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Ch5
Katie's jaw dropped in shock as Summer continued reading. "I know you haven't heard from me in four years, but I figure you've heard the story from the rest of the band. I was a loser and gave up. I lost touch with everyone and I've got no one to blame but me. However, my fiancee, thinks now would be a good time to have some catch up. Yes I have a fiancee. You might know her. Rosalie Mullins. Your old principle.
"We're living together now. Anyway, coming up on Spring Break, she has a principal's convention to go to. I went this year and it was as boring as hell. She thinks it would be a good idea if I tried to have a reunion and make up with the band. I went to you first because I figured you'd be willing to speak to me, and you probably have all the addresses for the rest of the band.
"If your willing to help, just let me know, and start talking to the rest of the band. If you do, tell them this for me. I know I screwed up. I should have stuck it, but instead I listened to my own speech and just gave up. It wasn't fair to those who did want to rock, even if it was only in my apartment, and I'm sorry. Thanks for the help Tink."
Katie looked ready to spit nails. "I cannot believe he has the audacity to think we'd want to do that! He stabbed us in the back! He just expects us to go and see him like nothing happened."
"He wants to fix things, Katie."
"If he had just stuck it to the man, there wouldn't be anything to fix."
"I know you're mad at him. I wasn't there, and I'm a bit mad. But there comes a point when you have to move on. If I hadn't shown up in court to hear the guy who started the accident apologize, he would never have gotten life in prison. When the jury saw me, they made their decision. Sometimes things turn out for the better when you listen to what someone has to say."
"Somehow, I just don't see that happening in this situation."
Summer pressed print. "I'm going to go and see what Zack and Freddy think. You're welcome to stay here and sulk, or come."
"I think I'll stay. I don't need to hear that letter again. Let me know what they think about it."
"I will." Summer grabbed the paper. "I'll see you later."
§ § §
Zack continued playing ignoring the buzzing that announced someone was outside of the room. Freddy looked up from the computer. "Oh, don't worry I'll get it." He said, standing and walking to the door. "Hey Hot Wheels." He backed up so Summer could enter then closed the door. "What brings you here this evening? Did you talk to Katie?"
"Yeah. But that's not why I'm here. I got an e-mail from Dewey." Summer unfolded the e-mail.
Zack abruptly stopped playing. "What? What did he want?"
"This is what it says." Summer read the e-mail, and the two boys listened until she was done.
"Woah." Freddy sat down. "I don't get it. Why?"
"I think he's always felt bad. Maybe Ms. Mullins just convinced him that it was time to face his past." Zack put his guitar down.
"Maybe." Freddy shrugged. "Does Katie know?"
Summer nodded. "She is beyond pissed. I don't think she would talk to Dewey if he was the last person on the planet."
"Sounds like Katie." Freddy grabbed the e-mail from Summer. "What do you think of all this? Are you gonna do it?"
Summer sighed. "I don't know. I know he wants to apologize, but I also know he betrayed the band. And while I want to hear what he has to say, I don't want to go alone. I don't even know if I'm ready to face any of them period."
Zack put his head in his hands. "I'd go. Yeah, I'm mad, but unless they do something really bad, everyone deserves a second chance."
"So would I." Freddy agreed.
"I guess then the next question is who has who's e-mail? I didn't keep in touch."
"I have Lawrence and Tomika." Zack volunteered.
"Marta." Was the only name Freddy could offer.
"One of them must have Alicia." Summer decided. "So that's it. We're going to have a reunion."
Zack lifted his head. "If we can convince anyone."
§ § §
Summer walked with Zack to the coffee shop two days after the e-mail had been received. Katie was still angry at their decision, but if they didn't mention it, she was still a friend around them. "So, Freddy really likes Katie."
Zack rolled his eyes. "It's all he's been talking about. Can you please just tell him what she said so he'll shut up about her? It's so hard to fall asleep when all you hear is, Katie this and Katie that."
"I'm trying to get her to realize that he's more than a goofball." Summer replied. "Once she does that, I'll tell him, and he'll shut up so you're not sleep deprived."
"When will that be?"
"If you factor in Katie's stubbornness, about two years. That is unless they somehow get a push in the right direction."
"How do you suggest we do that?"
"I'm not sure yet. But Katie keeps an Internet journal, and she's not that careful about leaving her password around. At two, she has an hour and a half class during which time I have nothing. If she has something in that journal, I can find it."
"Is Summer Hathaway, the girl who once nearly fainted when it was suggested she just go take a ruler out of a teachers desk, suggesting she snoop in someone else's journal?"
"Yes."
"Are you sure, because if Katie finds out..."
"If I do it right, she won't."
"In that case, snoop on."
"I will."
After a moment of silence Zack spoke. "Maybe, after you finish your snooping, we could check out that pizza place."
"Why Zack, are you asking me on a date?"
"That depends."
"On what?"
