Whitney: I'm baaaa-aaaack!
Erk: Run for your lives.
Whitney: -.- I'm sorry the last chapter was apparently so confusing.
Lyn: It was long!
Whitney: And if I'd cut it into two parts, it would've meant less, er, out- of-class time.
Erk: #raised eyebrow# out-of-class?
Whitney: YOU think of a better way to say it!
#SILENCE#
Whitney: good. Now, this time, as a reward, there will be NO SHAKESPEARE! None!
Erk/Jaffar: YES!
Erk/Jaffar: #look at each other#...
Erk/Jaffar: AAAHHH!
Heath: Man, that was odd...
Whitney: Alright! Today, we have costume fittings –
Erk: Uh-oh
Wil: I have a baaaad feeling about this
Whitney: and the long awaited event: Serra and Erk's DATE!!
Erk: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO-
Hector: #WHAM#
Hector: Let's learn from the first time, shall we?
Erk: #KO#
Whitney: I will also be switching back and forth between Hector and Erk's POV (point of view). I'm trying to make it more interesting... For both parties.
Hector: Both parties?
Whitney: Y'know, more than one?
Heath: is someone else going on a date?
Whitney: #whistles#
Hector: #shivers# I'm getting a BAAAAD feeling...
Whitney: I don't own Fire Emblem, I don't own the unnames Ice Cream Place (maybe it's DQ?), I don't own Harry Potter, Spider-Man 2, the Notebook, Il Mercado, the Movie Theater (maybe it's Empire?), umm..
Karla: or anything else that happens to randomly pop up that she forgot about
Whitney: and hints to people requesting parings: the people in the play (Orsino, Olivia, etc.), the people they end up with at the end will mimic (for the most part), the pairings at the end of the story :P
Main Characters:
Orsino - Heath
Olivia - Lyn
Sebastian - Hector
Viola - Nino
Antonio - Eliwood
Maria - Rebecca
Valentine - Wil
Curio - Rath
Toby - Sain
Andrew - Erk
Malvolio - Jaffar
Feste - Matthew
Fabian – Kent
Extras:
Captain: Guy
Attendants: Serra, Priscilla
Servant: Florina
Officers: Lowen, Karla
Priest: Ninian
Hector groaned as he walked through the school doors. The school was empty and hollow seeming without the multitude of students filling its halls. Sure, he'd seem empty hallways before – when he was wandering around the school going to "the bathroom" in the middle of class – but there was something different about it on a weekend. There was a kind of "You shouldn't be here" quality about it, and Hector agreed completely. He hated giving up his weekend – even part of it – for any reason. However, he was getting out of a date with Serra, so he couldn't REALLY complain.
"Hi Hector!"
He groaned silently. He wasn't really interested in talking to people today, but he'd probably better be civil: he didn't need Lyn gabbing him in the gut all day, muttering at him. He stuck a smile on his face as he looked at the disgustingly wide-awake Lyn.
"Hi, Lyn. S'up?"
"Not too much," she grinned bouncing over to him. Hector shut his eyes. He couldn't stand that much energy this early in the morning.
"What's wrong with you, Hector?" She asked. "So don't look so hot."
"It's too early in the morning!" He complained.
"What're you talking about?" Lyn demanded, staring at him. "It's almost noon! Y'know, like, AFTERnoon? Like, almost EVENING? How can you say it's too early?"
"I don't usually get up on a weekend 'til, like, ONE, alright?" Hector groaned. "I like staying up late, not getting up early." Lyn rolled her eyes.
"Well, if you fall asleep, I'll elbow you in the gut a few times; that should keep you awake."
"Wonderful..."
"I knew you'd agree. C'mon. Ms. Spencer'll be P.O'd if we're late."
"Yeah, yeah..."
Hector and Lyn joined Eliwood and Ninian near the stage. Ninian looked as awake as she always did, but Eliwood looked more like what Hector felt: lousy, and half asleep.
"Hi Ninian, Eliwood," Lyn greeted them plunking herself in the nearest available seat. Hector grabbed three empty chairs and lay down.
