Posted by: Admin on Thursday, April 01, 2004 - 02:22 AM
Just so weird...
Part 10
by Sherilynne Amber MacDonald
From Her Diary...
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So I'm wearing a pink denim jumper skort and a white babydoll t-shirt under it and yellow and pink leggings and my nicest sneakers and matching fanny pack, and suddenly I'm cold. It's June in California and that means it isn't summer yet, cause the sun goes behind the clouds and hides all day and if the wind blows it can get pretty cold. Okay, we didn't get that wet on Splash Mountain and besides we ate lunch and mostly dried off, so I shouldn't be cold.
So, I'm thinking of asking Daddy to get my jacket out of his backpack so I can put it on and Gary goes, real snotty like, "Give up?"
I wanted to hit him. He always wins these games he makes up, and I know it's because he is smarter than me, but I'm bigger and I could hit him and he couldn't do anything about it. But mostly he is a good brother and I don't want to get violet like a boy so I don't hit him and instead I just go, "I'm not playing your stupid game, Gary!" Only I guess I said it real mean like.
So he goes, "Yeah? I bet you don't even remember the rules?" Which I don't. Which is something he doesn't usually do, make fun of me for being dumb, which is what I meant by him being a good brother but I guess I made him mad.
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So, now, I'm cold and I'm really annoyed, cause I was trying to figure out if I'm Sam being haunted by Sheri or Sheri being haunted by Sam and we're standing in front of this big creepy house that's supposed to be scary and okay, I'm a bit scared, and Gary is trying to out sass me.
And I wish I knew some teenage girl cusswords cause I'm about to cry and all I know are little boy cusswords and those would sound really stupid. So, I just go, "Since I'm not playing your game, why would I know the rules?" and I'm trying to get mad so I don't cry but now I'm shivering.
I guess I hadn't said but Gary was ahead of me in line and Daddy and Uncle Robert behind us. Ahead of Gary were these two boys, bigger than me. I'd seen them but I didn't really notice them until one of them laughs and I look up.
He's a big guy all right, not as big as Daddy but big. He's got green eyes and a dimple in his chin and this shaggy hair that is sort of red. He smiled at me and I forgot all about what I was going to say to Gary.
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"I'm Dennis," he goes when he saw me looking at him. I think my mouth fell open but I didn't say anything. He had this deep voice and it sounded like he was happy to see me and maybe he was about to laugh. I felt my face turn red.
Gary is all, "Hey! Leave my sister alone!" And Dennis hadn't even done anything.
And I'm like, what do I say to him? Why can't I say anything? And he just laughs at Gary, and points at the guy who's with him and says, "Little brothers. This is mine, Keith." And now Keith is just staring at me, he's got the same green eyes Dennis has but his hair is really red and he's not so big but still big and he's got freckles. And I swear, all of a sudden I needed to go to the bathroom.
Gary goes, "Dad!" And Dad and Uncle Robert look around and I'm still standing there not saying anything.
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Uncle Robert takes my arm and he's all, "You okay, sugar?"
And I nod, cause I'm all right, I just need to go to the bathroom but I still can't talk. I think I made a noise, kinda like a cat, maybe.
Daddy kinda growled and stepped between me and Dennis and I didn't have to look at him anymore and I could suddenly talk, so I go, "Gotta go. Restroom." So I start off and Uncle Robert goes with me.
He's like, "Did he scare you, honey?"
"I dunno. I really got to go?"
He nodded and said he would wait for me so I went into the girls restroom after we found one. It's kind of weird using the girls room, but it would be weirder going in the boys room. So, its a big place and I find a stall, and like right away, I'm crying and I don't even know why. It's not a big cry, just a little one but I swear I felt better after I cried.
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So then I sat there for awhile, I didn't have my panties down or anything, just sitting on the toilet in the stall where no one could see me. And I thought about being scared and being like haunted and why had that guy scared me so.
I don't really think he wanted to hurt me, he just wanted to be friendly, probably because now I'm pretty like Sheri. Okay, now that's a scary thought too.
So then I did use the bathroom and dried things off and put my clothes back together; wearing a jumper skort is kinda cool but you practically have to get undressed to go to the bathroom. So I go out to the mirrors and I look and its pretty obvious that I've been crying and I'm scared. I'm glad I had all that practice last week then cause I pull my makeup out of my fanny pack and fix my face and that's kinda a good thing to do cause now I'm not so scared.
So I go out of the bathroom and Uncle Robert and Daddy and Gary are all there waiting for me. I know my face turned red and I'm like, "What about the Haunted Mansion?"
Gary goes, "We decided not to ride it, too spooky."
I made a face at him and he made one back at me and I had to giggle first.
Note: TG magic transmigration age progression child to teen rated-M
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Re: Sam I Am -10- "Just so weird..."
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by Guest Reader on Apr 01, 2004 - 10:42 AM
Hmmm... did Dennis and Sheri meet in a previous existance perhaps? Or is she scared of guys for some reason? I love the little bits of detail, such as the very last line of this segment. It helps make the story much more real.
The last six words of the last line were added just as I posted this episode by the way. :) Thanks for the comment.
- Erin
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Re: Sam I Am -10- "Just so weird..."
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by Guest Reader on Apr 01, 2004 - 12:03 PM
Ok Erin, now the darkness returns along with some interesting self examination/ speculation.
It's hard to decide on your pacing given the lag between short episodes. I think it works, but I'll bet this would feel somewhat different if read in one sitting.
I try it both ways, Ty. I read it as I write it, all in long pieces, then I divide it into the "pages" then group the pages into postings, testing the pacing as I go, writing more as needed, or cutting a piece and moving it. This may be the most highly crafted story I've ever done.
Thanks for commenting. :)
- Erin
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