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Sorry I haven't updated in a long time.The stupid computer was conspiring
against me along with ff net.They wouldn't let me post
comments,chapters,nothing!
I am trying to write out another chapter now that I have finally broken the
barrier and I've already loaded that previous chapter,if you havent read :p
Thanks to the few who have reviewed!
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Neo awoke with a start.
"What?What happened,who got shot?!" he yelled. "Nobody,stupid!We're gonna be LAAATE!!"
Again,that piercing yell.
Rubbing his eyes,Neo finally got a good look at the screamer.
Lyric was pulling at him like mad,but when he rubbed his eyes she ran out of the room screaming "PAAAAAAN!!"
He chuckled while he was rubbing his eyes when he heard a groan and the mumbled words,"Mommy,the alien won't stop harrassing me!" And burst out laughing when he heard,"Because the alien is going to be late,along with SURFER GIRL and THE INCREDIBLE SLEEPING SILVER BULLET!"
"Alright,I'm up,I"M UP!" Pan shouted.Lyric was about to leave her and try Neo again,but Pan only sat up and then lay back down again,pulling up a pillow as she went and slamming it onto her face. ""Come ON Pan!" Lyric shouted,and she ran to Neo,who was still chuckling. He finally looked up at her through his bangs."The 'Incredible Sleeping Silver Bullet?'Lyric..what the hell?"
Lyric blushed at her stupidity,but in a strident tone demanded,"Get UP!And for heavens sakes,man,PUT ON SOME CLOTHES!" Then,slyly,"Not that there's anything especially wrong with wearing swimming trunks to bed,but..to sleep in your friends suite while your sister is so aloooone in your shared room makes the sister think that her brother has been...veerry naughtyyy."
Neo groaned."There was an accident and Pan and I stayed here for the night," "I see," responded Lyric with a light hint in her voice."An 'Accident'.What kind of accident,pray tell brother?" Neo blushed at this point."Would you leave me alone,Lyric?!At least get me some clothes so we can go!" The look on her face as she left made him shiver.Nothing scarier than that smile.Nothing.
He looked up when he heard a thud near his door.Pan had thrown herself at the opening to the door leading into his current sleeping quarters.Her eyes were closed. "Awake yet?" Neo allowed himself a hearty chuckle.His laughter was reduced to mere titters when he heard her respond."Shut up.Do you happen to have the number of that truck?" "Damn,Lyric must have done SOMETHING to you,huh?" Neo got up from the bed and walked over to Pan.He leaned over slightly and held her bangs from her face using the middle and index fingers of his left hand.His right hand was one his knee. "Are you okay Pan?" Pan grumbled. "Hold on,you aren't sick,are you?" asked Neo worriedly. Pan abruptly raised her head at this comment and growled,"I DON'T get sick," and walked out to get changed.
When Pan was done,she heard knocking at the door.
"I have the clothes!" Lyric shouted. Pan smiled."You swear you have to make it sound like a ransom statement,Ly!" "I do,now open up or the clothes go over the railing!" Pan opened the door and let a rushed Lyric in,who ran to the guest room door,threw in the clothes and leaned against the wall."Neo's a quick dresser.We'll be out in no-" At this point Neo walked out of the bathroom."Shit," stated Lyric,and she banged her head on the wall repeatedly."Get in the room,Neo!" "I will,but I hope you didn't lock the door," "I didn't,now go in!"
