Breakdown
Chapter 1: Solo and Ensemble
Ok, just so everyone knows, it is still not too late to submit! You could pretty much keep adding until the stories over, because I could always fit you in somewhere...and now enjoy the story! It takes place on the ride home from Solo and Ensemble...and we're all finding out our results. Peace out! *mumbles of 'Peace out? Moron*
"Will everybody sit down so we could do a head count?" came a voice from the front of the bus. Everyone groaned and turned in their seats or lowered the volume on their Portable CD players so they could manage to hear what was being said.
The person speaking was Mrs. Riley, their band instructor. Mr. Nistenon, also known as Mr. N had gone home on the earlier bus. He was the choir instructor and was watching over those on the other bus who had been able to get home earlier with their schedule.
As she slowly got to the back of the bus, she sighed. "Alright, we're missing four of us. Who are they...oh no," she hit her head. "Has anyone seen Chrys, Victoria, Raven, or Cordelia?" she called out.
Everyone shook their heads no, it was no surprise...this usually always happened. That was when they all heard shrieking coming from the outside of the bus. The whole student body on the bus all ran to one side of the bus to the other to get a good look before they all started laughing. Chrys was currently being dragged by all three of the others, almost carried, as she struggled to get to the other bus that had students inside it looking out the window with odd looks on their faces.
When the four of them boarded on the bus, three of them laughing while the other had quite a disgruntled look on her face.
"Where were you guys?" Mrs. Riley asked sternly. "I remember quite well that I told everyone the bus left at 4:00. It's 4:05, you're very lucky we waited for you."
"Right, right," Raven nodded, rolling her eyes, and they all slowly made their way to the back of the bus where their seats were located, currently being saved by Calvin, their good friend and their own groups "manager" and Gio Caluso's bags, the both of them have sprawled first their bags and then their instruments in the seats, a Tenor Sax in one, and a percussion bag in the other.
"About time," Calvin grinned. "Did one of you see a guy?"
"Yes," Cordelia sighed irritably. Everyone knew she didn't mean it, but she was a bit frustrated.
"It was Chrys," Vic said before Calvin could ask. She began to giggle as she told him what happened. "She got mad at us when we wouldn't let her go on the other bus with him. The driver said she could, but I think he was joking."
"He better have been joking...that's illegal!" Raven said matter of factly, grinning at the two boys as they both grabbed their things and began to take their instruments to the compartment outside. It was saved for the larger instruments.
"Raven, cool down. I wasn't really going to ride with them, I just like making a scene," Chrys insisted.
"Right," Raven nodded while replying sarcastically. "That's why you bit my hand when I grabbed your arm, and presumed to continue yelling out, "Oh Michael, Michael. Wherefore art thou, Michael? Which, by the way, doesn't mean where he is. It means, 'Why is your name Michael.' Goodness, that's a simple one! His parents named him that!"
"Oh, hahaha, go shove a tree trunk down your throat," Chrys laughed.
Raven glared evilly. "Your day will come," she warned along with a famous evil laugh always heard in the movies.
By this time, the two boys had boarded the bus again. Gio gave Raven a nod and smile before going to sit by his friends, Robyn Kurazic, Tony Valenz, Amanda Shelley, and Amy Hofmann. Those five had been best friends since first elementary school, even though most fourth graders would have been calling Tony a little first grader, and it was kind of funny. Raven was a sophomore, but somehow she had managed to end up going out with a senior. It had happened during football season. She, along with Chrys, had been on the team for two years, both times JV, but had been told by their coach they would indeed be on Varsity the next year, which excited them both.
"We better sit down," Vic said, and the other three nodded. Raven and Cordelia squeezed into a seat with their instruments, while Victoria and Chrys did the same. Since Raven and Cordelia were in front of the other two, they turned around and sat on the back of the seat in front of them.
"Hey, guys," Katrina Canton grinned, walking up to them. "Do you know what we got on Show Choir?"
"It was a first place," Raven told her. "But no star, so we're not going to state."
"Well...that sucks, I think we did pretty darn well," Katrina sighed. "Well, see ya. I'm gonna go tell Adrienne and Maria what we got."
