It was just an ordinary day at the Java Lava with only one small oddity. However one small oddity can have much major changes.
BANG! BANG! BANG! "Hey can you anyone hear me HELP we're stuck!" Angelica Pickles kept banging on the door of the food cellar.
BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! "Hey Hello? WHAT ARE YOU DEATH?!? HEY! WE'RE STUCK IN HERE!"?
"I heard you, I heard you Angelica." Betty Deville (The mother of Phil and Lil Deville) said getting a bit annoyed by Angelica's constant complaining. "The door is stuck so there's nothing I can do. You two will just have to wait there till morning when we can get someone to unlock it." Betty told her.
"Morning! I can't spend my whole night in here especially with him!"
"Hey!" Chuckie Finster has finally spoken up since the whole ordeal begun. "I-"
"Can it Finster! It's bad enough I'm locked in here with you I don't need you talking to me!"
Chuckie wanted to say something back but he didn't want to face Angelica's fury so he just goes to the other side of the food cellar.
"Hey you're both going to be locked in there for the whole night so at least try to get along for now and don't worry about starving it's almost impossible with all that food in the cellar."
"What if we need to go to the bathroom?" Angelica asked.
"Well I think there's a bucket in there."
"No way I'm not going in a bucket!" Angelica turns to Chuckie. "And you better not be thinking about using it either while I'm in here with you Finster."
"I guess it's better to not eat in order to minimize our chances of needing to go." Chuckie suggest.
"Hey Chuckie you do have your inhaler right?" Betty asked.
Chuckie felt it in his pockets.
"Yeah."
"Alright then I better be going but don't you worry kids we will get you out of there in the morning if you need anything give me a call."
Chuckie and Angelica can hear her grabbing her things.
"Oh and Chuckie. Good luck somehow I feel like you're really going to need it."
The sound of the door being locked was heard. Chuckie is officially locked in the Food Storage Cellar for the night alone with Angelica.
He looks around, the only light was coming from the only light bulb shining in the middle of the room. The ends of the room were dark. Angelica places a large mango box on the ground and sat on top of it. She said nothing to him she just dazed off probably waiting for tomorrow where she can finally be free from here.
Chuckie figures its best not to say anything to her but he didn't have much to do. He could sleep but he wasn't really tired plus the ground isn't clean since they got stuck in here before he could've swept in here. The only other thing he could do is to pass the time is just think about things. Think about school, his friends, and his family who definitely know about his current predicament. His stepmom Kira would be concerned about him but she understands its just for the night and he shouldn't be in any danger since hes locked in a food cellar. His father Chaz is probably a bit panicky. He might be on the phone right now trying to get a hold of every locksmith in town. But the one who would be worried the most is his sister Kimi. Despite being younger than him Kimi has always acted like she was the oldest and was overprotective of him. While his father was calling every locksmith in town shes probably calling every locksmith in the country. Especially when she finds out he's locked in the food cellar with none other than Angelica Pickles the person Kimi disdains the most since the incident. Screw the Locksmith once Kimi finds out she'll probably come down to the Java Lava herself with a crowbar and pry the doors open.
"I wonder how Angelica's parents are taking her being trapped for the night?" Chuckie thought to himself.
After a while all thinking was getting boring.
Chuckie turns to Angelica who is still daydreaming.
Would it be a great idea to say something to her? After all there's nothing else to do.
What can he even to say to her?
Chuckie and Angelica are 100% not alike they wouldn't have much to talk about. Talk about the weather? The time? The situation they are in? What she's been up to? How's School?
There's literally nothing he can think of to say to her. He felt frozen like everything in his body took a halt. He wants to speak to her, to say something to her, anything yet it feels like he's got nothing. What's going on with him?
He could talk about the situation but the conversation would be negative and getting negative with Angelica right now doesn't seem like a good idea. He can try to have a conversation with her about figuring a way out of here. but honestly there's really no way out and calling out for help doesn't work...
"Call!" Chuckie thought to himself. "That's it!" They could call the police or firefighters maybe they can break open the door.
"Angelica do you still have your phone." Chuckie ask.
"No my parents took it as punishment for being 'irresponsible with money'?" She put quotations on it. "Along with forcing me to slave away in this place for a week so that I 'may value money more.' Now look what's happened, Serves them right."
