Log:Sugar and Spice, Scene 1

Sugar and Spice 2006/06/01 	 Rebound|Alex Althea Becky Midnight|Caleb Ed 	 Kelly Kibin Phillippa Lorelei|Stephie Shoro|Yutaka Barricade|Vicente 1

Winter's Party Log

Synopsis: Alex and Caleb Winters hosts a party! This log is from Stephie's POV.

The main room is decorated with a combination of real stuff and holographic stuff, the latter by far the more interesting. Holographic figures hover around the room near floating trays of food and drink, changing their appearance every few minutes... sometimes traditional waiters, sometimes historical figures, sometimes celebrities. They frequently skirt the boundaries of good taste but never _quite_ descend into the offensively vulgar or frankly pornographic. )

Upstairs, music is playing in one of the guest rooms, which has been opened. The other guest rooms are closed, though furtive making out can sometimes be heard through the doors. The music can be heard from down here, but the dancing is upstairs.

The beach and basement areas are locked away, and flashing displays indicate active security systems in place on them.

The food and drink are copious and excellent. A knowledgable observer will note that none of the drinks are alcoholic, although many are intended to simulate it. Many of the partygoers seem to have convinced themselves they are drunk, nevertheless.

The building security system recognizes Stephie's access card... she doesn't even need to ring the bell. Caleb seems a bit surprised by that, then remembers having given it to her. He busies himself with party prep when he sees her.

Stephie says, "Hi, hope I'm not early..."

Crowd of teenagers The house is filled with nondescript teenagers doing the sorts of things teenagers do at parties. There's anywhere between 15 and 30 people here at any moment. They seem to be having a good time and not getting into unusual amounts of trouble.

Darrell Hodgkin A 6-foot-2 teenager with the build of a football linebacker. In fact, he _is_ a football linebacker. He has dark brown skin, black hair buzzed short, light brown eyes, and a perpetually wide grin that's a bit infectious. He's wearing a CSBU football jersey and jeans.

Becky Martin Becky's a brown haired teenager, wearing a jacket that announces her as a member of the cheerleading squad. Despite being a cheerleader, she seems a quiet sort, at least in party situations such as this one. She's one of the older teenagers at the party tonight; she seems to be near the end of her high school years.

Alex looks up. "Hey!" He's got two armfuls of icebags, that he's carrying to the kitchen.

Caleb mumbles something that might be "No, right on time"... or possibly "We ran out of limes."

( Philippa Vogt-Caveney Philippa Vogt-Caveney is a young, attractive, athletic girl, with perfect hair and generally dressed in the trendiest fashions. She's attractive in a wholesome way. She possesses a winning smile, and her cheeks dimple cutely when she displays it. Her eyes are a crisp shade of light blue, her gaze is warm and engaging. A radiant mane of shoulder-length blonde hair frames her face. Philippa stands about five-foot-three Presently, she's dressed casually, in jeans and throwback sneakers. For warmth, she wears a grey and blue varsity cheerleading jacket from CHHS. )

There is a rapping as of someone gently tapping, tapping on the door leading from Wharf Street South.

Stephie says, "Anything I can do to help before the others get here?"

Kibin enters from Wharf Street South. Kibin has arrived.

Philippa's face lights up with a smile on seeing Stephie. "Look at you..." she says, coming over to greet Stephie.

Stephie grins at Phlippa. "Improvement, hm?"

Karlie enters from Wharf Street South. Karlie has arrived.

Kibin comes into the party, looking around the nice house. Cool...

Philippa nods to Stephie. "Uh-huh girl! One sec though -- I need to play hostess!"

Alex is in the Kitchen. He can be heard dumping ice and soda cans into a cooler.

Stephie says, "Oh, Alex has drafted you for that?"

Yutaka enters from Wharf Street South. Yutaka has arrived.

"Yep. What would he do without me?" Philippa jokes. She leaves Stephie a moment and walks over to Kibin. She regards him curiously for a bit. "Welcome!"

Karlie walks in, letting a gentle violet haze surround her. Avoiding eye contact in general, tense body language, hands in her pockets.

Caleb notices Kibin and stares, trying to remember if they've met in non-Midnight guise. He decides to play it safe and wave noncomittally.

Stephie is a bit surprised to see the velociraptor here, but can only assume that Caleb and Alex have a wider circle of friends than she knew.

Caleb notices Karlie and grins. "Hey... glad you made it." He goes to the kitchen and orders a chocolate-coffee drink for her.

Becky waves hello to Stephie from across the room. She's chatting with a couple of other high schoolers.

Yutaka walks in, admiring the archetecture and layout, he is also eyeing security, nodding here and there, and raising an eyebrow at other features, he is dressed like he just got off of work, italian suit, no tie. No, not High School Subbing work, but his other work.

Becky Martin Becky's a brown haired teenager, wearing a jacket that announces her as a member of the cheerleading squad. Despite being a cheerleader, she seems a quiet sort, at least in party situations such as this one. She's one of the older teenagers at the party tonight; she seems to be near the end of her high school years.

Stephie waves back to Becky and goes over to talk to her. "Hey!"

Several of the partygoers seem surprised by the arrival of a dinosaur and their gym teacher. Which one is more surprising is not entirely clear.

Kibin waves back to Caleb.

Yutaka nods to most of the kids, he either knows there names or their faces..he spots Alex, and walks over to him.."Alex, nice place.."

Karlie simply nods toward Caleb, keeping a bit of distance from the people she doesn't know. Which is everyone present except a grand total of two people. A blond boy, 14 or so, approaches Kibin with some hesitation. "Hey... I read about you. You're with Starguard, right?"

Kibin nods at the blond boy. "Yeah, I'm with starguard," he replies.

Alex lugs a cooler of sodas into the main room. "Hey Mr. Yamaoka." He sets the cooler down to offer Yutaka a handshake with a wet hand.

"Um... I'm Doug. Big fan of you guys. You, especially... I mean, you're a _dinosaur_ who goes into _space_! How cool is that? Hey... you think I could work for starguard one of these days?"

"huh." Karlie murmurs. "Velociraptor." She studies Kibin a while, "not surprisingly, talks..."

Yutaka grins and offer's Alex a handkerchef first, "Here you go, did you need any help with anything else?"

Becky introduces Stephie to the small group of students that she's talking with. "How are things," she asks of Stephie, once the formalities are out of the way.

Kibin shrugs. "It's possible, I guess."

