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» CHAPTER ELEVEN: THE STORM «

~ 4:00 PM ~

Ring, Ring! AJ got up off the couch and picked up the phone. “Hello?”

“Hi! AJ, this is Valerie’s mom. Have you been watching the news?”

“No, why?”

“They are advising everyone to stay indoors for the next two days… there’s a tropical storm from the coast that is hitting us.”

“Yeah, it’s raining really hard and the wind is strong over here” AJ stated.

“Same here. But listen, I don’t want to drive in this weather and I don’t think that you would want to either, so what should we do?” said Valerie’s mom, worried.

“Don’t worry, I have tons of room here for the girls to stay till it’s safe to go outside” AJ said, crossing his fingers.

“Well, if it’s not any trouble…”

“Oh, none at all. They will be just fine here.”

“Ok, thank you so much! Tell Valerie that I said hi and I’ll see her in a couple of days, bye!”

“Bye,” AJ hung up the phone and sat back down on the couch next to Valerie.

Nick and Allison were sitting on the other couch; they were watching Cruel Intentions. “Well, looks like you guys will be staying here a couple of days” AJ said, put his arm around Valerie, she rested her head on his shoulder.

“That sounds good,” Valerie said, dreamily.

“Yeah, so Nick, it looks like you should stay here too. It’s pretty ugly outside” AJ said, looking out the window.

“Too bad for me!” said Nick, snuggling with Allie.

~ 6:00 PM ~ It was getting darker outside by the minute; every once in a while, the lights would flicker.

“So, is anyone hungry? We have some pizza left over from lunch” AJ said getting up from the couch, after the movie ended.

“I’m starving,” said Nick jumping off the couch to help AJ.

“Me too” said Allie, getting up.

“Yeah, me three” said Valerie who also got up off the couch.

“OK, but you two sit down. You are my guests and Nick and I are going to treat you like queens” said AJ, bowing.

“Uh, ok” said Allie, a little overwhelmed by the moment.

AJ and Nick walked out of the room and into the kitchen. AJ went over to the fridge and got out the left over pizza. He turned on the oven and threw in the pizza. “I’m so glad that this storm came!”

“I know! I mean, how lucky could we get!?”  Nick agreed.

“Hey, Nick. Where’s that old bottle of wine that I’ve been saving?” AJ asked, rummaging through his liquor cabinet.

“Oh, I moved it right there…” said Nick, pointing behind a large bottle.

“Thanks, and can you not move my alcohol around anymore. You’re under-age anyways!”

“So are Allie and Valerie, but you’re giving them some drinks!”

“Well…. they…. they’re special” said AJ grabbing the wine glasses.

“And I’m not!” said Nick, shocked.

“Sure you are, but they’re ladies and I have to treat them like ladies. Now, do you want to be treated like a lady Nick?” AJ asked, slyly.

“No, but… I… nevermind.” Nick did not want to argue anymore.

“That’s what I thought. I’m only giving them a little bit anyways. I don’t want them to get drunk or anything; I don’t believe in doing that,” AJ said as the timer went off and the pizza was ready.

“Come on, here you hold the pizza and I’ll take the wine” AJ said as they walked back into the living room where Allie and Valerie were waiting.

~ Meanwhile ~

 “Now I love storms!” said Allie, smiling.

“I do too; I hope that it lasts longer then they expect it to” Valerie wished outloud.

“Yeah” Allie agreed.

“Let’s see what’s on TV” Valerie said, grabbing the remote and turning in the TV. She flipped through the stations until she found MTV; Daria was on. “Yes, I love Daria!”

“Trent would be so hot if he were real!” the girls both said at once. They laughed.

“We have known each other too long!” Allie exclaimed.

“Yeah, I can’t believe that I’ve put up with you for 10 years!” Valerie said, rolling her eyes.

“Oh thanks!” Allie said, offended or at least trying to fake that she was.

“Just kidding!” Valerie said, smiling. The aroma of the pizza filled the room.

“Gosh, I’m so hungry!” Allie said, rubbing her stomach.

"Me too,” replied Valerie. They sat there for a few minutes until the guys came back with the pizza and the wine.

“Nummy!” Valerie exclaimed.

“Nummy? Is that what you said?” asked Nick, with a scared look on his face.

“Yep! That’s what I said!” Valerie exclaimed.

“I think that it’s cute,” AJ said, putting his arms around Valerie’s waist.

“Yeah well, Valerie says many cute things and by the way, what’s up with you two?” asked Allison pointing to AJ’s arms around Valerie.

“You see we kinda…. we…. um…” Valerie tried to explain what happened without too much detail.

“We told each other how we felt about each other and decided to take it slow and get to know each other better” AJ said with pride.

“That’s what we decided” Nick said, grabbing Allie’s hand.

“Wow, that’s great!” said Valerie, winking at her friend.

“Well, since we got all that out; why don’t we eat?” said Nick. AJ poured the wine in the glasses and handed one glass to everyone.

“Oh, wine” said Valerie, taking a sip.

“Is that ok? I mean, you can have something else if you want” said AJ.

“No, this is fine.”

“Good.”

“Well, here’s to us” Nick said as held up his glass; the rest followed.

“To us!” everyone said in reply. They all took a sip of their drinks. Nick handed out the pizza; they ate until it was gone.

“Wow, that was good!” said Nick, rubbing his stomach.

“Yeah, but I’m getting kinda tired; it was a long day” Allison said, yawning.

“Me too” said Valerie.

“Ok. Nick, why don’t you bring Allison to her room and I’ll bring Valerie to hers” AJ said, grabbing Valerie’s hand.

“Great” said Nick. "Come with me, my lady.” Nick took Allie’s hand and led Allie upstairs with AJ and Valerie trailing behind.

¤ Chapter 12: Bed Time ¤
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