Saturday, February 25, 2006

AEGFF, Chapter 26!!!!
Well, here's chapter 26 of this installation of fanfiction. I hope you guys like it. I tried to be humorous, but I also introduced another problem; Tera is... well, read on. lopple

Chapter 26

Once the streaks were in, Tera sped off -after removing the pebbles from her feet and replacing her shoes and socks, of course- and headed for the optometrist. She was just in time; they’d been about to remove her appointment. The doctor smiled and off to his office she went, ready for the exams. The doctor told her to remove her contacts, and she did easily, squinting slightly afterward; everything had become so blurry she almost wondered if she could see anything.

“Now Tera, look at the board. Tell me what you see.” The doctor said, apparently pointing at the board at the other end of the room. She squinted, and even moved forward in the chair, but could see nothing. Knowing this was bad, she tried to lie.

“Um… I N S A N E?” Tera guessed, trying to look innocent. The doctor told her not to make fun of him, and to tell him what she saw. Unfortunately for her, she couldn’t see anything. Which was what she told the doctor. Eventually, he brought the big eye contraption; y’know, the one that has all the lenses and adjusts so you can see? Well, he tried it, but it took a few minutes before he found anything.

“Tera, your vision has gotten so bad, you can no longer wear contact lenses… without further damaging your eyes. You need a new prescription set of glasses.” The doctor said, silencing her when she tried to object, “you’re legally blind without your glasses… pretty soon, you’ll be legally blind period, if you don’t find some way to fix your vision. Have a good day, Miss Aoki.” Then, the doctor ushered her out of his office, where she stumbled through the hallway and ended up ramming into the front desk.

“So, you need glasses now, huh?” The receptionist said, looking down at her long-time client, “well, let’s go find you some.” Tera ended up trying on many; pink tinted star shaped glasses, gigantic, circular glasses, even a set of horn rimmed glasses with a chain at the back so they couldn’t be lost. Eventually, however, Tera found a pair she liked; they were dark blue in color, and sort of rectangular. The receptionist said it was a good choice, and went to fix Tera up.

“That’ll be $250; your prescription was hard to fulfill.” The receptionist said, thanking Tera when she reluctantly handed over the money. Then, she was off for her dorm again, glad to finally get home so she could sleep. Unfortunately, she was ambushed at the door by her good “friend” Joyce. After a few moments, Tera was stuck in a dress, covered in make-up, and was no longer wearing her spiked bracers. Joyce grinned with pride, oblivious to Tera’s angry stares.

“You look beautiful, Tera.” Joyce smiled, “if you were another lesbian, I’d totally date you.” Tera just blinked, not really sure of how to react. Eventually, she decided that was weird, so she removed the ponytail of her once waist-long hair, and began chasing her friend around the room with it, trying to whip her with it.

“I swear, if I survive this date, I’ll kill you!” Tera shouted, chasing her buddy around the dorm. However, the chase eventually ended when Joyce locked herself in the bathroom. Tera had run into the door, and decided to nap on her bed; she couldn’t sleep face down like usual, as she didn’t want to get make-up all over her freshly cleaned sheets… and stuffed animals.

***

Max sighed, sitting in a beanbag chair as he watched ESPN for the news on the X Games. There was still an hour before Tera’s date; if the judges would just find some proof, he could bail her out. He’d practically sat there all day. Out of boredom, Roxanne had joined him so that they’d at least be spending time together. They were both Tera’s friends, and knew how much of a scumbag Chad was. If anything, they’d just come and kidnap her from the date themselves.

“Okay, so if they didn’t cheat to win,” Max began, “let’s try to sneak in through the back and nab her.” Roxanne nodded, adding her own two cents during the commercial break. However, it was a while before anything interesting happened. About an hour later, they finally got word. The news anchor had spotted something.

“Chad of the Gammas seems to have thrown an open bottle of grease across the slope after him, explaining the painful crash that Robert Zimmeruski endured during the Snow Triathlon!” The announcer grinned, Max and Roxanne cheering, “by default, Team 99, or “The Goof Troop” as they’ve called themselves, have won!” The two cheered, and Max pulled on his usual hoodie. This meant that Tera was free from the date! Unfortunately… she’d probably already left.

“Max, you go to the restaurant she’s at,” Roxanne said, “I’ll try to call her and tell her, okay?” Max nodded, and he was out the door, Roxanne grinning when he shut it. She’d pulled out her phone as he was leaving, but slid it back into her pocket. It’d probably make Tera feel better if Max delivered the news himself.

Has Roxanne's job become obvious yet? If not, contact me over MSN, okies? Thanks muchly for reading, so don't forget to review!
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