Darrell notices Stephie and grins even more widely than usual. "Hey,

Stephie... good to see you."

Stephie greets the students. "Good, but kind of weird," she confides to Becky. "I didn't know the change of look would make such a big -" She turn to Darnell. "Oh, hello there! Didn't see you."

Darrell nods, grinning even more broadly. "Right. But I was here. And now you do!" He laughs, as if he'd just said something funny.

Philippa floats towards Yutaka. "Mr. Yamaoka. I didn't expect you to be here..."

Stephie says, "Er, right...." She turns back to Backy. "Weird, huh?" she says quietly."

By the table of party snacks, a virtual Marilyn Monroe wishes everyone a Happy Housewarming, with a breathily voiced song to the melody of 'Happy Birthday'.

Yutaka nods and smiles at Philippa, "How are you Philippa? It's nice to see you again. I met Alex the other day and he invited me over. I've been admiring the property for some time, and thought it might be a good chance to come see it, since it is a housewarming right?"

Biff, a senior quarterback generally expected to be a senior quarterback again next year, appears drunk... which is amusing, since none of the beer he's drinking is actually alcoholic. "Hey, Mr. Yama-san-man! Didn't know you partied with the kids!"

Ivy has followed Stephie over on her hoverboard and watches the scene through a window on the outside. (Probably tripped sercurity and all sorts of other things.)

Kibin mingles over to the computer console. Ooo, video games.

Stephie comments, "The decorations are pretty cool...."

Yutaka nods to Biff, "Well, Biff, normally I wouldn't but Alex invited, so I didn't think it would be very nice to decline the offer. What are you drinking?" his tone is somewhat accusatory, in a non-confronting but, I'm still a teacher and adult kind of tone.

Ivy hasn't been formally invited so she remains outside. Not sure if it's cool to crash.

Yutaka whispers to Alex, and tries to covertly point to the window..."Someone is outside.."

Becky says to Stephie. "I totally know what you mean! About it being weird. Remember those spiders? Creepy."

Stephie says, "Yeah, where'd they come from anyway, did anyone ever work it out?"

Alex nods to Yutaka. "On it." He goes to the front door to wave Ivy in. "Welcome!"

Biff looks a little guilty, then a little defiant, and points to the unmarked brown bottles being distributed on one of the hovering serverdroids. "Hey, they're serving it!" Yutaka recognizes it as high-quality nonalcoholic nearbeer. Biff is something of an idiot.

Kibin looks at the serverdroids. Ooo, food. Kibin picks up some spiced meat snacks to chew on.

The group Stephie is with is getting a bit giggly too. And they're not even on the nearbeer.

Caleb notices Ivy on the monitors, and steps outside for a moment. "C'mon in!"

Biff wanders over to Kibin and pounds him overfamiliarly on the shoulder. "Hey, it's dino-man! Wrong school, dude... the Dinosaurs are Milton Academy's mascot. Geeks."

Ivy looks a little startled. "Um Hi.. What's happening?" Ivy looks down at her hoverboard.

Kibin twitches when Biff hits him, and spins around. "Uh, who are you?"

Karlie takes a little of the food, ignoring the bits of attention that float her way for her distinctly non-money-having appearance.

Alex almost bumps into Caleb on the way out. "It's a party," he says to Ivy.

Caleb grins. "Having a party! And a bit of a problem... pretty girl quotient ain't high enough. You gotta help us out!"

Ivy nods and peeks in, "So who are you two?" Ivy notes the albino as Stephie mentioned earlier but feigns ignorance.

Ivy seems pleased with flattery.

Biff smiles a used-car-salesman smile. "Biff Johnson. Pleased ta meetcha."

Kibin nods. "I'm already out of high school, I'm just here to have fun," he replies to Biff.

Caleb keeps grinning and extends a hand, trying to escort Ivy inside. "Caleb Winters. This here's my brother Alex. Good to meetcha."

Ivy tells the brothers. "I'm Ivy." She holds on to her hoverboard and enters to the party central.

Alex nods to Ivy. "Nice to meet you." He lets Caleb show her around.

Ivy waves hello to Stephie when they make eye contact.

Yutaka walks over to Stephie trying to wind his way through the crowd. "Stephie, how are you?...Nice look by the way." He smiles at Stephie kindly..not lecherously.

Biff nods, and seems about to say something more when his attention is captured by Stephie. "Whoooa. Man. Now _that's_ hot." A girl standing nearby seems about to throw her drink at him... some of you recognize her as Emily, Biff's girlfriend.

Stephie smiles and waves back to Ivy - "oh hello! I'm fine - and thanks!"

Becky thinks a moment. "I don't know about the spiders... I'd heard that they were flushed down a drain in the chemistry lab, and some chemicals got mixed into them."

Ivy asks Caleb, "Where can I put my board?"

Kibin eats some more spiced meat snacks, and looks over at the computer console, if anyone is playing with it.

Alex looks around and then walks over to Kibin. "Hi! We haven't met. I'm Alex."

Caleb points Ivy to a coat closet, where various coats, hoverboards, etc. are already piled. He waves around "Help yourself to stuff... lemme or Alex know if you need anything."

Yutaka nods and goes to the servedroid, "A tonic water please." the servedroid says, "Very good sir." and moments later a tonic water is in Yutaka's hand.

Ivy nods to Caleb as she sets her board into the closet. "Uh.. ok. Thanks." She then wanders off to find some snacks.

Kibin looks at Alex when he speaks to him. "Oh, hi. No, I don't think we've met. My name is Kibin."

Alex guesses, "You're a friend of Caleb's?"

Stephie nods to Becky. "Could be, I guess. I mean who knows what stuff goes down the drains...."

Yutaka walks to Caleb, "Caleb, tood to see you again, I sort of heard about your incident the other day, are you alright?"

Caleb walks back over to Karlie. "Can I getcha anything?"

Kibin says to Alex, "We've met before. So I guess you could say that."

Caleb turns to Yu, chuckling as they both talk at once. "Hey... thanks. Yeah, that was pretty tough. I'm OK now, though."

Ivy glances over as Caleb talks to Karlie. Ivy nods a greeting and helps herself to some finger foods.

Alex says, "So... you're a dinosaur?"

Stephie ignores Biff's comment: she's grown somewhat accustomed to such, though not in this ID.

