Present 19: NOAH
"Gee who would have thought? The world video game tournament held in a dilapidated old gym. Oooh…can't wait to go in. Noah said fake enthusiasm and distain heavily drenching his every word."
Taking another glance around the area, Noah's frown deepened as he noticed the bundled up people lingering nearby the gym entrance. "And judging from the obvious camera men, which I clearly remember from that god forsaken island this could mean only two things."
"Either my lovable and caring ex-host is up for hosting another round of humiliate the smart guy or this is some sort of fitness challenge." The one year older triplets grinned back at their younger brother. "So you'll do it?"
"No." Noah answered before burying himself back into his book. The trio looked at the know it all and then at each other, before grinning wickedly. Much to Noah's great displeasure, the mischievous threesome had quickly swarmed and overtaken him.
"I can walk you know, you don't have to carry me in like a skewered pig." Noah said glaring at his older siblings in distain. His brothers held his arms and feet firmly while the female triplet grinned downwards at Noah. "And have you running back to the van? Nothing happening."
Noah rolled his eyes. "The phrase is NOT happening. If you studied your schoolwork as much as you did boy watching you might eventually end up with a more eloquent vocabulary." Noah finished with a smirk.
Seconds later as the bookworm was thrown into a large snowdrift and then picked back up in that humiliating position he remembered why it was never a good idea to insult any one of the triplets.
Right. All three share the same brain. Noah said inwardly as the group carried him into the large and very noisy sports club. From his awkward position he could barely see the looks of joy and laughter on people's faces as he passed by.
"Great. This possibly can't get any worse." The cynical teen muttered under his breath. It was then that a very lanky brunet male walked out of the locker rooms dressed in a blue t-shirt and beige shorts.
"Thank you world. Thank you." Noah grouched as the self proclaimed king of cool swaggered by grinning in his so called the girls all want me way. Cody's smile turned to surprise the moment he noticed the most recent hot girl grinning in mischievous delight at a familiar and less then pleased teen held captive by a pair of well built males.
"Noah! Man I haven't seen you since TDI ended!" The dark skinned know-it-all just looked at him with a fake smile. "Oh hey, Cody! I can't tell you how glad I am to see you." Noah commented before turning to glare at his snickering captives. "Will you clowns put me down!"
Cody was offended that the other ex-TDI male had talked to the really hot lady that way until the lovely creature spoke. "Sure baby bro! That is when you give your boyfriend a kiss!" As Noah growled audibly and the abdominal muscle blessed duo laughed uproariously, Cody could only stare in shock. At least until a blur of brown appeared directly in his line of vision.
Cody's eyes widened before he ducked barely missing the ball. Others however weren't so lucky. With a loud thud the older teens went down. Freed from his organic prison, Noah brushed off his sweater vest and retrieved his fallen book.
"For once I'm actually glad to see the maladroit." Noah said with a smile touching his lips. Following the book lover's gaze Cody noticed another familiar figure in red and another dressed in yellow not far from there location. Tyler currently had his hands wrapped around Lindsay's shoulders trying to instruct the lovely blonde on the art of free-throwing.
As expected the lessons weren't going all that well. As another basketball bounced off the rim with a violent rebound, Noah and Cody were forced to duck once more. Both boys winced as the dangerous projectile found another victim.
"So those are your brothers and sister?" Cody questioned absently earning a frown from Noah. "Three of them. The triplets to be more precise." Cody grinned. "Dude I didn't know you had triplets in your family!"
"Try an older brother, two sets of twins and then one set of triplets." Ignoring the stunned look on the brunet's face as he walked away the black haired male continued. "Eight kids….more then enough for any family. And just when everything is all sunshine and rainbows… along came the surprise child. Dear old dad had a vasectomy right after I was born."
The bitterness and fake enthusiasm coming from his ex-teammate caused Cody to blanch as he realized he had accidently ripped open a deep wound in the egghead. "As for the reason I'm here…supposedly the triplets were being "nice" and were taking me to a video game convention. And lucky me I fell for their joke." Noah finished.
Glancing at the other gopher boy, Noah smirked sensing his opportunity. ""Well while this has been a fun and enlightening experience I think I'll sit this one out." Noah said dryly before practically making a beeline for the bleacher benches his head already in his book.
Cody stared at him in surprise before he scowled and raced ahead of the cynical teen. The unexpected wall that was now in front of Noah quickly yanked his book away much to his shock and annoyance.
The venomous words on the bookworm's tongue died before they began as he noticed Cody's constant smile was gone and replaced with a dark scowl. In one hand the brunet held Noah's precious book.
