CHAPTER 15
Danny checked it out down in the lab. Mysteriously there was nothing there. Danny shrugged and walked back upstairs. Dea was squeezing her hair out in the front bathroom sink and she was digging through one of the drawers looking for something.
Danny: Whatcha' looking for? Dea: I'm looking for a blow-dryer. My hair gets curly when it's wet. It's really hard to manage. Danny: I think there's one down in the lab if you wanna use it. Dea: Awesome! Wait...it's defective isn't it? Danny: Not unless you count getting your hair pulled out. Dea: Forget it. I'll just have to find mine. It's probably stashed away somewhere in my drawers.
Dea went upstairs to her room trying to find the blow-dryer. It was getting late and Danny was getting tired, so he went up to bed himself. He changed and fell asleep as soon as he hit the pillow. After all, it HAD been an exhausting day. Next week, Danny woke up fine, usual groggy wake up, whereas, Dea woke up with a start and tumbled to the floor. Danny walked by her room and looked in. There was Dea, lying on the floor with the blankets tangled around her, clearly asleep.
Danny: WAKE UP!! Dea: GYAH! I'm up! I'm up! Danny: No you're not, you were sleeping on the floor! Dea: Alright, alright, I'm up NOW, happy? Danny: Somewhat. Uhh, before you can leave you need to get out of your pajamas! Dea: Shut it before I remember I was supposed to kill you last night. Oh yeah! I'm gonna murder you when I get downstairs. Danny: Oh no. Dea: Now go away so I can get dressed.
Danny left and went downstairs. Since he was already dressed, and had eaten, he thought he'd watch T.V. until Dea came down. An hour later Danny was still downstairs...except he had fallen asleep. He was starting to drool just as Dea came downstairs with an army print tee shirt with the words "I'm a fighter, not a lover" on the front. She had baggy black pants on with neon green cargo pockets, and her hair was plainly down today.
Dea: What're we doin' today? Wanna go to the pool? I heard it's usually empty on Mondays. Danny: I guess. Unless Dash is there. Dea If he's there, I'll give him a swift kick in the- Danny: Let's go get our stuff.
Dea and Danny packed their pool bags and headed off on their bikes. They raced the entire way there and Dea won. She won in a lot of things against Danny. The pool was nearly empty except for about five other people. They went into the separate locker rooms for five minutes and came back out in their swimsuits. Danny had baggy Hawaiian shorts on, nothing special really. Dea, however, had a black two piece swimsuit with flames on it. She ran over to Danny and grabbed his shoulder from behind.
Dea: Come on! I want you to meet some people. Danny: Who? *please don't let it be Dash's girlfriend...or one of them.* Dea: No, it's NOT one of Dash's girlfriends. You'll see!
Dea led him through to the pool and there were two people standing just inside the doors. One of them was a girl and as soon as Dea walked in, she turned, squealed, and ran over. They hugged each other and jumped up and down holding hands and looking giddy.
Girl: DEA!!!!! Dea: DANIELLE!!!!!! Danielle: Dea! I haven't seen you for almost a year!! Dea: I know!! Oh my gosh, it's SO good to see you! Danielle: You too! Hey, by the way, who's the guy? Dea: Oh, yeah, Danielle, Ben, this is Danny. Danny, this is Danielle and Ben, they're from my old school. I haven't seen Danielle in nearly a year because she moved recently to Madison, about two hours away. But Ben's been vacationing in Majorca. Danny: Nice to meet you guys.
Danielle was a sweet looking girl with blonde hair, green eyes, and was about the same height as Dea, maybe a little shorter. She was wearing a bright blue two-piece. Ben was as tall and skinny as Danny, with brown hair. His eyes were so dark they were nearly black. Danielle extended her hand to Danny and he shook it as he did Ben's hand.
Dea: You guys can go swim, Danielle and I are gonna catch up. Danny: Umm...OK!
Dea and Danielle walked over to the folding chairs and lay back talking. Ben and Danny both noticed they kept looking over at them.
Danny: Wanna go play water basketball?
Ben: Sure! So, you go to Casper High? Danny: Yeah, Dea said you go to Coast Academy right?
Ben: Yeah, but our summer break ends earlier than yours does. Ours ends in two weeks. You guys still got a month left, right? Danny: Yeah. Score!
Danny got the first basket but Ben won the game. They had a few water races but were getting tired of being in the water alone. The other people were starting to leave and the girls were still chatting. Ben splashed them with water and they screamed.
