I do not own any of the characters except for Arabella.
~Arabella's POV~
"Whoo! Go, Randy!"
"Yeah!"
"Come on, Randy!"
"Come on, buddy!"
We cheered as Randy did a flu on his skateboard inside the mall, despite the ban of skateboards. He landed successfully and we continued cheering.
"Yeah! Way to go, Randy."
"Way to go. Whoo!"
"All right, come on, Milton, you got this." Jerry said.
"Yeah, hang in there, Milton." Kim cheered on our friend.
"Let's go, bro." Jack said.
"You're about to shatter your old record." I said encouraging him.
The wheels of Milton's skateboard squeaked as Eddie carefully pushed him forward while Milton tried to keep his balance.
"What a rush!" Milton shouted when he stopped of the skateboard and took off his helmet, "The wind in my hair. The adrenaline pumping."
"Dude, your skating's is a joke." Randy said unimpressed.
"The sweet air I caught when I ran over that pebble was no joke." Milton poorly argued.
"That pebble was my pinky toe." Eddie corrected.
"All right, Jack, let's see what you can do." Jerry said.
"I've got some moves I've been working on." Jack said, flipping up the skateboard in his hands and everyone cheered.
Jack was about to jump on the board when Joan interrupted him, "Whoa, whoa, whoa!" She stopped him and we groaned, "Mm-hmm. What do you think you're doing? I'll take this."
"Oh, come on, Joan." Jack protested.
"I'm sorry, but I've got a job to do." Joan said as she ripped her uniform off and to reveal a purple and pink outfit it is a weird choose to wear for skating. "And it's to teach you punks how to shred. Huh? Check it."
Jack look confused and weird out, I walked over to him, grabbed his arm, "You okay there, hon." I asked sympathetically.
"I don't think I will." Jack frowned as Joan put on a purple helmet.
"This skate rat can grind it like a coffee bean." Joan bragged before stepping onto the board, "And...whoo!"
Joan jumped onto the table with the skateboard and started spinning and landed safely on the ground with the chair that she was used to land.
"That was sweet!" Joan said, "Good thing my boss, mr. Peters, didn't see that. We call him ratface."
"Uh, Joan." I pointed at the man behind her.
"Ooh! Mr. Peters, I was just doing a little undercover sting operation, I like to call operation undercover... sting operation." Joan improvised, "Anyone caught skateboarding will be banned from this mall. 'prende?"
"Great! First the skatepark closes, and now we can't skate here." Jack pointed out, frustrated grabbing the skateboard that Joan dropped.
"Fine. They may ban our boards, but they'll never ban our spirit." Milton exclaimed, putting his helmet back on, and grabbing the board from Jack and set form the skateboard ready to ride, "Eddie."
"Oh yeah." Eddie realized, helping Milton ride away.
Don't you get all tough with me, I'm saying won't you come kick it with me? and we can have a ball, run up the wall, this is how we do, and no matter how much, I chop and punch, it's not as cool as kickin' it with you.
Here we go, let's start the party, chop it up like it's karate.
everybody, don't you get all tough with me, I'm saying won't you come kick it with me? and we could have a ball, run up the wall, this is how we do, and no matter how much I chop and punch, it's not as cool as kickin' it with you.
"Come on, guys. We gotta think." Jack told us as we were stretching. "Uh, there's gotta be another place we can skateboard."
"Well, there's that paved path we cathrough the cemetery." Jerry suggested.
"That's not gonna happen." Milton shot down the idea, "With my deliciously plump brain, I'm considered grade-A zombie bait."
"Oh, yeah, zombies will definitely go for that brain of yours." I said sarcastically.
"Look, when I was a kid, we didn't need skateparks." Rudy told us, "We used to make games like 'What's that smell?' Or 'Whose hair is this?' Or "Why is that wet?'"
"Rudy, we all know that you suck at skating." I smirked at him causing him to throw a rag of me.
