Chapter 17
A Lovely Picnic
The sun rose high up in the sky. Hoagie groaned, as the sun lit his room through the curtains. His mother stomped into his room. "Wake up lazy bones." she sang, while opening the curtains. He hid his head underneath the covers, just in case he melt in the heat. "Mum!" he moaned. She pulled the covers back, and searched through his wardrobe. "It's Abby's birthday, you better get dress." she commanded. She pulled out a white jacket, a white top, a pair of denim jeans, and sneakers. "But it's only six o'clock." he groaned. "Yes, but isn't it better to be early than late.. Like usual." she said sternly. "Fine, I'll get up in a min." he replied, while placing his face in the pillow. "No, now! Otherwise I'll pour water on you if you fall asleep." she said darkly, while shutting the door. "No, you won't." he whispered softly. He then fell back to sleep a couple of minutes, until a loud crash entered his room. He was soaked wet. "Thanks mum." he said huffily. "Your welcome son. I did warn you." she sang. She then left the room, as Hoagie got changed into his shorts. He had to go for a morning jog, to clear his head.
As Hoagie took in some air, he noticed a large oak tree near a small stream. It was lovely, and peaceful. Animals and insects all lived in harmony near the water's edge. He stared at the large tree, near the top were lots of initials of couples that were there before him. He wiped the sweat off his brow, while received a brilliant idea.
"Happy Birthday to you!" sang Abby's mum and dad, while her sister grumbled the words. "Thanks guys, even though Cree was off tune." smiled Abby, while taking a seat at the kitchen table. Stacks of pancakes and cream were lying in front of her, with a blue birthday candle on top. "Why you-.." began Cree. "Now Cree, be nice to your sister, it is her birthday." commanded her father. "Oui, ou votre allocation sera réduit." replied her mother. (Yes, or your allowance will be cut.) Cree swore underneath her breath. Abby laughed. "This is from me and your mum." her father said, while placing a blue and pink wrapped present on the table. She clasped her hands together. A big smile was on her face. She ripped it opened, and inside was a small hand-sized mirror with blue and red diamonds, a pair of cream coloured high-heel shoes, and a navy blue converse shoes. Abby squealed. "These are beautiful." she shouted. She jumped up, and hugged her parents. Her sister rolled her eyes. "This one is from me." she said quietly, while handing her sister a small grey handbag. Abby opened it up, and inside was a pair of light blue denim shorts, and a black t-shirts. "Thanks Cree." smiled Abby. "Don't mention it.. I mean it." Cree said darkly. "Anyway, I have to go to work. Bye kids." said their father. He waved, and grabbed his briefcase and scrambled for the door. Her mother whistled a little tune, and began cleaning the pots. "Just because I'm nice to you today, doesn't mean I've changed. I'll never change." whispered Cree, as Abby smirked. "We'll see about that." she whispered back. Cree stared at her weirdly. "Aw, thanks Cree." Abby said loudly. She then grabbed Cree by the shoulders, and hugged her tightly. "I know my old big sister is still in there." she said. Cree was taken by surprise. Abby quickly gathered her things, and run upstairs.
Hoagie clanked and banged away in his room. His brother Tommy was already on the scene. "Hoagie, what are you doing?" he asked curiously, while trying to get in his room. "Nothing, it's just a present for Abby. Now go away!" he called. Tommy shrugged his shoulders, and was down the stairs to go on the Tommy Mobile. Hoagie jumped when his mother called. "Hoagie, it's nearly noon. Abby will be waiting." she called up the stairs. "In a minute, I'm a little busy." he called back. His mother tapped her foot on the floor. A large hole was being created. Hoagie finally placed down the spanner and hammer. He sighed with relief. "It's ready." he said. He began laughing like a maniac, and lighting struck outside. "That was weird." said his mother. He nervously laughed, and took the gift he had been working on for hours. He grabbed the outfit he was wearing that day, ran to the toilet.