"Hector! What are you DOING?" Lyn scolded him. Hector ignored her.
"Good idea Hector," Eliwood congratulated him and mimicked him.
"Eliwood?" Ninian asked.
"Simple," Eliwood grinned at his girlfriend. "If I can't stay in bed, I'll bring the bed to me!"
"You mean you two are ACTUALLY going to go to sleep?" Lyn almost shrieked.
"Yes. That way you get to elbow us when the teacher comes in. Get over it Lyn, we're going to be here for a long time doing nothing. You can handle two sleeping guys, I'm sure." Hector grinned as he imagined the smouldering look on Lyn's face. He wasn't far off.
Hector groaned and got up, pacing the floor. They'd been there for three and a half hours, and he was getting VERY bored. Lyn, Rebecca and Nino had all be called early, then all the extras and half of the minor major boy's parts. Now it was just half the male cast left, and they were left to wait while Ms. Spencer to find the location of the seamstress. Apparently Jaffar hadn't liked her too much and threatened her, so she'd gone into hiding. Hector groaned again. Lyn and Ninian had left after their fitting, and so had most of the class. Now only the people who were still to be done were left, along with Erk and Nino, who were waiting for Jaffar. Rather, Nino was waiting for Jaffar, and Erk was waiting for Nino. Hector smirked to himself. Erk was going to be in for a rather nasty shock later on. He only hoped no one tipped him off before hand. He was watching the two of them now, and getting more and more nervous. It was possible Erk might ask Nino something and she might tip him off –
Then Jaffar came out with Ms. Spencer screaming behind him. He calmly walked to Nino then the three of them left, Ms. Spencer's oaths streaming out behind them. Hector looked in her general direction and nodded approvingly.
"Y'know, I was beginning to think she was a lost case."
Eliwood shook his head. "Honestly Hector. You'll respect her now because she knows how to swear?"
"No, because she knows swear words even I don't know."
Eliwood rolled his eyes.
Things ground to a halt at that point. The seamstress was practically in hysterics and Ms. Spencer didn't seem to know what to do. Finally, Ms. Spencer told them all to go home and they would do the rest of the fittings later. There was quite a bit of grumbling as the rest of the students filed out.
"Waddaya mean, WE HAVE TO COME BACK?" Hector bellowed as soon as they were out of the school building. He wasn't in a good mood. He had wasted four hours of his day, if not more, had had to get up early, and had gotten bored out of his skull: all for NOTHING. Smoke was almost coming out of his ears.
"I wonder what's gonna happen tonight," Eliwood mused, trying to get Hector's attentions away from their wasted afternoon.
"Huh?" Hector wasn't paying much attention. Eliwood rolled his eyes.
"I SAID, I wonder what's going to happen tonight. You know, with Erk and Serra." He grinned. "It's going to be interesting, whatever the outcome."
"It'd better be a GOOD outcome," Hector grumbled. "I don't want her screeching at me the second I walk into school on Monday." He made a face. "Maybe I should just skip school."
"Lyn'll have your hide."
"So?"
"And they call ME dense with girls..." Eliwood laughed.
"What?"
"Hector, you are HOPELESS."
"What in the WORLD are you going on about?"
"I guess you'll have to wait and find out huh?"
"...Whatever." Hector shook his head. He didn't need more problems today. He glanced at his watch. 5:30. "Think Erk and Serra are there yet?"
"What time is it?" Eliwood asked, looking at Hector's watch. "Hm. I dunno. Maybe. It takes 15 minutes to drive, so they might be leaving now."
"Where does Serra live?" Hector asked.
"Not around here, if you think she's gonna drive past us," Eliwood assured him.
"Good. C'mon, let's go to my house. It's closer."
"Will I get food?"
"If there's anything left over, sure."
"Hurry up, Hector!" Eliwood yelled over his shoulder as he bolted down the street. Hector stood stunned for a moment then, with a yell, ran to catch up.