"Look, we just need a place to skate." Kim said.
"I don't even understand why skateboarding's so cool.
When I was in school, the only person who was into it
was a kid named Luke Sampson." Rudy said as he was having a flashback then a few seconds before snickering, "I wonder whatever happened to that loser."
"Uh, actually, he became a multi-millionaire skateboard mogul." I said showing him a magazine with Luke on it.
"What?!" Rudy exclaimed while snatching the magazine.
"He just released a cool new body spray called damp." Eddie said.
"I love their slogan." Jerry added, "Damp. When moist isn't enough."
"Wait a minute." Jack said in realization, "Guys, he builds skateparks all over the country. Maybe we can get him to build one right here."
"Yeah. Rudy, since you know him, can you get us a meeting?" Kim asked hopefully.
"What?" Rudy said, he was so not listening to our conversation, "Uh, yeah. Yeah. No, Luke's my boy.
We were tight." He tried to sound convincing, "And just so you guys know, I've been working on my own body spray. It's called Midnight Ninja. It's the smell you never see coming."
"Silent but deadly." Jerry said dramatically.
"Ooh, that'd be a good slogan." Rudy grinned.
"Uh, it wasn't a slogan. It was a warning." Jerry admitted.
We all walked away from Jerry.
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We all walked into the LS Industries skate park, gaping at all the ramps and cool obstacles. "Luke, thanks so much for seeing us." Rudy thanked, "It's pretty incredible, right? We came from the same school. And look at us now. You with you international business and helicopters, and me with my-- I don't wanna brag."
"No, go ahead, Rudy." Kim teased.
"I agreed, go on, brag." I agreed with Kim.
"Uh, well, I-I-- I was asked to endorse a chain of martial-arts themed...bakeries." Rudy lied, "Called
tae-kwon donuts. In your face, Bella and Kim."
"Yeah, so anyway, this is our research and training center. Now we test every product we come up with. Sampson isn't just a board, It's a lifestyle." Luke bragged, "Yo, we even developed our own organic skater snacks. Try a seaweed doodler."
"Nah, I'm good." I said with scrunched up nose, "I don't want to try that crap." As I grabbed Jack's arm covering my nose.
Jack eagerly tastes the snacks, then gagged as an effect, "Too much seaweed, not enough doodler." I patted on Jack's shoulder.
"The thing I remember about you, Rudy, is you used to love to wear your pajamas to school." Luke smirked while wrapping his arm around Rudy's shoulders.
"It was a warrior gi!" Rudy exclaimed as we laughed at this.
"So what can I do for you guys?" Luke asked us.
"Mr. Sampson, you build skateparks all over the country." Jack said taking the lead. "We were hoping that you could build one in our hometown."
"Are there real skaters in seaford now?" Luke asked, "When I was growing up, I was the only one."
"Are there skaters in seaford?" Milton guffawed, "Uh, hello. Let me see this." He took someone skateboard and helmet. "Yeah. Here you go, Jack." He handed it over to Jack.
Jack rolled his eyes at him as he put on the helmet, "Yup. Get ready for it." Milton continued, "You're gonna kill it out there."
Jack showed Luke, his moves and the older man was impressed. "Right on. I'll give it to you, Jack-- you can skate. I might be interested in building your skatepark."
"Great! We've got the perfect spot." Jack told him excitedly.
"Cool, let's go check it out." Luke said as guy walked in and over to us with tray with plastic mugs, "Yo, but first let's pound some Luke Sampson eel juice, huh?"
"Sorry, I'm allergic to eels and don't know what eel this is, so I'm not drinking it." I said as he tried to hand me one.
Rudy and Luke drank up the eel juice. "Whoo! Oh yeah, there's the energy. What do you think, Rudy?"
"That's some good eel." Rudy said in very stained voice and look like he was going to vomit and runs away to do so.
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We guided Luke to an open space to place the new skateboard site. Well, I mean me and Jack, he was planning to go himself. I was bored and tagged along.
