A/N: I just want to thank all my reviewers. It's so nice of you to review. Glad to see some people are becoming Parker/Chase, 'shippers; this chapter should make you guys happy.
Addition: Dire Straits owns the lyrics to Romeo and Juliet. All other songs are also owned by their respective people. I also own none of the characters from T70s, nor am I making money off of this.
Chapter 4- Saturday, Boring Saturday
Point Place, Wisconsin
September 13, 2003
8:15 p.m.
The Forman Basement
It was just another boring Saturday night in Point Place Wisconsin. The gang sat around the Forman basement, as usual, and for one of the first times they were all bored. Parker, Pez, and Chase sat on the sofa while Vista sat on the arm closest to the lawn chair, Holder sat in the lawn chair and Jon sat in his chair. They were all staring at the television and watching MTV and a "Real World" repeat.
"Okay," Holder said slowly. "I have a question."
"What else is new?" Jon asked before picking a comic off the small table to his left. The others laughed a little.
"No, I really have a question." He paused to make sure the others were listening and when he was sure they were he went on. "They're in Vegas, right?" Chase nodded a little. "Well, were the hell is Roy and that other gay guy? And the tigers? I want to see the tigers."
"Holder, just because they're in Vegas, doesn't mean they're with the gay guys and the tigers." Jon filled Holder in before opening the comic and reading.
"Oh." The pretty boy looked down at his nails thoughtfully. Without warning, he leaped from his chair, causing Vista to jump. Holder grinned happily. "I have an idea!"
Pez made a face. "Ay, this isn't like the time you had that idea and I ended up naked and on that public bus?" Everyone stared at her. "What?"
Parker shook his head thoughtfully. "Anyway, what's your idea?"
"We should play a game! Yeah, we all write things that we could do and then we split into boy/girl groups of two. Then, we have to pick a thing and we have to do it. Then, at midnight-thirty, we come back here and talk about it. Think about it, anything is better then sitting here." Holder paused to chance his breath. "So?"
"As summer camp as that sounds, I'm going to have to pass." Jon said before turning a page in the comic.
"I agree," Chase seconded. "it just sounds to summer camp."
Holder stared at his friends. He had thought his idea was gold, but they didn't. Agh, it was always like that. He looked over at Pez, who had been really quiet. She'd say yes to his idea. She had to. "Pez?"
Pez looked up at him, he eyes wide. "I...um...okay. As long as I don't end up naked again."
"Great! Parker, Vista?"
Parker sighed. Holder wasn't going to let this go and he really didn't want to spend all night listening to him. "Fine." Parker looked at Jon and then at Chase. "Let's just do it, guys. We can always pretend to do the things but really just hang out."
Holder made a girly noise. "I'm right here!"
Jon flipped another page. "Just get some paper and a pen, stupid."
Ten minutes later:
Parker reached into the baseball cap and pulled out a piece of paper. He opened it and looked down at the name: Chase. Parker felt himself grin. He reached into another baseball cap and pulled out a thing: drive around till your nearly out of gas. Perfect. He could be alone with Chase for three hours and thirty-five minutes. Nothing could stop him from kissing her now.
Chase leaned over and looked at the piece of paper. "Wait, how can we drive around when neither of us has a car?"
Well, maybe that.
"You can borrow our Dad's car." Vista told them from her perch on the sofa's arm.
Parker looked toward Vista and mouthed a 'thanks'. Man, he loved his sister. "Yeah, we can use the car. No problem." He and Chase went up the stairs.
Vista got off the sofa and reached into the hat: Holder. She groaned a little. "Why do I have to be with Holder?"
Jon chuckled. "Think of it this way, the smartest person goes with the dumbest. It evens out." He and Pez exchanged a high-five.
Holder huffed and went to the lawn chair.
Vista just glared before picking something out of the other hat. She read it out loud. "Go to the mall and look for chicks. When it closes drive around and look for chicks."
She whirled to her side to look at Holder. "I'm not doing that."
The older boy stood and took her by the hand. "You picked it, sweet thing." He grinned happily. "Now lets go look for girls." Holder nearly ran out the side door, dragging a slightly pissed Vista behind him.
Jon and Pez exchanged a look before Jon reached into the hat. The piece of paper read: Free.
"You want to go to my Mom's job? We could sit on the washer and drier and watch tv?" Pez asked Jon.
Jon shrugged. "Yeah, okay."
*
Point Place Mall
9:05 p.m.
