Summer breezes on the Beach
A/N: Haha! Thought I hadn't written loads? Wrong! Tons! And much MUCH more if you REVIEW!!!
The morning arose too quickly. Kris lifted her head, she being the last one asleep along with Katie. The first two asleep were Lily and Mena. Mena had yawned off when they were finishing their last game of Truth or Dare, and Lily had fallen asleep while chewing on a chocolate bar. Kris stood up and giggled. Mena and Lily's faces were covered in a terrible make-up job and toothpaste. The remaining girls awake had smeared their hand with toothpaste and tickled their cheeks with feather. Their agreement: First to sleep pays the price. Kris got dressed and woke Elena and Lily up.
"Guys? Let's go watch TV...Brook's mom said there's no TV at Hogwarts..." whispered Lily.
"Yeah," Elena agreed, "Even though TV rots my brain, it's SO addicting..."
Kristin grinned. "Yeah, it's really boring too. I'd rather go to the Victoria Day Parade, even though it's hell boring."
After an hour or so they got bored of Speed Racer and marched upstairs to wake Mena, Katie, and Brook up.
"You guys! WAKE UP!!!" Kris screamed. She grabbed a pillow and started hitting things.
"B-E A-G-G-R-E-S-S-I-V-E! BE AGGRESSIVE! GO TEAM!" Elena started yelling for no particular reason.
"Hey! Hey! Some people are trying to sleep here!" Brook complained, rolling over and covering her ears with her pillow.
"Come on! We're going to Uplands beach!" yelled Elena. Lily smiled. The beach was her favourite place in Victoria. It was really beautiful.
"YAY!!!" Katie yelled. She immediately jumped out of and started changing.
Brook sighed jokingly.
"Katie? How many times have I told you? Don't strip for no reason!" Brook said in a mock serious voice. Katie stuck her tongue out at her. All the girls got dressed and headed out the door a quick shout to Mena's mom. The walk to the beach was really nice. The sun was out and according to Kris she needed to 'work on her tan', so she wore a turquoise tank top.
"Ah...It's so pretty here..." sighed Mena. They nodded. Kris stared out into the horizon of the just up sun. Things were so happy.
"I love you guys...'Gonna miss ya Lils..." Elena quivered. Kris smiled.
"Aw...Now THIS is a hallmark moment!" giggled Kris, "Here! Hugs!"
Everyone leaned in and hugged each other.
"Ooh! Let's play bus stop!" Mena suggested. They all nodded in agreement.
"Fun! Me first!" Kris said sitting down on a log. "Ok..." Mena sat beside Kris. The point of the game was to make the other person move. And you're at a bus stop. For example: Weird person: "You know what? I heard lice is REALLY contagious! scratches head frantically Scared Person: AHHH! runs away.
"Hey look! There's the bus!" Kris said pointing at the ocean. They all laughed as Mena left. The game went on for awhile until the sun became so blazing went to find shade.
"Ahhh...nice and cool..." Mena breathed. They all sat there in agreement. Kris started to squirm.
"Y'all right?" asked Elena. Kris didn't say anything just kept squirming.
"N-no..." she finally said. Then her eyes blew up wide.
"Run..." she whispered quietly. There was a murmur of words.
"Just go!" Kris shouted.
"One two three..." Kris counted until and they ran for it as they did they heard a faint buzzing sound behind them. Kris had sat on a wasps nest.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!" screamed Katie as one bit her. They ran all the way back to Mena's house with 20 stings on each person. All of them crying in pain let Mrs. Szasz bandage them up.
Good Bye Lily!
Mena felt tears gently slide down her cheek. 'Why did Lily have to leave? Why? She is like my best friend...I'll miss her...so much..' Mena thought sadly.
"Lily! I'LL MISS YOU! LYLAS!" hollered Kris as she ran down the road, chasing after the car. Lily hung her head out the window.
"BYE! LOVE YOU GUYS!" Lily hollered back.
"Have fun on the plane!" yelled Katie. Lily smiled. "I WILL!" she yelled.
