Present 21: OWEN: PART ONE
With each passing day, December 25th drew closer and closer. And the roads similarly were becoming more and more packed. For some the long journey involved the wait for a parking spot in the over crowded mall.
For others it was traveling the vast distances to reunite with loved ones over the holiday season, the vehicle packed to capacity from everything from luggage to Christmas presents. And without question it was also a time to sing along with time honored Christmas classics being played on the radio.
Jingle Mmmmmrgh
Jingle Grrraaaah
Jingle Bell BRAAINS
Jingle Bell AHHHH!!! And Jingle Bell RUN!
Biting, Delighting up bushels of gore
Now the Zombie hop has GET AWAY FROM ME!!!
Then again most people didn't have "It's a Zombie Christmas" playing in the CD player. The sounds of the cheerfully warped song echoing from the open windows of the mini van had caused more then one look as Izzy drove through town after town, waving happily at the disturbed people. One person however took things to another level to Izzy's glee.
"Did you see that?! That guy actually sprayed seltzer water all over the van! Like he's so lucky that I'm not really a vampire or I would have so already flown over and chomped his neck as I drained all his blood. Or laughed first. I mean that's just crazy right? I mean it was SELTZER water!"
As Izzy laughed in delight, Owen in the passenger seat smiled weakly. "Yeeeah…crazy!" Owen hesitantly chuckled before his gaze landed on the CD player which was still issuing out the Halloween approved Christmas classics. Izzy noticed and scowled.
"Okay fine." Izzy pouted before her smile was back. "Hey! How about this one!" The redhead leaned over to fiddle with the dials ignoring the sounds of cars honking in protest as the mini van dangerously cut in front of the person in the next lane.
You don't know what you're up against,
No, no way, no how.
You don't know what you're messin' with, but I'm gonna tell you now!
I'm just a mean green Izzy from outer space and I'm bad
Or what about this one!
This is Izzy town this is Izzy town
Fires rage both day and night
This is Izzy town everybody party down
Ooh I really like this one!
I feel Izzy
Oh so Izzy
I feel Izzy and witty and bright!
And I pity
Any girl who is ablaze tonight.
Owen grinned. "Wicked soundtrack!" Izzy grinned back broadly. "I know isn't it?! It was a gift from my old boyfriend Graham." As Owen's happy smile disappeared, there was a honking sound from next to the mini van.
Izzy waved at the little red car next to her rapidly gaining speed before glancing at the road in front of her. Seeing the road ahead merging into one lane and the brightly colored warning signs Izzy grinned wickedly.
Abruptly she slammed her foot on the gas pedal causing the vehicle to shoot forward just as the road started to curve dangerously. Owen screamed out in fear as his girlfriend took the road curves with the insane precision of a racecar driver all the while explaining about Graham.
"See there was this project in school to do something about another person accurately describing their character and he chose me! I was so touched. Especially when Graham had a different song played during the morning announcements!"
Izzy looked thoughtful before she grinned. "I don't know why everyone was laughing and why Graham kept insisting it was a great big public joke! Of course I had to insist on keeping the CD which he remixed especially for me. "I'd love to have a sequel to the "Insanity of Izzy", but of course there is that restraining order."
Owen sighed in relief. As the road straightened out he started to relax, or as much as one could with a crazy redhead at the controls. "And Ezekiel! I mean it's so weird that the others really don't like him for making those comments on the first day when he's really not that way at all!"
"Yeah…Ezekiel! I remember that guy! He's the guy who sent all those sweets!" As Izzy smiled and nodded her head the large teen grinned as he continued. "And the cookie cutter! Now we can go to Geoff's party! WOO HOO!!!"
Izzy quickly turned her head and glared darkly at the blonde, her action causing the wheel to turn as well. Neither teen noticed that the road was once again dividing and that the mini van was now traveling on another route.
Owen blanched at the glare. "I mean your aunt's house! Who needs some dumb old party when you can meet distant relatives instead!" Owen inwardly let out a sigh of relief as Izzy turned her head back to the road. Just as quickly the redhead grinned broadly.
