The Thing With Hajimes
Me: Sorry that I haven't updated in a while
Keith: You should be!
Me: *glares at him* I'm debating whether or not I liked you better when you gave me Reese Peanut Butter Cups voluntarily
Karrie: School and her YouTube series have been keeping her busy
Me: Plus I found this fanfiction that's really good but is REALLY long, like 83 chapters
Kellyn: =O
Kate: -_-" she's on Chapter 70...
Keith: O.O
Karrie: I have this feeling this story MIGHT surpass that many chapters...
Me: O.O me too
Kellyn: What's scary I that we're past 20 chapters and we still haven't even made it into August or even Sophmore year -_-"
Me: Sophmore, Junior, and Senior year will go by quickly compared to Freshman year. I don't plan on dwelling on school life forever. I do actually want this story to have an ending you know
Keith: Thank goodness!
Me: fyi, this chapter, we're in August =P
Keith: Uh oh...you don't mean?
Me: yep
Keith: that week I've been dreading?
Me: =) maybe
Karrie: Is there something I should know about?
Kellyn: Um, did you forget when your birthday is Karrie?
Karrie: =.= no, I was asking about the week that Keith has been dreading
Kate: I request that at some point in the story, Kellyn sings
*Me, Karrie, and Kellyn look at each other*
Kellyn: should I say anything?
Karrie: and spoil my fun along with Ash's? No
Me: You're both lucky I mentioned it to you. You don't even know the whole story nor my glorious plan =P
Kellyn: all I know is I'm singing
Karrie: and I get to be sneaky and surprise everybody! =D
Keith: ?
Kate: Care to let us in?
Me: No...but you could remind me never to tell those two any classified information.
Kate: I have a better idea, either just keep your mouth shut or find a character who will not spill the beans or have a major role
Me: *light bulb lights up above my head* that's it! Hannah and Nick! a.k.a. My best secret keepers!
Kellyn: I think you hurt Dark's feelings...
Me: He's pretty good too but, uh, I'm not rich so even though technically I can control him...
Karrie: Are you going to put him in a story?
Me: Yes...after I finish this story and WSABW (White's Secrets and Black's Wishes) and possibly the third story...then I have to finish that medival story I started to write but never completed that I think I won't publish until after I finish typing it up (much easier to me)...also, that one-shot I still have to finish and publish...then there is a story I want to write that includes the Johto characters...then there's the story of Hannah, Nick, and Sarah's adventures to write...then there's the story I want to write that have samurais, ninjas, knights, and royalties in it that has Dark in it!...oh yeah, and I'm going to do a background story for Ben and Summer about what happened during and before this story...
Keith: Holy smokes that's a lot!
Kellyn: O.O you finished?
Kate: O.o how many have us in it?
Me: um...the one-shot, the medival story, and the story with Dark in it. You also will be in the background story and the adventure story but you won't have very big roles.
Karrie: Why must we be so busy?
Me: Oh! And I was thinking of writing a ranger story that focuses on the Pokemon Ranger game, with Solana and Lunick, with many twists because following the exact storyline is boring as...well, you get the point...I learned my lesson with the Kanto story in which I'm loosening up a bit.
Keith: My head is spinning...so many ideas and future stories!
Kellyn: begin the chapter please!
Kate: before Keith's head explodes!
Keith: HEY!
Karrie: *giggles* pokelover0ash does not own Pokemon nor Reese Peanut Butter Cups
Me: Um, what chapter are we on again?
Karrie: T.T this will be the 27th
Me: Oh yeah, thanks!
Chapter 27: Pre-Birthday Worries and Chaos
Today was August 1, a nice Saturday. It was nice if you were not frantically pacing around trying to figure out what to do.
Keith paced back and forth with his hands in his pockets. Karrie's birthday was in four days and he had nothing to give her. He considered asking Rhythmi for help but then realized how much of a bad idea that was. He wasn't that desperate. He could ask Kate or even Laurie. Then he recalled that August 3rd the school held no classes until September 8th. Keith shook his head. That would be too last minute for him.
"What's eating you today Keith?" asked Isaac. Keith stopped and turned his head to look at Isaac. He turned his head away and decided to focus on the ground instead so that Isaac couldn't see his embarrassed red face. Isaac looked at Keith's calender and noticed that August 5th had been circled as if to remind him of an important date. Then Isaac remembered what was on August 5th. Karrie's birthday. "Ah, that's right. Karrie's birthday is coming up." Keith nodded his head.