Neo walked into the room,closed the door and came out two minutes later.Pan was fully dressed by then,wearing a one piece black bathing suit with black shorts going to her mid thighs and a blue T shirt spouting 'You shouldn't hit crazy people' over that,and Lyric was wearing a white one piece that lacked straps,but wore a long flowing white skirt that slit at her left thigh.Neo wore a white button up shirt that he left open and wore black swimming trunks.Lyric smiled,then grabbed her brother and new found friend by the wrists and ran out the door,leaving it to close automatically behind them. "We're gonna be laaaate!" she screamed.By then it had been 6:27. "So you're finally here!" The driver gave a wry smile."Sorry we're late!" Lyric apologised profusely,but the tour bus driver simply smiled and waved it off."Don't worry about it!You got here before the time limit.You guys are fine!" he assured the green haired beauty.Lyric smiled and hugged him.Pan and Neo exchanged glances,both smiling but wanting to laugh. The bus finally began to leave and the girls and Neo finally got glimpses of Maui they hadn't ventured to see before.After taking a quick rest stop about 3 miles or so from their hotel,the group finally headed for the Hana highway. "Now if you'll look at that river over there.You see a pond river sort of water over there.and water on this side of the road,but you don't see a river connecting them,huh?" Everyone noticed for the first time that what their tourguide said was true.There was a waterfall farther away from the road they were on,and on the other side a small body of water made itself present.Logic demanded that these two be connected,and yet you couldn't find it!
"Wait a minute,what's that?" Pan queried."I don't know.If you ask me,though,I think it looks like a pipe.Maybe that's how the water gets from there to here without us seeing?" Neo responded."What are you guys talking about?" whined Lyric."I can't find the pipe!" "It's hidden under those vines with the big leaves on them," Neo pointed. "Gee,like that helps me," lyric said sarcastically. "Well this is how.Everyone follow me onto the bus!" the driver announced.Everyone reluctantly got on the bus and looked around for a connection between the two random bodies of water."If you'll look to my left,on the walls you'll see a black pipe."
He went on to explain that someone needed to transfer the water and was successful in doing so,but it resulted in the 'mystery' of the two ponds.
After hours of travel,the finally came to a rest stop."I need to tell ya,though,the lady here?Helen?Good lady,she can handle one order just fine.Two,okay.Three,sure,but when there are about ten people coming up,she starts freakin' out and forget twenty!" Some people laughed appreciatively as they pulled to a stop in front of a small restaurant.Pan,though hungry,had brought a lunch of her own,and invited Neo and Lyric to eat with her.They were amazed at her 'metabolism',as Lyric so eloquently put it,but in twenty minutes they had to board the bus.Indeed there were still so many more things to see that Pan was almost surprised.She wanted to take some black sand with her,but she was supersticious enough not to.Neo had fun with the entire 'learning' experience,and Lyric admired the beauty of the island,not truly caring about the history,though some bits did interest her,such as the 'Seven Sacred Pools'. "You're probably wondering why they call 'em the seven sacred pools.I'ma let ya in on a little secret.Ain't nothin' sacred about 'em!" Some people were curious as to why,but after laughing the busdriver continued."eh,way back when,some people wanted to advertise Hawaii as a great vacation spot.Mind you,they decided these pools were great to swim in and decided to call them sacred,just to add to the publics interest in the pools!" It took a few minutes,but they finally came to another spot where groups of buses were parked."Okay,you got twenty minutes.Follow the path down and you'll get to the pools.Now get outta here!" The door flew open and the people filed out,quickly but carefully."Don't forget the towels!" Lyric shouted at Neo."I thought we hadn't brought towels!" Pan shouted."You can share mine and Lys if you forgot yours,"Neo responded. "I wonder how cold the water is,"Pan wondered aloud. "It's Hawaii!I bet the waters are warm,"Lyric responded.
How wrong can one soul be?
"Oh my GOD!" the green haired girl shrieked. "Don't be such a wimp about it,Ly!You only put your foot in!" Neo shouted from across the first pool.Pan laughed from atop the waterfall and jumped from her post into a splendid dive. When she came up for breath she laughed again at Lyrics disposition."Easy for you,dolphin girl!" "I thought I was the dolphin?" "You're the incredible silver bullet,bro!" "DAMN!" "Oh my god,he cursed!Let's hear it for him everybody!" some clapped or whooped,and others laughed appreciatively.Neo grumbled,but Pan swam over and clapped him on the shoulder."Charapokko,dude.You can pay her back for this later if you really want to,but for now have fun!" "Sure," Neo mumbled,but his blush betrayed him.He was lucky Pan hadn't seen it.
