Author's Notes: Well ladies and gentlemen we have something of an unusual situation here. This chapter turned out to be...well, too big, so we had to split it in half, otherwise it would have been over forty pages long.
Chapters 1-5 were your background for Cody and Heather, now its time to meet our supporting cast before the main plot kicks in! You'll also get to see and learn a bit more about Cody and Heather as well of course. However in this chapter, you'll meet the secondary character that will have the largest role to the story. Also, just make sure everyone understands, aside from one or two exceptions, most of the supporting cast will be characters from either the TDRI or the TDPI casts.
We would also like to thank "PrincessThunderquake" for the suggestion of using the names of Total Drama's creators as the basis for the name of the college the story will be taking place in. Congratulations! We'll think up a little prize for up between now and next chapter.
For now, we hope that everyone will enjoy the seventh chapter of "Unbreakable Red Silken Thread": Destiny: Beauty and the Beast Part One
'Today is a horrible day!' Cody shouted in his mind as his nerves were pushed to the breaking point. The usually calm and laid back Tech Geek was having some very nasty thoughts, images of absolute pain and agony for everyone around him, wishing them a slow, violent and painful death. He was beginning to take disturbing schadenfreude in the idea of people being set ablaze amid hurricanes of fire as their cars exploded into eruptions of glass and gasoline of Michel Bay proportions.
And to think, he was perfectly calm and rational compared to Heather, who was currently threatening the car's navigation system (installed into the older car by Cody himself) that if it took them down one more back road just to bring them back to the main highway she would tear it out with her bare hands and shove it up the car's tailpipe.
Needless to say, the good feeling of their epic final night in Cody's room had long since evaporated.
It was well past noon. And, despite their predictions to the contrary, and having both a state of the art navigation system and MapQuest directions, Cody and Heather had not reached their dorm. They should have been at least close to their campus but they didn't have a clue if they were or not. Part of the problem was that the GPS would say one thing but the MapQuest directions would say the opposite. It wouldn't have been quite so bad were it not for the fact the neither of them had ever been to this particular province before.
{"Turn left at the upcoming intersection,"} The robotic female GPS voice said cheerfully.
Heather realized that they were literally right on top of the intersection, about to miss it.
"What the fuck, you metal bitch!?" Heather shouted as she cut the DeLorean's wheel hard so she didn't miss their turn. She crossed through three lanes of traffic but she didn't care. The Queen Bee completely ignored the blaring horns and vulgar curses from her fellow drivers, and would have 'signaled' back had she not needed both hands just to keep the wheel from slipping out of her grip.
It was ten minutes after making this sharp left turn that Heather realized a vehicle was following them. Glancing at the rear-view mirror, she saw that it was a metallic green Jeep Wrangler, a 2010 model, if she had to guess.
The young Asian was too far-gone in her frustration-induced rage to feel even an ounce of joy when Cody pointed out the entrance to the campus ahead of them. Instead of focusing on that, her attention was on the jeep following them.
"Heather, what's wrong?" Cody asked, finding his own bad mood lessened at seeing the hate-filled expression on his girlfriend's beautiful face.
"Someone has been following us ever since I made that quick turn. Probably someone pissed about me cutting them off, wanting to give me a piece of their mind no doubt," Heather said somewhat calmly given her harsh expression.
"Just ignore them," Cody urged. "Today's been bad enough without getting in an argument with someone. Let's just keep driving until we find our dorm or they lose interest," he released a pained sigh. "And given how things are going, the ladder will probably happen first."
"Fuck that!" Heather shouted, her patience now well past the point of giving a shit. While she had changed over the three years she and Cody had known each other, mellowed out and matured a fair bit, she did have her limits. Cody knew that too much stress in too short a time frame would push her back towards her 'old' self. "If that pathetic road-troll wants to have a shouting match, I'm more than willing to oblige! I've been cooped in this crappy car for almost six hours!"
And by the looks of things, Cody knew that 'TDI Heather' was currently in control.
With that being the case, she parked Cody's car in the nearest parking lot she could find, and sure enough the green jeep followed right behind her parking about twenty feet behind the DeLorean.
"Come on, Heather," Cody whined. "Let's just keep going."
"Not until I give this pathetic excuse of a human being a piece of my mind!" Heather barked with a voice that left no room for argument.
With nothing more being said, Heather only had a few seconds before the person in the metallic green jeep got out and started approaching, the vehicle appearing to be without any doors she noted. The moment that person got out of the jeep however Heather started having second thoughts about stopping. As they got closer and closer, more details became apparent.
First was the fact that it was a her. That fact was literally undeniable and unmistakable given the short distance. Her hair was a beautiful ebony sea that radiated an angelic sheen, most of which was tied up in a short but thick ponytail that ran out from under a large tan fedora. Even with the hat, the Queen Bee could see that she kept a good deal of her hair free on the left side, covering a portion of her face. Her skin was the lightest shade of black she had ever seen, almost like chocolate. Studying her face, Heather could see that the girl's lips were pulled back into a furious scowl, but as she got closer she noted that they were almost as full as Lindsay's, possessing a darker lush chocolate coloring rather than soft pink. Heather only focused on her eyes long enough to determine that they were either solid black or dark brown. She never would have admitted it, but the reason she didn't look at them more thoroughly was due to the glare coming from them.
It conveyed more anger and rage than Leshawna or Eva ever had.
More than eager to avoid those eyes, but being unable to take her eyes off the girl, Heather shifted her attention away from her face. The angry chocolate skinned young woman was wearing a light tan cargo vest and plain white undershirt that clung tightly to her curves. Her tan khaki shorts that matched well with her cargo vest complimented this and the entire ensemble was completed with an impressively thick pair of lime-green boots. The clothing was slightly unusual, but that wasn't the reason Heather couldn't stop staring at. No that was due to the fact that everything she was wearing, aside from the boots and hat, were several sizes too small. The cargo vest and undershirt barely covered her torso and showed off her toned midsection while her khaki shorts were showing a rather generous expanse of leg and lower thigh. Heather found the legs of the approaching girl to be almost spellbinding, literally columns of enchanting brown muscle, and based from that observation Heather was reasonably sure that she had a super tight ass to complete the package. All in all, between her physique, choice in clothing and extremely healthy tan, Heather knew this was an outdoorsy girl.
As Heather's focus came to her chest something else became clear, the biggest factor of this unknown girl became unavoidable.
The fact that she was huge! The girl was an honest-to-god real life giant!
With her only a few paces from the car, Heather guessed that she was over six and a half feet tall, easily the tallest person the Queen Bee had ever seen in person. That was also the case for Cody, who hadn't taken his eyes off of the rear view mirror and upon seeing the 'Objects in mirror are closer than they seem' warning couldn't help but think of the scene in Jurassic Park where the T-Rex was right behind the jeep trying to escape from it. Now Cody knew what Dr. Ian Malcolm felt like!
