25 July 2012
**FYI: this is a longer chapter. Just warnin ya **
I glanced over, surprised. "what the hell.." i could hear jonah mutter. "Oh, hi Leia. If it was someone i didnt know i was gonna tape their faces together." I rubbed my cheek unconsiously as Jonah uttered a chuckle. "So Claire," Jonah looked at her. "You fish?" "Uh huh," she nodded. "Here, there are some huge fish thatll win you that contest for sure!" As Claire showed me how to hook a minnow as bait, Jonah sat on the rocks, casting his pole. I sat next to him, and Claire sat on my right so I was in the middle. "Arent you dating that guy?" Jonah asks. "Hes in band with me." Claire blushed. "What?! No! What are you talking about?!" She fought back a smile. "Besides," she sighed. "Im not allowed to date until i can drive. But thats only in a few months!" He laughed. "Well, I think he likes you. He mentions you a lot." She blushed. "Awe." she looked at us. "So, are you two-" "Yepper." "I see." I laughed. "Its a long story, but it was kinda like we met and just automatically were attracted to each other." "How cute!" Claire cooed, tucking the pole between her legs so she could tie her hair up in a ponytail. Her blue eyes reflected my face as she pulled me closer to her and whispered, "Hes a catch!" I laughed. "Yes, yes he is." Jonah lept up, saying, "Oh look! I got one, I got one!" "And it looks like he just got a catch," I reply sarcastically. Jonah pulled up a large fish, but I dont remember what it was. He laughed. "Its so heavy." His eyes met mine and I smiled. Im not sure if I mentioned it before, but his eyes are really green. I think they change color occasionally, but I really really like the green. He pulled me into an embrace. "Beat that." he whispered in my ear. I pulled away, laughing. "Your on!" "5 minutes! Called the announcer. "oh man," I said. "Claire, did you sign up?" i sat back down after sitting down. "Nah," she replied, baiting her hook. "That stupid Richard kid always wins anyways." "Richard?" i find myself asking. "Ugh," Jonah spat. "Hes a snotty, stuck up rich kid who holds nasty grudges if things dont go his way." "Especially with fishing," Claire finished. "Never mess with him fishing." "Geez," I say, then felt a tug on my line. "Hey, I have a bite!" I reeled in a huge carp, bigger then ive ever seen. Jonah whistled. "Thats a big fish." I laughed." well, five minutes are over. Claire, you wanna come?" "Sure, why not?" -- I bet you noticed that I didnt say anything at the beggining of this chapter. No? I was just checking. Well, Claire didnt even come close to me. I think she came in just to see the antique shop. I loved going in there. I had a whole room decorated with them. -- When we got back, they were weighing and measuring the fish. "Jonah and Leia Wynd?" "You messed up my last name on accident!" I laughed. "It wasnt an accident,"he mumbled. I didnt say anything in reply to the remark, i just stepped up to the contest regulator. "Jonah, you first." his ended up being 16 inches long. "Are we weighing them?" Jonah asked. "No, thats for a different contest later," the regulator told him. "I see." "Okay Leia," the regulator said, taking the fish from my hands. "... 32.5 inches." he laughed. "Well done." I smiled. "Thanks!" "Its now time to announce the results! In third place, with 24 inches... Kate Laslow! In second, with 29 1/2 inches...... Adam Carlson! And in first, with 32 inches, Richard Huson!" Richard pranced up, grabbing the largest trophy and check. "I am the wiiinnnnneeerrr!" he yelled. "Beat that, losers!" "Wait!" the regulator yelped. "Grand prize is Leia Wynd with 32.5 inches!! Congrats Leia!!!" Jonah pushed up front as the crowd clapped and cheered. The regulator wrenched the trophy and check from Richards hands as he argued and handed them to me. I glanced nervously at Richard. "I have NEVER lost a fishing competition. You will regret EVER joining the contest!!" he hissed. "umm," I hum nervously. "You can have the trophy?" He shuddered. "You TOUCHED it." he stormed of before i could reply. "Bitch," i hissed in his direction. The third place girl looked my way. "Hey!" she yelled defiantly. "No, not you... Ah forget it!" I went back to Jonah and Claire. "Man, you got him MIFFED OFF." "he did seem super pissed," Jonah contributed. "Ummm, not helping!" i shot back. "Jonah, didnt you say that he holds super nasty grudges over people that wrong him?" "Yeah.." he sighed. "wait," Claire piped up. "Technically you didnt wrong him, you won fair and square..." I laughed. "okay, Claire. I wont worry about him."
After wed said goodbye to Claire, Jonah walked me back home. "You sure you dont need a ride, Jonah?" He nodded. "Ive got to do some arrands in the neighborhood, my moms gonna meet me over at the farmers market." "I can go with," I offered. "Im fine." "Alright," I sighed. He hugged me and kissed my cheek. "See you around then." "See yuh," he said, smiling. I shut the door behind him and walked into the living room, plopping myself on the chaise. "Hey, hun," my dad greeted me. "Hi Daddy!" "Anything happen while you two were out?" he said, gesturing towards my check and trophy. "Oh, not much, won a fishing contest." His eyes widened. "You beat that Richard kid??" I nodded. "Wow, great job Honey!" I laughed, "Thanks Dad. Im gonna go get changed." "Dinner in 30?" "Kay," I replied over my shoulder. -- I think Ive worked it out, how Ill do this. Im going to print a copy for each person who is involved largly in my death. Take it, put on their bed..... And if it doesnt get to the cops, Ill take on there too. -- Claire called as soon as I got to my room. "Hey!" she said. "Oh, hi." She groaned. "Your upset over Richard, arent you?" "Im really worried," I reply. "What if he like, sends a hitman or a burglar to my house or something??" She sighed. "Okay, heres what you gotta do. He loves when people suck up to him to earn his respect. Make him a fish dinner- he loves fish. Make plans to go to his house, and just talk about how great he is at fishing." "Ill probably have to talk to Jonah about it first...." "Yeah, of course!" she exclaimed. "It happened to me once. All he does is go on and on and on and on about himself. And then thats it. Here I have his number, you can text him!" "oh thanks!" I say. "I wont enjoy this, but atleast he wont do anything now." "Right. Okay, his numbers 561-908-6753." ***note: i made this number up. If its yours..... *** "Thanks so much Claire!" "No prob! Haha, ill talk to yuh later then!" "Bye," i replied, hitting end. I then proceeded to text Richard about my plans for the dinner, and I texted Jonah to get the okay on it.
**Leias texts will be marked with a - Richards will be marked with a ~**
-Hey! So sorry bout today. ~oh, yeah, its fine. I overreacted. -Yay! Wanna hang out then? ~Tots. What do you suggest? -I can make fish. ~I love fish -LOL, i know. ~My place, Friday, 7:00? -sounds like a plan to me!
I was soo glad that I would finally have Richard out of my life. Hes kind of funny, but I dont know if Id hang out with him like I do Jonah or Claire. I finally got a text back from Jonah, too: Kay, Baby. Hope he gets off your back. Call or text me if your in trouble and ill take my moms car. I smiled at his text and sent back a flirty face. I laid back and my bed and sighed happily.
When Friday rolled around finally, I had made broiled fish with lemon and pepper. It sounded good to me anyways. I pulled up to Richards house, and noticed his parents cars werent there. He probably just didnt want them to embarrass him. I heard that they did that to his first girlfriend and they never went out again after that, so it made sense. I knocked on the door, with the dinner in one hand, hoping i could get through the night. The door opened. "Leia. Hello."
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