Generation Next The Lost Chapters

You're All Invited ...

Craig shoved Stone in the shoulder in an attempt at distracting him while they were playing video games in their room, no such luck he still lost. “How do you manage to keep your concentration man?”

Stone chuckled at him. “I have two older sisters dude, you cannot distract me, it’s a statistical impossibility.”

“That is totally unfair. I’m an only child; you have an advantage that I don’t!”

Stone shrugged. “Wanna play again?”

Craig was about to say yes when Skylar stuck her head into the room. “Guys, meeting our room! Come on I have great news!” Her announcement ended with a very Skylar-like squeal.

Stone winced. “I do not know how Death stands that.”

“Neither do I. You’d think someone with an ear for music like him would be sensitive to a sound like that,” Craig answered as they both stood to follow Skylar.

Stone cracked a smile. “Well, how do you stand Ziva?”

“What’s that supposed to mean?”

“Come on … she’s, you know, a little hard to take sometimes. She’s kinda cranky.”

Craig snorted. “Right, like A’Cadia isn’t?”

The argument continued as they made their way down the hall toward the girls’ room. Stone finally shrugged. “Yeah okay, so we agree they’re both a little rough around the edges. But hey, what female isn’t? I mean if they weren’t we’d probably get bored, neither one of us has a long attention span.”

“Speak for yourself,” Craig said with a chuckle and a shove to Stone’s shoulder. It had become his goal to see if he could catch his roommate off guard, get in a good push, and get Stone to stumble. So far, he’d had no luck, the guy was literally rock solid.

Stone shoved him back, causing him to lose his balance, he sent Stone a scowl his roommate didn’t notice. “Come on you can’t afford to pay attention my man.”

“God that was a lame joke.” Craig rolled his eyes.

When they entered the room, they found Ziva sprawled on her bed, Skylar pacing excitedly around the room, and the three curtain climbers sitting cross-legged on the floor looking expectantly at Skylar.

“So, why we here Hyper Girl?” Mellissa asked Skylar.

“Be nice, Mellissa or I won’t let you come with tonight!” Skylar told her.

Mellissa wrinkled her nose up. “Tell me where and I’ll decide if I wanna even go, ’cause no offense Skylar you pick some really lame places to go. Like that museum all about knitting last year, talk about laaaaame!”

Skylar stomped a foot. “It was not lame! It was very interesting if you had paid attention!”

“Riiiight.” Mellissa didn’t sound as if she believed that for a second.

Before a fight could start, A’Cadia stepped through the door, shoving between Craig and Stone, where they stood blocking the entrance. “Can you two move it? Why have you called this little meeting, Skylar?” A’Cadia asked as she moved across the room to sit on Skylar’s bed. Stone followed and dropped down next to her. Craig took that as a cue to go sit with Ziva.

“Well, you will all notice that Death isn’t here.”

“OH MY GOD IS HE DEAD?” Mellissa shouted. “That’s where we’re going, his funeral, isn’t it Skylar?”

 “Mellissa! Oh, Lord no! He is not dead!” Skylar gave her a stern look. “Death’s Door has a concert tonight at Madison Square Garden! And we’ve all been invited!” She pulled out tickets and waved them around. “Death even gave us back stage passes! Isn’t that great?”