"Oh no, you don't! You're not backing out of this not this time!" To punctuate his words Cody passed the book to a complete stranger. "Hey dude! Mind keeping an eye on this for me?" Grinning at the answering nod, Cody proceeded to lead a protesting Noah away.
"Now since this time you WILL be attempting to PLAY a SPORT I thought we'd start with something easy!" Cody grinned gesturing towards part of the gym. Noah was less then pleased. "Basketball with Tyler and Lindsay? Thanks but no thanks."
"Basketball or DODGEBALL. Your choice man." Cody grinned brightly showing off the gap in his front teeth. In response the raven haired male recoiled and his eye twitched. "Sooo." Cody prodded. Noah in response stalked towards the basketball court.
"Oooh! I think I got it now Tyler!" Lindsay said happily as she threw the ball at the hoop. Unlike the other wild rebounds caused by the endowed blonde's other attempts this time the basketball actually landed where it was supposed to be.
"Yeah! You did it babe!" Tyler cheered as the ball went through the metal hoop. Likewise Lindsay let out a delighted squeal bouncing up and down in excitement. "Now that's one! Care to try for tw-Murph!" The jock's words were cut off as Lindsay flung herself into his arms and kissed him deeply.
Ignorant of everything around them, the make out session would have no doubt continued if not for a very well-known voice. "Wonderful. After several attempts on people's lives you finally make one in. Good for you."
Breaking the kiss Tyler scowled as he recognized the familiar dark haired know-it-all. Lindsay let out another squeal. "Nate!" She cried out in delight hugging the wide-eyed teen tightly. Just as quickly she released him. "Oh wait...I don't like you!" The fair-haired beauty said before sticking out her tongue at Noah.
Rolling his eyes as Lindsay repeated the greeting to "Casey" Noah wished he had just decided to play dodge ball instead. Or that he had just said no period to the triplets. At this point anything would be preferable to being around his ex-gopher teammates and the ex-bass.
The sound of a shrill whistle caused Noah to look with hope in his eyes, only for it to be instantly extinguished as a scowling figure wearing dark blue clothes and had her dark hair pulled back in a tight ponytail stepped into the gym. Noah groaned. "Clearly someone up there hates me."
"LISTEN UP AND LISTEN GOOD CAUSE I'M NOT REPEATING MYSELF!" Eva yelled out. Instantly the gym went silent. Eva grinned causing the quivering Lindsay to grab onto Tyler tightly. Secretly Noah wanted to do the same. Better him then me.
"Welcome to the annual Fitness Challenge and Free day." Eva said as she studied person after person. "If I point you over to the locker rooms congratulations you get to participate in the Fitness Challenge game. The rest of you get to be the spectators. In other words…SIT DOWN AND SHUT UP! Oh yeah and enjoy the game."
The gathered crowd nodded quickly in response. As the iron woman pointed to each person they tensed up in either fear or anticipation. Most had let out a relieved sigh before bolting to the bleachers. A few were disappointed and protested her ruling.
To her credit Eva didn't bite there heads off. In fact the dark haired woman grinned evilly as she gestured the now happy people to the locker rooms. Noah was happy as well. The more people chosen meant that he could happily cheer them on from the sidelines.
"YOU THREE IN THE LOCKERS! YOU FIVE HIT THE BENCH!" As Eva's selection process continued more then half of the gymnasium had either gone to the bleachers or the locker rooms. A few boys and girls had even tried to secretly sneak off to the bleachers.
Noah would have joined them had they not gotten caught. All in that sneaky group had promptly been sent to the locker rooms a punishment he had no desire in sharing. A trio of excited whoops and yells announced that his siblings had been the next chosen.
Noah looked around confidently as he noticed the large cluster. The amount of participators still left would insure it. Odds were in his favor. The quota of people chosen for Eva's sick game would be filled long before he would ever be picked.
"YOU TWO LOCKERS! YOU LOCKERS! YOU THREE BENCH! YOU BENCH! YOU-" Eva paused briefly as her eyes caught a glimpse of red. Following the color revealed a person wearing a red sports outfit. In fact the person was dressed in red from head to toe he even wore a red sweatband. Eva grinned wickedly.
"MY BACKSTABBING BASS TEAMMATE AND BLONDE GOPHER GIRL! LOCKERS!" Tyler smirked back at the tough woman his eyes promising challenge. Tyler then grinned happily and grabbed Lindsay's hand running in delight towards the locker room and unwittingly dragging the uneasy blonde behind him.
Noah smirked in delight. His grin grew as Cody was similarly chosen. The gap toothed male shrugged before making his way to the locker room as well followed by a few others. Feeling more at ease Noah discreetly moved from the rapidly thinning group into a much large one. The selection process had slowed considerably. It wouldn't be long now.
