4. Erik (Erm, GERARD!) Meets Asher

((Skye: "This is where Veronica started writing again. She wrote all 30 pages, minus two chapters. But then I stole it and deleted a few of her chapters so I could write. Actually, I wrote some of this chapter... Let's see if you can tell which parts!"))

Vanessa woke the next morning in her bed. She looked around and saw Asher asleep in one chair, Larc in another, and Patrick in another still. "I see you're awake, Miss Vanessa," Patrick said to her, waking up. She smiled and watched as Asher and Larc woke to each other's face. They winced realizing that they'd slept with their heads against each other. Larc screamed in a mixture of horror and anger and ran into the bathroom, slamming (and locking) the door. From Room 614 ((Gerard and Emmy and Patrick's room)) came: "But we haven't even started singing yet!" Larc yelled, "I'M NEVER GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET THE ASHER OUT OF MY HAIR!" Asher replied, "It wasn't that bad, was it?" Larc screamed again. Asher grinned evilly. "You know you want me!" he cried, knocking on the door of the bathroom. Larc slowly swung the door open and stared at him. Suddenly she began yelling profanity so loud that the captain ran down, wondering if she had been harassed. Of course, her answer was yes. "GET IT OUT OF MY ROOM!" she screeched. Asher said to the captain, "A lover's spat, nothing more."

- the next scene's profanity shall be covered with the words "fop" and "polka" for comic relief -

"You –fopping- fop! -Fop polka fop polka fop polka-! You are such a -fopping- PERVERT! I wasn't your girlfriend in seventh grade, and I'm not changing my views now! -Polka fop polka fop polka-! You –fopping- fop!"

Patrick stared. Larc had said some words that he didn't even know existed. And anyway, who uses the word "polka" anymore? ((Veronica…))

At this point, Gerard and Emmy entered the room. "WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON HERE?" roared Gerard. Asher cowered behind Vanessa crying, "Protect me, my love!" Vanessa and Patrick both exploded, "GET OFF!" Asher was propelled to the other end of the room by the two. ((I shall not use an adjective to describe their "relationship"…)) Larc ran over and hugged Patrick, crying, "THANK YOU! My savior! You finally accomplished what I dare not do because of school rules!" Vanessa cried, "NO, YOU CAN'T HAVE HIM!" and pushed her off of him. There was – yet another – awkward silence. "SO YOU ADMIT IT!" screamed Larc. "ADMIT WHAT!" replied Patrick and Vanessa. Larc looked at Patrick. "You, Gerard and Emmy may want to leave the room. AND ASHER - !" Asher gave a girlish scream, "YOU WILL LEAVE THE ROOM OR I WILL STRANGLE THE LIVING DAYLIGHT OUT OF YOU!" Asher sang, "But I love her! Does that mean nothing? I love her! Show some compassion!" Larc and Gerard both cried out of pure reflex, "The world showed no compassion to me!" Then both of them blushed and yelled, "LEAVE!" Asher scampered out of the room. Larc grinned smugly, looking at Vanessa. "I told you I'd get along with Gerard Butler." Vanessa stuck out her tongue at Larc.

After Emmy, Gerard, and Patrick had left, Larc sat down on the ground in front of Vanessa. "Didn't you say this story wasn't going to be entirely about – I MEAN – Didn't you vow that you'd never fall in love with Patrick Wilson if you ever met him by a strange twist of fate that could only happen on Fanfiction?" Veronica – I MEAN, VANESSA – totally disregarded that Skye – I MEAN, LARC – had mentioned that they were fictional characters and said, "I know… But he's so charming!" Larc raised an eyebrow. "Who uses the word 'charming' anymore?" "ME!" shouted Vanessa. "And anyway, he likes me for me!" Larc, out of impulse, said in a squeaky voice, "Yes, he'll like me for me!" (See "The One Ring to Rule Them All 3" on They both stared at each other. "Uhh… Yeah…" said Larc. "Soooo… let's eat lunch." Vanessa nodded, totally forgetting the call she had received on her cell phone in which Asher asked her to eat lunch with him (and she had accepted. Ew.).

When the girls had arrived back in their room, they decided to listen to some music. "I want to listen to Rick Springfield!" cried Larc, leaping towards her suitcase. "No! Rick what-ever-his-name-is sucks! I want Phantom! It'll be like having Patrick and Gerry and Emmy in this room!" Vanessa yelled as she pressed the play button on her stereo, which happened to already have the Phantom CD in it. Larc paused. "They have been in this room, V. If you haven't noticed." At that time, she pulled out her headphone set and turned on Rick Springfield. But each girl tried to out-volume each other by turning up their music. Soon, the room was filled with a really weird combination of theatre goodness and Vegas goodness. (Yeah, Rick Springfield performs shows in Vegas! I don't think he sings anymore, though… It's called FX if anyone wanted to know!) Vanessa screeched as loud as she could (which was pretty loud), "Gerry, Patrick, Asher, anybody, make it stop!" The room was suddenly filled with men. (Or, to be more specific, two men and a piece of crap.) All of them rushed at the girls, Asher pinning Vanessa down while Patrick turned her music off, Gerard glaring at Larc until she shut hers off as well. "What is wrong with you two!" cried Gerard. "Both of you are acting like four-year-olds that can't get their way!" Larc sighed, saying to herself, "I'm being told off by the guy that played Erik… A blessing, or a curse…?" "Will you shut up!" yelled Vanessa, pushing Asher off of her. "This is just as much your fault as it is mine!" Larc gave an utterly fake gasp. "Vanessa actually admitted that she did something wrong!" she said to the two men and piece of crap. "Asher! Would you go away!" Vanessa yelled, pushing the boy trying to get at her away. "You're the one who called me, toots," said Asher. ((Skye thinks: "Get at her? WHAT THE HECK IS THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN! Ew." –end of thought-)) "Yes, but you're so… clingy. You need mental help Asher," Vanessa said in a more calm tone. Larc looked at her, saying, "Finally! Something we agree on!" She stood and walked out of the room without a backward glance, warning, "If anyone follows me I will hurt them."

