A/N: Hi all! Again this is gonna be a pretty short one—this virus is
knocking all the energy out of me so if this chapter whomps. I am sorry in
advance. So, um, yeah, some words to the lovely readers:
Becky Lucinda: Yep, she married Tino! (don't ask where the idea came from, because I have no clue, hehe) So yeah, glad you like it and hope you keep reading!
LockDown: Hey don't knock the flier thing! My friend and I actually did a mass email thing similar to what TJ did to find my dream man that I met and was too shy to ask for his number! (It didn't work, and I got mad psychos emailing me, but I digress) As for the Ashley thing, you will have to wait and see what happens! Keep reading to find your questions answered! BTW, thanks for the card and get well wishes!
Damson rhee: Yeah, but Ashley married Tino and took his last name! Good job on the reference though! Glad you like it and hope you keep reading!
Depressed Sweden-Lover: I love Hustler Kid! He was always one of my fave characters for some reason. And yes, it was from the Weekenders. Is it Menlo? You gotta wait and see! Stay tuned!
KenjiFinster: Hmm, I didn't know he was with her, so for some odd unknown reason I had him and Ashley get married. Amiele, isn't that that French movie? I think my friends and I rented it last year. Sounds familiar, anyway, thank you and I hope to take some time off soon, I'm beginning to regret going into prelaw, because I get no sleep---oh well, keep reading!
Angel9220042004: thank you, hope you like the rest of it! stay tuned!
LilVickiRyan: He had to leave the number, otherwise how would she call him? but I see your point, and the phone number leads to a lot of funny moments-- -yeah, lets hope TJ gets to yell at Ashley! Stay tuned to see what happens!
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Two days after TJ began to put up flyers around town in hopes of finding Spinelli, Menlo was sitting in the newspaper office where he worked, playing solitaire and drinking his third Starbucks coffee of the day. His job was getting to be so monotonous, same type of boring story each week—he wrote a weekly column commentating on current events. Not too bad, but he was ready for more hardcore news that would send him out into the real world---the way his idol Peter Jennings did. (A/N: truth be told, I don't even like Peter Jennings, but he's on the TV now so I picked him) He was just about to start another game of solitaire, when his boss called him into his office.
"Menlo, I have your next story, human interest, you start working on it tomorrow. Its about a guy trying to find his love he lost on the train."
"Um, sir, I want to write hard core stuff, not sissy love junk. Why can't you get one of the girls to do it?" Menlo whined, hoping his boss would cave in.
"Sorry, Liz is doing the election story, Melanie is doing the teaching scandal, and Dawn is covering the war. You're all we got left to cover this."
"Fine, but I don't see why people are interested in this love junk. Love is dead." Menlo complained, sitting in one of the chairs in the office."
"I put you in charge of this because people are miserable and I think you can relate. After all, you do put a sarcastic twist on everything you write. Anyway, this guy's name is TJ Detweiler. Apparently met some girl on the train from his past and forgot to get her digits, so now he is looking for her, your job is to call him and set up an interview and ask if you can do a story on the progress of this."
"OK," Menlo agreed, staring at the flyer. "Whoa wait a minute," Menlo said, looking up. "TJ Detweiler?"
"Yeah, why do you know him?"
"Do I ever!" Menlo commented. "I knew him since kindergarten, he liked pranking people, especially me in elementary school, and then in high school he did the unthinkable!"
"What he put you on Ball Busters?" The boss said sarcastically. (Points to anyone who knows that!)
"Worse, he took my crush to the prom, Ahh, Swinger Girl, she was quite a catch, and I loved her like nobody's business. And then TJ came along."
*********FLASHBACK************
Menlo walked nervously to Swinger Girl, adjusting his tie and checking his breath on his hand. He had finally worked up the courage to ask his longtime crush to the prom, and now seemed like the perfect time to do so. He stopped at her locker, where she was talking to TJ and her best friend Upside Down Girl.
"Swinger Girl, can I speak to you for a moment?" he asked.
"Sure," she said, leaving her friends and moving to a corner of the hall.
"Um, Swinger Girl, I was wondering, um, would you like to um, go to the prom with me?" he stuttered, sweating bullets and praying he wouldn't be rejected.
