Present 14: GEOFF
It had to have been pure luck. No sooner then his former bass teammates entered the house, the doorbell rang again. Taking the tree decorated package from the postman, Geoff had turned around to face a trio of surprised faces.
"Dude! You got one too?" DJ had blurted out first followed by comments from Bridgette and Courtney. "Looks like it man." Geoff replied back with a smile. "And by the looks of it, so did Bridge and Courtney." The party boy added giving the box a shake.
"Not to mention Duncan." Courtney added earning more surprised looks from Bridgette and DJ and a confused one from Geoff. Silence reigned briefly before Bridgette shook off her daze and smiled at her boyfriend. "Well go on and open it! I want to see which one you got!" Shrugging Geoff grabbed a penknife and sliced through the stiff cardboard.
Two plates. One foor the person I met on the island and the other to share with friends and family eh.
Happy Holidays, Geoff
Ezekiel
Geoff's eyes widened in astonishment and the red note fell from his slack hand. "DUDES SERIOUSLY?!!" Geoff said aloud looking up at the others only for them to gesture to the open package. Sure enough there were other items placed inside. Removing a pair of plates filled with sweets, he handed them to Bridgette who smiled before pointing to the box once more.
With confusion clear on his face, the party boy started to dig in the Styrofoam filled box searching for the unknown object. When Geoff's wandering hands clutched something other then the plastic peanuts he let out a triumphant yell. "Yeeeaaah!" Geoff cried out holding the sought after present wrapped neatly in green tissue.
Ripping apart the thin paper revealed a cookie cutter of a gingerbread man. However Geoff had never seen one that bore his signature cowboy hat. Or one that held the infamous heart shaped box in one hand. The other teens had gathered around to look at his prize and reacted in different fashions. "Oh you have got to be kidding me." Courtney complained while rolling her eyes at a highly amused DJ and Bridgette.
Once the laughter had finally subsided, the group of teens gathered in the living room at Courtney's insistence. The CIT also pulled out a notebook from somewhere and held a pen at in one hand while the other held a lemon tree. "Okay people let's think." The would be counselor directed thumping her pen against the paper for enthusiasm.
Her captive audience looked at each other in confusion before Bridgette took a bite out of her cookie. DJ grinned at the action. "Sure gives new meaning to biting your boyfriend's head off." The brickhouse commented through bites of caramel earning snickers and giggles from the blonde couple. Courtney growled and slammed the notebook down causing the trio to jump.
"People focus! Sure it was nice that sexist pig sent us the packages, but there has to be a reason behind it!" Earning more looks of confusion Courtney sighed. "Let's start from the beginning. Geoff what do you know about Ezekiel?"
The party animal of Wawanakwa scratched his head shifting the cowboy hat in the process. "Well that guy hit on Bridge…like a lot…and he crashed into her in the pool….and in the hallways and at the-"
As Geoff's mood stared to rapidly darken, DJ once again played the mediator. "Geoff!" DJ yelled out before gesturing to the cookie cutter on the floor. "Positive things man. Positive things." Geoff nodded. "Okay there was that time at Belly Up…"
For a resort hosting only a few teenagers, severely injured and recovering interns and camera men, The Belly up Bass Restaurant was as usual filled to capacity.
However they had gotten lucky seeing the sole deserted table off to the side. Ignoring the plate of half-eaten fruit and a glass of orange juice, the blonde couple had wasted no time in claiming the table for their own. Bridgette and Geoff had just ordered lunch when a very familiar and unwelcome figure approached their table.
Ezekiel had of course been oblivious to the warning looks and glares sent his way as he sat down and took a bite of fruit. Shortly after, a waiter came by and set a full plate in front of the homeschooler.
Realizing that the table claim had been the other way around, Bridgette muttered something about going to the bathroom before she vacated the table leaving Geoff with prairie boy. The party happy teen glared at Ezekiel only for it to once again go unnoticed as the shorter male took bites from his hamburger.
Geoff's annoyance turned to curiosity as the other teen pulled out a small pill bottle from his jacket. "Uh Ezeke dude…what's in the bottle?" The homeschooler stared at Geoff in surprise as if just noticing the taller teen before he shrugged. "I've goot vitamin d deficiency soo I goot to take it every day eh and sit outside for several hours." Ezekiel explained before he paled. "And I doont need anymore help eh!"
Before Geoff could question Ezekiel any further, Izzy suddenly popped up from under the table wearing a snorkeling mask, stethoscope and a shark fin over her normal clothes. "Doctor Izzy says its outdoor activity time! Let's go search for Inky!" Ezekiel sighed in acceptance before letting the crazy girl drag him off.
"I'm not even going to ask." Courtney said simply receiving nods of agreements as she scribbled details in her notepad. "So continuing…there are only two reasons I can think of behind Mr. Sexist's illogical actions. Either it's a pacifier or it's a group gesture."
"Uhh Courtney I think we're a little old for that sort of thing." Geoff said calmly before Courtney lost it. "Not baby pacifier! Pacifier! As in bribe or offering!" Courtney yelled out in frustration.
"Oh!" Geoff said with a smile of understanding, before it faded. "Well the first is kinda of heavy you know?" DJ nodded in agreement. "Yeah man. Ezekiel doesn't seem like the type of guy to do that. Now sending care boxes to everyone on the team I could see him doing."
As DJ's words sank in his friends looked dumbfounded by the thought. Courtney broke the silence. "Oh you have got to be kidding me! That's 10 packages! And where did he find out our addresses anyway?" The CIT complained.
Geoff slowly nodded. "Well there's only one way to find out for sure." He said seriously glancing at the others. The trio leaned in closer eager to hear Geoff's answer. With three simple words the blonde teen would cause a symphony of rolling eyes, giggles, hi-fives and forehead slapping.
"KILLER BASS PARTY!!!"
Lizz
Delaware, USA
Bridgette,DJ,Geoff
I wish that Bridgette got roses and chocolate from Geoff.
Imagi's Ramblings: Awesomeness! More reviews and another camper down! :D Not to worry the wait shouldn't be that long this time around…I was working on "her" when I was supposed to be working on he. Or Geoff's. ;)
Hope I didn't disappoint with Geoff's! :)
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Imagi
