Hi guys
Here's the fifth chapter!! I just finished with my exams, so now I'm gonna be updating chapters faster than you can read em!!
Anyway, I'm sorry…I had told you guys that the 5th chapter would be named 'It's Sooo Easy to Pull Ariel's Leg'…but I thought this one would be better…so I changed it…hope u don't mind!!
Even if you do mind, the only way to let me know is to review…so YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO!!!!!!!!!!!!
We left off at:
' "Okay then. But what about David? Ariel might keep him hungry the whole day!" said Jesse, suddenly. "Don't worry about it," I said, smiling. "I grabbed a bunch of Yodels on my way out, and handed them to him." '
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FiveARIEL IS AN IDIOT
The next day, my plan was in action. At around quarter past twelve in the afternoon, I used my mediator power of calling upon ghosts anytime I wished, on Ariel. Ariel made no delay in materializing in front of me.
"Hello-o," she said, leaning up against the wall, arms folded across her chest. "Hi Ariel," I said as sweetly and convincingly as possible. "I, um, thought about what you said." "And?" "And…I decided you're right. I…I think we should be together." "Really?" she stood up straight, looking a little incredulous. "Yeah. And I think I acted kind of irrational last night." "I'm glad you finally saw reason, Suze," said Ariel, smiling. "So," I said. "Wanna watch a movie?" "Sure!" said Ariel, jumping on the couch. "What have you got?"
"Um," I said. "How 'bout Mean Girls?" I didn't feel too thrilled about that movie, but I figured that it would be the kind that would interest Ariel. "You mean the Lindsay Lohan one?" asked Ariel, eagerly. "Yeah," I said. "I LOVE Lindsay Lohan!" she squealed. "I'll, um, get it out!" So I went in to get our bundle of movies, and pulled out Mean Girls.
I went out and put it into the player and hopped onto the couch, trying to keep as much of a distance as I could without Ariel noticing.
As the credits rolled onto the screen, Ariel slid her arm around me and shifted in closer. By the time the movie was five minutes over, Ariel was already trying to kiss me. I honestly felt like barfing then. "Um," I said, pushing away. "Ariel, can we, uh, lay off the intimacy for now? I'm not, um, very comfortable about doing it so early." "No problem!" said Ariel, pushing off too, THANKFULLY. "There's no rush."
We watched about twenty-five minutes of the movie when my cell phone rang. It was in my room, so I ran in to get it. Ariel reached out to pause the movie. "No, it's okay," I said hurriedly. "You watch the movie, I'll quickly finish the call and come back."
Just as I had expected, the phone call was from Jesse. I quickly received it. "Hello, querida?" said Jesse. "What happened?" I asked, keeping my voice low. "I've freed David!" "Okay, good!" I whispered. "Now come on home! I've kept Ariel occupied by putting on the movie. It's gonna go on for pretty long." "All right," said Jesse. "I'll be there in five minutes." "Okay! Hurry up!" I shut off the phone and went out. Ariel was busy watching the movie, and didn't look like she'd heard anything I had said on the phone, thankfully.
Five minutes later, the doorbell rang. I rushed to open it. Jesse and Doc walked in. Doc looked all flustered and red, with painful-looking red marks on his wrists where he had been bound.
"Hello, Ariel," said Jesse, walking into the living room. "Oh, hi Jesse," said Ariel, in a superior kind of a voice, as if she was greater than Jesse in some way. "Looks like your darling ditched you for me, huh?" "Ariel," Jesse made a face as if he thought Ariel was mentally retarded. It half seemed as if she was. "Don't you see what Susannah did?" "What?" Ariel still looked confused. "I don't understand." "Ariel," I said. "What I did was to keep you out of Jesse's way so he could free my brother, and you so sweetly went along with it all." I couldn't stop myself from grinning.
