Sorry I haven't updated in forever, but I discovered myspace & I have studying to do for AP tests & SATS. Plus my community service crap. PLUS, prom…so I've had NO time whatsoever for ANYTHING fun. But I'm doing this at 10 at night & I decided to update.
Rating: T-13+
Genre: Romance/Action/Adventure/Humor
Language: English
Romances: 3/4, 1/5, 2/Lizzie
Summary: The kids are teenagers now, but they start to remember their lives as KND members. What happens when old romances come back?
Chapter 8: Romances?
Kuki walked down the street, thinking about Wally. "I wish I could tell him how I feel…but Caitlyn would be PIST!" she moans.
"Hey, babe. What's up?" a voice called out.
Kuki turned to see Austin in his car, slowing down. "Nothing. Just thinking out loud."
Austin nodded, then frowned at her hair. "What did you do to your hair?"
Kuki reached back to touch it. "What's wrong with it?"
He stopped the car & opened the door for her. "It's just so short…"
When Kuki didn't make a move to get in the car, Austin grinned. "Are you getting in?"
"You didn't ask." Kuki crossed her arms.
Austin laughed. "Since when do I have to ask?"
Kuki didn't find it quite so funny, though. "It would be nice if you asked me once in a while."
Austin stopped & looked at Kuki, closely. "What's wrong?"
Kuki frowned. "Nothing." she said, in an irritated tone.
Austin's eyebrows frowned. "Why are you so snappy?"
Kuki looked at him & felt bad for snapping at him. "Sorry. I just have a lot on my mind."
Austin smiled. "Oh, I see. Well, I'll see you later than."
Kuki nodded. "See you." She waved as he drove off, feeling bad. She sighs. "It's not his fault he isn't Wally." She begins to walk again, thinking out loud. "Great. Now what do I do!"
"Try not talking to yourself in public." a voice laughs.
Kuki turns to see Tiffany laughing. "Shut up, Tif!" she jokingly shouts.
Tiffany takes a look at Kuki's hair & stops laughing. "What did you do to your hair!" she squealed.
Kuki winched. "What's wrong with it?" she asks feeling it.
Tiffany walks over & lifts it up, limply. "Short hair was SOO last year!" she says, shaking her head. "We HAVE to do something with it!"
"But I like it this way…" Kuki weakly says, before being pulled away by a still talking Tiffany. '…I don't know what to do, but I bet Laura will!" Tiffany stops, takes out her cell & dials a number.
A pause, &… "Hey, Laura. It's me, Tif. We have a fashion emergency!"
Another pause & Tiffany screamed. "No way! He is so icky! Why would you date him!"
This went on for a while, & Kuki saw her escape. As Tiffany gabbed on with Laura, Kuki slinked off & began to run.
"Whew, that was…WOAH!" Kuki ran right into something…or someone.
"Sorry, you OK?" a voice asked & Kuki looked up at Wally standing over her, offering his hand.
Blushing, Kuki took it & he helped her up. She brushed off her jeans & looked up (he grew) at Wally. "Sorry for running into you." She apologized.
Wally looked down at her, at her black eyes & felt his heart beat faster. He felt blood rush to his face & he cleared his throat. "No problem." He avoided her eyes.
Kuki took a deep breath & said, "Doyouwanttohangout?" she said this VERY fast, but Wally understood.
'She wants to hang out with me!' he screams in his head. But he attempts a smile & nods, throat suddenly dry.
Kuki grinned & grabbed his hand. "OK, let's go!" she begins to run down the street, followed by a beet-red Wally.
Meanwhile, Abby is walking down the street, enjoying the sunshine. "This feels great!" she exclaims, throwing her arms up. But her hand connected with something…or someone.
"OW!" a voice calls out.
Abby spins around, embarrassed. "I'm so…" she stops, seeing it's Nigel, holding his bloody nose. Her mouth drops & she stares at him, taking him all in. He finally had hair, dark brown, & he still wore those sunglasses. He still wore his red shirt with gray shorts.
Nigel stared at her, a little freaked out. "Um…are you OK?"
Abby snapped out of it & nodded, smiling. "Yeah, sorry. I should ask if you're OK, though. I'm sorry I smacked you in the face." she apologizes.
Nigel smiles, feeling a sense of recognition about her. "It's fine…"
"Abigail Lincoln. But my friends call me Abby." she introduces herself.
'Abby? I've heard that somewhere.' he thought. "Hi, I'm…"
"Nigel Uno." Abby offered.
"How do you know my name?" he asks, staring at her.
Abby's eyes widened. "Um…you're in my…math class."
"Really?" Nigel pictures his math class, but doesn't see Abby. "Are you sure?"
Abby nods. "Yeah. Um, I better go. See you!" she runs off, face beet-red.
Nigel watches her go, feeling something toward her. 'What is it about that girl?' he thinks, but shrugs it off. "I better go meet Lizzie." He walks off.
Lizzie is sitting in the park, looking for Nigel. She sighs & looks at her watch for the 4th time. "Why is he ALWAYS late!" she moans, letting her head drop backwards toward the sun.
"Lizzie?" a voice says.
Lizzie looks up to see Hoagie. "Hey, Hoagie." she smiles & scoots over. "Sit down."
Hoagie nods & sits down next to her, but he's sort of scooted away from her. "Um…what are you doing here?" he asks.