"BYE!" said Mena, "BYE!" said Brook, "LOVE YA! BYE!" yelled Elena, "BYE! LOVE YA! MISS YA! DON'T DIE! REMEMBER IF THE PLANE EXPLODES WE ALL LOVE-"Kris yelled but she was cut off by Elena who was giving her a stern look, determined as stop-scaring-her-or-I'll-pinch-you-until-you-cry look. Lily smiled at her friends as she saw them hug each other. 'I'll miss them so much..' Lily thought forlornly as a tear fell gently down her perfectly etched face.
"Lily honey? We're here..." Mrs. Evans said quietly to a sleeping Lily. Lily looked up and saw a large airport. They were finally off the ferry and in Vancouver's airport. It was huge. 'I bet you could fit 8 third world countries in there...' thought Lily. They entered the airport dragging their luggage behind them. The customs took forever. Lily hated customs. They were so paranoid. Everyone looks at you like you're some kind of escaped convict. Lily tried to be annoyingly cheerful. Once they called their row her parents grabbed her hands and dragged her down the hall as though she couldn't manage walking herself.
"Hone? Which one of us do you want to sit with you? Or do you want to sit by yourself?" asked Mrs. Evans concerned. Lily considered. Best let herself alone with her thoughts.
"Oh I can go alone, I s'pose" Lily said.
"Are you sure?" Mrs. Evans asked. Lily nodded. Once settled on the window seat, she pulled out her journal.
Dear Diary,
Today we're leaving for Britain. I'm more depressed than ever. I need my friends. I'll be all alone all summer. No sleepovers. No pixie stix. No late nights with John Travolta movies. All alone. Sad and forgotten. Canada is so free-loving and Britain is so stuck up. My mom said it could've changed. Pft yeah. And Elena will let Kris win a thumb war.
Love,
Lily.
"Excuse me but are you Lily?" asked a masculine voice from beside her. Lily turned quickly as startled as she was she smiled.
"Oh my gosh! James!" she said smiling but shocked.
"How are you??" Lily asked happily. James nodded.
"I've been ok," he replied.
"What are you doing in Canada?" Lily asked tucking a piece of hair behind her ear.
"Oh well, my uncle owns a Cabin up at Sproat Lake!" James said grinning. Lily smiled.
"Well, why didn't you just go back by floo powder?" asked Lily raising an eyebrow. James grimaced. "M'uncle doesn't have a fireplace," he said bitterly.
"Oh! Well that's just sucky!" Lily said shaking her head. James nodded again.
"How about you? Why are you here?" asked James interestedly. Lily sighed as she felt her eyes refuel with tears.
Lily sighed and felt her eyes refuel with tears of misery.
"We're moving..." Lily barely whispered. James clucked his tongue and sat down next to her. He grabbed her shoulder and squeezed. "Y'all right?" he asked somberly. "You're gonna miss Elena and people right?"
Lily nodded. "Oh well, hey wait! What part? You can hang out with Sirius, Remus, Peter, and I!" James eyes now bright with joy.
"Although, I don't know how welcoming Peter will be after Kris teasing him and all," James trailed off. Lily smiled at the thought of Kris. She tried to be cheerful even though it felt like someone had jabbed a stake through her heart. whoa, drama queen or WAT?
"Oh, that would be fun! We're moving to London!" Lily said grinning hoping to get out of her sad mood, although her stomach felt weak, her arms limp, and her eyes swollen and puffy from crying in the car.
"So-"James began but was cut off by the speakers. He jumped; unaware that it was just the flight attendant.
"Thank you for boarding flight # t890l a one way flight to London, England. The lights above you will alert you when it's ok to turn on any electronics. Keep your trays in their up right position. Thank you and have a great trip" 'click' went the speaker phone against the wall. James, slightly shaken by the surprise was having difficulty doing his seat belt up. Lily giggled.
"Do you need help Jamsie?" Lily asked. James nodded pathetically. Lily sighed jokingly. All of a sudden the plane started moving and Lily was pushed on top of James' lap. Lily immediately turned a nice shade of burgundy.
"Uh-oops.." stuttered Lily. James laughed.
"Taking a new liking to me have you?" asked James winking. Lily's red face increased dramatically.
The tripped became tiring and boring. Lily dozed off at 7:30 and hadn't noticed that her head had fallen weakly on James' shoulder. He didn't seem to mind. Lily was suddenly rudely awoken by some major turbulence.
"Oh my gosh...What's happening?" Lily asked rubbing her head. She felt awful, like someone was tazering her stomach. James shrugged.