After swimming in the pools for about twenty minutes,as the driver had allowed them,they came back up the long winding trail to the bus.Not long after,their driver came as well. After that,Pan felt more like talking. "This is pretty fun so far!What's next now,Neo?Lyric?" "Maybe we should just listen to the bus driver,"Neo laughed."I wonder when we'll see the black sand beach of Hana," Lyric mused aloud."It had better be coming up!Black sand?!I'm taking pictures!" Pan said excitedly,whipping out a camera out of nowhere.Neo and Lyric looked at eachother,then back at her."Pan,how prepared were you?!" "Wouldn't you like to know?"
Not long after,the dangerously winding roads made even Pan a little nervous.Their tour guide had already explained that not many dared the long,gasless trek across Hana.Not to mention that the roads were fairly narrow (A/N:Thin one car lane here on the mainland) and still had to support two cars going in opposite directions. It was getting muggy now,but it was fairly cool now.The sand was beautiful,but none dared take any when the bus driver informed them that it was unlucky to take black sand with you.The black volcanic ash was just bad luck by superstition. Some waded in the little 'river' fed by the sea,and others fulled around to take pictures,still wet from previous waterfalls that the driver let them soak in,or rather attempt it,others soaked to the skin from their swimming session in the seven sacred pools.
On the road again,after going excrutiatingly slowly on dangerous curves and rocky land,they passed up another bus,but slowed down and came to a stop.The driver got off and within minutes came back and started back up.Some wanted to know if they were going to help them,but said nothing. After what seemed like an hour of travel,they came to a stop in a small collection of shops and a wine cellar.By then,the clouds had clustered and it began to rain.
"Listen,I gotta help those people back there,you wait here and don't go anywhere else.You can check out the wine place,hope you're over age,eh!Or you can go to this little store,plenty of souvenirs and junkfood.See ya!"
The people got off willingly,some still woozy from the rocky,winding trip,others because of their concern for the stranded passengers they'd had to leave behind. Lyric sighed while Pan let out a moan of pure boredom.Neo was the only one to seem unaffected by the event and walked into the cabin like shop,coming out mere minutes later with an Ice Tea,Sprite and Pepsi (A/N:Don't sue me folks,they like those sodas but I sure as hell don't own them!) Pan brightened immediately. "Ice tea!" "Take it,I got it for you," "Thanks!" "Hey,what about me?" "Are you blind or do you not see the Pepsi?" "I can see just fine," Lyric muttered as she snatched her Pepsi and stuck her tongue out at him."Thanks bro!" she called out to Neo as she was walking away,one hand in the air with her fingers forming the peace sign. Neo shook his head,his hair falling into his eyes,and smiled with his hands in his pockets.
Suddenly he jerked his head around to face Pan,his hair waving around his face and hiding parts of his eyes."I think I'm going to check out the wine place.Wanna come with or make sure Lyric doesn't try to play prostitute?" "You really shouldn't think so lowly of her.She's your sister,remember?"Pan remarked wryly. Neos lips quirked in an amusement he didn't want Pan to notice.
"Maybe you shouldn't think so highly of her," he replied airily.He pointed a vague finger in a direction out of her sight so Pan had to turn to look. "See?" Pan sweatdropped.What Lyric was doing to a small group of men near the winery gates couldn't be called flirting,but she couldn't say that it wasn't.Pan blushed and bowed her head. "Ya think ya know someone," she shook her head.She felt a clap on her back and immediately stiffened."She has that effect on people,As do I,"Neo laughed deeply. "Uh,right," Pan laughed nervously. Neo waved and headed in the direction of the white gates of the refinery,but not in Lyrics direction.Instead,he went for a walking path as it started to rain.
Pan sat down on the small stairs leading up to the porch of the cabin like store,sipping her Ice Tea.She watched the rain fall,vaguely listening to the conversation of others as the pounding of the light rain took over her thoughts and brain.Her mind was humming and a song overtook her so suddenly that she was literally knocked out of her thoughts.Her head jerked forward and she muttered,"Ow!" and immediately felt the back of her head.She felt like it was bleeding and something warm was in the back of her head,but when she felt it with her hand she didn't feel anything other than her hair.'This is getting too weird.'
