dajavu: Well, I finally got this chapter up. lol.
Sasha: Finally. I thought it would be a Christmas present for it to be up.
dajavu: :P
XJ5: Now calm down you two.
dajavu: What? We're just goofing around.
XJ5: Which is exactly why it's taken you so long to get this chapter up.
dajavu: Fine! Well, enjoy chapter 7.
Chapter 7
(A few minutes later, Sasha walked through the dinning room, where Audrey and Sheila had been, and the table was set already. She walked into the kitchen, and all of the dishes were washed, and put away, and the meal was cooking in the oven, but XJ5 wasn't around. "Now where could he be?" thought Sasha. She left the kitchen and walked down the hall, towards the one place where she always checked first for XJ5. When she got to the door, she walked through into the study, and found XJ5 sitting in a chair, actually reading a book this time. Sasha walked over and sat in a chair next to him.)
Sasha: Well, umm, thanks for washing the dishes, and setting the table for me.
XJ5: (still behind the book) Oh, you're welcome.
Sasha: (was looking around and was quiet for a few seconds.) So umm,. (trying to hide her anticipation) what was it that you wanted to talk to me about?
XJ5: (lowers his book, and has a grin on his face) I knew I wouldn't have t say anything about it,. that you would just bring it up yourself.
Sasha: Well???
XJ5: (closes the book, and lays it on a small table next to his chair.) I know how much you were looking forward to this trip, but, I still want you to be happy. I don't want this small disadvantage to ruin it for you.
Sasha: (flatly) First of all, it's not a small disadvantage. And, my mom told you to come talk to me about this, didn't she? (mockingly) To make every thing better?
XJ5: Well, umm,. (hesitantly) actually, she knows nothing about this, and I'm going to ask you to keep it that way. You see, I know how much you still want to go, yet, don't want Greg along, so. how would you like to go to Earth,. just you and me for the next four days?
Sasha: (with a surprised look) What?! (stands up) Just you and me and no one else?!
XJ5: If you don't, then I understand.
Sasha: (now smiling.) (in a louder tone) Of course! This will be a great trip XJ5! And that's why you told me to pack my bags so early, and made sure I took care of everything early!
XJ5: Calm down Sasha, and lower your voice!
Sasha: (still smiling) (almost a whisper) So, when do we leave?
XJ5: As soon as we get to the teleporter.
Sasha: Well, come on!
(she started for the door but XJ5 gently grabbed her by the arm)
XJ5: Now hang on Sasha.
Sasha: (looks at XJ5) What?
XJ5: If Audrey or your mother would see us walking down the hall, towards the teleporter room together, they might think something is up. So, I'll go first, and you stay in here for, hmm,. about 5 minutes, and then go ahead, and come. Alright?
(He turns and walks towards the door.)
Sasha: But.
XJ5: (he turns to her) (in a firm voice) 5 minutes. (He turns and walks out, and Sasha watches him leave, and then looks at the clock. She flops in the chair he was sitting in, and picks up the book he was reading.)
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dajavu: Just to let you know, any info from the so called book "Almost Useless Facts," is from www.amusingfacts.com. And anything that is in quotations, is thought, any thing in parenthesis is acted out, and anything just there, with nothing surrounding it, is just read from the book. This is just for this last part.
Sasha: I think it was a very useful page, and it goes great in here.
XJ5: Although, the only people who would read it are you two.
Sasha: Hey! You were reading it too.
XJ5: I did because dajavu made me.
dajavu: (rolls eyes) :P
Sasha: (sarcastically) Sure XJ5. We really believe you.
XJ5: Are you two going to get back to the story or what?!
Sasha: (to dajavu) He's trying to cover himself up.
dajavu: (nods to Sasha) Well, aaaaaaannyway,. back to the story.
(Sasha looked at the cover.) Almost Useless Facts. Hmm, (She thought.) "So that's how he comes up with some of that stuff." Sasha looked up at the clock. "30 seconds. Darn it!" She opened the book to a random page. Goldfish have a memory span of 5 seconds. "Sounds like some other people I know." A group of crows is called a murder. (she shuddered) "Creepy." (looking at the clock) "Drat it! 1 minute, 35 seconds." (looking at the book) There are 5 years in a quinquennium. "Hmm, so they do have a name for 5 years after all." One billion seconds is about 32 years. (looking at clock.) "Only 2 minutes 15 seconds. Funny, it feels like 2 billion have passed already." (back at book) Twit is the name given to a pregnant goldfish. " HA! So that's why he was laughing when Audrey called that man a twit and he argued with her about it." A newly hatched fish is called a fry. "Hmmm, I think I'll just stick with a hamburger next time." (looking at the clock) "Drat! Two minutes left." (back at book) 17 tons of gold is used yearly on wedding rings. "Wonder if I'm ever going to contribute to that... ha, probably not." Being unmarried can shorten a man's life by 10 years. (Sasha frowned.) "If being unmarried shortens it by 10 years, I wonder how many a divorce shortens it. but then again Shakespeare did say it's better to have loved and lost than to never have loved." (at clock) "1 minute!" (at book) A squirrel cannot carry the rabies virus. "Well, that explains how he helped Audrey calm down after that lady's pet squirrel bit her,. of course, it never would have bit her if she wouldn't have been aggervating it." (at clock) "25 seconds!!!" (back at book) If you spray antiseptic spray on a polar bear, its fur will turn purple. "Hmm, I wonder if I tell XJ5 my skin will turn purple, he will believe me, and not use it anymore.. ha! yeah right." (Sasha looked at the clock and jumped out of the chair, dropping the book on the floor.) (Out loud) Finally! (Sasha quickly looked at the door, making sure Audrey or Sheila didn't hear her. She picked up the book, closed it, set it on the table, and walked through the door, and down the hall, towards the teleporter.)