Ben: Come on you two! Get in the water! Danielle: Benny! I haven't taken my contacts out! I think I lost one. Oh, wait, here it is. Danny: Come on you guys, let's play Chicken! Dea: Just a minute!
Dea leaned over to whisper something in Danielle's ear while looking at the two boys. They were starting to get annoyed and restless. They stood there scowling for five more minutes until Danny splashed them with water.
Danny: You two are so lazy! Dea: We'll show you who's lazy mister!
The two girls got up and walked simultaneously over to the edge of the pool. They lowered themselves in slowly and stood there leaning against each other's backs looking falsely sulky.
Danielle: Happy? Ben: Danny's right, you guys are lazy. Dea: Ben, can ya' lay off for once? Ben: No. It's not in my nature. Dea: Dare I?
Danielle: We should, and we WILL!
Dea and Danielle dived under the water and couldn't be seen for a few moments. Unexpectedly Ben and Danny screamed and flipped under the water. The girls came back up laughing and shrieking delightedly. They had to hold their sides because they were laughing so hard. The boys came back up looking like drowned rats and looking disgruntled.
Danny: What's so funny? You're still laughing. Danielle: Look...at Ben!!
They all turned to look at Ben. How cliché. His shorts were stuck on top of his head covering his eyes. Dea and Danielle were once again talking by the side of the pool. Dea was saying something but they couldn't hear. Once Ben had replaced his shorts where they should be, Danny and Ben sneaked over to listen.
Dea:...So every time I see her, I think, "Puh-LEASE wear a bra Striperella! Ben: Who're you talking about?
Danielle: Nunya B. Danny: Who's Nunya?
Danielle: Nunya Business! Ha ha! Dea: It's her favorite line, it gets tired very soon. Danielle: Hey!
She shoved Dea under the water and Dea came up behind her to yank her under from behind. A few minutes passed and the cat-fight ended. Danielle and Dea got back out of the pool and sat down in their chairs once again, this time wearing water skirts. They chatted for a few more minutes until Dea suddenly stopped talking. Danny saw why. The blue smoke-like substance had just come out of both their mouths. Dea shoved her hand in front of her mouth and ran over to Danny. She yanked him out by the arm and shouted to her friends, "We'll be right back!"
Danny checked it out down in the lab. Mysteriously there was nothing there. Danny shrugged and walked back upstairs. Dea was squeezing her hair out in the front bathroom sink and she was digging through one of the drawers looking for something.
Danny: Whatcha' looking for? Dea: I'm looking for a blow-dryer. My hair gets curly when it's wet. It's really hard to manage. Danny: I think there's one down in the lab if you wanna use it. Dea: Awesome! Wait...it's defective isn't it? Danny: Not unless you count getting your hair pulled out. Dea: Forget it. I'll just have to find mine. It's probably stashed away somewhere in my drawers.
Dea went upstairs to her room trying to find the blow-dryer. It was getting late and Danny was getting tired, so he went up to bed himself. He changed and fell asleep as soon as he hit the pillow. After all, it HAD been an exhausting day. Next week, Danny woke up fine, usual groggy wake up, whereas, Dea woke up with a start and tumbled to the floor. Danny walked by her room and looked in. There was Dea, lying on the floor with the blankets tangled around her, clearly asleep.
Danny: WAKE UP!! Dea: GYAH! I'm up! I'm up! Danny: No you're not, you were sleeping on the floor! Dea: Alright, alright, I'm up NOW, happy? Danny: Somewhat. Uhh, before you can leave you need to get out of your pajamas! Dea: Shut it before I remember I was supposed to kill you last night. Oh yeah! I'm gonna murder you when I get downstairs. Danny: Oh no. Dea: Now go away so I can get dressed.
Danny left and went downstairs. Since he was already dressed, and had eaten, he thought he'd watch T.V. until Dea came down. An hour later Danny was still downstairs...except he had fallen asleep. He was starting to drool just as Dea came downstairs with an army print tee shirt with the words "I'm a fighter, not a lover" on the front. She had baggy black pants on with neon green cargo pockets, and her hair was plainly down today.
Dea: What're we doin' today? Wanna go to the pool? I heard it's usually empty on Mondays. Danny: I guess. Unless Dash is there. Dea If he's there, I'll give him a swift kick in the- Danny: Let's go get our stuff.
