Chapter 21: Waterfalls & Cockatoos

Amanda's POV

"ARE WE THERE YET?"

"How many times are you going to ask me that?" I say tiredly as I look out at the highway in front of us. "I'm not going to answer you two, so stop asking me that damn annoying question!"

"Oh come on 'Manda! We're restless!" cries Adam as he stares at me with wide eyes. "We've been on the road for two and a half hours now. How much longer is it going to take to get to Ocho Rios? We need to stretch our legs!"

"According to that sign . . . 10 more miles." says Randy as he points to the green sign on the side of the road.

"That's 10 miles too long!" whines Lita as she falls back into her seat. "Can we go any faster?"

"Unfortunately for you, I have to obey the speed limit. So pipe down and stay quiet!" I tell her with a scowl as I let out a tired sigh. She lets out a feral snort before looking at the window, a scowl planted on her face.

I never thought these two would be such whiners. Randy tells me mentally as he cracks his knuckles.

Can't we ditch them somewhere so they could trek to Ocho Rios by themselves? I ask him as I sneak a quick glance at him from the corner of my eye.

They're werewolves 'Manda. They would find their way back one way or another. Just like boomerangs. Randy tells me with a shrug as we drive by a horse ranch.

And just like boomerangs, they'll sometimes hit you in the head if you don't watch for them. I tell him with a smirk, just as Randy grabs Adam's hand before he could slap him on the side of the head.

"Really dude?" Randy asks him as he lets go of the man's hand. "Do you really think I would let you get away with that?"

"Just checking." mumbles Adam as he sits back in his seat in defeat.

Nice heads up. Randy tells me with a small smirk, making it disappear before Adam and Lita could see it.

Anytime. I tell him as I notice a second green sign on the side of the road where the ocean was.

"That sign says that we have just passed through the Ocho Rios city limits. We'll head to the water park first, which is outside of the city, before heading into the downtown area." I tell them as I let out a yawn.

"Wouldn't have it any other way," says Adam with a smile. "Hey . . . is it true that once we head downtown, you girls are going to force us guys to go shopping with you?"

"Maybe" Lita and I say in unison as we share knowing looks.

"Dude we're doomed!" deadpans Adam as he clutches the headrest of Randy's seat.

"Yeah . . . I figured we are." says Randy as he lets out a small groan.

"You guys aren't going to sneak away are you?" I ask as I raise an eyebrow. They look at each other before turning to us.

"No!" they tell us, drawing out the word as they shook their heads.

"We'll see about that." I tell them as I notice two familiar roads going up the cliff next to us. "Here we are!"

"We're here?" asks Lita as she looks at me in disbelief. "Well that was quick!"

"I told you guys the water park is outside the actual city." I tell them as I turn onto the road. The sign 'Dunn's River Falls & Water Park' stood in between the entry road and the exit road as I drove the car up the hill. We quickly pass through the security checkpoint and into the large parking lot, fairly filled with various vehicles of different shapes and sizes. I decide to park the car right at one end of the lot, just as the werewolves began to claw at the windows.

"Hey you two! I don't want to be paying for any damages caused by the two of you because of your impatience!" I tell them as I turn off the ignition, but they were already out the door. "Well that was fast!"

"This is what happens when you coop up werewolves in a small area for a good amount of time." Randy tells me with a shrug as he unbuckles his seatbelt.

"Yeah, but they were cooped up in here a lot longer when we traveled from the airport." I tell him with an eyebrow raised.

"That's true too . . . maybe they're excited since they get to ride down a waterfall today." he suggests as he opens his door and steps out.

"That could be it." I say with a shrug as I open my door.

"So . . . where's the visitor's entrance to this place?" asks Ted as he steps out of his car.

"Over there!" says Monica as she points to the gate over at the right side of the parking lot. "Let's get moving before this place really gets busy."

We all nod our heads, grab our stuff, and walk over to the gate. Once we all pay the entrance fee and drop our stuff at the visitors' lockers, we walk in to see a whole lot of trees and a whole bunch of paths to various parts of the park.

"Which path do we take?" asks Cody as he looks around at the various signs.

"How about we all just split up for this one?" suggests Layla. "Management says we have to vacation together, but they didn't say we have to all do the exact same things at the same time throughout the whole vacation."

"Layla makes a good point," says Wade as he points to her. "We have to vacation together, but we don't need to do everything together."

"Who's up for the waterfall?" says Adam as he points to the path with a sign that had the symbol for waterfall on it. Kofi, Lita, Alicia, Randy, and I all raise our hands for it. "What about the rest of you? What are you guys going to do?"