"What would you say if I was?"
"I'd say yes. But if you're not going to own up to it..."
"So, I'll meet you at your room, at 4:00?"
"I'll be there."
§ § §
Katie let Freddy into her room around 4:30. "What do you want, Jones?" She asked in a jokingly serious mood.
"Zack ditched me to go out with Summer. I'm bored."
"And I'm your fall back plan? Don't you have homework?"
"No. Even if I did, I'd be doing it here, and your presence would be distracting me."
"I don't know whether to thank you or barf."
"You could always thank me with a kiss."
"Whacker, if I've told you once, I've told you a million times. Just because half the female populous of anywhere you go happens to think you are the reason God created reproductive organs, does not mean I do."
"And if I've told you once, I've told you a million times, you want this bod just as much as the next girl. You're just scared to admit it."
"The only thing that scares me about you is that it's guys like you that end up running the country."
Freddy grinned. "It's a thing of beauty isn't it?"
Katie took her seat at her computer. "Let's play a game. I'm going to say a rhyme, and we're both going to do what the rhyme says. Get it?" Freddy nodded. "Quakers meeting has begun. No more laughing, no more fun. If you show your teeth or tongue, you will pay a forfeit."
"I walked right into that didn't I?"
"Obviously, we have missed the point of Quakers meeting." Katie groaned. "What'll it take to get you to shut up? I was working on homework."
"You could've just said that. I would've shut up." Freddy sat down and pulled his drumsticks out as Katie looked back at her work. He began drumming on Summer's desk.
After a moment Katie looked up. "See, you may have shut up, but there's still noise in the room. Who can explain that?"
"You want me to stop don't you?"
"Yeah."
"That might just cost you."
"What do you want Jones?"
"A kiss."
"No way."
"Just one."
"No."
"Fine. One date. No kiss required. One trip to the movies on Saturday."
"If I have to."
"You aren't going to regret this." Freddy punched the air with excitement.
"Somehow I doubt that."
That's chapter five.
Random Quote of the Day:
Buck: You know Polly, I really mean it. Gee, you're swell.
Polly: I think you're swell too, Buck.
Buck: But you're really swell, Polly.
Polly: You're really swell too, Buck.
Buck: No I mean it. You're really, really swell, Polly.
OK, so that was really a script excerpt from Flapper. That's a play I'm in. And lucky me, I'm Polly.
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Ch5
Katie's jaw dropped in shock as Summer continued reading. "I know you haven't heard from me in four years, but I figure you've heard the story from the rest of the band. I was a loser and gave up. I lost touch with everyone and I've got no one to blame but me. However, my fiancee, thinks now would be a good time to have some catch up. Yes I have a fiancee. You might know her. Rosalie Mullins. Your old principle.
"We're living together now. Anyway, coming up on Spring Break, she has a principal's convention to go to. I went this year and it was as boring as hell. She thinks it would be a good idea if I tried to have a reunion and make up with the band. I went to you first because I figured you'd be willing to speak to me, and you probably have all the addresses for the rest of the band.
"If your willing to help, just let me know, and start talking to the rest of the band. If you do, tell them this for me. I know I screwed up. I should have stuck it, but instead I listened to my own speech and just gave up. It wasn't fair to those who did want to rock, even if it was only in my apartment, and I'm sorry. Thanks for the help Tink."
Katie looked ready to spit nails. "I cannot believe he has the audacity to think we'd want to do that! He stabbed us in the back! He just expects us to go and see him like nothing happened."
"He wants to fix things, Katie."
"If he had just stuck it to the man, there wouldn't be anything to fix."
"I know you're mad at him. I wasn't there, and I'm a bit mad. But there comes a point when you have to move on. If I hadn't shown up in court to hear the guy who started the accident apologize, he would never have gotten life in prison. When the jury saw me, they made their decision. Sometimes things turn out for the better when you listen to what someone has to say."
"Somehow, I just don't see that happening in this situation."
Summer pressed print. "I'm going to go and see what Zack and Freddy think. You're welcome to stay here and sulk, or come."
"I think I'll stay. I don't need to hear that letter again. Let me know what they think about it."
"I will." Summer grabbed the paper. "I'll see you later."
§ § §
Zack continued playing ignoring the buzzing that announced someone was outside of the room. Freddy looked up from the computer. "Oh, don't worry I'll get it." He said, standing and walking to the door. "Hey Hot Wheels." He backed up so Summer could enter then closed the door. "What brings you here this evening? Did you talk to Katie?"
"Yeah. But that's not why I'm here. I got an e-mail from Dewey." Summer unfolded the e-mail.
Zack abruptly stopped playing. "What? What did he want?"
"This is what it says." Summer read the e-mail, and the two boys listened until she was done.
"Woah." Freddy sat down. "I don't get it. Why?"