Karlie shrugs slightly, "got food and stuff here 'lready," she replies to Caleb. "..don't think I'll be 'round long. 'don't belong.." She looks tense, glancing at Ivy with a nod in reply.

Over on the video game console, Jeff and Ed are playing Street Fighter L. "Shin ryu-ken!"

Kibin says to Alex, "I guess so. At least as close to a dinosaur as anything else on this planet is, excluding fossils."

Ivy is quickly munching on food drinking some soda.

Biff follows Stephie, shoving Darrell out of the way rudely. "Hey... you're the Dallimore chick, right? When did you get hot?"

Kelly comes to the party! She smiles and looks around. Ooh Alex. Stephie! She goes over to give Stephie a hug.

Kelly tells Biff, "Shove off Biff!"

Caleb chuckles at Karlie. "Heh. Fitting in ain't required. Sitting on the sidelines and making fun can be a good evening's entertainment."

A few more people come in.

Kelly glances over to Biff's girlfriend and makes a big L on the forehead thing with her hand. Must be rivals.

Darrell seems about to make an issue of things with Biff, then notices Eva and deflates a little. "Uh... hey, Evie"

Ivy seems unconfortable with all these people around. She walks over to where Karlie is. "hey. You go to school with these rich kids?"

Yutaka nods to Caleb, "thats good to hear," he can see Caleb is busy, "Take care, now, I was just worried that you had been hurt."

Stephie was so distracted by Biff that Kelly's hug was a total surprise. "Uh, hi."

Eva is pretty latina in her mid-teens. She stands about five and a half feet tall, with the build of a dancer: slim and toned. Her dark hair and tanned skin hint at her heritage, as does the Spanish accent to her speech. There's a twinkle of mischief in those dark brown eyes. Generally, she's energetic and sometimes a little boistrous. She's dressed in designer jeans and brown sweater that bares a little peek of her flat midriff. )

Eva looks around. "Alright everyone, we're here! The party starts now!" She grins.

Kelly whispers to Stephie, "Thanks for the homework! I'm up to a B-!"

Caleb nods to Yu. "Nah. Just weird, is all. Like that spider thing the other day."

Karlie replies, "Neh. School and rich are words that are th'opposite of my day's activity." She pokes a finger through a hole in her overcoat, showing the general disrepair of it.

Jinghua Zhu A small, slightly-built Chinese teenager with long black hair tied into a ponytail, and an infectious smile. She exudes enthusiasm, making whatever she's doing seem like enormous fun - a natural-born cheerleader.

Yutaka nods, "That was strange, although I wasn't there, I heard about it. Well, I'll leave you to your entertaining, Take care." he smiles as he moves off.

Stephie whispers to Kelly, "Thank you for that..."

Ivy shrugs and nods to Karlie. "So I take it you wandered here without an invite like me?"

Kelly smiles to Stephie. "We're friends, right?! That's what friends are for!" She gives Biff the evil eye and asks Stephie, "So how long have you been here?"

Yutaka starts to move around the room, heading for Kibin, the one non-teen here when he bumps into Karlie hard, due to an undue and unexpected push by Biff..Yutaka manages to spill only a little of his drink, unfortunately though it is on Karlie's shoulder.

Stephie says, "The party you mean? I was one of the first to arrive."

Jinghua drops off her coat and immediately starts bopping around to the music from upstairs. "Hey! Cool tunes!" She runs upstairs. A handful of other kids follow, including Biff, who shoves Yutaka on the way.

Philippa, who's been busy making the round squeals happily, seeing the arrival of Jinghua and Eva. "Hey girls!"

Kelly giggles. "Wow.. You are the early bird.. Early bird gets the worm!" She says in the hush to Stephie, "Alex.. and Phil.. they here together?"

Kelly frowns. "Oh she's here."

Stephie nods to Kelly, and then says, "But I wasn't hoping to catch worms..."

"Caleb," Karlie motions to the albino, "said t'show up... figured t'check on it a little. I'll be gone from here soon. If I had a scene this probably wouldn't be it." her eyes blaze with electric energy as she's bumped into abruptly, pushing her almost over but she catches herself, "Th'wet, not so big a deal." She glares toward Biff. "Th'push, accident on his part. You do something dumb like that again and I demonstrate the term Low Frustration Tolerance."

Kelly giggles. "You know what I mean."

Yutaka apologizes to Karlie, "Sorry about that miss, can I get you a napkin for that or anything?" His has a frown on his face as he eyes Biff's back.

One guy near Stephie, Derek, is by this point just sitting and staring at her.

Eva comes around behind Darrell, hugging him close and whispering something in his ear. He gulps, his grin briefly lost behind a look of genuine fear, for just a moment. Eva smiles as if nothing is wrong.

Alex was distracted by the arrival of some of the others. He waves to Jinghua and Eva. "Hey." Then he turns back to Kibin. "Ok... you're a /talking/ dinosaur, to boot."

Kibin nods. "For which, I am grateful."

Jeff and Ed are absorbed into the video game, hogging it for themselves. They pay everyone else at the party no attention.

Stephie notices Derek and gets a bit uncomfortable. "Maybe should, um, circulate, see who else is here?"

Kelly nods to Stephie and takes her by the arm. They head towards Alex!

Becky heads upstairs as well, to the room with the music.

Stephie says, "Hi Alex! Nice work on the decorations..."

Ivy feels nauseous as The bump of Biff to Yut to Karlie transends to her. Ivy leans over the table to recuperate.

Kelly tries to flirt with Alex.

Caleb wanders past Jeff and Ed and shakes his head. "Dudes, you're still using flat-mode! that's so 20th-century." He diddles some stuff and their video game characters appear as three-dimensional holoimages.

Yutaka isn't sure if Karlie is speaking to him or Biff..but he seems appropriately...warned.."Got it..." he says as he moves off..

Ed and Jeff smile to caleb. "Sweet! This is kick ass!" They continue to play, giving each other much smack talking.

Alex is next to the dinosaur, chatting. "Thank's Stephie. Really, Caleb did most of the planning."

The sounds of high-energy dancing can be heard from upstairs... apparently the cheerleaders are at it again!

Kelly tells Alex, "But you are the star of the party!" She tries to get Alex's hand. "let's dance, Alex!"

Stephie grins, "What's going on upstairs?"

Yutaka walks up to Alex as the crowd thins a bit..."Alex.." he interrupts Kelly...