And Heather, having seen the movie thanks to Cody, silently agreed with him.
Finding themselves being more than a little frightened, the girl stood directly outside the driver's side door, blocking out the sun like one of the legendary titans of myth.
"Open that bloody door 'n get outta that bloody car, you little fuckin' whore!" she shouted with an unmistakably thick Australian accent.
Heather didn't react at first, still marveling at how this towering girl dressed like an Indiana Jones from the badlands of the Land Down Under truly did look almost divine, even down to her expression of rage. Then of course the reality of this girl not being divine became obvious, and that in turn gave Heather an idea.
The Queen Bee noticed where she was standing and it made her smirk darkly. She had been planning to roll the window down and not even give her the honor of getting out of the car to face her, but who was Heather to refuse such a request?
So, Heather did exactly as had been requested. She opened the driver's side door.
WHACK!
The fact that this girl had gotten a mouthful of upper cutting gull-door for her trouble was simply a pleasant bonus to Heather for agreeing to this girl's demands. That and the fact she was able to bring the sun's rays back upon her and Cody as the titan of a girl was hunched over.
Smirking in pseudo-Queen Bee swagger, Heather stepped out from Cody's car. The towering dark skinned girl was now looking up at Heather as she nursed her now bleeding nose. The Aussie was cursing up a storm, with Heather only understanding half of what was said thanks to her accent being thickened by wrath and the use of some foreign slang along with holding her nose.
After moving a few paces, with an oddly careful precision to her step, Heather calmly spoke. "Don't be mad at me, you're the one who demanded I open the door and get out."
With her ebony eyes now shimmering like burning black stars as she looked up to Heather's face, the towering Australian rose her full and intimidating height…
WHACK!
…only to have the top of her head slam into the still opened door above her.
'God I love those dumb, tacky gull wing doors,' Heather thought smugly with her arms crossed as she grinned, only being partly sarcastic. Feeling good for the first time today since leaving Cody's, she asked, "So, whoever you are, do you feel like going another round with a car door…or do you feel trying your luck against an actual person?"
That pushed the girl's last button! Now this tiny Asian bitch was going to get it!
After making sure she was not under the still open door, she stood up and turned towards Heather. She took one quick step towards her…
WHACK!
Too caught up in finally avoiding the opened car door, she walked right into it. This time taking a direct hit to the forehead, which knocked her onto her backside.
She reacted about as well as you would expect her to.
"GODDMANIT, YA MOTHERFUCKIN' DWARF OF A WHORE! THAT DOES IT, THAT'S IT! I'M GONNA SNAP OFF YOUR LIMBS LIKE DRY TWIGS ONE BY ONE 'FORE RIPPIN' YOUR 'EAD OFF SO IT CAN WATCH THE BODY DIE!"
Heather, though a little worried, was more surprised by the fact that she had taken three direct hits to the face by a solid metal door and she didn't seem any worse for ware. What would have killed or at least impaired most people only made her justifiably angry. She also took note of something on the Aussie's neck, a rather impressive hickey.
Realizing this too, and having started after the second hit with a car door failed to fall her, Cody appeared looking worried beyond belief and his sudden presence caught Heather off guard. Not noticing this, the Tech Geek reached out his hand to help the girl back to her feet.
After a second of staring at the offered hand in confusion, the Aussie' face hardened as she slapped it away. Though he could tell it was a light slap from her, Cody's hand still stung from the strike. As Cody reeled from the hit, the girl stood up on her own two feet, directly above them. Knowing how tall this girl was couldn't have prepared Cody or Heather for looking at her this close. Her being nearly a foot taller than Cody combined with her look of absolute hatred made her look less like a person and more like a mythic creature of violence promising pain. Heather was starting to regret her decision to tick her off even more.
She must have noticed the pair's reactions of dread as she flashed a freighting smile, made so much worse by her foul mood and the nasty bloodied nose that still had a few small streams of bright crimson sliding down the light ebony of her mouth and chin. "Right, 'ere's what's gonna 'appen now." She said in a sharp, restrained tone that made even Heather obey it. "I'm gonna take the 'igh road 'n let the little whore 'ere explain 'erself. If she can convince me that she 'ad a good reason for cunnin' me off, I won't murder 'er. But if she can't…THEN I'LL MAKE 'ER INTO MY OWN PERSONAL BOOMERANG! 'N SO 'ELP ME GOD, IF MY HEAD HITS THAT CAR DOOR AGAIN I'LL TEAR THE DAMN THING OFF LIKE TIN FOIL!" With that last part shouted as loudly as her larger vocal cords would allow, the towering girl roared just as loudly as she slammed her right foot down onto the asphalt parking lot.
The instant her foot made contact with the ground…it went through it!
Cody and Heather's eyes widened instantly as they saw her foot force its way deep enough through the asphalt into the dirt beneath it to be buried up to the girl's right knee.
Removing her foot and lower leg from the massive pothole that she just created, she simply stood there waiting for a response. It took longer than she would have liked. Mainly, because Cody and Heather, though more Heather, were too afraid to move!
Now the Queen Bee definitely regretted ticking this girl off so much!
Silently, without taking his eyes off the girl, or even blinking, Cody clicked a button on his keys causing the dual gull-wing doors to lower slowly in the terror-filled silence awkwardly before closing.
The Tech Geek, fearing that Heather would say something like 'You're the one who walked into the car door', which likely would have ended in her getting beaten to a lifeless pulp by this enraged woman with over Eva-level strength and him being unable to help her in anyway aside from delay her death by a few seconds with his own, stood in.
"I-I-I…I'm sa-so-sorry…fa-for that Miss…" Cody began, shaking like a bowl of jello. "Y-you see…we aren't fa-from around here. We've been driving for six hours, and we've been completely lost for the better part of the last two and a half. And…" He paused, trying to think of a reason for Heather to allow this girl to hit her head three times that wouldn't result in a beating in his panic, "…she thought that you were someone else."
The unstoppable look of pure wrath on the girl's face vanished within a microsecond. For some reason, the Australian girl looked completely off guard by what Cody had said, or at least a part of it anyway. "Just 'ow dumb do you two think I am? Ya can plainly see how bloody tall I am! Explain 'ow you could confuse me with someone else!?"
"Actually," Cody said as he reached into one of his pants pockets, "I can prove it." Once again thanking the heavens for his eighteenth birthday, he pulled out his wallet and removed a picture from it. "Here, have look for yourself."
Shocked anew, the girl took the photo. Looking at it, she saw the same two people before her, along with a third person. The trio was on a beach in front of an expensive looking condo in their swimwear. It was the third person in the picture that had the other two in a crushing hug under each arm that caught the towering girl's attention most. She had dark tan skin and a long purple ponytail. More than that however, she was indeed very tall. Not quite as tall as herself, but she still towered over the two before her. She could also see that neither looked very happy in the picture, while she had an obliviously happy smile stretching from one end of her face to the other.
