[Once again: All you guys who write Terra are great!]
'......' is thinking
"......" is talking {duh}
{......} these are my comments
[......] are Tembo's comments
*......* this is somthing happening
~......~ this is somthing emphasized (caps will be used for volume)
~*~...~*~ time or scene change
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~*~a week later at a scout meeting~*~
"I'm hoping to get a job out of town this summer, Raye," Amiee said.
It was just before a scout meeting, Amiee had shown up early.
"Why, Ames?" Raye asked.
"There's been no attacks in a week, and I feel the need to be out on my own for a while."
"I know how you feel, even Lita and Mina are looking for summer jobs."
"Lita AND Mina?" [MINA!?]{don't you listen?}
"Mmmm, both of them."
"WoW."
"Lita and Mina burst through the door giggling.
"You guys will never guess," Mina cried.
"What?" Amiee and Raye asked.
"Guess!"
"She got a job as a lifeguard," Lita said.
"They were supposed to guess!"
{If you can't tell who's speaking, write me and I'll add in "said ____" and e-mail it to you, just send me the chapter number please.}
"At the Community pool?" Amiee asked.
"No, some old place out in the country," Mina answered.
"Uh-oh" Amiee and Raye said in unison.
"What?" the other two cried.
"Well, I've also applied for an out-of-town job," Amiee said.
"That's ok, me and Lita can handle things here," Raye said.
"Uh-oh" Lita said.
"What?" the others cried.
"Well, I sorta got an assistant cook job out in the sticks," she winced.
"Well, Raye and Serena..." Mina started, "nevermind."
"One problem, *everyone looks at Amiee* who's going to tell Luna?"
*Everyone points to Amiee* "You are!"
They stop to hear the sounds of an argument outside.
"You're not going alone."
"You can come too."
"I insist that one of the other scouts go with you."
"I don't need them with me every second of the day, Luna."
"Something could happen."
"Nothing will happen!"
"What's wrong now, you two?" Artimis asked, just to be slapped in the face by a very upset Luna.
"Hold it!" Raye yelled, taking charge of the situation.
"Lets continue this inside, shall we?" Amiee suggested.
They all entered Raye's room.
"Allright, Artimis what happened?" she asked.
"I asked a question and got smaked," he said indignatly. [He he!]
"Serena?" Amiee continued, in drill sergent mode. {Minako!} [He he!]
"I decided to get a job, and Luna freaked out on me!"
Amiee sighed, "Luna?"
"Serena has had a job for a week and did not tell me about it. Nevermind the fact that she will be staying outside the city for the summer while she is at this job!"
"Well, if Amiee, Lita, Darien and Mina can do it, why can't I?" Serena yelled to stick up for herself.
"Because you have responsibilities here... wait Amiee, Lita, Darien and Mina?"
"Yes," Mina said quietly.
"I thought you were going to tell her the night I told you Serena," Darien said from the door. The scouts had gotten used to him showing up once and a while, and weren't surprized.
"I'll have to start supporting myself sometime in the near future," Lita chimmed in.
"We need a normalcy break, besides, there haven't been any attacks in a week," Amiee stated. "They used to come everyday."
"I know, I think they might have chosen another time in which to attack us, they were a real problem on Earth during the Silver Millenium." Luna stated.
"Really?" Darien questioned.
"Yes, but we can discuss that later. Serena. Amiee, Lita, Darien and Mina can look out for themselves, for a while."
"So can I !" Serena cried.
"Yes, but Amiee, Lita, Darien and Mina AREN'T the Moon Princess. You are!" Luna said, trying to stare Serena down.
"But..."
"You're not going unless one of the scouts go with you."
"But all the others have or have applied for other jobs," Serena whined.
"I haven't," Raye said quietly.
"Raye??" Luna asked.
"If Serena can get me a job where she'll be working, I'll try and talk Grandpa into letting me go."
"Thanks Raye," Serena cried, hugging her friend. "We'll have sooooo much fun." [GAK! Hugs!]
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After much pleading and convincing words Raye talked Grandpa into letting her get a summer job with Serena. After all maybe she could learn something that would benefit the temple, and he could always send Chad out to check on her or hire a girl to help around the temple. Besides they did have a phone... he didn't need to worry toooo much.
Now Serena getting Katherine to give Raye a job was a completly different story...
*on the phone*
"Rhea... umm... my pal Raye needs a job... and I was wondering... would it be all right if she comes with me?"
'She's asking, not me, surely this won't break my promise to Sets!' "Sure."
Serena's ~thank you~ speech took a lot longer.....
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~*a week later, the day after Serena's birthday~*~
"Oh gods, look what they did to the girls bunkhouse too! We'll never get it cleaned up in time, and you said the guy you hired will be here early!" Katherine cried.
"Rhea, we'll fix it somehow," Greg said, trying to cheer her up.
"Greg, we've got guests comeing in tomorrow, and I have no time to show the new guys their duties, not to mention the fact that my neice is going to show up one of these days."
"Where will you niece be staying?" Greg asked.
"I'll put her in the nursery, on my floor."
"Well why don't you put some of the others on your floor too."
"Perfect strangers living a room away from me... no that would give Old Jake a heart attack, 'sides if my sisters found out I let people stay in their rooms, they'd just KILL me!"
"What about the floor between ours?"
"Well those rooms ARE kept basically livable and I do have Raye and Serena staying there... they'll have to do, until we get some other rooms cleaned out!"
