I do not own Rocket Power...
Reggie woke up at 7 AM all puffy eyed from crying. She had to do a quick morning workout to get her mind off of Lars. She did this while the guys slept in. She was excited about the surf contest but wished Lars was there. He wasn't going to come back to her. Lars was a gorgeous guy and could get another girl to replace her in seconds. After working out, she showered up, had breakfast in the dining hall downstairs and went back up to get ready for the contest. She put on a black and neon purple bikini and her black thigh high swim trunks. She threw a black tank top over her bikini top. Sam knocked on her door and said, "May I come in?"
"I'm decent," Reggie said as she brushed her hair and put it in a ponytail.
Sam walked in and Reggie asked, "Why are you up so early?"
"I heard they are serving breakfast downstairs," Sam said.
"You and food are inseparable." Reggie laughed.
"How do you feel?" Sam asked.
"I miss him. I know I'm going to have to break the news to everyone that the engagement is off. I screwed up, Sammy." Reggie said.
"Has he called you after you came up?" Sam asked.
"No. He was probably out meeting other girls the day I called him stupid." Reggie said. "Can't say I blame him."
"What are you going to do about the ring?" Sam asked.
Reggie placed the ring in Sam's hand and said, "Give it to Twister. It isn't mine; it's his great grandmother's, and it doesn't seem right if I'm still wearing it after all that happened."
"You sure about that?" Sam asked.
"I'm sure. I know for a fact he's done with me." Reggie said.
Sam hugged Reggie and said, "Hey. It will be okay. Don't be so glum. You have a contest to kill."
Reggie nodded and said, "I better get going. I need to sign in and stretch and all that bullshit."
Reggie grabbed her board and walked out of the hotel room. Sam just held on to the ring so he could give it to Twister once he woke up. Otto's phone went off only for him to pick it up.
"Hello?" he said in a tired voice.
"Babe, it's me!" Trish said over the other line.
"Hey!" Otto sprang up once he heard his girlfriend's voice. "I miss you."
"Baby, what time does Reggie's thing start?" Trish asked.
"Uh...about 11:30ish?" Otto said. "Why?"
"Because we're coming down!" Trish said.
"Why are you coming down?" Otto asked.
"Lars just confessed to Clio that he loves Reggie and we are headed on our way down..." Trish was cut off by Otto.
"Wait...he's driving down now?" Otto asked. "Oh man...she's going to be so happy...I mean I don't like the guy but still..."
"Otto, keep it down! I'm sleeping!" Twister snapped.
"Twist, your brother is coming down! He is going to tell Reggie he loves her!" Otto said. "Don't tell me shut up! These are my sister's feelings here!"
Twister sprang up once Otto told him what's going on.
"But we ran into a bit of an issue," Trish said.
"What?" Otto asked.
"Well..." Trish started. "Lars forgot to change his oil and the car sort of died on him..."
"What?" Otto screamed.
"Yeah," Trish said.
"Well he better gets that damn car fixed because my sister was crying last night and she is going to a surf contest broken hearted and if she loses, she won't win the scholarship she wants!" Otto screamed. "Tell him I said to get his damn car issues together
and to head down there, or I'll pound him! And I don't care if he is a Marine! I would hit a Marine!"
"Um...okay..." Trish was taken aback. "I will keep you up to date on what happens."
"You guys, she just left," Sam said entering the guy's room. "But she wanted me to give this back to you, Twist."
Sam tossed the ring to Twister.
"Do you know he's coming down here?" Twister said.
"He is?" Sam was shocked to know.
"Yeah! He's going to tell her he loves her!" Twister said excitedly.
"You know," Otto started, "as much as I still hate your brother's guts, Twist, he does care about Reggie and him driving down here says a lot."
Sam smiled at what Otto said.
Around the time Reggie was getting ready for the contest.
Lars had to pick up the girls for the trip to San Diego. When he first woke up, his alarm clock said 8:15 AM. It was still early...he can sleep in some more...wait...no! He overslept and called his cousin frantically.
