Chapter 16:
Math was over! Everyone was out of the hell hole of math in seconds. Some people still shocked that Sam solved the problem too.
"Now where to?" Hiten asked.
"Tree Trim!" Lia exclaimed as she ran up behind Sam and poked her sides, making Sam jumped and make a squeaky sound.
"What was THAT?" Inuyasha asked.
"I do that. Like when you drop something, you usually gasp, right?" Sam asked.
"No." Inuyasha replied. "But I get it."
"Right. Well, instead of gasping, I squeak." Sam said.
"O........K........." Inuyasha said.
"Wait! What's Tree Trim?" Koga asked.
"It's just a thing we have to go to. It's uaually a lot of fun." Sam said.
"Except for last year." Eric said.
"What was wrong with last year?" Sango asked.
"Nothing!" Sam yelled. "I had fun."
"Well you're always doing something for the tree trim, not sitting in a bleachers like the rest of us." Sarah said.
"Yeah." Sam said. "But that's because I volenteer to do something. You never do." Sam said.
"What do you do for the tree trim?" Kagome asked.
"I help get ready for it sometimes. Other times a play a part in a skit. I never know what they want me to do until I get there." Sam replied.
"What are we supposed to do then?" Inuyasha asked.
"Sit. Relax. Have fun!" Sam exclaimed.
"Easy for you to say." Lia said.
"Sure thing Tree." Sam said as she put her arm around Lia's neck.
"What?" Miroku asked.
"She's a tree for the tree trim." Sarah replied.
"It's a game." Eric explained. "They'll probably need more volenteers for that if you want to get out fo sitting in the bleachers?" He suggested.
"What do we have to do?" Inuyasha asked.
"You have to put on a green T-shirt and stand still with your arms spread out while little kids put decoration all over you." Lia said.
"I could sign you guys up. It will give you something to do." Sam suggested.
"Sure!" Kagome exclaimed. Then she looked at Inuyasha. "Come on Inuyasha. Do it with me."
"Whatever." Inuyasha said.
"What about you Koga?" Sam asked while looking at Koga.
Koga only shrugged. "OK." He said.
"Hiten?" Sam asked.
"No!" Sarah yelled as she grabbed hold of Hiten's arm.
Hiten only looked at her, trying to get his arm from her grasp, but failing. Sarah just wouldn't let go.
"I take that as a no you won't be going because Sarah won't let go of your arm." Sam stated. Then she started walking to the big gym.
Once they got there, Sarah led Inuyasha up to the top of the bleachers, where everything would be visible from. Miroku and Sango followed them and sat next to each other, but on the row in front of Sarah and Hiten.
Sam took everyone else to where Bradey (the class president) was.
"Hey Bradey!" Sam exclaimed.
Bradey was the same height as Sam. She had blonde hair and was usually seen where some sort of a jersey. She had blue eyes, which were covered with glasses when she wasn't wearing her contacts, and had tan skin.
"Hey Sam!" Bradey exclaimed. Then she saw everyone following Sam. "Hey Eric!" Bradey exclaimed. "You and Sam can go back there and get ready."
"Hey Bradey. Do you need anymore people to be trees for the freshman game?" Sam asked. "I heard you were short on volenteers."
"Yeah. Why?" Bradey asked.
"I got you some more trees." Sam said while pointing to Inuyasha, Kagome, and Koga.
"OK. Who are they?" Bradey asked.
"They're my friends from St. Marks. They just transfered here." Sam told Bradey.
"Cool." Bradey said, then turned to Inuyasha, Kagome, and Koga. "So do you guys like Caravel so far?" She asked.
"It's OK." Kagome said.
"It's torture." Inuyasha said.
Bradey and Sam laughed at that. "Yep. But that's what most people think about any school." Bradey said. "You guys can go back and get ready. Just ask Vienna for a green t-shirt."
"Thanks Bradey." Sam said as she walked by.
"No problem Sam." She said as she patted Sam on the back.
Everyone followed Sam behind stage, where they would get ready for the tree trim.
"Sam!" Someone yelled.
"What?" Sam asked.
"Come here for make-up!" The person yelled.
"Coming!" Sam yelled.
