always have you guys out here and Tito and I take the bedrooms right. This time we have 6 of you so if you wanted to split into threes Tito and I will stay out here."

"No Dad we're fine," Reggie says, "Besides how would we split?"

"Good point, well night you guys go to bed early," Ray says going into the back room.

"Okay Reggie sleep next to Clio," Otto orders, "Twister you're next to me and Squid and I guess Lars can sleep next to you."

"Otto why don't we all sleep together," Twister says.

"Yeah we're all bros," Sam says.

"No we're not, they are girls," Otto points out.

"Lars and Clio are girls!" Twister says.

"No Reggie and Clio," Lars hits his head, "Dork."

"Sam I'm putting my bag here," Reggie tells him and then points to next to her.

"All right," Sam says putting his sleeping bag out.

"I don't care what the rest of you punks do," Reggie says setting up her suitcase so she can get her clothes easily and then putting her dairy up on a top shelf in the closest. As she finishes, the guys finish. Lars slept by Clio who was by Twister who was next to Otto who was next to Sam. "Good I'm calling it a night," she yawns and lies down.

"I'm not," Otto says, "Let's go outside Twister and play with the flashlights."

"How do you play with the flashlights," Clio asks.

"Well you see the other kids at the cabins have flashlights, we all shine them up towards the sky and you can see who's here if you know how many flashes they are," Otto says.

"What?" Lars says.

"Like we're cabin 1 we flash the light once and then there are 6 of us so we flash it 6 times. Come on Twister," Otto says going outside everyone but Reggie follows him. They all spent a ton of time doing that.

In the morning Reggie gets up first writes in her Dairy before, getting ready to hit the slopes.

"Rocket Boy," Reggie says kicking him slightly.

"Sleeping Reggie," Otto says.

"Fresh powder now," Reggie says and Otto, Twister, and Sam sit up. "Good you're up. Hurry and get ready so we can ditch the lam...the other guys."

"Okay," Otto says standing and the guys get ready and they leave. Reggie would have liked to wait for the other two but she figured she'd catch up with them when the guys got tired. So, they had a great time, boarding and not stopping until they were all out of breath. They were awesome even Sam, that is until Clio and Lars caught up to them. Otto couldn't take hanging out with them for more then a couple minutes, Otto claimed he was hungrier then a pig and took Twister and left. Sam, Reggie, Clio, and Lars continued to have fun.

"So what do you want to eat," Twister asked Otto as the approached the cabin.

"Nothing I'm not hungry," Otto says.

"But you just said," Twister says.

"Well I lied I just didn't want to hang out with your lame family," Otto tells him.

"When you say lame you mean the rest of my family and not me right," Twister says opening the door to the cabin and follows into the cabin.

"Yeah because Otto Rocket doesn't hang out with Lame people," Otto says.

Twister sighs, "That's good I didn't want to be lame," Otto jumps on the couch, "So what will we do?"

"We'll wait in here a while then go back out and when they ask why we never came back we'll just say we couldn't find them," Otto says.

"Good call," Twister says.

"Twist put this in the closest," Otto tosses him his jacket, Twister shrugs and goes to the closest. He opens the door and puts his coat and then Otto's jacket into the closest, he was about to close the door when Reggie's dairy fell on him.

"Ahh!" Twister says catching it, "Hey, Otto would Reggie bring her 'fake' dairy here?"

"No," Otto says, "Wait why do you ask?"

"No reason, not because her dairy just fell on me," Twister says trying to reach the top shelf. Just as Otto comes and grabs it. "No Otto we shouldn't have looked in the other one think of what Reggie will do to you or worse me."

"Don't worry Twister she'll never know," he sits on the couch.

"Otto it's your sister's, if she did this to you you'd never forgive her," Twister tells him.

"That's right let me think about this," Otto says looking like he's thinking, "Don't care." He opens the book to a mid-page but not the same one as before. "I think that Lars might have been right...not Lars again," Otto's mouth drops open, "This whole stupid book is about him," he flips the pages. Otto grows to realize what has been going on. At the first page he stops, "I've never done this before, wrote in a dairy I'm not really sure how but I'm just going to start writing. This journal is about Lars, he's my boyfriend and my husband it's a long story. I know the guys wouldn't understand; not even Sam. No one will understand but you will. That's why I'm writing in here so that I can tell you all my secrets, because you'll never laugh at me or tell me I'm crazy. You may want to know why I like Lars so much," Otto reads as Reggie comes up on the porch the window is open and she can hear them talking. Her mouth drops open she can't believe this, she walks into the cabin only Twister notices her. Otto keeps reading, "Not only that he understands me, he makes me laugh especial when I'm upset or mad, besides he knows exactly what to say plus he likes me over everyone..."

"Otto Rocket," Reggie says angrily and loudly, Twister has already taken cover behind the couch.

"R-Reggie," Otto says anger but afraid.

"What are you doing that is mine," Reggie says.

