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A/N: Sorry about the late update…been playing Darwinia like nobody's business. Same with Dawn of War: Dark Crusade. (shakes fist) Curse you for being so much fun! But, back to beeswax. Okay, we have a conclusion! The winning song is…well, you'll find out. Thank you all very much for your kind reviews. As I write this, I go… "Damn, this is really boring, isn't it?"…but, I shall trudge on. Just trying to get some plot holes out of the work…then we can get back to the good stuff. Thanks again for having to trudge through this.
The Switch
Part Eight: Everything Will Always Be Alright...
John woke from a troubled slumber to a rather loud knock at the door.
"What the…WHO IS IT?" John yelled, rubbing his eyes. "Whaddaya want, Dad?!"
Jeremie walked in. "Oh, so I'm your dad now?" he asked, smirking.
"Bah…I'm still getting used to the fact I'm in France now. Still. What do you want?" John asked, getting up.
"Aelita told me to get you; she said something about shopping." Jeremie said.
John groaned. "Shit, I forgot about that. Jeremie, would you come with me? I'd feel really awkward shopping for my clothes with two girls…"
"Sure, John. I'd be happy to. You still need to be shown around town anyhow." Jeremie said, smiling.
"Not to mention you just want to spend time with Aelita…" John said.
"What?! No! I mean, Yes! Er, no! I mean…uh…Shut up!" Jeremie said, blushing to a deep red.
John laughed. "Don't worry, I won't tell her, Bluey. Now let's get while the getting's good," he said, grabbing his iPod.
"Yeah." Jeremie said, sighing.
John and Jeremie quietly walked to the girl's dorm, beginning with Aelita.
(knock-knock-knock)
The door opened immediately to reveal a rather happy Aelita standing in her usual daywear.
"Hi guys!" she said, smiling brightly.
"Aelita, it's sort of weird to see you so cheery after seeing John in your body for so long."
Aelita merely shrugged and grabbed Jeremie's left arm. Jeremie turned a bright pink.
"Shall we fetch Lily?" Aelita asked.
"I guess so." John said, trying his best to keep from snickering at Jeremie's expense.
A few minutes later…
(knock-knock-knock)
Lily opened the door smiling, but John was wearing an expression of total shock, for Lily was in nothing but her underwear.
"AAAAAGGGHHH!" John yelled, and immediately turned around, turning a shade of red that was as-of-yet unnamed.
"Whoops!" Lily said, turning pink. "Sorry, let me go throw something on."
Lily closed the door, and Jeremie broke down laughing.
John did nothing but turn and give Jeremie the Look of Death™.
"Hey, Aelita, Jeremie told me something fascinating the other day." He said, smiling but still giving Jeremie the Look of Death™.
"Oh really? What was that?" Aelita asked, smiling innocently.
"He said that he lo-MMMmmmff!" John half said, having his mouth covered by Jeremie.
"Yeah, yeah, shut up." Jeremie whispered to him.
Lily walked out, wearing very tight pants and a black tanktop.
"Okay, let's go!" she said, grabbing John's right arm.
"Why does this seem familiar?" Jeremie asked, smirking.
John blushed. "I…uh…er…" he stuttered.
Lily laughed. "Heh. Let's go, guys." She said, dragging John behind her.
Aelita walked up closely to Lily. "You were shy near him and now you're being extremely flirtatious (yes that is a word!) with him? You change moods quickly." Aelita whispered.
"What can I say? He's really, really cute." Lily said, turning pink.
"Yeah, well, just don't lay it on too thick, all right? He might not be able to take it." Aelita replied.
"Okay, thanks." Lily whispered, and hugged John's arm a little tighter.
John scowled. "Off me, woman!" he said, shaking Lily off.
Lily looked hurt. John winced and slapped his forehead. "Sorry," he said. "force of habit."
"It's all right, I know how you feel." Lily said, giving John a forgiving smile.
They walked out into the plaza, which was bustling with activity.
"Hey, do you guys mind if I do something really quick? I need to get this off my chest." John asked.
"Sure, what?" Jeremie said.
"You'll see." John said. He walked over to Millie, who was holding a black iPod stereo.
"Hey," John said, "you mind if I borrow this for a second?"
"It's okay with me," the red-headed girl replied, "it's not mine anyhow. Why?"
John merely smiled and took the stereo. He walked to the middle, inserted his iPod into the stereo and got a microphone out of nowhere (A/N Plot holes? What plot holes?). He pressed play, and music began to play. He brought the microphone to his mouth slowly.
Dreary, Dreary
Dreary, dreary
Dreary, dreary
Gone, gone
The girl in
my head.
Gone the words
We might have said.
Howl, winds,
Because she is dead
And gone, gone, gone.
We're teary, teary
Eyes once bright
Weary sighs
The tune
Dreary, dreary
For the night
And eerie light of the moon
(Dreary, dreary)
(Dreary, dreary)
Gone, gone
My Princess.
