Episode III: Obi-Wan
Alanna spooned more cereal into her mouth as she flipped through this month's YM. Just as she slurped down the last spoonful, she heard the loud ringing of the phone. Jumping up, she rushed to the phone hoping it was Sean who'd said he'd call her the next day. Sure enough, when she picked up the receiver, she heard the familiar voice. "Hey, is Alanna there?" "It's me. Sean?" "Hey! So I was wondering if you'd wanna go to that big carnival thing with me and a friend of mine?", Sean inquired hopefully. "Oh yeah, I wanted to go to that. I'd love to go with you Sean!", Alanna replied hoping she might get to meet some more 5ive members if that was the friend he was referring to.
"Great. I'll pick you up at like 7, alright? See ya then." "Sure. Bye," she said hanging up the phone. She screamed in excitement and ran up the stairs to pick out an outfit. She needed to look her best to impress that hunk Sean. Angelica dropped herself lazily on the couch, pointing the remote at the TV. She curled up to watch, just as the phone rang. She waited for Yelena to answer it, and rose when she heard her roommate call her name. "Who is it?", she yelled back."Your boyfriend!", Yelena responded teasingly. Angelica rolled her eyes disapprovingly as she grabbed the phone from Yelena. "Hey, Scooter, what's up?" Yelena rolled her eyes back at her friend and fluttered her eyelashes as she listened to Angelica's rapid change in her tone of voice. "You are such a dork," she whispered and left the room. "Hey, busy today?", Scott asked Angelica. "Well, I kinda had plans with Yelena…why?" "Oh, well I was just wondering if you wanted to go to this carnival thing with me, but if you're busy it's ok."
"Well, Yelena and I were actually gonna go to the carnival, so if you wanna come with us it's cool." Angelica felt slightly guilty inviting Scott along, but those sentiments passed quickly at Scott's next words. "Is it OK if I bring a friend, too, then?" He continued jokingly, "It could be sort of a double date." Angelica chuckled and said, "Sure, sounds like fun. Who's your friend?" "My friend, Abs, he's in the band, too. All the guys are planning on going to the carnival, and they all have like 'dates' or something, except Abs and I. So I figured I'd call you and we'd just all hang out or something." "Yeah, that's cool…so when should we meet you there?" "In an hour? Is that good? By the bumper cars…""Yup, so see ya then!" "Yeah, later…" "Later!" Angelica hung up the phone and ran into Yelena's room. "Get dressed! We're going to the carnival in an hour!" "What? I thought we weren't gonna go till later?" "Um, no, we're meeting Scott and his friend there in an hour." "Oh, well ok, then…", Yelena said sarcastically. "Come on, it'll be fun." "Weren't you and I gonna have a girls only day?" "Yeah…but we meant without Mark and Tom, and Scott and his HOT friend are not Mark and Tom." "Hot, you say?" "Um….yeah, I'm sure he is. He looks pretty hot in the videos…" "In the videos…which one is he?" "The one that raps I think…" "Fine, if I remember correctly, he is hot…ok, let's get ready." Yelena smiled and began rummaging through her closet.
"Y'know what…we told Mark and Tom we were having a girls only day…it's a good thing they aren't home." "Yeah, really." Just as Yelena spoke, they heard the front door open. "Oh, shit, Lena, they're home! They're gonna wanna come to the carnival with us." "So, we just won't tell 'em where we're going. Since we're meeting the guys there, it's not a problem." Mark's head popped in the doorway. "What's not a problem?" Angelica threw a pillow at Mark, and said, "My hair." Mark ducked and stared at her quizzically. "Whatever, sistah." He formed the letter "W" with his fingers. "Go away, Mark," Angelica replied, throwing a shoe at his head. She hit him square on the nose, right as Tom tossed the pillow back at her. "You two are bad liars…", Tom said, shaking his head. "Liars, Tom? And where did you two go this morning?" "For your information, we went food shopping. Something YOU have been neglecting lately. We DO have to eat, Gel." "Why is food shopping MY job?", Angelica asked mock-angrily. "Because, Miss Picky, you always have to get EXACTLY what YOU want, and you throw a fit if some one else buys the wrong thing, that's why." Tom threw the shoe that had hit Mark at her. "Well, I am gonna throw a fit if you bought a bunch of junk food again, Tom." Angelica stood and pushed the two guys out of the room. "Why don't you go unpack the groceries and let us get dressed." "Why," Mark hassled. "Where are you two going?" "To the carnival, we're bored." "Can we come?", Mark asked as he pushed the door open and stepped back into the room. "No!", both girls rejoined simultaneously. "Why not?", he whined.