"I don't know what to get her." replied Keith.
"Why is it so important?" asked Isaac. "You never worried nor put this much effort into thinking for Kate's or Rhythmi's birthday."
"It's Karrie," replied Keith, still careful not to reveal how red his face had gotten.
"Just get her a CD or something." suggested Isaac. "Or make a card like you always do."
"Maybe," replied Keith.
~later in the day~
"Keith!" squealed Keith's fan club. Keith sweat dropped along with Kate, Laurie, Karrie, Todd, Rhythmi, and Isaac. Laurie and Todd were now an official couple.
"Karrie!" yelled Sarah Lamont who was now on much better terms with Karrie. She ran over and noticed Keith's fan club surrounding Keith. "Girls! Off of him NOW!" What Sarah Lamont says, most of the girls in the school do. Keith's fan club retreated back into the school building. Karrie and Keith released a sigh of relief.
"Thank you." replied Keith.
"Your welcome," said Sarah and then she turned to Karrie. "Today we get to do out to town and go shopping. You are all welcome to join us."
Sarah walked away and joined her friends and departed to go to town. Rythmi quickly decided that going shopping would be a good idea and dragged the gang down to town.
"Okay! Karrie, Kate, Laurie! Come with me! We're going clothing shopping!" ordered Rhythmi. In response she got a chorus of groans. "Boys! Meet us in three hours at the Blue Star Cafe!"
"We will," replied Isaac.
"Does it really take three hours to shop for clothes?" asked Keith. Kate, Karrie, and Laurie whacked their own foreheads.
"You have no idea." replied Kate.
"Especially when it comes to Rhythmi." added Karrie.
"If we're not back in 3 hours, then we did not survive the frills." said Laurie as she shook her head.
"Rhythmi, no pink please! I beg of you! AND NO DRESSES!" pleaded Karrie.
"Hold on, we need people to hold bags so, boys you're coming along and we'll stop at the Blue Star Cafe in about 2 hours," said Rhythmi after putting in some thought. Todd stared at her with his eyes wide with fear along with Keith. If Karrie goes as far as to beg, it must be very, very, very bad.
~at first shop~
Rhythmi dragged the three tomboys into a clothing story that was filled with laces and frills. The tomboys were in horror. Rhythmi then spotted a pretty soft pink dress that had frills on the bottom and had no sleeves. She picked it out and gave it to Kate. Then she found one exactly like in baby blue and another in a pretty lavender color. She handed the baby blue one to Karrie and the lavender one to Laurie. All three of them held the dresses out as if they were foreign unfamiliar objects. Then Rhythmi grabbed two dresses that were of the same style, one grass green and the other rosy red.
"Which one should I try on?" asked Rhythmi. The three girls pointed at the green one. "Fine. Come on girls. Let's try them on!" The tomgirls' jaws dropped but the three complied and followed the blonde to the changing room. The three boys went over to the bench outside the changing room.
When the girls came out, the boys were not prepared to see them come out as four shinning god-like beauties. Their jaws had dropped and they were trying to help each other close their mouth while their eyes were glued onto the girls.
"I take it that you three like how we look in these?" asked Rhytmi as she twirled around. Isaac, Todd, and Keith nodded even though like was an understatement. After Rhythmi realized that the boys were too awestruck and what-not that they weren't able to say anything, she motioned the girls to go back into the changing room to change back into their school uniforms. When they came out, Rhythmi dragged them to the cashier register and payed for the dresses. And guess who got to hold the bag of dresses? If you answered Keith then you were right!
~ten stores later~
"Rhythmi, are you done yet?" asked Keith as he carried a pile of boxes that was stacked a bit higher then his head and his arms weren't too noticeable as they were being used to hold some of the bags. Todd wasn't fairing any better. Isaac was holding just two or three boxes and that was it, though a lot of the money used to pay for the clothes was coming from his wallet and the credit card his parents gave him.
"One more store!" replied Rhythmi.
"Just one more." said Karrie. She was holding her share of some of the bags and boxes. Kate sighed. Just three stores ago, Rhythmi found out that the Hajime family was indeed filthy rich. She jumped up and down and insisted that someday Karrie should take her to her house. Karrie also ended up paying for the last two stores because she felt bad for Isaac.
Rhythmi led them to the last store. All of them were wide eyed in disbelief. A store full of bathing suits, cover ups, and clothing suited for weather similar to Summerland's. They all knew that they were DOOMED.