As she walked away, Raven shook her head. "She's right, it did suck. We did really well. I mean, no way anyone could have done a better 'Us Against the World' or 'Girls and Boys'.
"Yeah, you're right," Chrys nodded before blinking. "But we didn't do those songs."
"I thought you guys did 'Ain't No Mountain High Enough,' and 'Just What I Do.'
"Oh, yeah. Well, we should have, we would have done really good," Raven stated.
"Yeah, that's true," Chrys nodded. "Also, thinking about choir, it reminds me. HEY! Landon, Anastasia! Come here for a bit."
"Yeah?" Landon asked, grinning, as he and Anastasia, also known as Stacey...and occasionally Anya...walked up to them. From the looks on their faces, they knew what she was gonna talk about.
"Did Mr. N talk to you about our...erm...improvement with 'You're the One That I Want'?"
"You too, huh?" Stacey grinned. "He walked up to us and started talking about tradition and sticking to the way the song was. Hey, we did the Chris Trousdale version, which happens to be a way the song is, so I think we should have all rights to it. Besides," she smiled happily, "we're going to state with it, he should be happy. If show choir couldn't go, why not an original piece by his own students?"
"That's very true," Raven agreed, laughing.
"Do you guys know what time it is?" Cordy spoke up from her window spot.
"Er, yeah...hold on a sec," Landon said as he pushed up his shirt to reveal a watch. "It's 4:50."
"Oh, yeah. Right Mrs. Riley. 'We need to be leaving at 4:00, and you held us up five minutes'," Chrys rolled her eyes grumpily.
"Tell me about it," Raven groaned.
"Well, we gotta go...got people to talk to," Landon said, grabbing Stacey's hand as she blushed.
"Alright, see ya, then," all four girls said and saluted in unison, then burst out laughing. It wasn't odd for them to do that sort of thing.
"Raven, Cordy," came yet another voice. It was Raven and Cordelia's good friend, Desiree Madison Walters. Desiree had really never talked to the other two, so they kept silent, but Desiree continued talking with Raven and Cordelia.
"Do you guys know how we did on our Clarinet Choir?" she asked, biting her lip a bit.
"No, but later on during the ride, we'll probably get the results," Raven replied.
"Alrighty, then. I'm just nervous, I think we did pretty well, but the judge was stupid," Desiree shook her head.
"I know, I think he was kind of insane," Cordy nodded, only she sounded completely sincere about what she said.
"Well, I wouldn't go that far," Raven disagreed. "But he was close to it."
"Oh, Desiree," Cordy said suddenly. "Do you know Chrys and Vic?"
"Not really," she shook her head again.
"Alright, well..." Cordy began, "This is Chrys and Vic."
"Well, that's helps," Desiree laughed. "Do you guys mind if me and Peyton sit next to you guys here? Everywhere else has atleast somebody in it."
"Be my guest. I think you guys should all start talking with each other, though," Raven said, indicating Chrys, Vic, Peyton, and Desiree.
"Yeah, that would be good," Chrys nodded, finally speaking up. "So, what instrument do you play? I mean, duh! Obvious question there, you play the clarinet. But any others?"
Desiree laughed. "I also play the violin and drums."
"Well, what a coincidence," Chrys smiled. "I play the drums, too. You would think we would have talked while we were back there."
"Yeah, I don't know why nodded," Desiree grinned back just when the vehicle started moving.
"Finally," they heard a group of other students, Heather, Jamie, Erin, Breanne, and Faith all call out.
As they rolled on for a bit, they all sat in silence unless the occasional game would start up.
"Ok, guys," Danielle Romano called out. "I'm gonna say a word, and you have to say the first word that comes to your mind, then whoever wants to can continue. First up is Angel. Bike."
"Wheel," Angel shrugged.
"Axle," Anna Losch asked, speaking up from her book.
"Grease," Tony Valenz added.
"You're the One That I Want," Raven, Chrys, Landon, and Stacey all said in unison, then laughed.
"Sandy," Amanda Shelley yelled out.
"Beach," called Cordelia.
"Sun," Heather added.