"We're thinking waterslides . . . See ya!" says Sheamus as he and Layla walk down the path that had the sign for the waterslide by the side. Cody and Kaitlyn followed after them.

"I guess it's the pool for the rest of us." says Ted as he nods over to the path leading to the pools.

"You people are so boring." Adam says bluntly as he crosses his arms.

"Oh shut up!" says Wade with a wave of his hands as he and Monica follow after Ted and Kelly.

"Now that the boring ones are gone, let's go, fellow adventurous ones!" says Adam with a grin as he and Lita run down the path to the waterfall, closely followed by Alicia and Kofi.

"Those four are way too excited about the waterfall." I mumble under my breath as Randy and I walk at a slower pace.

"Just like little kids." adds Randy as he wraps an arm around my shoulders. "Have you been here before?"

"Oh yeah . . . I've been here before." I tell him with a sigh.

"That tone of voice tells me that you had a bad experience here," he tells me with a knowing look. "Care to explain?"

"Let's just say that there was this time I came here with my family as a teenager and I was basically stalked by this teenage boy all day just to ask me on a date." I tell him with a shrug as we turn a corner.

"Oh really . . . a guy stalked you throughout the water park just to get you to ask you to go with him on a date?" Randy asks me as he raises an eyebrow.

"This guy whose family was from France wanted to buy me a smoothie at the concession stands, but I refused because he had this snobby attitude. He hated that he was rebuffed, so he asked me again, and I said no." I tell him as we climb up a tall stone staircase. "He was persistent. He followed me everywhere around this water park, pestering me to go with him to get a smoothie, but I continued to say no. He never stopped till his parents told him that it was time to go back to their hotel."

"Wait a second . . . what did his parents think about all this?" Randy asks me as he narrows his eyes.

"They were too interested in going to all the attractions here to care. The boy was free to badger me the whole day. And the worse part was that my mom banned me and sis from using our powers during the vacation, so I couldn't mentally tell the guy to leave me alone." I tell him as we reach the top of the staircase.

"Sucks to be you," he tells me with a smirk. He then suddenly looks away and down the path, his ears slightly perking up. "You hear that?"

"Hear what?" I ask in confusion as I finally start to hear the waterfall and the faint shouts of our friends. "We're close."

"Hell yeah we are!" he tells me with a small grin. "You wanna race me there?"

I respond with a chop to his bare chest, scowling ay him since we both know he has an unfair advantage.

"Do you really think I'll be dumb enough to race you when we both know that you have an unfair supernatural advantage?" I ask as I walk ahead of him.

"Like you would ever back down from a simple race?" he asks me as he outstretches his arms.

"You're right . . . I WOULDN'T!" I yell as I break into a sprint. I barely run ten feet when I feel the breeze brush past me, signaling that Randy has used his speed to gain the unfair advantage . . . and the obvious win. Not wanting to back down, I continue to run down the path till I reach the bottom of the waterfall, crashing into Randy as he stands by the waterbed with the others.

"Took you long enough!" he tells me with a smirk as he steadies me in his arms.

"See what I mean? Vampire speed = unfair advantage." I say with a sigh as I look around the waterfall, which was practically empty.

"Amanda, I thought this was a waterfall we could ride down from." says Adam as he points to the waterfall, which looked like a natural staircase with irregular steps.

"I never said anything like that, but if you want, you can travel down the rest of the waterfall to the open sea." I say as I point downward.

"Wait . . . this waterfall goes down into the ocean?" Alicia asks me with an eyebrow raised.

"Yep . . . it takes a good 20 minutes to get down there, but it takes an hour and a half to get to the top of the waterfall." I say as I point upward.

"I didn't sign up for hiking," mumbles Adam as he crosses his arms. "But since we're here, we might as well climb this bad boy."

"Okay, but I got to warn you guys, at some spots, the water gets a bit choppy, so be careful where you step." I say as I take a step in to the water, the cool spring water hitting against my shins.

"This will really shape up my thighs." mumbles Lita as she walks in after me.

"Well Amy . . . you're thighs have been looking a little flabby." says Adam with a small shrug as he walks into the water, earning a slap to the face from the female werewolf.

"Dude . . . You definitely deserved that one." says Kofi as he and Randy break into a small laughing fit.

"Yeah . . . I did." says Adam as he stares at Lita's ass as she climbs up the waterfall.

"Enjoying the view Adam?" Alicia asks him with a smirk as she takes a step up the fall.

"Hell yeah I am!" he tells us with a grin as he quickly rushes up the waterfall to catch up with his girlfriend. Randy and I share a look before we follow the others up the waterfall.

Normal POV

The three couples managed to trek all the way up to the top of the waterfall in a little less than an hour, admiring the view they got when they looked out into the land.