The girl eyed the picture intently, then Cody and Heather, and then the picture yet again. After a solid minute of staring and silence, the Australian sighed and quietly said, "Ya might be tellin' the truth." She then handed the photo back to the Tech Geek. After the photo was back in Cody's wallet, and his wallet was back in his pocket, she asked him, "So, who was that girl, anyway? I ask 'cause I 'aven't seen many girls almost as tall as me from 'round these parts."
Cody, a little shocked by how calm this girl was being now but not wanting to get her angry again, was unable to help himself as he chuckled before answering. "Well, she's not from around here, and neither are we. But to answer your question, she's a girl that we ran into a few years ago and have seen once or twice since then. Her name is Sierra Obonsawin, and she's an old…" Cody paused, struggling to find the right words, "…acquaintance of ours," the Tech Geek's face became riddled with worry and dread while Heather's took on a shade of fear.
"If she's an acquaintance, then why are ya suddenly lookin' more scared than a koala drinkin' from a croc's pond?" The Australian girl asked him with a raised eyebrow.
"Well…" Cody began, rubbing the back of his neck before continuing, "our past with her is…complicated. I mean, she stalked me nonstop after the first time we met, so what does that tell you, eh?" he laughed lightly, expecting this girl to do the same.
But she didn't. Instead, she was deep in thought. The name sounded familiar, but after repeating it in her head a few times an answer didn't manifest itself. It should have though, since Obonsawin wasn't exactly a common name. And the name Sierra sounded awfully familiar. The two people looking at each other in confusion after they had been staring at her as she had thought snapped the tall black girl out of her thoughts.
"Again, I'm really sorry for what happened. You didn't deserve any of it," Cody said. "Man, it's so difficult to find your way around here, it's like the roads are a big rat maze or something."
"Yes they are," the girl nodded. "It took me some time to get the lay of the land too."
That instantly caught Cody's attention. "Wait a second, does that mean you know where the Pertsch & McGillis Memorial University is?"
"Yeah…I do. This will be my second year 'ere after the classes start up again as a matter of fact." The tall girl asked a little confused by the question. "Why do ya ask?"
Moving so fast that he left a dusty after image of himself, Cody ducked back towards his car. After opening the passenger side door, (the door that wasn't near the giant), he grabbed several papers. Returning to the spot he had just been standing before the last of the dust had disappeared, Cody presented the papers to the now even more confused tall girl. "Would you happen to know where the Pahkitew dorms are?" He asked, hopefully.
The girl also noticed that Cody had some tissues in his grasp, likely for her bloody nose. First she took the tissues and wiped away the wrathful red running done her face. She thanked Cody before taking the papers. After looking over those, the girl thought about it for a minute. "Sorry, but I don't," she replied. "I wish I knew but I don't live 'ere, I just commute to my classes each day from my family's 'ouse. I don't know where that exact dorm is."
Cody repressed his groan of disappointment, and instead asked, "Can you at least give us a general directions? Some landmarks or something? Any little thing would help."
"Yeah, I can do that much," the tall girl said before extending a finger to the right. "Ya wanna take that road over there to your right. You'll see a bunch of buildings close together with red roofs ova 'em. Your dorm is probably one of those."
"Great!" Cody said, elated. "You have no idea how much this will help us! Thank you!"
With that Cody turned back towards his car. Heather, who had wisely been silent the entire time, reeling at the shifts expressed with the towering Australian, followed him.
"'Old it!" The Australian titan ordered in that unchallengeable tone once again. Cody and Heather flinched, before slowly turning around, fearing the girl's delayed wrath. The more annoyed look in her face didn't help them any. There was silence. "I never got your names." After that her expression changed from annoyed to mildly playful.
Cody, despite being shocked by this, was the one to speak, "Oh…right! Uh, sorry, Miss. My name is Cody, Cody Anderson. And…" He paused before looking at Heather with worry, afraid that introducing his girlfriend might make this girl mad again, "this is my girlfriend, Heather. Heather Wilson."
"Jasmine," she replied before adding, "the name's, Jasmine Bergin." The towering black Australian girl held out her hand.
The hand was left hanging there a few moments, thanks to Cody remembering how much that same hand had hurt him when it had lightly slapped his away. But, not wanting to lose what progress he had made, he reached out and shook her hand anyway. Given the girl's obvious strength, her handshake was firm but still very comfortable. Pleased by this, Cody flashed his famous gap-toothed smile.
Seeing that smile made something in the back of Jasmine's mind click into place. Sierra? Obonsawin? Stalking? Heather? Cody Anderson? Gap toothed smile?
The Outback Survivalist suddenly developed an idea, a crazy idea, of where she had heard all this before. The idea was so crazy and unlikely that it took her a moment to work up the nerve to ask it.
"Are you the Cody Anderson that was on Total Drama World Tour?"
Cody, despite looking shocked by the question, answered, "Uh…yeah, yes, yes I am."
"Wow…" Jasmine was driven to silent awe for several seconds. "That's kinda shockin'. I remember seein' you on the tellie 'n 'ow you were a such a cute, little guy."
"Well, I may have grown some since then but I'd still like to think that I'm plenty cute." Cody said playfully with a wink and a click of the tongue, allowing himself to feel good for the first time in a good four hours.
That got a laugh out of Jasmine, with an adorable little snort at the end of it. This was definitely the same Cody that she had seen on Total Drama. Then she turned towards Cody's girlfriend and she was shocked yet again, but for a different reason. "It's a small world, ain't it?" Jasmine began with a small smile of amusement on her face, "What are the odds of you gettin' together with another sheila named 'Eather who looks like the bitch whose babs got shown to the world." She released a few more laughs and snorts.
One person who wasn't laughing or snorting however was "Eather", who was glowering and unable to hold herself back anymore thanks to the memories that little comment brought up coupled with Cody's flirty little display.
"Firstly, its Heather, not 'Eather! Pronounce your h's, dammnit!" Heather said harshly. "Secondly, I am that bitch who's babs got shown to the world!"