Dea and Danny packed their pool bags and headed off on their bikes. They raced the entire way there and Dea won. She won in a lot of things against Danny. The pool was nearly empty except for about five other people. They went into the separate locker rooms for five minutes and came back out in their swimsuits. Danny had baggy Hawaiian shorts on, nothing special really. Dea, however, had a black two piece swimsuit with flames on it. She ran over to Danny and grabbed his shoulder from behind.
Dea: Come on! I want you to meet some people. Danny: Who? *please don't let it be Dash's girlfriend...or one of them.* Dea: No, it's NOT one of Dash's girlfriends. You'll see!
Dea led him through to the pool and there were two people standing just inside the doors. One of them was a girl and as soon as Dea walked in, she turned, squealed, and ran over. They hugged each other and jumped up and down holding hands and looking giddy.
Girl: DEA!!!!! Dea: DANIELLE!!!!!! Danielle: Dea! I haven't seen you for almost a year!! Dea: I know!! Oh my gosh, it's SO good to see you! Danielle: You too! Hey, by the way, who's the guy? Dea: Oh, yeah, Danielle, Ben, this is Danny. Danny, this is Danielle and Ben, they're from my old school. I haven't seen Danielle in nearly a year because she moved recently to Madison, about two hours away. But Ben's been vacationing in Majorca. Danny: Nice to meet you guys.
Danielle was a sweet looking girl with blonde hair, green eyes, and was about the same height as Dea, maybe a little shorter. She was wearing a bright blue two-piece. Ben was as tall and skinny as Danny, with brown hair. His eyes were so dark they were nearly black. Danielle extended her hand to Danny and he shook it as he did Ben's hand.
Dea: You guys can go swim, Danielle and I are gonna catch up. Danny: Umm...OK!
Dea and Danielle walked over to the folding chairs and lay back talking. Ben and Danny both noticed they kept looking over at them.
Danny: Wanna go play water basketball?
Ben: Sure! So, you go to Casper High? Danny: Yeah, Dea said you go to Coast Academy right?
Ben: Yeah, but our summer break ends earlier than yours does. Ours ends in two weeks. You guys still got a month left, right? Danny: Yeah. Score!
Danny got the first basket but Ben won the game. They had a few water races but were getting tired of being in the water alone. The other people were starting to leave and the girls were still chatting. Ben splashed them with water and they screamed.
Ben: Come on you two! Get in the water! Danielle: Benny! I haven't taken my contacts out! I think I lost one. Oh, wait, here it is. Danny: Come on you guys, let's play Chicken! Dea: Just a minute!
Dea leaned over to whisper something in Danielle's ear while looking at the two boys. They were starting to get annoyed and restless. They stood there scowling for five more minutes until Danny splashed them with water.
Danny: You two are so lazy! Dea: We'll show you who's lazy mister!
The two girls got up and walked simultaneously over to the edge of the pool. They lowered themselves in slowly and stood there leaning against each other's backs looking falsely sulky.
Danielle: Happy? Ben: Danny's right, you guys are lazy. Dea: Ben, can ya' lay off for once? Ben: No. It's not in my nature. Dea: Dare I?
Danielle: We should, and we WILL!
Dea and Danielle dived under the water and couldn't be seen for a few moments. Unexpectedly Ben and Danny screamed and flipped under the water. The girls came back up laughing and shrieking delightedly. They had to hold their sides because they were laughing so hard. The boys came back up looking like drowned rats and looking disgruntled.
Danny: What's so funny? You're still laughing. Danielle: Look...at Ben!!
They all turned to look at Ben. How cliché. His shorts were stuck on top of his head covering his eyes. Dea and Danielle were once again talking by the side of the pool. Dea was saying something but they couldn't hear. Once Ben had replaced his shorts where they should be, Danny and Ben sneaked over to listen.
Dea:...So every time I see her, I think, "Puh-LEASE wear a bra Striperella! Ben: Who're you talking about?
Danielle: Nunya B. Danny: Who's Nunya?
Danielle: Nunya Business! Ha ha! Dea: It's her favorite line, it gets tired very soon. Danielle: Hey!
She shoved Dea under the water and Dea came up behind her to yank her under from behind. A few minutes passed and the cat-fight ended. Danielle and Dea got back out of the pool and sat down in their chairs once again, this time wearing water skirts. They chatted for a few more minutes until Dea suddenly stopped talking. Danny saw why. The blue smoke-like substance had just come out of both their mouths. Dea shoved her hand in front of her mouth and ran over to Danny. She yanked him out by the arm and shouted to her friends, "We'll be right back!"