Erk POV
Erk was running late.
Stupid Jaffar had frightened the sewing lady so badly that even Nino had given him a lecture, and made Erk had waited around to watch. He wasn't in such a hurry he was about to miss seeing Jaffar get his ass kicked by a girl. A younger girl, at that. Erk grinned. It had been the highlight of his day. Now, there was going to be an even bigger highlight.
If he ever got there.
Things seemed to be working against him. First, his car hadn't wanted to start, so he'd had to ask Louise, his "mother", to lend him HER car, which was almost out of gas. So he'd had to fill it up. And pick up a few groceries while he did so – with his own money. The things he'd do to get to the date on time. Then the shower'd gone cold on him, and he'd almost set the house on fire with the iron – but he was going on a date with Nino, so it was all good. Things could only go uphill from here.
If only he knew what was in store for him.
When he finally got there, he was five minutes late. He could only hope that either A)Nino had gotten there before him, or B)They weren't full and hadn't given his table away. Ninian had said the table was reserved under Hector's name, just as a precaution. He wasn't sure why – he was sure Jaffar would never bring Nino here – but it made sense to take no risks. He was relieved, when he got there, to find that it wasn't crowded at all – good. It meant a more intimate dinner. A smile crept onto his face, despite a desperate attempt to keep it off. Nothing could go wrong tonight, nothing! Even if Jaffar showed up! Bwahahahaha!
"Um... I have a reservation." He said to the person standing at the front desk. With a sudden panic he realized he wasn't sure of Hector's last name. It was... Ostia, wasn't it? Crap!
"May I ask your name, sir?" The lady asked him.
"Uh... Hector Ostia!" he said breathlessly. Please let that be the right name!
"You're late." The lady commented. "But we aren't full tonight, so your in luck." She paused. "You were expecting someone else to eat with you, right? The young lady who came in a few minutes ago said she was waiting –"
"Yes!" Erk exclaimed. "Yes, that's the right table." Nino was here! He hoped she wouldn't be too mad at him for being late.
"Right this way, sir," The lady said, leading him to his table.
Hector's POV
Hector and Eliwood were sprawled on the couch, eating the remnants of a bag of chips. Hector's brother was out for the evening – at least that's what his note said – so Eliwood and Hector had the house to themselves. When the phone rang Hector groaned, but after the third annoyed ring, he dragged himself away from the NASCAR race on T.V. and answered it.
"Hello?" He asked, annoyed.
"Hey, Hector?"
"Uh, yeah-?"
"It's Karla!"
"Karla? What's up?"
"Look, do you have something to do with Erk being here under your name?"
"Pardon?"
"I work at Il Mercado, Hector!"
"OH! Oh, that. Uh, maybe. Why?"
"Because I'm trying to figure out why both Serra and Erk claim a table under YOUR name, Mr. Ostia." She sounded annoyed.
"Uh..." Hector sighed. "OK, it's like this..." As he told Karla the whole story, she starting snickering.
"OK, it's like this," She told him. "When Erk got in, Serra was in the bathroom or something, because she wasn't at the table. I was serving a table close by, but I had my back turned so I didn't see him. I was lucky though; I turned around just as Serra sat down. I think Erk's eyes were about to bug out of his head. Serra seemed a little confused, but not all that upset," Karla laughed. "It took Erk a little longer to realize it though. He seemed to think Serra was in the wrong place, and she told him she had a date with Hector here – something about a bet? Ah, whatever. Anyway, ERK said that Ninian had told him Nino wanted to meet him here. Serra gave him this weird look and told him that Nino was going to a movie with Jaffar tonight. I think at that point Erk realized that, since Ninian is Eliwood's girlfriend, and Eliwood is YOUR best friend, he'd been had. I could almost swear he started to cry at that point, but Serra wasn't about to put up with a sobbing date. Last time I saw them, Erk was trying to eat his dinner while Serra chatted his ear off. At least he hasn't bolted yet."
Hector was trying to laugh with glee. "Karla, do you think you could call me back when they leave? I want to see if he makes it to the movie theatre."