Then she turned to everyone. "Just wait here. I'll ask Vienna to get you your t-shirts. Just put them on over your shirt that you have on now." but then she noticed that Koga was wearing a button down collared shirt. "Umm... Koga? You're gonna have to take this shirt off when Vienna give you the t-shirt. OK?"
Koga nodded, then Sam walked off.
"Vienna!" Sam yelled.
"Hmm?" Vienna asked.
"Bradey needs you to get three green t-shirt for the new kids over there!" Sam yelled to Vienna.
"Go it!" Vienna yelled back as she grabbed three dark green t-shirts and walked over to Inuyasha, Kagome, and Koga.
Then she saw Inuyasha's dog ears.
"Are those real?" She asked while pointing to Inuyasha's ears.
Then she saw them twitch. "Oh my god!" She yelled.
Sam turned just beforethe make-up person put some make-up on her. Then she stood and walked over to where Vienna yelled while looking at Inuyasha.
"Vienna? You OK?" Sam asked.
Vienna only nodded, a shocked expression on her face.
"OK. Umm... This is my friend Inuyasha. You see, when he was born, those ears were some sort of birth defect that he got for some reason, and that's why he has them." Sam explained.
Vienna looked at her. "Really?" Vienna asked.
Then Vienna looked back at Inuyasha. "THOSE EARS ARE THE COOLEST!!!!" She yelled, making Inuyasha wince because she was so loud. "Can I touch them?" She asked as she reached up to touch them, but couldn't reach the ears.
"Sorry. I don't like people touching my ears." Inuyasha said.
"Oh. Sorry." Vienna said. "But they're still cool." Vienna said. Then she heard someone call her. So she turned and walked away.
"My ears are cool?" Inuyasha asked Sam.
"Well, you don't see many people with dog ears." Sam replied. "It's different and that's why it's cool." Sam said. "Plus, their so darn CUTE!" She said in a babying tone as she rubbed his ears. Then walked away before Inuyasha could do anything.
Everything was going great. Inuyasha, Kagome, and Koga were ready to be trees. Sam had explained to them that they had to stay still the whole time, mostly looking at Inuyasha while she explained this. And that's all they had to do. She told them that the kids would just hang stuff on their arms and throw a few things on them too. Like glitery things that Sam showed them. But they couldn't move.
Then it was time for the tree trim to start.
First, a senior studentcame out onto the gym floor with a microphone in hand.
"Can everyone please quiet down?" She asked into the microphone.
No one wnent quiet.
"CAN EVERYONE PLEASE QUIET DOWN?!" She yelled into the microphone this time.
Everyone was dead silent.
"Thankyou." The senior said. "Now. I want to welcome everyone to the 21st annual tree trim at Caravel Academy.
"Have all of had a good year so far?!" She yelled.
Everyone started to cheer, mostly the lower schoolers.
"OK. Well, I'm wanna introduce you all to Page and Mandy!" She yelled into the microphone as two more girls ran out wearing Santa hats and red t-shirts with pajama pants.
"Hello everyone!" Page yelled into the microphone.
"Have all of you been good for Christmas?" Mandy yelled into her microphone.
Everyone cheered, once again, mostly lower schooler and 5th and 6th graders.
"Is that all?" Mandy asked. "I asked has everyone been good this year?!"
More people cheered, but almost none of the highschoolers.
"Hey Mandy! Speaking of Christmas, I've heard that there's a senior who doesn't believe in Santa!" Page said into the microphone.
You could hear all the lower schoolers gasping.
Sarah was up in the bleachers and fake gasped. "Oh no. Someone doesn't believe in Santa." She said sarcastically.
Hiten, Sango, and Miroku all looked at her confused.
"What?" Sarah asked.
"Why are you doing that?" Miroku asked.
"And who's Santa?" Sango asked.
"And why do all those kids looked shocked?" Hiten asked.
"OK. 1, I was being sarcastic. 2, Santa is a guy who 'supposedly' goes around the whole world in one night, which would be Christmas Eve night, and gives presents to all the kids around the world. And 3, all those kids over there looked shocked because al of them like, idolize Santa." Sarah explained.
"Oh." Hiten said.
"Hey! Where's everyone else?" Sango asked.