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~*~meanwhile~*~
'Long train ride, long bus ride. Why did I accept a job so far away. That's right no one would hire me closer. Man a whole summer away from Serena, this is gonna suc nuts. {had to} [How dare you!] {he he he, it was orriginally Tembo's saying} I wonder what she's doing now...' [I'm gonna KILL you!]{I wasn't asking what you were going to do!!!}
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~*~At the same time~*~
"Raye, I get the window seat!"
"As long as it's not beside me."
"Raye, you're no fun," Serena whined. {As Virgo would say "Raye is a ~no funner~}[So's lil' Ern!]{lil' Ern is also a nick name of g-woman}
"I don't care, I don't even want to be here."
"Come on Raye, lighten up. Katherine probly won't even work you as hard as Grandpa."
"I'll miss him, I-I've never been away for this long before."
"Oh, Raye, I'm sorry I got you into this."
"It's ok, Grampa always said I'd have to leave sometime, but I'll be back!"
"That's a girl, Raye, make the best of it!"
After that Serena settled herself down to watch scenery for the reast of the bus trip.
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~*~A bit later~*~
'Artimis got caught! Damn it! Oh well now I'll just have to entertain myself for the whole entire train ride this is going to suc nuts! {oppsies}I wonder if someone will sit next to me? Oh my goodness the scenery is sooo pretty.' Mina promply lost herself in the beauty of the countryside, not noticing the person sitting down next to her.
'I'm bored, train rides suc, train rides suc nuts. {ok I'm stopping now a'fore the allmighty one gets mad at me} Maybe I'll talk to the blonde next to me.'
"Excuse me Miss, but may I ask where you're going?" Lita asked. {don't be surprized, I DO know a thing or two 'bout manners, just 'cause I don't use them... often!}
"Sure, I'm goin' to the Mellon Ranch?" Mina said happily. [Ha ha Mellon!]
"Mina?"
"Lita?"
"Did you mean Millenium Ranch?"
"Yeah, that's what I said."
"No... nevermind... I'm to be their assistant cook."
"Really, that's where I'm lifeguarding!"
And they talked on.
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Darien contiued walking, 'Why haven't I seen anyone yet? Well the crazy old man doesn't count' (Old Jake trying to scare away summer staff)
'I wonder why when he saw me he stopped and stared?' {maybe he is just ~that~ way}
'Wait I here voices...'
Darien then walked in the direction of the voices.
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"Well exactly where am I supposed to put the rest of the staff Greg? It'll take ages to get more rooms cleaned out and I don't feel right putting people I've never even met in the house."
"You'll think of something, you always do."
"Why does Sets make everything complicated?"
"She rules time, maybe it gives her a kick, while she waits around for intruders in the stream."
"You know you may be right, I always make things difficult during peaceful times," Katherine smiled.
"Uh, excuse me, but can either of you two tell me who's in charge of the new staff?" Darien asked.
"I am," they said in unison, Katherine turned to see who was speaking, Greg just stared.
"Darien? That you?" Greg asked in wonder, backing away.
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{Yes, i know i switch point of veiw's alot but i really think that it is neccasary to get certain points of the story accross the way I want. I'm not good at this writing thing.... so bear with me, I'm a sink or swim type of girl... you never know what I can do until I get in the mood to prove I can... and I'm learning as I go along. So with that said any constructive critisism is welcome!}
{Another note: yes, I spell a lot of things incorrectly... some may be typos missed by the allmighty... some neither of us know how to spell... and some are acctually spelled that way ON purpose. Words like ~probly, yer, ummm... ~ etc are spelled that way to emphasize reality... they're spelled the way it is said. I know that me as well as many of my friends say ~probly~ not ~probABly~, also Katherine and Old Jake (later on) are form outside the city, on a farm, so for emphasis I gave them both this hickish lil' accent... that's not the word... quirk?... to their speech!}
{and you've probly noticed I end sentances with the exclamation mark a lot.... well that's way I talk...!}
{I'm sorry for the swearing too... but that's how I express things a lot!}[Me too!]
{Well I'm done before this gets too long and you fall asleep reading this! Cherry bye! terra}
[You left no room for me! *Tembo's eyes get teary* ~*Sniffles are heard*~ He he. Don't worry 'bout me I'm depressed: School starts tomorrow. And I'll probly have none of my friends in my classes, just the grumpy people who hate me! *Tembo's eyes get teary again* Silly Terra she didn't give ya's her addy, well hers is [email protected] and mine is [email protected] and both af our is [email protected] Bye all Luv always TEMBO. Remember! Tembo will always listen.]
{You did so have a few friends in your classes. She has one class next semester with BOTH of her sisters, I pity Mr Hendrecin... he was me and Shall Shall (Tembo's sister)'s homeroom teacher when we were in Grade Nine..... Hey he was TEmbo's homeroom teacher last year! and My sister (Ed)'s homeroom teacher this year... ever weird ne? I probly won't be posting as much now that I'm back in school... I got Grade 13 Math, Grade 12 Math, Grade 13 Chemistry and Grade 10 Sewing (with Bob, that should explain the Sewing homework!) Well gotta go! terra}
QUOTE OF THE FIC!
"The most important thing about goals is having one."
Geoffrey F. Albert
{no one said anything about fulfilling them.... that goal of having enough chapters so I wouldn't miss a week in September...}