"You got it Hector!" Karla promised and hung up.
"What was that Hector?" Eliwood asked and Hector, laughing, told him.
Erk's POV
Erk was in a state of shock, to put it lightly.
He'd spent most of dinner ignoring Serra, and trying to figure out how he'd been tricked – by Ninian, no less! Why hadn't he thought of it earlier? Hector – Eliwood – Ninian – him. It was a good plan, and he'd totally missed it. What was worse (or better), was that Serra didn't care. Now he had to fork out all the money for a date he didn't really want to be on anymore. When he'd finally gotten out of the house, he was sure it could only get better.
But it had gotten worse. Much worse.
"What movie shall we see, Erky-werky?" Serra cooed looking through the movie selections.
"Harry Potter and the Prisioner of Azkaban?" he offered hopefully. It may be a long movie, but it was about magic, so he could endure it. Serra, however, made a face and his hopes fell. "King Arthur, then?"
"I want to see The Notebook!" Serra gave him a hard look.
Erk blanched. Oh God. Help me. Help me, help me, help me, help me...
"Hi guys!" A cheerful voice greeted them. Erk turned to see Eliwood and Ninian coming towards them.
"Hi Ninian! Hi Eliwood!" Serra smiled at them. "Are you going to a movie too?"
"Yeah," Eliwood grinned. "We're going to see Spider-Man 2."
"Is it any good?" Serra asked, wrinkling her nose.
"My brother said it was," Ninian offered. "Why don't you come with us?"
"Yes, PLEASE!" Erk jumped at the chance. "C'mon Serra, let's go buy tickets." He said, practically dragging Serra along as she started –loudly – to protest.
Fifteen minutes later Erk and Serra met up with Eliwood and Ninian at the ticket gate. Serra had made him practically buy out the snack counter, and he could barely walk straight.
"You guys ready?" Eliwood greeted them. Erk could only nod, so Serra answered for him.
"Of course. Come on!"
"Come on, Ninian," Eliwood said, putting his arm around her waist and leading them down the hall.
The theatre was still light when they got in. Erk almost dumped the snacks down on the seat with relief, since his arms were about ready to give up. Serra seated herself promptly in the centre of the back row, and snuggled close to Erk as soon as he sat down. They'd barely sat down when Ninian said she wanted a drink, and Eliwood took her to buy one. He return a few moments later to collect his coat, saying his wallet was inside. Erk sat there, fuming. He'd been waiting to talk to Ninian for a while now, but hadn't been alone long enough to do so. She'd better get back soon. Then the lights darkened and the movie started.
(A/N: do we sense a conspiracy?)
Hector's POV
"Hey Hector!" Eliwood's exulted voice came over the phone.
"Eliwood! Well? How's it going?" Hector demanded.
"Great. We got them into see Spinder-Man 2. Me 'n' Ninian are going to pick up the one that starts in, what –" his voice faded as he turned away from the phone than came back again. "2 minutes. We're going to watch till the end of the credits to make sure Erk and Serra leave first. I think it would ruin their date – and ours – if Erk starting yelling and Ninian and me for duping him twice."
"Have fun you two. Be nice to each other," Hector told him with a grin.
"You know it!" Eliwood agreed and hung up. Hector rubbed his hands, almost wanting to jump up and down. This more than made up for the wasted afternoon!
Erk's POV
It'd been about halfway through the movie when Erk finally realized he'd been duped. He'd had suspicious at the beginning of the movie, but the middle marked the point of no return. He'd had to suffer through the whole thing with Serra hanging off his arm so tightly she'd cut off circulation. She'd hugged even tighter when something "scary" came on the screen, and she'd been a little put out when he didn't put an arm around her to comfort her. He'd finally told her that he couldn't, because she was hanging onto his arm. She'd finally let go of it, but he'd then spent the rest of the movie in far closer contact with her than he would've liked.
