Me: Who's ready for Chappie 4!
*Nobody answers and cricket chirping can be heard*
Me: Come on, you know you want it….Look guys, I said I was sorry for the hot-tub.
Ash: You didn't say about the ketchup.
Dawn: Or the boom box.
Khoury: OR the plastic wrap.
Me: But you gotta admit, THAT was funny.
Lyra: More like NOT.
Gary: Let's just get to it.
Me: Zoey! Disclaimer!
Zoey: I have the right to remain silent and-
*I pry open Zoey's mouth with a crowbar and makes her say it by force*
Zoey: Nanny-oomph!-doesn't ow-ow!-own Poke-What the-Pokemon! Get out of my mouth!
Me: Enough! Les go!
Jimmy's POV
I swung my duffel bag over my shoulder and rang Marina's doorbell. I was as ready as I'll ever be. Lyra opened the door and told me, "You're late."
"Yeah, I can see that."
Just when she was about to reply, Marina popped up. She saw me and her eyes immediately brightened. My heart jumped when I saw her sky-blue eyes shine. "Jimmy, you're here! Thank Giratina, I thought you couldn't make it. We're going to board into the car now."
Everybody came flooding out, and I got trampled over. Once I got my composure back, I jogged over to the rest of them.
"Marina's so rich, I bet we'll ride to the beach in a limo!" Dawn remarked dreamily.
"No, in a hybrid!" Leaf exclaimed, jumping up and down. Gary grabbed her by the waist before she could hit any of us, and she blushed.
"No, in a private jet! We'll just taking a van to the airport." Kenny added, pumping his fists in the air.
Marina nervously chuckled, "It's not any of those. It's…this." I stared dumbstruck ahead. That piece of junk cannot ever be a vehicle!
It was this rusty old camper, with a brick red color. I could tell the seats used to be comfy, but now most of the black cloth had been ripped to shreds. Who had let the Glameow in? There was no way we could ride this to the beach.
Marina sweatdropped at our expressions and explained, "It was the only vehicle we could get at such a short notice. Yeah, sorry about its condition, but it was my dad's first car, and his favorite, this is why he still has it. It still has a few rides left in her, and can fit us exactly for the number of seats. My dad wants me to drive because he wants to make sure this won't end up like the SUV last time."
"It was a mistake, honest!" Misty pleaded. Marina rolled her eyes.
"Yep, and Swinubs fly. Okay, well, let's-"
Suddenly, I and Marina were left in the dust as all of them stampeded toward the car. I didn't think they were THAT eager to ride it. But when the cloud cleared, it was obvious. They were racing for the shotgun seat.
Ash and May were ahead, shoving each other, while everyone else was mobbing around them. I sighed and walked over and banged Ash and May's heads together.
"Pikachuuuuu!" We all got shocked as Pikachu let lose a powerful thunderbolt. We then proceeded to fall anime-style, with our hair all frizzed up.
"OW!What the heck!"
I smirked, while Marina rolled my eyes. Then Marina said, "My best friend is getting the passenger seat."
All of us boys gave up, because, even though we were all friends, we weren't as close as the girls. Dawn instantly slinked over.
"Pipluuuuuup…"
"I knew it would be me. After all, both of us are coordinators, have an amazing fashion sense, and have the water starter of our region, AND-"
Dawn was broken off as a riot broke off between the girls. All of us boys sweatdropped. Girls. Never will understand them.
Out of the blue, Marina used her famous "SHUT UP!" that can make even a wild Ryhorn shut up and cower in fright. All of the girls backed away while she steamed in anger.
"Gals, sorry to say, but it's not any of you. It's my best friend, all the way back from childhood, Jimmy."
Marina beamed at me, and I felt myself melt. I flashed a grateful smile at her before opening the driver's door for her like a gentleman.
Everybody went "oooooooohhhhh" before pushing to get window seats. When everything had cleared out, Dawn, Paul, Zoey, and Kenny were sitting in the first row, and Ash, Misty, Leaf, Gary, Lyra, and Khoury were sitting in the back.
May and Drew were whining outside that Marina had "lied" and didn't want to take them. Marina rolled her eyes, stepped out and opened the trunk. There were two more seats sitting across from each other. May and Drew whined, "Aw, come on!" before hopping in, glaring at each other (staring contest) before Marina stepped on the gas and the car lurched ahead.
"LET'S PUT THIS PEDAL TO THE MEDAL, BABY!"
We all screamed as Marina swerved to avoid hitting a traffic cone. I glared at her, and she grinned sheepishly.
"I just wanted to have some fun…"
Lyra banged her head on her seat head and whined for the millionth time, "Are we there yet?"
I groaned and spun around my head to look at her before shouting, "Doesn't look like it! Now shut up!"
Khoury glared at me and added, "We HAVE been driving for a long time." Well, someone sure got defensive…
"I need to go to the bathroom!" Dawn complained.
"Guys, I'm trying my best, so just chill! I'm pushing the speed limit here!" Marina exclaimed, taking one hand off the steering wheel to run it through her gorgeous hair. She then placed her hand square on top of mine and clasped it tightly. I blushed seven shades of red before getting a brilliant idea.
"Guys, let's sing!"
All the girls (except Misty, of course) were thinking pretty well about that, while all the boys were burning their eyes into my back and groaning. Ouch.
Marina approved and unanimously chose May to be the first contestant.