"Ray," said Breanne
"Peyton," Desiree grinned at her twin.
"Sawyer," Peyton listed out.
"Jonathan Taylor Thomas," Katrina Canton said, remembering Tom and Huck.
"Home Improvement," Amy Hofmann continued.
"Tim Allen," came Robyn Kurazic's voice.
"Santa Clause," suggested Erin.
"Santa hat," Jamie added.
"Red," answered Adrienne.
"Hot," Mrs. Riley said, trying to get in the game. Before they could roll their eyes, replies were yelled out.
"Britney Spears!" the boys all called.
"JOHNNY DEPP!" screamed the girls.
"Sexy," Faith suggested.
"Pirates," Raven grinned.
"Caribbean," Gio added.
"Jamaica," Mariah Wood said in her own Jamaican voice.
"Bongos?" Matt Zettler shrugged.
"Braids," Danyelie Neon smiled, twirling her own braid in her hair.
"Hair," added Victoria.
"Bow," came Beverly Lee.
"Tie," Taylor told them, loosening his up.
"Shoe," Reno Ibanez sighed.
"Lace," Jessica Sweeten smiled.
"Dress," Amanda Shelley announced.
After a while, even though they never ran out of fun or ideas, it began to slow down, because most of their answers kept running into each other, and the fact that they had been on the rode for over two hours, and they all had to go to the bathroom.
"Man, this sucks!" Jamie complained.
"No sh*t about it," Chrys added.
"Duh, that's cuz it's all piss!" Raven said matter of factly.
Half of the bus laughed, but it only caused in more moaning.
"No body say anything funny, I'll piss my pants!" Victoria hissed.
"Psss..." laughed Cordy. She, along with Calvin and Anna, were the only ones still. They figured that those latter two did have to go, but were more quiet about it. Cordy, on the other hand, seemed to be on the immune side of the bathroom disease.
"JUST BE QUIET!" Chrys and Raven yelled in unison.
"Ha, yea right," Cordy responded, then went quiet as she heard what song was on the radio. No one was sure what it was, but they didn't like it.
"She's about to burst," the radio said called out, and the whole bus was filled with groans, but it continued. "Does she really wanna go?"
"YES, I REALLY WANNA GO!" half the bus yelled, and finally Dani called out, "TURN THE RADIO OFF!"
As the bus driver obeyed their wishes and reached to turn off the radio, Victoria looked outside.
"WOODS!" she yelled. "STOP THE BUS!"
Of course, it didn't work, and they all just sat wondering what to do. Raven and Cordy were both back into the crouched position on the back of the seat in front of them as their eyes, along with everyone else's, began to water.
That was when they heard a loud popping noise and Raven and Cordy were flipped backwards on the seat as the bus came to a sudden halt.
After a lot of screams, it was all over.
"Raven, Cordy?" Chrys asked frantically. "Are you guys ok?"
The two of them slowly got up from their seats, their hair everywhere.
"Yeah, we're fine," Cordy nodded as Vic, Chrys, and Desiree all helped them up.
"Raven?" Gio yelled out as he ran up to the seat. "Are you alright?"
"I'm fine," she said, shaking her head. "Didn't hit the floor...or atleast not entirely."
"Guys, what happened?" Calvin asked, helping a blushing Anna off the floor.
"I don't know," all of the others said together.
"Alright, we're having some difficulties with the bus. Everyone get out," Mrs. Riley called from the front. "We're right in front of a town, so you can all hang out there for a bit."
"Did you say a town?" Chrys asked.
"Yes, I said a town, now go on," Mrs. Riley insisted.
As everyone slowly began to get out, Raven suddenly had a thought. "A town. Towns have...bathrooms!"
After she said that, everyone was in a scramble to be the first off the bus. They all streamed out the front door in a mixed up group, they all running in different angles as they scattered to be the first to reach a rest room. The only building they could see was a Grocery Store, and they figured that would have to have atleast one bathroom.
They all streamed into it and called out to the woman at the counter, "Where's your bathroom?"
"Down that way to the right," she barely finished before they took off. As Amanda reached the girl's room and locked it, and out of sheer desperation, Chrys ran to the boys bathroom and locked it before any of the others could get to it.