Jasmine was floored, though she remained towering over the shorter Queen Bee she was mentally smacked into silence for several seconds. Her face now looking quite worried. "Oh…crap. Oh crap! I'm so sorry for not recognize ya! Now ya must think I'm real arse. I swear I'm not that shortsighted usually!" Heather was once again stunned by the gigantic girl before her, but this time it was because of confusion instead of intimidation. Was this suddenly apologizing girl before them the same hotty who had terrified her earlier? "I just didn't think you could possibly be the same 'Eather I had seen on the tellie since you were so up yourself 'n 'bout as nice as a croc with a root canal and Cody was…well, kinda stalker 'n a skirt chaser…"
Jasmine paused, only now realizing that she had just put both of her boot clad feet in her mouth. "Oh, sweet bugger all Jasmine! Now ya've done it! Now they gotta think your more ga-ga than a galoot! 'Ow couldn't they? I got as mad as a cut snake while bein' a date 'n a twit just for 'em making a blue!" She loudly shouted as she balled up her fists and threw her arms to her sides. Then, she looked at Cody and Heather, who stared at her, both because they were worried about what would happen next and they only understood a fraction of what she had just said. Jasmine saw this and sighed. "I'm real sorry…" she offered, sounding very sad with her voice having gone soft, "I've been havin' a real rough day today. But that doesn't give me the right to get the shits. And I'm sorry for insultin' ya. I'm sure you two are bloody filth these days. I just never woulda thought I'd see you two in-person, or that you'd be together. Can ya please forgive me?"
The air was silent yet tense, though this time it was Jasmine on the receiving end of the tension. After the shock of everything wore off, both Heather and Cody reacted. Heather deciding to be, well, Heather, was silent but obviously offended regardless.
"It's all cool, uh…Jasmine." Cody said, taking this far better than his girlfriend had. "You already know we've been having a bad day too, so we can understand where you're coming from, so apology accepted. If it makes you feel any better, consider that payment for getting hit in the head so many times today."
Cody smiled and laughed, and so did Jasmine, with her feeling instantly much better. "And don't feel too bad about us being a couple catching you off like that. I can't exactly blame you since there are times I still can't believe I'm with Heather. She's way too good for me," He offered with a slightly sad smile.
"Cody, we've been over this, don't you ever think that way!" Heather scolded. "If anything, you're too good for me," she added, genuinely and lovingly as she kissed him.
As Jasmine watched the display before her, she found her mind reeling. What she had just seen from Heather completely clashed with how she had been on the show, but more than that she felt a pang ripple within her because of the action itself. Wishing to ignore that feeling, Jasmine suddenly remembered something. "So, you said you were lookin' for a dorm, does that mean that you're attendin'?"
"Yup!" Cody said happily. That caused Jasmine to smile a little bit.
"Ugh, no matter where we go, we always bump into Amazonian fan girls!" Heather groaned.
Jasmine frowned at that as she asked, "Do you have a problem with me being tall!?"
"No, I don't have a problem with you being tall," Heather replied bluntly as she walked up to Jasmine, only now realizing that her head was below the girl's breasts, which were likely DD cups she guessed, though they looked smaller than that because of everything else about this girl being so towering. "What I do have a problem with, is the fact that every giant girl we bump into seems to take an interest in my boyfriend and tries to act like I don't even exist or worse! After two years of that shit, it's gotten a little old."
That statement made the Outback Survivalist think for a moment, and realize the other side of an equation that she herself grappled with. She never considered how it must of felt being shorter than the norm. Honestly, Jasmine was shocked by just how short Heather really was in person. She seemed so much taller during her run on Total Drama. Giving the Asian a quick look over, taking in her tank top, booty shorts and platform sandals, this lead to another train of thought. Did her height make Heather feel like she was lacking? Did she feel like needed to wear such revealing clothing to keep Cody's attention?
The Tech Geek cleared his throat, catching Jasmine's attention and snapped her out of her miniature trance. And that in turn made the Aussie think of another question for this pair. "Ya know, I just had a thought. Why do you need 'elp to find the dorms? They gave all the students 'ere a grand tour of the entire campus a week ago during the orientation."
"That would be because we weren't here last week. We had something important to do the same day as orientation," Heather explained.
"Ya need to take things like that seriously, ya know?" Jasmine asked in deadpan. "Ya can't just brush off somethin' as important as knowing where your gonna be goin' for a couple'a years. You two might be minor celebrities years ago 'n all but that's no excuse."
Heather found herself sporting her old smirk of superiority as she replied, "We missed it because we were off celebrating our second year anniversary as a couple. It's also where Cody gave me this." With that, Heather lifted her right hand. Looking at the hand on display, Jasmine noticed the rather expensive ring Heather was sporting. A white gold band with a not so modest princess cut sapphire.
Upon seeing the ring Jasmine felt a huge pit open up in the bottom of her stomach, her expression now a mixture of shock and fear.
Thankfully for her, Cody seemed to pick up on what she was thinking. "Don't worry Jasmine, it isn't an engagement ring. It's a promise ring that I gave her last year. Still, our anniversary is a very special and important thing for us."
While Jasmine did feel relived by that, she was feeling several other emotions far more strongly. She felt flustered, embarrassed and…secretly miffed. Even so, Jasmine spoke softly, "'Kay, good to know. Sorry again. Say, 'ow 'bout I make it up to ya by takin' ya to the campus center? They should have your room's key, and where to find your dorm, and anythin' else ya might need. Whata say?"
Cody and Heather looked at each other puzzled for a moment. Heather shrugged her shoulders, having nothing to say. Turning back to Jasmine, Cody said, "Uh…sure. That would be very nice. Thanks."
"No worries mate. Just follow behind me. Its only 'bout ten minutes from 'ere." Jasmine said with a small smile before she started to walk back towards her jeep.
The couple had been silent until they got into the car, with Cody taking the wheel. As he started up the DeLorean, "So, Jasmine's something else, eh? But she does seem nice."
"Assuming you don't count her near homicidal road rage, then yes, I agree. Though I guess she did recover from it quicker than I would have," Heather seconded. She then added to herself, 'She is...interesting, I'll give her that much. She might be worth keeping around for now.'
After about ten minutes behind the wheel following Jasmine, the trio arrived at the campus center. As they would have expected, the large building's parking lot was almost completely deserted, with their only being two other cars present.
Still following Jasmine, Cody and Heather noticed how once they made it to the building, instead of heading to the main entrance the Aussie took a sharp right to a side door a little distance from the main door. This surprised them, but not as much as when the Australian swiped a key fob across a pad to unlock it.
Seeing their questioning looks, Jasmine explained, "I often assist the science lab classes after the usual 'ours so they gave me a pass for most of the security clearance areas."
'This girl is definitely someone to keep around!' Heather thought to herself.
"What do you help with?" Cody asked.
"A lotta stuff, though its usually with the lab rats and mice for the third and fourth year students. In addition to helpin' 'em for some added credits, I also volunteered to take care of the lil' darlings ova the summer break before startin' my second year 'ere."
"How did a first year student be given that kind of responsibility?" Cody asked, impressed.
