Dream Me Away From That City in Cali
Chapter VII
The sun was high and bright that Saturday morning. Everyone woke up early that morning and were dressed and ready to go. Jack found himself still yawning even after his shower and an hour later. He found it strange how everyone else seemed to be in high energetic spirits that early in the morning. During breakfast everyone talked about what they were going to do and where they were going to eat for dinner.
A couple hours later they were at the boardwalk. They waited in line and David's parents bought bracelets for all the "kids" to wear so that they could get on all the rides. Not even two seconds after they set foot on sand Sarah had disappeared and Les was in line for a ride. David's parents said they could take off if they wanted and they could all meet back up at about five-thirty so they could get ready for dinner.
"So what do you want to get on first?" asked David taking a sip from his soda.
"Um, let's see…." Jack looked around and pointed, "how about that one?"
David looked up, "Ok."
They managed to get on almost all the rides. They were going for one of the rides they'd already been on for almost their tenth time. They were sharing some food while they waited and promptly threw it away when one of the kids in front of them threw up. Neither liked the idea of having their snack coming back to visit. Once they got inside their seats in the ride Jack started cheering, like he did the last few times they'd gotten on the ride.
"Wooo!" Jack had his hands in the air even though they'd barely started moving.
"My God, are you going to do that every time we get on this!" asked David covering his ears.
They were slowly making their way up the ride, "Yup!"
"Someone help me," then the ride jerked to a stop at the top.
"…….." Jack visibly paled and slowly turned his head to look at David, "It didn't just do what I think it did, did it?"
"………Yeah, I think it did," said David looking over the side.
Someone from down below yelled, "Don't worry we're fixing the problem!"
"This means we have to wait? God, I have to pee now!" yelled Jack grabbing the bars on the ride and shaking it.
"I told you to go before we got in line," said David tugging on his tank top wishing he'd put on more sun block. "You know, I still can't believe you got me into a tank top and sandals."
Jack laughed, "It's the power of persuasion."
"No, it's the power of bribing," said David.
They were up there for almost twenty minutes before they finally got off the ride. Both of them decided it was a good idea to lay off the rides for a while and started playing games. They ended up meeting with David's parents and asking for the car keys so that they could stick all the toys in the trunk. They walked over to Jack's truck and headed off, but not before running into Sarah who asked to be dropped off at the mall. She told them they had to pick her up before they headed back to the boardwalk.
It was already reaching late afternoon when they made it to another beach side, one that was less crowded. They were walking along the beach together and Jack was picking up shells off the sand when he asked David.
"Hey Dave, do you like me?"
"…..In what way?"
"You know what I'm asking."
David smiled at Jack's back as he came up from picking up a shell, "Yeah, Jack."
Jack turned his head and smiled back at David. They kept walking along the beach picking up shells. Jack walked closer to the water and splashed water at David.
"Ack!" thenDavid went over to the water and splashed water at Jack.
Jack took off running and David rolled his eyes and started taking off after Jack. A little down the beach they ended up sitting next to each other. Their shells were in a pile in a hole they dug. They were leaning on their hands and watching the ocean and Jack slowly moved his hand over David's. David looked down at their hands and up at Jack and smiled at him and went back to watching the waves.
Eventually David checked his watch and realized they had to leave to pick up his sister. They started walking back to the truck, feet leaving prints in the sand with their heavy steps. Walking close to one another Jack brushed his hand against David's. Jack could see the smile on David's face even though David was looking at the ground still continuing to pick up shells along the way.
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Sitting in the car Sarah couldn't help but feel like there was something different between Jack and her brother. They couldn't look at each other without breaking out into a smile. There was this strange buzz going around the car and for some reason everything seemed much more lighter. This, she decided, was awkward.
She coughed, "So, what'd you guys do?"
"……" Jack smiled as he made a turn.
David decided it was good time to pick at his nails, "Nothing, just picked up shells."
"Yeah, shells," said Jack pointing at the bag on the dash.
Sarah looked at it, "You're both wet."
"We're at the ocean you'd have to expect to get wet Sarah," said David wishing he'd brought a towel.
"Oh Sarah, just for the record, I owe you dinner," said Jack pulling into park.
"And an empty house," said Sarah.
David stared at the both of them for a second, "What's going on?"
"Nothing!" said Jack and Sarah.
They met up with David's parents and all went back to David's aunt's house. Jack and David were flipping through clothes in the closet and Les was getting sand everywhere. Sarah had changed four times before deciding what to wear and then they were off again. They decided to eat at the Warf and Jack learned for the first time that David hated eating fish. Jack loved steak and didn't want David to feel too out of place being the only one not eating fish so he ordered steak too.
"So Jack, what plans do you have for the future?" asked David's aunt.
"Well, ma'am, I've never really thought about it," said Jack looking over across at David.
David coughed, "Um, so the weather's been really weird lately hasn't it?"
"Yeah, it's way too hot for this time of year," said Sarah taking a drink from her glass.
Jack smiled into his cup and stretched his legs a little and accidentally kicked David's foot. David momentarily glared at Jack and kicked Jack in the foot and so started their foot war. Jack started rubbing his foot against David's just to get a reaction and every time David would kick at Jack's feet. After the food got there they finally stopped, but then after everyone was pretty much done Jack attempted to put his foot on David's knee. The only problem was that Jack miscalculated and ended up getting David's thigh.
David jumped up in his seat and went completely red. Jack started laughing then Sarah coughed. David's parents and aunt looked over at them and gave them a weird look and went back to eating. Les started asking Jack if he could try some of his steak, David looked over at Les and told him to stop being rude.
"Nah really it's ok," said Jack forking a piece onto Les' plate.
Les took a bite into it and cringed, "Eww it's still kind of red."