"Wait does Mrs. Deville know?" Chuckie ask.
"Of course she does my parents told her how I spent so much money on a brand new purse."
"No I meant does she know that your parents confiscated your phone?" Chuckie ask her.
"I don't know my parents probably told her. She never asked me."
"Angelica if she didn't know why she ask us if there's any trouble to call her?!?"
"Don't you have you're phone Finster?" Angelica ask.
"No I've been saving up for one for a month."
"For real how come your parents haven't bought you one yet?"
"Have you seen how much they cost not everyone is rich."
"Then that means... if theres an emergency we can't call Betty."
The realization of how worse their predicament settled in.
"How are we gonna survive now?" Chuckie whined. "We're doomed."
"Amazing even in a situation where a reaction like that would be totally justified you still sound so pathetic!" Angelica scolded him. "Terrible try Finster you were better off not saying anything to me."
Chuckie eyes widened. "I was just trying to figure a way out."
"Then you'll have to put up with it untill morning just like I have to put up waiting in here with you."
"That's too cruel Angelica." Chuckie says but Angelica doesn't respond instead she goes back to dozing off.
Chuckie is back to square one. He gives up. He grabs a box and places it somewhere as far away from her and waits for Betty to return in the morning.
"What the?" Chuckie thinks to himself. He finds an old Pamphlet under the box. The title reads.
'Rj Hampton's Food Cellars Installation. Owners Mannual'
"Woah." He says to himself.
Chuckie flips through the pages trying to find if they mention what to do if locked in the cellar.
Page. 33 If you or someone gets locked in the cellar.
"Yes."
'If you happen to get locked within the cellar yell our for help till someone hears you and is able to assist you.'
"Not helpful."
'Always have a spare keys in case main keys go missing.'
"Nope."
'If there aren't any keys call a locksmith.'
"Okay none of this is helping."
"If none of this helps there is an emergency handle on the doors in case of an emergency."
"Bingo!" Chuckie looks around the door and sees the emergency handle on top. He pulls it and a large click sound is heard.
"What the..." Angelica turns around seeing the door move. "How did you do that?"
Angelica gets up, pushes Chuckie away and begins trying to unlock the door. All she produces is making the door jiggle a bit.
"Of course just as things seemed hopeful we are back at square one." Angelica let's go of the handle.
"I think it doesn't work because we need to unlock the second henge."
"Where is that?"
Chuckie looks at the manual. "It should be at the bottom."l see it."
Chuckie tries to grab the lever but there was nothing there. "I can't..."
"Oh step aside Finster!" Angelica shoves him out of the way. She reaches down to pull and sees what's the problem.
"What no Lever why haven't you people paid for repairs Finster?!?"
"It should be around here somewhere." Chuckie searched the floor looking for the detached lever but he couldn't find it.
"Here I'll search for it instead." Angelica starts examining the room like a health inspector.
She searches the floors behind the boxes, under the boxes, and even the ceiling. She stops at the end of one of the shelves.
"Hey Finster!"
"Yeah?"
"Look what I found." She smirks pulling out an Armadillo Dave comic.
"Y-Yeah." Chuckie was embarrassed. He was certain he threw all his Armadillo Dave comics away.
"I thought you threw all of these away."
"I've must've forgotten about this one... wait how did you know I had Armadillo Dave comics?"
"Tommy told me. He said Armadillo Dave was your idol and that you actually looked up to him."
"And judging by the look of him." Angelica flips through the comic.
"I can see why."
"Well I heard you still have you're old Cynthia doll."
"Hey! She happens to be a rare valuable first edition limited collectors item."
"Wait really?"
"Yes really."
"How much she is worth?"
"More than the every issue of Armadillo Dave."
"Oh."
"Seriously why do you like this weird stuff? I thought this was more Dil's thing."
"Well for the record I used to like him and second I guess cause even though he wasn't as cool as all the other superheros he didn't need to be for him to save the day. He did it his way."
"Are you sure you're still not a fan?" Angelica gave him a smirk.
"Well why are you such a big fan of Cynthia."
"Cause I had her since I was little, Duh." She got him.
"But I guess she makes me feel safe."
"Safe?"
"Its a childhood attachment. I see where you're going with this Finster. Don't do this with me."
"What on earth are you talking about?"
