Disclaimer: In first chapter. I also don't own, Coke, CSI, J.R.R. Tolkein, C.S. Lewis, or J.K. Rowling. But all of them are so cool.
Authors note: Sorry for the slight delay. I haven't had much time to write the chapter. And how do you move a story to a C2 community? I've been trying to move this one to the one I made for this series but I've had no luck.
And as for the location of Ishacara Falls, it's somewhere on National 40 (or whatever that Nation long road is called) Probably west of Indy, And Ishacara Falls is big, but not as big as Indianapolis.
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"So, how'd you like your first day of Ishacara High?" Dave asked as they walked out of the school building.
"Dave, it's school. What do you expect?" Caitlin said, raising an eyebrow.
"Good point," Dave said, smiling.
"I'm hungry," Caitlin announced.
"You? At least you got a decent lunch," Dave pointed out.
"Yeah. But my stomach has no end," Caitlin explained. "I'm always hungry."
"Well, I like to go to Vinnietta's. It's a pizza place," Dave explained to Caitlin after seeing the look at her face.
"I'm always in the mood for pizza," Caitlin told him.
Just then, Dave noticed something. "Well, I hope you have a car 'cause there goes the bus," he said, pointing as the buses left.
"You don't have a car?" Caitlin asked.
"Not until I graduate. Have a license though," Dave explained.
"Well, it just so happens that I do have a car," Caitlin said, heading to the parking lot. "Viola!"
"Wow," Dave said as he saw the red Dune Buggy. "Awesome."
"Thanks. Got it as a seventeenth birthday gift from my brother last spring," Caitlin said, dumping her things in back and getting in the drivers seat.
"Cool, can I drive it?" Dave asked hopefully.
"Heck no! This is my pride and joy," Caitlin told him. "Get your own!"
"Okay, okay," Dave said, getting in the passenger seat. "But really, I don't think I'm ready for the responsibility."
Caitlin groaned. "Where's this Vinnietta's?"
"Okay, go strait until you hit the stop light up ahead. Then turn left…"
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"So, then he's like, 'Gimme your bike or else'" Flip Walsh said as people crowded around his booth at Vinnietta's to hear the story about how some guy tried to steal his motorcycle.
"So, what did you do?" Stacy asked leaning forward.
"Socked him in the jaw," Flip said, taking a drink of soda. He was wearing a white t-shirt that was ripped at the bottom. On the back of his chair was his Letter Jacket. He was the Quarter Back and Captain of the Football team.
"Ooh, what did he do then?" Some girl from the crowd asked.
"He put up a bit of a fight. Gave me this, he said, pulling up his sleeve to show a bruise on his shoulder.
"Ouch," Evangeline said.
"Doesn't hurt much," Flip said. "Though I--"
He stopped as he saw the door to Vinnietta's open. A girl with long, brown hair walked in. She was laughing at something. She had a beautiful smile. And her eyes…
"Uh, Flip?" Stacy asked. "You okay?"
"Huh?" Flip directed his attention back to the crowd. A boy walked in behind the girl and they headed to a table across the room. "Oh, uh. Anyway, though I think I got him good. I saw two teeth fall out of his mouth…"
"Again, I'm gonna take a wild guess here," Caitlin said, looking to where a people were crowding around some guy. "The popular jock?"
"And Starring Quarter Back, and Captain of the Football Team, and apparently he was nearly robbed last night," Dave said.
"Huh," Caitlin said. She glanced at the guy. Then looked back at Dave. "So, what's there to do in Ishacara Falls?"
"Well, there's two movie theaters, one on Main Street and one in the Mall. The Mall, by the way, is huge. Three stories. And it has a carousel. And a rock climbing wall," Dave told her.
"Ugh," Caitlin said. Caitlin hated heights, something Dave learned in Gym today when they were asked to climb the ropes.
"And there's Lake Brookett, And there's the Amusement Park, Lucky Land—"
"Lucky Land!" Caitlin burst out laughing.
"It's actually an awesome place," Dave told her. "It sponsors a lot of our games," Ishacara High's sports teams were the Ishacara Leprechauns. "So a few years ago they changed the name."
"What was the original name?" Caitlin asked.
"Uh, by a few years ago I mean before I was born. I forget," Dave said.
"Sorry for the delay," A waitress came over to them. "It's kinda busy today. May I take your order?"