"Well what are you doing here," Otto says.

"We came to get you two so we could all have fun," Reggie says steaming mad.

"We I don't see a we," Twister says.

"We raced I won," Reggie says as Clio, Lars, and Sam come in. "See."

"What's wrong Reggie we could hear you yelling a mile away?" Sam asks.

"Otto was reading my dairy," she says taking the book from him.

"Otto, that's low," Clio says, "That's your sister's and it's meant to be private."

"Yeah Otto low even for you," Lars says glaring.

"Do you even know what it says in there?" Otto asks.

"No, Otto we don't because we're not jerks and we don't go around reading other peoples stuff," Sam says.

"Exactly," Clio says, "Besides, it's not any of our or your business."

"Do you know Lars?" Twister asks.

"I...uh...why would I know I didn't read it," Lars says.

"I do," Otto says, "It's about..."

"Otto," Reggie says, "That's not the point you did something unforgivable."

"Harsh," Twister says.

"Don't think your getting off so easy Twister," Reggie says.

"What?"

"Otto couldn't have reached my Dairy he had to have some one get it for him," Reggie says, "Just because you didn't read doesn't mean you get off easy, you helped him read it and so you can help him as I don't forgive him."

"Yeah well what about you Reggie. What you're writing is unforgivable that is if it's the truth," Otto says.

"It's the truth," Reggie says, "What's wrong with it?"

"You figure it out Rocket Girl, but I'll tell you one thing you're going to have to chose between us or him," Otto says. "All of us, Twister, Sam, even Clio, or him."

"What Otto that's not fair?" Reggie says.

"Hold it," Sam says, "Will some one tell me what's going on?"

"I will," Otto says.

"No Otto I will," Reggie says taking a deep breath and then letting it out before she says, "I...remember how I told you that I liked Lars," Sam nods, "Well I...We...sort of..."

"Are going out," Twister finishes.

"Oh gross," Sam says, "Excuse me," he goes into the bathroom.

"I think it's cute, the way Lars talked about you it was about all-time," Clio says.

"Wait, you two knew they liked each other," Otto says.

"Yeah," Sam calls from the bathroom as it sounds like he's throwing up.

"Well yeah we knew they both liked each other but we didn't know they knew and we didn't know they did something about it," Clio says.

"I bet you knew too didn't you," Twister accuses Lars.

"Are you an idiot? Of course I knew, I knew; I knew she was writing stuff about me in there," Lars says. "I just did not realize I had a jerk for a brother."

"Uh...I tried to stop Otto he tricked me," Twister says, "But it's still not cool. Reggie's better then that."

"What are you talking about Twister," Lars says, no one noticed as Reggie sat on the couch as if she was sick to her stomach. She felt so bad about this whole situation that she just wanted to crawl in a hole and stay there forever.

"I'm saying that whatever mind control you're using on Reggie you should stop," Twister says.

Lars pulls on his hat, "Are you mental? I'm not using mind control, believe me this isn't part of the mind. They're just feelings and feelings are apart of your heart. Trust me I tried everything in my mind not to like Reggie but it didn't work."

"Well you two don't work," Otto says. "Reggie listen to me you chose and you better chose me because if you don't this whole dairy will be copied so that every kid in Ocean Shores will see what's going on. I don't think you want that do you?"

Reggie sits in silence, everyone watches her as she tries to decide, and even Sam who is now feeling better comes out. "Reggie it isn't that hard," Twister says, "I can even make a decision about this. Think of what it will do to your rep."

"Reggie just chose already," Otto says.

"Can I think about it," Reggie asks.

"I don't know what you have to think about he's a jerk," Otto says.

"I think it's fair that she thinks about it," Sam says, "You want to be alone Reggie?"

"Yeah, thanks Sam," Reggie says curling up on the couch and losing touch with all of them as she tears.

"Reggie..." Lars says.

"Nope come on guys," Sam says pulling everyone outside.

"I should womp both of you," Lars says.

"But?" Otto says.

"I have to think this out too, later much," Lars says heading towards the runs.

"You think Reggie will be ok," Clio says.

"Yeah now I have to blow off steam lets hit the mountain," Otto grins. Twister grins and they all follow him to a different run. After a while Reggie went out on her own just to get out of her mind it was tearing her up to decide. Maybe Lars had been right maybe, this wouldn't work. She was out late way past the last run because she always had to stop to clear her head. When she got back, she could feel the tension inside; everyone had gotten on a side. Clio and Sam were on a side they felt that Otto was still in the wrong with reading Reggie's dairy but they also knew that Reggie and Lars couldn't work mostly because of Otto and Twister. Twister was on Otto's side, which you all know was the side that was against Reggie and Lars. Lars was on his own side but some how he sort of wished he was on Twister and Otto's side, because he believed Reggie would pick them even if he didn't want it that way. Reggie didn't bother going inside she just sat at the table outside. She thought no one noticed her and for a while they didn't. Yet after an hour Lars came out to talk to her.