"This is beautiful," mumbled Alicia as she looked out at the sea. "You can see the ocean from here."

"You got that right." said Kofi as he took his camera off the chain from his neck. "How about you girls pose for a photo?"

"You boys first!" said Lita as she took out her own camera.

"Fine," said Adam as he crossed his arms. "Do you have the benefit of flash photography?"

"Yes I do! Now pose!" said Lita as she put the camera to her face. Adam, Randy, and Kofi crowded together for the photo, all of them putting bunny ears behind each other's heads. The girls couldn't help but chuckle at their antics.

"What's with you guys and bunny ears?" asked Amanda as she gestured at the three of them. "You do them in like every photo we take."

"We had to make out photos interesting somehow." said Adam as he shrugged his shoulders. "This is the best we could come up with."

"Now it's your turn girls." said Kofi as he held his camera to his face. The girls stood side by side with each other with Lita being in the middle. Lita wrapped her arms around Alicia and Amanda's waists while the two wrapped an arm around her waist. Kofi snapped their photo just as a cockatoo flew in and landed on Amanda's head.

"What the hell?" said the tall Diva as she looked up to see the bird perched on her fro.

"Oh crap! It's a cockatoo!" said Adam with a grin as he pointed to the bird.

"It's so cute . . . and pretty big." said Alicia as she eyed the white bird, which turned to look at her.

"Yeah . . . can someone get this thing off me because if it poops on my head, I'm kicking one of your asses." said Amanda as she crossed her arms.

"Wait . . . Give me a second." said Kofi as he took a few quick photos of Amanda.

"Really Kofi?" Amanda asked bluntly as she narrowed her eyes at him. "Photos?"

"What? This moment deserves to be preserved." said Kofi as he put his camera back on his chain. "Now I'm done."

"Good . . . now can someone get this bird off of me? I think it wants to make a nest out of my hair." said Amanda as the bird started to claw up some of her hair, making itself quite at home in her bushy head of hair.

"Anyone knows how to remove cockatoos from curly hair?" asked Randy as he walked over to Amanda's side, curiously staring at the bird atop her head.

"How about scaring it off her head?" asked Adam as he shrugged his shoulders. Randy just shrugged in return and turned to the bird. He waited till the bird turned to face him and when the bird did just that, he bared his fangs and hissed at it. The bird was scared out of its mind and began to flap its wings in order to fly away, but its talons were stuck in Amanda's hair.

"DAMMIT! GET THIS THING OUT OF MY HAIR!" yelled Amanda in pain as she tried to keep her head steady while the bird continued to tug away, but to no avail.

"NICE GOING YOU TWO!" yelled Lita as she turned to Edge and Randy accusingly. "YOU JUST MADE THE SITUATION WORSE!"

"WE KNOW!" yelled Edge and Randy in unison as they looked at Amanda apologetically.

"ALLOW ME!" yelled Alicia as her eyes turned yellow. She grew out her claws, which resembled a fox's own, and cut the cockatoo free from Amanda, doing minimal damage to her hair in the process.

"'Manda, you okay?" asked Kofi as he looked at her in worry.

"I'll be fine," mumbled Amanda as she touched the top of her head. "But I'm not sure if I'm bleeding or not."

"Here let me see." said Lita as she walked over to the Anaconda. Amanda bowed her head so that Lita could see the top of it to examine. Lita poked a few fingers around her scalp before taking them back out. Edge and Randy, especially Randy, grimaced when they noticed the blood on Lita's fingers.

"Okay, so the cockatoo did draw blood, but the cuts are minimal, so you'll be just fine." said Lita as she washed her bloody fingers in the water.

"Still, let's find Barbie so I can get myself patched up. The sooner I get that done, the sooner I can go back to enjoying my vacation." said Amanda, who sent sharp looks at Randy and Edge, before starting to walk back down the waterfall. Alicia sent the boys sharp looks as well before joining her.

"You two are so in trouble." mumbled Kofi as he followed the girls, ignoring the sharp looks he got from Randy and Edge.

"Dude . . . Amanda is so mad at us. Can this day get any worse?" asked Adam as he looked at the others descending down the waterfall, just as he felt something land on his head.

"Please don't let it be it," mumbled Adam as he touched the top of his head. He grimaced when he felt the slimy substance on his head and moved his fingers to see that it was bird poop. "Oh crap! I've been pooped on!"

"You and me both." mumbled Randy with narrowed eyes as he gestured to the small glop of poop on his shoulder, the intoxicating smell of Amanda's blood still lingering in his nose. "That cockatoo did it for revenge."

Adam looked up to see the cockatoo staring at them from a nearby tree branch before flying away with a yell.