"Waiting for Nigel to show up. He's late, AGAIN." Lizzie sighs.
Hoagie begins to fidget. "Nigel's coming…here." he gets up.
Lizzie frowns, then laughs. "Oh, don't worry. Knowing Nigel, he'll be here in 10-15 mins. We can hang till then." Lizzie gets up.
Hoagie nods. "Sure." The two of them walk off.
Back with Kuki & Wally, they're walking down the street, talking. "So, cheerleading, huh?" Wally asks, eyebrows raised.
Kuki glared at him, playfully. "Yes. I happen to enjoy it." she sticks her nose in the air, smiling. She sees Wally laugh from the corner of her eye. 'He's way more easy going then he used to be.' she thinks, smiling. 'Not like that's a bad thing.'
They stop at a crosswalk & wait for the crosswalk light to change to walk. "So, what do you do?" Kuki asks, subtle.
She notices Wally get quiet & looks at him. She sees his eyes change from happy-laughing eyes to sad-something bad happened eyes. "I'm sorry, you don't have to…"
"Not, it's fine." Wally interrupts her. He sighs & we go to flashback mode. We see Wally at age 14, awkward & all arms & legs. Wally's voice over: "I can't remember much from my childhood. My earliest memory was being 14 & trying out for the football team." We go to Wally in football gear, but he's MUCH shorter than everyone else. "But I had a problem…I was short. And short guys don't do good on football teams. So I was cut." Flash to Wally taking off his helmet & throwing it to the ground, in a rage. "I swore from that day I'd get revenge on those mindless football players." The picture fades back to the two of them standing on the corner.
Kuki was quiet, remembering now. "I remember when you tried out. I thought you were a joke." she said, in a sad tone. "I didn't know it hurt that much." 'And to think, we made fun of him for the past 2 years.' she thinks, cringing.
Wally looks up, his eyes becoming unreadable. "It's fine. I'm over it." The light changes & Wally walks across the street. Kuki stares at him, thinking 'Wally, I wish I could tell you how I feel & take back the pain.' She sighed, stepping down from the curb & following him.
In the meantime, Abby had stopped running & was breathing extremely hard, cursing to herself. "Wow, I am such a loser! He probably thinks I'm a stalker." She falls to the ground, face in hands.
"Hey, Abby. What's up?" a voice says.
Abby looks up to see Cree standing over her. Her hair is longer now & she wears glasses. She was currently wearing jeans & a tank top. She threw a jacket over it & wore flip flops.
Abby sighs. "Nothing. Just thinking how stupid I am."
Cree smiles & sits down next to her. "What happened, baby sis?"
"I'm not your 'baby sister' anymore." Abby snaps back, then sees Cree grinning & playfully hits her. "Shut up, big sis."
Cree laughs. "You know I do that to annoy you. So what's up?"
Abby starts. "Well, there's this guy who I REALLY LIKE & I made a complete fool of myself in front of him. He probably thinks I'm a stalker!" she moans, putting her face back in her hands.
Cree puts her arms around Abby. "So I'm guessing this isn't Tony."
Abby opens her mouth to explain, but Cree shushes her. "No need. I understand. All I have to say is if this guy is really the one, then he won't mind if you acted like a complete fool in front of him or not."
Abby felt a little better & smiles. "Thanks, Cree. Didn't I ever tell you how cool you are?"
"You wouldn't say that a couple of years ago." Cree mumbles, but Abby hears.
'If she only knew. Well, she's good now & not working with the adults anymore.' Abby thinks to herself, smiling.
Cree stands up & helps Abby up. "Let's go get ice cream." she suggested.
Abby nods. "If you pay…"
"Again…?" Cree sighs, rolling her eyes, jokingly.
Abby laughs. "Yep."
"Fine. Let's go." Cree begins to walk, followed by Abby.
Back to Lizzie & Hoagie, they're drinking soda & sitting outside, laughing. "No way…I can't believe you would do that!" Hoagie guffawed.
Lizzie was blushing. "Hey, I was 13!" she protested.
Hoagie couldn't stop laughing, though. "I…just can't believe…you would do…that!"
Lizzie glared playfully at him when her cell rang. She picked it up. "Nigel?" her face went pale & Hoagie felt his heart drop into his stomach.
Lizzie got up, still talking. "No, I'm hanging out with a friend." Pause. "No, I'm still going to the picnic with you." Another pause. "All right. I'll see you in a few minutes. Bye."
She hung up & turned to Hoagie. "Hoagie, I…"
Hoagie stopped her. "I understand." He got up, finishing off his soda. "No problem." He threw his cup away & dusted off his hands. "I should go anyways."
He turned to Lizzie & smiled. "Well, I'll see you later."
Lizzie nodded, smiling. "Yep. Bye." She hugged him & ran off, leaving Hoagie confused. He walked down the street, thinking out loud. "I don't understand. Does she like me or not? If she's with Nigel, then she obviously doesn't like me. But then why does she hang out with me?"
He threw his arms up in the arm in frustration. "What do I do now!…." he looks up & gasps. A HUGE spaceship is hovering over him & a light comes down toward him…
Hahahaha! I laugh at you all for cliffhangers! Okay, laughter all gone. I promise I'll try to update in the next day or two…or three…or four…hmmm….