Finally Eva nodded her head in satisfaction. "ALRIGHT I NEED 8 MORE PEOPLE THEN WE'LL HAVE OUR TEAMS!" A few people raised there hands and waved them frantically catching the tough woman's attention.
Sending the volunteers over to the locker room, Eva studied the rest with a careful eye. Singling out two more and then a third person she only needed two more players. Eva's eyes suddenly went wide and her grin deepened.
"EVERYONE EXCEPT FOR LITTLE BOY BLUE AND……NOAH HIT THE BLEACHERS!" Eva watched in delight as Camp Wawanakwa's most cynical camper stared at her in shock before abruptly bolting for the exit.
Eva easily outdistanced the bookworm to the door and stood tall staring down at Noah with a devilish grin. "You know what that means know it all? You're finally going to get a chance to show your sports forte."
Blowing her whistle sharply Eva announced Noah's doom. "IT IS NOW TIME FOR THE ANNUAL SPORTS CHALLENGE! THE DODGEBALL TOURNAMENT!!!!!!"
Inside the locker room Noah's eye twitched violently as he looked at the orange and green jersey. The shade was so brilliantly obnoxious that it looked like it would glow in the dark. Noah grimaced as he reluctantly tried to convince himself to wear the Izzy approved top.
"Let me help you with that buddy!" Cody said cheerfully before he and Tyler forcibly held the book lover in place as Lindsay slid the jersey over the struggling Noah. Each of the other ex-campers was also wearing the orange and green nightmare.
Noah scowled. "Oh come on man! Sports are totally wicked! You might even like it!" Tyler said pumping his arms in excitement. Lindsay nodded happily and Cody grinned. Noah's frown darkened. "Thanks but I prefer to immerse myself in the literary works. Not sweat."
"You know Noah it might help if you actually try this time! I mean we're all on the same team now and heck we're not going to let you slack off!" Lindsay nodded. There is no I can't in Team!"
"First off it's there's no I in team. And second why is it also sports with you people? Teams don't always have to be athletic you know! There's even Reading Teams! Not that any of you would care."
"Reading Teams?" Tyler snickered. "You're kidding right?" Cody asked staring at the other ex-gopher. "Oooh I could sooo do that! Do you know how many issues of Star Stalker magazine and Total Trendy Teen I read?"
Noah stared at the trio in distain. "Read a selection of novels and answer specific amount of questions before the other team? Please. Magazines don't count. And I actually had enjoyed my mornings at Playa des Losers. Then you all came and chased away my reading buddy!"
Wait reading buddy?" Cody questioned. As it sunk in what had just slipped out Noah slapped his forehead and sighed. "So there is not another incident involving another much unwanted rumor….I'll tell you."
At Playa des Losers Noah was enjoying himself in his favorite manner. Lying on the pool lounger with a book in his hand and an umbrella topped drink resting on the table nearby. The absence of the other voted off pair had made things practically perfect.
The weight obsessed gorilla spent her time in the weight room and the homeschooled social outcast was rarely seen outside the hotel. And that was just fine with Noah. He wanted to enjoy the peace while it lasted.
Unfortunately it ended all too soon. The rarely seen prairie boy had been making more of an appearance around the pool area lately and his enjoyment of both pool and the hot tub were far from quiet.
Noah frowned as the other teen jumped into the hot tub spilling hot water over the edge. His annoyance only grew as the prairie raised teen discovered the button on the side of the hot tub and gave a strangled cry of fear before bolting out of the water.
That did it. Noah scowled as he looked over Ezekiel staring down at the overabundance of bubbles. Noticing Noah the other teen smiled back weakly. "I think the water wanted to bool me alive eh!"
Noah slapped his forehead. "You have got to be kidding me." Putting his book down on the side table he stalked over to the hot tub. Stepping into the hot tub the cynical know it all reached over and pressed the button causing a new surge of bubbles.
Ezekiel instantly recoiled causing Noah to roll his eyes in annoyance. "It's inanimate. The bubbles come when you press the button. Don't want bubbles don't press the button!" Noah punctuated his words by hitting the button once more.
As the bubbles came once more and Noah remained unharmed, Ezekiel slowly crept back and slowly climbed back into the warm water. Another press of the button by Noah caused the pale skinned teen to tense.
Slowly though Ezekiel relaxed and grinned sheepishly. Noah in response rolled his eyes. "Now that death by Mr. Hot Tub monster is over, I'm going back to my book." Noah finished dryly as he climbed out.