"Don't act like you don't know what I'm talking about we're not just gonna go rushing blindly like a Mellivora capensis."
"Why would I... Wait did you just said a Honey Badger in a..." Chuckie quickly realized what he was about to say and immediately tries to find a less offensive word.
"In smart way. Yeah Finster I'm not just a dumb blonde I know plenty of big words."
"What's a Ursus arctos."
"A bear."
"Oryctolagus cuniculus."
"A rabbit specifically the european rabbit."
"Canis lupis."
"A wolf."
"Wow Angelica that's amazing!"
"I know I even know what a Dorkus Finsier is."
"What it is?"
"You."
"Okay I walked right into that one." Chuckie admits as Angelica smirks.
"What else do you know?"
"I'm not you're court jester Finster find another way to entertain yourself."
"Oh sorry I was going to ask you about elphants did you know they are afraid of mice?"
"Yeah I saw it in that episode of mythbusters."
"Woah you watch mythbusters." Chuckie was surprised.
"Yeah it's like one of the coolest shows."
"Have you seen the one where they recreated the wooden door raft from titanic?"
"Yeah I always thought it was weird that Jack couldn't have climb on board with Rose."
"Or he could've found his own debris to hold onto to."
"For real. Hey did you also see the one where they used duct tape to build a boat?" Angelica asked excitedly.
"That's a classic they made me think, damn you can probably use duct tape for anything Like oh jeez I accidentally broke the table in half." Chuckie tries to mimic Adam's voice.
Angelica giggles "Get the duct tape."
Chuckie pretends to duct taping a table. "There you go all better."
"Imagine if a bridge splits apart." Chuckie adds.
"Well just get the duct tape." Angelica giggles.
"All better."
"Hey what if we just build like a lever made out of duct tape." Angelica jokes.
"I can see that working like..."
Chuckie and Angelica pause, starting at each other.
"Woah." Chuckie says.
"D-Did we just have a conversation with each other." Angelica can't believe it.
"I think we did I was definitely caught off guard. I didn't know you had a high vocabulary and liked Mythbusters."
"And you better keep it that way Finster."
"Huh?"
"Seriously I can't let anyone find out I like any of that stuff I got a reputation to uphold."
"Okay?" Chuckie agreed. "But I don't get what's the big deal with being popular if you can't like all the stuff you enjoy."
"Oh please Chuckie if you had a chance to be popular as pop as me you would sprint like a cheetah to it."
"Hey I had a chance to be popular remember you helped me for your school project and I didn't like how you could only hang out with certain people and you had to like only what the masses like so I turned it down."
"Is that how you saw it?" Angelica sounded like she wanted to snap at him.
"That's how it was I can't be somebody else just so others can like me."
"And they don't have to accept you just because you can't compromise."
"What on earth are you talking about?" Chuckie asked.
"The truth is you don't have to change to be friends with other people. But they don't need be friends with you if they don't want to. Where do you think that leads to. It leads to them ostracizing you and you missing out on the best years of your life."
Chuckie wanted to say something but she's making a really good point.
"Chuckie are you content with not going to parties, vacation trips with friends, hanging out after school, getting a girlfriend, and missing prom?"
"Ah come on Prom."
"So you're okay with missing it? It only happens once and if you skip it you will never get a real chance at it."
"But should I be someone completely different just to be accepted by others."
"You're missing the point. You don't have to change completely but you do have to make compromises with others, be able to at least meet them halfway so unless you can find someone who is exactly like you, You better be able to meet people in the middle."
"Well at least I still have Tommy, Kimi, Phil, Lil, and Dil."
Angelica's eyes widened.
"Are you trying to make me Mad!?!" She said sternly.
"Huh?"
"I guess you're right Finster you will always have those friends of yours. By the way isn't it odd one of you're friends is your sister?!?"
"Angelica I really don't know what you're talking about they've been the most loyal friends a guy could ever had. Especially Tommy I bet if he was here he would know what to do..."
"Shut Up! Shut Up!"
Angelica is pissed she starts punching Chuckie in the gut. Despite being a girl Angelica hits pretty hard.
"Just Shut Up Charles Crandall! Don't piss me off more than I am."
Once Chuckie was on the ground Angelica siezes her attacks. He takes a look at her and he sees an undying hate in her eyes. What did he say to make her so mad?
