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Chapter Sixteen
. Ronie's PoV .
Midnight -
I'm tired...
"Ronie! wake up!"
"Why?"
"You're driving!"
"I'm aware of that, Brandon!"
"So drive!"
"Aunt Clara's is up the hill on the left," Clay murmured.
I looked back at Val who was sleeping, snuggled perfectly between Will and Jack. Huh... she would kill to see herself right now...
"There..." Clay muttered drowsily.
I pulled into the huge house's driveway, shut off the car, and leaned back in the seat half asleep.
"Come on, let's go in," Clay said with a long yawn.
"I vote we stay out here," Brandon said.
"I second that," I said.
"Oh, fine... I'll go in."
"You do that."
"I am."
I hears him get out of the car, walk up to the door, then a barking dog and a screaming Clay. I laughed to myself.
"AHHHHOOUCH!" My butt!"
"Be quiet..." Brandon said. "Big mouth!"
Well, then the flood lights, secruity system, and sprinklers came on.
"AHHHHHHHH!"
"Poor Clay..." I said.
"Oh well," Brandon said.
We laughed quietly when Will woke up next to Brandon.
"What's going on?" he asked.
"Aunt Clara's dog is giving Clay his welcome," I said.
Suddenly, the door of the housr slammed open, and a young woman came out holding a pistol, pointing it at Clay.
"Who's there!" she yelled.
"Aunt Clara! It's me! Clay!"
Brandon, Will, and I ran up to Clay and the woman.
"Clay? Well, I haven't seen you in a long time! Oh! You brought friends!"
Aunt Clara had the sandy brown hair Val's mom did, but she wasn't that old, maybe in her mid 30's. I liked her so far.
"Yeah, Aunt Clara. This is Ronie, Will, Brandon, and Val and Jack are sleeping in the car."
"Valerie came, too?" Aunt Clara asked. "Wonderful! Now let's get you inside!"
Inside -
Aunt Clara finally had the secruity system and dog under control as we lounged in a living room that looked an awful lot like it was stolen form the Brady Bunch.
I was on the couch with Brandon and Will, Clay in one armchair, and Jack in the other with Val leaning against it on the floor again sleeping. She had beaten Jack, who had just drifted off again, too.
"There!" Aunt Clara said, shutting the door. "You all look so tired," she said. "Well, I'll let you sleep here tonight and I'll call your parents-"
"NO!" Clay, Brandon, and I yelled.
"No? But they must know where you are..."
"They know," I lied. "We'll call them tomorrow. By the way, what is today?"
"You're about a half hour into Monday," she replied.
Damn. Why couldn't it be Tuesday?
"Well, night Aunt Clara," Clay said.
"Good night," she said, leaving the room. We listened to her trudge upstairs, and then twenty minutes later, she was coming downstairs, leaving the house, and we heard her drive off.
"Clay, where is she going?" Brandon asked.
"She works for the transportation department," Clay said. "She'll be back tomorrow night at the latest."
"Ah..."
We looked over at Jack who was stretching, and then he opened his eyes and looked over at us. Then he saw Val.
"Ye don't look at all comfortable, luv," he said to the sleeping Val.
"She's always like that," I said.
"Anyone for grub?" Clay asked, walking to the kitchen.
"Why not?" Brandon asked as Will and I followed him into the massive kitchen.
. Val's PoV .
"Lassie? Lassie..."
"Huh? What?"
I rubbed my eyes and sat up.
"Oh, hello, Jack."
"Hi," he said.
"What did ya need?" I asked, getting up.
"Oh, just curious as to see if ye wanted to go get some fresh air with me," he said.
"Just you?" I asked.
"Problem?"
"No, No way! C'mon."
I led him outside to the inground pool in my aunt's backyard, and I turned the pool light on so we could see.
"I think Ronie's finally not moving," I saud, putting my feet in the water.
"Glad to hear it," he said. "How about some rum?"
"Not sure if Aunt Clara has any..."
"Oh..."
"But she has this drink bar. Let's check."
We stood up and went to the bar by the pool, I opened it, and many bottles glimmered in the pool's light. Jack picked up one and smiled. I grabbed a wine cooler, uncapped it, and clinked my bottle with Jack's.
"Yo ho," i said, taking a drink.
I watched Jack drink deeply and laughed. I looked down at my feet, but they were hidded by the torn, ragged edges of my pink gown i had been in since Saturday.
