A/N: I know, I know, ITALIANCHIC IS SO STUPID BECAUSE HER CHAPTERS ARE SO SHORT!! But alas... THIS CHAPTER IS LONG! And I think that it is good ) haha... Well I hope you understand about the long time no chapter, but you know... holidays, family stuff, school crap, and yea... I hope you all enjoy!
Chapter three: Questions
As the final bell rang everyone rushed out of their classes and out the door. That is, everyone but Lisa. She walked with slumped shoulders to her locker. It looked as if she were on drugs, by the eyeliner smeared on her face; not to mention her puffy red eyes. By the time she opened her locker she perked up a bit. A thought came into her mind, that she never knew was there. She smiled as she spoke what she was thinking out loud:
"I don't need him!"
After that she was peppy and happy. She ran to the bus and sat in the front. She had some big plans when she got home. The school never gave out homework on the first day of school so she had time she could spend on her computer. Lisa shut and locked her door. She did not want anyone finding out about this. Especially not Marge.
Lisa turned on her laptop and clicked the Internet Explorer. This was it. She typed in and looked up an internet dating site. Lisa clicked and browsed all the pictures. They were all so different, but one special one caught her eye. The description read: "Ladies, I'm single and looking for that perfect girl. I like long walks on the beach, moonlit swims, and visits to the library."
Lisa was head over heels. The guy's picture looked gorgeous! He was tall, muscular, and had dark curly hair. But what made her the most happy was what read under his location--"Springfield".
Lisa clicked to IM him without a second thought.
Lisagirl89: Hey
Jockey900: Hey there cutie.
Lisagirl89: Lol, thank you. You're very hot yourself.
Jockey900: Thanks I get that a lot.
Lisagirl89: Oh...
Jockey900: no, no don't worry im not taken yet.
Lisagirl89: Oh!
Jockey900: lol yea.
Lisagirl89: Oh, well I'm Lisa. What's your name?
Jockey900: Lisa…how sweet.
Lisagirl89: Thanks.
Jockey900: Sorry though. where were we?
Jockey900: Oh yea... My name is Steven.
Lisagirl89: Cool! So where in Springfield do you live?
Jockey900: Right by the Nuclear Power Plant.
Lisagirl89: Cool! My dad works there. Homer Simpson.
They talked a while. About science, sports, animals…anything that you could imagine. They talked for hours and Lisa sighed. Happy Lisa.
Jockey900: Yea, well maybe we could you know... Go out?
Lisagirl89: Omg I would LOVE too!
Jockey900: ok kitten, well I gtg, so talk to you later k babe?
Lisagirl89: Ok :-)
Jockey900: Alright babe, love ya.
Lisagirl89: you too…hun!
Jockey900 has signed off.
Lisa was so happy. She had just found the most amazing boy in Springfield, maybe in the world. She sighed. Beat that Nelson. Oh wait, you cant! Hehehe. Her laughter was interrupted by a knock on the door. Lisa unlocked and opened her door and saw her mother in tears.
"Mom... is everything ok?!"
"Lisa sweetie... Your father is umm... in the hospital."
"Yeah, so?"
Marge scolded her daughter. "Why did you say that? I thought that you would be crying with me! I just received that exact same reaction from Bart too. Do you know something I don't?
"No mom, it's just that, dad has been in the hospital a million times! Remember? The puffer fish? The triple bypass? Everything!"
"Yes Lisa, but this is really serious. Your fathers cholesterol level is off the charts. And his heart has stopped. He is ok... still alive I mean. But he is in a coma."
Lisa looked to her mom, who broke down into tears again. And she saw Bart in the hallway. She didn't know if it was just a trick of the light, but she heard a sniffle and thought she saw a tear slip away from Bart's blinking eyes.
The next day Bart and Lisa stayed home from school. They wanted to visit their dad. Bart went in first. Lisa could hear crying and laughter mixed in with each other. Maybe Bart did have feelings. A half hour later Bart walked out with a clean face. It was Lisa's turn. She walked in and screamed. Her dad looked so odd. He had the same face, just as if it were sleeping, but no snoring came from him. Lisa was crying. Her father looked as if he had lost 100 pounds all in a day. Lisa knelt down beside him and prayed.
Homers POV:
"I like ham, and cheese, and soda, and pork rinds..." Homer was flying through the clouds when his "song" was cut short by a voice.
"HOMER, COME HERE."
Homer ran though his golden gates and up to God. "Yello," he said in a happy voice.
"Homer, come here... closer…Look at your daughter..."
Homer stared down from the heavens and looked sad. "My little Lisa, all alone and without a dad...can I have some cake?"
God looked exasperated. " Here." He snapped and a peice of chocolate cake appeared in front of Homer.
"Mmmm chocolate cake gaahhhahh..." Drool dribbled down Homers shirt and onto the clouds. He snapped out of it and decided to pay more attention. "So, God, I'll make you a deal. I will go down and come back to life for Lisa... IF you give me another chocolate cake when I get back up here."
"YEAH! SCORE!! I am rid of Homer! I am rid of--"
God snapped and Homer was down on earth again. He awoke from his coma and startled his hushed daughter.
"Dad?" Lisa said wearily.
"Hi, honey! Daddy was in a place where you could eat as much as you want without even gaining a pound!"
Homer then laughed maniacally. Two doctors shoved him into a straight jacket and put a needle into his arm so he fell back asleep. This time he was snoring.
As Homer got better, and less well... crazy, the Simpson family went back home, and did what they usually did. Homer sat on the couch with a Duff beer, angrily hitting the remote against the wall, Marge swept the kitchen and admired the cleanness of it all, Bart was out with Millhouse (You hear a boom and see a cloud of smoke), and Lisa... Lisa was on her computer. She clicked on the website that was now bookmarked. She locked the door and signed onto her screen name. Immediately she received an IM from Steven.
