(A/N – WOOT! Charlie and The Chocolate Factory out NEXT WEEK! Sorry, I'm just really excited. That, and I might be getting a job at a fruit stand on the side of the highway across from a cemetery! Weird, huh? Oh well! Let's hope everything's gonna work out!)

You Reviewers gonna go to the theater July 15?

x) Sentinel Sparrow - First Q: Very. I have a clone of him, I know. Second Q: Patience is a virtue! Third Q: Very good suspicions! I'm proud! LoL. Glad ou liked the last chapter! Thanks and Enjoy this one!

x) Kenny - Oh, Jack is very piratey, lol. I promise much more twisting and turning, don't worry. I'm happy you liked! Thanks for reviewing and enjoy! BTW, you and Kate interested in some pirate names? Most of my reviewers have them, so check out my Author page for that! there's a list, LoL.

x) Norma Jean - I LOVE Snowcaps! I'm getting them again tonight when I go to see the movie, lol. I'm sorry he didn't propse to you, but hey, a little fantasizing mixed in with pretend never hurt anyone! Haha... Thanks for the review! Enjoy!

.: I hope I will be! Jack! You, me, Holly, Stewie, and Lindsay better grab some snacks:.

CLE – "My Christmas List" by Simple Plan

DISCLAIMER! I own nothing! Nothing that anybody else made up, anyways… Darn you, Disney…

But I'll take over the world with my creations/ friends one day and brainwash you all as Disney has! Well, maybe I won't brainwash you since you're all so nice, but I'll come pretty darn close! ;)

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CHAPTER FOURTEEN: "I love purple!"

Okay, now I had a new dilemma to deal with. Jack (THAT STUPID BEEPING BEEP BEEPER! BEEPITY BEEP BEEP BEEP! BEEEEEP! -deep breath- I'll kill him.) had proposed to a girl I told him was off limits. He really has no understanding of the word 'no,' does he? He can make rules, but doesn't have to follow them, huh?

In a sense, that is awesome. The life I wanna have…

But right now I wanna knock his head off!

I walked up to the lobby where the podium had an even bigger line in front of it. I looked over at the café and saw Cynthia sitting there sipping her coffee slowly. That slutty no good (insert profanity of choice here). I wouldn't even bother to ask; she's too lazy. I'm amazed she can hold up her coffee cup all by herself.

"Excuse me, Miss Ritenour…" I turned around at Mr. Darson tapping my shoulder. "These people are waiting to be seated."

"I can see that, sir," I said as politely and calmly as possible. "But I could better do my job if Cynthia over there was doing hers alongside me."

"She's on break," he said. I glared at him angrily, my mouth opening in disgust at what he had just said. He never said things like that! Everyone was supposed to be on the job! After I shut my mouth, I boiled over.

"Well then Mr. Darson, so am I," I said, handing him my tray.

"Oh no," he said, handing it back to me. "You have customers to seat."

Ok, that's it.

"No, I don't," I said hotly, shoving it into his hands this time. "If Cynthia can go on a break in the middle of the dinner rush, then so can I. I have an issue and have to leave. It's an emergency. Or wait, do you consider emergencies part of my employee rights or just Cynthia's?"

"Miss Ritenour, I'm getting very impatient with you. I do not promote favoritism amongst my employees-"

"Oh really!" I asked. "Well, I'll tell you what. You and Cynthia can sit you butts at the café and sip all the coffee you want as slowly as you want! I QUIT!"

At that, I stormed through the crowd of people and into the parking lot. I saw Lindsay, Stewie, Will, Liz, and Paige sitting the corner parking space in Lindsay's Dad's white van and ran over to the driver's side window. Lindsay rolled down the window.

"What happened?" she asked.

"Oh… I just barged out of there after yelling at Mr. Darson," I said weakly, realizing the crap I had just pulled. Brave and good to know I stood up for myself, but now I'm jobless, broke, and I left my coat in there! It's freezing with all this snow hitting me!

"Let me guess," Lindsay said. "Fired?"

"Nope, I quit," I said. "Jack and Miss Garrett come out yet?"

"If they would have, would I be here?"

"Oh, yeah…"

"Aren't you cold?" Will asked, leaning forward to get a better look at me.

"Freezing," I shivered, rubbing my arms. All I had on was black pants, white short-sleeved shirt, and that stupid green apron. Eh, I miss my coat!

"Hop in," Stewie said. "Heater's on."

"Got room?" I asked sarcastically.

"Plenty!" Stewie said.

"It's fine," I said. "I gotta go get my car out of the employee parking before they tow it away anyways. I'll come park up here next to you guys til Jack and Miss Garrett get out here to go. Where's their car?"

"About five over, not counting the empty spaces," Paige said.

I looked; dark blue Taurus.

"Okay, I see it," I said. "I'm gonna go now. Be right back."

Lindsay rolled the window back up, and I jogged back behind the building to get in my car. I immediately turned on the heater, trying to stop my violent shivering. Then I pulled out and went around to where the others were, but the car was gone. I bent my brow, rounding the corner. I saw them at the exit. Miss Garrett's car was heading to the red light now, so I followed behind Lindsay since she followed them.