"What…" said Ariel in disbelief. "You mean…you mean you tricked me?" "Well," I said, folding my arms across my chest. "You refused to listen the nice way. You basically took it way too far when you kidnapped my brother." "You…ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAAGGGHHHH!!!" Ariel gave a resounding shriek. It was so high-pitched that Jesse and I had to cover our ears. Then she came close to me and snarled in my face, "You think you'll get away with this, do you?" She gave a bitter laugh. "Well, think again, you little creep. You won't be able to get rid of me that easy. I'll be back. You ain't gonna be able to shake off ol' Ariel!" With this, she disappeared with a vengeful look on her face.
I turned my gaze to Doc, who was looking at me like I had grown hot pink horns on the sides of my head. "W-what happened?" he finally managed to stutter. "You sure you'll believe us if we tell you?" I said, with a hint of amusement in my voice. "I always do," said Doc, matter-of-factly. "Go on and tell me what happened. I think I have a right to know." I hesitated for a moment, even though this was just the kind of reply you'd expect from Doc if you knew him. "Suze," said Jesse. "I think David is right. He has a right know what happened, however unbelievable it might be, because he was, after all, involved in the entire matter." "Okay, okay," I said. "I'll explain."
"Look. A little before a week ago, a ghost called Ariel popped up here." "Oh…so this involves a ghost." Doc said, carefully. "Yes." I said. "Go ahead," said Doc. "Yeah. So this ghost popped up at our place some days back. She was wailing hysterically. She said that her name was Ariel, and that she had died on her flight to Carmel, coz her plane's wing caught fire and crashed into the ocean. Said she was on her way to meet Christie, Paul's girlfriend, who happens to be her sister." "Oh," said Doc. "So Slater's got a girlfriend, huh?" "Yeah," I said. "They've moved in." "Mm-hmm. Go ahead." "So when Ariel came to know that Jesse and I were going to visit them, she convinced me to let her show up in front of Christie, who also, by chance, happens to be a mediator." "And you allowed her," said Doc. "She seemed quite angry with you, by the way you were speaking to her. But she seems like a friendly character by your description?" "Yes," I said. "But that doesn't really have a connection with the story."
"The trouble began when I she was helping me out when I was dressing. I was having a little trouble with my back zipper, so I asked her to help me. And that's when she started trying tricks with me. I realized that she was queer and that she had a crush on me. So I asked her to back off, but she just ignored me. Finally, I got really pissed and screamed at her and threw her out. And she got really bugged out too. Then I guess she somehow found out about my family and stuff, and that's when she decided to blackmail me by threatening to harm you."
Doc looked more than shocked. "Jeesh," he said. "What a girl." "Yeah," I said. "And you know the rest." "Yes," said Doc.
After we told Doc the entire story, the time was about two in the p.m. We all had cold sherbet and sucked on cubes of ice (that was only me, not Doc and Jesse). Then we suddenly realized that we had to call up Andy and Mom to let them know – they must have been worried crazy about Doc all night. But Doc said that Mom and Andy were out of town on some business trip, and Dopey and Sleepy were least bothered, anyway. So after having sherbet, Doc said he needed to leave so he could work on a project. That was due three months later. But that's Doc for you.
Anyway, to make up for the more-or-less-ruined date the other evening, Jesse and I went out to The Diner for dinner, the place where he had proposed to me. This time, too, we went for a nice, posh meal. And this time, we had wine too. Dandelion wine. It was quite good.
But this time, Jesse and I went a little mad. After having the first glass, he poured himself two more. I pretty much liked the wine, so I poured myself some, too, before Jesse finished it all. So, needless to say, we were plastered by the time the first bottle was over. (A/N: This is for you, Devyani!) We ordered another bottle of the same wine.
Forty-five minutes later, we both came out of The Diner, barely being able to walk straight.
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Hey people,
Hope you enjoyed the chapter!! I meant to make Ariel as hateful as possible, so I hope I did a good job of it! When I was writing the line where Ariel says that she loves Lindsay Lohan, I thought, "OK. That sounds kind of lesbian." Then I was like, "Hey, Ariel is lesbian! So I can put in that dialog."
I realized that this chapter was a little short, but I thought that if I put in the next part in the same chapter, it wouldn't sound as good. So forgive me! I promise the next chapter will be longer.
I'm already on the 6th chapter, & the wait won't be long!!
Keep readin'-n-reviewin'!
--pGp