Hay peoples! Sorry for the wait, too busy! If your reading this that means that you would also love my other story The Stolen Necklace, feel free to review, even though it's older I still check it. Hope this is worth the wait, I think it is! Review!
I woke up to the smell of coffee brewing down stairs, the time read 9:32 on Maggie's digital clock. "Maggie. Maggie..." I shook her sleepy- like, "Wake up, it's already nine- thirty..."
"Wake me up at twelve." She growled.
"It's not healthy to sleep in that late- get up!" I said and shook her firmly that time.
She growled again and sat up. "Fine, but I usualy only wake up at lunch time on saturday's."
We both get up and head down in our P.J's. "Oh my lord, Maggie! You got up early today! Lisa must be a great influence on you!" Marge said cheerfully.
"Yah Mags!" Homer added.
Maggie shrugged and we both sat down to a plate full of pancackes, butter, and sweet serup. We ate our food, had some small talk, and I started to pick the plates off the table and helped my mom with the dishes. "Do you have any special plans today honey?" Mom asked as we were finishing them.
"Actually I do, mom." I answer bearly audible.
"Oh. Well thats ok, I guess we'll have family bonding time tomorrow." She said in a disappointed tone.
"It's not that I don't wan't to spend time with you guys mom, It's just that I promised Nelson-"
"Yor going on a date with Nelson?!" Marge interrupted with a hint of joy, that I couldn't quite explain.
"No- no, mom! It's not a date- date, just a 'let's ketch up' date. Plus, he's bringing his boys and we're just going to the carnival." I explained.
"Oh." Marge said slightly disappointed.
"Why? Would you want it to be that kind of date?" I asked.
"I don't know, it's just that- Bart, has been telling me how lonely he was since those darn twins left him; and I know how it's like to be a full time parent. I just I couldn't imagine being one without Homer by my side and having to get a job to support you guys all on my own..." Marge explained.
"Oh..." I said without any extra comments. Wow, I didn't know my mom cared so much about Nelson. Then again she has invited him over to stay over here a couple of times. I thought.
"I'm saying this because but care for him, as one parent to another." Mage explained.
"I see."
"So whats on your agenda for the night? Maybe we could catch a movie, all four of us?" Marge suggested.
Do'h! I flinched. "Uh... Sorry mom... Kindda got plans for tonight to..." I said aquardly.
"Let me guess another 'let's ketch up' date? Who've you got this time, Milhouse?" Marge giggled like she just told a joke and not the most absolute truth.
"He- he... How'd you guess...?" I mumbled sheepishly.
"What!? Your telling me- that you- that he- just forget it. I guess my baby's all grown up now and wouldn't want her mommy budding in her social life..." She sighed. "But you can't ride two horses with one saddle, honey. If this situation goes where I think it's gonna go, sooner or later you'll have to choose between both horses. And I strongly suggest the one that's not blue." she said, clearly prefering Nelson over Milhouse.
"Thanks for the edvice mom, but I don't think It'll come to that." I reassure her.
"Whatever you say sweet pea."
We finished up the dishes and at exactly 10:59 am I went up to Maggie's room to unpack. 11:37 am I had finished all my unpacking and got dressed. A pair of jeans, all stars, and a light purple turtleneck sweater was a great choise for that day because unfortunately, it was getting chilly. Too bad it's kinda cold outside. It would have been a great day for a carnavel. I thought. I slipped on my old pearl necklace over the turtleneck and decided to pass the time on Facebook. Maggie called me downstairs for lunch, I glanced at my watch, 1:10 pm. I slowly got up and walked down the stairs. As I sat on the table mom brought me a plate of mash potatoes, steamed veggies, and a bit of tuna salad. "I know your a vegetarian sweetie, but I'm worried about the lack of meat in your system, so I made a tad of tuna salad for you, is that alright?" Mom asks, more loving than ever.
"Yes mom, it is. I went to my Doctor back at Yale, and he said that I should down gade to a pescatarian-"
"Pesca- what?" Maggie and Homer both asked at once.
"Pes-ca-tarian. It's someone who follows a vegetarian diet, with the exeption of fish and other sea foods- But I still consider myself a vegetarian because-"
"Oh that great sweetie, now lets eat!" Dad interrupted.
I rolled my eyes, giving up on any hope that I would finish my sentence.