"So, that was interesting." Vanessa said to the three males staring at the door that Larc had just walked through. ((TWO MEN AND A PIECE OF CRAP! How many times must I tell you thinks, Veronica!)) Vanessa sent a look at Patrick that meant to throw Asher out. "Asher, dude, you sooo need to get a life. Can't you see that they don't want you? They think you are… a… very bad thing that words can't describe. Would you get out or do I have to show you the way?" ((Skye: "Oh, I can think of a few words to describe him… I shall say one in Japanese… baka! And that is one of the tame ones…")) Asher looked at the floor - he couldn't believe that a man willing to wear a foppish outfit and hair was telling him off. "I know the way thank you," he said with a smug tone. "I loved her. More than you ever will." Gerard gave him a glare. "Which 'her'?" Asher looked at him, then walked out.

Patrick looked at the two beings in the room, "Want to go swimming?" He asked just for something to do. "I'll get Emmy." Gerard said as he walked out. ((Skye: "I still imagine him in the Phantom costume, complete with mask, sadly. I HAVEN'T SEEN HIM ANY OTHER WAY! Don't hurt me! As for his swim trunks…"))

"So, that Asher guy," Patrick said looking at Vanessa, "Is he a friend of yours? Or an old boyfriend? Or is he just an annoying little twit that visits you constantly?" Patrick had by then sat down on Larc's bed. Vanessa laughed, "A mixture of it all. I went out with him through seventh and eighth grade. Then I dumped him and he kept crawling back. Larc finally convinced me to succumb to the fact that he was an idiot. So now he annoys us in hopes that I will take him back." Vanessa stared into his eyes. "I better get changed," Vanessa said finally. She walked slowly to the bathroom, bathing suit already inside.

Gerard whipped out his card key, knocked courteously, then opened the door. "Emmy?" Emmy looked up from her book. "Uh huh?" she asked. "Vanessa, Patrick and I are going swimming. Care to join us?" Within 3.42 seconds, Emmy was rummaging through her baggage to find her bathing suit. "Give me five minutes!" she cried, finding her suit and running into the bathroom, slamming the door shut. Gerard blinked, awestruck at how fast Emmy was. He closed the door, then opened Larc and Vanessa's which he had left open. "Five minutes," he called inside. Patrick rolled his eyes. "Teenagers. Vanessa's going to take at least ten." "Oh. Well, Emmy'll be here in five." With that, Gerard turned and closed the door.

He slowly looked around. "Where could she have gone?" Gerard murmured to himself. "Looking for me?" Gerard jumped as he spun around. Almost immediately he wished he hadn't. Emotionless green-gold eyes were literally inches from his face. "I told you that I would hurt anyone that followed me." Larc crossed her arms and took a few steps back. "I suppose I could make an exception for you. I know you're coming out here in good interest, at least."

Gerard joked, "Thank God! I wouldn't want to face the wrath of another teen female! I've seen a few of my fans, and believe me, it's an experience you should PRAY that you don't have!" Larc said in a mockery of mortification, "I sure hope I don't have any female fans!" Gerard smiled. "Vanessa, Patrick, Emmy and I are swimming. You in the mood to join us?" Larc sighed. "I'll come… but I'm not going to swim." "Why not?" asked Gerard, beginning to lead the way into Larc's room. Larc handed him the card key and said, "Just in case Asher's there. If I have to be stuck on this ship with him, I'm not going to give him any type of pleasure." Gerard shook his head and grinned. "You really don't like this guy, do you?"

aragonlover - (throws you entire assortment of snacks) Woohoo! My first non-flaming review! Well, there's a bit more of Gerard in this chapter, even though I had to add him in because Veronica COMPLETELY ignores our dear Gerard... WHY DOES SHE IGNORE HIM! All she thinks about is Patrick... (grumbles to self) There will be a little bit more of Gerard in later chapters. Especially in chapters 22-30.

RilkaGreenRider - (throws you entire assortment of snacks) YAY! Another non-flaming review! I actually have the entire story typed out, I just want to make you review more. Hmm, what kind of ideas did I bring up?

Catnip - If it really made you puke, I'm kinda afraid for you. You won't like later chapters if you didn't like that one. I suggest you either don't read it, or you keep a paper bag at hand.

Alright, chapter four is up! YAHOO! I actually have people that don't hate it! Yay! When I saw that I had four new reviews, I thought they all would be flames... Anyway, whoever reviews for this chapters gets to choose an action figure of any of the characters that you know of so far!