"Not you," Karlie says as she turns attention directly on Yutaka. "I have this understanding for accidents." Violet energy flows from her hand to Biff, turning him around. "I'm talking to the oaf here. Really hope I don't have to repeat what I said." She looks right at him.

Caleb rolls his eyes towards Stephie. "Well, you know Jinghua. She hears music, she turns it into an impromptu pep rally."

Ivy feels that Karlies energy is not good with her and looks for a bathroom to go puke in.

Biff, who was distracted on his way upstairs, finds himself metahumanly suspended. "Um... what? Er... no, ma'am. Nope. No repeat."

Alex is a bit surprised by Kelly's enthusiasm. He's getting dragged off upstairs. There's someone in his and Kelly's way though. "Hey Phil," Alex smiles. "Have you met Kelly?"

Stephie thinks. "Should try her on some Schoenberg and see how she reacts."

Kibin has his conversation go away, so Kibin moves closer to the computer console and watches the 3D character duke it out, while eating meat snacks.

Caleb whispers to Karlie. "See? I figured you'd find something to keep you entertained."

Phil smiles to Kelly thinly. "I think I know Kelly. You're on dance team, right?"

Kelly frowns at Phil. "We know each other.. " Kelly tried for the cheer squad, but didn't make it.. She's now on the dance team..

Yutaka watches Karlie..from about 5 feet, and thinks... o O (Meta?)

Emily, standing nearby, says to Stephie "Who's Shonberg?"

Jeff and Ed blink as they spot Kibin. "Whoah! A dino-bot! Can you get us some chips? Thanks!"

Kibin blinks at Jeff's and Ed's question. "Sorry, but I'm not a robot, and I'm not here to serve you..."

Ivy asks Caleb, "Where.. the bathroom?"

Stephie says, "Oh, some, um, early 20th century compose. My dad listens to his stuff sometimes. I don't see it. Might be funny yo see someone dancing to it though."

Caleb points out one of the bathrooms. "You OK?"

Philippa feigns ignorance of Kelly's try-out. "You should come try out for the squad one of these days."

Jeff and Ed ask Kibin. "Dude! You aren't what are you doing here then?"

"Good. You shove him, anyone else here again out of joke," Karlie says, eyes flaring for a moment. "I bring you somewhere nice and private and give you a private screening of my tearing metal show." She lets Biff down, not dropping him. Then she makes her departure, hands in pocketsas she stares at the ground.

Kelly accuses Philippa. "I did! I did great too! But you didn't let me be on the team!"

Alex turns to Yutaka as Kelly and Phil catch up. "What's up?"

Kelly keeps a hold of Alex's hand!

Caleb waves bye to Karlie, grinning widely.

Kibin says, "I'm here to enjoy the party, just like you."

Ivy shakes her head and heads to the rest room.

The video game guys nod and tell Kibin, "Yeah? Then get us some chips so we can enjoy!"

Kibin sighs, and goes to get some chips...

Karlie leaves 107 Wharf Street and enters Wharf Street South. Karlie has left.

Philippa says, "Oh, that's right. I remember now... "

Kelly stomps her foot down. "Don't play stupid with me, Philippa!"

Kibin comes back with the video gamers chips. "Be glad I'm nice."

Biff yells something rude after Karlie, once she's gone. In one of those party-silence moments, it turns out everyone has paused in their conversation long enough for Biff's shout and Kelly's to be fully audible.

Jeff and Ed smile and munch on chips while getting the controls all greasy! No respect I tell ya! No respect! "Thanks Dinoguy!"

Alex says, "Whoa, whoa time-out!"

Kelly turns around with tears and rushes to the restroom. Ivy stumbles out.

Yutaka is staring at Karlie as she leaves..and says to Alex..."Uh..I was just going to tell you I was going..."

Kibin asks the people at the video console, "Mind if I play?"

Stephie looks toward Biff as he yells, thinks better of it, and looks elsewhere at random.

Jeff tells Kibin, "Ok, you play the winner of the next round."

Caleb watches the action on the stairs and shakes his head. "Man! How _does_ he do it? All the women go for my brother!" He suddenly realizes he was talking to Stephie, and mumbles something as he goes to find something or other.

Alex re-possesses his hand to make the timeout sign with his hands... and watches Kelly run off. "Philippa..." He sounds annoyed.

Yutaka looks to Ivy and says to Alex also, "Looks like someone has had too much N/A beer."

Upstairs, music is playing in one of the guest rooms, which has been opened. The other guest rooms are closed, though furtive making out can sometimes be heard through the doors. The music can be heard from down here, but the dancing is upstairs.

The beach and basement areas are locked away, and flashing displays indicate active security systems in place on them.

The food and drink are copious and excellent. A knowledgable observer will note that none of the drinks are alcoholic, although many are intended to simulate it. Many of the partygoers seem to have convinced themselves they are drunk, nevertheless.

Kibin nods, and watches the cool graphics while he waits.

Ivy frowns at Yutaka, "Mister! I didn't have any!"

Alex says, "Hey Mr. Yamaoka. I'm glad you could make it... I'm sorry that more of the grown ups didn't make it."

Stephie announces, "I'm going to grab something to eat," and goes to do so.

Kelly is crying at the restroom, waiting for her friend to come support her.. YOu know how highschool kids are..

Seven or eight of the guys literally fall all over each other trying to follow Stephie to wherever it is she's going.

Ed beats Jeff, "Ha! Take that! Ok, who's the next victim?"

Philippa just shrugs. "It's not /my/ fault she couldn't make the cut."

Ivy goes up to Alex, "I didn't have any. Honest.." She gives Yutaka the evil eye.

Stephie gets a couple of things to nibble and turns about to find a tangle of guys! She blinks.

Emily is looking around the room. "Has anyone seen Biff?" Someone points her upstairs, and she sneaks past Alex and Phil to go there.

Alex says, "Did somebody say beer? Who's got the beer? I said no booze at this party."

Kibin says to Ed, "I guess that would be you." and sits down to play the video games.

Kelly peaks out of the restroom wondering when Stephie is coming to comfort her. Damn those guys! She yells at the guys. "leave her alone!" Boo hoo!

Stephie says, "Uh... hi?"

Stephie doesn't even notice Kelly. This thing with all the guys is almost surreal.

Ed picks a super cheezy power fighter to beat Kibin with.

Kelly comes out with the plunger swatting at the guys! "Leave my friend alone!" She'll try to grab Stephie's hand and drag her to the restroom with her.