Sighing,Pan danced into the rain while humming 'Time Will Tell' and occasionally sung the english parts in the song along with the japanese. She walked with a bounce in her step toward the little wine shop Neo had been in earlier.She noticed he was sitting on one of the white benches,getting soaked in the rain.
Running over to him after shouting a warning 'Hey!?',Neo looked up and vaguely waved with a big smile on his face.Pan had a strong feeling he didn't mean it,but instead focused on a bag he had hooked in his shoulder. "Neo,is that what I think it is?" she asked slowly,her left hand index finger point vaguely at the bag,her eyes never leaving his. Neo shrugged,but his blush betrayed him."I'm of age...have you seen Lyric?She got away from me,"
"In that case,what makes you think I know where she is?You're the human tracking device!"
Neo muttered under his breath-"You have no idea."
Pan and Neo talked about as many things as they could when Pan spotted green hair a short distance away."Hey,isn't that your sister?" Pan joked,her tone serious yet vague. "Guess so," Neo shrugged,but he immediately ran after her when he saw what she was doing."Lyric,that's not supposed to come offin-LYRIC?!"
Pan shook her head."Why is she like this, anyhow?I need to ask their parents or something..." Pan sighed.She walked back down to the elaborate white gate,her towel tied around her waist even though she had shorts on.
About a half hour later,the bus honked,their driver pulling up in a foul mood.He nodded at Pan,but barked for the other passengers to come,jokingly but meaningfully threatening to leave them at the winery.One man in his teens shouted,"Leave us here?You're nicer than we thought!" to the amusement of his friends.
Pan snorted and jerked away as the guy winked at her,his dirty blond hair falling into his eyes.
'Idiots.'
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*Bows down low* I am sooo sorry I didn't update for *counts*
Crap!Four months,you guys hsould shoot me!I am serious,I had a lot going on like you wouldn't believe,and I thought I would do more in the summer but chores really bite....
And what time I did have I was usually too tired,so I stayed up for weeks til3,sometimes four in the morning,trying to add to this chapter!I'm so upset it couldn't be longer,but I wanted to update for you guys!!Would someone please please PLEASE tell me what to do about italics and bold!?They won't work for me!In fact,this who section here is in italics!!!But you wouldn't know that because IT WON'T SHOW UP!!
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Neo awoke with a start.
"What?What happened,who got shot?!" he yelled. "Nobody,stupid!We're gonna be LAAATE!!"
Again,that piercing yell.
Rubbing his eyes,Neo finally got a good look at the screamer.
Lyric was pulling at him like mad,but when he rubbed his eyes she ran out of the room screaming "PAAAAAAN!!"
He chuckled while he was rubbing his eyes when he heard a groan and the mumbled words,"Mommy,the alien won't stop harrassing me!" And burst out laughing when he heard,"Because the alien is going to be late,along with SURFER GIRL and THE INCREDIBLE SLEEPING SILVER BULLET!"
"Alright,I'm up,I"M UP!" Pan shouted.Lyric was about to leave her and try Neo again,but Pan only sat up and then lay back down again,pulling up a pillow as she went and slamming it onto her face. ""Come ON Pan!" Lyric shouted,and she ran to Neo,who was still chuckling. He finally looked up at her through his bangs."The 'Incredible Sleeping Silver Bullet?'Lyric..what the hell?"
Lyric blushed at her stupidity,but in a strident tone demanded,"Get UP!And for heavens sakes,man,PUT ON SOME CLOTHES!" Then,slyly,"Not that there's anything especially wrong with wearing swimming trunks to bed,but..to sleep in your friends suite while your sister is so aloooone in your shared room makes the sister think that her brother has been...veerry naughtyyy."
Neo groaned."There was an accident and Pan and I stayed here for the night," "I see," responded Lyric with a light hint in her voice."An 'Accident'.What kind of accident,pray tell brother?" Neo blushed at this point."Would you leave me alone,Lyric?!At least get me some clothes so we can go!" The look on her face as she left made him shiver.Nothing scarier than that smile.Nothing.