It was finally over, and Serra'd dragged him out of the theatre as soon as credits started to roll. She then spent five minutes in the bathroom while Erk lounged around outside. He considered running, but that probably wouldn't do any good. It was beginning to smell like a carefully staged plot to him: She'd made a deal with Hector, Ninian and Eliwood and Karla – who'd been at the restaurant – and they were setting him up and keeping tabs on him. He just hoped they were almost done.
"ERK!" Serra screeched happily when she finally re-emerged. "C'mon, let's go!"
"Go?" Erk stared at her. "Go where? It's getting close to midnight!"
"Sooooooo?" Serra asked him, giving him "the look" that brooked no argument. Erk sighed.
"Alright, fine, let's go. Just, tell me where were going."
"To the ice cream place."
"Wonderful," Erk said without enthusiasm.
"I KNEW you'd agree!" Serra squealed, then started dragging him off. "C'mon!"
"Someone... help me..." Erk moaned.
Hector's POV
"Hi, Hector?"
The phone didn't seem to want to stop ringing at his house. There HAD been three or so hours of peace while the movie was playing, but now it was back.
"Hi Lyn," he greeted the person at the other end. "S'up?"
"I was just calling to see what happened with the Serra-Erk affair. I mean, if it worked or not -..." She sounded nervous for some reason.
"It's going GREAT!" He exclaimed, then proceeded to tell her about all he'd heard in the past six hours. "... and Eliwood just called to say his movie was over, which means their movie's been over for about fifteen minutes. Probably closer to twenty, though, because they waited until the end of the credits to come out."
"Does that mean you're free tonight, then?" Lyn asked.
"Yeah...why?"
"Oh... er..."
"Lyn?"
"...Nothing. I'll talk to you later Hector – "
It finally dawned on Hector was Eliwood was talking about earlier.
"Are YOU free tonight Lyn?" He asked quickly before she could hang up.
"Huh? Uh, yeah."
"Have any interest in ice cream or a movie?"
"Oh! Uh..."
Hector grinned.
Erk POV
The night was almost over.
It was 11: 43, and there was only 17 minutes left until tomorrow. And then, a new wave of misery. Although he was keeping his face a stony as possible, and saying little, Erk was beginning to have SOME fun – not that he would admit it.
Serra was rambling on and on about something – Erk hadn't been paying much attention – when the door caught his attention. Erk causally glanced at the door and then stared, open mouthed by what he saw. Hector and Lyn walked through the door, chatting as they did so. Hector and Lyn headed for the bored cashier and bought their ice cream – Hector buying about twice Lyn's amount. When they turned, Lyn nudged Hector and pointed towards them. Erk's eyes went wide again and he banged his head on the table. This, at least caught Serra's attention, and she started screeching "What's wrong, Erky?" over and over again.
"Hiya Erk," Hector greeted him cheerfully. "How's it going?"
"Go to hell, Hector," Erk muttered. JUST when things were going sorta well, someone ELSE they knew showed up. All he needed now was for Nino to show up and his life was screwed.
"Hi Serra," Lyn greeted Erk's date, and she was quickly followed by Erk. Erk narrowed his eyes and looked at them.
"Hey – he interrupted Lyn and Serra's conversation, whatever it had been about. "Why are you two here together?"
Lyn and Hector looked at him, then looked at each other. Hector shrugged. "Oh... nothing, y'know? We just got bored and... decided to come for ice cream." Erk noticed them both looked a little red and promptly buried themselves in their ice cream the second Hector was done talking. Erk smiles to himself. He could get back at Hector now!
"Are, um, you two here on a date?" Lyn asked, then realized it was probably the wrong thing to ask when Serra went off on a long rant about how great her date had been. She'd talked for so long the three of them were in a stupor when Serra suddenly stopped, then looked at Hector.
"Hector, Wasn't my date with YOU?"
"Uh... I guess so." Hector was looking a little uncomfortable at this point.
"Then why did ERK show up? And why didn't he know he was meeting me?" Serra pouted, looking very sulky. Kinda cute too, Erk noticed.