"Dunno..." The announcements came on again.
"Good evening, we are experiencing some heavy turbulence and are not sure to the cause, please remain calm," it blared. Lily looked at James, a little bit freaked out. James chuckled nervously. Suddenly something over came the plane and it stopped mid air and a terrifying voice bellowed throughout the whole plane.
"WATCH OUT MUDBLOODS! I'LL BE COMING FOR YOU NEXT!" it boomed. Lily grabbed James arm petrified as ever. He patted her arm sweetly. The plane started up again no difficulties. No one seemed to notice the abnormality of this situation and continued their doings. James sighed. Lily eyes were frozen in terror.
"Scary..." whispered James.
"Very..." Lily whispered back.
Meanwhile in CANADARM
The international space station floated high over the Earth. The sky was navy blue, and gold stars were scattered across the sky. A lone astronaut was wandering the lengths of the space station, checking up on the Canadarm, when a white-blue ball hurtled towards them..."METEOR! AH!!!" screamed the astronaut- HEY HEY HEY! WAIT A SECOND! This isn't CANADARM! IT'S CANADA!!!!! Grr...stupid authors...
Meanwhile in CANADA
Kris sniffled as her friends all gathered in a group to mourn the departing of their beloved friend.
"I-just-miss-her-so-much!" Kris said between sniffles. Elena patted her arm, trying to be as sensitive as long as her patience would last...which is why Elena slapped her across the face nearly two seconds later.
"Pull yourself together woman!" she shouted. Kris sighed.
"F-fine!" she quivered. Mena sighed.
"You guys come on...we should at least help each other out...this'll be hard on all of us..." Mena said shakily. Kris went to sit in a corner. She began singing a really sad song that the rest of them hated.
"I'm tired this games so dumb she never played, her races won I'm tired can't smile no more I've sure caved in just like before..." she sang sadly. Elena, depressed, collapsed on the ground. Brook pulled out her walkman and laid on the ground. Katie went on the grass and started mumbling incoherently. 'Screech...' was the barely noticed sound of a car pulling up.
"KATIE! GET IN THE CAR!" shrieked Mrs. MacAvoi. Katie squealed surprised by her mother's tone. Katie raced into the banged up wreck-disguised as a car and grabbed her bag.
"Bye you guys!" she said racing by.
"Bye!" they chorused. Katie's car teared down the street. It was a brand new Cadillac but it wasn't in perfect shape as Katie's family went on road trips a lot. Mena stood up with her hands on her knees.
"Well, we can't mope around like this all day! Let's go get some chow! My mom just made homemade French fries!" she said. They gathered in the house sulking.
Lily stepped into her new house rolling her eyes. 'Oh, great a big mansion...WAIT! IT'S HUGE!' Lily thought. She plopped her box down to take a look up the stair cases.
"Hello?" she called as it echoed throughout the mansion.
"Whoa..." she muttered. Lily mounted the stairs and entered her room. Her room was titanic! How could she have lived without this before? Her room was the size of a stage and her bed was already in place. The room had stairs leading up to bed in a circular form. The bed was a canopy bed, a scarlet bed cover, and gold bed linings. It was beautiful. Behind her elevated bed was a porch with a love seat placed sweetly on the corner.
"Oooh...Fancy Shmancy," said Lily in honour of Mena. She began unloading the one box of very many. 15 in fact. Just as she was shoving her last Nancy Drew book in the shelves there was a classical ring downstairs that made Lily jump out of her skin.
"Would it kill you to KNOCK?" Lily muttered as she pranced down the stairs. She opened the stained glass door and was shocked by a familiar face. Sirius.
"Oh hey!" Lily smiled. Sirius smiled, in a very handsome way. Kris would be laughing hysterically in a way that was dangerously charming. Lily smiled again.
"Hello... You remember me? Can't forget this face," Sirius said grinning dashingly. Lily flushed angrily. 'Whatta pig...' she thought.
"Umm...so why are you here?" Lily asked annoyed. Maybe Kris is just weird...Sirius is totally aggravating. Sirius grinned again and stepped aside showing James, Remus, and Peter all in a Charlie's Angels pose. Lily giggled. 'Cute...' she thought.
