Disclaimer: I don't own the great Gatsby. Either F. Scott Fitzgerald does
or his copyright company. On second thought, I don't think he DOES own it.
It is my understanding that he is no longer living.
A/N: Yay! Another chapter typed up! Well, This one is my cracked up
attempt at explaining the How and Why points to title of Lisa and my book
diving. ;;
Chapter 5, How and Why
"I still don't understand this book world business," said Jay. They were all sitting at the kitchen table in Lisa's parent's house. She and Angela were visiting for the weekend from college. They had already spent one night at Angela's mom's and were to return to campus the next day.
"It's okay, we don't understand it much, either," said Angela.
"I'll explain what I can," said Lisa. "You see, every book is sort of like a knot. You read the book and each word is like another string that unravels part of the knot. Sometimes, if you pull to hard or too much on one string, the knot gets bigger," she explained.
"But it's the same way with the magic behind the story," said Angela.
"Magic behind the story?" said Nick skeptically.
"Yup!" said Angela happily.
"It's kinda complicated," said Lisa. "I'm not even sure when or where we started to unravel the knots of magic behind the books," she said.
"Oh! I remember!" said Angela happily, cutting Lisa off. "Tenth grade! X-men novel!" then she pouted. "The one Kurt and Gambit weren't in..."
"That's right!" said Lisa, smiling. She saw Nick and Jay's confused looks and shook her head. "It's not important," she told them. "It seems that if there is a way to fix the story or if you find a loophole, it's easier to unravel then knot. Take your story for instance. We, well, I saved Jay." She beamed happily.
"So basically, you're the ones who brought us here," said Nick.
The girls fidgeted. "Well... we're not really... supposed to..." said Angela. "We didn't even realize it was possible..."
"Well you sure seemed willing to try," Lisa muttered so that only Angela could hear.
"Well, maybe if someone hadn't screwed up the book beyond all repair..." Angela said loudl.y
"That was an accident! I meant to come for his funeral... that wouldn't have changed much... I mean, what difference would one person make?"
"Yeah, with all the people I know they wouldn't even had noticed you, Lisa," said Gatsby.
"I'm not even gonna touch that one," Angela muttered. Lisa glared.
"So..." said Gatsby.
"Oh, come on," said Nick. "It can't be that difficult to fix. Just take us back in. Unravel the knot or whatever."
"It's not that simple," said Lisa.
"Yeah, the fastest we've ever been able to re-enter a book is after one year of time passing," said Lisa.
"Yeah, and now we're in college!" said Angela. "It'll take forever!"
"But why come visit us, then?" asked Gatsby.
"Extra credit," Angela and Lisa said, holding up the V for victory sign. Nick and Gatsby fell over.
A/N: YAY! Two chapter updates in one day! Go me! Teehee! Hope you guys like it! I added some stuff to make this chapter explaination not so sucky. I at least tried. I may put more stuff about the book diving in at a later date. But then again, maybe not becuase I have up to the beginning of chapter 11 written out and waiting to be typed. I guess that's it. If anyone has any ideas, e-mail me at jupitergurl02hotmail.com and thank you all for reading this far and don't forget to review!
Chapter 5, How and Why
"I still don't understand this book world business," said Jay. They were all sitting at the kitchen table in Lisa's parent's house. She and Angela were visiting for the weekend from college. They had already spent one night at Angela's mom's and were to return to campus the next day.
"It's okay, we don't understand it much, either," said Angela.
"I'll explain what I can," said Lisa. "You see, every book is sort of like a knot. You read the book and each word is like another string that unravels part of the knot. Sometimes, if you pull to hard or too much on one string, the knot gets bigger," she explained.
"But it's the same way with the magic behind the story," said Angela.
"Magic behind the story?" said Nick skeptically.
"Yup!" said Angela happily.
"It's kinda complicated," said Lisa. "I'm not even sure when or where we started to unravel the knots of magic behind the books," she said.
"Oh! I remember!" said Angela happily, cutting Lisa off. "Tenth grade! X-men novel!" then she pouted. "The one Kurt and Gambit weren't in..."
"That's right!" said Lisa, smiling. She saw Nick and Jay's confused looks and shook her head. "It's not important," she told them. "It seems that if there is a way to fix the story or if you find a loophole, it's easier to unravel then knot. Take your story for instance. We, well, I saved Jay." She beamed happily.
"So basically, you're the ones who brought us here," said Nick.
The girls fidgeted. "Well... we're not really... supposed to..." said Angela. "We didn't even realize it was possible..."
"Well you sure seemed willing to try," Lisa muttered so that only Angela could hear.
"Well, maybe if someone hadn't screwed up the book beyond all repair..." Angela said loudl.y
"That was an accident! I meant to come for his funeral... that wouldn't have changed much... I mean, what difference would one person make?"
"Yeah, with all the people I know they wouldn't even had noticed you, Lisa," said Gatsby.
"I'm not even gonna touch that one," Angela muttered. Lisa glared.
"So..." said Gatsby.
"Oh, come on," said Nick. "It can't be that difficult to fix. Just take us back in. Unravel the knot or whatever."
"It's not that simple," said Lisa.
"Yeah, the fastest we've ever been able to re-enter a book is after one year of time passing," said Lisa.
"Yeah, and now we're in college!" said Angela. "It'll take forever!"
"But why come visit us, then?" asked Gatsby.
"Extra credit," Angela and Lisa said, holding up the V for victory sign. Nick and Gatsby fell over.
A/N: YAY! Two chapter updates in one day! Go me! Teehee! Hope you guys like it! I added some stuff to make this chapter explaination not so sucky. I at least tried. I may put more stuff about the book diving in at a later date. But then again, maybe not becuase I have up to the beginning of chapter 11 written out and waiting to be typed. I guess that's it. If anyone has any ideas, e-mail me at jupitergurl02hotmail.com and thank you all for reading this far and don't forget to review!