"What do you want me to do?" Reggie was the first to speak.

"Do what you think is right Reggie," Lars says.

"I know this has to be hard on you Lars," Reggie says.

"I'll be okay. I'll just womp a line of kids from here to next Tuesday and be fine," he forces a smile and she makes a little smile come.

"Otto's such a jerk why can't he understand," Reggie says.

"Its not that he can't he just doesn't want to," Lars says sitting in a chair next to her. "I think he's trying to protect you."

"From what?" Reggie glares.

"Chill Reggie, I'm not sure he just thinks what he thinks is right. He's not trying to hurt you, I don't think, he'd want to hurt you. I wouldn't want to," Lars says.

Reggie sniffs back tears, "but he is."

"I know he is Reggie I know it," Lars says, "Did you snowboard in that?"

"Yeah," Reggie says looking at what she's wearing it's barely a shirt and shorts.

"Man you must have been cold," Lars says.

"I was too mad to be cold," she shivers all of a sudden feeling cold. "How could he go though my stuff? Oh this is my entire fault if I hadn't forced you to go out with me, if I hadn't put it in that stupid journal."

"Shhh Reggie it's not your fault. Otto just likes to be in control and you can't be in control if people are keeping secrets from you," Lars tells her. Pulling his coat off and putting it over her. Just as Sam and Clio, come out.

"Reggie," Sam says, "I was thinking, that I don't care what you chose you're still going to be my friend. That doesn't mean I like Lars or the fact that you like him I just like you and I think you should do what you think is right, I don't want you to be persuaded by Otto's threats I'll always be your friend," Sam says.

"Me too Reggie, I think you two are kinda of cute in a gross disgusting way," Clio says, "Besides its partly my fault I told Lars to tell you," Clio says.

"She knows I told her that," Lars says.

"Thanks you guys you're the best," Reggie says hugging Clio for a long time before hugging Sam for an even longer time.

"Well Otto's coming out to find out your decision," Sam tells her and she pulls away.

Just as he says it Otto comes out head high and Twister following they both look like they rule the world, "What did you decide?" Otto asks.

Reggie looks at Otto, then Twister, then Lars, Clio, and finally Sam before standing up, "I decided that we race for it, if I win I'm staying with Lars and if you win then I wouldn't."

"If you win I'm still telling everyone," Otto says.

"Deal," Reggie says shrugging, "The last day meet me on the black run, little brother. Until then have fun hanging without me."

"Why with out you?" Twister frowns.

"I'm still mad that you two went though my things, now I'm hungry later," she goes inside.

"Told you," Twister says.

"So she'll lose and we'll have the old Reggie back," Otto says.

"Yeah and the old Lars," Twister says.

"Don't be to certain," Sam says, "Remember what happened the last time you two raced."

"I'm putting my money on Otto," Twister says.

"Well mine is on Reggie," Sam says.

"Do you like Lars?" Otto says.

"No but I know Reggie and I know how good she is and if she wants to win she'll win hands down," Sam says. "You'll lose."

"Otto Rocket doesn't lose," Otto says.

"Everyone has to lose sometime Otto Rocket," Clio says.

"I'll prove it. I'll beat all of you in a race tomorrow," Otto says going inside.

"Yeah right Twister could beat you," Clio says under her breath.

"I could not," Twister says, "Otto's better then me." "I don't think so Twister," Clio sys.

"Is to."

"Not."

"To."

"Not."

"To."

"Stop it both of you," Lars snaps, "We're not fighting got it."

"Don't you feel weird Lars you're being gambled with like you're a prize," Twister points out.

"No Twister Reggie's already made up her mind if she's going to win or lose she just doesn't want it to ruin the trip," Lars says, "It is in Reggie's hands. You know I'm hungry too."

"Yeah Tito's making chili," Sam says as they file in Reggie and Otto on separate ends of the table.

During the rest of the week Reggie forgave Twister and then finally Otto. Most the time they forgot about the race at the end of the week, that is except at night when they all remembered it again. Most of the kids agreed that it was up to what Reggie had already decided although no one really knew what it was. Twister had managed to tell every kid on the mountain about the race and it was going to be packed to see the race. Otto was sure he'd win he always beat Reggie, didn't he. Reggie didn't talk about it to anyone even when they asked she's shrugged it off and change the subject. It wasn't until that day that she said anything to anyone. She was heading to the lift when Lars caught up to her.

"Reggie can I talk to you before you know," Lars says.

"Of course Lars what's up," Reggie says.

"I need to know what you're doing. Reggie I know you already decided if you're winning or not but I don't know what you decided and I want to it involves me," Lars says.

"I'll give you a hint," Reggie says.

"Reggie you don't have time to act it out," Lars says as Reggie gets ready to get on the one-man chair lift.

"Otto's going to have to learn to lose some time," Reggie says going up. Lars stops and thinks a minute and then his eyes light up as he gets on the lift to follow her up.