He looked up when he heard a thud near his door.Pan had thrown herself at the opening to the door leading into his current sleeping quarters.Her eyes were closed. "Awake yet?" Neo allowed himself a hearty chuckle.His laughter was reduced to mere titters when he heard her respond."Shut up.Do you happen to have the number of that truck?" "Damn,Lyric must have done SOMETHING to you,huh?" Neo got up from the bed and walked over to Pan.He leaned over slightly and held her bangs from her face using the middle and index fingers of his left hand.His right hand was one his knee. "Are you okay Pan?" Pan grumbled. "Hold on,you aren't sick,are you?" asked Neo worriedly. Pan abruptly raised her head at this comment and growled,"I DON'T get sick," and walked out to get changed.
When Pan was done,she heard knocking at the door.
"I have the clothes!" Lyric shouted. Pan smiled."You swear you have to make it sound like a ransom statement,Ly!" "I do,now open up or the clothes go over the railing!" Pan opened the door and let a rushed Lyric in,who ran to the guest room door,threw in the clothes and leaned against the wall."Neo's a quick dresser.We'll be out in no-" At this point Neo walked out of the bathroom."Shit," stated Lyric,and she banged her head on the wall repeatedly."Get in the room,Neo!" "I will,but I hope you didn't lock the door," "I didn't,now go in!"
Neo walked into the room,closed the door and came out two minutes later.Pan was fully dressed by then,wearing a one piece black bathing suit with black shorts going to her mid thighs and a blue T shirt spouting 'You shouldn't hit crazy people' over that,and Lyric was wearing a white one piece that lacked straps,but wore a long flowing white skirt that slit at her left thigh.Neo wore a white button up shirt that he left open and wore black swimming trunks.Lyric smiled,then grabbed her brother and new found friend by the wrists and ran out the door,leaving it to close automatically behind them. "We're gonna be laaaate!" she screamed.By then it had been 6:27. "So you're finally here!" The driver gave a wry smile."Sorry we're late!" Lyric apologised profusely,but the tour bus driver simply smiled and waved it off."Don't worry about it!You got here before the time limit.You guys are fine!" he assured the green haired beauty.Lyric smiled and hugged him.Pan and Neo exchanged glances,both smiling but wanting to laugh. The bus finally began to leave and the girls and Neo finally got glimpses of Maui they hadn't ventured to see before.After taking a quick rest stop about 3 miles or so from their hotel,the group finally headed for the Hana highway. "Now if you'll look at that river over there.You see a pond river sort of water over there.and water on this side of the road,but you don't see a river connecting them,huh?" Everyone noticed for the first time that what their tourguide said was true.There was a waterfall farther away from the road they were on,and on the other side a small body of water made itself present.Logic demanded that these two be connected,and yet you couldn't find it!
"Wait a minute,what's that?" Pan queried."I don't know.If you ask me,though,I think it looks like a pipe.Maybe that's how the water gets from there to here without us seeing?" Neo responded."What are you guys talking about?" whined Lyric."I can't find the pipe!" "It's hidden under those vines with the big leaves on them," Neo pointed. "Gee,like that helps me," lyric said sarcastically. "Well this is how.Everyone follow me onto the bus!" the driver announced.Everyone reluctantly got on the bus and looked around for a connection between the two random bodies of water."If you'll look to my left,on the walls you'll see a black pipe."
He went on to explain that someone needed to transfer the water and was successful in doing so,but it resulted in the 'mystery' of the two ponds.