"We already told you, it's a girls only day," Yelena said, pushing Mark out of the room again. "Does that mean Tom gets to go?", Mark asked, forcing Tom in between himself and the door. Everyone except Tom laughed at Marks anecdote about Tom's sexual preference. Then the girls leaned against the door, closing the guys out. Mark turned to Tom, and said matter of factly, "She's going on a date. We're following her." "You are such an idiot, Mark. Who cares if she's going on a date? Leave her alone!" "No, Tom, I have to know who HE is." "Why, so you can see how much better than you he is?" "Ouch, that really hurt, Tom." Mark punched Tom and walked past him to the kichen. Sunny rummaged through her closet looking for the perfect outfit. Her blue carpeted floor was already covered with various skirts and shirts that'd been rejected. She needed to look awesome today. Richie was coming in less than an hour and she was far from ready. She finally settled on a pink sundress, which complemented her fair skin. Sunny spent the next hour applying makeup and trying out different hair-styles until she knew she looked great. Outside her window, she heard a car pull up. Looking outside, she saw the bright blond running up towards the house. She took one last look in the mirror and ran down the stairs. Just as Richie put his finger to the door bell, Sunny threw the door open with excitement. "Hey!" she said happily. "Hey Sunny. You sure look great tonight," he complimented with a huge grin on his face. "Why thank you. You look pretty good yourself." Sunny replied as Richie took her hand and led her towards the car. In the back seat, she could see a pretty girl sitting beside a dark haired man who waved at her as she sat down. They were all introduced to each other and continued on their way to the carnival.
Angelica and Yelena surveyed the scene before them as they walked to the edge of the fair grounds. There were bright tents and numerous vendors and games all around. There were people everywhere, eating, yelling, laughing, and generally just having a good time. "Scott said to meet them at the bumper cars," Angelica said, stopping to look around for a sign as to where the bumper cars could possibly be. "Well, let's go look for the bumper cars then." Yelena began walking into the bustle of the carnival. A few minutes later the girls found the bumper cars, but no guys. "We're early, now we're gonna look like losers." Angelica stared at her watch. "Oh relax, loser. They're not gonna care that we're early." "Yeah, well I do care, I like being fashionably late." "Well, it doesn't matter anymore, cuz here they come." Yelena pointed to her left. "Don't point!", Angelica exclaimed, seizing her friend's hand. "Oh my god, you loser. You're really in-love with Scott, aren't you? Calm down." "Just stop pointing, OK?" Yelena squinted at the approaching guys. "Y'know, Scott's friend really looks familiar…there's just something about him…" "It's probably because you've seen him in their videos. Where else would you have seen him?" Suddenly Abs began pantomiming scratching turn tables, and Yelena jumped. "Oh my god! He's the DJ, he's my DJ! Oh my god, what am I gonna do, I look like crap today!" Angelica turned Yelena around towards her.