Lunch was fun, we laughed at some ridiculous gossip Maggie told us, my dad made a pupet with his food then pretended it was yelling as he bit threw it, mom commented on how boring the days were for her, only having Maggie and her beloved Homer in the house, it had an empty feeling to it. We were finishing up lunch when I remembered that I have to meet Nelson and the boys at the carnival. I glanced at my watch, 2:33. "Oh, sorry guys but I have to go. Sorry I couldn't stay longer it's just that I have plans." I explain.
"What plans?" Maggie and Homer both asked.
"Nothing that interesting, just-" I don't want to tell them the truth about today couse that would just requier more explanations, I thought. "- some boring chores."
"Boring hu?" Mom said with a chuckle.
"What's so funny?" Dad asked.
"Ummm, nothing." She answered qickly.
"Bye! Got to go!" I grabbed my purse and went out the door.
I got out of the cab, I saw the carnavle in front of me, bumper cars, roller costers, and merry go rounds as far as the eye can see. I walked for about a minute and a half until I saw the ferris wheel. White metel bars with a colorful cart on each of the ends, colorful strings hang like christmas lights on each cart and on the center of the huge wheel. Must be a beautiful sight in the dark. I thought. "Lisa! Over here!" I herd a voice call to my left. I turn around to find Nelson waiving and coming twords me.
"Hay!" I waive back and head twords him. We walk to each other untill we meet. "Hi, Nelson."
"Hay Leese." He greets, I quickly analyze his outfit: tennis shoes, ripped jeans, a black t- shirt and a red sipped up hoody. Cute and casual. I thought.
"Where are the boys?" I ask curiously.
"Oh, they're waiting in line for the roller-coaster. Wanna come?"
"Yah, but I must warn you I get queezy."
"No problem, I brought barf bags." He answers.
"Why? Do you get sick too, tuff guy?" I asked teasingly.
"You wish. Zander does though." He answered.
"Uhu." I said unconvinced.
"He does!"
"Sure he does." I said still unconvinced.
He rolled his eyes and said, "We better go, I bet it's almost our turn."
We rush to the roller- coaster called The Power and cut the line until we reach the four boys waiting impatiently. "Man this is gonna be soooooo cool!" Said the one of the boys, I think he was Max.
"Yah, I herd that one guy died from a heart-attack on this one!" Said Coners or was it Mike? I don't know I'm still confused.
"I think I'm gonna puck!" Said Zander, yes that was sertenly Zander.
"Next!" Yelled the man at the roller-coaster booth.
"Oh no! I forgot to buy my ticket!" I exclaimed.
"Don't worry Leese, I got this one for ya." Nelson handed me the ticket.
"Thanks, I owe you one."
"No prob."
The roller-coaster cart was probably the most frightening thing I ever saw, a bloody skull dragging a flaming tail on the back of it incarved with seets for us to sit in. Waiting by a gient black hole that is meant to swallow us up. Each cart atached to the skull fit only two people in it. Max and Zander got a cart to themselves, Mike and Coners got on to themselfs too, leaving me and Nelson to shere another one. "Wait!" Shouted Nelson in the direction of one of the twins, "Zander, you forgot your puke bag." Nelson said flatly.
"Oh dad for the eighth th time I don't need one!" He argued.
"Ok, but remember the last time you said you didn't need one?" Asked Nelson.
Zander opened his mouth to argu only to be interrupted by the speaker phone, "Ladies and... Uh... Not ladies. Girls and boys, please take you seets for the power. Those of you who cannot do that, the exits to your right." there was a bit of static and the announcement ended.
"Fine I'll take it." Zander grabbed the bag and rushed to his seet next to Max.
Nelson smiled and sat next to me. Wow, despite all his flaws he's a really good dad, better then mine was for sure. I thought. "Are you ready?" He asked breaking the silence.
"Ready as I'll ever be!" I answered. Suddenly out of no where creepy music started to play followed by skreems, the roller coster started to move forward and I took a deep breth as we were being swallowed by the tunel before us. Darkness sudenly took over. The only light that was with us was the dark red glow of the skulls eyes. When I managed to see what laid ahead of us I quckly closed my eyes, we droped strait down into the unknown horrors of this ride called the power.
The next four minutes were filled with darkness, skreems, puke (for Zander at least), and that fluffy sensation you get at the bottom of your gut when you fall. The ride was so intense that I had to grip on to Nelson's arm to support myself. When he felt I did that he laughed out loud and said, "Not so tuff now, ain't that right Leese?"
