I heard the horn of Dewey's van honking from outside my bedroom window. I decided to go look outside the window. I saw Freddy getting out of the van.
"Come on Blondie, do you need help getting your stuff down, or what? We've been here 20 minutes already!" he screamed.
"I'm coming!" I yelled down to him. I smoothed my hair, put on my backpack, grabbed my suitcase and left my room.
"Bye everyone," I called as I left through the front door.
"Hey there," Freddy grinned when he saw me. I smiled at him and walked towards the van.
"Here," he took my bags and opened the door for me.
"Thanks," I kissed him on the cheek and got in. He followed me into the van while holding my bags.
"Hi everyone," I waved.
"Hey Blondie," Alicia, who was the nearest person to me, said as she gave me a high-five.
"Ok kids," Dewey said from the front seat, "This was our last stop. We're heading to Canada! Rock on" He pumped his fist.
"Woo hoo!" we all yelled.
"Both hands on the steering wheel!" Summer yelled instead.
"Summer," we groaned. I saw Freddy mimic her and then roll his eyes. I giggled.
"What's so funny, Blondie?" he came behind me and draped his arms around my shoulders.
"You," I answered.
"What's so funny about me?" he asked, "Is it this?" He brushed my hair of my neck with the back of his head and kissed my neck.
"God Freddy," Michelle said, "Can't you keep your hands to yourself for even 30 seconds?"
"Don't forget about his mouth," Tomika added.
"Yeah," Frankie agreed.
"To answer your question, no," Freddy let go of me, "And besides that, I'm hungry. Dewey, can we stop at, like, an IHOP or something?"
"Freddy," Eleni cried, "We ate before we left, which was 20 minutes ago! You have, like, a bottomless pit for a stomach!"
"I know," he shrugged, "I get it from Dad."
"What do you mean? The perverted state of mind or the bottomless stomach?" Alicia asked.
"Both," he smirked.
Zack shook his head, "Dude, it's not something to be proud of." Freddy shrugged and sat down on one of the couches in the van. I sat down next to him.
Just then, we heard the opening notes to "The Immigrant Song". Dewey turned his head and stared at us just as the screaming began. We all sang along, even Summer.
"We come from the land of the ice and snow, from the midnight sun where the hot springs blow!" we screamed at the top of our lungs. The songs kept on playing and we kept singing. The rock karaoke satisfied us for the next hour and a half. Then, we got bored of it.
"What are we going to do now?" Tomika asked once we had convinced Dewey that the karaoke was no longer amusing us. As always though, it hadn't been easy. We had to whine for nearly half an hour and even then, Dewey was still singing along to rock songs. Instead of playing it on the car's sound system though, we lent him Katie's Discman and he sang along to that. At least we only had to hear him sing instead of him and the loud music.
"What about Truth or Dare?" Leonard suggested.
"Yeah," we agreed.
"Who starts?" I asked.
"What about Eleni?" Zack suggested. We all agreed that Eleni could start it off.
"Freddy," she said immediately.
"Dare," he answered.
"Fine," she tossed her hair, "Umm, let me think a second." She thought for about a minute and then came up with a good dare.
"I dare you to start an insane make-out session with Marta with the whole band watching," she said with an evil grin.
"Eleni," Zack said, "He does that anyway, new dare."
"Ok then, umm, when we stop for lunch, I dare you to stand outside the van in just your boxers with a huge sign around your neck that says 'Attention all girls! I am a pervert...and proud of it!'" she giggled.
"'Leni, that's a little bit, umm, harsh, don't you think?" Tomika asked.
"Not at all," she shook her head, "What do you say, Freddy?"
Freddy grinned, "I say bring it on!"
"Come lunch time then, you'll be standing outside the van in your boxers for the world to see with that stupid sign around your neck!" Eleni said with a grin identical to her twin brother's. I looked at Freddy with wide eyes. He looked dead serious about doing the dare. I was actually pretty surprised. I mean, Freddy is bold, but not that bold!