"Ah, good rum..." Jack said.
"You and your rum..." I laughed.
"Rum goes extremely well with yo ho and a dance partner," he said quietly.
I grinned uncontrollably from ear to ear.
"You got it, bub!" I said. "You ho, yo ho! A pirate's life for me!"
We linked arms and spun as we sang, spinning even more as we drank.
"Yo ho, yo ho- what are you doing? Jack?"
He stopped, picked me up, and carried me to the edge of the pool.
"Sink or swim, darling?" Jack asked me.
"Sink with this dress on!" I laughed.
Jack looked from me to the pool, then he set me back on the deck.
"Hmm... what to do..." he said sarcastically. "Any ideas?"
"Hmm, I dunno," I said with a smile, moving closer.
"I do! Forget it, Jack."
We looked up, and there was Ronie and BJ.
"What?" Jack asked.
"Stop with the wooing," Ronie said.
"But I like the wooing!" I argued.
"Val, what are you thinking?" Ronie asked me.
"Those are very private thoughts," I said. "Jack was just talking to me."
"Suuuure he was," BJ said. "Right out of your dress."
"You guys are losers..." I said, walking away.
"Val..."
"Get away, Ronie..."
"Look, I'm sorry, ok?"
"Ha!"
"i am!"
I turned around.
"Fine..." I said. "Let's just forget it."
"Good idea," Ronie said. "Now let's go find some food, huh?"
"Sure," I said.
"Good, we'll meet you in the car."
Ronie and BJ walked away, and I turned to Jack.
"Let's get to the car," I said.
As we walked, I kept imagining what might've happened if Ronie and BJ hadn't come in. But then I reminded myself that I didn't like Jack. I couldn't! It would mess up everything and I... I...
"I love Jack," I said aloud.
"What was that?" Jack asked.
My eyes widened and I clapped my hand over my mouth. I had said that out loud! AH!
"Nothing," I said all nervouslike.
"Ye said somethin'..."
"Nonsense."
"Lass..."
"I just said... that... I... err... I..."
"Ye what?"
"I... um... Jack?"
"Aye?"
"Catch me."
. Ronie's PoV .
"Clay! come on!" I yelled.
"Where's Val and Jack?" Will asked me.
"They went to the car,"I said. "Clay!"
"I'm coming!" he yelled from upstairs.
"Come faster!" Brandon yelled.
Clay came running round the corner and went ot slide down the banister, but he came rolling down the stairs painfully.
"Let's go, moron..." Brandon said.
"Well, excuse me, but this moron has a nosebleed! Ow..."
The four of us went outside, and we stopped the second we saw Jack shoving Val into the backseat.
"What are you doing!" I yelled.
"She passed out on me!" Jack said.
I walked up to him, and he got in with the unconcious Val followed by Clay and Brandon.
20 min later -
"Is this the place?" Will asked.
"Yeah, are you sure, Clay?" I asked. "This is a nightclub!"
"Exactly!" he said, jumping out of the car.
"But wait! Wait!" I said. "Val's still out and now Jack and Brandon are asleep!"
"So let them sleep! I'm starving and I wanna party!"
"Clay..."
"Will will come with me, won't you?"
"Sure, I guess..." Will answered.
"See! Come on, Ronie!"
"Fine," I said, getting out. "But only for an hour. Then we come and see if they're ok."
. Val's PoV .
"Weeeeeeee..."
"Luv?"
"Weeeeeee..."
"Ye're broken again, huh?"
"Weeeeee..."
"Guess that's an 'aye'..."
Jack sat me up, but my head fell into his shoulder.
"Drink up, me hearties, yo ho..." I sang quietly.
Jack tilted my head so he could see me.
"Ye're not broken?"
I stared at him all dreamy-eyed, then fell against him. I smiled and shut my eyes. They snapped open, and I pushed myself away from hm suddenly. What am I doing!
"What's wrong?" he asked.
"Nothing," I said quickly.
Jack just lifted an eyebrow and fell back into the seat.
Where's Ronie! How did I get left alone with Jack again! Ahhh!
"Do you know where the others are?" I asked.
"In the club thingy."
"Club? We're at a nightclub?"
"Aye. Did ye maybe want to go in?"
I don't know what I was thinking, but I said something that no words can describe.
"After you kiss me."
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