Everyone is already there when they got there. Reggie was so prepared to go down that she didn't talk to anyone. Otto was acting like a big shot in front of all the kids before Sam whistle everyone quiet.

"This is a clean race no cutting people off, no snaking each other, and absolutely no cheating," he looks at Otto, "Now line up and when I say we'll start. Twister get the Camera out."

"Right Squid man," Twister grabs his Cam.

"Sure you can keep up or do you need a head start," Sam says Twister glares as he boards so he's next to Otto, "Okay when I say go...Go." Reggie, Otto, and Twister go Twister is taping to judge who gets down first. Yet Otto was in the front and every one could tell he was grinning so much.

"Today is the race of the year. Rocket Girl against Rocket Boy for very high stakes who will win Rocket Boy of course," Twister says boarding behind Otto and in front of Reggie. As they and the rest of the people watching went down the hill no one noticed. As Reggie gained on Otto not just a little but a lot, not even Twister who was busy taping Otto. It was when Reggie took a jump that she came out in front of Otto and he looked so shock that he almost tripped over his gapping mouth that people noticed. Then he remembered the race and started to try and catch up with her, but to his amazement the closer he thought he was getting the further they'd actually be. Otto was in complete shock as Reggie got to the bottom there wasn't even a question who won Reggie had they didn't even need the Twister cam which was good, Twister fell at the bottom missing them passing the finish line.

"That's not fair," Otto says in shock.

"It is too I won fair and square right Sam," Reggie looks towards Sam.

"Yeah she won Otto," Sam says, "You can ask anyone we all saw it."

"Twister?"

"My face was in the snow dude but I think Reggie won," Twister says.

"This is so not cool Reggie, wait until we get home," Otto glares, "Forget us being friends and forget about the hockey team."

"Otto I told you I don't think Trent knows how to play," Twister says.

"We'll teach him," Otto snaps as he shamefully heads back the cabin they had to leave in one hour. After that the crowd left, Sam looked Reggie over and then he and Clio went back to the cabin as well.

"Thanks Reggie," Lars says coming up behind her.

"It wasn't for you it was for me," Reggie says. "But you were a plus."

"I'm glad you did it for you," Lars says, "You know I'll be there for you when we get back."

"It doesn't matter," Reggie says. As she begins to go back to the cabin, "Its just I'll miss Otto and Twister."

"They'll get over it," Lars tries to cheer her up as he follows her.

"Yeah maybe," Reggie sighs, by the time, the two of them get back Ray already packed the car, and everyone is already piled in. Twister was told by Otto to sit in the back with Clio so he was. He also had Sam sitting by him to Sam's disliking he wanted to sit with Clio they were neutral but Otto said there was no way that Reggie and Lars were going to sit next to each other. Lars shrugged and went into the back with Twister and Clio. Reggie sat by Sam. No one spoke a word the whole way home. Once they arrived everyone went to their separate houses. Otto had thought out his whole plan in getting people to believe him. So that night when everyone was sleeping he tiptoed into Reggie's room and took her journal. The next morning before any one was up he went over to Twister. He was sleeping but not for long as Otto woke him up.

"Come on man we have to work fast," Otto says, as Twister gets dressed and then sleepily follows him down to the photocopy store on the boardwalk.

"Could you make copies of this?" Otto asks.

"Does it look like we can?"

"Yeah but can you make them into a book like this," Otto asks.

"Yup."

"How much will it cost?" Twister asks.

"How much do you got?"

Otto hands him a wad of cash that he and Twister got, "That much."

"You can make 50 copies of that book with this. Come in an hour and I'll have it finished for you."

"All right cool," Otto says leaving the book and heading outside, "Lets get a breakfast burrito."

"Yeah," Twister says following Otto to the Shack. They waited an hour before going back picking up the stack and then leaving. "So how do we hand these out."

"Easy, hey Eddie," Otto calls him over. "Tell your friends, tell the light world and tell everyone," Otto tosses him a book, "Oh but first read that."

"What is it?" Eddie looks curiosity.

"Its one of Reggie's new...works," Otto says, "Its very entertaining. Tell people to come to us if they want a copy. Not Reggie us."

"Cool man later much," Eddie leaves with a copy.

"Now we wait," Otto says.

"I don't know if this is going to work," Twister says.

"Twister, Eddie is the one kid we can count on to tell every one," Otto says.

"Yeah but isn't this being cruel to Reggie I mean she just forgave you for reading her Dairy in the first place," Twister says.

"I don't care Twister I'm helping her do you want her going out with Lars?" Otto asks.

"No," Twister frowns as a kid comes up.

"Can I have a copy," the kid asks.

"Yup," Otto hands him one and the kid leaves. Just as a pack of kids come up, by the time they get out of the crowd they have handed out all the copies. "This is great soon Lars and Reggie will be yesterday's news and we'll have the old Reggie back the fun cool Reggie."