As they started to travel through the empty halls to the office, Jasmine laughed and snorted a little. "It's actually a bit of a funny story. I don't know 'ow it 'appened but somehow one of the professors accidently opened up all the cages and all the rats got out 'cause of it." Cody and Heather couldn't help but laugh at the mental image. Jasmine chuckled and snorted yet again. "It reminded me of seein' a swarm of cane toads back home." She noted Cody and Heather's blank stares. She suddenly looked a little awkward "Uh, cane toads. Ya know? Four-pound toads brought ova to Australia from Hawaii that've got poison that'll make your hand like a wicketkeeper's glove?" Cody and Heather's blank stares became even blanker. "Cricket? It's a game." Cody and Heather were silent, with their looks unchanged. Jasmine sighed and slumped slighting in defeat. "Never mind." Jasmine finally said, feeling suddenly a lot worse than she had been. "Anyway, when the announcement got out for students to 'elp gather 'em, I joined the effort, and since I've had plenty of experience with 'andling animals way bigger and more dangerous it was nothin'. A bunch'a rouge rodents were the easiest 'unt I've ever 'ad." Remembering the experience made Jasmine smile again.
"How many did you catch?" Heather idly asked while passing a display full of trophies and photos.
"It mighta been the easiest 'unt but its wasn't the most fruitful. I only got 'bout twenty." Jasmine said.
"And how many had gotten out?" Cody asked.
"'Bout two hundred." Jasmine replied. After walking for a few seconds she paused, noticing that both Cody and Heather were frozen in place. "Don't worry, ya big scaredy cats. All of 'em were caught and accounted for. And just to be sure, the dean brought in a exterminator to go through the entire campus afterwards."
Cody and Heather were greatly relieved to hear that. And it was even better because they were right at the office they were looking for. Jasmine opened the door and surprisingly held it for both of them.
The main office was what Cody and Heather would have expected, much like a bigger version of the main office from their high school but with an actual budget for decorations. No one was at the front desk however.
Jasmine called out with a loud shout, and within a few moments someone came rushing to the front. That person, a meek little raven-haired woman, came running out in a panic. "What happened, Jasmine!? Did anything else escape!? Where did they run to this time!?"
"Whoa, whoa, cool ya jets, Sheila," Jasmine said holding her hands out smirking. "Nothin's wrong. I just came across a few students who had missed the orientation." She then motioned to Heather and Cody.
The two handed over their acceptance letters and driver's licenses (as photo IDs) and after taking them the woman disappeared for a few moments. Once she returned, with two large yellow envelopes that she gave to Cody and Heather along with two keys, their IDs and letters before once again disappearing into the back.
The two turned around but before taking a step bumped into something that was soft yet dense. It took a moment to realize that they had walked into Jasmine, who had a little fold out map of the campus in hand. "I figured that you'd still need 'elp findin' your dorm, right?" she asked with the same friendly smile she'd worn since entering the building.
"Yup. That's right! Awesome idea Jasmine." Cody said taking the map and hoping it would prove to be more useful than their last one.
As her boyfriend started studying the map and looking for the location of their dorm, Heather had a thought as she continued to study their local guide, several thoughts, actually. Testing one of them, the Queen Bee reached out and gently laid her hand on one of Jasmine's biceps. The Outback girl flinched slightly at the sudden contact. "So, Jasmine," Heather asked the Aussie quietly, "do you have anything of importance to do for the next few hours?"
It took Jasmine a moment to recover from the shock of Heather touching her without so much as seeing her move beforehand, but after processing the question, she asked, "I don't think I do, 'Eather. Why do ya ask?"
With a small sigh and slightly awkward shifting of her feet Heather answered her. "Well, remember how I said that me and Cody aren't from around here? That means we don't have a clue where anything here is either." Heather admitted. Then, the Queen Bee started to rub her hand along Jasmine's arm bicep slowly. Noting that Jasmine's arm was ever so subtly shaking under her semi-sensual ministrations, Heather continued, adding a slight shift in her tone, "And even after we get to our dorm, we could really use a pair of strong hands to help us move everything." As she spoke her hand trailed down from Jasmine's arm to her wrist, adding, "And your hands seem very strong," Heather finished with a small smirk.
Finding herself to be very, very hesitant, Jasmine struggled to speak. "Th-that's aw-awfully bold on ya part. I don't even really know ya, and I only do 'cause you cut me off earlier."
Secretly shocked by Jasmine's reaction, Heather removed her hand from the Aussie's arm before switching to her normal business voice. "Okay, look. I don't like apologizing but…I did fuck up when I cut you off. I'm sorry for that, I was wrong and I admit it." She managed to say with the barest trances of a wince lining her face. "But we really could use your help. By the time we find our dorm and get to it, it will be starting into the afternoon and I highly doubt that there's going to be any food waiting for us. We need outsider, well, insider help, in this case. We need to know where some restaurants are, not to mention other things like the nearest grocery store or the nearest hardware store. And choosing between giving the GPS and MapQuest another chance to send us on a wild goose chase or asking a stranger that's already helped us out once, I'd rather take my chances with the stranger."
Cody, who had been watching the entire display in shock once Heather started groping Jasmine's arm, piped up with, "If it helps sweeten the deal, you can pick out any place to eat you want and we'll pay for your dinner!"
Jasmine blinked, confused on several different levels, but then developed a smirk as she playfully replied, "Ya better be careful, Cody, 'bout offerin' to pay for a girl's meal when your girlfriend is standin' right next to ya."
"Oh don't worry about that, it's usually my thing," Heather countered smirking and enjoying the flash of nervousness that cropped up on Jasmine's face. "Cody just beat me to the punch, likely because he's hungrier than I thought."
Cody frowned and pointed out, "Of course I'm hungry! The way here you only stopped once for an emergency bathroom break that I had to literally beg you for!" Timed perfectly with him finishing, the Geek's stomach loudly growled. "Six hours Heather, six hours without so much as a snack. Would a small candy bar have been too much!?"
Jasmine was silent as she thought about the offer, there was a lot for her to consider after all. She didn't know these two that well, and Heather's behavior so far was firing off some very unusual mixed messages. But aside from cutting her off and letting her hit her head on the car's door, they seemed friendly enough. Well, Cody seemed friendly. But more importantly, she truly had nothing to do for the rest of the day and hanging out with these two might be the distraction she had been hoping for.
"'Kay, you're on, 'Eather!" Jasmine said as she extended her hand.
A little shocked that the Aussie had said yes, Heather shook her hand. It turned out that Jasmine had a strong, powerful grip, the kind of grip that the Queen Bee preferred.
It took longer than Cody or Heather would have guessed to reach their dorm following Jasmine once again, she with the map in hand. It turned out that the dorms were located on the opposite side of the campus, in an entirely separate complex that was a fair distance from the classrooms, labs or office buildings.
They were about to enter the main lobby when they heard quite the commotion from within.