"NO!" all the boys complained as she shut the door in their faces.
While she was busy trying to keep it all in, she heard someone chuckling. Turning around, she was almost face to face with one of the most gorgeous men she had seen. Sure, he was a little too old for her, and she liked...no, she loved Gio...but it didn't mean she couldn't think a guy was hot.
"Hi, I'm Morton," he greeted himself, holding out his hand.
"Eh...hi. I'm Raven," she stammered out and shook his hand. She heard a loud group of gasps as the rest of the girls turned around to see the man she had stumbled upon.
"What are you all doing here?" he asked, smiling at them, showing an almost straightened pair of teeth with braces on them.
"Our bus broke down," Desiree cut in, looking at him.
"Raven, come here," Gio said suddenly.
"Er, right," she said and turned to him.
"You've got a cut on your temple," Gio told her squinting his eyes at it.
"I'm fine, it's probably just a little scratch," she insisted.
"Are you sure you don't want to have it checked out?" he asked her, still skeptical.
"Yes, I'm positive," Raven responded.
"Alright," he grinned.
"So, I take it you all had a pretty large accident?" Morton asked.
"Yeah," Amanda breathed, coming out of the bathroom, which was quickly replaced by Raven while the rest of the girls drooled over Morton. She would do the same, but now that she was over the spell for a bit, she wanted to get it over with as quickly as she could.
"Well, welcome to Tashmore Lake, then," he nodded to them. "I happen to be one of the few inhabitants of the town, even though most people don't like me much anymore. But I do own a small cabin a ways out."
"That's cool," Amy Hofmann smiled, sighing dreamily like the rest of them were. "What's it like?"
"Well, it's pretty messy," he grinned, and he opened his mouth to talk again, but he was cut off by Mrs. Riley.
"Guys, come over here," she said. Her cheeks were bright pink, and she had flakes covering her hair.
After most of the class reluctantly gathered around her except for Taylor and Jamie, who were both now hoarding themselves in a bathroom, she began to speak.
"We have met up with quite a few problems," she said uneasily. "Do any of you happen to have a cell phone?"
"I do," Jessica spoke up holding hers up.
Mrs. Riley sighed in relief. "May I use it? The engine of the bus is shot, and we're also having problems with the weather. It's...er...it's starting to snow quite a large amount, and it's not as exciting as it seems. I have a feeling we will end up snowed in up here," she said uneasily.
"Are you sure?" Nick asked.
Their instructor nodded. "Yes, we're pretty sure."
After a moment of silence, it was finally broken by Raven.
"Neato!" she yelled happily.
"Cool beans!" Robyn agreed, nodding.
Mrs. Riley sighed. "You guys do realize this is not some field trip, it is no vacation. We could be snowed in here for months, and then you never know what could happen."
"Like us starving to death," Gio asked innocently.
"Yes, that does seem to be the most likely on at the moment," she said.
"Uh, Mrs. Riley. Is it a little too late to point out that if we were here when we got snowed in, we would be in a grocery story," Heather couldn't help but point out as everyone else snorted in laughter.
"Oh, yes, you may all thin this as quite funny, but I rather don't," Mrs. Riley said heatedly. "We can not stay inside a store for months. We would run out of oxygen, and if not that, we could also go through the possibility of us freezing to death. I do suppose you've thought of these, haven't you?" she questioned, then continued without waiting for a reply. "No, I expect you haven't."
"Chill out, we're taking you seriously, I swear," Dani promised.
"And if we do get stuck in here, which it looks like at the moment, I could help you out a bit," Morton vowed from behind her.
"Er, well. That's very nice of you, but I'm afraid I don't even know you," Mrs. Riley said edgily.
"I'm Morton," he answered her. "Morton Rainey."
A/N: Well, what do you all think? It should get more interesting as of now. I'd like to thank all of those who added themselves to the story, and to those who didn't and want to, please remember, it's not too late! Oh, and I'd also like to thank Jamie who provided me with my power food earlier. Corn. Hehe, refer to what I think was your first post here. R/R please!
