Chapter 9, everyone. Enjoy. Review for us, ok?

disclaimer: see previous chapter. too lazy to type it out again…or use pronouns.

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Chapter 9: Things That Go Bump
By Cimmy

Luis's POV

I'm in the Dumbo-line, and wow, it makes you feel like Dumbo. Or just dumb. I'm way too loyal to my friends. I'd rather be checking out girls at the Blizzard Beach. I could do that by the pool at the resort too, but who cares?

"There's the red elephant!" Averman shouts. "It's the best one; it goes higher then the rest!"

I look at a five year-old boy behind us, who's terrified by Averman's yelling. The boy looks suspicious towards Connie too, who's bouncing up and down on the spot.

"Where are we going next?" Julie tugs my sleeve. "I want to go to Space Mountain!"

That sounds more fun then 'Dumbo the Flying Elephant', so I nod. "We could go there. Right, everyone?"

"Magic Kingdom rules!" both Averman and Connie shout. The little boy hides behind his mother. Poor kid.

"I can't go on rides that go round and round and round again," Guy complains.

"Just like the bus!" Ken exclaims and dances a little. I can't do anything else but laugh.

"It makes me sick," Guy growls.

"Everything makes you sick," Charlie points out. "Let me guess, it's 'hell' too?"

The line moves forward. "Yeah, actually it is," Guy mutters.

"But you're going on Space Mountain, right?" Julie asks worriedly. She always wants everyone to be involved in everything. So that no one will feel left out. I agree with her on that one.

"I guess," Guy says with a smile. "It doesn't go round, does it?"

Averman is so excited that he almost pushes a little girl out of the way so he can get the red Dumbo. I was always a fan of the mouse, Timothy. Where's he at?

"Oh no!" Lex suddenly yells. "I forgot my bag at the store!"

Everyone turns around. "Well, I HAVE to go on this ride!" Averman howls. "I just HAVE to."

"I'll go with you," Connie offers. "You guys can stay and I'll look for Lex's bag."

Guy looks relieved, until Julie speaks up. "No, we must all go on the ride, otherwise it's not as much fun," she begs. "Right Luis?"

I give the girl one orange, and suddenly I'm her hero?

"I guess..." I begin, but Julie squeaks too loud for me to continue.

"There you go!"

"I could stay," Fred says. Duh, we know. "You can go, I'll stay and help Lex."

Portman opens his mouth to say something idiotic, probably, but Fulton gives him a look that makes him stay quiet. "Okay then!" Connie cheers again. "Let's go! We can meet you by the exit!"

We all try to find an elephant that 'matches our personality', as Averman said we should. Some brat cut in line and I ended up waiting for the next ride instead. Adam also had to stay in line, so I grab his arm and drag him backwards so he can stand next to me.

The looney toon Cee is a few steps behind me, leaning against the bars. She looks like she hasn't moved in several minutes. I grab her by the arm too and pull her up to us instead. Even if she's annoying, there's no point in her standing all by herself. We'd only loose her.

"So, woohoo, look at the kiddie ride," Adam nudges her. Woohoo is her trademark. That, and outbursts.

"Yeah, woohoo," she answers low-key.

Dwayne and that guy Anthony are also left in line, and I try to come up with a reason why we are queuing when our interest in the ride is below zero.

"Ahm," Dwayne clears his throat. "Where are we?"

"In line," I explain slowly.

"I mean, in which park?"

"Disney World," Adam says even slower.

"No! I mean, in what theme park!"

Cecilia rolls her eyes. "Magic stupid Kingdom," she mutters.

"Really? Did they rename it?" Dwayne asks.

I try hard not to hit him over the head with my shoe.

"I really don't feel like going round and round and round again," Adam explains. "Let's say we skip it? We could go on Space Mountain twice instead."

"Okay," I say quickly. I drag Cecilia with me when we leave the line. Anthony and Dwayne follow us nicely. "Connie will kill us."

"Let her," Adam suggests. "That way we won't have to go on the Mad Tea Party."

"That one is fun!" I exclaim. Well, it is!

The others laugh. "I guess we have different tastes," Adam grins. "I'll go with you."

We meet the rest of our friends by the exit sign. Connie screams loudly. "You didn't go?"

"Adam got sea-sick," I say. "Was it fun?"

"It was the best! Totally awesome!" Averman is completely ecstatic. "Let's do it again!"

"No, Space Mountain!" Julie screams louder. "Right, Sammie?"

"Yeah!" Sammie agrees. "Where is Lex…and that other guy?"

There's another scream coming from around the corner. We all turn to see what's going on.

Lex comes running past the exit with an empty water bottle. She turns around and quickly back towards the lawn, then she holds her hands up over her head. Fred shows up the second later. He's soaking wet, probably because of the empty water bottle Lex still has in her hand. He splashes water at her from his own bottle and she gives up another piercing yell.

"Okay..." Charlie says slowly. "Umm, I think it's time to do something that doesn't include water."

Lex looses her balance and grabs Fred's shirt to keep from falling. They both topple over with a thud. I have to laugh, because it looks hilarious. When I look around, I see that Cecilia's missing. Then I remembered that she said something about going to the bathroom.

"We better wait for..." I say, but I don't have time to finish my sentence before she shows up. She's coming from the same direction as Fred and Lex came from, and she walks up to them. They're still lying on the ground.

"This is new," she smiles. "What are you two doing?"

Why is she smiling? If my girlfriend ended up under some strange guy, I'd not be happy. I guess it would be worse if they were undressed, but still...

"Uh, it's not what it looks like," Fred explains and gets off Lex. "I fell."