"Huh? Great spot, huh? What do you think?" Jack asked.
"Give me a second, man. I gotta feel this." Luke told us, he put his hands to his temples, Jack and I look at him weirdly. "Bam! There's your ramp." Luke pointed in a direction in front of us. "Ka-pow! 12-foot grind rail." He pointed to the right. "Boom! There's your half-pipe." He pointed to left. "Hold on." He placed his hands back to his temples, "Switch the boom and the ka-pow,Now you got a skatepark, bro!"
"Yeah!" They shared a bro-hug, "And If we have any room , left We should put...a bang over there!"
"I think it's only work for him, sweetie." I said to Jack, patting his shoulder.
"The little lady is right. That's my thing."
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"You know what, guys? This place is perfect." Luke told the gang as we emerged from the bushes. Kim, Milton, Rudy, well, he was here and I wonder where. "Let's fast-track it. I bet we can break ground in a week." We all cheered in excitement.
"I'm almost there." I heard Rudy sing. We looked up to see Rudy climbing a tree. "Almost--"
"Watch out Rudy—-" Rudy's scream as he fall, cutting me off, "The branch is breaking." I finished.
"Do not call my mother." Rudy groaned.
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Kim, Jack, Milton and I were by the lockers when Jerry and Eddie walked in covered with casts and braces. "What happened to you guys?" Milton asked them.
"Girls. Girls happened." Eddie answered.
"Huh, girls attack you? How did that happen? I am very concerned." I said with worried expression.
"This is awesome!" I heard Randy's voice as he was walked down the stairs, "Because of you, seaford is getting their own skatepark. Sweet! This is the happiest moment of my life, at least until I marry Arabella López.
"Okay, I have a boyfriend, and he is standing right next to me, Sorry, Randy." I said little weirded out.
"You got it, Mrs. Plotzsky." Randy smiled weirdly.
"Sorry to burst your bubble, dude," Jack glared at him, "but she's never going to be 'Mrs. Plotzsky." I pushed Jack from him jumped Randy.
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Later that day we were hanging out in school between classes when I see Kim's bag rustling. "Hey,Kim." I was sitting next her bag, "What's in your backpack?"
Kim opened it and a head of some animal popped out, causing to me to jump and landing on Jack's lap.
"Aww. It's the little guy from the skatepark site!" Kim cooed, "How did you get in here? Were you in my backy-packy? Yes, you were. Yes, you were!"
"Why do girls always talk like that to animals?" Jack asked, I looked at him with look, "Just 'cause he's a..." Jack continued, until his eyes landed on the little animal, "Fluffy little man. Yes. Yes, you are. You're a fluffy little man! Yes, you are."
Everyone but me gave Jack a look of disbelief. "What? He's a fluffy little man."
"It's ok, sweetie, I thought it was cute of you." I said hugging him, and kissing his cheeks, I felt his arm around me.
"I actually did a little research." Milton told us, "It's commonly known as the striped beach vole. Interesting fact: They're very territorial and liveive miles from any of their kind."
"Five miles?" Jerry said confused, "What do they do for... girlfriends?"
"They have a piercing mating call." Milton explained, "It sounds something like this. Br-r-r-roo hoo! Br-r-r-roo hoo! Br-r-r-roo hoo!" The little guy look up at Milton.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa." Jerry interrupted him, "Look at the way he's looking at you. Milton's got game."
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"It's a pretty good turnout, huh?" Jack asked as we stood at the skateboard site, surrounded by a dozen reporters.
"Yeah, I should probably say a few words." Luke said but before he could grab the mic, Rudy took it.
"Citizens of seaford, I will now say a few words." Rudy said.
"Oh boy..."
"This park is the result of one man."
"Luke, Luke, Luke, Luke!" The crowd started to chanting.
"No, I was talking about me. I was the one who called him. I did everything." Rudy exclaimed.