"Ok then, it's my turn now," Freddy said, "And I choose Summer."
"Why me?" she asked her dark eyes filled with surprise.
"'Cause nobody ever chooses you," he shrugged.
"Fine," she huffed, "Truth."
"I was counting on your saying that!" he grinned, "Out of the whole band, which guy do you want to kiss the most?"
She turned redder than my fire engine red mini skirt as soon as he said that! It was actually funny!
"Freddy," she begged, "Please not that!"
"No use pleading like that, Tinkerbell. I'll change my mind when hell freezes over," Freddy shook his head as he put an arm around my waist.
"That's what the Eagles said about getting back together, wasn't it?" she answered.
"Nice try," Freddy smirked.
"Ok then," she rolled her eyes, "Gordon." When she said that, Gordon's eyes grew wide like saucers and he fell off the sofa he was sitting on.
"Umm, are you ok?" Katie asked him.
"No," he shook his head. We laughed. Summer had a hurt look on her face. Gordon came up to her.
"I'm just joking, Tinkerbell. You're a great girl, a little bit intimidating, but you're really not bad," he smiled at her. She beamed and the bright twinkle in her eyes came back.
"There's the Summer we all know and love!" Gordon grinned. She giggled.
"Love is in the air," Freddy sang, "What the hell's it doing there?"
"Shut up Freddy," Michelle said, "Anyway, it's your turn to ask someone Summer."
Summer smiled with a mischievous look on her face, "That's right, isn't it? I pick Marta."
"Dare," I answered without any hesitation whatsoever.
"Well then," she said as she rubbed her hands together, looking like an evil genius from a weird cartoon, "I dare you to start a striptease for Zack."
"What?" I cried, "I can't do that!"
"Yeah, she can't do that!" Freddy, Zack and Katie all yelled at the same time.
Summer tossed her hair behind her shoulders, the way she always did whenever she was annoyed, "Why not?"
"Because she has a boyfriend," Freddy yelled, "And that would be me!"
"Yeah," Zack agreed, "And I have a girlfriend!"
"That only makes things more interesting," she answered.
"Come on Summer," Zack pleaded.
"Fine," she shrugged, "But you still have to strip, except for Freddy."
"Alright," Freddy pumped his fist.
"Freddy," I cried, "How could you betray me like this?" I pretended to be shocked.
"I'm a pervert, don't you remember?" he grinned.
"Fine," I rolled my eyes.
15 minutes later, after much howling, whistling, struggling to take my shirt off and Freddy grinning like crazy, I had finished my dare. I had finished getting dressed again, except for my t-shirt, which Freddy was holding onto and he definitely wasn't going to give it back to me any time soon.
"Please give it back Freddy," I begged.
"Nuh-uh," he shook his head.
"Please Freddy," I pleaded.
"Nothing giving," he smiled.
"I'm begging you," I said.
"No way," he shook his head again.
"Come on," I told him, "Please give it back to me."
"Never," he answered.
"Never say never," I shot back.
"No," he replied.
"Please, I'm getting cold," I whined.
"I'll keep you nice and warm, you just have to come here and sit on my lap," he grinned at me lazily as he gestured to his legs.
"No," I cried as I dived for my shirt. Since Freddy was in shock, I managed to grab it. I smiled triumphantly as I put it on, "There."
"Fuck," he said as he pouted. I sat on his lap anyway. He started playing with my hair.
"My turn," I grinned, "Zack."
"Truth," he answered.
"How far have you ever gone with Katie?" I asked. Katie's eyes widened. Zack stayed silent for a minute.
Freddy smiled, "Come on man, it's not like you two have gone all the way or anything."
"Actually," Zack said sheepishly.
"Wow," we all said. Freddy whistled under his breath.
"Ok then," I said, trying to change the subject, "It's your turn to ask someone Zack." Zack looked at me gratefully.
"I choose," he looked around, "Tomika." So the game went on for another hour or so, which was when we were fed up of it. Then, we started making noise until Dewey agreed to let us stop for lunch.