"Is that what you really want to do Finster? Hang out with that cousin of mine and that same group of friends forever?"
"What's wrong with that?" Chuckie asked.
"How about the fact that if you stick with them forever you will never build up the confidence to become your own person."
"Angelica."
"Cut the crap Charles Crandall! I know everyone thinks you're a weak pathetic cowardly loser but I know you. I know that deep down that nerdy interior of yours is hidden strengths, Strengths that would shock everyone, talents no one ever knew you had. A cool guy to rival even the most popular of people. You have so much potential inside that scrawny pale freckely body of yours."
Angelica pauses to let Chuckie talk but Chuckie didn't say anything.
"And what infuriates me is that how it comes so easy to you that all you have to do is just reach out and take it yet you never do. Meanwhile I have to Work for everything I was have. Remember that seat you were given in the cool kids table? Do you know how long it took me to get that seat?"
She's pausing looking straight at him demanding an answer.
"Two months?" He guesses.
"A YEAR!" She shouts. "It took me an entire year! Thats 12 months, 52.143 weeks, 365 days it took for me to get that seat and you did it in one day! Just one day. It shocked me to my core about and I was even impressed with you."
"You were?"
"Yes you had taken My seat and I couldn't do anything about it without affecting my grade. And you know what you did...?"
Chuckie knew where this was going.
"You spat on my face. Discarded everything and ran back to being a loser hiding behind that same group of friends."
"Are you saying my friends are holding me back?"
"Bingo! Finally catching on Finster."
"But why would they do that?"
"Why would they? You're still not getting it! It's not their fault its yours. You're the one who let's them hold you back! That's the truth. The truth you never want to admit. The truth you allowed to go on for so long. The truth that has always separated us!"
"Separated us." Chuckie said.
"Shut Up. Shut Up! SHUT THE HELL UP!" Angelica grabs him by the collar shaking him violently. She is furious. Chuckie can feel his heart race. "You're WORTHLESS! SPINELESS! LAZY AND A COWARD! How can you ever be anything more when you don't even try to!!!!!!..."
Crrooaaaakkkk...
Chuckie's asthma started to kicked in. He starts coughing gasping for air.
Angelica let's his collar go. Chuckie reaches for his inhaler. He goes through all his pockets only to find out what he always feared would happen someday. That day has finally come.
"Charles what are you doing you dimwitt. Get you're inhaler." Angelica said quickly.
Chuckie was gasping a lot the only thing he could managed to utter.
"I don't have it." He croaked out.
Angelica's anger quickly faded and turned into worry. This is happening.
"What are you crazy I thought you had it you told Betty you had it?!?"
Chuckie couldn't speak anymore instead he pulls out what he thought was his inhaler.
"What!?!? Are you serious a box of tictacs?!? They aren't even the same shape!"
Chuckie's condition is getting worse. His asthma is very serious. If he doesn't get his inhaler without medical attention things can get deadly.
"Okay okay I will think of something." Angelica runs around frantically looking for something that could help. She gets an inventory sheet and starts flapping it around like a fan.
"Is this working Charles."She asked. Chuckie doesn't respond.
"Yeah that was probably dumb. Umm... Chest compression."
Angelica puts her hands on his chest and presses down.
"1.. 2.. 3, 1.. 2.. 3... hey Chuckie."
No response. "Okay this isn't helping either."
Neither of them knew what will happen next if Chuckie doesn't get any better soon. Angelica was panicking with no options left.
Except one.
"Okay Chuckie I only have one idea left. Just so you know I'm only doing this to save your life and you better not enjoy this you hear me?!?"
Chuckie couldn't focus on anything she was saying all he could focus on was his condition getting worse when all of the sudden a stimulating sensation came over him. He felt Angelica's lips pressed on his.
Angelica blew air into his mouth trying to see if CPR would help. And it was. Chuckie lungs clearly srarted up.
After a few blows Chuckie started to feel alot better. All he can focus on now is Angelica who is still performing CPR.
Chuckie wasn't sure but he felt like there was something intimate to what she was doing and some kind of natural instinct kicked in as he began kissing her back.
What happens next is something Chuckie would never think could ever happen she doesn't pull away but brings herself closer to him. She stops trying to perform CPR and lays on top of him kissing him back.