Gone the lips I longed to kiss.
Into a black and bleak abyss.
Gone, gone, gone…
(Gone are the summers of croquet and cribbage)
We're teary, teary
Eyes once
bright
(Gone, gone)
Weary sighs
The tune
(Gone the winters of…)
Dreary, dreary
For the night
And eerie light of the mo----on
(Dreary, dreary)
We're teary, teary
Eyes once bright
(Teary, teary eyes once bright)
Weary sighs
The tune…
Dreary, dreary
For the night
(Dreary, dreary, for the night)
And eerie light
Of the moon.
Dreary, dreary
Dreary, dreary…
The song ended, and John shut the stereo off as it just started playing a slow, muffled guitar song. He removed his iPod and walked slowly to Millie, looking at everyone nearby. Everyone nearby had stopped walking and began to stare at him, mouths agape in astonishment.
John handed the stereo to Millie. "Thanks." He said.
Millie did nothing but stare wide-mouthed and accept the stereo.
John walked quietly back to the crew. "Okay, shall we be off?" he asked, smiling.
Jeremie looked surprised in a nonchalant sort of way. "Well, that's one way to make your presence known." He said, staring at John.
Lily walked over to John and gave him a hug. "Oh, John…I didn't know you felt so horribly. Who's the girl you were talking about?"
"I'd rather not talk about it right now." John said, pushing Lily away from him.
"Lily, I'll tell you." Jeremie whispered, and proceeded to tell John's story to Lily.
Afterwards, Jeremie sighed and Lily looked as if she was going to cry.
"Lily, like I said, don't lay it on too thick with the guy. He might not be able to take it in his current…eh…'condition'." Aelita said.
"Will you guys quit murmuring back there? I think we're here." John said, pointing to a rather large building with the word 'MALL' plastered onto the front.
"It might be, yeah. But I don't know what would give you that idea." Jeremie said, laughing.
"Ha-ha, very funny." John said, walking in. The other three followed suit.
"Whoa." John said.
"What?" Lily asked.
"This place is HUGE." John said, staring.
"Of course it is, all malls are huge!" Lily said, smiling.
"Seriously?" John asked. "Man, they sure are wasting a lot of resources making these things."
"What? Do you mean to say you've never been to a mall before?" Jeremie asked.
"No…why?"
"WHO'S READY TO GET OPERATED ON?!" someone in the crowd said, brandishing a rather large scalpel. The person was immediately beaten down by security and was dragged off somewhere. (A/N Randomness. You know you love it.)
"…Okay…" Aelita said.
"Moving onwards…" Lily said.
"Agreed." Jeremie said.
"And so it begins." John said, cracking his knuckles.
"Indeed." Jeremie said.
"Onwards!" John cried. "To…eh…whatever." John mumbled, shrugging.
John charged off into the crowd of people, with the other three trailing close behind.
The group stopped in front of a clothes store.
"Hey, I just thought of something." John said.
"What's that?" Aelita asked.
"How are we going to pay for the stuff?" John asked.
"…Oh crap, I forgot about that detail." Lily said, slapping her forehead.
"It's all right," Jeremie said. "I'll pay for everything."
John fell on the floor laughing.
"Are you quite done?" Jeremie asked after about five minutes.
"Yeah...ha ha…yeah, I 'm done...hehehe…But seriously, how are we going to pay for this stuff?" John asked, getting up and wiping a tear from his eyes.
"I'm dead serious, John." Jeremie said.
"But how are you going to pay for everything? It's not like you have a job or anything."
"Ah, but my parents are quite wealthy. I can pretty much buy anything I want."
"And the key words there are 'pretty much'…" John said.
"Listen, the only thing I can't buy is a super-duper wide-screen HDTV, like I'll ever have need for that. Everything else is up for grabs."
"Meh. But you're sure you want to pay for stuff for me?"
"Of course! It'd be my pleasure." Jeremie said, smiling.
"All righty then. Let me just fetch some stuff," John said, running into the store.
Lily just shrugged. "Hey, Jeremie, I'm going to go somewhere else to get something for John…I'll be back in a minute, m'k?"
"It's fine with me. I suppose it's going to be a surprise?" Jeremie asked.
"Wow, you are as smart as Aelita says you are!" Lily laughed.
"Here, let me come with you." Aelita said.
"Okay." Lily said, smiling.
Meanwhile, John merely walked into the men's department and got every black dress shirt and jeans he could find.
"Let's see here…mine, mine, mine…" he said, grabbing a few more things.
He ran to the counter. "Well, that was relatively painless."
Jeremie walked up to the counter as well. "Whoa! How'd you get done so fast?" he asked.
"Simple. I just grabbed a few of my favorite shirt types and some jeans. Besides, I wanted to go quickly so we could go to the places I want to go." John said.