Chapter 1: Solo and Ensemble
Ok, just so everyone knows, it is still not too late to submit! You could pretty much keep adding until the stories over, because I could always fit you in somewhere...and now enjoy the story! It takes place on the ride home from Solo and Ensemble...and we're all finding out our results. Peace out! *mumbles of 'Peace out? Moron*
"Will everybody sit down so we could do a head count?" came a voice from the front of the bus. Everyone groaned and turned in their seats or lowered the volume on their Portable CD players so they could manage to hear what was being said.
The person speaking was Mrs. Riley, their band instructor. Mr. Nistenon, also known as Mr. N had gone home on the earlier bus. He was the choir instructor and was watching over those on the other bus who had been able to get home earlier with their schedule.
As she slowly got to the back of the bus, she sighed. "Alright, we're missing four of us. Who are they...oh no," she hit her head. "Has anyone seen Chrys, Victoria, Raven, or Cordelia?" she called out.
Everyone shook their heads no, it was no surprise...this usually always happened. That was when they all heard shrieking coming from the outside of the bus. The whole student body on the bus all ran to one side of the bus to the other to get a good look before they all started laughing. Chrys was currently being dragged by all three of the others, almost carried, as she struggled to get to the other bus that had students inside it looking out the window with odd looks on their faces.
When the four of them boarded on the bus, three of them laughing while the other had quite a disgruntled look on her face.
"Where were you guys?" Mrs. Riley asked sternly. "I remember quite well that I told everyone the bus left at 4:00. It's 4:05, you're very lucky we waited for you."
"Right, right," Raven nodded, rolling her eyes, and they all slowly made their way to the back of the bus where their seats were located, currently being saved by Calvin, their good friend and their own groups "manager" and Gio Caluso's bags, the both of them have sprawled first their bags and then their instruments in the seats, a Tenor Sax in one, and a percussion bag in the other.
"About time," Calvin grinned. "Did one of you see a guy?"
"Yes," Cordelia sighed irritably. Everyone knew she didn't mean it, but she was a bit frustrated.
"It was Chrys," Vic said before Calvin could ask. She began to giggle as she told him what happened. "She got mad at us when we wouldn't let her go on the other bus with him. The driver said she could, but I think he was joking."
"He better have been joking...that's illegal!" Raven said matter of factly, grinning at the two boys as they both grabbed their things and began to take their instruments to the compartment outside. It was saved for the larger instruments.
"Raven, cool down. I wasn't really going to ride with them, I just like making a scene," Chrys insisted.
"Right," Raven nodded while replying sarcastically. "That's why you bit my hand when I grabbed your arm, and presumed to continue yelling out, "Oh Michael, Michael. Wherefore art thou, Michael? Which, by the way, doesn't mean where he is. It means, 'Why is your name Michael.' Goodness, that's a simple one! His parents named him that!"
"Oh, hahaha, go shove a tree trunk down your throat," Chrys laughed.
Raven glared evilly. "Your day will come," she warned along with a famous evil laugh always heard in the movies.
By this time, the two boys had boarded the bus again. Gio gave Raven a nod and smile before going to sit by his friends, Robyn Kurazic, Tony Valenz, Amanda Shelley, and Amy Hofmann. Those five had been best friends since first elementary school, even though most fourth graders would have been calling Tony a little first grader, and it was kind of funny. Raven was a sophomore, but somehow she had managed to end up going out with a senior. It had happened during football season. She, along with Chrys, had been on the team for two years, both times JV, but had been told by their coach they would indeed be on Varsity the next year, which excited them both.
"We better sit down," Vic said, and the other three nodded. Raven and Cordelia squeezed into a seat with their instruments, while Victoria and Chrys did the same. Since Raven and Cordelia were in front of the other two, they turned around and sat on the back of the seat in front of them.
"Hey, guys," Katrina Canton grinned, walking up to them. "Do you know what we got on Show Choir?"
"It was a first place," Raven told her. "But no star, so we're not going to state."
"Well...that sucks, I think we did pretty darn well," Katrina sighed. "Well, see ya. I'm gonna go tell Adrienne and Maria what we got."