Drew groaned, "May SUCKS at singing! Remember-"
May suddenly stuck her face into Drew's (he was SO blushing) yelling "For your information, after that incident, I stayed afterschool almost every day with the music teacher to improve my singing!"
Leaf realized, "So THAT'S what you were doing."
"Yeah, and if I can say so myself, I think it's pretty good now."
"NOBODY could EVER improve your singing even if they were PAID! Face it May, you SUCK AT singing."
May glowered and Drew cowered back in fear as she spat, "Who's talking, Mr. Rose?"
Drew smirked. "Airhead."
"Grasshead."
"Klutz"
"Jerk."
"Idiot."
"Uhh….."
"GUYS, SHUT UP!" Marina shrieked before pulling over. "May, you're going to sing if it's the last thing you do and Drew, you better shut up, because I have no problem leaving you in the middle of nowhere with a hobo sack. I plan to make this trip a very bonding experience!"
All of us sweatdropped at that comment as Marina turned back onto the road. May cleared her throat, opened up the moon view so her head stuck out, with her hair flapping in all these crazy directions, and started to sing (A.N.Life Is a Highway by Rascal Flats). She totally looked like a freak.
Well, life's like a road that you travel on
There's one day here and the next day gone
Sometimes you bend, sometimes you stand
Sometimes you turn your back to the wind
There's a world outside every darkened door
Where Blues won't haunt you anymore
For the brave are free and lovers soar
Come ride with me to the distant shore
We cheered when she said that line. Hell yeah, we were riding to the "distant shore"!
But none or that, she was an amazing singer. We should pay the music teacher or something. She just worked a miracle; she made May sing well. And not just well; May could go to Carnegie Hall if she wanted to!
We won't hesitate
To break down the guarding gate
There's not much time left today, yeah
Life is a highway, I wanna ride it
All night long
If you're going my way, I wanna drive it
All night long
Through all these cities and all these towns
It's in my blood and it's all around
I love now like I loved you then
This is the road and these are the hands
From Mozambique to those Memphis nights
The Khyber Pass to Vancouver's lights
They knock me down
And back up again
You're in my blood
I'm not a lonely man
There's no load Ican't hold
The road's so rough this I know
I'll be there when the light comes in
Just tell 'em we're survivors
Life is a highway, I wanna ride it
All night long
If you're going my way, I wanna drive it
All night long
Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, yeah
Life is a highway, I wanna ride it
All night long (mmmm yeah)
If you're going my way, I wanna drive it
All night long
There was a distance between you and I
(between you and I)
A misunderstanding once
But now, we look it in the eye
May and Drew were gazing into each other's eyes, emerald clashing with sapphire, and slowly, sub-consciously moving toward each other. Maybe they would…
Ooooo...Yeah!
There ain't no load that I can't hold
The road's so rough this I know
I'll be there when the light comes in
Just tell 'em we're survivors
Life is a highway, I wanna ride it
All night long (all night long, yeah hey)
If you're going my way, I wanna drive it
All night long
Life is a highway, I wanna ride it
All night long
If you're going my way, I wanna drive it
All night long
Life is a highway, I wanna ride it
All night long
If you're going my way, I wanna drive it
All night long
Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, yeah
All of us were gaping at her in pure astonishment. I now truly respected that old bat of a music teacher. She could work wonders, even miracles, if she could make May sing that well. We all burst into claps and compliments, even a smile from Drew.
May flipped her hair, and it whacked Drew in the face, which was when they both realized how close they were and what they were almost about to do. It took them about two seconds.
"AHHHHHHHHHHH! At least we didn't kiss, ugh…"
We all chuckled, which was when Marina finally said what we had all been waiting so dearly for, the two words that mean so much, the-"WE'RE HERE!"
She skidded the car to a stop, and we all hopped out, stretching our stiff knees and ogling at the beach house, more like beach mansion, in front of us.
It was this giant log cabin, with the logs all neatly stacked to make the walls and roof. Marina opened the door and showed us in. There were loads of windows everywhere, letting in tons of sunshine, and lighting up the whole room. There was a kitchen stocked with goodies and all the other kitchen stuffs, (which will be emptied by Ash in two seconds flat) and there was a living room across from it, with a sliding door leading out to a patio with an orange awning. There were some deck chairs too. The living room had a huge flat-screen HD TV, and bright neon blue sofas.
To the right there was a hallway with doors on either side, probably leading to bedrooms, and on the left there was another corridor, this time with one enormous fancy bathroom with a dressing room, some closets, and a phone, with a phonebook next to it. This was THE life, and I was totally going to live it.
Marina grinned and as she saw us all drop our jaws, squeal (Dawn), and start touching stuff. When she got our attention back, she didn't look that happy anymore, and what she said after that caused complete chaos and pandemonium * 9000 to the extreme (You DO NOT want to be stuck in those at all costs!):
"There are only 7 beds."
Me: …! OMG! And if you didn't get it, count the number of people. Fourteen! Do the math! Fourteen divided by two is…
Marina: What the hell?
Jimmy: Aw, you gotta be kidding me!
Me: This is no laugh.
*Everybody screams and hides*
Me: Bye from all of us! And Happy Halloween! P.S. Plz check out my Halloween story Trick or Treaters! Too! (Yeah, shameless advertising, I know)
The next chappie will come on ABC channel "Beach Madness"-after the break