Kibin thinks, and picks one of the fighters that have all of the secret moves that noone knows about but him.

Alex looks over at Phil as whispers a little too loudly. "I /hate/ it when you do this."

Stephie says, "Oh, er....."

Stephie is dragged to the restroom.

One of the crowd of seven manages to untangle himself from the horde. They literally seem too stupid to stand up, for the most part. "Hey," he says to

Stephie, then backs away from the plunger-wielding Kelly, bumping into Kibin. He whirls around and stares at Kibin. "Hey! You're a (bleep)in' DINOSAUR!

Ivy sees that Alex is busy talking to Phil and now that Karlie has left, she feels a bit better. She sits down by herself. She closes her eyes and tries to relax.

Ed's a good player and is almost even with Kibin!

Caleb sits down near Ivy. "Hey... you sure you're OK? Allergies, or somethin'?"

Kelly cries in the restroom. "Thanks Stephie. You are such a good friend. Thanks for helping me out with that evil Philippa." She dries her tears with bathroom paper. "Lets go out and have a good time ok?"

Kibin continues fighting Ed. Fear the hundred slash combo! Kibin is too interested in the game to care about another person that is surprised he's a dinosaur...

Ivy opens her eyes and looks over to Caleb. "yeah.. something like that."

Stephie is glad that Kelly seems to be recovering. Not so much that she doesn't get on with Phil, because Phil's ok in Stephie's experience....

Ed opens up with a multi-linked cheezy throw maneuver! The next hit will determine the winner!

The incredibly stupid-seeming stumbler shakes Kibin shoulder. "This dude's a freakin' DINOSAUR!" he says again. It's screwing up Kibin's game...

Ivy looks Caleb up and down. "So you're parents are ok with this crazy party? My parents would never let me do this."

Caleb shrugs. "Hard to know, really. You psychic?"

Ed grins. "Ha! I win round 1" Its round 2! Fight!

Kibin messes up with the shaking, and messes up a combo. And promptly gets vaporized by Ed.

Ivy blinks. "What? What makes you think that?"

Kibin continues battling Ed in mortal kombat on the game...

Kelly leads Stephie out the restroom. "If you need help fighting off the guys, Just let me know!" She goes looking for alex again.

Caleb shrugs. "Nothing... I just meant, you'd have to be to -- ah, never mind. Wasn't funny."

The guys that Kelly extracted Stephie from seem to be acting a bit less silly now that Stephie's been gone for a bit, thogh some of them keep glancing in the direction she disappeared. Some of them get talking about the change in Stephie's look.

Stephie says, "Uh - right...."

Kelly tells Stephie, "That's what friends are for! Thanks for cheering me up back there!"

Kelly still has the plunger in hand..

Alex continues to argue a bit with Philippa in harsh whispers. She seems to be arguing back.

Ivy smiles to Caleb, "So where are your parents anyways? This is crazy."

Stephie reappears and looks for someone else she knows to talk to, away from those guys and away from Kelly, who's seeming to her a little clingy.

Eva struts over to where Alex and Phil are whispering. "Hey, Phillie-girl... this loser giving you trouble again?"

Alex sighs. "Eva, I am _not_ in the mood."

Caleb says, "Oh... well, they're, um... they died. Few years ago. Just us now.. and Uncle Chris. And he said it was OK. I mean, it's rambuctious, I guess, but ain't nobody getting knifed or drunk or anything. Well... except maybe those guys. 'course, that seems more 'cuz of Stephie..." he trails off, as if something very weird has just occurred to him."

Stephie doesn't spot anyone immediately free, so goies for 'mingling' again.

Kibin does the hard-to-pull hundred slash combo again!

Ivy nods to Caleb. "Oh I see. Sorry to hear that. Um." SHe looks lost for words. She picks up some cashews and eats them.

Eva wags a finger in Alex's face. "Cabron, I was not talkin' to YOU. Talkin to my girl Phillie here."

Stephie runs into that Nerd in her math class... Alex's rival. "Greetings Stephie.. I see you have brownian motioned your way to me. It must be fate or destiny."

Meanwhile Sean runs up and gives Alex a peck on the cheek and flees. Its that guy from math class!

Caleb sighs. "I guess he doesn't just get the girls. Geez."

Alex gets smooched from his blindside. "What the?"

Ivy giggles. "Your brother is pretty popular. What year are you two?"

Sean hides in the bathroom.

Philippa says to Eva. "Comon, girl. Let's head upstairs. I think it's less stuffy up there."

Caleb shrugs to Ivy. "It's OK. Was a long time ago. Anyway, that's what I meant by needing a psychic, before." "Oh, Alex? Yeah, I guess. Between us we're about average popular, though. He's a junior, I'm a sophomore."

Stephie says, "I was just following the path of least resistance. I conclude you have created a vacuum around yourself."

Ed seems unable to block all the attacks. "Damn it! The controllers are too oily!"

Kibin chuckles. "You were the one who wanted the chips..."

Ivy looks down. "Oh I see. I'm a junior too. I just Transferred here from Harrisburg High."

Round 3 Fight!

The nerd grins at Stephie, "Ah I see you are witty and beautiful. We make a good match. Our children will be brilliant!"

Caleb says, "Oh! Guess that's why I didn't recognize you. Well, uh... welcome to the neighborhood! I only just transferred here a little while ago, m'self.""

Alex spots his rival. o O ( Who invited _him_ ) He watches as Philippa and Eva head up the stairs. He sighs and then heads to the bathroom to straighten things out with Sean.

Ivy smiles. She admits, "I can't wait to get out of highschool. I hate it."

Kibin continues duking it out with ed. And does one multi-linked cheezy throw maneuver of his own. He's not the only one that can do it.

Stephie says, "As if. Get lost!"

Sean is looking at the mirror when Alex comes in. "Alex!!"

Ed frowns. "Damnit! I had you too if my thumb didn't slip on the controller." Jeff is up next.

One of the no-longer-quite-so-stupid-looking Stephie-followers notices Alex heading into the bathroom with Sean. "Are you _kidding_ me? He's got the head of the friggin' chearleading squad hooked up and he's doin' bathroom hits with... man. Some people." He heads upstairs, presumably looking for Phil.

Kibin does a cool finishing move to defeat Ed, then prepares for Jeff.

Alex ponders the bathroom door for a moment. o O ( Open or closed, open or closed. ) He closes the door and then turns to Sean. "Look man, we've got to talk..."