I didn't answer, I just wanted it all to be over and done with. We finely came out the other side of the tunnel, but I still remain clutched to Nelson's arm. "Lisa, It's over. You can get off now." He says nudging me.
I open my eyes and look him in the eye then down at his arm, then again at both. "Oh sorry." I said releasing my grasp.
He laughed, "No prob, that ride was pretty frighting."
"That was awesome!" Shouted one of theo boys in the middle of the crowd of the people that were getting off they're seats.
"Yah! Totaly worth the vomiting!"
"Dude we need to go again!"jn
"Totaly! Can we dad? Please?" Begged Coners.
"You guys go ahead, me and Lisa are gonna get a drink, we'll meet up at the exit to this ride. Don't wander off, especially you, Max." Nelson said.
"Hay! If anyone deserves that kind of warning it would be Mike!"
"So not cool dude!" Mike exclaimed, and pushed Max. Both began to fight, and Nelson had to get involved.
"Knock it off you guys, no fighting!" Nelson pulled them apart. "Behave yourselfs and I'll buy you all cotten candy."
"Yay! Cotton candy!" shouted them all, "We will!"
The boys ran off back into line, sighed with that I wasn't with them, that roller-coaster was horrible! "Thank Buddha I'm off that deth trap! Never a-gain!" I said.
He laughed. "I'm gonna have a milk shake, what do you want to drink?"
"I'll have one too, my treat." I said.
"You don't have too-"
"Oh please, it's the least I can do after you giving me that ticket." I insisted.
We went over to the nearest food shack and I buyed the shakes, chocolate for Nelson, strawberry for me. We sat at one of the tables and talked, and talked, and talked. Turns out there was waaaaay much more catching up to to then I had expected. Nelson told me about his life as a father and a mechanic, he said that after me helping him with his snot wheels bike business, he decided to take a course called vehicle maintenance and repair at college and become a real life mechanic. And I told him about my time at Yale and some of the intriging stuff I have leren, I even tought him a few words in French. "How do you say 'you are beautiful' in french?" He asked cool- like.
"Vous êtes belle. Why?" I ask puzzled.
"Couse Mike has a crush at school and I bet if he says that to her in french she'll totaly fall for him." He explains.
"Oh, hahaha! How cute, how old are they any way?"
"They're eight. Why do you think they're way to young?"
"No. That was the age I-" I cut my sentence short, and blushed.
"The age that you what?" he askes curiously.
"Had my first... kiss..." I said shyly.
"Oh." He also blushed, and probably remembered it too. The day we both shared our first kiss. "To be completely honest, I'm glad it was you."
I looked into his eyes confused and he continued, "You were different than the other people at school, and you probably still are. You always saw the good in everyone, even me."
We looked into each others eyes for how long? I don't know. But our eyes pulled us closer, and closer, until they shut, and... We kissed. His lips tasted of chocolate and I bet mine, of strawberry. We stayed that way in a world of sweetness until we were interrupted by childish laughter. "Ha- ha! Daddys got a girl friend!" We immediately pulled apart and we, well at least I, turned bright red.
"I told you guys to wait by th exit!" Nelson shouted, bright red too.
"We got bored and went on some of the other rides, we were gonna stop for some drinks and we found you guys here... Smoochen'." Max explained with a teasing voice on smoochen'. I got the fealing that he's was kinnda the 'leader' of the boys. I had an Idea that I could identify the boys by they're behavior, it works.
"Thats none of our bee's wax." Said Coners. "Daddy can have a girlfriend if he wants. He's been lonely since Angelica left him." He's definitely the 'goodie two shoes' group.
"Yah, chill out dudes!" Mike said. The 'cool' one.
"Yah!" Zander agreed. I assumed that he's the one that just goes with the flow, most likely a trouble maker too, like his brother Max.
I stayed quiet, until Nelson said, "Uh... So you guys wanna go on some more rides? It's only 5:40." Said Nelson looking at his watch.
"Yah!" Said all four at once.
Nelson looked at me and I nodded. It's 5:40 and I have to be at the Aztec Theater at 8:00. A couple rides wont hurt my time. The boys ran forward and Coners tugged at the bottom of Nelson's hoddie and babbled on about this one ride he had to go on. Nelson, as good of a father as he is a kisser. I thought. I still couldn't figer out how that happened, and wondered what would of happend if we wernt interupted. But it probably wouldn't work out... Or would it?
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