"I could've been a princess, you'd be a king. Could've had a castle, and worn a no, you let me go." sang Abby. She was busy putting on her new clothes, her family had gotten her. "Abby, there's someone to see you!" called Cree excitedly. If Cree was excited, that could only mean one thing. She sprinted down from her room, to the front door. There standing at the doorway was her big brother. Junior. She jumped up and hugged him. "Hey, bro." she said. Cree was leaning on the wall. Their mother walked out from the kitchen. "Junior." she called. She dropped her dish-towel, and hugged him. He was quite tall for a thirty year old. "Hey, mum." he said, while kissing her on the cheek. "I can't stay long Grace is with the kids, at the Hotel up the road." he said quickly. He gave Abby a green gift bag, and kissed her on the cheek. "Happy Birthday, Abby." he grinned. Junior quickly gave Cree a hug, and left before anyone could blink. "He's still as busier as ever." stated Cree. Her mother nodded, and sniffed a little bit. She won't be seeing her little boy until Christmas, and Thanksgiving. Abby eagerly opened her present, inside was a box of earrings, a pair of shades and a small chocolate heart. "Aw, that's so sweet." smiled Abby. A loud knock was heard, and Cree happily opened it. "Oh, it's you." she said grumpily. Hoagie smiled, and waved at Abby. She giggled. She quickly placed her old converses on her feet, and took her shades with her. She was wearing the outfit her sister had bought her, with a white cardigan over it. Hoagie placed a small box in her hand. She gladly opened it. A small red bracelet sat in it. The words: To my dearest Love. Was written on it. The bracelet sparkled in the sunlight. A small button was on the side of it. "It's a amazing!" she said, while putting her arms around him. She kissed him softly on the lips. "It get's better." he grinned. He pushed the button, and the bracelet changed into a red watch. Then into a black hair-band. "Wow." said Abby, while not believing what was happening. "That's all it can do." smiled Hoagie sadly. "Well, it's enough. Actually it's more than enough for Abby." Abby lifted Hoagie's chin, so his eyes could stare into her's. "I mean it." she said. He nodded his head. "Shall we go?" he asked. "We shall." she said coolly. Cree almost made a gagging noise. Abby shot her a look, and quickly shut the front door. "I'm so getting her into the Knitting programme for evil Villains." she said more to herself, than to Hoagie. But either way he chuckled.
The couple stopped near the stream, that Hoagie was earlier. They both lay down on a blue cloth, that was sitting on the pastel green grass. Abby yawned, while stretching. "This is so peaceful. Today couldn't get anymore brilliant." she proclaimed. "Well, in fact I have our picnic here, and a little surprise later on." he smiled. She sat up quickly. "Really? What did you make?" she asked. He pulled out a wooden basket, and placed it in front of her. He took out two packet of crisps, a couple sandwiches, a small round blue cake, a bottle of soda and red rose. "For you." he said, while waggling his eyebrows. "If I had my hat." laughed Abby. She took the rose from his hands, and sniffed it. It was fresh, from the fields it came from. (Or from Mrs Beatles garden..) "I love you." said Abby sweetly. She kissed him passionately on the lips. He did not back away from her lips. Soon after finishing their lip-fest, they dig in to the delicious lunch.
"Wanna play a game?" began Abby. "Sure." he smiled. "Okay.. Em, what would you love to be in the future?" she asked. "Well, either a pilot or a inventor, or both." he laughed. "What about you?" he asked. He stared at the slowly descending sun. "Well, I don't know. I really want to travel one day. Maybe go to Africa, and even United Kingdom." she replied, while blushing. He grinned. "I would love to travel. How about I drive you all around the world. We don't need to pay for anything but the fuel." he said. She grabbed hold of his hand. He almost jumped. "Sure, I would love to go with you." she smiled shyly. He turned towards her. "I love you." he said out loud. His pale cheeks turned red. She kissed him on the nose. "I love you too." she said coolly. He chuckled.
"C'mon I need to show you something." he said, while standing up. He pulled her up to her feet, and strolled over to the large tree near the stream. She gasped when she saw what was written. H.J.P.G Loves A.L. "Hoagie!" she cried. She ran over to him, and jumped him. They both kiss passionately. Sparks were flying everywhere. "But you missed one thing." she suddenly. He nervously gulped. "What?" he asked quickly. She found a sharp stone, and began scratching into the tree. Like a tattoo, the words stood still on the trunk. A.L Loves H.J.P.G. The words were underneath the other one. She then circled it, and wrote: Forever Baby. The couple began giggling, and played tag, which ended in a rolling down the grass on top of each other. "This is truly the best birthday ever!" shouted Abby. Hoagie clasped her hand, and softly kissed it. "Just wait until next year!" he demanded. She rolled her eyes, as she stood up from the ground. She then started to run away from the poor boy, who was still sitting on the ground. "Catch Abby if you can." she called. He quickly got up from the ground, while stumping a bit, and ran after her.
How did everyone like? Anyway was it a coincidence that the stream led to a certain lake, which was were David and Angela's date place.. I think not! Anyway, I just got an idea for the other story, which will be up probably before Christmas. 'Life as we know it.' I will make it that the tree gets cut down by either Mr Boss or Father who hates the 'stupid Lovey Dobey Tree'. And in the result Abby, Hoagie and some other people protest, but they chop it down. But instead they plant a new tree, which is a Rowan tree. Please enjoy will probably do another, or two or three tomorrow since I have nothing to do. Goodnight. It's 2:15am here!
From Littlemissfg.