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chapter five -part three- disney land

"So, what do you wanna go on next?" asked Amanda.

"Hmmm, how about Splash Mountain?" asked AJ.

"Sure, I guess," said Amanda, "Is that okay with you two?" She glanced back and saw that Nick and Emma were off in their own little world. Amanda tried her best not to shudder and then said, "I'm taking that as a yes. Let's just go." He dragged her off to get in line while Emma and Nick followed a little behind. Emma smiled proudly at Nick's shirt. Nick glanced over at Emma's happy face and couldn't help but smile.

Once they finally got up to the ride, Amanda remembered exactly how Splash Mountain seats were and she just stared. "OMG…" said Amanda under her breath. Splash Mountain had three seats that could fit 2 people in each, but the person in front of the seat ended up sitting in between the back person's legs. Nick and Emma got in the front seat together and AJ hopped into the back of the one in back of that while Amanda just kept on staring.

Emma smirked and said, "So come on, Amanda, get on the ride."

Amanda glared at her and mumbled. She slowly got into the seat and scooted as far up as she could from AJ. AJ stared at her back for a second then wrapped his arms around her and pulled her up to him. Amanda almost jumped out of her seat but realized that AJ wasn't letting go. "You know, you can move back a little. I promise I won't bite…at least right now," said AJ.

"Thank you so much for making me feel a lot safer, AJ," said Amanda.

"I'm just kidding," said AJ, sort of frowning and loosening his grip.

Emma turned around and gave Amanda a look. Amanda mumbled quietly to herself and then said a little louder than a whisper, "…Not that I'd mind you biting me."

AJ heard something but not the whole thing clearly so he decided not to ask but Nick heard perfectly clear and quickly turned around with a shocked look on his face. Emma quickly turned him back around while Amanda managed to sit back a little bit against AJ as they continued on with the ride. They got off the ride and Amanda looked a little disturbed. Somehow she was soaked while the other three were almost perfectly dry. She got out and mumbled something while Nick decided to start laughing. "You look like a cat that was thrown into the water," said Nick, through his laughs. Amanda gave him a look of death, which only made him laugh more.

Emma giggled and said, "Come on, Nicky, be nice." Nick stuck out his tongue at Amanda.

"Stick that thing out at me one more time and you're never seeing it again and the boys are gonna have to have Kevin sing instead...hey, that's not a very bad idea...come here, Nick..." said Amanda, ringing out her shirt.

"Hey Nick, let me borrow your jacket," said AJ, taking off Amanda's jacket.

"Huh?" asked Nick.

"Your jacket, let me borrow it. You're supposed to be showing off your shirt anyways," said AJ.

"...No," said Nick.

AJ rolled his eyes and took off Amanda's jacket. "Just give me the stupid jacket!" Nick mumbled and took off his jacket and handed it to AJ. He looked down at the shirt silently. AJ handed Amanda her jacket and said, "Here, before you catch a cold."

Amanda took the jacket and said, "...Thanks." She put the jacket on as well as well did AJ with Nick's jacket. Emma got to see the shirt clearly and smiled and linked arms with Nick. Nick was taken by surprise but just smiled.

"So where to next?" asked Amanda, trying to do something with her hair.

"Let's go to the Haunted Mansion, since Amanda gets scared SO easily," said Emma.

"...Haunted...Mansion?" said Nick with slight uncertainty in his voice.

"Sounds good to me," said AJ.

Amanda was shooting Emma a look but said, "Sure...why not."

"So come on," said Emma, dragging Nick off to the direction of the mansion while the other two followed.

Nick suddenly stopped. The three looked over in the direction that he was looking. They found Pooh Bear staring at Nick with his head slightly tilted to the side as if in confusion. Nick returned a confused look back at Pooh and they stood there in silence staring at each other.

Amanda looked back and forth between the two and started cracking up. "OMG!! It's Pooh!!" said Emma. AJ couldn't help but laugh at Emma's reaction.

Pooh Bear finally came up to Nick and pointed to his shirt and then to himself. Nick nodded and then Pooh acted like he was flattered and then hugged Nick. Nick then acted like he just saw a friend that he hadn't seen for a long time and hugged him back.(the...."::sniff:: I love you man!!" look) Emma was absolutely in love. She went up to both of them and they decided to hug her at the same time. Amanda got out her camera and took a picture of them and couldn't help but smile at how cute they looked. About five minutes later, AJ was able to pry the three away from Nick's twin and they headed to the mansion.

"Hey Nick, did you know that there's real ghosts in here?" asked AJ.

Nick rolled his eyes and said, "Shut up, AJ."