"Okay then…" Jeremie said, placing several Euros on the counter. "And where would you want to go?"
John grabbed the bag of stuff from the counter. "To the electronics store!" he yelled.
"Oh. I see." Jeremie said. "Well, let's get Aelita and Lily and we'll be off."
"Do you know where they went? I didn't see them come into the store."
"They said something about buying something for you--"
"WHAT?!"
"I dunno, maybe they wanted to buy you something to make you feel more at home."
John frowned and quickly walked out of the store before Jeremie could say anything else.
"All righty…if I were a girl, shopping for some broken-spirited guy…where would I go?" John asked himself. Then he frowned even deeper and turned a bright pink.
"Of course." he grumbled, shuffling off.
A few minutes later, he was standing in front of a stuffed animal store. John shuddered.
"Ugh…it's so cute." John said, disgusted. He looked in, and surely enough, there was Lily and Aelita standing at the counter, holding a bag. John grinned
"HEY!" John yelled.
Lily looked back, and looked shocked.
John walked up to the pair. "Are you done? Cause I'd like to just get this whole 'shopping' dealie over with." he said sternly.
"How did you know we were here?" Lily asked.
"I know stuff." John said unfathomably.
"Did Jeremie tell you?" Aelita asked.
"Partially. He told me you went off somewhere, and told me to find you. Said you were buying something for me?" John said.
"I'm going to kill Jeremie…" Aelita growled.
"I'll help you." Lily whispered.
"Now. Can we get out of here? My left arm is going numb from the brightness in here." John said, looking around shiftily.
"Fine…fine…" Lily said, frowning.
The three walked out of the store.
"What did you buy me, anyhow?" John asked.
"It was going to be a surprise, but SOMEBODY ruined it." Lily said. She reached into the bag to reveal a teddy bear with a little stocking cap.
John looked at the thing. Then something odd happened.
He just started laughing. He bent over, clutching his sides, and took several steps back. (A/N Yeah, John's not the most sensitive person to have ever existed. Or the brightest. Who'd have thunk it?)
Lily blushed and gave a Look of Death™ to John. She opened her mouth to say something, but John had managed to miss hearing her rant.
Unfortunately for him, there was only room for a few steps backwards on the floor. He fell over the railing, the ground closing in on him fast.
"OH SHI-" was all he had time to say before he hit the hard tiled floor.
THUD!
"DAMMIT!" he cried. (A/N Karma is a bitch)
Lily gave a shriek of surprise and quickly ran to John's aid. Aelita followed close behind.
"Oh my God, John! Are you all right?" she practically yelled.
John's eyes fluttered open. "The hell…OW!" he said, clutching his arm.
"Don't move. I think your arm is broken." Aelita said.
"Geethanksfortheadvi…" John said quickly before passing out.
"Well. You wanted your revenge." Aelita said, looking at Lily.
"I guess, but this?" Lily asked
Aelita didn't answer.
"Aelita, you call Jeremie, I'll get some help for John." Lily muttered, dialing 911 on her phone.
"Gotcha." Aelita replied.
"Hello?" Jeremie said through the phone.
"Jeremie. Get the hell over here right now." Aelita said.
"What? Why? What happened?" Jeremie asked.
"John fell over the third floor railing and is now on the floor unconscious. He might have a broken arm, and other injuries we are currently unaware of." Aelita said.
"What the…how'd that happen?!" Jeremie inquired, jumping up in surprise.
"He started laughing at seeing the teddy bear Lily bought for him. And by the way, Jeremie? Why did you tell him where we were?" Aelita asked.
"I didn't! I just said you went off somewhere to buy something for him!" Jeremie argued.
"Then how'd he figure out where we went to?" Aelita asked.
"I don't know. But that's not the important thing right now. Where are you?" Jeremie asked, desperate to change the topic.
"We're near…uh…" Aelita said, looking around. "The electronics store, I think…"
"Okay, I'll be there in a minute," Jeremie said, closing his cellphone. He quietly swore and began dashing to John and the others.
"He's on his way." Aelita said.
"No, dammit, I'm not joking!" Lily screamed into the phone. "Just get an ambulance to the mall! Please!"
She pressed a button on the phone, snapped it shut and gave an aggravated groan.
"What's wrong?" Aelita asked.
"Gah…they're not sending an ambulance. They think I'm some punk teen making a prank call." Lily growled.
"What?" Aelita said, shocked.
A/N: And…CUT! Cliffhangers are fun. Again, I apologize for the extremely late update, but the important part is that I got it done, right?...Also, if this was sort of a boring chapter I apologize for that as well. It sort of gave me that vibe, but whatever. Anyhow, I'm thinking of ending the story soon and making work on that sequel I was talking about earlier. I'll just say one thing about it: the gang spends the story stranded on a desert island…bah, I've said too much! On to working on chapter 9!
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