"You look fine…how do you know he's your DJ? You've never seen him up close.""I just know, OK." "Whatever…well, you can ask him yourself right now," Angelica said, waving to Scott. "No way, there is no way I'm asking him. Will you later?" "Why do I always have to do everything?" "Because I'm shy, and you're not afraid to do anything and you don't get embarrassed." Yelena looked at her best friend pleadingly. "Fine, I will later." She smiled broadly as Scott greeted them with a huge grin. "Hello, ladies. This is Abs. Abs this is Angelica and Yelena. Gel, Abs is dying to hear your stuff. Are you gonna be in the studio again soon?" Angelica beamed as Scott touched her hand. "We just have finishing touches to do, but he could have a private exhibition if he likes," she said, holding Scott's hand and looking deep into his blue eyes, a coy smile dancing across her lips.Without shifting his gaze he asked Abs, "Would you be interested, Abs?" "Yeah, definitely," Abs answered, regarding Scott and Angelica with an eyebrow raised quizzically. An awkward silence ensued while the four young people all stared at each other. Abs decided to break the silence by saying, "Does anyone wanna do the bumper cars?" Yelena looked to Angelica, who was still having a moment with Scott, and then responded to Abs. "I'll go on the bumper cars." She elbowed Angelica who jerked and then quickly agreed. They all moved to stand in line. "Angelica, have I seen you somewhere before?", Abs asked. "I don't think so, why?""Oh, you just look really familiar, that's all." "Hmmm, I don't think we've ever met before…" "No, I don't think we've met before, you just look really familiar. Have you ever been to the Groove Spot?""Yeah, I go there all the time." "Really?! I think that's where I know you from! You're there every Saturday aren't you?""Yeah, it's like our favorite club." "I knew I'd seen you somewhere before." "Wow, I can't believe you recognized me," Angelica said, shaking her head in disbelief.
She noticed Yelena standing silently behind her, and then felt suddenly culpable. "Um, so are you at the G-Spot every weekend, too?" Abs laughed jovially. "The G-Spot?! That's hilarious! Yeah, I DJ there every Saturday." "Oh, yeah, I guess you do kinda look familiar then…I mean without the hats and goggles and stuff." "Well, I'd rather not be recognized in public, y'know, so I wear that little getup." Scott and Abs both stepped back, extending their arms, as they entered the bumper car ring. "Ladies first," Scott said with a dashing grin, showing his crooked tooth. 'Aww, what cute teeth,' Angelica thought to herself. She and Yelena preceeded the guys into the bumper cars and exchanged excited glances. They waited patiently for the cars to start and cheered as the corny circus music began blaring through the speakers. Suddenly the cars lurched and Yelena drove head on into Abs' car. Everyone laughed and yelled elatedly as they drove around, bashing into each other's cars. "I wanna go on the ferris wheel," Alanna announced upon entering the carnival. "I'm not much for ferris wheels, " Sunny replied looking down at her feet in embarrasment. "I have this problem with heights..." Richie put his arm around Sunny, comforting her. "Don't worry. We don't have to go with them. How about we just meet you guys back here later? At like...10?" he asked the other two. "Fine with me, "retorted Sean taking Alanna's hand as they walked away towards the ferris wheel. The pair sat down comfortably in a red car, chatting about the beautiful sky that night. As the ride began to move, Alanna felt Sean's hand moving up her leg and suddenly remembered a very familiar scene in the movie "Fear"... The bumper cars slowly drew to a stop, as did the circus music. The four young people exited the ring, laughing riotously. "Dude! I love bumper cars!", Angelica exclaimed. "Me, too!", Scott agreed, grabbing her around the waist. Angelica yelped and punched him playfully in the stomach.
"Oh, you're gonna get it!" Scott glared at her menacingly and ran after her as she booked across the grass. Abs and Yelena stood laughing, not entirely comfortably. Halfway across the field, Scott caught up with Angelica and tackled her. Angelica wriggled underneath him, laughing. Scott flipped her over onto her back and pinned her arms down on the ground. Angelica stopped laughing, breathing hard. Scott's eyes criss-crossed all over her face, inspecting every detail, but always returning to stare intensely into her eyes. She closed her eyes as Scott leaned in to kiss her. At first the kiss was light, and then it deepened. Scott unpinned her arms and she reached up to wrap them around his neck. On the other side of the carnival, Sunny and Richie had been taking a stroll. Suddenly Sunny grabbed Richie's hand and shrieked, "A psychic!" She proceeded to drag Richie towards the brightly colored tent before them. "You really wanna see a psychic?" Richie asked in surprise. "I love this stuff! I've always wanted to see a psychic. But..."she paused stopping in her tracks. "If you don't want to..." With one look at the face Sunny was making, Richie knew he couldn't refuse her. "Let's go..." he replied and she smiled and continued leading him towards the tent. Alana was breathless as they got off the ferris wheel. She was quiet as they began to walk through the carnival, looking for something that attracted them. Sean stopped as he spotted Richie and Sunny near a bright tent. "Richie!", he yelled, trying to attract his friend's attention. The two turned at the loud scream. Sean and Alana ran over to them with amused looks on their faces. "A psychic?", Sean asked snickering. "Sunny wanted to go," he replied as he noticed that Sunny was turning red. "I mean, we wanted to go." "Maybe we'll join you, "Sean replied. "I'm always up for a laugh." The four entered the tent to see a strange looking woman sitting at a table. She had large, curly hair and a wild dress on.