"What do we do until then?" Twister says.

"Hey Twister," Trish says coming up, "Have you seen Sammie?"

"No but you guys don't have to hang out any more remember," Twister says.

"Yeah well I sort of miss hanging out with him," Trish says.

"Awe that's sweet," Otto jokes, "He'll be in the Shack any minute I can count on it lets go."

When they get to the Shack there is a crowd of kids all eating, and reading and talking about the Dairy, and Lars and Reggie. Even Lars' gang was there; the only kids not there were Reggie, Sam, Clio, and Lars. Most everyone was shocked as well as in stitches this had to be the funniest thing ever Reggie the nicest girl in all of Ocean Shore ok maybe not the nicest but she tries, is going out with the most feared name in all of Ocean Shores. As soon as Otto, Trish, and Twister walked in Sherry came running up. "Trish have you read this?"

Trish looks at the book Otto and Twister sneer, "No."

"Well you wouldn't believe what it says, just think Reggie and Lars together as a couple isn't that gross," Sherry says.

"Reggie and Lars!" Trish says.

"Yeah it says it all; from how the marriage assignment got them together to how sweet Lars is or so she says I think she's been blinded," Sherry says.

"Where is she?" Trish asks.

"Who knows but that's why were all here we want her to tell us what's up," Sherry says.

Just as Eddie skates in, "I Eddie Prince of the Netherworld is here, I was on portal for the...hehe the forsaken girlfriend of the king of evil. I ran into Sam the smart one of the light; he said that he was meeting Reggie here in ten minutes."

"Oh this is going to be sweet," Otto says sitting on the counter literally the counter not the seats, "Come on Twister get the Cam rolling."

Just as he says that Sam comes in and the room is dead silent, "Ok," Sam says worried.

"Is it true Sam?" Trish asks.

"Is what true?" Sam asks back.

"Is Reggie really going out with..." all the kids look around and then really quietly Trish says, "Lars?"

"Uh...yeah," Sam says looking like he's going to barf, "But Reggie's still the same person and so is Lars but you know they like each other. Wait how do you all know?"

"These books," Eddie says, "They are wise Reggie wrote them herself for all to see."

"Reggie's Journal, but how," Sam says then he spots Otto and Twister, "Oh man guys you have to hide those Reggie is going to be so upset. Here give them all to me and when she comes in act normal." Sam runs around grabbing the books, "Now I just toss..."

"Hey Sam what's that," Reggie says walking up from behind him. Sam drops all of the books and Reggie picks one up, "Reggie's journal?" She reads and then looks at Sam, "Sam how could you do this?"

"I...Reggie...it was..." Sam says as the kids in the Shack begin to laugh at Reggie.

"Are you really going out with Lars?" Sherry manages.

"Yeah," Reggie says.

"That's so funny," Sherry says laughing and everyone joins her, "You and Lars," she makes a scary faces and the kids at the Shack shiver. "How could you like a guy like that?"

"Stop laughing," Reggie says as the room begins to feel like its spinning with laughter and taunting questions. The pointing and the teasing, "Thanks a lot Sam," she runs out of the Shack and blindly though the tears, runs towards her home. With the laughter still ringing in her ears and running as fast as she can on a steep hill. She doesn't see anyone or anything. Lars barely sees her as she runs past him, he grabs her.

"Reggie you ok," Lars says as Reggie stops.

"They...Sam they know," Reggie says, "All of them and they all hate me I can tell. Why can't they just understand?"

"Oh Reggie," Lars says holding her close to him, "It will be okay I'm sure they don't hate you they just need time to let this sink in. I did."

"You," Sniff she sniffs as she stops herself from crying, "Think?" Sniff.

"Yeah of course Reggie," He says lightly brushing a strand of her hair behind her ear. "Look why don't I hang out with you for a while I'm sure they'll be cool if I'm there."

"You think," Reggie says.

"I know it," Lars says with an evil tint in his eyes that Reggie doesn't notice or maybe she does and doesn't care. Reggie agrees and they head back down, most of the kids have left the Shack and as they pass Reggie and Lars, they whisper.

"Lars bro you wouldn't believe what that Rocket Dork is writing about you," Pi says as he, Sputz, and Animal come up.

"I'll humor you what does it say," Lars says, "Is it okay Reggie if they read it?"

"Yeah its fine everyone else knows why can't you," Reggie says frowning.

"Ok," Pi clears his throat, "Today after Otto was a jerk about finding out that Lars was going to Mt. Baldly. Lars was so cool about it. He took me on an awesome mountain biking trip, and at the top he made me stop to watch the sunset I didn't want to but it was so beautiful I was so surprise. It was so cool not only that he said he thought I was beautiful I think that might be the first time anyone other then my Dad has called me that. Sometimes I think everyone just sees me as just another guy but not Lars he's so great the way he slips things like that into every day conversation. He the best I hope that he never changes."

