Sick Cycle Carousel

Girls and Boys

Chapter 28: Girls and Boys

It was the second day of the field trip and Dick awoke to hear some one typing. Dick rolled over in his bed and opened his eyes, reaching out to the dresser and picking up his sunglasses. He put the black shades on his face and looked to where the sound was coming from.

Xavier was wide awake and was siting on the small couch in the room. In front of him was a black lap top. He seemed to be concentrating on what ever it was he was working on. Although Dick could care less he was still curious.

"What are doing up so early?" Dick asked as he stood up and looked at the clock on the wall. It was almost nine am.

"Business." was all Xavier said.

Dick said nothing in reply and walked into the bath room to take a shower. About a half an hour later he returned and was dressed. Xavier seemed to be done with what ever he was doing and was putting his lap top away. There was a knock on the door and Dick went to go see who it was. When he opened the door he smiled at who he saw.

"Hey, Kori."

"Good morning, Dick," Kori said warmly with a wide smile. She tilted her head to the side. "Morning, Xavier."

"Hey, cutie," Xavier said as he walked over to the door, giving Dick a push out the way. "What are you doing here?"

"I wanted to see if you guys wanted to come have breakfast with me," Kori said, her mood still cheerful as ever. "And maybe after we can all go skiing."

"That's fine with me." Xavier said coolly.

"Me too." Dick said, pushing Xavier out of the way.

"Perfect, let's go." Kori said as she walked down the hall.

There was a small struggle between Dick and Xavier to get out the door first.

Together, they all sat down for breakfast. The kitchen was more like a dinning room with fancy round tables. The round tables proved to be a small problem as Dick and Xavier had to sit next to each other but both were glad to have Kori by their side. Kori didn't seem to mind as she was more focused on eating her pancakes. After awhile the silence caught up to her and she attempted a conversation.

"Hey guys," Kori said, digging into her pocket and pulling out a pink paper. "Did you know that there is a dance on the last day before we go home?"

"I've heard about it," Xavier said. "Why?"

"I was thinking we could all go."

"Sure thing, Kori," Dick said. "I'll go."

"Me too." Xavier said.

Vic moved his crutches out from under his arms and sat down on the lounge chair. He groaned, he couldn't believe his luck. Thanks to those stupid chipmunks he had fell and hurt his ankle. It wasn't serious, the doctor said it should heel in a couple of days. In a couple of days the trip would be over, which means Vic would miss out on all the fun.

"This is so unfair."

"Vic..."

Vic looked over his shoulder and saw Karen. "Hey, Karen."

"Vic, I am so sorry," Karen said as she took the seat next to him. "I didn't mean for you to get hurt."

"It's okay, Karen. You warned me to stay away from those nasty little a-"

"Okay," Karen cut in as she clapped her hands together. "I get what you mean."

"I'm just glad Gar doesn't know. If he did he would never let me live it down," Vic looked around. "Where's the little guy any way?"