"What the fuck do you mean your company forgot to put a fiftieth case of soda on the truck!?" A harsh and wrathful voice shouted out. Jasmine tensed up a little at the familiar string of curses that followed as two hulking men in Cola uniforms ran past the trio with looks of total fright on their faces. They rushed into a nearby parked soda delivery truck and bolted off before their doors were even closed.
Someone came storming out from a nearby office, someone whose anger filled mutterings and curses confirmed that it was the same person who had been yelling at the fleeing men. She was an intimidating sort, though not as intimidating as Jasmine had been purely by her stature, but enough for most. She was roughly Cody's height, maybe an inch or two shorter but it was hard to tell. The first thing Cody noticed was how absolutely everything about this girl's appearance screamed tomboy. She had a very fit and extremely toned build for starters and Cody could tell that she was likely in excellent physical shape. She looked like the sort of girl who spent more time working out in a gym than texting or shopping. She looked like a Jockette. Her head was covered in neck length dark blonde hair that framed her lowered and drawn thick black eyebrows, which added to the intensity of her enraged indigo irises. She wore a dark grey hoodie, which was baggy enough to offer no hints as what the body beneath it looked like aside from breasts that he guessed to be on the smaller C-cup range. Her legs were completely covered in grey-blue sweatpants and her feet were bound in shoes of both dark and light shades of green. Other than tomboy, this girl's appearance screamed 'don't fuck with me!'
Not in a good mood at all, the Jockette glared at the three people in the doorway. She had seen Jasmine before but she didn't have any idea who the other two were.
"Who the fuck are you two!?" The Jockette barked nastily while glaring at the trio.
Jasmine just stepped aside slightly while Cody wilted under her glare.
Heather, seemingly immune to it, simply smirked and asked with a pleasant voice, "Are you the bellhop here to help with our luggage? If you do a really good job, I'll give you nice shiny nickel."
"Oh, so your think you're a funny girl, uh?" The Jockette commented harshly, not taking kindly to her jab one bit. "And I happen to be the RA, that means Resident Assistant, or as I prefer thinking of myself, the boss of this whole fucking building bitch! So you might want to be a little less disrespectful to the person that can throw you outta here on your ass. And being funny is not respectful!"
Heather tilted her head slightly as she lazily raised a thin eyebrow. "I'm not quite sure, since I never actually try to be funny. I prefer being fucking silly personally," she replied in a tone voiding even a hint of amusement that caught both Jasmine and Jo off-guard. Without missing a beat, Heather held up her and Cody's room assignment sheet and asked bluntly, "Our room is listed for this building, where is it? This place seems to have been built without any sense of organization or forethought, and I don't feel like walking around for an hour trying to find it."
Taking the paper, the angry indigo eyes of the RA scanned the number and mentally ran the sequence over in her mind before responding, "It's on the second floor, the right side at the very end of the hall. Don't think tha-!" before she could finish the paper was pulled from her hands. Without even acknowledging the Jockette, Heather had taken it and was already making her way towards the elevator. The RA blinked in confusion, as did Jasmine. Seeing this, Heather grabbed hold of the Aussie's hand and pulled her along, knowing Cody would be following right behind them. Soon all three were in the elevator and its doors were closing, Jo had yet to even blink. Before the doors closed completely, Heather offered a cheery wave to the nasty RA complete with a large smile that practically screamed 'up yours bitch!'
As soon as the elevator door closed, Jasmine realized that she was holding Heather's hand and dropped it as if it were on fire. After recovering, she asked in a panicked hiss, "What the 'ell was that!?"
"Heather has an…odd way about her when it comes to people." Cody explained, which earned him a light slap from his girlfriend.
"What he means is that I've been dealing with bitches like her for years, so I know exactly how to deal with them," Heather clarified. "All I did was make sure whoever that bitch was knows her place when it comes to me and that I've started putting her there."
"Jo, 'er name's Jo Elliot," Jasmine said before looking a little freaked out. "'N ya can't do that to Jo! I don't know 'ow those other bitches were but Jo's certifiable nuts!"
Deadpan and nonplussed, Heather informed the Aussie, "I've dealt with plenty like her. I'm not worried in the slightest. And honestly, I'm shocked to see that you're worried at all. I'd wager that you could mop the floor with anyone here in a fight."
"That's not the point," Jasmine explained in a tone torn between frustrated and terrified. "Sure, I know I can take Jo on with little effort, but Jo's nuts! She's ruthless, I mean. She's just as likely to stab ya as she is to say 'ello."
Snorting, Heather started picking at one of her nails with a slight frown, "I don't buy it. Rude, prone to violence, able to take it and dish it out, sure, but she isn't 'stabby' nuts. From what I've seen, she's an uptight virgin with either family or self-identity issues who just needs a good lay." Seeing Jasmine's stunned expression of shock, the Queen Bee started laughing. "You're not the only one whose been dealing with wild and dangerous animals growing up. The difference is that the ones I've dealt with wear designer jeans and have more credit cards than brain cells."
With a ding, the elevator arrived at the second floor and the trio traveled down the hallway until they reached room 2369, exactly where Jo said it would be. Heather was mildly impressed that the Jockette had memorized the layout of the building to such a degree, but pushed that thought to the back of her mind.
Cody, having his key already out approached the door while saying, "Allow me, it would be an honor to do this for you two lovely ladies."
As the key entered the lock, Heather snorted and Jasmine raised an eyebrow.
Cody turned the key and heard the lock snap. With the moment finally being here, Cody pushed open the door.
The trios' eyes all widened as they saw the shocking reveal of…
…An extremely empty room! Empty beyond empty in fact!
The trio, still dazed by the sight, entered the room to explore it and see what was wrong.
The three entered what could have been considered a nice sized living room, were it not for the kitchen being in the same room. On the right from entering there was an electric stove and oven, next to a sink (with no dishwasher Heather noted) and past that was a slightly smaller than average refrigerator. On the opposite side was a single window looking out over the parking lot. The space before them would have made a pretty impressive living room, but as a combination living room/kitchen/supposed dining room, it was extremely cramped, not to mention the lack of a table, chairs, couch, TV, or anything else for that matter.
Continuing from that main room, they found a hallway with three doors at its end. One to the left, one to the right, and one at the back. Going down the hallway, Cody opened the door on the left, revealing a somewhat small room with a single window looking over the same parking lot as the kitchen window, again with none of the promised furniture in it. Checking across the hall they found a room identical to the previous just without the window. They assumed that these were the bedrooms, even though neither of them had any beds or anything else but dust and air.
Opening the center door, they found a bathroom, or at least the bare skeleton of a bathroom. There was a toilet on one side of the room, a shower/tub combo on the other, and a sink with mirror in the middle. It was the most prepared room in the entire dorm.
"This is going to take some getting use to," Cody said, shocked and overwhelmed by just how small the place was.
"At least they didn't forget everything," Heather muttered, restrained but obviously pissed off. Turning to Jasmine, she asked blankly, "Where the fuck is the goddamn furniture!?"