I gave Rudy a look of disappointment and disbelief.
"This park shan't be for a select few, but 'tis for each and every one of you." Rudy continued.
"So we're all going to the ground-breaking party?" Randy asked.
"No!" Rudy yelled, "And if you get anywhere near the V.I.P. Tent, security will tase you out of your shoes, bro. Thank you." Rudy handed the mic to Luke before walking away.
"Yo, yo, what's up, Seaford!" Luke asked as the crowd chant his name. But before they could continue Kim ran over and stopped him.
"Excuse me, Luke. I, uh-- I need to say something." Kim said nervously, taking the mic, "I hate to ruin the celebration, everybody, but we can't build a skatepark here."
The crowd started to protest. "Well, why not, Kim?" Luke asked.
"Because this site is home to the rare striped beach vole." Milton explained.
"It's a protected species and we can't destroy its home." Kim finished.
"Yeah, V.I.P. Party!" Rudy shouted in the background before we heard a sound of a groan and a taser cracking.
"Not on the list, Rudy!" Joan told him as Rudy walked over to us, shaking from the electricity.
"She zapped me, bro." Rudy groaned while holding his shoes.
"Oh, my bad, Rudy. You are on the list." Joan shouted.
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"Do you know how unpopular this is gonna make us?" Jack asked Kim and me.
"Jack, an endangered animals home is at risk, and you're worried about your popularity. The poor animal could be killed." I said to him.
"Jack, you're overreacting." Kim said casually, "I think most people at this school will totally agree with what I--"
"Mob! Mob! Mob!" Milton shouted while running down the hallway and towards us, "Angry, scary mob. Mob!"
Milton jumped into a locker, just the mob of classmates led by Randy walked over looking very angry, "Pitchforks? Really, Randy?" Jack asked unimpressed, "Isn't that a bit much?"
"They're not with us." Randy said, "They're in the agriculture club. You ruined it for all of us, Kim. You and your rat."
"Look, Randy, it's done." Kim said, "Tomorrow when the wildlife inspector shows up and sees the vole on the land, He'll declare it a protected animal sanctuary. Then no one can ever build on it."
"Well, he won't call it a protected animal sanctuary if the vole isn't there."
"Why wouldn't the vole be there?" I asked, confused.
"Because he's gonna try and kill it." Milton said from inside the closed locker.
"Shut up, locker." Randy yelled before punching the locker.
"Ow." Milton groaned as Randy and the crowd disappeared.
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So, in order to protect the vole, Kim had a genius ideas that we were going to camp out in the woods at night. "Oh, I came as soon as I heard." Joan said loudly, carrying a bench chair and a ukulele with her, "I've fought this fight before."
"You have?" Milton asked, sitting inside the tent, I stick my head out of the tent and see Joan.
"Oh yeah, sister." Joan said, "Save the whales, I was on the beach. Save the bald eagle, I was in the treetops. I'm all about respecting life." Joan then saw the vole inside the tree trunk and panicked, "Hold on! Whack-a-mole!"
"Whoa! That's what we're protecting!" I shouted while Kim threw herself to protect the vole from Joan.
"We just have to make sure that Randy and his friends don't get to it before the inspector sees it tomorrow." Kim explained.
"Forget this. I'm out of here." Joan walked away three steps away but walked back, "Who am I kidding? It's Friday night. I've got nothing else going on."
"That's the spirit!" I said, walking out the tent over sit on the log. I flinched and saw it was Jack ran out of the bushes, "Jack, we've been through this. I know we disagree, But we're not backing off.
"Well, you don't have to." Jack said, crouching down in front of me, "I spoke to Luke and he had a great idea.He's agreed to pay to have it relocated to a preserve in oregon where voles are protected."
"I don't know." I said uncertainly, "This is its home."
"It's would be right for us just to uproot it. He may not like the change of scenery." Kim added.
"But Luke said it'll have a better home in oregon." Jack said, "Belle, Kim, we all wanted the skatepark.