"James told us you were here. Do you wanna go grab a soda with us?" asked Sirius. Lily nodded and held up one finger to tell her mother where she was...
"One second...MOM!" Lily hollered through their mansion.
"YES SWEETIE?" Mrs. Evans yelled back.
"I'M GOING FOR A SODA WITH MY ... AQUAINTANCES!" Lily screeched up the stairs. Lily grabbed her bright orange sweater and traipsed through the door.
"So how's my favourite girl?" James asked sweetly, slinging an arm across her shoulder playfully. Lily blushed and shrugged.
"Ok, I guess...I talked to Elena and Kris today..." Lily said giving a sideways glance at Sirius. His face lit up, and his ears turned pink.
"Kris...Bet she dreams of this face!" Sirius bragged annoying. Lily grinned. This'll be fun!
"They're good; I heard Kris is flirting with the paper boy, Aidan or something..." Lily said being brutally honest. That shut Sirius up reaaaaaaaaal quick. Lily smirked. It was true! Aidan Parks his name was. Kris had been flirting SHAMELESSLY with him for the past couple days now. He seemed to spark an interest in her.
"She thinks he's laugh out loud funny...and yet very gorgeous...puppy blue eyes, tall...and sensitive..." Lily added laughing quietly to herself. Sirius looked grim and shut up. He didn't talk the whole way there. Lily grinned again. James seemed to be clinging on to her every word. Remus didn't say much but listened intently on James and Lily's conversation and added comments making them laugh. Maybe Lily didn't totally need to rely on her friends. Maybe she could make more friends...but just while she was in Britain. Until she accompanied Mena, Katie, Kris, Brook, and Elena to Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
"May I seat you Princess?" James asked smiling. Lily laughed and nodded as James pulled a chair out from the table. Lily sat down graciously and grinned as James went to go fetch 5 sodas. Lily saw him talking to a tall guy with white blond hair. Just the look of him made Lily quiver in fear. He looked gruesome...almost-evil. James rolled his eyes and walked back to the table holding 5 cans of Coca-Cola. He threw the bottle cokes down so they slid across the table and everyone caught them. As soon as everyone was enjoying themselves extrovertedly when the same blond boy walked over to them. Lily shuddered at the sight of him. He was so creepy looking. James grimaced obviously not going to enjoy the following company.
"Potter? Who is this? Mudblood?" asked the scary blond guy.
"Shut the bloody hell up, MALfoy," said James bitterly. Suddenly Malfoy was beside his ear whispering incoherently.
"Mudblood,mudblood, mudblood, mudblood..." Malfoy whispered. Lily raised an eyebrow.
"James?" she asked concernedly. James turned his head stupidly.
"Mudblood?" he asked brainwashed by Malfoy odd behaviour. Lily gasped and slapped him across the face, leaving an angry red mark. James sat there stunned at himself as he gazed at her, now stalking away, fuming, muttering things like "Hoser!"
Meanwhile in Canada
"So how's Sumara?" Kris asked jokingly to Aidan, the paper boy, about the movie "The Ring".
He laughed and winked.
"I heard she's not liking that barn of hers...oh, of course you'd already know wouldn't you?" Kris teased running a finger down his shirt. He laughed again, as he tapped her gently across her head with a newspaper.
"KRIS! GET YOUR LAZY ARSE OVER HERE NOW!!!!!!!!" Elena screeched. Kris cringed. There was a deal that Kris would help Elena with cleaning her room, and NOT to flirt CONSTANTLY with the neighbour boys...heart thump. And UNFORTUNATELY Elena's not the EASIEST and most ORGANIZED person to work with...
Kris smiled sweetly in her direction.
"Umm...Yes?" she said innocently holding up one finger to Aidan.
"I THOUGHT WE HAD A DEAL!?!?! YOU HELP ME CLEAN MY ROOM AND NOT FLIRT AND I HELP YOU ON YOUR OVERDUE THIRD GRADE BOOK REPORT!" Elena shrieked, "YOU KNOW MR.POULAIN STILL WANTS IT!". Kris smiled weakly.
"Yeah..." she muttered. "Bye Aidan!" Kris smiled flirtatiously. "CALL ME!" she screamed as Elena dragged her by the foot to the Kitchen. Aidan smiled.