"You wrote that I thought you didn't like the sunset," Lars says.

"I didn't think I would but I did," Reggie says.

"Hold it so this is true," Pi says.

"Yeah Reggie just doesn't write fake things like that," Lars says.

"Well Otto was handing them out I just thought he made it up. You really think Reggie is beautiful cause if you do you're blind," Pi says.

"Take that back jerk," Lars steps up.

"What Reggie isn't even worth calling cute," Pi says.

"I said take that back," Lars glares stepping closer to Pi he backs up into the railing of the boardwalk. Kids from all over look over the pier, "Take it back."

"Okay I take it back Reggie's pretty, she's beautiful, she's h..."

"That's enough," Lars says. "Now you listen if you give her a hard time you'll get it worse from me." Reggie beams she didn't like that Lars was always mean but this was different, he was protecting her and her feelings. Then Lars looked at all the other kids, "That goes for everyone let it be known if you mess with Reggie you mess with me." He backs up to let Pi have a feeling of relief.

"That was so cool Lars," Reggie says.

"No problem Reggie, now what were you doing today?" Lars says.

"I was hanging out with Sam but after this stunt," Reggie says.

"Sam he didn't pull this off," Sputz says, "I got the book from Otto, he and Twister were handing them out."

"Otto and Twister?!" Reggie says and the guys nod, "Really this is great I mean I'm still mad at them but that means Sam didn't do it."

"Otto and Twister," Lars says his eyes grow cold, "I didn't believe them when they said they'd do this."

"Lars," Pi says, "Are you going to womp Twister?"

Lars glares at them; "I'm going to bust Twister."

"You don't have to Lars I can deal with them plus it was Otto's idea," Reggie says.

"No Reggie Twister has to learn respect for you and I'm going to teach it to him," Lars says leaving his guys follow him. Reggie sighs she liked Lars but not the mean Lars that beat people up although sometimes it was handy. Sam walks up behind her ready to explain him self.

"Reggie I didn't hand those out," Sam says.

"You better stay away from her Sam," Sherry comes running up, "If you mess with her you mess with Lars you don't want that. Come on you can hang out with Trish and me."

"Later Reggie," Sam says as Sherry drags him away.

There she was alone; no one wanted to talk to her anymore first of all she knew they were all talking about her and Lars. Twister had been right it was bad on her rep people began to think she was bad because he was. Not only that people were afraid to talk to her, just because they were afraid that Lars might find out and do something. Reggie felt so alone because when Lars wasn't there she had no one. It was worse when school started because even Sam seemed to ignore her when they were around other people when it was just the two of them it was cool but Sam didn't want to go against the crowd, and Reggie understood. Reggie began to get quiet not talking to any one, answering little questions in class. She was still happy to a point but it just felt like she was missing something. Lars began to notice the snickering as she walked by or the whispers when he stopped her to talk. He didn't mind but he knew Reggie did, although he tried he couldn't get it all to stop and even if he did it wouldn't have helped it just sort of made things worse. He tried hard to make her feel better about everything but it just didn't work. Otto and Twister wouldn't have anything to do with her especial after Lars womped the two of them. Sam never talked to her, Lars tried to over look her sadness but after while he just couldn't he'd rather have her happy and not be her boyfriend, then have her sad and be her boyfriend. Yet, he knew she wouldn't be happy if he cut it off so he waited for her to do it until one day. When everyone was surfing, Lars wandered in to the Shack to beat the crowd. Reggie was sitting at the counter with her head on the board with the tape playing 'Alone Again, Naturally.'

Reggie sang quietly, "Alone Again Naturally...Alone Again Naturally," then the tape repeated and she started over again, "Been a little while from now not feeling any less sour, I promised to treat myself to a treat to the near by town..."

"Rocket Girl how many times are you going to play that?" Ray asks.

"I don't know how many hours are in a day?" Reggie says.

"Reggie this is enough this is making you depressed," Tito says, "No more soda either little cuz."

"You ok Reggie?" Lars says walking up, "You like Gilbert O'Sullivan?"

"Who?" Reggie says.

"That's who you're listening to Reggie," Lars says, "Reggie can I uh...ask you something will you meet me here Saturday at 7?"

"Like a date?" Reggie says.

"No not like a date Reggie," Lars says, "but if you want we could hang out now."

"But what's Saturday," Reggie asks.

"Just promise me you'll be here," Lars says.

"Yeah I'll be here," Reggie says jumping off the stool, "So where to boyfriend?"

"I don't know not surfing its why too crowded and there aren't even shoebbies out there." Lars tells her.

"Okay what ever you want Lars," Reggie says.

"Well let's just start walking and see what happens." Lars says leading her outside. That's what they did, they went to the pier park what ever its called, then to walk on the beach they spend the whole day together. In fact, Lars spent most of that week close to Reggie. He knew what he had to do and it was going to be hard so he wanted to make the best out of it. The night that Lars told Reggie to meet him. He wasn't early like normal he even dressed up a little Reggie was impressed. As he walked in with cacti pants long pants although it was a warm spring, and a black shirt. He sat next to Reggie at the table she was at. She got up ready to go but he stopped her by taking her hand and she sat back down curious as to what was going on.

