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Grow For MeI'm begging you sweetly, I'm down on my knees, oh please grow for me…
A week had passed. Rehearsals for the play were going well, even though Tucker had only shown up for one. Of course, he was a minor character, and not needed for most of the show. However, Danny and Sam grew tired of him skipping rehearsal, so they literally dragged him to the auditorium after school.
"This sucks," Tucker muttered, sitting in front of the stage. Danny and a few other people were the only ones onstage. They were practicing a scene in which Seymour first feeds a person to the plant. Of course, the only prop they had was the plant, which made it hard for Danny to pretend to be holding a sliced dentist. But the scene needed to be done, so he tried.
"This does not suck," Sam replied to Tucker. "Yes it does. You dragged me here and now I'm stuck just sitting." "Then watch." "But it's boring!" Sam just rolled her eyes and turned her attention back to the stage. Danny had gotten his part down, and now the girls onstage were learning what they had to do in the scene. Tucker was watching the girls attentively. "Boring, hmm?" Sam remarked, noticing him staring. He shook his head. "Not boring…"
"All right, Urchin Girls off the stage, Audrey come up to practice 'Suddenly Seymour'," the director called. Sam felt her face heating up as she walked up to the stage. Danny, unaware of what happens in the scene, whispered to her, "Why are you blushing?" as she climbed onto the stage. "You really need to read the script," she hissed at him.
Mr. Kender taught them the choreography for the song, almost all the way to the end. "Now walk towards each other, embrace, and then Danny, kiss her passionately," he said as the last instruction. Danny frowned slightly, unsure of how to react to that last part, and Sam was uneasy as well. Nevertheless, they went through the motions for the entire song, and at the end, they came towards each other, wrapped their arms around one another, and leaned closer and closer until-
"Mr. Director Dude, it's time to go," a girl said, looking at her watch. Mr. Kender blinked, then looked at a clock on the wall. "Well, yes, but could you all stay for a while longer?" The girl, who was named Stephanie, shook her head. "I need to be home soon." "And I need to go work on the newspaper," another girl, named Amber, chimed in. The director sighed. "All right, everyone can go."
Danny and Sam pulled away from each other somewhat awkwardly. They said nothing to each other as they got off the stage. Tucker came over to them. "Too bad you didn't get to kiss-you both wanted to," he said in a kind of sarcastic way. Sam glared at him. "It's just acting," she said. Danny nodded in agreement. "Whatever," Tucker said. "Hey Danny, can I go to your house for a while? My mom's mad at me for failing a test, and she scares me when she's mad." Danny nodded. "Can I come too?" Sam asked. "I haven't seen your new house yet." "Sure."
"Sorry, it's still a bit messy," Danny said, ushering his friends into his new home. "This place is a dump," Tucker muttered. "Ow!" Sam withdrew her elbow from his stomach, glaring at him. "I know it's not much," Danny said, "But it's all there is right now." He paused, then headed down the hall to his bedroom, motioning for his friends to follow. They came, and he showed them his room, messy with empty boxes and a lot of junk.
"What's that?" Tucker asked, pointing to a small potted flytrap. "That?" Danny asked, picking up the plant. "It's just something that was growing outside the house. I brought it in here because there were a bunch of flies." "There still are a bunch of flies," Sam remarked, swatting one away from her face. Danny shrugged. "Maybe it's not a flytrap." "Then what is it?" Tucker asked. "Sure looks like a flytrap."
"I was going to look it up online, but my mom hasn't gotten the computer connected to the internet yet," Danny said. "You could just go to the library," Sam suggested. There was a small pause, then Danny said, "I'd rather just wait for the internet."
A small knocking sound came from the doorway. The three teens turned to see Jazz standing there. "Mom just got the internet working," she informed them. "You can go find out whatever that plant thing is now." She then walked away.
"Well, that was…ironic," Tucker said. Danny nodded in agreement. "Eerily ironic. But whatever. Should we find out whatever this thing is now?" "To Google!" Tucker cried.
Danny, Tucker, and Sam walked fairly quickly out of Danny's bedroom and down the hall until they reached the room with a computer in it. Danny sat in a chair in front of it, Tucker pulled a box from the side to sit on, and Sam just stood. Clicking, Danny opened a search engine and began researching the plant.
"Maybe it's not even a plant." "Of course it's a plant. It's got roots and leaves and stuff like a plant." "Then what kind of plant is it?" "I don't know!" This was the conversation between Danny and Tucker after about an hour and a half of researching, to come up with absolutely nothing. It was beginning to look like that plant didn't exist anywhere else.
"Maybe it's an Audrey II," Sam suggested jokingly. "A what?" Danny and Tucker asked her in unison. She sighed. "Have you two even looked at the damn script?! Audrey II! The man-eating plant from the play we're performing!" "Oh. That's the big plant Paulina's dad paid for, right?" Danny asked. Sam replied through gritted teeth, "Yes. The plant Paulina's dad paid for."
"So what, the plant's gonna eat us all?" Tucker asked. Sam rolled her eyes. "Yes, Tucker, it would love to eat you, with all that disgusting meat you eat." "Hey! Meat is good! Not like those stupid Turfwiches!" "Those aren't stupid!" "Hey! Guys! Stop it!" Danny cried, breaking up the fight between his friends. "Look, you two go through this all the time. Just drop it." Tucker and Sam glared at each other, but became quiet.
"What are you going to name it?" Sam asked. "Huh?" "The plant. If it's a new type of plant, you get to name it." "Sweet," Danny said. "What should I name it?" "Name it like the plant in the play!" Tucker said. "What, Audrey II? Why would I name it that?" Danny asked. Tucker shrugged. "Then name it after her," he said, pointing at Sam. She raised an eyebrow, but said nothing. "Yeah, it'll be called 'Samantha II'," Danny said sarcastically. "Go ahead," Sam said. "What, you don't mind?" She shook her head no. "Fine," Danny said. "The plant's named Samantha II." A small smile crossed Sam's face.
Danny's mother came into the room. "Tucker, Sam, you need to go now. It's getting late." They nodded, and Danny led them to the front door. "See ya tomorrow," he said. "Tell us if that plant starts feeding off blood," Sam said jokingly on her way out. Danny laughed, but didn't reply. He closed the door behind them, and went to his room. Samantha II was in there, and the plant was looking quite sickly. Danny frowned, picked up the plant, and gently stroked one of its leaves with his finger. "Why are you dying?" he asked it quietly, even though he knew it couldn't answer. It just seemed to wilt even more.
He sighed, then set the plant down on a small table that was beside his bed. He then sat on his bed, and set his hand beside him. "Ow!" He held his finger up and removed a pushpin from it. "Stupid messy room," he said. His finger was bleeding. He frowned, and muttered a short string of curses under his breath.
The plant opened up. At first, Danny didn't notice, but then it began making an odd noise, sounding sort of like a kiss. Danny looked at it. "Weird plant." He glanced at his bleeding finger, then back at the plant. "Maybe…" He raised his finger over the plant and began to squeeze blood out of it, letting it fall inside the plant.
Thank you to my reviewers! I feel as if I failed you for taking so long with this…but….more chapters will come sooner! I have ideas!
Chaos-CAT1: Yes, Paulina just has to be in the play. But don't worry, this diva will get what she deserves.
Fluffyrachel: Thanks for the review-sorry for no new chapter until now.
Axion-Pup: Yeah, I think it is that time of the month for Sam. And flytraps are very freaky.
JadeRabbyt: Well, whatever your 'hazy guess at the general trend' of my plot is...hell no you're wrong.
Charizardag: It will not be either one of those endings, exactly. All I will say is this: That plant will be fed.