Chapter 3
Sav and K.C. hurried into the alleyway. Eli was lying unconscious next to Adam's beanie.
"I knew he wasn't sleeping!" K.C. muttered.
"Uh, where's Adam?" asked Sav. "Because his beanie's right here!"
"No idea" replied K.C.
They began to search for Adam, and it didn't take them that long, because they could faintly hear him moaning in pain. They discovered Adam's sneaker lying right next to the dumpster.
"Oh, no way!" gasped K.C., lifting up the lid of the dumpster.
Adam was in there. They could tell he was in pain. He was grabbing his mouth.
"What happened?" asked Sav, revolted and curios.
"Fitz happened!" said Adam, although he could barely get the words out.
"Wait…why can't he talk properly?" K.C. wondered.
"His lip is busted" Sav said, having a closer look at it. "Fitz must have punched him in the mouth or something!"
"Stupid Fitz" muttered K.C. "Why couldn't he have punched Caleb in the mouth? Then, we could have some quiet!"
They basically had to drag and/or carry Eli and Adam back to the hearse.
"It was Fitz!" K.C. announced, as he and Sav dropped off Eli and Adam in the front seat.
"Should have known," remarked Alli.
"Guys" announced Sav. "We don't even know what happened to Eli, but we know that Adam's lip is busted, and we need something to soak all the blood up"
"You could use this tissue," Holly J. suggested, doubtfully.
Adam took the tissue, but it was soaked with blood in about ten seconds.
"Yeah…that's not gonna work" Sav said.
Holly J. smiled at him. They were still friendly, but to Holly J… there was nothing there anymore. That was why she had broken up with Sav.
"Adam, is your lip okay?" Clare inquired.
"He's incapable of speech right now, because of his lip" K.C. explained.
"I'M CAPABLE OF SPEECH!" Caleb screamed.
"Yes, we all know that"' K.C. told him. Jenna laughed.
"We need a thicker fabric for Adam's mouth" Sav announced.
"Like a worm" Wesley suggested.
"Get real Wesley!" said Alli.
"I've got a thicker fabric!" said K.C.
He tore off Caleb's jacket, and handed it to Adam.
Adam couldn't talk right now, but if he could, he would have said, "Gee thanks, K.C.!"
Normally, Adam wouldn't out anything belonging to Caleb on his mouth, but is was either that, or keep losing blood.
"MY JACKET!" wailed Caleb. He turned to Alli.
"I WANT A PEN!" Caleb screeched.
"No Caleb" said Alli, rolling her eyes. "I don't know if I'd really trust you with something sharp!"
"I wouldn't trust him with anything blunt, either" Clare remarked.
"WAHHHH!" Caleb screamed.
His screaming seemed to have woken Eli up.
"Eli, are you okay?" Clare asked.
"No" he muttered.
"Did Fitz hit you hard?" Wesley asked.
"Everything's spinning…" muttered Eli, and his head dropped back down onto the seat.
"Geez, he's really beat up!" K.C. said.
Adam coughed, and more blood appeared on Caleb's white pants.
"We need something else to soak up the blood!" said Sav, quickly.
There was a pause.
"NOOOOO!" cried Caleb, but K.C. (with help from Holly J. and Sav) tore Caleb's teddy bear vest off, too.
They handed it off to Adam.
"HEY!" cried Caleb, defiantly.
"Relax, those teddy bears are in a better place now!" K.C. said. Sav looked like he was trying not to laugh.
"ARE YOU SAYING THAT A BLOODY BRUISED MOUTH IS BETTER THAN ON ME?" Caleb screamed, at the top of his lungs.
"Anything is better than on you, little dude", said K.C.
Everyone laughed, except Caleb.
"Very true" came Adam's voice. (He was sort of able to talk now.)
By now, Eli had woken up again, and managed to sit up.
"What happened with Fitz?" Clare asked, worried.
"He beat us up," said Eli.
"I thought you were sleeping," muttered Wesley, sheepishly.
Eli seemed to notice Wesley for the first time.
"How did you get in my hearse?" he cried.
"Um…my mom…um, found it?" Wesley squeaked.
"Okay, that's it I'm driving, you worm!" Eli said, starting towards Wesley.
"No!" Wesley yelled, as Eli started to grab him.
Clare put her hand on Eli's arm, and he stopped immediately.
"Maybe you shouldn't drive" Holly J. told Eli. "I mean, you just passed out"
"I guess…" said Eli.
"Yeah, I can drive!" Wesley piped up.
"Being told not to drive in my own hearse" muttered Eli, sitting back down and scowling.
"GWAAAAAH!" screamed Caleb.
"There he goes again," sighed Holly J.
"Be quiet!" K.C. told Caleb, firmly.
"NO!" hollered Caleb. "BEING QUIET ISN'T PART OF MY VOCABULARY!"
"Yeah…" said Sav, rolling his eyes. "We kind of figured that out a long time ago!"
"True that!" replied Alli.
"SHUT UP, RIGHT NOW!" Caleb screamed, furiously.
"Is it possible for you to talk at a normal volume?" Eli asked Caleb.