"Kate and Karrie are native to Summerland and it's summer so I thought that we should go bathing suit shopping!" explained Rhythmi. Kate and Karrie glared at her. Just because they were from Summerland did not mean they were beach goers. Even though technically the Hajime residence had their own private beach on their property. Basically, Kellyn and Karrie's house was a mansion, it was on it's own private little island that was connected to the rest of Summerland with a little bridge that they could bring up if they wanted to and the walkway. Kate's house was one of the closest house (hut) to the Hajime residence.
Rhythmi took the bags and boxes from Karrie and gave them to Isaac. She then grabbed Karrie's arm and tried to drag the reluctant brunette into the store who latched on to Kate. Laurie held on to Kate's arm to stop Kate and Karrie from being dragged but Rhythmi was too strong.
"Keith, you are DOOMED when you see Karrie in a bathing suit, DOOMED," said Isaac. Sadly, Keith knew he was right. He was doomed.
Yeah, he was doomed. Karrie walked out of the changing room in a one piece bathing suit that was blue. Normally you wouldn't think a one piece bathing suit wouldn't have an impact on a boy, but, boy, did it impact Keith. He tried not to stare at her but he couldn't help looking. His face turned bright red as he took in the sight.
"Earth to Keith!" said Todd as he waved his hand in front of Keith's face. Karrie was blushing from the attention from Keith and all the glances and stares she was getting from those walking by.
"Wha-? What?" asked Keith as he snapped out of it.
"You were staring." replied Todd.
"Oh, sorry." said Keith as he blushed.
"I'm so buying that for you Karrie. I can tell Keith likes how it looks on you." said Rhythmi making Karrie and Keith turn bright red. "Why don't you changed?" Karrie went quickly into the changing room and was out in a minute with her school uniform on and the bathing suit in her hand. Rhythmi took the bathing suit, payed for it, and gave Karrie the bag.
"Ahem, the cafe?" asked Kate.
"Right!" replied Rhythmi. The seven students started walking towards Blue Star Cafe. "So Karrie, anything in particular you want for your birthday?"
"No," replied Karrie.
"Nothing?" asked Isaac as he raised his eyebrows. Karrie shrugged her shoulders.
"No CDs? No toys? No jewerly? No hair ties? No-" Rhythmi began to list of things.
"Don't worry about it so much," said Karrie as she shook her head. "I'll be fine with something a simple as saying 'Happy Birthday'" Kate sighed. She had a feeling they were trying to help Keith get an idea of what to get her but their plan went downhill, fast.
"Don't forget Keith's birthday is coming up a week after her's," reminded Kate.
"What do you want for your birthday Keith?" asked Laurie.
"Nothing in particular," replied Keith and then he quickened his pace and looked at the ground.
'Oh yeah, nothing in particular. I just want to figure out these feelings, complete Ranger School, and become Top Ranger.' thought Keith.
~the end~
Keith: Why do you insist on torturing me?
Me: Because its funny and amusing =P
Karrie: Why must I suffer the frills?
Me: So Keith gets tortured T.T
Keith: Why did you end the chapter with my thought?
Me: because I wanted to =P
Kellyn: I think I am very lucky I go to a different school because I doubt I'd survive that
Me: You would be falling head over heels when you saw Kate in a dress or a bathing suit. You're almost as bad as Keith =P
Karrie: ~All I want for Christmas is you
Me: Oh crap I forgot about Christmas during Ranger School!
Karrie: O.O how can you forget about Christmas?
Me: I've been trying to figure out what to make you and Keith get each other for your birthdays...
Kellyn: So any gift ideas would be helpful, right?
Me: Yeah, at first I was going to have Keith get her a piano and Karrie get him a guitar but trying to sneak a piano and a guitar into any school without anyone knowing is pretty much impossible. Then I thought of Keith getting her a necklace but that's a little to fancy and bold for Keith to do at the moment...
Keith: Why you-!
Laurie: Please review
Kate: Also, if you have any ideas for gifts, please share them with Ash...she has to work on multiple things so it's a bit difficult for her to think of something creative at the moment
Me: also, I need your opinion on something. Should I enable people to send anonymous reviews?
Kellyn: Next chapter she will be asking for you, the readers, to send in interview questions
Me: More will be explained next chapter
Laurie: *sighs* it's supposed to go announcements THEN the review reminder
Me & Kellyn: Whatever