This is a way to get the park and give e vole a better life. It's a win-win. Trust me."
The sound of the vole's mating call Rand through the woods, "What the-- what?" Joan exclaimed, looking around her to find the source of sound.
"That's the sound the vole makes when it's looking for a mate." Milton explained.
"Interesting." Joan said with a weird smile before mimicking the call. A sound of bear grunting was heard and we all froze. "Oh my." Joan stood up.
"Joan, I wouldn't go over there." Milton tried to stop her, "That sounded like a bear."
"Oh, that's no bear." Joan applied some lipstick, "That's Lenny from the bowling alley."
...ಠ_ಠ
Kim carried the vole in a small cage through L.S Industries. We had agreed to take the vole to Luke so he could get to the preserve in Oregon, but it still left wrong about it.
"Hey, there they are." Luke said happily, a little too happily, when he saw us. "Oh, let me see him. Hey there, little guy. What's going on? Oh wow, he's a cute one. I can see why you want to protect him." He continued and Kim grinned while I gave him a look of suspicion, "Hey, but don't worry-- where he's going, He's not gonna have to worry about anything."
"Hold that vole!" Rudy yelled before running towards us, careful not to trip when he ran down the ramp.
"Uh, what's going on, Rudy?" Luke asked nervously.
"I heard everything. The second you guys leave, Luke's gonna kill it!" Rudy said.
"What? You-- lied to me?" Jack asked betrayed.
"You said you were gonna protect it." Kim said in disbelief.
"You said you were gonna protect it." Luke mimicked her mockingly, "I don't care about your ugly rat. I care about building skateparks so mindless kids like you will buy my gear."
"The only rat I see, is you." I glared at him.
"Now gimme that cage!" Luke yelled and a fight broke out.
Kim and Milton quickly ran for the exit with the vole while, Jack, Rudy and I stayed behind to fight.
Some guys started to drive past me on skateboards I dodge it, and managed to kick them down.
Suddenly a skateboard rolled past me with vole's cage on it and past Jake and Luke just as the former was kicked to the ground.
"Luke, I thought you were a loser in high school, and you're an even bigger loser now." Rudy told him. Jack picked up the vole's cage.
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"I did not know the vole." Joan sobbed, "But that furry little fella burrowed his way into my heart and would not come out. I'm going to miss him.@
"Joan, the vole's not dead." I said to her.
"What?" Joan exclaimed.
"We're just returning it to its home." Milton explained.
"Forget that, I'm outta here." Joan walked three steps before turning back, "Oh, who am I kidding? It's Saturday night. I've got nothing else going on." A sound of a bear-like grunting was heard.
"Oh. Coming, Lenny!" Joan said applying lipstick before walking away to the direction it was heard.
"Well, this is it." Kim said with an affectionate smile, "You've got nothing to worry about."
"Well, except for climate change, pollution, deforestation—" I said but Jack wrapped his arm around me and put his hand over my mouth.
"This land is protected." Kim continued, "And it'll always be your home."
She opened the cage and vole ran out. I sat down next to her with Jack on the other side, "I think it's really cool that you took a stand here, Kim." I said proudly to her.
"You took a stand too." Kim reminded me.
"Well, yeah, I love animals, and they love me." I said smiling.
"Well, sometimes you gotta look out for the little guy." Kim smiled.
"And each other." Jack added, "I'm sorry I was so excited by the skatepark that I let myself get fooled by Luke."
"You were there when I needed you." I said to him smiled at him and leading onto him.
"Wasn't Rudy gonna say a few words?" Milton asked
"Yeah. Where did he go?" Kim said.
"Look at me! Rudy's voice calm from far above us, "I made it to the top! I am the king of the wor--"
The sound of branches snapping and Rudy screaming and groaning cut through the air and followed by a loud thud when he hit the ground.
"Ow! Oh!" Rudy groaned as we all flinched, "Someone please call my mother."