Sasha: Finally. I thought it would be a Christmas present for it to be up.
dajavu: :P
XJ5: Now calm down you two.
dajavu: What? We're just goofing around.
XJ5: Which is exactly why it's taken you so long to get this chapter up.
dajavu: Fine! Well, enjoy chapter 7.
Chapter 7
(A few minutes later, Sasha walked through the dinning room, where Audrey and Sheila had been, and the table was set already. She walked into the kitchen, and all of the dishes were washed, and put away, and the meal was cooking in the oven, but XJ5 wasn't around. "Now where could he be?" thought Sasha. She left the kitchen and walked down the hall, towards the one place where she always checked first for XJ5. When she got to the door, she walked through into the study, and found XJ5 sitting in a chair, actually reading a book this time. Sasha walked over and sat in a chair next to him.)
Sasha: Well, umm, thanks for washing the dishes, and setting the table for me.
XJ5: (still behind the book) Oh, you're welcome.
Sasha: (was looking around and was quiet for a few seconds.) So umm,. (trying to hide her anticipation) what was it that you wanted to talk to me about?
XJ5: (lowers his book, and has a grin on his face) I knew I wouldn't have t say anything about it,. that you would just bring it up yourself.
Sasha: Well???
XJ5: (closes the book, and lays it on a small table next to his chair.) I know how much you were looking forward to this trip, but, I still want you to be happy. I don't want this small disadvantage to ruin it for you.
Sasha: (flatly) First of all, it's not a small disadvantage. And, my mom told you to come talk to me about this, didn't she? (mockingly) To make every thing better?
XJ5: Well, umm,. (hesitantly) actually, she knows nothing about this, and I'm going to ask you to keep it that way. You see, I know how much you still want to go, yet, don't want Greg along, so. how would you like to go to Earth,. just you and me for the next four days?
Sasha: (with a surprised look) What?! (stands up) Just you and me and no one else?!
XJ5: If you don't, then I understand.
Sasha: (now smiling.) (in a louder tone) Of course! This will be a great trip XJ5! And that's why you told me to pack my bags so early, and made sure I took care of everything early!
XJ5: Calm down Sasha, and lower your voice!
Sasha: (still smiling) (almost a whisper) So, when do we leave?
XJ5: As soon as we get to the teleporter.
Sasha: Well, come on!
(she started for the door but XJ5 gently grabbed her by the arm)
XJ5: Now hang on Sasha.
Sasha: (looks at XJ5) What?
XJ5: If Audrey or your mother would see us walking down the hall, towards the teleporter room together, they might think something is up. So, I'll go first, and you stay in here for, hmm,. about 5 minutes, and then go ahead, and come. Alright?
(He turns and walks towards the door.)
Sasha: But.
XJ5: (he turns to her) (in a firm voice) 5 minutes. (He turns and walks out, and Sasha watches him leave, and then looks at the clock. She flops in the chair he was sitting in, and picks up the book he was reading.)
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dajavu: Just to let you know, any info from the so called book "Almost Useless Facts," is from www.amusingfacts.com. And anything that is in quotations, is thought, any thing in parenthesis is acted out, and anything just there, with nothing surrounding it, is just read from the book. This is just for this last part.
Sasha: I think it was a very useful page, and it goes great in here.
XJ5: Although, the only people who would read it are you two.
Sasha: Hey! You were reading it too.
XJ5: I did because dajavu made me.
dajavu: (rolls eyes) :P
Sasha: (sarcastically) Sure XJ5. We really believe you.
XJ5: Are you two going to get back to the story or what?!
Sasha: (to dajavu) He's trying to cover himself up.
dajavu: (nods to Sasha) Well, aaaaaaannyway,. back to the story.
(Sasha looked at the cover.) Almost Useless Facts. Hmm, (She thought.) "So that's how he comes up with some of that stuff." Sasha looked up at the clock. "30 seconds. Darn it!" She opened the book to a random page. Goldfish have a memory span of 5 seconds. "Sounds like some other people I know." A group of crows is called a murder. (she shuddered) "Creepy." (looking at the clock) "Drat it! 1 minute, 35 seconds." (looking at the book) There are 5 years in a quinquennium. "Hmm, so they do have a name for 5 years after all." One billion seconds is about 32 years. (looking at clock.) "Only 2 minutes 15 seconds. Funny, it feels like 2 billion have passed already." (back at book) Twit is the name given to a pregnant goldfish. " HA! So that's why he was laughing when Audrey called that man a twit and he argued with her about it." A newly hatched fish is called a fry. "Hmmm, I think I'll just stick with a hamburger next time." (looking at the clock) "Drat! Two minutes left." (back at book) 17 tons of gold is used yearly on wedding rings. "Wonder if I'm ever going to contribute to that... ha, probably not." Being unmarried can shorten a man's life by 10 years. (Sasha frowned.) "If being unmarried shortens it by 10 years, I wonder how many a divorce shortens it. but then again Shakespeare did say it's better to have loved and lost than to never have loved." (at clock) "1 minute!" (at book) A squirrel cannot carry the rabies virus. "Well, that explains how he helped Audrey calm down after that lady's pet squirrel bit her,. of course, it never would have bit her if she wouldn't have been aggervating it." (at clock) "25 seconds!!!" (back at book) If you spray antiseptic spray on a polar bear, its fur will turn purple. "Hmm, I wonder if I tell XJ5 my skin will turn purple, he will believe me, and not use it anymore.. ha! yeah right." (Sasha looked at the clock and jumped out of the chair, dropping the book on the floor.) (Out loud) Finally! (Sasha quickly looked at the door, making sure Audrey or Sheila didn't hear her. She picked up the book, closed it, set it on the table, and walked through the door, and down the hall, towards the teleporter.)