"Reggie we have to talk," Lars says.

Reggie gulps knowing this couldn't be good, "What's up Lars," she grins.

"I can't do this anymore," Lars tells her, "I just don't like you anymore I tried to make it work Reggie it's just not there anymore, and I just don't like you that way any longer."

"What?" Reggie says quietly Lars was quiet too so that the people in the Shack couldn't hear them but there wasn't anyone there not even Ray or Tito they were at the Rental shop.

"I don't l-like you anymore Reggie," Lars says looking away from her.

"Is that the truth Lars? How long haven't you liked me? Could I have saved myself the trouble of beating Otto and losing all my friends?" Reggie says anger he can tell.

"Not that long Reggie a week at the mo-most," Lars says sighing as Reggie looks hurt, "Oh Reggie I can't lie to you. I do like you I love you, but like I said this wouldn't work. I'm not trying to say I told you so but its just you're so sad and hurt and you cry at night I know you do. I don't want you to be sad Reggie or hurt; they wouldn't understand they can't so this...we have to end this."

Reggie thinks slowly she sees that he had made the whole not like her thing up, he was just trying to protect her; he was always trying to protect her. "I don't want to end this."

"I know you don't Reggie but it really is for the best. Maybe one day when we're older when they're older if we still feel the same way, it will work but Reggie it doesn't now you know it and I know it you can't go on like this," Lars says.

"I can try," Reggie says and Lars shakes his head, "But what will you do wouldn't you be sad?"

"Of course not. Lars doesn't get sad I'll just womp a line of kids from here to next Tuesday and get over it," Lars says.

"Its not that simple things wouldn't fall in place for me like that," Reggie says.

"Yeah it will Reggie, look Otto, Twister, and Sam are at your house you go in there crying and tell them what happened they'll say ha I told you he was a jerk and with in a week everything will be back to normal," Lars says.

"But..."

"No Reggie," Lars says, "I'm trying to be nice about this."

"There are still so many things we have done, we haven't...Danced, kissed, or any of that other mushy stuff we haven't had our first fight or made up we haven't called each other at 3 in the morning just to talk..."

"Look Reggie I don't do mushy and I don't think a fight would work and as for 3 I like to sleep then," Lars says.

"But we never danced," Reggie frowns.

"Do you really want to dance?" Lars asks.

"Yeah," Reggie says. Lars stands up and turns out the lights so that only the light of the moon comes in. Then he moves over to the stereo the one that Twister wanted that Reggie had brought down when she found out that Twister had tried to take it twice. He turned it on and put it on one of those stations that play slow songs all the time, "Reggie," he says hold out his hand as the song begins. Reggie feeling foolish stands up and puts her arms on Lars' shoulders and he places his hand right above her hipbone. Slowly they dance a little nervous at first Reggie had never done this. Reggie laid her head onto his shoulder in the middle of the song. She wanted it to last for ever she felt safe there in his arms close to him forever he liked her and she knew that and yet he was giving all that up just to make her happy. She was so sad that she didn't even notice the tears slide down her face and then onto Lars' shirt he noticed but didn't stop her. In fact, he let her dance with him all the way though like 6 songs. Before the commercials aired. Reggie so didn't want to stop it felt like she had just stood up, and yet it felt like she had always been there she guessed that's what Sammie meant about time relevance. It was Lars, who moved away, although he to didn't want it to end he knew it had to.

"Well Reggie Later much," Lars says, starting to leave.

"But can't we still be friends?" Reggie asks.

"Maybe Reggie but would you really want to," Lars says walking away before she could answer.

It hadn't hit Reggie yet that Lars had broken up with her that he was gone forever. She began to walk home it was cloudy out but it wasn't raining it did however block the moon. She walked slowly and with every step, it got slower as she realized what just happened. She began to miss him although she had seen him a few minutes ago but he had understood her like no one else did and now he wouldn't be there to do that and what if he was wrong what if Otto never forgave Reggie. She began to miss Lars, the little things about him that only she knew. How he had been so nice to his cousin that Saturday so long ago, how he treated her special and not just like everyone else, how he planned little surprises and then when he showed them to her he acted as he was just as surprised as she was. Like the time he planned a picnic on the beach he had gotten there early and set things up; then he took her on a walk right past the spot he had placed everything and then like he didn't know said, 'oh wow look at this, some one must like you Reggie setting up a lunch how did they know you were going to be here.' She started to remember things like that and she began to realize that it would no longer be her, which he planned, stuff like that for. It would no longer be her whom he thought about. She felt alone again as she walked into her house. She noticed the guys playing Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3 again, but they didn't notice her as she sat on the couch she tried to watch to get the pain out of her mind but she couldn't even focus on the screen as it blurred in her tears. The guys didn't notice her silent crying either.