"DON'T WORRY! I WILL!" he yelled as the door slammed.
Mena and Brook walked down the street chaos dripping from their words.
"ROMANCE!" screeched Mena. "COMEDY!" Brook yelled back.
"ROMANCE!"
"COMEDY!"
"ROMANCE!"
"Okay...this could go on for AWHILE..." Brook said reluctantly. "Since I'm a pushover, I'll go for Romance..." Brook finished quietly. Mena beamed.
"Yay! Now, after the movie want to come to my house? My mom just bought a colour tv!" Mena said grinning. Brook rolled her eyes.
"There she goes on again about her new electronics that no one HUMAN can ever actually afford..." Brook sighed. Mena punched her in the arm.
"It's not MY fault that my mom just so happens to be a famous actress and my dad a successful ferret trainer!" Mena said smirking. Brook laughed.
"Yeah whatever...Mooo...I'm a bunny...." Said Mena laughing at one of their inside jokes. Brook laughed hysterically making an elderly couple near by shriek with fear. Mena snickered again and pointed at the couple now in each other's arms.
"God, old people are so JUMPY!" Brook said, "It's understandable that they want us to walk them across the street but is it so bad when we steal their groceries? Didn't have to hit me with her damn cane..." Brook said annoyed. Mena laughed.
"You sure got a lot of personal experiences eh?" Mena said giggling.
Kris shrieked as Elena shoved her in her room and locked the door.
"I expect room to be shining with glitter by the time my mom gets home! Or else! No candy for you!" Elena laughed evilly through the key hole. Kris sighed.
"Spaz..." Kris rolled her eyes. She was just tidying up a pile old lunch bags when there was a furtive tapping at the door. Kris reluctantly squeezed over to the window, wiggling through mountains and mountains of clothes. She opened the window and looked down at Aidan. He was throwing newspapers at the window.
"Aidan! What are you doing here?" asked Kris loosing her flirty style. "Elena's gonna KILL you! I'm supposed to be cleaning this hell hole!" Kris said tying her hair back in a messy bun. Aidan smiled.
"Well, why don't I rescue you?" he asked grinning happily. Kris blushed.
"I'm Juliet," she giggled. She found some dead flowers in a vase nearby and threw them out the window down to Aidan. Aidan caught them and put them up to his chest. Kris grinned again. "One minute, my fair Romeo," she called. She tried to open the door again. Still locked. Obviously, there was only one choice. She returned back to the window.
"I'm climbing down," she called.
"Wha? Are you sure?" he asked, concerned.
"Duh, just chill Romeo, Juliet will take care of everything..." she said climbing down the pipe that attached to the house. She slid down and grabbed 'Romeo's' hand for support.
"KRISTIN!" she heard Elena calling from somewhere within the house.
"Quick!" Aidan jumped onto his bike. Kris climbed onto his handlebars, and they rode away.
"KKKRRRIIISSSTTTIIINNN! WHERE ARE YOU? COME BACK!!!" Elena's head popped out of the window. "I'LL GET YOUUUUU!!!!" she screeched. Kris giggled as she relaxed on the handle bars and let Aidan take her away. They came to an abrupt stop somewhere near Central Middle School.
"I'm...going...to...that school next...year" Aidan lied, because his shifty eyes gave it away. "I mean...I was supposed to..." Aidan said, "Because I'm going to a private school somewhere in England instead" he added after Kris' raised eyebrows.
"Me too...be cool if it were the same..." Kris whispered sitting down by a tree near the field. Aidan followed her, as Kris smoothed out her skirt.
"Yeah..." Aidan muttered doubtfully. Kris smiled as she closed her eyes.
"It's nice here...I like the breeze..." she whispered. Aidan shifted in his seat. Not uncomfortably though.
"Yeah, I like it too..." Aidan whispered feeling close to her ear. Two seconds later she felt him kiss her lightly. Kris' eyes widened and she felt anger rise. SHE WAS ONLY 11!!. She stood up and started screaming at the top of her lungs.
"WHAT THE HECK DO YOU THINK YOUR DOING?!" she shrieked her face turning a deep shade of red.
"I thought you liked me!" Aidan said defensively. Kris' eyes bulged.
"ARE YOU INSANE?! I BARELY KNOW YOU!"