"Ya got me, 'Eather." Jasmine said with a shrug. "I 'aven't the foggiest. Remember, I don't live in a dorm. I commute from me parents' 'ouse."
Without warning and a harsh grey glare growing within her eyes Heather stormed out from the dorm. This had simply been the last straw. A six hour drive that should have only been half as long spent battling a GPS that already had an appointment with the microwave coupled with the initial meeting of Jasmine had weakened the dam holding her back. Still intact, though only barely, the emergency spillway was now working overtime to keep the newly built structure standing.
"Heather!?" Cody asked, alarmed. "Where are you going?"
As he and Jasmine followed after her, the Queen Bee shouted without pausing or even glancing over her shoulder.
"I'm going to get some answers from the bridge-troll in the grey hoodie downstairs!"
The moment the elevator opened Jo was revealed with her arms crossed, obviously having been waiting for their return. She was about to launch into a tirade, but Heather beat her to the verbal punch.
"Where the hell is our furniture!?" Heather demanded.
Taken off guard, Jo blinked before asking, "What are you taking about, bitch?"
Grumbling, Heather fished out their reservation acknowledgement and pointed to a particular line with one of her freshly manicured nails. "Right here, in black and white, with the University's official seal, it states that our dorm will be "fully furnished". Meaning there is supposed to be at minimum something to sleep on and something to sit on, but all we have is a place to shit on!" She then handed the paper to Jo, who started looking over the acknowledgement. "You're the RA, the dorm's boss, so I demand that you tell me what the hell is going on!"
Jasmine watched the display from behind Cody, looking more than a little shocked and impressed by what she was seeing. As she stared, Jo went to the desk in her office, Heather following right behind her with her arms crossed and an aura of malice that was almost visible. Jasmine still stared. "Damn," she said, "I've never seen anyone cow Jo like that before, without any effort!"
Glancing up with a troubled expression Cody shook his head. "Actually, that is taking a lot of effort for her, more than it usually does. Heather's just good enough that most people think it's easy for her." Cody explained.
Looking down at the boy in front of her, the Aussie asked, "'Ow do ya know that?"
"We've been together for two years now, remember? I've learned how to read her body language and mood pretty well over that time, to the point I can tell how much she's putting into something just from watching her."
Jasmine was tempted to ask more but before she could she saw Heather approaching them, without Jo and appearing to be in a very foul mood. "I just heard from Jo's boss," Heather started to explain, clearly ticked off. "And it seems that since classes start in two weeks and we weren't here for the orientation, all of our furniture was put into storage for the year! It'll be at least a week before they can do anything about it." She seethed.
"Actually, bitch," Jo said as she approached her, looking smug, "it'll be two weeks."
That caused Heather to get very quiet. Jasmine and Jo couldn't have known it but Cody had a bad feeling creeping into him, he recognized that this was a very bad sign. His gut feeling was all but proven when he saw that Heather grew an unsettling smile.
"I have a solution to this unfortunate turn of events. And Jasmine and Jo are going to help make that happen." Heather began. The two girls in question looked at each other, but neither was willing to say anything. While their throats dried up from the look Heather was sending them, her grey eyes turning into ashen infernos, it was her presence that unsettled them the most. It felt like a sudden massive wave had just hit them and was pushing them down, making it difficult just to breathe. The unrelenting force, whatever it was, physically shattered their intangible wills.
Cody, having been on the receiving end of this before since having first met Heather, wasn't nearly as affected by the harsh invisible power. He remembered how he pieced it together for himself. It was a combination of 'the look' with an almost physical manifestation of her will that Heather had perfected during her time as Queen Bee; it had a nearly unrivaled effect in destroying a person's will to resist her. Cody called it her 'Full Power Queen Bee Mode' after they became a couple, but he still recalled the first time he felt its power back on Total Drama Island. Harold had joked 'Bitch Mode Engaged', until it was directed at him and he nearly wet himself. With his partial immunity, Cody asked his girlfriend, "What are you thinking?"
"I'm glad you asked, Cody." Heather said with an unchallengeable, confident swagger. "First, Jasmine and Jo are going to lend us their muscles and help us unpack the car. Then, Jasmine is going to show us the nearest furniture store. Once there, we'll get what we need and have it delivered here. Jo will direct the delivery men to our room so they can assemble it all before we get back, and our problem will be solved."
Jo was about to tell this tiny Asian bitch to go fuck herself, when Heather focused on her. Though her eyes were now closed, the smile she still wore packed the full effect of her aura of malice. The words died on her tongue as if they were ants under the beam of a magnifying glass on a cloudless sunny day.
Seeing this, Heather asked, "Is that alright with you, Jo?"
Jo swallowed nervously and nodded. Jasmine remained quiet, finding herself in a reversal of roles from earlier today.
"Couldn't we just put it off until tomorrow and stay at a hotel for the night?" Cody whined. The day had been long and grueling enough as was; the prospect of shopping was not high on his list.
Heather turned her full attention on Cody, though to his credit he only flinched after she took him aside. "You can either go with me and Jasmine to the store and help us," she spoke in a venom-laced whisper that while quiet was sharp enough to cut the flesh, "or you can go for an entire month without so much as a touch from me! Remember, even with what we have here now, I did pack my best toys so you are not indispensable to me!"
Cody, more terrified than he had been in some time, gulped and then quickly agreed.
As a cold smile of victory spread across Heather's lips, one could almost hear the sound of a dagger returning to its sheath. She then kissed Cody on the cheek and whispered, "I'm glad that you saw reason. Remember we are supposed to get the rest of our stuff tomorrow. We might not be able to get both Jasmine and Jo's help then. Besides, we both know you won't be up for shopping after two days of moving." Seeing that Jasmine and Jo were slowly starting to become more aware of their surroundings once more, she decided to throw him a bone. "If you aren't too tired by the time we're done, I'll make it up to you on our new bed tonight."
With that, the four went out to the DeLorean with the Queen Bee taking the lead. They all came back into the dorm's lobby several minutes later. Heather with two duffel bags (one over each shoulder) and her cosmetics bag, Jasmine with two suitcases in each hand (her arms barely showing any signs of struggle Heather noted), Jo was carrying a pile of boxes stacked higher than her head, and Cody brought up the rear with one suitcase and a travel case. Thanks to Jasmine and Jo's strength, they managed to get everything in just one trip.
Soon enough the four were back in the main room of the dorm. Cody dropped the suitcase before very carefully lowering the travel case to the ground and opening it.
The moment it was opened just enough, two furry blurs bolted from the case! Cody chuckled as Chikktika and Boo began to investigate their new surroundings rapidly.