Chuckie places his hands on her waist feeling her hips working his way down her bum. Angelica wraps her arms around his head. The two of them made out for what felt for hours. The sensation was so over stimulating they could've gone on forever.
Clack*
A sound quickly gets them off each other. It was Chuckie's box of tictacs, it must've fallen off his pocket.
There was a moment of silence as Angelica and Chuckie sat down looking at each other.
"Angelica... I... uh..."
"Uh..."
They tried to figure out what to say to each other but after a ground breaking event like that it was difficult to come up with a topic.
"Do you know what time is it?" Chuckie asked.
Angelica pulls out her phone. "3:21"
"Angelica I uh I don't know if I should ask this but is it true?"
"Yes it is." Angelica said with no filter at all. "We kissed."
"Not just that." Chuckie says. "Do you like..."
"Woah Finster hold on there!" Angelica said getting up. "This is happening too quickly for me. But let me ask you this."
She takes a small pause.
"Chuckie was this your first kiss?"
In hopes of not sounding lame Chuckie doesn't want to answer that truthfully however she's serious.
"Yes."
Angelica tries to keep a straight face but Chuckie caught a small grin.
"Well to tell you the truth Chuckie... I uh... I never had my first kiss too..."
"Wait what?!?" Chuckie was in shocked. "I thought..."
"You thought I did huh? How can someone as beautiful as me have not gotten their first kiss..."
"It's not that." Chuckie said. "I thought you already dated a couple of guys like Daryl and Chad."
"I did. I don't think we dated for more than a month or two. They tried to kiss me but I for some reason I couldn't do it. I remember Sebastion was really upset that I wouldn't evrn let him lean towards me."
"Then why you even date those guys in the first place?" Chuckie asked.
"I don't know teen hormones, romance, maybe they were just too cute I had to at least try them out." Angelica pondered.
"Or maybe I wanted to see if any of them were right for me before I got close to them." Angelica says. "And if I was to ever have my first kiss I want it to be with someone special."
She looks straight at Chuckie as if she realized something.
"And wouldn't you know my first kiss was with you." Angelica says it like she accepted something. "I guess I should've knew this was gonna happen no matter what."
"Angelica what does that mean..." Chuckie looked under one of the racks and found something surprising.
"Angelica!" Chuckie said enthusiastically.
"Chuckie I don't what it means. I just figure..."
"No Angelica." Chuckie reaches under. "Look!" He pulls out a lever the one for the door.
"Holy Molly!" Angelica exclaimed.
They immediately try to put it back on and it work. The lever clicks and they were able to push the door open.
And there they were facing the restaurant. To them It felt like they reached the promised land. The two of them immediately got out of the food cellar and joyfully run around the Java Lava.
"We did it Chuckie! We're free! Free!" Angelica said excitedly.
"Oh thank god I never thought I would be so happy to see this counter. Chuckie joyfully said as he embraced it.
The two them ran around in excitement however their excitement was so much they both ended up hugging each other. As soon as they realized they were hugging their excitement changed to nervousness as they pull apart.
"So I guess we should head out then." Angelica suggests.
"Actually I don't think we can."
"What do you mean we can't."
"My dad and Mrs. Deville are the only one with the keys to this place and I'm pretty sure they both left with theirs if we leave we'll probably set off the alarm." Chuckie tells her.
"So it's your dad's and Betty's restaurant I'm sure if anything happens they will understand."
"I know but on top of it it's very late you know how many criminals could be out there." Chuckie warns her.
Angelica ponders on it.
"Allright I guess you're right Finster either way we're still stuck here."
"Well the good news is we now have go to the bathroom instead of a bucket." Chuckie tries to look on the brightside. Angelica sits on the stool by the counter. Chuckie sits next her.
"So what now?" He ask.
"I guess we wait till Betty or your dad gets back." Angelica answers.
"No I mean us. "
"Finster! Don't think our little moment means we're dating now."
"I get that but what I want to know is there something between us."
"If you have feelings for me then I won't stop you Chuckie. But do I feelings for you? Well... maybe. We might've come close but I think if we do get together as we are now it wouldn't last."
The answer wasn't yes or no but maybe.
"But maybe one day maybe one day." Angelica said it twice. "Who knows what could change in the future."
"Yep." Chuckie says as the two sit side by side waiting for a new day.