"Enter," she said, motioning to them. "I am Madame Tabitha" The woman examined each face carefully as they sat down in the makeshift plastic chairs set before her table. "So," she began. "You wish to travel into the world of the paranormal?""Umm...I just wanted to know my fortune..."Sunny replied. "Fine," Tabitha said with a tired look on her aging face. "You may enter one by one to receive your fortunes." With that, the woman proceeded to walk behind a silk, purple curtain at the back of the tent. Sunny looked around at the other three. "I guess I'll go first?", she asked. The others shrugged and motioned for her to go ahead. "Welcome child. And what is your name?", asked the woman as soon as Sunny had settled into one of the chairs in the back tent. "I'm Sunny...", she said quietly, looking around at the brightly decorated room. "Yes...Sunny..I see...a person in your life...they are not who they seem...", Madame Tabitha predicted. Sunny began to think about the fortune. Her mind came straight to Richie. Could he be not what he seems? Who else could it be? "You must beware Sunny..."the psychic continued, looking straight into Sunny's worried eyes. "That is all...I see no more...Send in another friend." Sunny rose and thanked the woman. She walked slowly out of the curtain and mumbled to Richie that it was his turn. "Is something wrong?" he asked. "What'd she tell you?" "Nothing...it's your turn...", Sunny replied looking quietly at her feet. Confused, Richie proceeded to walk behind the curtain. "And what is your name?", asked Tabitha as Richie entered. "I'm Richie. How much is this gonna cost?", Richie questioned suspiciously. "This is not about money. It is about expanding our minds...", Tabitha replied. "Five dollars." The young man reached into his pocket and handed her the money. "So, what's gonna happen?" "Patience child. I must think...", Tabitha began. "Yes...I see...a wine glass...You must stay away from the wine glass...It will cause many problems..." "The wine glass?" Richie asked. "Sure..I'll avoid the wine glass....You've been a great help..." He was quite amused by this prediction and quietly chuckled as he walked back through the curtain. "Your turn Sean," he said, sitting down beside Sunny.
Sean walked into the back tent and sat down in one of the provided chairs. "I'm Sean," he said to the seated woman. "Yes, I know. There is much in your future," Tabitha spoke. "You are entering a new road in your life...But there are many temptations keeping you from it. Beware of these." "Sure thing...", Sean replied walking out. As he entered the main tent, he motioned to Alana that it was her turn. "The woman's crazy...", he whispered as she walked in. "And who are you?", Tabitha asked the attractive girl entering her tent. "I'm Alana." "You have trouble in your future Alana. I see...little squirrels…", Tabitha began. "Squirrels??", Alana questioned. "Yes...little squirrels...They are trying to rob the blind folded squirrel of its nuts...That is all...", she finished. "What the hell? This is such crap!", Alana replied as she stormed out of the tent. "You okay?", asked Sean. "Yeah...Stupid psychic just told me some crap about squirrels. Lets go," Alana explained. The four left the tent, deciding that is was time to go home. Back on the other side of the field, Abs and Yelena were buying cotton candy and discussing various subjects like Abs' DJ-ing and Yelena's dancing. "I'd love to see you all dance sometime," Abs said. "I guess that could be arranged," Yelena responded shyly. She quickly changed the subject, uncomfortable with talking about herself. "So, do you think Scott likes Angelica?" "Scott? I dunno. He has a really serious girlfriend, so it doesn't matter if he does." Abs hadn't seen the full performance across the field, which Yelena had. "Scott has a girlfriend?!", Yelena declared incredulously. "Yeah, you didn't know? Actually I'm surprised he's not here with her today." "No, I didn't know, and neither does Gel." "Does she really like Scott or something?" Abs suddenly grew serious. Yelena attempted to cover her slip. "Oh, well, I don't know…it's just that Scott flirts with her really bad and I thought maybe he had a crush on her or something." "Oh, well, I don't really know. He hasn't said anything…besides, he's totally against cheating, and he and his girlfriend are really serious." "Well, that's good I guess," Yelena said, attempting to finalize the conversation. She abruptly appreciated that it was far more comfortable to talk about herself than it was to discuss Scott's sudden cheating on his 'really serious girlfriend'.
