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Katsumi Kobayashi! *Gives hug and cookie*
Come on, guys! You're making me feel lonely! Do you really wanna make me feel lonely? :(
Oh, well. I'm not gonna get all selfish or anything. Enjoy the chappy
Chapter 16: Patches? Seriously?!
I stand at the edge of the pool, my arms wrapped around my bare belly. I swish the water on the ground around with my toe.
"Ginger! Come on in!" Melody calls to me from the center of the pool. I shake my head. "Umm, I'd rather not..." I say. At first I thought this was a good idea, but then I started to get insecure about my patch. It's kind of like, in-your-face strange looking.
"Aww, why not?" Maka says, swimming up to the wall and leaning her elbows on it, her feet kicking behind her. I take a step back. "I'm not so sure I want to get in anymore," I say. I turn to the pile of gray towels sitting in a pool chair. "I think I'll just sit over here with the towels..." I say, thinking about wrapping myself in one of them.
"Ginger! Quit being so stubborn! Get your ass in here!" Mem calls. I hug my middle tighter. I look at her. "Are you sure they didn't have any other one pieces?" I ask her. She nods. "Yup. And I am NOT wearing a bikini." she says. I sigh. I take one last glance toward the towels.
"I'm sorry, it's just-" and then I feel a hand on my back shove me into the pool. I blow bubble out of my nose in surprise, then I shoot up to the surface. The hairbands holding my hair in pigtails have started to slip and my bangs hang in my face, sticking to my forehead. I clench my fists at my sides.
"WHAT THE HELL WAS THE FOR?!" I shout at the blue haired figure standing on the edge of the pool and laughing his head off.
"I had to do it!" He laughs. I growl and jump out of the pool. He screams and runs. I run after him.
"Uh, Ginger, I don't think you should be running..." Tsubaki says quietly. I ignore her and try to gain on Black Star, but he's really fast. "Come here, you little twerp!" I shout. He turns back to me.
"I am NOT little! I'm the biggest guy here! I'm the amazing BLACK STAR! YAH-"
And then he slips, falls on his butt, and slides into the pool.
I jump in after him and dig my knuckles into the top of his head, my other arm around his neck.
"OWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWW! LEMME GO!" He shouts. I push his head under water. "You so had it coming!" I say to him when he surfaces. He rubs his head, his usually spikey hair matted down. I swim over to the others.
"Geez, Ginger..." Soul says. I smile at him angelically. "Yes?" I ask. He shakes his head.
"Are we playing Star?" I ask, finally noticing that everyone but Mem is on one side of the pool, with her on the opposite end. He nods. "Yup. The initials are WB." He says. I nod.
"Hint!" Tommi calls to Mem. She looks up like she's thinking.
"Okay, it's like a post-apocalyptic thing, where most of the population are zambies-" Mem's word for zombies, "-and only a few people are still normal. One of them gets like, captured-slash-saved by one of them, and he starts to become human again!" She calls. I gasp and dive underwater, swimming across the pool without breathing.
"Star Warm Bodies!" I say to her. She nods. "Yup. Your turn!" She says. She swims back over to Alex and laughs at something he said, but I can't hear them.
"Oh! I got it! Okay, umm... O... T... G... A...P!" I say, spelling out the initials in my head as I say them out loud. Immediately, Tommi sprints over to me.
"Star Oz the Great and Powerful!" She says, breathless. I nod. "Wow, you're good at this..." I say. She shrugs. "That was the one I was going to do if I got to be it, so..." SHe says. I laugh and swim back over to Soul.
"What was it?" He asks. I smooth my hair back. "Oz the Great and Powerful." I say. He nods. "Looks like it would be pretty cool." He says. "Yeah, I so wanna see it." I reply, pulling my hair back into a ponytail. Some of it falls out and hangs next to my face.
"TP!" Tommi shouts.
"TOILET PAPER!" Alex yells back at her.
She frowns. "YES, ALEX. THE NAME OF THE MOVIE IS TOILET PAPER." She says sarcastically. Alex grins. "So does that mean I win?" He asks. Tommi ignores him. I look over at Alex. Geez, he's muscly! He's like, totally in shape. I look to Soul.
Damnit, Soul... why are you frickin' scrawny...? I think, looking at his chest. It has a scar running across it. I look down at my patch. Wow, we're kind of matching...
Anyway, like I was thinking, he's so... weak! Is he the only guy here that's not strong-looking? I mean, for glob's sake, even James has a pair of buff arms. And Black Star? Jesus Christ, if I didn't know better, I'd think the kid ate steroids for breakfast!
"Hint!" Maka calls to Tommi, interrupting my train of thought.
She explains the whole plot, in detail, of Treasure Planet. I would swim over, but I just went. Instead, Melody swims over, slowly and calmly. She says something to Tommi, Tommi nods, and then swims back over.
After a few rounds, I start to get pruny and step out of the pool along with everyone else. I ring my ponytail out and shake my hair so my bangs don't stick to my face. Suddenly, Tommi points to me and Soul.
"Hey! Check it out! You guys are like, matching!" She says, her hair dripping with water. I blush and wrap my arms around my middle. Mem looks at the both of us.
"Haha, yeah! Soul has his scar, and Ginger her patch! You guys were so meant for each other!" She says. I blush even more and look to Soul, but he just grins and throws his arm around my shoulder.
"I guess we were! What do you think, Patches?" He says. I elbow him in the ribs and step out of his reach. "Don't call me that." I say, grabbing a towel and wrapping myself in it. Soul winces and puts his hand on the spot where I hit him.
"Why not? It's such a perfect nickname!" Alex says. I close my eyes and take a deep breath. "Because if you do, I'll beat you to a pulp, freeze you up, and skewer you on one of Mem's arrows." I say. He grimaces. "Please don't put that image in my mind..." He says. i grin triumphantly and walk out into the lobby, my feet leaving puddles behind me with each step.
AN: Short author's note today! MOS! MOS! GOTTA GO, BYEE!