"Where the hell are you? We were up two hours ago!" Clio screamed.
"Shit! Hold on! I will be there!" Lars said and hung up.
He quickly got dressed and headed to Sherri's house. He didn't even have time to shower. Who cares? He had to get to his girl above all things. Once he got to Sherri's house, the three girls gave him a dirty look.
"You're three hours late!" Sherri snapped. "Did you even shower?"
"You know, I can leave you behind." Lars snapped. "Let's go! I gotta get to my girl!"
The girl's jumped into Lars' car, and they took off.
"Did you even eat breakfast?" Clio asked.
"No," Lars said.
"You should get something. You can't drive on an empty stomach." Clio suggested.
"What are you, my mother?" Lars snapped.
"No, but I am just saying! Now go get food!" Clio snapped.
Lars cursed under his breath and pulled into a fast food place.
"You girls want anything?" Lars asked.
"I guess I'll have hash browns and a breakfast sandwich," Trish said.
"That sounds awesome! Get me that too with coffee." Sherri added.
"And I'll have the breakfast special with a strawberry smoothie," Clio added.
"Got it! I will be right now!" Lars ran into the restaurant to get food.
The girls waited in the car for 8-minutes blasting Taylor Swift on Lars' car radio.
"Where is he?" Clio asked annoyed.
At that moment, Lars came out and said, "That was the slowest service I had ever dealt with!"
"What happened in there?" Sherri asked.
"There literally had one person working behind that damn kitchen, and I started to get impatient telling them I could prepare food quicker than that! Then I yelled at the manager telling him that I was driving down to San Diego to tell the girl I love
that I love her and I didn't have time for this bull shit!" Lars yelled.
The girls were sitting there just listening to Lars yell.
"Lars, eat something. You are hangry at the moment, and you need to have a full stomach while driving." Trish said.
Lars took a bite of a bagel he ordered and said, "There. I'm now stuffed. Let's move out!"
As Lars pulled out of the driveway, Sherri whispered to Trish, "Geeze, don't piss off a hangry Marine."
Trish chuckled at Sherri's comment.
"Are we going to listen to Taylor Swift for the next two hours?" Lars asked.
"Yeah..." Clio replied.
"Whatever. Just don't touch my car radio next time." Lars snapped.
The ride took about 45-minutes to get out of Ocean Shores. Of course, Lars was determined to get to Reggie. The girls had been blasting Taylor Swift while Lars had been driving. He blocked out the music up until the girls started to sing horribly off key. Man, did he regret driving with them? Lars unplugged the iPod and threw it on the back floor.
"Do you mind?" Sherri snapped.
"Yes. I do actually. You girls can't sing, it's too damn early, and I'm trying to drive." Lars snapped back.
The girls exchanged glances and rolled their eyes. Suddenly, the car started acting funny.
"Lars, what's up with the car?" Trish asked.
"I don't know. It's acting up." Lars looked at the dashboard and saw he missed an oil change, and the engine was about to give out. "Oh man! I missed an oil change!"
"You worked at an auto body shop and didn't change the oil?" Clio asked incredulously.
"Clio, don't lecture me!" Lars snapped. "Shit...how did I miss that?"
Lars pulled over on the shoulder of the highway and popped open the front. The car engine was dead.
"Damn it...now I'm never going to get to her," Lars said to himself.
He kicked the front tire out of anger and cursed. Clio tried to reassure him. Trish called up Otto just to talk to him.
"Lars, listen! You kicking the car tire and cursing is not going to change anything." Clio said.
"Well, I'm never going to get to her to tell her how I truly feel! It's stupid shit like this that happens!" Lars screamed.
"Lars, can't you just call up Tio Eduardo and he can come help?" Clio said.
"He's going to lecture me about keeping in mind that I need to check the oil," Lars said. "I kind of don't want to deal with that. Plus, today is Saturday, and it is his day off."