She and Abs reverted back to their previous discussion about her. Yelena relaxed as she found it really easy to talk to Abs. They clicked, and this made her incredibly happy. They ambled their way through the fair grounds, stopping to play various games. At practically every game they played Yelena lost, and Abs won her a stuffed animal or something. They both carried four stuffed toys, including an Obi-Wan doll, and Yelena was wearing a ridiculous plastic crown. "Woah, wait! There's Scott and Gel." Yelena grabbed Abs' hand and led him over to a psychic's tent. Unbeknownst to Yelena, Mark and Tom leaped out from behind a hot dog vendor, spying. "Oh man, no! They're gonna go in a dark tent and who knows what's gonna happen!" "Mark, shut up before she hears you." Tom pulled Mark back behind a tent. "Dude, he won her all that crap, I mean I haven't won a single thing all day." Mark turned to look into the tent they were hiding behind. "Check out all those balls, Tom!", he said amazedly. "Yeah, Mark, it looks like a party in your mom's mouth!" Mark kicked Tom and responded with, "Yeah, whatever, it looks like a party in your mouth. Come on we gotta get a better look inside that tent." "We can't without her seeing us." "I have an idea. Now don't get the wrong idea about this Tom, but it's the only thing I can think of." He dragged Tom over to the entrance of the tent. They peeked in and suddenly someone walked out. Mark grabbed Tom and pretended to make out with him. "Oh my god Mark!", Tom yelled, pushing Mark away from him. "What are you doing?! Like that's not gonna attract attention!""What?! I panicked!" "Whatever, Mark. Let's get out of here." Tom turned to leave. "Look, they'll probably be home in a while, and you can try to get something out of her and see if she lied this morning, or if maybe she met this guy here." "I already know she lied this morning…why is she doing this to me?!" "Stop whining, Mark. Why don't you just tell her how you feel?" "Well…fine, maybe I will. Yeah, I will, I'll do it tonight!" "That's it, Mark, stand up for your manhood!" "Ewww, Tom, that's just raw. Do not ever speak of my manhood to me again." The two stalkers turned to leave the carnival.
Mark stole one last look at the psychic's tent. 'I wonder what that psychic is telling her right now…' "You know, I've always wanted to see a psychic," Yelena started as the group walked into the tent. "They always have them on the soaps me and Gel watch." "Yeah, me too, "agreed Abs. "Welcome my friends. Please enter. Soon you will be enlightened to the spirits of the future," spoke the psychic, as the four sat down before her. "I am Tabitha." "Hey there. So is this gonna be expensive?", asked Angelica. "Fret not child. I have a feeling that you will soon have no money worries. Now please, follow me," replied Tabitha, walking behind the curtain to the back of the tent. Angelica followed her, glancing back to her friends before disappearing into the curtain. "Now...I see something wonderful in your future. Something you've always dreamed of...Yes...I also see something even better in your life that has already happened. Something to do with timeless love...but you must be careful. There are evil spirits about...That is all. Send in another friend," Tabitha ended, motioning towards the curtain. Angelica walked back to her friends pondering the fortune. As Angelica entered, Scott rose and smiled at her kindly. "My turn?", he asked. She looked at him in a new way, as if seeing again for the very first time. "Uhh...yeah...", she finally said, coming out of her daze. She couldn't stop thinking about the psychic's prediction. "Welcome friend. Sit sit," Tabitha said as Scott entered. "I see much in your future." "Cool. "What's gonna happen?" he asked. "Amazing....I see a soul mate for you...but there is someone who will try to stop it....someone from your past...You must beware Scott..."she predicted. "A soul mate? Wow," Scott replied, his mind drifting to Angelica. "Wait, how'd you know my name?" "What, you think I don’t watch TV?", Tabitha asked smiling. Scott smiled back and returned to his friends. "Go ahead Abs." Abs entered the tent, looking around at the extravagantly decorated room. "I'm Abs," he said.