As we all got onto the highway, I called Lindsay's cell phone. Paige picked up.

"Hello?"

"Grace! It's Paige!"

"Obviously," I said. "Tell Lindsay to park farther away from Jack and Miss Garrett when we go in there. I don't want them to know that we're sort of stalking them."

Oh my God! Now I'm a stalker! And it's all Jack's fault! All those things I've done just because of him! Ah…

"Park in the third lot," Paige said after a few seconds. "Oh, and Grace, your friend Robbie is really great."

"Great in what sense?" I asked. "How did the date go today?"

"Okay. I went to his house, met his family, he taught me soccer in his backyard for an hour or two, and then we walked through the drive thru at the Dairy Queen ice cream place. It was funny!"

Figures. That's Robbie.

"Okay, well, see you in a few minutes."

- At the Fairgrounds -

Lindz, Stewie, Paige, Will, Liz, and I were about eight people behind Jack

and Miss Garrett at the ticket gate. I was still freezing since it was still snowing and thirty-seven degrees out, but Will lent me his jacket since he had a big sweater on. It was really Stewie's brother's jacket, but oh well. Thanks, whichever brother's jacket this is.

"How much is it?" I asked, digging in my purse for my wallet.

"Umm… five bucks for ride all night," Elizabeth said, stretching to read the

sign up ahead.

"Five?" I asked. "Wow, that's cheaper than I thought it would be. But then

again, this isn't the County Fair."

"Jack and Isabelle have entered the carnival," Will said, stretching just as

Liz had.

"Oh, crap!" I said. "We're gonna loose 'em!"

"Nah, we'll find them," Stewie said. "A lot of the fairgrounds are closed off

since this thing isn't too big. I think it's only being used by half of the grounds…"

"That's still a lot," Lindsay said. "We'll split up then."

"Lindsay, how often does splitting up work for us?" I asked.

"How often are we trying to track down Jack and his new fiancée?" she

fired back.

"Shut up," I said. "Fine. Um… Liz, Stewie, and you go left and Will, Paige

and I'll head to the right. Meet you… somewhere. Have your phone on. I'll walkie-talkie you."

"Kay," Lindsay said as we approached the ticket booth and entered. We

looked around, seeing all of this for the first time. "Okay, see the cocoa stand over there?"

She pointed to this colorful stand to the right, and I nodded.

"We'll meet up there in about an hour, provided nothing comes up," she

said.

"But something always does," Paige added.

"Of course!" I said. "Wouldn't be right if it didn't! Come on Will. We've got

ourselves a Sparrow to hunt, shoot, and kill…"

- Lindsay's PoV -

I will not hurt Stewie… I will not hurt Stewie…

Ever have to tell yourself something over and over so you don't do it?

"One more time!" she wailed. "Please! It's fun!"

"Stewie! I'm not riding that stupid little car ride again! That was the eight and final time! We have to look for Jack and Miss Garrett, okay? Come on!"

"Can I still get cotton candy?" she moaned, trudging out of the line.

"If you hurry up."

She raced up next to Elizabeth as we walked pass a long row of game stands and picnic tables sheltered by flimsy pop-up gazebo things. Not two seconds later and she did her 'Ooo,' jump up, and point at one of the games.

"I wanna do it! I see an poster!" she shouted, running over to the stand. Liz and I rolled our eyes before following up behind her. "How do you play?" she asked the bored-looking guy wearing a Santa hat.

"Toss the ping pong ball into a goldfish bowl. Each of them has a color on the bottom of the bowl that you hit. Yellow is a small prize, blue is medium, and red is large. There are five purple ones, and those are extra large prizes. Two dollars a try; every try's a winner."

Stewie gasped.

"I love purple!" she said. "Lindsay, can I pleeeeease play? Please please please please-"

"After you find Jack and Miss Garrett," I said unreasonably.

Jess's shoulders dropped, and she quickly scanned the small bit of carnival in front of us.

"There they are," she said simply, pointing straight in front of us. "In line for that spinney up-and-down ride. Now can I please play!"

I looked in disbelief at where she was pointing, and there they were standing in line and finishing up a candied apple! My mouth hung open as I looked back at her, but she was too busy bumming me for two bucks to play a game! Man, a deal's a deal…

"Here," I said, slapping a five in her hand and making her the happiest person ever. "Let's go," I said to Elizabeth. She nodded, and we slid into the line.

"They're on the ride," Elizabeth said.

"Good. Come on," I said, moving forward.

"Wait, we're going on the ride with them?" she asked uneasily. "I'll pass."

"But you have to come! I promise it's not as bad as Kennywood. It's a Christmas Carnival for gosh sakes! I'm sure they don't wanna make anyone throw up. Besides, it's just a Music Express. I love this ride!"

We got onto the ride platform, not letting Miss Garrett or Jack see us. We got in a seat behind them, one between them and us. Then we started going, the song 'Sleigh Ride' blasting through the giant speakers.