"Ooh, look!" said Wesley. "It's a cheese fries place anyone want any?"
"No" replied Holly J.
"No way" Jenna added.
"Okay, well I'll get some anyway" Wesley announced.
Holly J's phone vibrated. It was a text from Fiona: R u getting Declan's texts?
Holly J. texted back: It's none of your business!
Fiona wanted Holly J. to get back together with Declan, but she was kind of nosy about it
"Here you go!" said Wesley, handing each person greasy cheese fries.
"How did you pay for these?" Adam asked, being able to talk, now.
"Yeah, I thought you were broke," said Eli.
"Oh, I used Clare's credit card," replied Wesley. "You don't mind, do you Clare?"
Clare dumped her cheese fries on Wesley's head.
"So would that be a yes, a no, or a maybe?" Wesley asked.
Alli stomped on his foot.
"You know what I really need right now?" Wesley asked.
"A life?" K.C. guessed.
"No, a worms rump" Wesley replied.
"Okay, that sounded wrong on 10 different levels!" Sav sad.
"I just really need a worm's rump for my collection!" said Wesley shrugging.
"Your brains a worms rump" Eli told Wesley.
"That would be extremely cool!" Wesley said.
"So anyway" said Alli, turning to Eli and Adam.
"Tell us what happened with Fitz!"
"Okay, we were going to the comic store, and we passed through an alleyway" began Eli.
"Why would you go through an alleyway?" Sav demanded.
"It was the only way to get to the comic book store," Adam explained.
Jenna rolled her eyes and said, "You two and comics are like Wesley and worms!"
"We are not like Wesley!" Eli protested.
"Yeah, and comic books are NOT like worms!" Adam added.
"Fitz followed us into the alleyway" Adam said. "He got me first. He tore off my beanie, and whammed me into the alley wall. Eli tried to help me, but Fitz kicked him in the stomach. So Fitz punched me in the mouth a couple times, and kicked me!"
"Yeah, and I couldn't help" said Eli. "Because whenever I tried, he whammed me into the wall!"
"So then" said Adam. "He picked me up, and threw me into a dumpster!"
Wesley laughed his head off.
"Hey!" said Alli to Wesley. If you met Fitz in an alleyway, you wouldn't live to tell the tale!"
"True that" Eli agreed. "So anyway, then Fitzy boy turned to me, and basically started beating me until I was unconscious. I got really dizzy, so he pushed me onto the ground, and kicked me in the stomach again!"
"Oh, my poor baby!" said Clare.
Eli raised his eyebrows.
"I mean, oh, you got hurt," said Clare, quickly turning back around.
"Some break you guys are taking!" Alli laughed.
"I obviously couldn't help him", Adam added.
"Plus, he kicked me in an…um, weak spot" said Eli.
All the boys flinched.
The second Caleb had popped the very last cheese fry in his mouth, he yelled, "I NEED CANDY!"
"Someone please tell me that they have mints on them," K.C. moaned.
"Actually, I think I do" said Adam. He handed Caleb a bag of mints.
"I HATE MINTS!" screamed Caleb.
"Dude, they're just mints!" said Sav.
"BUT I HATE THEM!" moaned Caleb.
"Too bad!" replied Adam.
Adam had said the wrong thing.
"AAARGH!" Caleb yelled, dumping the bag of mints onto Adam's head.
"Really?" said Adam, picking mints off of him.
It was completely dark out.
"I swear, I can't take one more minute of Caleb," said K.C.
"He gave me a headache," said Holly J. "All I wanted was to go to Little Miss Steaks!"
"I vote Caleb goes out the window" Eli announced.
"As tempting as that is, no" said K.C. "We'd get in trouble!"
"True" said Holly J.
"We can always scare him out" Eli suggested.
"I'm listening," said K.C.
"Caleb" said Sav. "Eli has a story for you!"
"WHAT IS IT?" screamed Caleb.
"Well…" said Eli. "You're probably too young!"
"Yeah!" said Alli, catching on. "You might get scared!"
"NO, TELL ME!" screamed Caleb.
"Okay" said Eli. "There's this guy, and he's outside our car, and he has a paintball gun!"
Caleb started to tremble.
"He's about to murder one of us!" said Eli. "But he LOVES shooting little kids!"
Caleb screamed.
Eli's eyes widened.
"WHAT?" screamed Caleb.
"He's pointing his gun at you, Caleb!" Eli said.
"AAAAAAAAH!" cried Caleb. He threw open the hearse door.
"Worm" Alli shot at Wesley. "Stop the hearse, we don't want to kill the kid!"
"We don't' asked K.C.
Jenna smacked him.
"It was a joke!" cried K.C.
Wesley stopped the hearse.
But before Caleb could throw himself out of the hearse, Anya appeared.
"Anya, what are you doing here?" asked Holly J.
"My mom's car broke down," Anya explained. "And I need a lift home!"
Anya warily glanced at Wesley, when she realized he was driving, but didn't say anything.
"That GEEK is driving?" Anya said, as she sat down.
"Sad, isn't it?" said Eli.