David laughed, "Its medium well, Les."
"That's gross, it's still mooing!"
Afther dinner Jack, David, and Sarah were walking along the beach. Les had begged his parents to go with them, but they'd said he was too young and besides the older kids wanted to spend time together. Now, for some reason they were all being really quite and Jack found that exceedingly creepy. Also, Jack thought Sarah was crazy because she was wearing a skirt at night, granted it was a long skirt, but it was still a skirt.
"Aren't you cold?" asked Jack taking off his jacket and putting it on her.
"No," she took the jacket anyways.
"I think you're forgetting who she is," said David trying not to read too much into Jack and Sarah.
"You're right," said Jack nudging David with his elbow.
"So, what was with you guys tonight? I mean what were you doing under the table and all?" Sarah turned her head over her shoulder and looked at Jack and her brother.
Jack laughed.
"Nothing!" yelled David.
Sarah nodded her head and laughed, "Yeah sure, and I get A's."
"You know, you just implied you were stupid," said David trying not to laugh at her.
"As long as no one else does it," said Sarah.
"It's a good thing you're pretty," said Jack.
They kept walking along the beach and Jack put his arm around Sarah's shoulder. David couldn't help himself and scowled and Jack put his arm around David's shoulder as well. They all walked back to David's aunt's house together.
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The sun drifted in from the window, Jack had woken up and found Les was already up dressed and gone.So hemoved over closer to David and wrapped his arm around him and pulled him closer. Jack smiled and buried his face in David's shoulder, David shifted in his spot and woke up and yawned.
"Morning, Jack."
"Morning, Davey."
"We better get up before my parents come to wake us up."
"No…still sleepy," said Jack not letting David go.
"You were spoiled as a child weren't you?" said David shifting and watched the ceiling fan turn.
"……No, not at all really," said Jack watching David's eyes follow the fan and getting slightly dizzy.
"Sure."
Once they finally managed to pull themselves away from bed they showered and got dressed as quickly as possible. But when they got into the kitchen the only person they saw was Sarah. She was sitting in the kitchen by herself eating a large bowl of cereal and reading a newspaper, the comic strips to be more specific. She looked up from the paper and smiled.
"Morning both you."
"Where is everyone?" asked David heading towards the fridge.
"They went out for breakfast because they woke up way too early and we didn't," said Sarah.
Jack smiled, "Oh well."
Sarah watched both of them as they went about trying to gather things to eat. She stopped mid bite when she saw Jack reach over David, who was grabbing something from the fridge, to grab a different box of cereal. She just couldn't help but stared at them. Jack looked down and said sorry, excuse me to David, but was still smiling. David looked up, and was obviously blushing, and said it was ok. She just kept watching them and David seemed to remember her and realized she was still sitting at the table.
"What?" David had quickly jerked his head back to the fridge and pulled out the milk.
Sarah shook her head 'no' and made a facial expression that said 'nothing really, do go on.' and looked over at Jack who couldn't seem to stop smiling. They subsequently spent the rest of their day hanging around the house because they ran out of things to do. None of them wanted to go back to the boardwalk and Sarah said she was avoiding the mall because she pissed off some girl. Apparently she was hitting on someone's boyfriend and the girl confronted her. Needless to say it didn't end well for Sarah, she hadn't gotten hurt, but she did get banned from the mall after throwing a milkshake at the other girl.
Jack and David had found this to be extremely funny. Sarah on the other hand was livid about the situation. Jack had hugged her and told her it was ok, besides he bet she could have kicked the other girls' ass. David had rolled his eyes and told Jack no to encourage her to get into fights or else his parents wouldn't let him over anymore. Currently the two of them were sitting outside next to each other on the roof of the house talking.
David looked over at Jack, "Ok, so I have to ask, what is with you and my sister? You guys date, break up, and it feels like you're both keeping something from me."
"It's nothing, I swear," said Jack.
"……"
"If it'll make you feel better, Sarah broke up with me because she could tell I sort of had a thing for you."
"That," David paused, "must have been awkward..."
"Especially when she kept trying to get us alone together."
"….." David's mouth dropped open. "Oh my God my sister knows!"
"She did say not to tell you she knew you liked me back," said Jack shrugging a shoulder.
"Oh God kill me," muttered David.
Jack patted David on the back, "It's not bad. At least she doesn't hate you."
David stared at Jack for a moment, "I guess you're right."
"When I'm right, I'm right," said Jack smiling.
David couldn't help but smile whenever Jack smiled.
"Hey Davey?"
"What Jack?"
"When we get back into town, do you, I mean would you kind of like to stay the night at my house?"
"Sure thing Jack…….also, can we not say anything about this to my friends? They'd have a field day with this," said David lying back down against the warm roof.
"I don't know, I think I'd enjoy Robert and Bryant's input," said Jack also lying down against the roof next to David.
"And I'd rather shoot myself," said David.
"Aww, you're afraid of the couple," said Jack poking David in the side.
"No, I'm terrified of them," said David laughing and poking Jack back.
"With good reason."
The rest of the day passed along quite slowly. It wasn't from boredom or dragging white clouds, it was from lazy fun and lounging around. The drive back was filled with music and much laughing. Jack really couldn't see a downside at all. Though, when he finally got back home he was in for a surprise.
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A/N: You can't make me go to aerobics! –scowls- I'm in no mood to exercise today. But on another note, woohoo no class on Friday! or next week for that matter –cries from happiness- Now comes the sad news, here comes the part where the waiting comes in, like I said before I have nothing planed out after this chapter. I have a small sketch of things plotted out and some sort of ending in sight in achapter or two, but nothing really written out. Don't hate me if it takes a wee bit of time, but if it comes out sooner….yay!
Till the next chapter, be well!
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