The Food Court
Vista glared angrily at Holder as she drummed her fingers on their table. They had arrived at the mall at 8:45 and it had taken him fifteen minutes to get kicked out of the 'Victoria's Secret', the lady's department in 'Sears' and the ladies department in 'J. C. Penny.' Sure, he had bought her a banana milkshake to make up for it, but that still didn't make the fact that they had been kicked out because he had tried to get women to try on nighties.
"You just had to ask them, didn't you?" Vista questioned him with an annoyed look. "Why did you have to ask them?!"
Holder shrugged and gave a slightly confused look. "I don't know! I-It's like I see a beautiful girl and I want to see her in a nightie or something." He hung his head slightly. "I can't seem to help it."
"You're a horn dog." It was a phrase she never used and that's how he knew she was upset with him. She sighed and leaned toward him. "You need to try harder to be less of a horn dog or no one will never take you seriously." Vista smiled at him and he smiled back. Once she knew she had made him feel a little better, she kicked him in the leg. He grabbed his leg under the table and let out a small cry. "And you need to stop acting like a horn dog, horn dog!" With that said, she crossed her arms, leaned into her chair, and glared at him. Feeling uncomfortable, Holder just looked down at his milkshake.
*
Point Place
10:01 p.m.
Mt. Hump
Parker Forman and the girl called Chase sat in his father's car. They had decided that driving around town was a waste of gas, so they had parked at Mt. Hump. Parker was quick to point out that it was *not* to make-out, but rather to save gas and gas money. They sat uncomfortably in the car and listened to the moans around them. They glanced at each other a couple of times before Parker quickly reached over and turned the radio on.
//Now in Venia, there's ten pretty women.
There's a shoulder were death comes to cry.//
Chase and Parker exchanged a nervous look and Parker quickly changed the station.
//I like big butts and I cannot lie!//
Chase quickly changed the station and made a disgusted face.
//A love struck Romeo sings a street serenade
Laying everybody low with a love song that he made
Finds a convenient street light steps out of the shade
Says something like you and me babe how about it?//
Both sixteen year olds smiled and awkwardly leaned back to listen.
*
Natural Beauty
11:04 p.m.
The Dryer Room
Pez and Jon sat on the washer and dryer in the dryer room on Pez's mom's beauty parlor. In between them was a large bag of sorted candy and in front of them was a tiny television. They watched with interested as an infomercial ran on late night television.
The guy on the television was in a kitchen and was happily going on about his new break-through product. It would make cooking easier and faster; two very large plus for a family on the go.
"Set it and forget about it!" Pez, Jon, and the guy on the television said as the guy in the infomercial put a chicken onto his product. Pez laughed and put another candy into her mouth. This was good times.
*
The Hub
11:15 p.m.
Holder had decided that the Hub would be the best place to look for girls. He had literally dragged Vista into the place and sat her at a table in the very center on the restaurant/hang out. Now, the two of them sat at a table in the mist of all the other Point Place students. They were supposed to be looking for girls. Supposed to, only the person that wanted to was only looking at one girl.
Vista looked up from her fries to see Holder staring at her. He blushed and quickly looked away. Vista briefly wondered if he remembered what they were supposed to be doing. In all of his seventeen years, Holder had never given up the pursuit of looking for girls. "Holder, what's wrong?"
Holder sighed in a very overdramatic way. He reached out for Vista's hands, but she moved them away. "I think you're cool." She gave him an 'ok' look and he sighed. "I know I mess up a lot, but I think I'll do better one day."
Vista gave her friend a small smile. "I know you will." She paused. Keeping her sweet smile, she spoke frankly. "Now get your foot away from my leg."
He smiled coyly and kept the foot where it was. Vista kicked Holder in the leg.
*
Point Place
11:21 p.m.
Mt. Hump
//over you. I'm never over
over you. something about you
It's just the way you move
the way you move me//
They sat there, very uncomfortable and surrounded by a lot of horny teenagers. They couldn't take it anymore. One of them just had to crack-fast. If someone didn't say something, they were both sure they'd explode.
"This is stupid!" Parker nearly screamed. He moved his body to face Chase. "We're just two people, two friends, parked at Mt. Hump."
Chase raised her eyebrow. "Just friends? You see me as just a friend?"
Parker wasn't sure what to say to that. If he said no, it could ruin their whole friendship. If he said yes, it could make a mess out of everything. He flipped his wrist. "Of course! W-we're friends. Good friends."
Chase got this look on her face. She looked like she might kill Parker; Parker moved away from her. "Just friends. Fine." She rolled her eyes and turned the radio up.
*
Natural Beauty
11:30 p.m.
