Hola readers! Sorry to keep you waiting for so long, but I had to think up another plot line for our adventurers! So, I have now thought of one, and will continue/begin to produce chapters more constantly. Anyways, Chaptwa 13! t's the morning that we're leaving f0r the ocean and I'm staring at myself in the mirror in a dark blue and black bikini. Can you blame me?! Alex is gonna be there! For the past few days, I have been making huge efforts to make my body as perfect as it's gonna get. I have to admit, it looks better than when I first started! I looked online a bunch and found this really good leg cream to help with the red acne-ish bumps you sometimes get from shaving your legs, and another fairly cheap lotion for the rest of my body to help it be a little more smooth. You might be wondering why I have wasted so much of my life making myself look acceptable in a bikini. Well, knowing TERISA and probably Alyssa who are like, the sexyest people on the planet, he's going to be at their feet in no time unless I present the best show possible. And hey, I was able to accomplish it all in under 3o bucks! "Selina, are you finished packing? We leave for the airport in two hours!" What? What time is it?! It's 8:15?! HOLY CRAP! I've been staring at myself for almost a half hour! "Yeah, I'm almost done! I'll be down for breakfast in a few seconds!" I throw on some clothes and rush down the stairs. Another thing you might be wondering - if I'm almost packed, why am I so worried? Well, when I said "almost packed," I mean that I had laid out all the stuff I wanted to take and still had to stuff all of it into one suitcase and another bag that I can carry. That's gonna take like, an hour on itself! And then I have to make myself look glowing and beachy! While still snarfing down my toast, I cram everything into the biggest suitcase I can find. All my clothes, plus the creams I got, and this really awesome perfume I found that has sort of a spicy smell to it. All the while, of course, my mom screaming at me to get going and to stop wasting time. Would you call spending 15 minutes on your hair a waste of time? Well, maybe I could have lowered it to 10, but I NEED to impress Alex! This is my life here! At 10:30, I came stumbling down the stairs, holding my bag and suitcase, and wearing this really cute spaghetti-strapped top and jean shorts. However, I was currently wearing a beach towel around them because I knew Mom would object to their length. Jeez parents can be annoying! It took me five minutes to come up with that idea! And she's complaining to me that we're late! I used the long car ride to the airport to calm myself down, and to put on more mascara. I'm starting to act like Terisa, aren't I. But hey, guys like girls like Terisa, so Imma go with it! While loading out of the car, I ditched the beach towel, and told my mom I was going to try and find my friends. That way, she would have no time to object my shorts and I would still be able to wear them and impress Alex! As I expected, I found Alyssa and Terisa at the vending machine sipping on soda, along with everyone else. "Hey guys!" I said, "where's Alex?" Everyone giggled. Oh no. I don't like the sound of this. "Oh, uh, he-" Alyssa was trying hard not to laugh. Wait. That's when I realized - Irina wasn't there either. "He went to the bathroom - with Irina." Then they started snickering their heads off, except Katie, who rolled her eyes. All I could do was wait uncomfortably for Alex and Irina to show up. "Where were you?!" I demanded. I was NOT going to let some sicko (if that's what Alex was) control my life! If he was cheating on me, I was going to break up with him right here, right now! Or at least cry really hard. "Oh, uh," Alex started, but Irina cut him off. "Alex needed to use the restroom, and he's never been here before. I have, and I directed Alex to the restroom. I heard someone snicker and saw Irina divert a glare to someone behind me. Alex looked at me with innocent eyes. "Selina, I would never cheat on you, I promise. That will never happen." Something primal in me just couldn't doubt him. I just couldn't. I sighed and accepted his apology. I mean, of all people, he wouldn't cheat me on Irina, right? I mean, she's so immature! After a few seconds of awkward silence, we heard the overcomer say, "Attention all travelers: Flight A720 will be departing in 10 minutes. I strongly suggest that all passengers board that flight as quickly as possible. Thank you." "That's our flight," said Katie. "We should get going." Everyone gathered their bags and dropped off the biggest one on the suitcase - mover thingys - you know, the conveyor belt that carries the bags to the cargo hold. The line for the metal detector took the longest. Both Irina and Terisa took about 3 minutes each because they had all these metal clasps on their outfits and jewelry. SERIOUSLY?! We were going to miss the flight?! "Seriously?! You guys costed us six minutes! We'll be lucky if we get on the plane in time!" "Sorry," responded Terisa, "but a lot of things are metal. Like oh, maybe Katie's little brothers Nerf gun!" "What?" "We brought it! It was in one of my jacket pockets! Didn't you learn anything from our last adventure?! Never leave the largely populated area unarmed!" "I don't think that will be a real problem," I pointed out. I mean the beach will have a million people on it! "Oh, so the ocean is heavily populated?! Good to know! FYI, I like to actually swim in the ocean, and if there's another time portal and I am suddenly surrounded by Vikings or whatever, I need to be able to fight for my life in some way!" Huh. I guess I never thought of that. Wow Terisa, I never thought you had any brains in you. Guess I was wrong. Still I hope we don't have to fight any Vikings or anything. All I want is a summer with Alex! Is that so wrong?! Before getting to our seats, we checked in with our parents so that they could be sure we hadn't oh, driven someone's car again. Although I did see an appealing Lamborghini while coming into the airport, no crimes had been committed. The plane ride would be 3 hours long, so I had brought with me my headphones and some chips. About 1 hour into the ride, I felt a tap on my shoulder. I looked up at Katie, who was sitting next to me, reading a book. "Selina, I just found something that looks like a weird coincidence, but I kind of wanted to check it with you, because this is really weird. You know kind of the plot line that was going on when we traveled back in time? Valjean was in prison and Javert was a prison guard there?" Why she was referring to the situation as a plot line was a mystery, but I nodded. "Well, in the book I'm reading, it's the same. Valjean is in prison from 1795 to 1815 for stealing a loaf of bread. It looks like he escapes 3 times, one of them around when we went back-" Cut again! Actually, I hadn't quite planned this out when I started writing the book, but I actually have no idea the exact years of Valjean's escapes! So, because this is a fanfiction, I can do whatever I want! Too bad, Hugo! One of Valjean's escapes has been moved to 1805! "-and while he was doing time at the Toulon Prison, the same place we went, there was a prison guard there named Javert." "Wait, but you're in the middle of the book! What else does it say?!" "Um, I'm not sure. I looked at the table of contents, which, by the way, is quite confusing, but I saw one of the sections was labeled 'Jean Valjean', so I checked it out. The beginning goes on about this Bishop Myriel person we'll probably never need to know about. Selina, I don't think we just traveled back in time, I think we traveled back in time into a book!"
Oooh, I ended on a cliffhanger this time! Will get Chapter 14 up sooner. Not like, tomorrow, but sooner than in a month!