Jockey900: Lisa Hey!
Jockey900: What's been up, I haven't seen you on lately.
Lisagirl189: Yeah. Sorry, I have been really busy.
Jockey900: Oh
Lisagirl189: Uh... I missed you :-)
Jockey900: Me too kitten.
Lisagirl189: Lol
Lisagirl189: Sorry, it's just...
Jockey 900: Yes?
Lisagirl189: You are one of the sweetest guys that I have ever met. You are hot too.
Jockey900: Really? Thank you! I think the same about you.
Lisagirl189: So Steven... I don't mean to be forward, but how old are you?
Lisagirl189: If you don't want to answer that I understand, though.
Lisa wanted something to drink so she left her desk and ran to the kitchen. After seeing her mothers clean kitchen she didn't want to make a big mess, so she grabbed a coke out of the fridge. That took all of 30 seconds but when she arrived back in her room the IM screen was flashing. She clicked it open and the swarm of IM's came.
Jockey900: Oh well im 18. In my last year of High school in fact.
Jockey900: so...
Jockey900: Hello?
Jockey900: You there?!
Jockey900: Lisa?!?
Jockey900: Uh... Where are you?!
Jockey900: Lisa!!!
Jockey900: Please come back!
Jockey900: Are you there??
Jockey900: Come on!
Jockey900: Are you ok?!
Jockey900: I guess i will brb ok??!
Jockey900 went away.
Lisa looked at them all and replied.
Lisagirl189: Hey there
Lisagirl189: Sorry bout that... I had to get a drink.
Jocky900's Away reads: Be right back. Love you Kitten ;-)
Jockey900: Hey I missed you!!!
Lisagirl189: uh yea... I was only gone for about a minute.
Jockey900: Yea, Well every minute I cant see you, means a minute of sorrow in my life.
Lisagirl189: aww! thank you.
Jockey900: Well girl I gtg. Talk to you tomorrow??
Jockey900: Well!!??!?
Lisagirl189: Oh yea sure...
Lisagirl189: Bye ttyl!
Jockey900: Love ya ;-)
Jockey900: ...
Jockey900: I SAID LOVE YOU!
Jockey900: Oh I get it...
Lisagirl189: Oh sorry! You too!
Jockey900: me 2 what? ...
Lisa sighed in exasperation. She thought he may have just been having a bit of an off day and thought nothing of it.
Lisagirl189: I love you too :-)
Lisagirl189: Bye
She signed off and looked out her window. She wondered what Nelson was doing right now...who cared anyway? Lisa was depressed so she decided to take a walk. With that Lisa took her coat and headed out the door. Lisa didn't know where to go, so she let her feet guide her. They walked her past the Police station, where Snake was robbing chief Wiggum, past Moe's Tavern where a little Irish diddy could be heard between belches in the Men's bathroom. She walked past the old monorail tracks, by a Krusty burger, and then her feet dropped her off at the Springfield Elementary playground. Lisa could here some yelling in the background of it all.
She didn't want to be a snoop or anything but she really wanted to visit the swings...just near enough to hear what the two figures were fighting about. As she sat down she figured out who the two people were. Nelson and Sheila. Sheila was trying to climb onto his lap as he pushed her away.
" For the last time stop it!"
Nelson swung his arm and Sheila fell to the ground. Her eyes were bright and angry.
" Look, Nelson. If this is because of that little Lisa thing in your class, you can just get over it. She is too young and not as easy as me. She is just a little piece of sh-"
"SHUT UP!" Nelson thundered. His face was getting red and his eyes were more intense then ever. He jumped off the jungle gym from where he was sitting and stood next to Sheila.
"You are the most easy, skanky girl ever. Or at least that is what you say. If you think that you can get any guy, then go do it! Because you know what? WE ARE OVER."
Sheila just stared at him. Finally after a couple seconds of the quiet she slapped him and ran away. Lisa looked to Nelson and thought, Should I go talk to him? Maybe not. Maybe I should you know keep my distance. Don't get up on him fast or anything. Or maybe I should see if he is ok. His slap mark is awfully red...
With that Lisa hopped off the swing and walked slowly, ever so slowly, up to Nelson. She spoke softly with a hint of fear in her voice.
" Hi...uh... Nelson."
Lisa's words came out almost as a whisper. Perhaps she feared Nelson would explode. All that happened was this; Nelson turned to Lisa and smiled, his little, crooked smile, and flashed those brilliant eyes.
" Hey there, Lisa"
Nelson's voice could almost not be heard, blending with the wind. He had a hint of embarrassment on his face, and he turned away.
" I hope you didn't hear or--or see any of that...you know, with me and Sheila. I mean, if you did just tell me, because I'm not always that mean to girls, it is just she's so--"
Lisa put her finger to Nelsons lips and he stopped talking and looked up at her. There was silence as Lisa looked back.
What was she thinking? She had a boy friend!
"Why Nelson? Why did you break up with her?"
"Aww...well, you know, Lisa... people, and, you know, they just...you get fed up with some of the things that they do. She was bugging me all the time and all that. It's not like, you know, that serious..."
Nelson kept trying to cover up his emotions towards Lisa.
"Nelson, was it something that I did?"
Nelson looked at Lisa, with no emotion whatsoever on his face. He looked away. Lisa decided that she shouldn't interfere so she started to walk away. Before she reached the front of the school she turned around and saw a tear slip away from Nelsons face.
(Disclaimer…any spelling or grammatical mistakes not in the IM conversation are the fault of hasty beta work. So, Big-sis Beta gives her apologies.)
Italianchic: puh-leeeease review…do you want chocolate cake like Homer? (winks)