"Doon't you get tired reading the same thing oover and oover eh?" Noah frowned. "And you know it's the same book how?" Ezekiel in response got out of the hot tub himself and picked up the book despite Noah's complaint. After a quick examination Ezekiel stared at him triumphantly.
Noah scowled. "And I suppose Mr. Homeschool knows where I can "magically" obtain new literature?" Ezekiel in turn frowned back. Without saying a word, the farm teen grabbed the bookworm's arm.
The elevator doors opened on the second floor and Ezekiel led a less then pleased egghead down the maze of rooms. "Hate to tell you this genius, but our rooms are on the third floor." Ezekiel ignored the sarcasm as he continued down into another corridor.
After a few minutes of twists and turns, the homeschooler finally stopped before one of the doors. Turning the handle, the pale teen stepped inside. Reluctantly Noah did the same. Instantly his eyes widened.
This room clearly belonged to Ezekiel, though neat, the bow and arrow and the folded jacket were obvious hints. To Noah's surprise the small desk in the room was practically overflowing with books.
Walking over Noah raised an eyebrow as he took note of the book titles. "Homeschooling is all the time eh." The bookworm absently nodded as he poured through the stack of books and pulled out several of interest.
Discovering a kindred spirit in Ezekiel had been unexpected. Up until Izzy's arrival at the resort both the cynic and the homeschooler could often be found in the hot tub with a book in each of their hands.
"And obviously you know what happened next." Noah finished looking at the others pointedly. Tyler and Lindsay refused to meet his eyes and Cody looked thoughtful for a moment before he grinned.
"So did you get Geoff's note?" When Noah looked at him, Cody pulled out a piece of paper from his shorts. Noticing the looks of disgust on his companions' faces Cody grinned sheepishly. "Yeah…I'll just read it then."
So here's the deal dudes and dudettes!
If you got a certain special package with green you know what and the small thing in green that's wrapped inside your invited to Casa Geoff's to party!
But dudes and dudettes you gotta bring the cc to come in. That's like majorly important. The red papers too dudes!
Geoff
"Oh gee…invited to a party by Mr. Party Obsessed!" Noah mocked before smirking. "Too bad I never received one." Almost immediately a box decorated with tiny green trees is hurled at the startled bookworm.
"Didn't want you to miss out on a date from your boyfriend!" The triplets grinned at there younger brother each dressed in a purple jersey. Noah snapped. "For the last time it was an unconscious gesture! Let's see how you act on a sadistic 7 a.m. wakeup call coupled with missing 24 hours of sleep!"
Noah's anger only seemed to amuse his sister and brothers even more. Laughing the trio left. Only the sight of mysterious package prevented Noah from chasing after the annoying threesome.
Opening the box Noah raised an eyebrow as he pulled two plates filled with sweets each topped with a different colored bow. Lindsay let out a happy squeal. "Oooh you got one too!" Cody grinned as well and held up a hand. Noah just looked at him sardonically before pulling out a red note.
Two plates. One foor the person I met on the island and the other to share with friends and family eh.
The second one with the green bow doon't got none of your fatal allergies I made sure eh!
Happy Holidays, Noah
Ezekiel
Staring at the package with shock filled eyes Noah turned his attention to the plates. Carefully attached to the plate with the green bow was a little present wrapped in green tissue. Unwrapping it revealed a cookie cutter of a sitting gingerbread man holding a book in its hands.
"Well don't want Ezekiel's present to go to waste." Noah commented off handedly as he removed the plastic wrap and passed around the plate. Tyler's eyes went wide as he took a bite of the confection. "Dude! Ezekiel made all this stuff?!!"
Lindsay let out a shocked gasp. "That's right Tyler hasn't gotten Ethan's package yet!" The blonde let out another gasp as she realized something important. "Oh no! Does that mean Tyler doesn't get to go to the party?!!"
As Lindsay started to become upset, another hand reached into the cookie plate. "Anyone objects Blondie and they'll answer to me." Eva promised taking a bite out of the Noah cookie. Ignoring the startled looks the iron woman continued. "What? I can be nice. Now finish your treats! Your team is up next!"
My name is The Kobold Necromancer from crazy California. I enjoy Ezekiel,
Noah, Bridgette, Izzy, Cody, Gwen, and Harold the most. I wish, this
Christmas, to find someone special to be with.
Imagi's Ramblings: Oh wow! Another long one! I think the more people I talk about the longer this gets!
Important parts Noah does have 8 older brothers and sisters but as for them being twins, triplets and an older brother….yeah…that was my guess anyway that and Noah's bitter memory.
So hopefully this chapter was worth the wait! :)
And we are down to 4! :D
More surprises rolling your way! Now Imagi is rolling her way into bed! Good thing I don't work today! :D
Imagi