Freddy, Eleni and I were the last ones to leave the van when it was time for lunch. The rest of the gang was waiting for us outside. When Freddy was about to leave the van to go buy something to eat at the Burger King we had stopped at, Eleni tapped him on the shoulder and said, "I think you're forgetting something." She looked evil. It was scary. I racked my brain to try to remember what she was talking about, but I didn't until I saw her hand him a sign that said, "Attention all girls! I am a pervert...and proud of it!"
"Oh my God," I whispered when I saw him rip off his shirt and stick the sign around his neck.
"You're forgetting about something else,' Eleni smirked as she pointed to his pants. He shrugged, pulled down his pants and handed them to his sister. Then, with his head held high, he walked out of the van. We heard an explosion of laughter. I rushed outside and saw the band laughing and it wasn't phasing Freddy in the least bit. He just stood there, not doing anything. No matter how much I love Freddy, I couldn't help myself. The sight of him with that sign, wearing just his boxers and standing outside for the world to see made me crack up. I was laughing hysterically.
As soon as we had finished laughing, we went to go get our lunch in the McDonalds. We all went except Freddy, who had Zack take his order. We all headed back to the van and everyone was taking bets on how long Freddy would last. I didn't bet. Most of the bets went from 10-25 minutes. I knew Freddy would last longer than that, so I didn't say a word. When we got to the van, Freddy was still standing there.
He stood there all through lunch, which meant everyone lost their bets as lunch took 45 minutes. Finally, it was time to start driving again. Freddy wouldn't move. He said he enjoyed his dare. It got him attention so he didn't care he was in his boxers with a stupid sign around his neck! In the end, we dragged him back into the van and practically had to dress him too, since he decided he liked wearing nothing but his boxers. I knew he would pull a stunt like that. 6 careful years of Freddy-watching got me to know him better than he knows himself!
The rest of the ride was uneventful. We played games, got tired of them, made noise, played games, got fed up, made noise, played games, got tire, made noise, played games...
4 hours after lunch, Dewey stopped the van.
"WE'RE HERE!" he yelled as he opened the door to the van. We all hopped out. This was Montreal! There were skyscrapers, people dressed in cool clothes and stores everywhere!
"This is downtown Montreal, you guys," Dewey grinned. Suddenly, I heard some people near us talking, but I couldn't understand a word. What were they saying? It just made my head hurt because I didn't understand anything.
"What are those people saying?" I whispered to Katie.
"Why?" she asked.
"I don't understand a word of it," I answered.
She laughed, "They're speaking French."
"Oh," I said, "My bad."
For the rest of the afternoon, we just rested in our huge hotel room. We were all tired from the long road trip, so we went downstairs to eat. Yup, our hotel had a restaurant. The Ritz Carlton is supposedly one of the fanciest hotels in the city. When I went to bed, the words, "I am in Canada," kept running through my head. God, I'm really weird!
Disclaimer: If I owned SoR, I wouldn't be writing this. Enough said.
Thank-you's:
Sweetcaroline3313: Don't worry, I still have a quite a few more chapters left to go! In all, I think I'll have about another 10, maybe.
Sandy-Pandy: Yeah, having a corny Freddy is funny. I like him corny though, so don't diss the corny Freddy. LOL!
Wyverna: Ok, I'll go to the web-site, but calm down girl!
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Weirdo: It's my first day of school today and I wish I could be punk! We have a strict uniform and we can't do anything drastic to our hair, have any piercings besides two on either earlobe and no tattoos (not that I want any). Yes, we are forced to conform sighs. Oh well, at least we get good food, a nice school, teachers who understand us (really, they do) and the nicest uniform of all the girls schools!
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T Dot Chick: Yes, he's very hot...but he's MINE! Yeah, I know the problem. I fall down a lot. You don't want to know about my ski trip with the school last year. Let's just say it was a pretty sad experience for me and I never want to ski again!
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