Caleb watches all the byplay, vaguely amused. "Nah, y'see, you just gotta have the right attitude. about it."

Sean looks hopeful.. "Sure Alex.. anytime you want to.."

Ivy seems intrigued. "What do you mean.. Oh looks like yer bro likes guys.. " She glances over towards the bathroom.

Jeff decides to pick a powerful and speedy character to poke Kibin's energy away.

Caleb says, "You don't know anybody yet, Ivy. I know folks, but nobody likes me. It's actually kinda cool... ya get to watch more. If you were hanging out _with_ these guys, you'd miss half the fun." He scowls. "Yeah. Sure does seem that way, don't it. Jeez.""

Alex makes sure to keep his body language closed. He tries to explain to Sean how he's straight and isn't curious, and that Sean shouldn't take it the wrong way.

Stephie tosses her head disdainfully and pushes past the nerd.

Kibin blocks, waits for Jeff's combo to run out, then uses a slow combo to take out Jeff's energy easily.

The nerd rival of Alex (forgot the name..) blinks at Stephie. "I quote from the Princess Bride. As you wish... As you wish." He smiles at his clever use of old movie quotes and goes to get some punch.

However he seems to be lost and can't find the punch bowl.

A group of dancers come down from the room with the music upstairs. They look very exhausted. The camp out around the soda table, sitting and lying on the floor.

Ivy nods to Caleb. "Eh, I suppose so."

Caleb throws a peanut at Nerd-Boy. "Hey, Nerd-Boy... punch-bowl's over there, near the Wookie!"

Stephie sighs heavily and tries to find a quiet corner.

Sean tells Alex, "But.. But I love you..."

Nerd-boy turns towards Caleb. "Thank you." He straightens his bowtie and glasses before getting some punch.

Phil comes downstairs, not nearly as exhausted as the others. She looks around for Alex. One of the other kids whispers something in her ear and she slaps him.

Kelly is waiting for Stephie at the quiet corner. "Hey steph.. Looks like the cheer squad is all pooped out.. Want to pull a prank on them?"

Stephie looks doubtful. "What kind of prank?"

Nils Sunderland approaches Phil. "Greetings Philippa. Why go for Alex the homo when you can go for brilliant Nils Sunderland, Future billionaire?"

Kelly still has the plunger in hand. "I don't know.. Alex might get mad at me." She sighs.

Darrell tries to swoop in for Stephie rescue. He's a bit deflated when he sees Nils leave her alone. He goes back to the corner, sipping on a soda.

Phil storms over to the bathroom and yanks it open. The Winters kids really oughta install some locks! "Alex! What _are_ you -- never mind. Come on out. Now. You're embarassing me." He has ignored Nils altogether.

Nils ahems. "Very well. Another time."

Sean looks scared. "Eek!"

Stephie shakes her head. "I don't really want to."

Phil is tapping her foot on the floor. "I said NOW, Alex!"

Jeff frowns. "Damn it.. I need a better attack." He starts round two with a good one..

Kelly nods. "Yeah.. I'm sorry. Phil just gets me so mad, you know?"

"Phil! Jeeze, what are you doing?!" Alex sputters.

Sean reaches for Alex, "Alex.. I'm sorry!!"

Kibin continues attacking Jeff, happily using complex combos to drain Jeff's energy.

Nils approaches Ivy and Caleb. He comments. "Looks like your brother has gotten himself into another uncalculated mess."

"What am _I_ doing? What am _I_ doing?!? What are _you_ doing? Sean, will you get _out_ of here? Alex and I have things to discuss."

Stephie sits in the corner for now. Resing her feet isn't a bad thing, anyway.

Ivy glances over to Caleb. "You going to do anything?"

Kelly asks Stephie, "If you get into the cheer squad, do you think you can put in a good word for me?"

Alex sighs and speaks calmly. "Philippa, relax one moment. I'm trying to explain something to Sean. But I'd appreciate some privacy."

Caleb grabs Nils by the bowtie and snatches the glasses off his face. "You watch what Stephie says 'bout my brother. Understand me?"

Sean quickly restreats from Phil. He goes upstairs to hide.

Ivy whistles. "Temper temper.."

Stephie says, "Um, sure - but I'm not going to get in till thr trials at best, right? So you'll have another chance at the same time."

Nils fumbles for his glasses.. "Of course... "

Kelly admits, "Yeah, but I think I hurt my chances after talking to Phil..."

Yutaka watches the world turn, these are the days of there lives...90210 style..and decides its time to leave...as he passes by Ivy, he nods, smiles and says in tones of sincerity, "Sorry, I didn't know you weren't feeling well, I hope you get to feeling better." he nods to Caleb and points to

Alex.."Better watch him, looks like the sharks are circling." and he walks out of the home..

Jeff quickly loses to Kibin. "Gah you are no fun." They go to get drinks.

Before Sean can quite make it up the stairs, he is stopped by Becky coming down them. Not the normal way, though... she rolls down the stairs, hitting the railing with her shoulder and the landing with her jaw before landing on her own leg with a sickening SNAP.

Ivy smiles to Yutaka. "Its.. ok.."

Jinghua comes running downstairs a moment later. "Omigod! Becky!"

Sean blinks. "Oh my gawd! I didn't do this!"

Yutaka turns suddenly as he see's the girl tumbling down the stairs..in a flash pushing people aside, he runs to the girl.."everyone Back off!"

Ivy gasps. "What happened?"

Kibin goes get some drinks too, and gets some grape soda. And looks over to where all the commotion is at.

Yutaka he looks at the girl, having no formal training, he looks to see if she's conscious.

Kelly comments. "Looks like there will be an opening.. I mean.. oh no!!"

Alex is about to close the bathroom door to talk with Philippa. "What the?" he pushes past Philippa to find out what's going on.

Becky appears to have broken her leg and quite possibly fractured her jaw. She is unconscious.

Jeff and Ed go see.. "Hey they had this maneuver on Star Journey that can ease the pain.. I think I remember it."

Stephie stands up, trying to see what's happened - in the corner she missed everything. "What's going on?"

Kibin says to Jeff and Ed, "How about you two go call an ambulance instead?"

Yutaka shakes his head..."Dammit.." he pulls his PDA and calls 911. "Police and Ambulance please."

Kibin says, "Nevermind that..."

Yutaka calls over, "Kibin, do you have any medical training?...this girl looks to be in bad shape.."

