| THE ADVENTURES OF THE O'CONNELL FAMILY Page 1 |
| Shell ([email protected]) December 16, 2001 It was the start of the Family vacation, and Alex woke up before the sun. Going on trips with the whole family was his favorite thing, and he wasn't about to waist any time. After allowing himself to wake up, which took all of three minutes, he got out of bed, and ran down the hall to his parent�s room. The door was standing wide open so he ran in and launched himself on their bed landing mostly on his father who let out a groan. "Evie I think we have a son who needs to be tickled," Rick said, then before Alex could get away, he was grabbed and tickled quite thoroughly before either of his parents let him go. "Okay I won�t do that anymore stop, stop," He laughed, as Evelyn gave him a Raspberry on his belly. Once they let him go Alex started out. "You two hurry up because we need to get on the road," Alex said then turned and was gone. Once he was gone Evelyn squealed as her husband pulled her against his body. "Do you have something in mind Mr. O'Connell?" Evelyn asked as she traced her finger against his lips. Heidi Rittner ([email protected]) December 16, 2001 Rick lowered his face to hers and was about to show her just what he did have on his mind, but Evelyn recognized that look he gave her all too well. �Hold it right there!� she said as she put pressure on the finger she still had to his lips. �Do you forget so easily that our bedroom door is wide open and Alex is bound to come running back in here at any second? I don�t think that�s the way I would like to go about having to explaining the birds and the bees to him.� She gave him one of her sly smiles that showed she knew she started the whole thing. Rick looked a little shocked that this once quiet and shy librarian was getting the best of him. �You little temptress!� He said as he started to tickle her, just as they�d ticked Alex. �You just wait until you least expect it and I�ll put you in your place!� Just then, Alex came back to see if they were ready yet. They were still in bed acting like children! Alex rolled his eyes at the sight of his dad tickling his mom until she was laughing so hard that she had tears springing to her eyes and was begging him to stop. �When are they ever going to grow up?� Alex thought to himself as he once again ran and launched himself on to the bed. Rachel Small ([email protected]) December 17, 2001 Two hours later, and with a new founded bump on his head, Rick had everyone and everything packed up in the car. "Should we leave Jonathan a list of everything we expect him to do?" Rick asked as he sat in the driver's seat. "Now come on! He's an adult, he knows how to take care of the house. Besides, how much trouble do you think he could get into?" She knew she shouldn't have asked that question as soon as she finished. Rick just gave her a sidelong glance and started the car. *~*~*~*~*~* They were into the trip for about an hour when Alex started up. He had been sitting, dozing off every now and again, but now he was getting anxious. "Mum?" "Yes?" "Are we there yet?" Rick answered, "No!" "Dad." "Yes?" "I wasn't talking to you, I was talking to mom." Alex told him in the most sincere voice. "Alex" Rick said. "Yes dad?" "Be quiet." "But I'm bored!" Alex whined. "Draw on the foggy windows!" Rick told him. "NO!" Yelled Evie. "I just cleaned those! Don't muck them up with your dirty hands." "What should I do then?" Alex asked in frustration. "Here," Evie said, she reached into her purse and pulled out a block and handed it back to Alex. Who, in returned, promptly became silent. "What was that?" Rick asked. "Bubble Gum." Evie replied. |