"You ugly UGLY repulsive THING. I can't believe I even TOUCHED your fat ugly skin. If you talk to me again I'll hurt you with a strong POWERFUL force you filthy ugly WITCH!" he yelled angrily making Kris' heart double up in pain. Kris had always been self conscious about the way she looked, and to hear it out loud made things harsh, crude, and unfair. Her friends were always trying to convince her she was gorgeous but she wouldn't listen. Just try to make the whole thing a big joke.
So to cheer her up she, Elena, Mena, Brook, and Katie had a sleepover, watching sappy love movies and eating pizza. They also watched John Travolta sing "NAAAHIGHT!" twenty thousand times. Obviously, their favourite movie was Grease. "I LOVE THAT CAR!" screamed Mena as they started to dance on top of the car. "I WANT IT!"
"Bop shi bop shi bop" Kris sang grinning. "Clock is tickin' and we can't stop! CAN'T STOOOOOOOOP!" she finished loudly.
"Isn't that Sunny and Cher?" asked Mena noisily over the TV. Kris shrugged.
"How am I supposed to know? I listen to Elvis...". Kris got up and tripped over Katie's sleeping bed.
"ACCKK! DIE EVIL DOER! DIE DIE DIE!" Katie yelled as she was entangled in the bed mess, hitting Kris mercilessly with a plastic hockey stick. Kris fell down with a thud and stuck her tongue out throwing the antique Bertuzzi signed stick out the window...Marlena was rich...she could get another one...right?
"Who wants CUPCAKES?!" cried Katie's mom. Katie's mom was always trying to come up to them and learn about 'kid culture' as she called it. They all thought she was crazy. Having candy in the morning? Sheesh. Most of the fun came from stealing the candy and eating it right under our parents' noses.
"Uh...just get one for everyone...." Mena replied feebly, trying to be polite.
"Isn't it 3am?" Kris whispered...most parents wouldn't even ALLOW let alone ENCOURAGE their kids to be up that late. Mena nodded and rolled her eyes biting back a smile. So they ate the hard so-called cupcakes... That tasted SLIGHTLY like last week's breakfast muffins. Accepting the cupcakes probably wasn't the best idea. Apparently Mrs. MacAvoi thought it meant that she could bunk with us in Katie's huge room.
"Um...I'll be right back..." Katie said conspicuously. They all knew that Katie was going to get her dad to get her mom downstairs. He knew ALL about Mom's 'special' problem.
"HONEY!?!?" he yelled. "I NEED SOME HELP! I MEAN...I HAVE A SURPRISE FOR YOU!?"
Mena did a trademark handshake with Katie as she crept back into her sleeping area, now a pile of pillows and blankets.
"Score..." Mena whispered. Suddenly, they heard some teenagers outside the window. Kris laughed as she heard someone scream, "AND IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII, WILL ALWAYSSSSSSSSSSSSS LOVE YOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUU!!!". Kris doubled over with laughter and Katie SCREAMED with laughter. Mena went hyper active on us all and had a funny little laughing attack. Brook look puzzled, and Elena snickered.
"What?" Brook whispered, "What's so weird about that? I do that every Fri-uh nevermind...". Kris' face turned purple and she laughed even harder which turned it into a silent laugh that looked like it hurt her stomach. Elena fell back on her pillow.
"Wonder what Lily's doing..."
Lily slammed the door shut with angry tears streaming down her delicate face. She ran up the HUGE spiral stairs and slammed the bedroom door shut.
"I hate...him...so MUCH!" she said smashing her hand on her desk.
"Ow...That hurt..." she said massaging her hand. Lily sat down and started a letter to her Canadian friends.
Dear Brook, Elena, Kris, Katie, and Mena,
I'm having the worst time possible here. I hate everything about this stupid land. The people, the people, the people! They're PRICKS! I asked for a packet of candy and the guy said it's "MAY I! NOT CAN I!". Jeez...What's wrong with them? I just used a bit of Canadian slang and they went psycho saying that I was a traitor to their country! I don't even frikken live here! Anyway, the worst part of this place is those 'Marauders'... Your outta luck Kris. Sirius is a bigheaded wart. Conceited ASS. And by all means...pardon my language. And you know that hottie James? Not so hot after all! He called me a MUDBLOOD. It hurtsï