Thank-you once again for all the great comments I've recieved on this. I'm
surprised so many of you enjoy this story. This chapter is a shortie and a
fun one.
Disclaimer: I own Kai, Meredith, Keith Wilson(Will) and anybody else that
wasn't in the show. JQ and friends belong to HB and AOL Time Warner.
The Promises We Make
Chapter 4
By Kara
2 weeks later
"I can’t believe your dad is making me go to a school that’s mascot is the
same as one in a cheerleading movie." Kai said as flipped through his new
school, Albert Einstein High School, student handbook, which was filled with
the proper etiquette you should display while attending the Rockport private
high school.
"You saw Bring It On?" Jessie asked, trying not to laugh.
"Yes." Kai said angrily as he rolled his eyes while Jessie started to laugh.
"You know, when I forced Jonny to watch it with me, the first words he said
was, ‘No one dies, not a guy movie.’" Jessie said as she flopped down on the
opposite end of the couch that Kai was laying on. She was trying not to laugh
at him, but was having a hard time. "So, why did you watch it? Some secrete
obsession with being a cheerleader?
"No. The only reason I saw it was because for some reason, every girl in
Hawaii was obsessed with that movie. There, are you happy now?"
Jessie just laughed harder. She then placed the back of her right hand on her
forehead, with her index finger and pinkie sticking up. "Let’s go Toro's!"
she said and then clapped five times.
"Stop that." Kai said as he tried to grab her hand.
"Better get use to it, we take proud in being the Toro's!" She said as she
started the cheer again, but before she could finish the chant, he grabbed
her wrist and playfully hit her on the head with the student handbook. It was
then that he noticed that Jonny was standing there, watching the whole
ordeal.
"I can't believe you just admitted to seeing that movie." Jonny said, as he
stifled his laughter.
"Hey, she just told me you saw it too."
"And all I remember was Kirsten Dunst, girls doing flips in short mini
skirts, the perks to watching it without your girlfriend." Jonny said with
his trademarked lopsided grin.
Jessie then noticed that her captor wasn’t paying attention so she twisted
her arm, and pushed him off the couch.
"Hey!" Kai said as he looked back up to her. He then looked over to Jonny,
"Mind helping me?"
"No way! I’m leaving this one to you, buddy! Just remember, Dad prefers it
when we horse around outside, not inside."
"Chicken." Kai said sarcastically.
"No, Mustangs. At my public high school, we’re the Mustangs, not the
chickens." Jonny said snickering as he walked out of the den, and into the
hallway.
"Why that little..." Kai said, but was interrupted by the sound of Jessie’s
laughter. She then started her chant again, but was quickly silenced when he
stood up and started pulling her off the couch. She then pushed him back down
with her feet, climbed over the back of the couch and started running down
the hallway, nearly knocking Jonny over. She then glanced back, making sure
that Kai was still following her. This wasn’t the first time she had ran
through this hallway backwards, but most of the time it was with Jonny in
close pursuit, not Kai. Then, making sure he was close enough to hear her
without screaming, said: "I said, Brrr... it’s cold in here, must be some Toro
’s in the atmosphere."
"You know, Bannon, that’s pretty pathetic that you know all those cheers!"
Kai said, as he passed Jonny, who was hugging the wall trying not to get
killed.
"Don’t you worry, you’ll know them in no time too!" she said as she made a
sharp turn into the main living room. The room, which was painted in a light
ocean blue, was spacious, and had two couches, two recliners, a large coffee
table, a TV and a huge bay window that overlooked the property and the ocean.
The living room was also like a huge fork in the road, if you stood in the
center of the room, you had the option of going left, which led outside to
the patio, straight which went into the kitchen, or right, which was the main
hallway of the compound. Jessie kept going straight from the hallway, dodging
the couch, and made her way to the patio door. She then opened it and ran
out, closing the door in hopes of slowing down her predator.
When Kai made it to the living room, he saw her run outside, he then made it
to the door, and grab onto it before it closed and flung it opened. He
followed her on the patio and down the three steps that led to the grassy
area. He noticed that she was slowing down, but he wasn’t sure whether she
was getting tired, or wanting him to catch her. He then caught up to her, and
tried to knock her down, only to follow her to the ground.
Jessie laughed. "You caught me Cheer Boy!"
"Hey!" He said, only this time he laughed.
"Don’t worry about Albert Einstein High, you’ll fit in, to an extent." She
said giving him a playful punch. She then stood up, and reached her hand out
to his, helping him stand up.
"What does that mean?"
"Nothing, nothing at all."
They then walked back to the main house. "You know, I’ve been wondering this
since I got here. Why do you go a private high school and Jonny goes to a
public high school?"
"Well..." She started, "I go to a private one because they don’t look down
upon you missing half the school year as much as the public schools do. Their
philosophy is that it’s your money. Since I spend a fourth of the school year
with my mom, and I travel just about another fourth of the year, and they are
willing to work with us on my assignments. Another reason is because they are
willing to work with my private tutor I have when I’m with my mom on her
archeology digs."
"I see. So what about Jonny? Why doesn’t he go to a private school?"
"Well, as my dad says, the only reason is to separate us. When Jonny and I
were younger, we were like twins, always together, and always causing
trouble. The one year that I went to Rockport Middle School, Jonny and I
caused more trouble than anyone else in the history of the 75 year old
school." Jessie said with a grin. "Besides, Jonny only travels about a fourth
of the year, and it helps that Dr. Quest is on the school board."
"Ah, the power of having connections. So that answers the question of why you
go to a private school, and why Jonny goes to a public school, now why do I
have to go to a private school?" Kai asked as he climbed the three stairs.
"To keep me company." Jessie said with a grin. "If your lucky, Dad might let
you go to a public college, since Hadji’s going to a private college."
"Hadji. I’m guessing he’s the one last person I have yet to meet." Kai asked
as he pulled himself onto the wooden banister of the deck.
"You’ll love Hadji. Not only is he the Sultan of Bangalore, he’s also a
yogi."
"A yogi, as in hey BooBoo?" Kai asked as he did his best Yogi Bear
impression.
"No, silly. As in, yoga."
"That’s a relief. I wasn’t sure if I could handle living with Yogi Bear."
Jessie laughed. "You know, you really should find a better place to stick you
head then in the gutters." Jessie said giving him a playful punch on his left
arm. She then took his hands and pulled him off the banister. "Come on, lets
go back inside."
"So when do I get to meet this yogi?" Kai said, following her inside.
"He should be home sometime late tonight."
"Good. That gives me plenty of time to hide my picnic baskets."
To be continued... (gee whiz, that is very Back to the Future Cliche.)
*~Kara~*
Snowbunny Princess
"I gotta tell you your Questworld Navigator is about as useful as snow in
hell. Next time we go driving in the jungle, we're getting ourselves a real
map."
Race Bannon from "Attack from Within"--an unproduced episode script