The Dryer Room
Back at Natural Beauty, Pez and Jon were still eating candy and watching late night television. Jon noticed that his watch read 11:30, finally this stupid and pointless exercise was about to end.
"Hey man, we should be getting back to the basement." He hopped off the dryer. "Come on, we can watch t.v. there."
"Ok, let me just-" Pez trailed off as the opening credits to her favorite movie came on the screen. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was about to play! "Jon." She gave him puppy-dog eyes.
"No, Pez. Come on, you own this freaking movie." He really wanted to go. "Pez-"
"We stay Jon." Jon started to leave. "I said we stay!" Jon looked afraid and quickly jumped back onto the dryer.
They could stay, but just for ten more minutes.
*
Holder's "Love Van"
11:45 p.m.
They were going back to the basement, because they had fulfilled their job. They had looked for girls, only they also ended up finding new ground between them. Vista now knew that Holder could be mature and Holder now knew that Vista could kick. They listened to the music and both found the song described their new friendship.
"Hey Holder, you have a lot of growing up to do. But, I think you'll turn out okay."
Holder smiled. "Thanks. You know, you're really mature. I think I'd like to end up a little like you."
Vista nodded. "Hey Holder, how long will this mature out-look last?"
"You know me Vis, it won't last long. I give it till we get back to the basement."
Vista smiled slightly. "Yeah." She turned up the radio.
*
Point Place
11:41 p.m.
Mt. Hump
The tension in the car could have been cut with a knife. They both sat silent, staring straight ahead.
Finally, Chase whirled in her seat to face Parker. "Just friends? That's it?!"
It was at that moment they both realized the song they had started out with was playing again.
// Juliet says hey it's Romeo you nearly gimme a heart attack
He's underneath the window she's singing hey la my boyfriend's back//
"Y-yeah. W-we're us, Chase." He tried to smile, but all that came was a tiny grin. "Right?"
//You shouldn't come around here singing up at people like that
Anyway what you gonna do about it?//
Chase looked sadly at Parker. Why didn't he get it? Really, all the signs were there. "But, just a friend? We're just friends?" Parker nodded. "You suck Forman."
//Juliet the dice was loaded from the start
And I bet and you exploded into my heart//
"Excuse me?"
//And I forget the movie song
When you gonna realize it was just that the time was wrong Juliet?//
"Have you not seen the signals for the last four months? Have I been coming on to myself?" She sighed, clearly irritated.
Parker couldn't help but smile. Chase had never been this irritated at him and it was sort of funny to watch her roll her eyes and make awesome hand movements. "I hadn't noticed. How could you not have mine? W-wait, you've been coming on to me? When? A-are you doing it now?"
//You can fall for pretty strangers and the promises they hold
You promised me everything you promised me thick and thin
Now you just say oh Romeo yeah you know I used to have a scene with him//
"Not right now, you're pissing me off right now." She rolled her eyes again. "I'm just trying to get you to understand that I like you and I know you like me. I know you more then like me." Her voice had gotten lower and she was staring at him with this look. This sweet look that said, yes she wouldn't mind kissing him.
//I can't do everything but I'd do anything for you
I can't do anything except be in love you//
Parker sat straighter and all he could do was stare at Chase. Sure, Vista had told him that Chase liked him, but that was different then actually hearing it. "I-I just want you to like me. Like in Star Wars-" Chase gave him a small look. "Right. Um, Chase, I like you, I more then like you."
//All I do is kiss you through the bars of a rhyme
Juliet I'd do the stars with you any time//
Chase smiled happily and leaned into him. Parker leaned closer to Chase and before he knew it, his lips were on hers.
//A love struck Romeo sings a streetsuss serenade
Laying everybody low with a love song that he made
finds a convenient streetlight steps out of the shade
Says something like you and me babe how about it?//
*
Natural Beauty
1:30 a.m.
The Dryer Room
Pez couldn't believe her luck. TBS was having a 24 hour Charlie and the Chocolate Factory marathon. It was as if the Gods themselves had smiled down on her. She watched the screen with child-like wonder as the fat German boy was sucked into the tube. A whole river of chocolate, oh she'd sure as hell pay for that!
Jon began to move off the dryer and without even looking up, Pez grabbed his sleeve. "I said we stay!" Jon groaned and moved back onto the dryer.
-The end-
Next Time: 'Holding Hugs, Hugging, and Other Things That Start With 'H''-Parker is finally ready to ask Chase out on a real date. So, Jon and Holder help him get ready by teaching the basic dating dos and don'ts. Meanwhile, Pez tries to teach Chase how to act on a real date. Also, Donna and Eric get a phone call from the school about Vista and they fear she is not doing well.