As she walked away, Raven shook her head. "She's right, it did suck. We did really well. I mean, no way anyone could have done a better 'Us Against the World' or 'Girls and Boys'.
"Yeah, you're right," Chrys nodded before blinking. "But we didn't do those songs."
"I thought you guys did 'Ain't No Mountain High Enough,' and 'Just What I Do.'
"Oh, yeah. Well, we should have, we would have done really good," Raven stated.
"Yeah, that's true," Chrys nodded. "Also, thinking about choir, it reminds me. HEY! Landon, Anastasia! Come here for a bit."
"Yeah?" Landon asked, grinning, as he and Anastasia, also known as Stacey...and occasionally Anya...walked up to them. From the looks on their faces, they knew what she was gonna talk about.
"Did Mr. N talk to you about our...erm...improvement with 'You're the One That I Want'?"
"You too, huh?" Stacey grinned. "He walked up to us and started talking about tradition and sticking to the way the song was. Hey, we did the Chris Trousdale version, which happens to be a way the song is, so I think we should have all rights to it. Besides," she smiled happily, "we're going to state with it, he should be happy. If show choir couldn't go, why not an original piece by his own students?"
"That's very true," Raven agreed, laughing.
"Do you guys know what time it is?" Cordy spoke up from her window spot.
"Er, yeah...hold on a sec," Landon said as he pushed up his shirt to reveal a watch. "It's 4:50."
"Oh, yeah. Right Mrs. Riley. 'We need to be leaving at 4:00, and you held us up five minutes'," Chrys rolled her eyes grumpily.
"Tell me about it," Raven groaned.
"Well, we gotta go...got people to talk to," Landon said, grabbing Stacey's hand as she blushed.
"Alright, see ya, then," all four girls said and saluted in unison, then burst out laughing. It wasn't odd for them to do that sort of thing.
"Raven, Cordy," came yet another voice. It was Raven and Cordelia's good friend, Desiree Madison Walters. Desiree had really never talked to the other two, so they kept silent, but Desiree continued talking with Raven and Cordelia.
"Do you guys know how we did on our Clarinet Choir?" she asked, biting her lip a bit.
"No, but later on during the ride, we'll probably get the results," Raven replied.
"Alrighty, then. I'm just nervous, I think we did pretty well, but the judge was stupid," Desiree shook her head.
"I know, I think he was kind of insane," Cordy nodded, only she sounded completely sincere about what she said.
"Well, I wouldn't go that far," Raven disagreed. "But he was close to it."
"Oh, Desiree," Cordy said suddenly. "Do you know Chrys and Vic?"
"Not really," she shook her head again.
"Alright, well..." Cordy began, "This is Chrys and Vic."
"Well, that's helps," Desiree laughed. "Do you guys mind if me and Peyton sit next to you guys here? Everywhere else has atleast somebody in it."
"Be my guest. I think you guys should all start talking with each other, though," Raven said, indicating Chrys, Vic, Peyton, and Desiree.
"Yeah, that would be good," Chrys nodded, finally speaking up. "So, what instrument do you play? I mean, duh! Obvious question there, you play the clarinet. But any others?"
Desiree laughed. "I also play the violin and drums."
"Well, what a coincidence," Chrys smiled. "I play the drums, too. You would think we would have talked while we were back there."
"Yeah, I don't know why nodded," Desiree grinned back just when the vehicle started moving.
"Finally," they heard a group of other students, Heather, Jamie, Erin, Breanne, and Faith all call out.
As they rolled on for a bit, they all sat in silence unless the occasional game would start up.
"Ok, guys," Danielle Romano called out. "I'm gonna say a word, and you have to say the first word that comes to your mind, then whoever wants to can continue. First up is Angel. Bike."
"Wheel," Angel shrugged.
"Axle," Anna Losch asked, speaking up from her book.
"Grease," Tony Valenz added.
"You're the One That I Want," Raven, Chrys, Landon, and Stacey all said in unison, then laughed.
"Sandy," Amanda Shelley yelled out.
"Beach," called Cordelia.
"Sun," Heather added.
