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82.) "This is the part where you run away." – Shrek

"I'm a troublemaker
Never been a faker
Doing things my own way
And never giving up

I'm a troublemaker
Not a double taker
I don't have the patience
To keep it on the up."

-Troublemaker, Weezer

"Seriously, Tom, what is in that bag?" Lucy peeked curiously as her friend carefully added a strange looking piece of luggage under the bus.

"You'll know soon enough."

"Haven't you done enough this year?"

Tom Finnegan, apparently not content with his official Class Clown status, wanted to take things further and had been dropping vague and mysterious hints for weeks to his friends. The Spring Break trip to Disneyworld with the band was a fitting end to the senior class's four years together, and apparently the right time for whatever Tom was planning.

"My dearest Ms. Karate, there is always time for another prank," her friend responded gallantly.

"If you say so. Are we sitting together?"

"Of course. I'll give you the outside on the way down."

"Fine. See you on board."


The afternoon of the parade dawned hot and humid, and it was late in the afternoon when the Brookwood band finally gathered to make their stroll up Main Street. Slipping easily back into old inside jokes and routines, the drum line pulled out their equipment and groaned about the unfamiliar weight. While attaching her carrier, Lucy looked over and saw Tom dragging the random bag along the ground. In between all the drama, flirting, fighting and late nights of a band trip, she had completely forgotten it. She watched as her friend pulled out a very strange looking device and a scrap of plaid. Leaving her bass gently on the ground, she walked over and asked sternly, "Thomas Mark Finnegan, why did you give Morty your quints?"

"No reason."

"Tom? What's behind your back?"

He moved aside and revealed a large instrument, barely recognizable bagpipe. Awkwardly, he hitched it up and said, "This is the part where you run away."

AN: Yes…I realized I've double booked Lucy and am simultaneously sending her to England and Disney. The great thing about fiction is anything is possible!