Alex pushes past the small crowd gathering at the base of the stairs. "Everyone back off!" he orders and he crouches down to check on her.

Jinghua runs over to Eva and hugs her. "Omigod!" she repeats. "I... we were dancing, and then she was - too close to the stairs, and -- boom!"

Jeff and Ed back off. "Dude, we were going to use the Keftuan pain remover on her."

Stephie says, "An accident? What happened? Who's hurt?"

Stephie backs off so other people have room to back off.

Ivy backs away to where Kelly and Stephie are.

Alex calls. "It's Becky."

"It's OK, chica", murmurs Eva. "The geek is taking care of her. It'll be OK. Come on..." Eva leads Jinghua into the now-empty bathroom.

Becky's a brown haired teenager, wearing a jacket that announces her as a member of the cheerleading squad. Despite being a cheerleader, she seems a quiet sort, at least in party situations such as this one. She's one of the older teenagers at the party tonight; she seems to be near the end of her high school years. )

Nils approaches, "Ahem.. I know life saving techniques. I have a first aid certificate!" He goes to show everyone his certificate.

Darrell comes over from his corner to stand next to Ivy, Stephie, and Kelly. "What happened?"

Yutaka can be heard stating the situation to the operator, "Yes..we need police and med-droids, girl, teenager approximately 16-18 years of age, possibly broken leg, and jaw, no..she is not responsive, unconscious, Yes, 107 Wharf street, yes,..."

Stephie frowns. feeling useless. Poor Becky...

Ivy tells Darrell, "I guess she fell from the stairs."

Doug, who has been staring at Stephie for a while now, looks puzzled. "What? Someone got hurt?"

Nils tells everyone, "Back away, Nils Sunderland is here."

Yutaka looks around, "Anyone have this girls Home number?" his tone urgent...and agressive, he is tired of this Teenage BS.

Stephie blinks at Doug. "Becky! She fell down the stairs."

Caleb calls to Alex "Hey, bro - she OK?"

Doug smiles when Stephie talks to him. "Oh." He thinks a moment. "Stairs?"

Stephie stares at Doug in blank disbelief. "Yes, stairs!"

Nils hrms. "It looks like she has fractured her left fibula and jaw. She is unconsious. Alex stand back. I will help her."

Doug nods, a little glassy-eyed. "Oh... stairs. Right. Like... the things you walk down, right?"

Yutaka looks at Nils. "We've got it in hand, too many cooks spoil the soup, Nils you back off."

Nils shows Yutaka his certificate. "I have a certificate! Does Alex? Do you?"

Alex tries to shoo Nils away. To Yutaka. "It looks like her jaw and her leg for sure. I don't know about her neck though. We'll need to stabilize her."

In the distance Sirens of 2 tones can be heard, one distinctly police, the other distinctly ambulance,

Nils argues with Alex about the details fo the injury.

Yutaka nods to Alex, to Nils he says..."Care to see the F you are going to get if you interfere? Now back off."

Ivy shakes her head. "Crazy.."

Kibin watches the commotion, like everyone else. And wishing he was a little bit taller so he could get a clearer look.

Stephie is now *sure* something weird is going on. She crosses her arms over where Doug is mostly staring. "Are you feeling ok? Have you been drinking or anything?"

In the wake of the sirens, a child's voice can be heard from the basement. "Cale? Alex? Sirens!" Caleb bolts upright and runs across the room, ignoring pretty much everything. The basement door chimes for him and opens, then locks behind him as he bolts downstairs.

Nils seems cleary frightned. "You.. you can't give me an F! I have an excuse for not being able to attend Physical Education!"

The sirens are much closer, just a few blocks away perhaps.

Doug continues to watch Stephie, seeming largely unaware of anything else in the room. "Mm-hm... drinking. I had some, um, some water, and some... orange stuff... what's that called again?"

"This isn't a math quiz Nils! Back off." Alex places his hands on either side of Becky's head, hoping to keep her neck stabilized until the real paramedics arrive.

The reputation of Yutaka being very tough and not liking kids talking smack to him is well known in this room...he simply looks at Nils and says in cold tones.."Physical Education is a mandatory subject. Your failure to attend class will be duly noted in your permenant file...now back off."

Stephie says, "I think we'd better get you some fresh air... Come with me..." Stephie thinks. o O (Might as well try to sort Doug out - I can't even get close to poor Becky.)

Doug gets up cheerfully. He doesn't seem drunk - at least, he doesn't seem uncoordinated. High, maybe. Or just stupid... except Doug is one of the smarter kids in school. "Fresh air? OK..."

Philippa manages to push the crowd far enough to see for herself. She catches a glimpse of Becky and gasps. "(bleep!)"

Yutaka says, "Alex, do you have voice command over the systems here?...if so, open the doors and gates for the police and emergency services..."

Nils gasps, "No!! I Have to be Valedictorian.. " He quickly gets away.

Stephie takes Doug's hand, since he's seeming a bit slow, and drags him outside.

Kibin goes back to the drink table, and goes get some more snacks

Alex orders the security systems to let the police and paramedics come in.

Darrell asks Stephie, "Can I get some fresh air too?"

Doug nearly seems to faint when Stephie touches him, and follows her docilely, rather like a well-trained Golden Retriever.

Kelly waves her plunger at Darrell.

Stephie says, "Um, sure..."

Yutaka sees that Alex has things in hand.."Clear a path, everyone upstairs or outside or in the living room NOW." his tone leaves not tone for questions.

Ivy goes to the Living Room. Kelly does as well!

Jeff and Ed head upstairs.

Nils goes heads to the Living Room

Ivy asks around, "Who's that guy?" (Asking about Yutaka)

Darrell backs away from Kelly and her plunger, fortunately (for him), he's able to back up and walk out the front door.

Kibin goes over to the living room. Let's not make Yutaka any angrier....

Stephie, outside, troes to get Doug acting less dopey. Withouy much success/

Stephie, Doug adn anyone else who's outside is able to see the emergency response crews pull up outside the gates.

Stephie stays well back to allow them entrance.

Kibin goes back to the computer console, and goes see what other games there are.

Doug stumbles unevenly on his feets. The pretty floashing lights distract him from Stephie for a moment, but only for a moment. "Liiights..."

Ivy asks some of the kids around, "Who's the guy yelling?"