They only noticed her when Twister jumped up from the floor in clear excitement, "I win you lose can you believe this I win I win I rock go Twister go Twister it's your birthday it's your birthday and the high score I must be dreaming I don't think so."

"Chill Twister it was just luck," Otto says, as Twister begins to dance Sam closes his eyes in embarrassment although he thought they were the only three there.

"I win I win I rule I rule I beat the unbeatable Rocket Boy," Twister dances in a circle and then sees Reggie and like a toy running out of batteries slows down, "I win...I...win? You okay Reggie?"

Otto and Sam turn around to see Reggie, "Leave her alone Twister she's just upset because every one is to afraid to talk to her."

"Are you sad Rocket Girl?" Twister continues making a sad face to make it look like he is sad for her.

"If you baby her she'll never dump your loser brother," Otto says.

"Well she's sad Rocket Boy and I really don't care about my loser brother I just care about Reggie and that she's sad," Twister says as Reggie mumbles, "he already did."

No one heard her as Otto stands up, "Don't you want the old Reggie back, we can't be nice to her or we'll never get her back," Otto says.

"I don't care if I have the new or old she's still Reggie she's still my bro," Twister glares.

"Guys," Sam says, "Look fighting about this wouldn't solve anything. Otto Reggie's going to be different with or without Lars she can never be the old Reggie...you can never go back there again ohohohohohohohoh, Brenda and Eddie had it all ready by the summer of 75..."

"Sam stop singing," Otto says snapping him out of it.

"I said it's to later, he already broke up with me," Reggie says and the guys stop fighting to take it all in.

"Yes!" Otto says.

"Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh," Twister says continuing his dance.

"Get a table near the street in our own New York place you and I face to face," Sam starts to sing the same song again.

"Sam I said stop singing," Otto says.

Reggie looks at the guys like they're crazy and then takes a breath, "He said he didn't like me any more he said he hasn't for a while and he just dragged it on because he thought it made him look good." She was sure that's the story that Lars wanted to go out.

"What a jerk," Otto says sitting by Reggie, "Now I'm not going to tell you I told you so but I told you so."

"Yeah Reggie I'm sorry my brother's a jerk," Twister says sitting on Reggie's other side.

"I guess I just miss him," Reggie sighs.

"Don't Reggie, you're way better then him and you still have us," Otto says, Sam wasn't saying anything no one could figure out what he was doing but it was like he had a song stuck in his head.

"You mean you're not mad," Reggie says.

"No if you're not mad at us for acting the way we did," Twister says and Reggie shakes her head.

"I just need to be," she gulps, "Alone then I'll go hang with you guys." She says climbing the stairs; the guys watch her go up.

Sam starts to hum the song he had been singing Twister and Otto look at him and Twister joins in Otto rolls his eyes, "They lived for a while in a very nice style, but its always the same in the end they got a divorce in the matter of course and then the king and the queen went back to the green but you can never go back there again. Brenda and Eddie had it all read by the summer of 75 from the high to the lows to the end of the shore for the rest of there lives couldn't go back to the greasers the best they could do was pick up the pieces and we always knew they'd both find away to survive. And that's all I know about Brenda and Eddie can't tell you more because I told you already..."

"Sam lets just play," Otto says.

"Yeah I won! I won I won!" Twister yells.

In Reggie's room she shuts the door quietly to block out the noise from the guys. Then after turning on her stereo she curled in her bed, listened, and just let her mind wander. The words of the song 'Always Be My Baby' played in her room and her mind. She didn't think she'd ever be happy again, but slowly she did get better like everyone does. She had her friends she soon was playing hockey like Twister said Trent wasn't very good and then she took up volleyball again soon she didn't even know why she had liked hanging out with Lars so much.

While it took her a while to get over him, he did just what he said any kid he ran into for the next 5 days were victims of the worse womping they'd ever get that is until the next time Lars felt this way. Twister got the worse of it but he didn't care the old Reggie seemed to be back and that's all that matter. Lars had been right though Reggie and he never went back to being friends. Maybe it was too painful or maybe it just came down to the fact that Lars was Reggie's rival and not her friend. Soon it was like a distance memory and when people asked her of it she just say that it had to have been the weirdest thing ever because they had been married before they had gone out. When the next school year came around and Reggie and Sam were in 8th grade and Twister and Otto were in 7th grade the school board decided that the marriage project didn't work very well. So Twister and Otto got out of having to live though the torture of being married well torture is what they called it Reggie would never remember it as torture. She really felt like she had learned something that she would keep for life although she wasn't exactly sure what that was yet but sometimes you never know. Sometimes at night when she was all by herself or when she was playing her guitar she'd find herself thinking about the time they had shared together and the memories they made and the memories he had told her of. She'd sigh and think; maybe one-day people would understand.