"Uh, what do you want?" Dave asked.
"Just extra cheese," Caitlin said.
"Okay, one large pizza, half extra cheese, the other half pineapple." Dave said.
"And to drink?" The waitress asked, writing the order down.
"Uh, Coke for me please," Caitlin said.
"Same here," Dave told the waitress. She nodded and went to place the order.
"Pineapple pizza?" Caitlin said, raising an eyebrow.
"What? It's good," Dave told her as the waitress came back with their drinks. "Try it."
"Whatever," Caitlin said. "I have a question. Why is this city called 'Ishacara Falls'?"
"Oh. That," Dave said, grinning. "Well, apparently, the founder's daughter, about-oh- a hundred and something years ago, fell out of a tree. Her name was Ishacara."
"Oh."
"The supposed tree is in Maple Park. It's a city landmark," Dave said.
The two of them talk for about a half hour. They each learned more about each other. Dave learned that Caitlin was interested in space and astronomy, that her favorite authors are J.R.R Tolkein, C.S. Lewis, and J.K. Rowling. He also learned that she liked CSI, animals, she has a cat named Nerys (named for Kira Nerys on DEEP SPACE NINE), had a dog named Jake (but he stayed with her dad), she goes to church and she now lives in the Sun Shine Apartments.
Caitlin learned that Dave was also mildly interested in space, that he like to mess around with electronics, that he has a black lab/sheltie mix named Batman, was usually shy, and loved to read comic books.
Then there pizza arrived. "Come on. Try the pineapple," Dave said, waving a slice of pineapple pizza in front of her face.
"Fine," Caitlin said. She took the slice and took a bite. She nearly spit it out. She managed to swallow it. "Gross!"
"Suit yourself," Dave said, as Caitlin quickly drank her Coke to get rid of the taste.
"How can you eat that?" Caitlin asked as Dave took a bite of his slice. She picked up a slice of cheese.
"How can you not eat it?" Dave asked.
Caitlin rolled her eyes. She felt someone starring at her. She turned around and saw that the Jock-Guy was looking at her. When he noticed that she noticed, he smiled at her. Caitlin smiled back and turned back around. Dave was starring at her with a raised eye-brow.
"What?" Caitlin asked.
"Not you too," Dave said.
"What?" Caitlin said, kind of knowing what he was talking about.
"Nothing," Dave said, shaking his head and smiling slightly.
They continued to eat there pizza, small conversations flying. About 20 minutes later, they were done with the pizza.
"I'm stuffed," Dave said,
"I'm not," she stopped a passing waitress. "May I have the desert menu please?"
"What?" she asked as the waitress went to go get one. Dave was staring at her, moth open.
"You just ate half a large pizza and you can eat desert!" Dave asked.
"Like I said, my stomach has no bottom," Caitlin said as the waitress handed her the menu. "Hmm," she said, scanning it. "I think I'll take the… Hot Fudge Sundae, with sprinkles and nuts."
"I thought you said you were lactose intolerant," Dave said, in an almost accusing voice.
"Did I?" Caitlin asked innocently. "Well, my mom is. Does that count?"
Dave just shook his head and grinned.
The waitress brought over her sundae a moment later. Caitlin popped the cherry in her mouth and dug in with her spoon. About three minutes later, she was done. Dave was amazed.
"Most girls I know of watch what they eat and never eat that fast," Dave said.
"My weight never changes no matter what, and how much, I eat. And I'm not like most girls," Caitlin explained. "Most girls ware make-up, I never, most girls care about fashion, I only ware what the first thing I see in my dresser as long as it's comfortable. Most girls obsess about boys, I never do. Most girls don't have guys as friend-friends, I do," Caitlin said, nodding at Dave.
"Good point," Dave said, as they both stood up. Dave pulled out his wallet from his back pocket.
"No, no. Let me get it," Caitlin said, pulling her wallet from her red denim backpack (they both brought there school stuff inside).
"No, I got it," Dave insisted.
"How about we both get it?" Caitlin suggested, lifting up her backpack.
"Okay," Dave said, grabbing his blue binder. They headed to the pay area. Caitlin noticed that when they got up to leave, the Jock got up to pay as well. She also noticed when he got up, the rude blonde from lunch and her friend got up as well.
They paid for the pizza and desert and left. The Jock was not far behind. And the girls were not far behind him.