"They'll be out there soon." Sarah replied.
"OK." Sango said then looked back down at the stage to where the two girls were still talking.
"I heard it was Megan Sculley." Page said into the microphone.
"Where is she?!" Mandy yelled.
"Has anyone seen Megan?" Page yelled.
Everyone knew who megan was. She was a pretty popular girl. So everyone pointed to the corner of the fym where Megan was standing.
"There she is!" Page yelled.
"Megan. Why don't you believe in Santa?" Mandy asked.
Then Megan took her microphone. "Please. Who believes in Santa anymore. There's no such thing." Megan said.
"Well, there's got to be some way we can get you to believe in Santa." Mandy said.
"There's no such thing as Santa and that all there is to it." Megan said
"Maybe a Christmas song sung by two of our own freshman will help?" Page asked.
"Yeah!" Mandy exclaimed. "Everyone give it up for Sam Sherlock and Eric Lentz!" Mandy yelled.
Then Sam and Eric went out onto the gym floor with there own microphones.
Everyone started to cheer. Sarah actually stood up and screamed while she clapped her hands. She always had a camera on hand, and Sam hand asked her to take a picture while she was out on the floor. Plus, she was doing a duet with Eric, it would make a perfect picture.
"I'll be right back." Sarah said as she went down to the bottom row to get a picture.
Then she saw Mike sitting there in the front row.
"Hey Sarah?" Mike asked.
"Hmm?" Sarah asked.
"Are Sam and Eric going out or something? They seem more like a couple now." Mike asked.
"Yeah. They've been going out for like, a week now." Sarah said as she focused the camera.
Then Sam and Eric started to sing.
Sam:
No mountains too hight, for you to climb,
All you have to do is have some climbing faith, oh yeah
No river's to wide, for you to make it across
All yo have to do, is believe it when you pray
Eric:
And then you will see, the morning will come
And everyday will be bright as the sun
All of your fears, just cast them on me
I just want you to see...
Eric and Sam:
I'll be your could up in the sky
I'll be you shoulder when you cry
I'll hear your voices when you call me
I am your angel
And when all hope is gone, I'm hear
No matter how far you are or near
It makes no difference who you are
I am your angel
I'm your angel
Eric:
I saw the teardrops, and I heard you cry
All you need is time, seek me and you shall find
You have everything and you're still lonely
It don't have to be this way, let me show you and better day
Sam:
And then you will see, the morning will come
And all of your days will be bright as the sun
So all of your fears, just cast them on me
How can I make you see...
Eric and Sam:
I'll be your could up in the sky
I'll be you shoulder when you cry
I'll hear your voices when you call me
I am your angel
And when all hope is gone, I'm hear
No matter how far you are or near
It makes no difference who you are
I am your angel
I'm your angel
Eric:
And when it's time to face the storm
Sam:
I'll be right by your side
Eric:
Grace will keep us safe and warm
Sam and Eric:
And I know we will survive
Sam:
And when it seems as if your end is drawing near
Don't you dare giveup the fight
Just put your trust beyond the sky...
Eric and Sam:
I'll be your could up in the sky
I'll be you shoulder when you cry
I'll hear your voices when you call me
I am your angel
And when all hope is gone, I'm hear
No matter how far you are or near
It makes no difference who you are
I am your angel
I'm your angel
I'll be your could up in the sky
I'll be you shoulder when you cry
I'll hear your voices when you call me
I am your angel
And when all hope is gone, I'm hear
No matter how far you are or near
It makes no difference who you are
I am your angel
I'm your angel
Everyone cheered for Eric and Sam, and Sarah got a great picture, so she went back up to sit with Hiten.
Sam and Eric took a bow and stood there for a moment while everyone cheered.
ThenMandy and Page walked back out onto the gym floor and Eric and Sam gave their microphones back.
"Let's hear it for Sam Sherlock and Eric Lentz!" Page yelled.
Everyone continued to cheer while Sam and Eric went back stage.
AN- Well there's part 1 of the tree trim. What should I do next??? Hmm............ I'll get back to you on that ASAP. AndI made this chapter extra long for you guys. So be happy about it!!!!!!!!!!Plz R&R. Thanx! TTFN!!!