DISCLAIMER: Chapter 2

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Chapter Three: Veg Fest And A Few Confusing Feelings.

After his mother had driven away, Freddy made his way to the apartment building. He opened it with his key and hurried up the stairs, wondering what he could do with the rest of his free time.

He opened the door while considering Vegging when, like a bad "Ground Hog Day" play off, there was Tara pigging on the couch, living out his Vegging dreams. (FYI: Ground Hog Day is a Bill Murray movie where he has to live the day over and over again until he gets it right.)

"What-" He began to ask

"Bomb threat," She turned to him and smiled, "We all got sent home about a half hour ago. You forgot to lock the door AGAIN Frederick. The next time it might not be a friendly neighbor who intrudes."

"Yeah, there won't be a next time. I'm going to be home for awhile."

She raised and eyebrow, "Yeah, why are you home early today too?"

Freddy set down his bookbag and looked out the window and said, "Mom pulled me out cuz the principal didn't believe me when I said that dad had died."

Freddy felt Tara grimace, "Ouch."

He turned back to her and quickly changed the subject, "Veggy day?"

She smiled and said "Uh-huh. I'm having a Lord of the Rings fest. Extended versions, about 4 hours each."

"Major Veggie day huh? Thats...12 hours! We'll have to continue this later if we don't finish..."

"Oh I have no doubt that we won't finish today. Maybe tomorrow. Anyways. Care to join?"

Freddy shook his head, "Nah, I got homework."

"No you don't. You were just pulled out of school. You're lying skills haven't improved."

Somehow she always found out when he was lying. "Well, usually people believe me. I think you make my lying powers diminish."

She laughed, "What lying Powers?" and turned back to the screen when the Fellowship reaches the Mines. It had always been her favorite part." Watch or don't watch. I don't really care what you do Freddy."

Freddy grinned and plopped down beside her, then got up right away and went to the kitchen, opening the Pantry and calling out "Queen Sized Hershey bar? Mom got them just for me as a High school Present."

"Sure!" He took one out of the bag and threw it at her, which missed and hit her head, bounced off and hit the TV. He began to crack up

"OW! That hurt!" But she was laughing too, "I don't even want to imagine how hilarious that looked from your point of view." she reached down to where it had landed and turned back to the Television.

Freddy grabbed one for himself, still chuckling and climbed over the back of the couch, plopping down to the left of her.

They began to quote the movie and slightly act out the scenes until they were barely watching the screen and eating the bars Freddy had provided when the phone rang.

Freddy reached over and said, "Freddy Jones speaking."

"Freddy?"

"Zack! There's my brother from another mother! Did Katie tell you what happened?"

Zack's voice sounded muffled, "Yeah, I'm sorry you have to go, but it was kinda funny what happened."

Freddy laughed, "Yeah, I guess. You must be in passing time. I'm just veggin out with Tara. They had a bomb threat."

"Yeah, I'm on my cell. I thought you sounded a bit sugar high. Tell Tara hi for me, I have to go, Child Psyche calls for me."

"Right-o. see ya later dude," Freddy put the phone back on the receiver and went to the kitchen, grabbing every kind of snack he could reach and carry. He carted this back to the living room and said, "Tara, If we're going to have a major Veg session, we have to have Major veg snacks."

She grinned at him and they dug in, only getting up to change the discs when the first one was over.

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Halfway into the second movie, Freddy's mom came home from work to find the two staring at the screen, eyes wide and filmed over, mouths open and stuffing junk food in their mouths. Wrappers littered the floor and they appeared to be on their last Fruit by the Foots.

"Oh For christsake! You're both fifteen! Can't you control yourselves?"

They just moved their wide eyes to her and stared.

She sighed and set her purse down, "I guess not. Looks like you're low. I'll go get the ice-cream and some spoons."

They both smiled dazedly and moved their eyes back to the screen and Tara slurred, "looks like he's riding a skateboard..."

Freddy only nodded and mumbled, "That's cool..."

Mrs. Jones returned with a tub of Cookie dough and three sturdy spoons. She moved some wrappers over and sat next to Freddy, who was now in the middle and his eyes widened when it was placed into his lap, "That's freezing in all the wrong places"

"Freddy!" his mother scolded, but her eyes laughed.

"Sorry," he said meekly then took a spoon and gave it to Tara and grabbed another for himself. All three dug in and soon Mrs. Jones was as spaced out as Freddy and Tara.