"Um, hang on a second," Swinger Girl turned and walked over to TJ. "TJ, you're still taking me to the prom right?"
"Um, sure, we agreed to go as friends," TJ answered, unaware that Menlo had just asked her.
"Sorry," Swinger Girl told him. "I'm already going with TJ. Thanks for asking though."
**********END FLASHBACK*********
"So you are turning down this story because of some girl who took him to the prom five or six years ago?" his boss asked, trying not to laugh.
"Yeah, I mean, he is my mortal enemy. Everyone knows I'm twice the man TJ will ever be! I a least got the balls to ask someone out!" Menlo argued.
"I don't care what he did to you in the past, just suck it up and forget about it. He obviously isn't with her anymore, since he is looking for this girl, and you have a girlfriend of your own, so I don't see what the big deal is. The story is yours."
"Fine!" Menlo said bitterly stalking out of the office carrying the flyer his boss had given him, rolling his eyes at his boss's shout warning him not to mess the story up.
As he walked back over to his desk, Menlo looked over the paper one last time, noting TJ's phone number and message to Spinelli. He smiled an evil smile, a plan forming inside his head. After five years, he still had not forgiven TJ for what he had done to him. Sure he had moved on and was now dating someone, but that wasn't the point. The point was that TJ had taken the one thing from him that meant everything to him in high school, not to mention all the pranks he had pulled on him when they were kids. It wouldn't had bothered him so much if he had kept that promise he had broken in the fifth grade about going to his birthday party every year. That was the year TJ had stopped going to his birthday parties and they began fighting more than ever. And now Menlo had TJ in a position where he could finally get back at him for wronging him for all those years. "Oh, yes, TJ," Menlo whispered. "It's payback time!"
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A/N: that's all for now, tomorrow there will be more and better chapters, I hope, that is if I survive this acting thing my friend dragged me into for a school project—yep, lucky me plays a pregnant chick for a 20/20 parody based on the Barbie and Ken breakup. (I play the other woman, dun dun dun!) so yeah, if I survive that, I will be here tomorrow. Please, r/r and remember the golden rule (Damn, I sound like my first grade teacher, but its something I live by) happy reading!
Becky Lucinda: Yep, she married Tino! (don't ask where the idea came from, because I have no clue, hehe) So yeah, glad you like it and hope you keep reading!
LockDown: Hey don't knock the flier thing! My friend and I actually did a mass email thing similar to what TJ did to find my dream man that I met and was too shy to ask for his number! (It didn't work, and I got mad psychos emailing me, but I digress) As for the Ashley thing, you will have to wait and see what happens! Keep reading to find your questions answered! BTW, thanks for the card and get well wishes!
Damson rhee: Yeah, but Ashley married Tino and took his last name! Good job on the reference though! Glad you like it and hope you keep reading!
Depressed Sweden-Lover: I love Hustler Kid! He was always one of my fave characters for some reason. And yes, it was from the Weekenders. Is it Menlo? You gotta wait and see! Stay tuned!
KenjiFinster: Hmm, I didn't know he was with her, so for some odd unknown reason I had him and Ashley get married. Amiele, isn't that that French movie? I think my friends and I rented it last year. Sounds familiar, anyway, thank you and I hope to take some time off soon, I'm beginning to regret going into prelaw, because I get no sleep---oh well, keep reading!
Angel9220042004: thank you, hope you like the rest of it! stay tuned!
LilVickiRyan: He had to leave the number, otherwise how would she call him? but I see your point, and the phone number leads to a lot of funny moments-- -yeah, lets hope TJ gets to yell at Ashley! Stay tuned to see what happens!
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Two days after TJ began to put up flyers around town in hopes of finding Spinelli, Menlo was sitting in the newspaper office where he worked, playing solitaire and drinking his third Starbucks coffee of the day. His job was getting to be so monotonous, same type of boring story each week—he wrote a weekly column commentating on current events. Not too bad, but he was ready for more hardcore news that would send him out into the real world---the way his idol Peter Jennings did. (A/N: truth be told, I don't even like Peter Jennings, but he's on the TV now so I picked him) He was just about to start another game of solitaire, when his boss called him into his office.