"So anyway if Zeke didn't have this huge crush on another girl and he wasn't Izzy's best friend I would so totally date him. Izzy then frowned slightly. I'm still mad over him leaving the farewell party early though. If Zekey didn't teach Izzy how to speak Scandinavian, Izzy would have completely missed saying goodbye!"
Owen looked confused. "Yeeeah…Ezekiel. Right. Who is he again?" Owen's question caused Izzy to grip the wheel tightly as she followed the winding road through a snow covered forest. Her eye twitching slightly from annoyance, Izzy calmly spoke.
"Ezekiel was on the island with us. The one wearing the toque and was homeschooled?" Most people would have recognized the dangerous tone in Izzy's voice. Then there was Owen. The jolly teen put a finger to his generous chin as he thought hard.
As the shouts of glee rang through Playa des Losers, most of the other teens either smiled or rolled their eyes in annoyance.
"I WON! I WON I WON I WON!" Owen cheered holding up his check proudly in front of the gathered teens. Katie and Sadie clapped their hands excitedly while Noah raised an eyebrow. "Wonderful. You won yay you." With that Noah went back to reading.
Owen was undaunted as he ran to the next group of teens. "Hey guys I won!!!" Geoff broke his kiss with Bridgette long enough to offer a thumbs up before the blonde reclaimed the party animal's lips. Duncan offered a smirk before trying to get a very disgruntled CIT to dance.
"Hey Courtney I got one hundred thousand dollars!" The hefty teen cheered oblivious to the forced smile on the bossy girl's face. "Good for you Owen." Almost immediately she scowled. "I would have won if it wasn't for Harold." The CIT whispered inaudibly as the TDI winner bounded away.
After a long time of proudly holding the large check above his head and screaming out his joy to the entire resort, Owen quickly found out it was getting harder to speak due to the increased dryness in his mouth.
Luckily for him he was right outside the Belly up Bass Restaurant. Looking around at the near deserted restaurant, Owen noticed a pale skinned teenager with a mullet talking to an older gentleman.
Wasting no time Owen sat at one of the tables closest to the pair. "BIG Glass of WAAATER." Owen ordered bringing his fist up to his mouth for visual reference. The older man hurried off while the younger boy remained.
"Manuel knoos English Owen. Yoou owe him an apoology foor that eh!" Owen blinked. "Hey the staff guy knows my name!" Ezekiel stared back at the larger teen in disbelief. "Uh… Owen I was on the show too eh! And my name's Ezekiel."
Owen takes a closer look at the other teen. The brown mullet, olive green jacket, blue jeans…going through his mental list it doesn't ring any bells. "Sorry dude, but I've never seen you before now. Hey you mind fixing me a little snack?"
"Owen, I do noot work here eh. And I was on the other team and goot vooted off first." As Owen continues to stare, Ezekiel tries to quell the rising feeling of hurt starting to well up inside of him.
"I was on yoor side from the beginning eh! I even cheered foor you when you climbed Mt. Poole! You were even hugging me at the end after you won the race!" Despite himself Ezekiel couldn't help the near desperate tone in his voice.
"Are you SURE you were on the show? I don't remember you at all." Owen said nonchalantly right before he noticed just how pale the staff member had gotten. "Hey staff dude guy, you okay?" Ezekiel couldn't answer. Without a word the other teen quickly left the restaurant grabbing a dark piece of material along the way.
"Oh yeah…I remember now! He was the guy in the restaurant! Poor guy looked like he'd have a nervous breakdown when I asked him to make me a snack; I mean he was on staff." Owen commented indifferently. Seconds later he would be regretting his comment.
"YOU DID WHAT?!!! Izzy screeched out in anger at the flustered teen as she slammed on the brakes causing the tires to squeal in protest from the action. Unfortunately it was never a good thing to stop suddenly in wet snowy weather.
The mini van did a 360 more then once as an insanely grinning Izzy fought to regain control of the wildly spinning vehicle. One of those spins sent them down yet another road and sliding down a small drop-off before the mini van came to a rolling stop.