After hours of travel,the finally came to a rest stop."I need to tell ya,though,the lady here?Helen?Good lady,she can handle one order just fine.Two,okay.Three,sure,but when there are about ten people coming up,she starts freakin' out and forget twenty!" Some people laughed appreciatively as they pulled to a stop in front of a small restaurant.Pan,though hungry,had brought a lunch of her own,and invited Neo and Lyric to eat with her.They were amazed at her 'metabolism',as Lyric so eloquently put it,but in twenty minutes they had to board the bus.Indeed there were still so many more things to see that Pan was almost surprised.She wanted to take some black sand with her,but she was supersticious enough not to.Neo had fun with the entire 'learning' experience,and Lyric admired the beauty of the island,not truly caring about the history,though some bits did interest her,such as the 'Seven Sacred Pools'. "You're probably wondering why they call 'em the seven sacred pools.I'ma let ya in on a little secret.Ain't nothin' sacred about 'em!" Some people were curious as to why,but after laughing the busdriver continued."eh,way back when,some people wanted to advertise Hawaii as a great vacation spot.Mind you,they decided these pools were great to swim in and decided to call them sacred,just to add to the publics interest in the pools!" It took a few minutes,but they finally came to another spot where groups of buses were parked."Okay,you got twenty minutes.Follow the path down and you'll get to the pools.Now get outta here!" The door flew open and the people filed out,quickly but carefully."Don't forget the towels!" Lyric shouted at Neo."I thought we hadn't brought towels!" Pan shouted."You can share mine and Lys if you forgot yours,"Neo responded. "I wonder how cold the water is,"Pan wondered aloud. "It's Hawaii!I bet the waters are warm,"Lyric responded.
How wrong can one soul be?
"Oh my GOD!" the green haired girl shrieked. "Don't be such a wimp about it,Ly!You only put your foot in!" Neo shouted from across the first pool.Pan laughed from atop the waterfall and jumped from her post into a splendid dive. When she came up for breath she laughed again at Lyrics disposition."Easy for you,dolphin girl!" "I thought I was the dolphin?" "You're the incredible silver bullet,bro!" "DAMN!" "Oh my god,he cursed!Let's hear it for him everybody!" some clapped or whooped,and others laughed appreciatively.Neo grumbled,but Pan swam over and clapped him on the shoulder."Charapokko,dude.You can pay her back for this later if you really want to,but for now have fun!" "Sure," Neo mumbled,but his blush betrayed him.He was lucky Pan hadn't seen it.
After swimming in the pools for about twenty minutes,as the driver had allowed them,they came back up the long winding trail to the bus.Not long after,their driver came as well. After that,Pan felt more like talking. "This is pretty fun so far!What's next now,Neo?Lyric?" "Maybe we should just listen to the bus driver,"Neo laughed."I wonder when we'll see the black sand beach of Hana," Lyric mused aloud."It had better be coming up!Black sand?!I'm taking pictures!" Pan said excitedly,whipping out a camera out of nowhere.Neo and Lyric looked at eachother,then back at her."Pan,how prepared were you?!" "Wouldn't you like to know?"
Not long after,the dangerously winding roads made even Pan a little nervous.Their tour guide had already explained that not many dared the long,gasless trek across Hana.Not to mention that the roads were fairly narrow (A/N:Thin one car lane here on the mainland) and still had to support two cars going in opposite directions. It was getting muggy now,but it was fairly cool now.The sand was beautiful,but none dared take any when the bus driver informed them that it was unlucky to take black sand with you.The black volcanic ash was just bad luck by superstition. Some waded in the little 'river' fed by the sea,and others fulled around to take pictures,still wet from previous waterfalls that the driver let them soak in,or rather attempt it,others soaked to the skin from their swimming session in the seven sacred pools.
On the road again,after going excrutiatingly slowly on dangerous curves and rocky land,they passed up another bus,but slowed down and came to a stop.The driver got off and within minutes came back and started back up.Some wanted to know if they were going to help them,but said nothing. After what seemed like an hour of travel,they came to a stop in a small collection of shops and a wine cellar.By then,the clouds had clustered and it began to rain.
"Listen,I gotta help those people back there,you wait here and don't go anywhere else.You can check out the wine place,hope you're over age,eh!Or you can go to this little store,plenty of souvenirs and junkfood.See ya!"
The people got off willingly,some still woozy from the rocky,winding trip,others because of their concern for the stranded passengers they'd had to leave behind. Lyric sighed while Pan let out a moan of pure boredom.Neo was the only one to seem unaffected by the event and walked into the cabin like shop,coming out mere minutes later with an Ice Tea,Sprite and Pepsi (A/N:Don't sue me folks,they like those sodas but I sure as hell don't own them!) Pan brightened immediately. "Ice tea!" "Take it,I got it for you," "Thanks!" "Hey,what about me?" "Are you blind or do you not see the Pepsi?" "I can see just fine," Lyric muttered as she snatched her Pepsi and stuck her tongue out at him."Thanks bro!" she called out to Neo as she was walking away,one hand in the air with her fingers forming the peace sign. Neo shook his head,his hair falling into his eyes,and smiled with his hands in his pockets.