"But would you rather call up another car repair man that would charge you, then your parents will freak out on you for not changing the oil or our uncle that will do it for free?" Clio said.
Lars sighed and called up his uncle.
"Buenos dias, Tio...Estoy bien...Y usted...cool...listen, I'm sorry to bother you but...yeah...exactly...my forgot an oil change and...yeah...okay...yep...okay...we're 45-minutes outside of Ocean Shores on the road...okay, thank you...Sorry to bother you." Lars hung up the phone.
"Was that your uncle?" Sherri asked.
"Yeah. He's pissed." Lars chuckled. "But he will be here soon."
Once Eduardo came to the scene, he changed the oil for Lars. Sherri and Trish noticed Lars looking at videos on this phone and smirking to himself. He was looking at videos of Reggie either being silly, playing hockey, skating and surfing. He smiled at
one of her and her teammates from the girl's hockey team in a hotel room rapping to Big Sean's solo in the Justin Beiber song, 'As Long As You Love Me.'
"You do care for our girl, don't you?" Sherri asked smiling.
"I do...she's the best thing that's happened in my life..." was all Lars said.
Trish and Sherri smiled at each other. How sweet.
"Otto said you better be down there. He told me if not; he will, like, pound you. He would hit a Marine." Trish joked.
"Pssh...Rocket dork can't take me." Lars snickered.
"Lars, get over here!" Eduardo said sternly.
Lars walked over to his uncle only for Eduardo to say, "Clio told me everything. She said you are driving down to San Diego to see this girl. Although it is rather very sweet...please keep in mind that it is Saturday and I wanted to enjoy my day off and not have to change the oil to YOUR car!"
"Sorry," Lars replied.
"Now I won't tell your parents what happened but keep in mind about this stuff next time! Please!" Eduardo said. "Now, go get the woman you love."
Lars smiled and went back into the driver's seat. Clio gave her uncle and hugged and kiss and said, "Thank you, Tio!"
Sherri and Trish jumped in the back. Lars took off from there. He was going to get to Reggie before she had to participate in the contest. Not too long after the oil changing incident, the group got back on the road only to hear a siren and lights flashing behind them.
"Mother fucker! Now, what?" Lars screamed.
Lars pulled over, and the cop got behind them.
"What did you do?" Clio asked.
"How the hell should I know?" Lars snapped.
Clio glared at her cousin for being rude to her. The cop got up to Lars' window. Lars lowered the window and said to the cop, "Is there an issue, officer?"
"Do you know how fast you were going?" the cop said in a pompous voice.
"Oh man...I didn't even realize I was going too fast." Lars said sincerely.
"You're obviously an out of towner." The cop said. "Where are you coming from and where are you headed to?"
"Ocean Shores and San Diego," Lars answered.
"License and registration please." the cop said.
Lars took out his license, registration and for the hell of it, his Marine ID. The cop left for a few moments.
"Why did he need to know where we were going?" Clio asked confused as Lars shrugged.
"How did you not know you were speeding?" Sherri asked.
"I just didn't! Don't start with me!" Lars said and sighed.
The cop came back and said to Lars, "So you're a Marine?"
Lars nodded, and the cop said, "You should know better than to go 110 on a 75 mile per hour road."
"Wait...I was really going that fast?"
"How did you not know you were going fast?" the cop answered. "Secondly, I looked up your information on the computer, and it says you have a juvenile record for reckless behavior."
Lars made a face. Why did that have to come up? The cop could tell Lars was frustrated and decided to give him a break.
"Look, I will make you a deal." the cop said. "I can tell you have a lot going on and for that, I'm not going to give you a ticket. But I'm going to give you a warning! Watch your speed and watch your driving."
"Thanks, officer," Lars replied.
The cop gave Lars his paperwork back and then walked back into his car and drove off. Trish then said, "Well...that wasn't embarrassing."
"Whatever. Let's just get to San Diego." Lars said. "I need to get to my girl."
And with that second hold back, Lars drove off.
