Mi Vida Loca: Part 4

We got to the half way point on the whole trip, and this turned out to even more interesting than the incident with the cop. See the half way point was the river that Alyssa planned on sailing down in her plastic... uh sorry kayak. We pulled up to the entrance of the park and I could tell from the goofy smile on her face this was something that she had really been wanting to do more than any thing else. Angel on the other hand, continued to sit in Prime's cab and glare at the world. She had agreed though and was at least willing to give it a try.

To wit, Angel got out of Prime and took up residence in my passenger seat. This was mainly due to the large sign that said, "No through trucks." Either way, Optimus was stuck at the bottom of the hill and I got to haul the ladies up there. I got to haul them up there and I got to listen to miss angel let her friend know what she thought of this whole thing.

"I cannot believe I let you talk me into this insanity," She sigh, "What if the stupid thing turns over on me and I drown? I don't know the move with the paddle to turn the stupid thing back over! IF I drown I'm coming back to haunt you Alyssa Rabe!"

"These are the special kind Angel," She hid a giggle behind her hand, "If it turns over all you have to do is the dog paddle and it turns its self back over okay?"

"I still don't trust the things!" Angel crossed her arms.

"Well you don't have to, and I do appreciate you going with me on this. Look at it this way, you publisher wanted you to get out more."

"My publisher thought my romance work would be better to if I got married." Angel told her.

"Oh no, what did you do Angel?" She had to ask.

"I sent him a picture of Optimus and me. Strangely he hasn't said much about the getting married thing any more."

"I can understand why, still it will be good for you to get out some. I know you're not an outdoors person…"

"That my friend is an understatement." I felt her slump back more.

"Your going to find some way to get even with me aren't you?" Alyssa giggled.

"Probably make you stay at the lodge back near home," She told her casually.

"Oh lord, is that the one where you have to hike three miles just to get to the stupid pool?"

Angel grinned and Alyssa threw her hands up.

"I wish you two could hear your selves," I told them. "I could probably sell recordings of you for money."

"You'd better not!" Angel told me.

Alyssa cracked up, "Oh come on Jack. I don't think there's any one out there that'd pay to listen to a pair of girls like us argue."

"No I'm Serious." I told them, "This is classic."
"You just have to encourage her don't you?" Angel asked, "Then turned away and looked out the window.

"That's my job Angel, after all." I answered.

"Well," Alyssa grinned at me some more, "IF you go selling recordings of us on the net then I get half of what ever you make."
"Hey!" I ignored this comment from Angel.

"Truthfully?" I kept going, "If that's the case you need to make Sideswipe cough up fro the pictures of your paint balloon thing he's been selling the last week."

"He has pictures of that?" Angel asked with a completely and utterly horrified look on her face.

"That and several other things," I nodded to her.

"That is going to be one DEAD red Lamborghini when I get back to the ark."

"Get in line Angel," Alyssa told her, "You and half of the rest of the population of the ark want him dead for one reason or another."

"Yah but I get first dibs!" She snarked back.

"NAH!"

"That's right, keep it going. You don't think I'll do it do you?"

Alyssa held up her hands, "Oh I know you'll do it. I just hope that you don't"

"Why pray tell?"
"Because," I answered for Alyssa, "THEN we'd have to listen to Sunstreaker bitch at all of us and do you really want to hear that?"

Angel opened her mouth to say something more and then shut it as the implications sank in.

"Good point." She muttered.

A good fifteen minutes later we were at the top of the trail and the girls got busy unstraping the boats and getting the rest of the gear ready for the trek down. The two of them were done up in outfits that matched their respective kayaks and they both looked like something that had ran away from the wild world of sport's greatest bloopers reel. Alyssa stood in front of me and whirled around displaying her outfit.

"Well it looks great on you," I told her, "but I still don't see the point of any of this."

"That makes two of us," Angel growl, "So since your outvoted, how about I take this ridiculous get up off and stay here on dry land?"

"SISSY!"

"OKAY fine! I will do this, once. Then you had better never ask me to do this again okay?"

"THANK YOU!" Alyssa jumped up and put her arms around Angel and then proceeded to tug her in the direction of the water.

That left me there alone for a good hour or more to think about things that were going on. Which roughly translated means it that left me there for more than an hour to think about what was going to happen when I finally met Alyssa's family. She kept assuring me that it was going to be fine; I kept thinking about what her stepfather had done while he was at the ark. Still it was just a simple of matter of letting things happen how they were supposed to and keeping faith that it wouldn't be too bad.
That was the conclusion I had come to when I realized that I could pick up on the girls coming back up the hill.

"OH COME ON ANGEL! It wasn't THAT bad." Alyssa called

Angel didn't reply but I heard a dragging sound and started wondering what was going on.

"Please don't give me that look! I didn't know they were class five!"

Again no reply from Angel but the dragging noise kept going and a few seconds later she came over the top of the hill. The noise turned out to be her dragging her kayak and looking none to happy about it. She stopped about three feet from me and dropped it then glared behind her as Alyssa came over the top of the hill doing her level best to not crack up.
"I'm glad you think this is so funny!" Angel griped.

That's when I noticed she was soaking wet.

"I said I was sorry, I had no idea the rapids were going to be that rough. I warned you that we might get a little bit wet."

"A LITTLE BIT WET?" She turned around and glared more, dark red curls plastered to the sides of her head.

"Okay so maybe a lot wet?" Alyssa shrugged.

"That's it. You can pack up the boats on your own. I'm going back down to Optimus and some dry clothes."
With that she snapped around and headed back down the trail. Alyssa managed to contain her self until her friend was out of ear shot and then the second she was Alyssa broke down.

"That was priceless!"

"What happened," I asked.

"Let's just leave it that she didn't take to well to the rapids."
"How come you're not wet?" I blinked.

"Heheh I did."