Caleb sat back down.
"WAAAAAH!" cried Caleb.
This was the final straw for K.C.
He and Caleb got into a big fight.
They started throwing every object in a 10-inch radius at each other.
They threw: Alli's purse, Adam's cheese fries, Eli's CDs, Holly J's eye shadow, and many of the mints that were scattered around the floor.
Jenna looked disapproving, and Holly J. looked annoyed.
Adam and Eli were cheering.
"You disgust me!" cried K.C., aiming a mint at Caleb's head.
Caleb picked up one of Eli's CDs and flung it at K.C.
"You know you're gonna have to pay for that, kid" said Eli.
"This fight is so lame," said Clare.
"No" Jenna argued.
"Jenna" said Holly J. "It's basically K.C. picking up stuff and throwing them at Caleb!"
"No, the fight's good" argued Jenna.
"Lame" said Holly J.
"Good!" cried Jenna.
"Lame!" cried Holly J.
"COW!" cried Holly J.
"KNOW IT ALL!" screamed Jenna.
"PREGGO!" cried Holly J.
"DECLAN LOVER!" screamed Jenna.
"Okay, that's it," said Holly J. She grabbed Jenna's purse.
"How the heck do you open this window?" Holly J muttered.
"You'll never find out," Jenna taunted.
"It's the big button on the right" Eli told Holly J.
"ELI, YOU TRAITOR!" shouted Jenna.
"Oops!" said Eli, smirking.
Holly J. hurled Jenna's purse out the window.
"What's gonna happen to my purse?" Jenna yelled.
"Here's a hint!" said Adam. "CRUNCH!"
Jenna and Holly J. continued with the insults, which were becoming more inappropriate.
"KIDNEY PROBLEM MEDICATOR!" screeched Jenna.
"K.C. GOT YOU PREGNANT!" cried Holly J.
"RECONNECTED WITH DECLAN!" shouted Jenna.
"PARENT AT 15!" Holly J. shouted.
Alli laughed.
"She's being silly," said Alli.
"Yeah" Anya agreed.
They both turned to look at each other.
"Wait, who do you think is being silly?" Alli asked.
"Holly J" said Anya.
"No, Jenna is the crazy one here!" Alli replied.
"No!" argued Anya. "Jenna's on the Power Squad!"
"So?" said Alli. "Holly J WAS!"
"Well Holly J's bossy" said Anya.
"Jenna's an obnoxious boyfriend stealer!" argued Alli.
"Maybe you just don't like Jenna because she wanted to be friends with Clare and not you!" Anya retorted.
Alli scowled.
"So?" she cried. "Maybe you just don't like Holly J. because Sav picked her over you!"
Anya looked furious.
By now, K.C. was seriously thinking of stopping the hearse, and throwing Caleb into the nearest Wal-mart.
Meanwhile, Eli was mad at Wesley, because he still wouldn't let Eli drive.
"Wesley, you are such a bitch!" said Eli.
"SO" cried Wesley.
"You're losing your mind, and I'm not!"
"You're right" Eli agreed. "You can't lose your mind, because you didn't have one to begin with!"
"SO!" cried Wesley. "You feel like someone will die if you throw something out!"
"So!" cried Eli. "You spend your time counting your worms!"
"So!" cried Wesley.
"Aww, you like your wormy buddies," said Eli.
TICKLE ME EMO!" cried Wesley.
"Hey is that some kind of cruel emo joke?" Eli asked.
"I wish I had my phone," said Adam.
"Why?" Clare asked.
"So I can call my parents" Adam explained.
"You can't call anyone, because you busted your phone when you threw it out the window!" said Clare.
"I did NOT throw it out the window!" said Adam, flatly.
"Did too, Clare argued.
"No, you scared me, and it slipped out of my hands!"
"Yeah" said Clare. "Because you dropped it!"
Everyone was yelling and/or hurting each other. Sav was just sitting there awkwardly, while people yelled, and objects flew around the hearse.
"Hey guys!" said Anya, looking worried.
No one even looked up.
"Guys!" said Anya, starting to raise her voice
No one was listening.
"HELLO?" Anya yelled.
Everyone froze.
"What Anya?" asked Jenna.
"Well…" said Anya, slowly. "Uh, not to alarm anyone…but a wheel fell off the hearse, and it's rolling across the street!"
"I KNEW you'd crash, you worm!" Alli yelled at Wesley.
Wesley sped around the corner. WHAM!
"There goes another tire" Eli sighed.
"Another wheel fell off the hearse, and the hearse is starting to tip over!" Adam reported.
"You don't think the hearse is gonna tip over?" Jenna gasped.
WHAM. The hearse tipped over.
Everyone got thrown out of it except Holly J. who was thrown against the window, and Jenna, who tipped out of her seat and fell.
They suddenly heard an angry voice cry, "ALLIAH! SAVTAJ!"
"Oh, kill me!" Alli moaned.
"Alli, let's get used to our last seconds of silence" Sav muttered.
Yes, Wesley had managed to tip the hearse over right outside the Bhandari's house….