"They were trying to set you up," Lyn interjected quickly.
"They?" Serra raised an eyebrow.
What was going on? Serra didn't know what was going on, he didn't know what was going on... unless this was all part of some plan Serra was in on, was it possible that Hector and his group had set it up all on their own?
"Hector and Ninian. They got together and decided that you two should at least TRY going on a date. I mean, do you REALLY think Hector would be so stupid as to accept taking you on a date in exchange for a note he could just get Eliwood to write again?" Lyn covered for Hector smoothly.
"I... guess so." Serra looked a little less sulky, but looked a little put out at Lyn calling her scheme to get a date 'dumb'.
"Well, look at the time!" Erk exclaimed, looking at his watch. It was 11:59:59, and he wanted to get out of there A.S.A.P. "C'mon, Serra, isn't it about time I took you home?"
Serra looked at the wall clock and sighed. "I guess so," she said, annoyed. Erk could have jumped up and down. He was almost FREEEEE!
"We'll see you two Monday at school?" Lyn asked.
"You know it! And I'll give you the FULL details of my date!" Serra squealed. Lyn nodded and Hector smirked.
"See you guys later!"
The drive back to Serra's house was almost exactly like dinner, except Erk was driving instead of sitting at a table. He almost drove past her house, but her unusually loud screeching brought him back to earth.
"Here you go Serra," he said, sounding tired.
"Won't you walk me to the door?" She asked, giving him two very convincing – he hated to admit – puppy eyes. With a sigh he got out of the car. And opened her door as well, since it became obvious she would never get out otherwise.
"I had SO much fun, Erk!" she grinned at him.
"That's good, Serra," he responded automatically.
He stood there waiting for her to go in while she stood there and looked back at him.
"Uh...Serra? This IS your house right?"
"Uh huh!"
"Then, um... why don't you go in?" please don't let her be thinking what I THINK she's thinking...
"How can you end a date without a goodnight kiss?" she demanded. Erk groaned inwardly.
"Isn't there some 'three date rule' with that?" he asked plaintively.
"Not in my book!"
Erk squirmed. "Er... aw, c'mon Serra, please?"
She just stood there staring at him. "Crap..."
Apparently Serra got tired of waiting at that point because she leaned forward and kissed him, taking him totally by surprise. He knew she'd wanted a kiss, but it was a surprise all the same. Even more surprising was the fact that he enjoyed it – enough so that by the time they broke away, they were both a little short on breath. Erk quickly backed away the moment he was free.
"Er... see you at school, Serra. 'Nite!" he then turned and bolted for his car.
"'Bye Erk!" Serra called after him, before finally entering her house.
Whitney: and that was my Shakespeare-free Intermission Pt.1
Heath: there's gonna be MORE?
Whitney: Sure. I mean, how else do I get Priscilla to burn you?
Heath: O.O
Hector: how would YOU know? You write this as you go along!
Whitney: Hey! That's a SECRET!
Hector: what, the fact you don't know how to plan?
Whitney: ...Anyway, I hope you enjoyed it, the date was probably a little sloppily done, but I have a lack of experiece there, so, I'm writing from scratch and just trying to get it done. Eh-heh
Heath: ...I think I should be scared of you.
Whitney: That's a good plan! Anyway, there will be, I dunno, X number of other "intermissions". I think there'll be a total of three, because if I'm not mistaken there are three acts in the book. The intermissions (or things that happen outside of the play) will happen at the end of each scene. Oh, and at the end of the play. So... yeah. A few more. We can make fun of whoever you want! I happened to still two pairing in here (ErkxSerra, LynxHector) because the idea happened to present itself, so I could always do with more suggestions.
Sain: How about myself and fair lady Rebecca -
Rebecca: #hits Sain# in your DREAMS! #$
Whitney: He had that coming.
All except Sain: Yep...
Whitney: All right we hoped you liked it, R&R!
Nino: WOW! I didn't have to do it this time!
Karla: or me!
Nino/Karla: #high five!#
Whitney: -.-;;