"No, dude, I'm serious," said AJ, not even cracking a smile.

"Dude, you're not scaring anyone, shut up," said Nick.

"Nick, I'm serious. Like ten years ago, someone died on the ride. They were scared to death," said AJ, not changing in expression.

"…Dude, shut up," said Nick, sounding less and less confident each time.

"You know, I think I remember hearing about that. The guy seriously was scared to death. He got so scared that he died of a heart attack," said Amanda.

"OMG, you two shut up!" said Emma.

"Fine, don't believe us," said AJ, then he added with a hint of warning, "Just be careful of someone reaching over your shoulder. The ghost tries to pull you into the darkness."

Emma rolled her eyes. "Nicky, ignore them. Come on, we can go in now," she said, grabbing onto his arm and pulling him inside the mansion. Nick couldn't help but show a little bit of fear as he was being pulled into the mansion. AJ and Amanda looked at each other and smirked as they followed them in. They got into the first part of the ride, which was the elevator. Nick kept looking around cautiously. Emma held onto his hand tightly. Suddenly, the elevator completely blacked out. Nick jumped slightly and Emma held onto him tighter. Finally, the lights dimly came on and Nick breathed a sigh of relief until he felt something resting on his shoulder. He felt his blood freeze up and then he slowly looked over his shoulder. There was an arm resting there with the hand shaped like it was trying to grab him. Nick jumped and snapped around, sort of bringing Emma around with him. AJ stood there smiling innocently holding back his laugh. Nick glared at him while Emma felt something poke her back. She let out a tiny scream and held onto Nick tighter. Nick turned around holding Emma and Amanda stood there smirking. Emma glared and mouthed, "Just wait…" All Amanda did was keep laughing. The elevator stopped and they walked to the cars. Amanda and AJ let Nick and Emma walk in front of them.

"You two go right ahead," said Amanda, smiling innocently. The two looked at her suspiciously but got in the car and then Amanda and AJ got in the one right after. Nick and Emma were a little jumpy with this ride and wanted to get out as soon as they could. Emma reached over and squeezed Nick's hand while he kept looking around cautiously.

Meanwhile, Amanda and AJ were just fine and dandy on the ride. Amanda then got an evil idea, knowing how jumpy Emma and Nick were on this ride. "Hey AJ…what makes the cars stop…?" she asked.

AJ smirked and said, "Hmmm I forgot… could this be it?" He lifted up the bar that was holding them down and then acted like he had no idea how it lifted up. Every time the bar lifts up, the ride automatically stops. This frequently happens on this ride and it can get rather annoying(sorry, author's note :P). Nick and Emma jumped slightly from the ride stopping without warning.

"Why did it stop…?" asked Nick.

"I think someone accidently lifted the bar up," said Emma.

AJ put the bar back down and the ride started again. Then Amanda "accidently" lifted the bar up making the ride stop again.

"Now why did it stop?!" asked Nick, getting even more jumpy.

"…I don't think it was an accident anymore," mumbled Emma. Amanda put the bar back down and let the ride go again. A few moments later, they both decided to lift the bar again. This time Nick and Emma knew who did it and they weren't exactly scared but rather annoyed considering this time, the ride stopped for quite a while before starting up again. "You know what, Nick? I have something to tell you," she said with a smirk on her face.

"What's that?" asked Nick.

"Come here," said Emma, leaning over to whisper into his ear. He leaned a closer so she could whisper. Once they got off the ride, Amanda and AJ were greeted by the icy glares of Emma and Nick. They both replied with angelic smiles. "Oh don't you even act like you didn't do anything," said Emma.

Amanda smirked and asked, "Do you know what she's talking about, AJ?"

AJ smiled and said, "Why, not a clue." Emma and Nick just kept glaring at them and they thought that was funny and started to crack up.

Emma mumbled to herself, "Oh you just wait…" Amanda enjoyed her tiny bit of revenge.

"…Meanieheads," said Nick.

"Hey, I had fun, I don't know why you two didn't," said AJ. They both shot an icy glare at him. "Okay, where should we go next. Why don't you two pick?"

"How about Toon Town?" asked Emma.

Nick and AJ smiled simultaneously and nodded. Amanda rolled her eyes and said, "That's the last place these two need to go," said Amanda.

"Come on, let's go to Toon Town," said AJ, grabbing Amanda's arm and heading for New Orleans Station. Emma sighed and followed along with Nick. When they got on the train, Emma sat down by Nick and AJ sat down by Amanda.

They decided to ride the train a full time first before they went to Toon Town because everyone besides Amanda wanted to ride it and watch all of the interesting things they see on the train ride. "You two are having WAY too much fun on this train…" said Amanda.