"Menlo, I have your next story, human interest, you start working on it tomorrow. Its about a guy trying to find his love he lost on the train."
"Um, sir, I want to write hard core stuff, not sissy love junk. Why can't you get one of the girls to do it?" Menlo whined, hoping his boss would cave in.
"Sorry, Liz is doing the election story, Melanie is doing the teaching scandal, and Dawn is covering the war. You're all we got left to cover this."
"Fine, but I don't see why people are interested in this love junk. Love is dead." Menlo complained, sitting in one of the chairs in the office."
"I put you in charge of this because people are miserable and I think you can relate. After all, you do put a sarcastic twist on everything you write. Anyway, this guy's name is TJ Detweiler. Apparently met some girl on the train from his past and forgot to get her digits, so now he is looking for her, your job is to call him and set up an interview and ask if you can do a story on the progress of this."
"OK," Menlo agreed, staring at the flyer. "Whoa wait a minute," Menlo said, looking up. "TJ Detweiler?"
"Yeah, why do you know him?"
"Do I ever!" Menlo commented. "I knew him since kindergarten, he liked pranking people, especially me in elementary school, and then in high school he did the unthinkable!"
"What he put you on Ball Busters?" The boss said sarcastically. (Points to anyone who knows that!)
"Worse, he took my crush to the prom, Ahh, Swinger Girl, she was quite a catch, and I loved her like nobody's business. And then TJ came along."
*********FLASHBACK************
Menlo walked nervously to Swinger Girl, adjusting his tie and checking his breath on his hand. He had finally worked up the courage to ask his longtime crush to the prom, and now seemed like the perfect time to do so. He stopped at her locker, where she was talking to TJ and her best friend Upside Down Girl.
"Swinger Girl, can I speak to you for a moment?" he asked.
"Sure," she said, leaving her friends and moving to a corner of the hall.
"Um, Swinger Girl, I was wondering, um, would you like to um, go to the prom with me?" he stuttered, sweating bullets and praying he wouldn't be rejected.
"Um, hang on a second," Swinger Girl turned and walked over to TJ. "TJ, you're still taking me to the prom right?"
"Um, sure, we agreed to go as friends," TJ answered, unaware that Menlo had just asked her.
"Sorry," Swinger Girl told him. "I'm already going with TJ. Thanks for asking though."
**********END FLASHBACK*********
"So you are turning down this story because of some girl who took him to the prom five or six years ago?" his boss asked, trying not to laugh.
"Yeah, I mean, he is my mortal enemy. Everyone knows I'm twice the man TJ will ever be! I a least got the balls to ask someone out!" Menlo argued.
"I don't care what he did to you in the past, just suck it up and forget about it. He obviously isn't with her anymore, since he is looking for this girl, and you have a girlfriend of your own, so I don't see what the big deal is. The story is yours."
"Fine!" Menlo said bitterly stalking out of the office carrying the flyer his boss had given him, rolling his eyes at his boss's shout warning him not to mess the story up.
As he walked back over to his desk, Menlo looked over the paper one last time, noting TJ's phone number and message to Spinelli. He smiled an evil smile, a plan forming inside his head. After five years, he still had not forgiven TJ for what he had done to him. Sure he had moved on and was now dating someone, but that wasn't the point. The point was that TJ had taken the one thing from him that meant everything to him in high school, not to mention all the pranks he had pulled on him when they were kids. It wouldn't had bothered him so much if he had kept that promise he had broken in the fifth grade about going to his birthday party every year. That was the year TJ had stopped going to his birthday parties and they began fighting more than ever. And now Menlo had TJ in a position where he could finally get back at him for wronging him for all those years. "Oh, yes, TJ," Menlo whispered. "It's payback time!"
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A/N: that's all for now, tomorrow there will be more and better chapters, I hope, that is if I survive this acting thing my friend dragged me into for a school project—yep, lucky me plays a pregnant chick for a 20/20 parody based on the Barbie and Ken breakup. (I play the other woman, dun dun dun!) so yeah, if I survive that, I will be here tomorrow. Please, r/r and remember the golden rule (Damn, I sound like my first grade teacher, but its something I live by) happy reading!