"Can you hear what they're saying!" Elizabeth shouted.

"What!"

"Can you hear what they're saying!" she repeated.

"HUH!"

- 5 minutes later -

Okay, so not the best ride to listen in on conversations...

We came off the ride looking around for Jack and Miss Garrett. They were the first ones off, and we were the last. How convenient.

"I think we lost them," Elizabeth said.

"Damn," I hissed. "Where's Stewart?"

We looked up at the game stand she was last seen at. And of course she's still standing there. I game her enough for two games; what's taking her forever? We walked up to her. She was arguing with the Santa hat guy.

"What's up?" I asked.

"I got a purple goldfish bowl on my second try and he says I didn't!" she said.

"Oh my god, just give her the giant poster!" I yelled. "I have some people to stalk, so can we get this over with!"

Stewie stuck out her tongue and swiped her extra large poster out of the man's hands and even took the purple goldfish bowl, too. I rolled my eyes as we sat at one of the covered picnic tables thinking of where to go next.

- Erica's PoV -

"WOO! YEAH!"

"Can you please stop screaming in my ear!" Will yelled.

"I'm sorry! I love the Ring of Fire! WOO!"

"Grace, please!"

"Oh, live a little! Screaming is fun! It's a great way to vent all the excitement rushing through your veins! Don't you remember Kennywood from last summer! YEAH!"

"Do I have to?"

"No, but it's a lot more fun if you do! AHH!"

Eventually, I heard Will screaming next to me. When we walked off of the giant black roller coaster loop, I smiled up at him.

"I'm proud of you, mate!" I said as we laughed, walking out of the gate. Paige was standing there with snow all over her. She had sat this one out, deciding to wait for us instead.

"Fun?" she asked.

"Yeah," Will said. "In fact, screaming is fun. I wanna scream some more."

"Well, okay, let's-"

BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!

"Ooo, my phone," I said. "Maybe Lindsay's seen Jack and Miss Garrett." I pulled it out of my purse and turned up the volume. "Hello?"

"KRH! It's Lindsay! Over! KRH," she said.

KHR? I pressed the button to answer, unsure of her anymore. We aren't in the military. What's with the KRH-ing and the 'over' stuff? I decided to leave it be. This is Lindsay and Stewie. Let them have their fun.

"Lindz, did you see them?" I asked.

"KRH! Don't call me that! We're Team Rudolph and you're Team Elf. Oh, and positive; we just saw Jack Frost and Snow Angel over here by the Music Express. Over! KRH!"

"Okay, Team Rudolph," I said sarcastically, "which way were they headed? Did you see?"

"KRH! No, we lost them as we hustled off the ride, over! KRH!"

"Stop it," I said. "Be serious! We need to find them!"

"KRH! And what is more serious than the army, may I ask? Over! KRH!"

I sighed hopelessly.

"Team Rudolph is to rendezvous with Team Elf at Cocoa Stand in 0-5 minutes!" I shouted, getting annoyed now. "Move out!"

"But we're hot on a trail here!" Lindsay said, minus the KRH-ing and 'over.'

"You just lost them! How are you hot on the trail!"

"I said we just lost them, not we lost them two hours ago."

"We weren't here two hours ago," I said flatly.

Suddenly, Stewie's whiny voice came over the walkie-talkie.

"Erica… pleeeeease?"

"Please what?" I asked.

"Let us keep looking! I want to find Jack before it's too late because he's making a mistake!"

Okay, that was not my best friend.

"Where's Stewie and what have you done with her?"

"I'm about thirty feet away in line for the Ferris wheel and you better turn off the walkie-talkie about now," she said.

"What?" I asked.

Then, I felt a tap on my shoulders. Thinking it was Paige or Will, I turned around about to yell at them for interrupting me, but my face froze in shock when I saw that it was Jack smiling at me knowingly with Miss Garrett at his side.

I swallowed hard, losing my voice entirely. I slowly lowered my phone back into my purse with a hesitant smile playing on my face. I knew he wanted an explanation, but I couldn't find a lie good enough to pass off as the truth. Not yet, anyways. Will and Paige were on either side of them looking at me with wide eyes.

Damnit. I was caught.

"Eh heh heh… Hi Jack, Miss Garrett," I said politely. "Nice evening, huh?"

"Beautiful," Jack said. "Fancy running into you three. Where are Liz and the other two scallywags?"

"Haha, good question," I said. "Well, we'll see you later, Jack! Bye Miss Garrett! Have a great time!"

At that, I parted them, grabbed Will and Paige, and walked out of sight. In more detail, into the North Pole Fun House. I could not believe that had happened! Crapola!

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I love being a spy! Woot!

Hope you all liked the chapter! I am now one and a half hours away from going to see Charlie and the Chocolate Factory with Stewie! I'm so PUMPED! Woohoo! I'm sorry for the wait, but I promised to have it up by the 15th, and ta da! Here it is! Well, let's go Jack! Time to go watch another version of your hotness!

Jack: -confused-

It's okay. Don't fry your brain over it.

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