"I think he's always felt bad. Maybe Ms. Mullins just convinced him that it was time to face his past." Zack put his guitar down.
"Maybe." Freddy shrugged. "Does Katie know?"
Summer nodded. "She is beyond pissed. I don't think she would talk to Dewey if he was the last person on the planet."
"Sounds like Katie." Freddy grabbed the e-mail from Summer. "What do you think of all this? Are you gonna do it?"
Summer sighed. "I don't know. I know he wants to apologize, but I also know he betrayed the band. And while I want to hear what he has to say, I don't want to go alone. I don't even know if I'm ready to face any of them period."
Zack put his head in his hands. "I'd go. Yeah, I'm mad, but unless they do something really bad, everyone deserves a second chance."
"So would I." Freddy agreed.
"I guess then the next question is who has who's e-mail? I didn't keep in touch."
"I have Lawrence and Tomika." Zack volunteered.
"Marta." Was the only name Freddy could offer.
"One of them must have Alicia." Summer decided. "So that's it. We're going to have a reunion."
Zack lifted his head. "If we can convince anyone."
§ § §
Summer walked with Zack to the coffee shop two days after the e-mail had been received. Katie was still angry at their decision, but if they didn't mention it, she was still a friend around them. "So, Freddy really likes Katie."
Zack rolled his eyes. "It's all he's been talking about. Can you please just tell him what she said so he'll shut up about her? It's so hard to fall asleep when all you hear is, Katie this and Katie that."
"I'm trying to get her to realize that he's more than a goofball." Summer replied. "Once she does that, I'll tell him, and he'll shut up so you're not sleep deprived."
"When will that be?"
"If you factor in Katie's stubbornness, about two years. That is unless they somehow get a push in the right direction."
"How do you suggest we do that?"
"I'm not sure yet. But Katie keeps an Internet journal, and she's not that careful about leaving her password around. At two, she has an hour and a half class during which time I have nothing. If she has something in that journal, I can find it."
"Is Summer Hathaway, the girl who once nearly fainted when it was suggested she just go take a ruler out of a teachers desk, suggesting she snoop in someone else's journal?"
"Yes."
"Are you sure, because if Katie finds out..."
"If I do it right, she won't."
"In that case, snoop on."
"I will."
After a moment of silence Zack spoke. "Maybe, after you finish your snooping, we could check out that pizza place."
"Why Zack, are you asking me on a date?"
"That depends."
"On what?"
"What would you say if I was?"
"I'd say yes. But if you're not going to own up to it..."
"So, I'll meet you at your room, at 4:00?"
"I'll be there."
§ § §
Katie let Freddy into her room around 4:30. "What do you want, Jones?" She asked in a jokingly serious mood.
"Zack ditched me to go out with Summer. I'm bored."
"And I'm your fall back plan? Don't you have homework?"
"No. Even if I did, I'd be doing it here, and your presence would be distracting me."
"I don't know whether to thank you or barf."
"You could always thank me with a kiss."
"Whacker, if I've told you once, I've told you a million times. Just because half the female populous of anywhere you go happens to think you are the reason God created reproductive organs, does not mean I do."
"And if I've told you once, I've told you a million times, you want this bod just as much as the next girl. You're just scared to admit it."
"The only thing that scares me about you is that it's guys like you that end up running the country."
Freddy grinned. "It's a thing of beauty isn't it?"
Katie took her seat at her computer. "Let's play a game. I'm going to say a rhyme, and we're both going to do what the rhyme says. Get it?" Freddy nodded. "Quakers meeting has begun. No more laughing, no more fun. If you show your teeth or tongue, you will pay a forfeit."
"I walked right into that didn't I?"
"Obviously, we have missed the point of Quakers meeting." Katie groaned. "What'll it take to get you to shut up? I was working on homework."
"You could've just said that. I would've shut up." Freddy sat down and pulled his drumsticks out as Katie looked back at her work. He began drumming on Summer's desk.
After a moment Katie looked up. "See, you may have shut up, but there's still noise in the room. Who can explain that?"
"You want me to stop don't you?"
"Yeah."
"That might just cost you."
"What do you want Jones?"
"A kiss."
"No way."
"Just one."
"No."
"Fine. One date. No kiss required. One trip to the movies on Saturday."
"If I have to."
"You aren't going to regret this." Freddy punched the air with excitement.
"Somehow I doubt that."
That's chapter five.
Random Quote of the Day:
Buck: You know Polly, I really mean it. Gee, you're swell.
Polly: I think you're swell too, Buck.
Buck: But you're really swell, Polly.
Polly: You're really swell too, Buck.
Buck: No I mean it. You're really, really swell, Polly.
OK, so that was really a script excerpt from Flapper. That's a play I'm in. And lucky me, I'm Polly.
A thanks to my reviewers.
Harry Potter's Crazed Stalker
Pannalid
Nanners-77
!
Swimmerkitti
manic-panic626