She looked at her watch when they reached the credits, "7:35," She let out with a whistle then asked, "Tara would you like to spend the night?" Tara nodded mutely, "OK, I'll go call you parents." She got up and called the apartment below them. "Bob? I was wondering if Tara could spend the night?...Hold on.." She held the phone to her shoulder, "Tara? Any homework or studying you have to do?" She moved the phone back to her ear as Tara shook her head, "She says no. OK. thank you, Bob." They moved onto the third movie.

At around ten Mrs. Jones looked over at the two teenagers and saw Tara asleep on Freddy's shoulder and Freddy leaning his head on hers, also asleep. She smiled slightly and got up, pulling the blanket off the armchair in the corner and placing it over them before kissing her son goodnight and turning off the movie. She walked to her bedroom and fell asleep once her head touched the pillow

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Freddy woke early the next morning and the first thing he noticed before his stomach ache kicked in was a heavy, warm, weight on his chest. He looked down and his first thought was, "How did this amazingly sexy girl get in here?" When he realized who it was he shook the thought out of his brain in amazement. He squinted over at the digital clock on top the TV and saw, "6:45" that was about the time Tara usually got up, he knew. he shook her gently, but she just groaned and snuggled closer, making his heart do little somersaults. He shakily called her name, hoping he was just tired and his emotions were out of whack.

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Tara felt a warm, firmly muscled body against her cheek when she first woke. She kept her eyes closed, hoping this dream would continue a bit longer. The thing shook her and she snuggled closer, desperate to keep it there. When it said her name with Freddy's voice she started to get freaked out, and jumped up, looking into his face. "How did-" then she remembered their Veg fest and falling asleep on his shoulder sometime when Sam, Frodo and Gollum were at the stairs. she changed her question, "What time is it?" she stretched, ignoring the fact that the warm, strong body was HIS.

"6:45. YOU have to go to school today." Freddy said haughtily.

She pouted, "Rub it in, who don't you?" She yawned and stumbled into his bathroom, using her own toothbrush that had been there on the occount of the countless times she had slept in his apartment. Her teeth were slightly yellow from the junk food and she frowned as she scrubbed them clean. She took a sip of water and spit it out, and smiled at the mirror, admiring her pearly whites. She prided herself in their whiteness. She stepped out of her clothes and into the shower washing away the dirt that had built up overnight. When she was clean she peeked out of the curtain and saw a clean pile of clothes from her stash that she kept in Freddy's room. She smiled and got changed quickly, hopping out of the bathroom on one foot as she tried to put on her socks with one hand, her other arm was being used to carry her dirty clothes.

"Thanks, Freddy!" she called, talking about the clothes that he had put there, as he walked past her to the bathroom.

He gave her a weird stare and said, "Need some help, Tara?"

She nodded, "Please?" He took her foot into his hands and pulled her sock out until it was stretched as far as it was supposed to go and fit her foot perfectly. Her foot tingled with electricity where he had touched her Whats happening to me? she thought angrily. This was FREDDY!

"Other one?" he asked.

She switched her feet obligingly and he had the same effect on her left foot. I must be going crazy...

He patted her toes and smiled up at her before continuing to the bathroom.

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Freddy noticed after Tara had left for the shower that she had no clothes to change into. He innocently grabbed some of the extra she kept in his closet and slipped into the bathroom, setting them down where she could see them. He looked at the shower and saw Tara's figure faintly through the curtain. It took every bit of restraint he had to not look on the other side of that curtain. Freddy turned away and left the bathroom, thankful she couldn't see how red his neck was.

He sat in the kitchen reading the comics until he heard her turn off the shower. Freddy ran to his bedroom and grabbed some clothes as she came hopping out, her hair dripping, trying to get a sock onto her foot one handed.

"Thanks Freddy!" I looked at her strangely, wondering what she was talking about...did she want my help or was she talking about the clothes?

"Need some help, Tara?" I asked, taking the safe route.

She nodded, "Please?"

Tara held out her leg and I took the sock and began to pull it up, ignoring the fact that I could sneak a peek into her skirt if I wanted to. "Other one?" she switched her feet and whenI was doneI wanted to touch them for a bit longer soI gave the toes an innocent tap as ifto say "All done" and when she walked away my fingertips felt like they were aflame.

End Chapter Three

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