Jo saw the furry blurs as soon as they had left the travel cases. Normally, Jo had a rightly earned reputation for being someone who had no fears, who never backed down from anything. Things that would have scared most people to death didn't even faze her. Before last year, if Jo had seen the two these furry creatures she would have likely tried to snap their necks or simply ignored them, depending on if they bothered her in any way or not. However, she had had the misfortune of being right outside the science lab when the two hundred lab rodents escaped. Thus, she had been the first person slammed into by a literal tidal wave of live rats, with some of them getting into her clothes, biting her and scratching her many times in their panic to escape.
Thus Jo reacted about as well as you would have expected given that particular event.
"RATS!" Jo shouted in a panic. "Kill them! Burn them! Tear them limb from limb!"
"AW! They're adorable!" Jasmine gushed while clasping her hands together at her chest, instantly smitten by the duo.
Cody only seemed to acknowledge Jo's comment however because he pointed out in clear offense, "They are not rats! They aren't even in the same family. They're ferrets, closer to weasels."
Jo found no comfort in that as she perched herself on top of the kitchen sink while shaking like a leaf, or the stereotypical housewife after seeing a mouse in the kitchen.
The Jockette's nerves weren't eased in the least when the furry flashes had finished a quick lap through the entire apartment and were now back in the main room. Acting like moths to the flame, the two ferrets began to besiege Jasmine as they climbed up and around her chittering and chattering the entire time. Jasmine found that she couldn't stop laughing until they had each perched themselves, one to each of her shoulders like a pair of furry, mute, wingless parrots.
Cody, who had been trying to coax Jo down from the sink to no avail, turned at hearing Jasmine's laughter. The sight brought a smile on his face. "They really seem to like you."
The Outback Survivalist didn't respond at first, too busy cooing at the ferrets while scratching under their chins and around their ears. Eventually, she managed to ask him, "What are these lil' darlin's names?"
"Chikktika and Boo," Cody answered before explaining, "Boo is the one with the stripe across his eyes like a little white Zorro mask, and Chikktika has the white tip at the end of her tail."
The ferret duo started nuzzling Jasmine and rubbing against her neck while continuing with their chittering. She laughed again, finding the little critters to be the cutest things ever outside of her own cat back at home.
"Be careful Jasmine, they aren't as innocent as they look," Heather warned. "They're a pair of little perverts, just like their owner. Keep a close eye on them because they'll jump down your shirt the first chance they get."
That got both of the other girl's attention. Jasmine was merely surprised, but Jo curled up into a tighter standing ball at hearing that. The two ferrets nodded their heads, as if in agreement.
Having gotten enough kicks out of Jo's terror, Heather grabbed the Jockette by the arm before dragging her off of the sink. "Its time to show you where to direct the delivery men when they arrive."
She then took Jo to the back rooms, with Cody and Jasmine following behind them, the latter still having the two ferrets on her shoulders. They came to a stop at the three doors.
"Those two rooms on the left and the right are the bedrooms," Heather said to Jo. "One of each thing will go in each room."
Cody frowned at that and spoke up, "I don't think we need to get two of everything."
"What do you mean?" Heather asked with a slight warning edge to her tone.
"It's just the two of us Heather, we don't need separate beds, and I don't have a lot of clothes so I don't need my own dresser." Cody pointed out.
"So what are you thinking of doing instead?" Heather's voice quickly shifted from warning to curious at just what her boyfriend had in mind.
"Well, since it's a little…snug, we should try to make the most of the space we have." Cody paused in thought for a moment before continuing. "We only need one bedroom, so why not set up the other one as a living room since the main room barely has enough space for a couch?"
Heather tapped her chin for a few moments, seeing what he had in mind, nodding in approval with a small smile. "Yes, that's a good idea…a very good idea. I like it."
Standing next to her, Cody put one of his arms around her while his other arm pointed towards the room on the right. "I'm very pleased that you agree," he smiled back then nodded towards the open room. "For this room, we could set up a bed on one side and a nightstand next to it, and put a dresser on the other side across from the closet. I'll only need one drawer for myself, since I can put most of my clothes in the closet." Cody then pointed to the other room. "And in this room we can set up a couch on one side with an entertainment center and a desk on the other side."
Smiling pleasantly at her boyfriend, Heather's tone was noticeably lighter than it had been before. "That was very well thought out, I have to admit that I'm impressed." Then, letting the smile vanish from her face the Queen Bee turned towards Jo, who was eyeing the two ferrets on Jasmine's shoulders warily. After getting the her attention, she asked, "Did you get all that?"
Jo confirmed that she did, repeating what would go in which room perfectly, again surprising Heather with just how sharp the Jockette's memory appeared to be.
Heather then turned her gaze towards Jasmine, who had a forlorn look on her face. The look of sadness vanished the moment the Aussie noticed that Heather was watching her.
'Hm? That's the third time today that she's her looked like that. I'll have to file that away for later though, it may prove useful but we still have too much to get done right now.'
"Jasmine," Heather said ignoring the sad look that had passed, "I don't think most furniture stores would take kindly to having someone bringing in a pair of ferrets with them. They'll still be where when we get back though if you want to visit them." The ferrets seemed to understand what Heather was saying as their ears dipped slightly and their chittering stopped as they slowly slid off of Jasmine's body like two hairy snakes. Once they were off, the Queen Bee asked the towering Aussie with a familiar smirk now in place, "Are you up for a little shopping?"
Cody simply groaned, knowing he was about to endure a trail worthy of Hercules.
And that was the latest chapter of this story. As always, I hope you enjoyed it. :)
Now, let's talk about the character who was hinted at in the opening author's notes…Jasmine. This likely wasn't shocking since anyone who has talked with me since TDPI knows that Jasmine is now my favorite Total Drama character. But that isn't the main reason why she will be the most focused on secondary character. The main reason is because what we plan on doing with her will enforce the main plot later, in several ways. Don't worry; there is a larger point to Jasmine's inclusion. And the first hints of that will be in the next chapter when we learn why Jasmine has been looking down at certain moments in this chapter.
Also, could you please tell us your thoughts how Jasmine is portrayed? The reason is because Kenju has been nervous about if she is written accurately or not. Therefore it would be great for you to either say in what ways she is written awesomely or in which it could be better.
As you can likely guess, the next chapter has the trio shopping for furniture! Trust me, what we have in mind for that in not as boring as that makes it sound. Also, about the next chapter, all of it aside from two large scenes and the author's notes are written. But given my classes it might still be some time before it gets uploaded.
Here are the Aussie to English translations of the bits of Austrilian slang that Jasmine used in this chapter: up yourself means "having a large ego"; ga-ga means "to be mad, loony, or insane"; galoot means "a foolish person"; filth means "great or awesome"; get the shits means "really mad or pissed off"; make a blue "make a mistake"; date means "a ass"; sweet bugger all means "fuck it all"; and mad as a cut snake also means "mad".
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