"I hate that bird." mumbled Edge as he dunked his head into the water to wash the poop off as best as he could.

"Me too," mumbled Randy as he washed the poop off his shoulder. "But, we kinda deserved it."

"Yeah . . ." mumbled Edge as he lifted his head out the water. "We did deserve it."

After the two washed away the bird poop, the two descended down the waterfall, quickly catching up to the others midway down. Randy tried to speak with Amanda, but she ignored him the entire way to the pool area, where they found Kelly Kelly, Ted, Wade, and Monica lounging by the pool, sitting under some beach umbrellas.

"Hey guys! How was the waterfall?" asked Ted as he looked up at the six before him. His eyes stopped at Amanda, who was scowling as she sat in the folding chair next to Kelly. "Uh . . . what's up with her?"

"While we were up at the top of the waterfall, a cockatoo decided to use her hair as an impromptu nest. Edge and Randy here thought it would be a good idea to scare it off her head, but the damn bird just freaked out and kept trying to fly away, but its talons were stuck in her hair. So Alicia had to cut it free with her claws, but not without some damage." answered Lita as she stared at the werewolf and vampire.

"Oh come on Lita, we feel bad enough as it is. We don't need you to stare at us accusingly." whined Edge as he took a seat in the folding chair next to Wade.

"Let me see the scalp." said Kelly with a sigh as she turned to Amanda. Amanda bowed her head and Kelly opened up her hair to see a few small cuts on her scalp. "It's nothing too bad. It could have been a lot worse."

"No thanks to these two." said Lita as she nodded her head at Randy and Edge.

"Enough Lita! We get it." said Randy with a tired sigh.

"Just making sure." said Lita with a shrug as she put on her sunglasses.

"And while you two were slightly bickering, I healed up Amanda's head wounds." said Kelly with a smile as she pointed to Amanda's now healed scalp, the blue glow from her finger fading away.

"Thanks Barbie." said Amanda as she got up from her chair and walked over to the juice bar down at the end of the fairly large pool, Randy quietly right at her heels.

"What do you want Randy?" asked Amanda as she stopped a few feet away from the bar, not even bothering to turn around to acknowledge him.

"I want to apologize." said Randy as he let out a sigh. "I didn't expect for that cockatoo to freak out like it did earlier."

"But Randy . . . what kind of reaction did you expect to get out of that animal?" asked Amanda as she turned around. "Animals are naturally frightened by people like you, so I don't think scaring the poor cockatoo was the best idea."

"But it did get off your head." said Randy as he pointed to her.

"Yeah, because Alicia had to cut it free." said Amanda as she scowled at him. "You and Adam did more harm than good."

"Look . . . I know. I made a stupid mistake and I should have known better. I should have never have scared the cockatoo and should have thought of a better idea." said Randy as he let out a sigh. "Can you please forgive me?"

"I'll let this one slide just this once," said Amanda as she let out a sigh as she placed her hand on her hips. "But if I somehow get into the same situation and you pull that stunt again, I will not hesitate to kick you where it hurts! Got it?"

Randy's eyes slightly widened at how cold Amanda's voice got, but he quickly recovered and nodded his head.

"I got it. I promise I won't pull the same stunt again as long as your hair doesn't get used as a bird's nest again." said Randy as he drew a cross over his heart.

"Trust me if that happens, I am wearing hats on my head for the rest of my life." said Amanda as she crossed her arms.

"Aw . . . you look better without a hat. It's hard to see your eyes when you wear a hat." said Edward as he kicked a pebble away. Amanda smirked at his comment as she took his hand in his and lead him toward the juice bar.

"That's so sweet of you to say." Amanda mumbled under her breath, but Randy heard her nonetheless.

"So . . . What about Adam? Aren't you going to forgive him?" asked Randy as he looked over at the drink menu. Amanda turned to face the pool to see Adam and Lita talking with each other as Monica put her drink on a small stand next to Adam's lap. Having an idea pop into her brain, Amanda smirked and pointed her finger forward, making the drink fall into Adam's lap.

"Yeah . . . I forgive him." said Amanda as she looked at Randy with a smirk on her face. Randy soon realized what Amanda did and let out a small chuckle while everyone else except for Adam snuck her quick looks.

Nice. Lita sent to Amanda as she helped Adam dry himself up.

Why thank you. Amanda sent back as she watched as Adam shot her a knowing look before walking toward the bathroom area.

"Why'd you do that to poor Adam?" Randy asked her as he whispered in her ear.

"Because," said Amanda as she let out a small chuckle as she gestured for the bartender to come over. "He's the one that suggested the idea in the first place."

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