"Ray," said Breanne
"Peyton," Desiree grinned at her twin.
"Sawyer," Peyton listed out.
"Jonathan Taylor Thomas," Katrina Canton said, remembering Tom and Huck.
"Home Improvement," Amy Hofmann continued.
"Tim Allen," came Robyn Kurazic's voice.
"Santa Clause," suggested Erin.
"Santa hat," Jamie added.
"Red," answered Adrienne.
"Hot," Mrs. Riley said, trying to get in the game. Before they could roll their eyes, replies were yelled out.
"Britney Spears!" the boys all called.
"JOHNNY DEPP!" screamed the girls.
"Sexy," Faith suggested.
"Pirates," Raven grinned.
"Caribbean," Gio added.
"Jamaica," Mariah Wood said in her own Jamaican voice.
"Bongos?" Matt Zettler shrugged.
"Braids," Danyelie Neon smiled, twirling her own braid in her hair.
"Hair," added Victoria.
"Bow," came Beverly Lee.
"Tie," Taylor told them, loosening his up.
"Shoe," Reno Ibanez sighed.
"Lace," Jessica Sweeten smiled.
"Dress," Amanda Shelley announced.
After a while, even though they never ran out of fun or ideas, it began to slow down, because most of their answers kept running into each other, and the fact that they had been on the rode for over two hours, and they all had to go to the bathroom.
"Man, this sucks!" Jamie complained.
"No sh*t about it," Chrys added.
"Duh, that's cuz it's all piss!" Raven said matter of factly.
Half of the bus laughed, but it only caused in more moaning.
"No body say anything funny, I'll piss my pants!" Victoria hissed.
"Psss..." laughed Cordy. She, along with Calvin and Anna, were the only ones still. They figured that those latter two did have to go, but were more quiet about it. Cordy, on the other hand, seemed to be on the immune side of the bathroom disease.
"JUST BE QUIET!" Chrys and Raven yelled in unison.
"Ha, yea right," Cordy responded, then went quiet as she heard what song was on the radio. No one was sure what it was, but they didn't like it.
"She's about to burst," the radio said called out, and the whole bus was filled with groans, but it continued. "Does she really wanna go?"
"YES, I REALLY WANNA GO!" half the bus yelled, and finally Dani called out, "TURN THE RADIO OFF!"
As the bus driver obeyed their wishes and reached to turn off the radio, Victoria looked outside.
"WOODS!" she yelled. "STOP THE BUS!"
Of course, it didn't work, and they all just sat wondering what to do. Raven and Cordy were both back into the crouched position on the back of the seat in front of them as their eyes, along with everyone else's, began to water.
That was when they heard a loud popping noise and Raven and Cordy were flipped backwards on the seat as the bus came to a sudden halt.
After a lot of screams, it was all over.
"Raven, Cordy?" Chrys asked frantically. "Are you guys ok?"
The two of them slowly got up from their seats, their hair everywhere.
"Yeah, we're fine," Cordy nodded as Vic, Chrys, and Desiree all helped them up.
"Raven?" Gio yelled out as he ran up to the seat. "Are you alright?"
"I'm fine," she said, shaking her head. "Didn't hit the floor...or atleast not entirely."
"Guys, what happened?" Calvin asked, helping a blushing Anna off the floor.
"I don't know," all of the others said together.
"Alright, we're having some difficulties with the bus. Everyone get out," Mrs. Riley called from the front. "We're right in front of a town, so you can all hang out there for a bit."
"Did you say a town?" Chrys asked.
"Yes, I said a town, now go on," Mrs. Riley insisted.
As everyone slowly began to get out, Raven suddenly had a thought. "A town. Towns have...bathrooms!"
After she said that, everyone was in a scramble to be the first off the bus. They all streamed out the front door in a mixed up group, they all running in different angles as they scattered to be the first to reach a rest room. The only building they could see was a Grocery Store, and they figured that would have to have atleast one bathroom.
They all streamed into it and called out to the woman at the counter, "Where's your bathroom?"
"Down that way to the right," she barely finished before they took off. As Amanda reached the girl's room and locked it, and out of sheer desperation, Chrys ran to the boys bathroom and locked it before any of the others could get to it.