Owen's eyes swirled as he shakily unbuckled his seatbelt and reached for the door handle. The almost 300 pound teen promptly fell into the snow ground creating an impromptu snow angel. Izzy climbed onto the top of the overturned van and squinted as she scanned the surrounding area.
Besides Owen's snow imprint, the red head could see nothing but the road they had tumbled from and the forest. Frowning, Izzy scanned another area and promptly let out a Tarzan yell as she jumped down from the vehicle.
"For the love of Kris Kringle! That was nuts!" Owen declared as he pulled himself out of the snow just in time to see the free-spirited girl race happily through the forest. Owen stared at his disappearing girlfriend and he let out a heavy sigh.
Have some more chicken
Have some more pie
It doesn't matter
Hearing his cell phone suddenly go off, Owen immediately pulled it out from his winter coat eager for the simple distraction it provided. "Hey this is Owen."
OWEN! DUUDDDE!!!
Owen grinned as he recognized the voice of the infamous party animal. "GEOFF! Man! Am I glad to hear from you!"
Me too bra. So you and Iz coming or what?
The large teen winced. "Yeaah about that…we were supposed to be seeing Izzy's aunt Martina or something like that when I uhhhh…upset her while she was driving." Owen chuckled sheepishly.
DUDE! You let IZZY drive?!! AND you pissed her off?! Oh Snap! Dude! You're so lucky you didn't crash down a ravine or something!
Owen grinned guiltily. "Well actually she slammed on the brakes and the vehicle spun around a lot and THEN rolled down a hill. And that was after-" Hearing the silence on the other end he paused. "Geoff? You there dude?"
IN THE NAME OF ALL PARTIES! WHAT ON EARTH DID YOU DO?!!!
"Nothing!" Owen defended before looking thoughtful. "Well Izzy did get upset when I didn't know who this guy was…yeah supposedly he's also her best friend…and he was at the resort too…and…"
And what?
Owen chuckled weakly. "And I told Izzy I treated him like one of those staff guys. I guess that's why that guy was so upset. And Izzy. I mean who knew right?" There was silence before Geoff started to speak.
Owen dude…you have-
Geoff's answer was abruptly cut off when a horrified scream echoed through the woods followed shortly by Izzy's mad laughter. "Got to go Geoff!" Owen said quickly ending the call and ran in the direction of the scream.
The hefty teen came to a halt at the scene before him. The odd waiter from the resort was lying on the snow covered ground, his eyes wide while Izzy sat on her knees on top of the teen's chest chatting away happily.
Imagi's Ramblings: Yep…bet Izzy is a pro at Bumper Cars. :D
So now that's more campers revealed and more answers answered. :) Hope you guys liked the songs I warped! :)
Speaking of them...Beside the fact that IMAGI DOES NOT OWN ANY OF THEM can anyone guess all FOUR songs that I've changed? And the Fifth one? I'll do either one of these in the NEXT CHAPTER. :D
Alright Cody spill it! Who does Mr. Sexist like?! Courtney demanded. The technogeek smirked. "Well it certainly isn't you." Ignoring the red faced CIT Cody continued. "And it can't be………………….."
Alright Cody spill it! Who does Mr. Sexist like?! Courtney demanded. The technogeek smirked. "Well it certainly isn't you." Ignoring the red faced CIT Cody continued. "Alright…I'll spill. Ezekiel likes…The group leaned forward eager for the answer. "A girl who has either an E or a Z in her name."
FIVE different reviews/answers decide if I reveal one of the girls' that ZEKE does NOT have a crush on. :D And NO cheating by reading other's reviews. :P
And does anyone want the return of "The Insanity of Izzy CD?"
Oh yeah...and Graham belongs to TDA. ;)
Hope you guys liked! :) Next chapter will be up as soon as I get 5 reviews and/or answers to my question. :)
Thanks Winter-Rae and Necromancer for the help. :)
Imagi