"Yes...sit. I have much to tell you. I see a relationship beginning...someone who has admired you from afar. She has seen you many times...at a place you go often...I see...dancing...yes...", Tabitha finished. "Thanks, "Abs said, handing the psychic a five dollar bill and walking out to the tent. He began to think about the prediction. Dancing? Maybe the pyshic had meant the Groove Spot. He remembered a girl who'd been flirting with him last week. Could it be her? Then his mind came to someone else. He remembered Angelica saying she'd seen him at the club many times before.... As Abs returned from the psychic, Yelena got up and walked past him through the curtain. "Hi there, " she said greeting Tabitha. "Welcome. I see...some trouble in your future if you don't stop it,"Tabitha began. "There is a relationship oppurtunity...but you must work hard for it. There is a force nearby who is stopping you from getting what you deserve." "What should I do?", Yelena asked worriedly. "That...I cannot say...but please heed my advice," the psychic finished. "Some advice...", Yelena thought exiting the tent. "Didn't even tell me what to do." The girl glanced at her watch, growing peeved. She redid her bun and sat down to wait. Her two other workers had gone home for the day. She stayed to wait until her last client showed up. Technically the shoppe wasn't supposed to close for another 15 minutes, but the appointment had been for 45 minutes ago. Just then she heard the door open. She looked up to see a man walk in, breathless. "I'm so sorry I'm late," he said between breaths. "I got stuck in traffic, so parked a few blocks from here and ran the rest of the way." "It's alright. We don't close for 15 minutes anyway." The masseuse smiled and thought to herself, 'I'll let it slide cuz he's just Grade A top choice meat…'"Do we still have time for my full-body massage?" "Oh, yeah, we'll take our time.
You can grab a towel and change in that room there," the masseuse said, motioning to her right. The man entered the room and closed the door behind him, but not all the way. The masseuse angled herself so she could see in the crack. She watched as he undressed, a smile slowly spreading across her face. Lost in a fantasy world, she didn't notice as he opened the door, shocked to see her staring right at him. "Are you ready?", she asked quickly to cover up. "Yeah, I'm ready," the man replied. "Um, I'm J, what's your name?" "Oh, I'm sorry, I'm Katie." Katie reached out to shake J's hand. She pulled him over to the massage counter. He climbed up on it and closed his eyes, relaxing. "So how long have you been a masseuse?", he asked as her hands moved up and down his back. He lay calmly, conversing softly with Katie. Her practiced hands kneaded, prodded, pushed, pulled, and beat his body until the tension was fully released. "You should probably come in here more often since you seem to be so active. A weekly massage is the best thing for you." Katie chopped her hands up and down J's spine. "Well, maybe I will start getting a weekly massage.
I mean if it's so good for you and my masseuse is as attractive as you…" He looked up at Katie and smiled, giving her Nick-Rabajda-eyes. Katie returned the sensual gaze and spread hot oil across J's muscular body. J tuned over, and grasped her by the shoulders. He pulled her down on top of him and kissed her passionately with raw animosity. Katie, caught up in the moment, began ripping off her clothes and giving into her animal desires. She threw J down on the floor and he pulled her roughly down with him. She scraped her nails across his back and with brute force, moved him up against the wall…