"Looks like it," Cecilia answers with a grin. "Aw, look, you're blushing. Isn't that adorable?"

Fred helps Lex up on her feet again. "We're going to the Tower of Terror," he tells his girlfriend. "You wanna tag along?"

"Nah, I'm going to Space Mountain."

"Okay, let's meet later," Fred suggests, although not with a very excited tone.

Cecilia nods and walks over to us. I know for a fact that she's not at all happy about the outcome. And I definitely know for a fact that Fred hasn't forgotten about Cecilia being terrified of heights. He's just generally avoiding her.

Julie put an arm around Cecilia's shoulder. "You can come with us. Space Mountain is not as scary." She receives a cold look from Cee. "Not that I think you're afraid or anything, I'm just saying... You know how scared Adam gets sometimes."

Adam objects, but Charlie looks satisfied by that comment. "We could go on the Mad Tea Party," he teases Adam. I squeak happily and everybody laughs again.

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Jeff's POV

Even though the Tower of Terror sounds fun, I have a feeling that I shouldn't interfere in whatever Lex and Fred are doing. Lex is a smart girl, she knows better then to flirt and mess around with someone who already has a girlfriend. I'm starting to have lower opinions about Fred, though.

Julie seems utterly excited about Space Mountain, and I notice that she's been talking to Sammie non-stop about the ride. It's nice that at least some people have decided to make this a fun trip.

"So, what's the deal with all the mountains?" Dwayne asks me. "Space Mountain, Splash Mountain, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad... I guess that's it?"

He's looking at a map over the whole park, and I point at the Tower of Terror over by the MGM Studios-area. "That's The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror," I explain. "You know the TV-show The Twilight Zone?"

"Wasn't there a movie with Kirsten Dunst about that tower?" Russ replies. "With that Police Academy-guy?"

"Yeah, I guess it was," I answer. "They drop the elevator thirteen floors. It takes about two seconds. Two and a half, I think."

"Seconds?" Dwayne gasps. "They sure don't have that in Texas."

"That's because we're in Florida now," Russ says.

"Really?" Dwayne says stupidly, but he's only acting this time. "It's a small world after all."

Connie starts laughing. "Yes, it is!"

So, the Ducks are insane. What else is new?

We arrive at Tomorrowland, and there's only thirty minutes we have to wait in line. Although it seems like three hours when Connie's around. The good thing is, only Guy is being terrorized by her. That makes it a lot more fun.

When we finally get to the rockets we are supposed to go in, there is a big fuss about who's going with whom. Charlie succeeds with getting Connie away first, with Averman, Portman and poor Guy. Fulton and Goldberg decide to go with them.

I am the last one left in line when the third rocket comes in to take Charlie, Julie, Sammie, Ken, Chris and Adam away. "We could stay behind," Charlie says. "So you don't have to ride alone."

"We can stay," Julie offers and looks at Sammie. "It's okay, that way, we can ride up front!"

Charlie shrugs. "If that's okay with you. Let's go, Cakey. We're holding up the line." He pushes Adam into the rocket and Adam dives in, almost with his head first.

"Cool, outer space!" Julie says. "Then we have to go to Splash Mountain. And that terror-tower sounds fun too!"

"The others said something about going on the MGM Studios rides," I tell her. "It's sort of in another part of the park, it's a long walk. And the line for that tower is really long, almost an hour sometimes."

"How would you know?" Sammie snorts.

"I read it in the pamphlet," I grin. "I'm educated. Are you?"

Julie steps between us and points towards the empty rocket that has arrived in front of us. "Let's bitch in space, shall we?"

I don't have time to come up with anymore smart comments, because I'm trying to not ruin the trip for myself.

"That was awesome!" Averman exclaims again. We're all gathered outside the exit, and now we have to decide what to do.

"Splash Mountain!" Connie yells. "Please, please, please, please!"

Guy hurries to buy her a burrito, so she can finally shut up. He deserves a medal or something.

"Isn't that sort of... wet?" Charlie asks. "No water."

"Why?" several people shout.

"Because!"

"It's Splash Mountain," Connie spits out, along with most of the food she has in her mouth. "I am going!"

"Could you please not talk with food in your mouth?" Portman wrinkles his nose. "It's disgusting."

I see that Anthony is still trying to win Cecilia over to his side. She's quite stubborn, I have to say. I remember when she and I had to write a report together. She insisted that I should drop a melon from the roof of the school to 'see what happens'. We almost died when the melon was about to drag us both down in the fall. I should point out that the 'melon' was a pumpkin. What a mess. Dumb girl to not know the difference between a melon and a pumpkin.

We all go back to get in line for Splash Mountain. There's a long line there too. Luis is dragging Cecilia by the arm, with Anthony following them like a tail. An annoying tail that never stops talking.

"I don't WANT to!" she bellows. "I hate water!"

Portman joins them to convince her, although I think it's just because he wants to torture her. He picks her up and carries her over to the line. I've never heard anyone that small curse so much.

"So," I say and turn to Julie. "What sort of rides do you like?"

"I like them all!" she snickers. "Especially the scary ones, I love those!"

"Roller coasters?" I ask.

"Of course! Anything! There was one where you were strapped upside down, it was so horrible!" she laughs. "Actually, it was great."

"Okay, how 'bout things that goes round and round?" I continue and give Ken a warningly gaze to stop him from yapping about the bus again.

"I'm not a wussy, unlike some people," she answers and gives Guy a look. He mutters something under his breath and Connie slugs his arm.

I really hope that the rest of our group gets lost or drowns during the ride, because I really, really want to talk to Julie some more...without everyone breathing down my neck all the time.