"NO!" all the boys complained as she shut the door in their faces.
While she was busy trying to keep it all in, she heard someone chuckling. Turning around, she was almost face to face with one of the most gorgeous men she had seen. Sure, he was a little too old for her, and she liked...no, she loved Gio...but it didn't mean she couldn't think a guy was hot.
"Hi, I'm Morton," he greeted himself, holding out his hand.
"Eh...hi. I'm Raven," she stammered out and shook his hand. She heard a loud group of gasps as the rest of the girls turned around to see the man she had stumbled upon.
"What are you all doing here?" he asked, smiling at them, showing an almost straightened pair of teeth with braces on them.
"Our bus broke down," Desiree cut in, looking at him.
"Raven, come here," Gio said suddenly.
"Er, right," she said and turned to him.
"You've got a cut on your temple," Gio told her squinting his eyes at it.
"I'm fine, it's probably just a little scratch," she insisted.
"Are you sure you don't want to have it checked out?" he asked her, still skeptical.
"Yes, I'm positive," Raven responded.
"Alright," he grinned.
"So, I take it you all had a pretty large accident?" Morton asked.
"Yeah," Amanda breathed, coming out of the bathroom, which was quickly replaced by Raven while the rest of the girls drooled over Morton. She would do the same, but now that she was over the spell for a bit, she wanted to get it over with as quickly as she could.
"Well, welcome to Tashmore Lake, then," he nodded to them. "I happen to be one of the few inhabitants of the town, even though most people don't like me much anymore. But I do own a small cabin a ways out."
"That's cool," Amy Hofmann smiled, sighing dreamily like the rest of them were. "What's it like?"
"Well, it's pretty messy," he grinned, and he opened his mouth to talk again, but he was cut off by Mrs. Riley.
"Guys, come over here," she said. Her cheeks were bright pink, and she had flakes covering her hair.
After most of the class reluctantly gathered around her except for Taylor and Jamie, who were both now hoarding themselves in a bathroom, she began to speak.
"We have met up with quite a few problems," she said uneasily. "Do any of you happen to have a cell phone?"
"I do," Jessica spoke up holding hers up.
Mrs. Riley sighed in relief. "May I use it? The engine of the bus is shot, and we're also having problems with the weather. It's...er...it's starting to snow quite a large amount, and it's not as exciting as it seems. I have a feeling we will end up snowed in up here," she said uneasily.
"Are you sure?" Nick asked.
Their instructor nodded. "Yes, we're pretty sure."
After a moment of silence, it was finally broken by Raven.
"Neato!" she yelled happily.
"Cool beans!" Robyn agreed, nodding.
Mrs. Riley sighed. "You guys do realize this is not some field trip, it is no vacation. We could be snowed in here for months, and then you never know what could happen."
"Like us starving to death," Gio asked innocently.
"Yes, that does seem to be the most likely on at the moment," she said.
"Uh, Mrs. Riley. Is it a little too late to point out that if we were here when we got snowed in, we would be in a grocery story," Heather couldn't help but point out as everyone else snorted in laughter.
"Oh, yes, you may all thin this as quite funny, but I rather don't," Mrs. Riley said heatedly. "We can not stay inside a store for months. We would run out of oxygen, and if not that, we could also go through the possibility of us freezing to death. I do suppose you've thought of these, haven't you?" she questioned, then continued without waiting for a reply. "No, I expect you haven't."
"Chill out, we're taking you seriously, I swear," Dani promised.
"And if we do get stuck in here, which it looks like at the moment, I could help you out a bit," Morton vowed from behind her.
"Er, well. That's very nice of you, but I'm afraid I don't even know you," Mrs. Riley said edgily.
"I'm Morton," he answered her. "Morton Rainey."
A/N: Well, what do you all think? It should get more interesting as of now. I'd like to thank all of those who added themselves to the story, and to those who didn't and want to, please remember, it's not too late! Oh, and I'd also like to thank Jamie who provided me with my power food earlier. Corn. Hehe, refer to what I think was your first post here. R/R please!