OK, then, let's get started with the next chapter. Thanks for reviewing, Kibalover1998, Warner KidsFan, and frumouttamimind (My brother is called Rob...it would be kind of weird to have a boy my character is dating have the same name, and I just like the name Lee anyway).
Even though it looked like the relationship was limited, I was glad that Mom and Dad hadn't freaked out that I was dating, essentially, a cartoon character, even if they could be human at times. But I still wasn't going to tell them that while he could be like me (human), I could be like him too (toony), or that I basically lost my physical innocence to him.
But sometimes, I just really wanted more. But how could we do anything more? There was no place to do anything.
One of the most annoying rules in school was the PDA prohibition – Public Display of Affection. On tenth grade camp, one teacher reprimanded one of the boys for helping his girlfriend down a rock on a mountain in a more-than-platonic way, yet she didn't say anything when he helped practically every other person in trouble over that particular rock! So basically, in school, Yakko and I would get yelled at by a teacher if we so much as kissed. Anything more would probably get both of us suspended, and I knew WB wouldn't take that lightly – we were lucky they let any of the Warners out of the movie lot. We couldn't do a thing at school, in or out of school hours.
We couldn't do anything on dates, either. We didn't have a car any more. WB wasn't going to be happy if they knew we were communicating, and they wouldn't let a toon drive a car outside the lot, anyway. I'd have to wait until November to take my restricted, so at the moment, it was only toon speed that got us anywhere. The best place and time was during a film at the back of the movie theatre, but we had to be quiet and even discreet there.
Occasionally, we'd have to watch a movie at school. Usually, I would be staring at the screen, but it usually ended up how it was on the movie nights in the holidays – by the time the credits were rolling, my head would be on Yakko's shoulder, and I'd have to quickly pretend it never happened, in which everyone who noticed started laughing at both of us. Of course, Yakko would just smile. He didn't care about drawing attention, seeing as he was a pro at it already.
But still, a girl just wants more than fluffy love at times. But come on, I'd been lucky enough to find actual all-encompassing love at the age of fifteen. How much more luck was I going to get. As if I could get ANY more of a chance to express it.
October drew near – and so did the week the high school went on school camp, although only the freshmen and juniors actually stayed in tents. Most schools in America had lost funds to do that, but mine had managed to keep the high school in the wilderness for a week, although the middle school wasn't.
We got the form at the end of September, only two weeks prior. "So, are you able to get Warner Bros to let you go on this?" I asked Yakko after school, as we walked further up to meet up with Wakko and Dot.
"Yeah, probably. It'll be weird to not have my sibs around, though."
The two younger Warners did seem kind of jealous, but they weren't that bothered. Not even about being separated, even though I knew for a fact that none of the Warners had ever been separated from each other before. Dot went back to toon form before she got in the car, just so she could dress in an army dress. "All dressed up with no camp to go to." she said with a sigh. Then she grinned. "I guess we're not missing out on too much. It's not summer camp, it's not boot camp." She was referring to an episode when the three of them had mistakenly gotten sent to boot camp.
I smiled at that, and said goodbye, before rushing off to catch the bus home, as usual.
Every year group went to a different place in America. The school kept to the west coast, but we all went to different states. The freshmen group always went to Arizona. Now it was autumn, it was at last getting cooler. The juniors would go to Washington. I heard a couple of girls discussing Forks, a tiny little town in Washington. Obviously they were Twilight fangirls. I was glad I had my own boyfriend before getting sucked into the whirlpool of falling in love with nonexistent supernaturals from weird Twilight and blatant Twilight knockoffs.
Anyway, the sophomores were headed to Oregon. Not only that, but some of our trip would be devoted to studying the Salem Witch Trials, since Salem was up in Oregon.
We were also broken up activity groups of twelve during the days. We were staying in little cabins, separate from the mess hall and meeting room. They housed six with three pairs of bunk beds, so each group would be split into two in rooming – with girls in one room, and boys staying in the oppositioning room.
But there were two problems about going on camp. We had no say in our groups, and Yakko and I wound up in separate groups. Sophie was in my group too, but Kaylee and Heather were in different groups. A couple of my guy friends were in our group too, Jackson and Perry (honestly, though, who calls their kid that in this day). But Jasmine was in Yakko's group, and as I've already said, she was a total flirt.
"Please, don't continue your flirting." I'd said to Yakko, half-pleading, half-ordering. "If Miss Cheerleader gets encouraged by any guy, she gets them to take a crash course in lip-locking."
"Princess Alexandra, don't worry." was all Yakko said. "I'm not stupid enough to fall for that."
"I trust you." I said truthfully. "It's her I don't trust. Don't underestimate her. Even if you don't fall for it, she'll probably just do whatever she can. Especially if I'm in the vicinity." Then I sighed. "We're going to see even less of each other, what with the activity groups and not being allowed to go over to each other's rooms."
A mischevious smile appeared on Yakko's face, one I knew well. "Don't count on it."
I smiled too.
If anyone worked out why I named Alex's guy friends Jackson and Perry, you are awesome! Tell me if you did get the reference (Clue: at least one of the references will be mentioned in an earlier chapter). School camp is up next, sorry about the filler. Please, please, PLEASE review!