Everytime the train came to a stop, both Nick and AJ went "DING!"

"You idiots… you're not supposed to bring attention to yourselves and what are you doing?!" said Amanda.

Emma just shook her head, trying not to laugh. Toon Town came into sight and AJ started bouncing in his seat. "Ooh, ooh, it's Toon Town!!" he said.

Amanda smacked him on the head and said, "Stop bringing attention to yourself!! If you two get caught, I'm not saving you two."

AJ pouted and said, "…But it's Toon Town."

Amanda rolled her eyes and shook her head. Emma couldn't help but laugh at that a little. Nick was just staring at Toon Town coming into sight. The train stopped and both of the boys dragged the girls off of the train by their hands and ran toward Toon Town. "OMG, let go AJ! I do need my arm," said Amanda, pulling her arm away from AJ and shaking it trying to get the feeling back into it.

"But Amanda!!!!" he whined almost jumping up and down, pouting majorly, "it's Toon Town."

The three just stared at him awkwardly. "And you say I whine…" said Nick.

"Hey… I'm not whining," said AJ, still pouting.

"Yeah right. I don't know about you... but they can go to Toon Town themselves," said Amanda.

"...Agreed, I need to talk to you anyways," said Emma.

"Aw, you guys are no fun," said Nick.

"So we'll meet back here in about...an hour or two? Got it?" said Emma.

They both nodded. "Dude, let's go! Maybe if we hurry, we can catch Goofy!" said AJ, running off.

"Hey, wait up!" said Nick, running after his friend.

The two girls just watched them in silence. "They are older than us, right?" asked Emma.

"Supposedly... but I'm going to ask Aunt Jane and Denise to check the birth certificates," said Amanda. Once they were completely out of sight, Emma lightly hit Amanda on the shoulder. "Ow! What was that for?!"

"You can't get revenge on me when you lost the bet!" said Emma.

"What the hell are you talking about?!" asked Amanda, massaging her shoulder like she was really in pain.

"What exactly do you call what you and AJ did back at the mansion?" asked Emma.

Amanda couldn't help but crack a smile and said innocently, "What? You told me to flirt with AJ. I was just following his lead."

Emma glared at Amanda. "You just wait..." Amanda replied by sticking out her tongue.

"So what do you wanna do now?" asked Amanda.

"Let's go down Main Street," said Emma.

"Alright. Maybe we can find one of the guys..." said Amanda. They got back on the train and headed down Main Street. They looked around the stores but they didn't buy anything. They walked past the theatre and Amanda thought she heard someone call her name. She pulled Emma back with her and they went into the theatre. There seemed to be no one in there but then, Aaron stuck his head out. "Aaron!!" Aaron ran into Emma's arms. "...Fine, love you too, you little brat..."

"Amanda, be nice. Aaron sweetie, are you okay?" asked Emma. Aaron nodded. "Do you know where Brian and Howie are?"

Aaron pointed toward some seats and Howie and Brian poked their heads out. "Amanda!" said Brian, copying Aaron and running into her arms.

"OMG, get off of me!!" said Amanda, trying to push him off.

"Mommy, I was so scared!" said Brian, just holding her tighter.

"OMG, Brian get off of me! I'm not your mother, thank god," said Amanda.

Brian laughed and let her go. "Are Nick and AJ okay?" asked Howie.

"The last time we checked, they were fine. They headed off to Toon Town. Have any of you seen Kevin?" asked Amanda.

"Nope... he probably found somewhere to hide," said Brian.

Aaron still didn't let go of Emma. "Aww, my poor baby. Was it that scary?" asked Emma.

Aaron nodded and said, "I saw my whole life flash before my eyes."

Amanda rolled her eyes. "Aw, poor baby," said Emma, kissing him on the cheek.

"I thought I was going to die... I'm only ten years old," continued Aaron.

"So do you guys wanna come with us?" asked Amanda.

"I'm only ten..." said Aaron.

"No, after that mess, we should probably stay split up. You guys can take Aaron though," said Howie, "I don't think he's going to let go of Emma."

"I thought I was going to die," babbled Aaron.

"OMG, Aaron, shut up and let go of your brother's girlfriend!" said Amanda, grabbing Aaron by the back of his collar and pulling him off of Emma.

"We'll go look for Kevin. We'll still meet at the spot we planned and at the same time," said Brian.

"Okay, please be careful," said Emma.

"We will. Aaron, be good," said Brian. Howie and Brian walked out and went looking for Kevin.


Chapter 5d No One Else Comes Close Home