Suddenly he jerked his head around to face Pan,his hair waving around his face and hiding parts of his eyes."I think I'm going to check out the wine place.Wanna come with or make sure Lyric doesn't try to play prostitute?" "You really shouldn't think so lowly of her.She's your sister,remember?"Pan remarked wryly. Neos lips quirked in an amusement he didn't want Pan to notice.
"Maybe you shouldn't think so highly of her," he replied airily.He pointed a vague finger in a direction out of her sight so Pan had to turn to look. "See?" Pan sweatdropped.What Lyric was doing to a small group of men near the winery gates couldn't be called flirting,but she couldn't say that it wasn't.Pan blushed and bowed her head. "Ya think ya know someone," she shook her head.She felt a clap on her back and immediately stiffened."She has that effect on people,As do I,"Neo laughed deeply. "Uh,right," Pan laughed nervously. Neo waved and headed in the direction of the white gates of the refinery,but not in Lyrics direction.Instead,he went for a walking path as it started to rain.
Pan sat down on the small stairs leading up to the porch of the cabin like store,sipping her Ice Tea.She watched the rain fall,vaguely listening to the conversation of others as the pounding of the light rain took over her thoughts and brain.Her mind was humming and a song overtook her so suddenly that she was literally knocked out of her thoughts.Her head jerked forward and she muttered,"Ow!" and immediately felt the back of her head.She felt like it was bleeding and something warm was in the back of her head,but when she felt it with her hand she didn't feel anything other than her hair.'This is getting too weird.'
Sighing,Pan danced into the rain while humming 'Time Will Tell' and occasionally sung the english parts in the song along with the japanese. She walked with a bounce in her step toward the little wine shop Neo had been in earlier.She noticed he was sitting on one of the white benches,getting soaked in the rain.
Running over to him after shouting a warning 'Hey!?',Neo looked up and vaguely waved with a big smile on his face.Pan had a strong feeling he didn't mean it,but instead focused on a bag he had hooked in his shoulder. "Neo,is that what I think it is?" she asked slowly,her left hand index finger point vaguely at the bag,her eyes never leaving his. Neo shrugged,but his blush betrayed him."I'm of age...have you seen Lyric?She got away from me,"
"In that case,what makes you think I know where she is?You're the human tracking device!"
Neo muttered under his breath-"You have no idea."
Pan and Neo talked about as many things as they could when Pan spotted green hair a short distance away."Hey,isn't that your sister?" Pan joked,her tone serious yet vague. "Guess so," Neo shrugged,but he immediately ran after her when he saw what she was doing."Lyric,that's not supposed to come offin-LYRIC?!"
Pan shook her head."Why is she like this, anyhow?I need to ask their parents or something..." Pan sighed.She walked back down to the elaborate white gate,her towel tied around her waist even though she had shorts on.
About a half hour later,the bus honked,their driver pulling up in a foul mood.He nodded at Pan,but barked for the other passengers to come,jokingly but meaningfully threatening to leave them at the winery.One man in his teens shouted,"Leave us here?You're nicer than we thought!" to the amusement of his friends.
Pan snorted and jerked away as the guy winked at her,his dirty blond hair falling into his eyes.
'Idiots.'
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*Bows down low* I am sooo sorry I didn't update for *counts*
Crap!Four months,you guys hsould shoot me!I am serious,I had a lot going on like you wouldn't believe,and I thought I would do more in the summer but chores really bite....
And what time I did have I was usually too tired,so I stayed up for weeks til3,sometimes four in the morning,trying to add to this chapter!I'm so upset it couldn't be longer,but I wanted to update for you guys!!Would someone please please PLEASE tell me what to do about italics and bold!?They won't work for me!In fact,this who section here is in italics!!!But you wouldn't know that because IT WON'T SHOW UP!!