Yutaka walks to the front door and greets the police, allowing them full access to the scene, he starts to explain the situation to the police pointing Jinghua, to get her story, and allowing the Paramedics plenty of rooms to do their stuff.

"That's Mr. Yamaoka," Someone replies. "He's a gym tesacher. He's brutal. I had him for PE once."

Ivy nods and wonders if she has him for PE this semester..

Stephie says, "Come on Doug, try to focus...." She looks to Darrell (OOC: he was ousdide, right?). "Do you have any idea what's wrong with him?"

The Paramedics come in: a man and a woman. The woman asks Yutaka. "What happened, exactly?" Her partner goes to check on Becky, relieving Alex of that duty.

Yutaka explains the situation as he knows it, points to the stairs, explains some more, answers some questions and allows her to get on her way to assisting her partner.

Kibin sits down at the computer console, and flips through the video games.

Darrell shakes his head, saying no he doesn't know.

Ivy chides Kibin, "Someone's hurt and you are playing games? Geez?"

Kibin asks Ivy, "What am I supposed to do? The paramedics have control over it now."

Yutaka turns to the nearest Teen, which happens to be Phillipa, "Phillipa, do you know her home number?..or her parent's name, they need to know about this.."

The woman paramedic nods to Yutaka. She sends the medical droid to get the stabilizer board.

Ivy glances at Kibin's uniform. 'Aren't you starguard or something? I would have though they hired more responsible people."

Philippa looks a little stunned. She's slow to respond. "Huh? Oh... yeah."

Phil provides Becky's phone number.

Kibin says, "I don't know how to help, and I'd just get in the way."

Kibin finds Halo XXX, and loads it on the computer console.

A police officer asks Yutaka, "Do you live here, sir?"

Yutaka nods, "thank you Phillipa," he dials it and asks the police if they would like to contact the parents instead..

Stephie has a theory, though a bit disturbing. She says to Darrell, "Um, could you look after him for a bit? I need to go back inside."

Doug shows no signs of improving. Just before Stephie heads off, a bead of saliva rolls from his gaping mouth, and down his chin.

A police officer asks Yutaka, "Do you live here, sir?"

Yutaka shakes his head to the Officer, "no I was just visiting, It is owned by the Winter's Family." he motions towards Alex, "That gentleman over there is an occupant."

Ivy shakes her head at Kibin. "Useless."

Darrell agrees with Stephie. "Ok. I'll watch him."

Kibin says, "I just know about biology, I don't know enough to render medical aid."

Stephie slips inside again, to get out of sight of Doug.

Kelly waves to Stephie as she sees Stephie. "It's terrible I think she broke her leg.."

The Policeman turns to Alex. "Son, do you live here? Are your parents around?" His tone hints at the big trouble if Alex isn't honest.

Ivy shrugs to Kibin, and looks over to Stephie. "Hey where did you go?" She introduces herself to Kelly.

Stephie whispers to Kelly, "How is she? Will she be all right?"

Kibin goes into a instant action deathmatch, and starts fragging people. Ooo, holograms.

Alex says, "My parents are passed away. My Uncle is in D.C. for a conference."

Kelly says Hi to Ivy and tells Stephi, "I dunno. Alex might be in trouble! I have to support him!"

Stephie hms, and gets ready to suppoert Alex, if needed.

Kelly still has plunger in hand!

The Police Officer shakes his head, disapproving. "You could be in big trouble, son." He's seen this sort of sad story before. Parents out of town. Kids experiment with drugs and alcohol.

Yutaka calls the parents of Becky..."Yes, are these the parents of Becky?..Yes your daughter has been in an accident. No ma'am the situation is not certain yet, she is being attended to by Paramedics, No ma'am she has not been transported yet, yes ma'am I will...No Ma'am I dont know about..." this continues as Yu tries to calm down the excited and worried mother.

Kibin finishes the deathmatch, and gets up, looking to see what the situation with Becky is now.

Phil gravitates to Alex's side.

Kelly looks angry as Phil goes over to Alex's side. She whispers to Stephie, "That should be me over there!"

Ivy shakes her head at Kelly.

"One two three!" The Paramedics and their medical droid lift the injured girl up. They carry her out on a stretcher.

Stephie is beginning to get seriously worried about Kelly.

Althea Vogt-Cavaney A perfectly coiffed, perfectly dressed business woman, at once alluring and unapproachable.

Sean comes over quickly to Alex's defense. He tells the police officer, "There wasn't any alcohol or drugs!" (Just love potion #9)

Stephie nods in agreement.

Nils points out, "Though Biff might have consumed alcohol prior to coming here.."

Yutaka comes to stand near Alex as well, looking at the other kids...and wishing they would go away.

Stephie says, "And there's, um, a teacher and a Starguard officer who can vouch for that."

Nils is such a snitch.

As the Paramedics carry Becky out, they pass a woman on her way in. She pauses and watches the unconscious girl. "What in heaven's name?!"

Ivy turns to see who this woman is!

Phil blanches as if she's seen a ghost. "Mom?! What are you doing here?!"

Yutaka nods in regards to Stephie's remark. he looks at Nils, "Nils, do you have evidence of that? because if not its hearsay, as well as possible defamation of character, an issue punishable by law."

Kibin watches the commotion from the door.

Nils ummss and goes back hiding amongst other students. THe football players rough him up behind the scenes for snitching on their senior QB.

Stephie privately wonders if Kibin can vouch for anything besides the video game score, but that's another matter.

Yutaka turns back to the police to see if he can assist Alex in anyway...

Ivy sighs. "Some party.."

Stephie says, "Yeah... what lousy luck...."

Kibin goes over to the football players roughing up Nils, and shoo them away.

Kibin tries to shoo them away, anyway.

Nils thanks the velociraptor. "Thank you, SG officer, Kibin. Those ruffians should know better than to harm their future valedictorian."

"Philippa A. Vogt-Cavaney." The older woman says in a tone that would frighten any teenager: a slow but angry tone, that typically precedes a grounding. "The car is waiting in front. go to it!"

Ed and Jeff are playing dance dance revolution 500 upstairs.

Ivy cringes. "Ouch.."

Stephie thinks. o O (Nils is *so* pulp, come Monday....)

Yutaka looks at the older woman..she is pretty, but he's seen her type before..and remains noticibly unimpressed.

Doug comes in shaking his head, confiding something in Darrell. "I don't know what happened, man."

Kibin asks, "Valedictorian? A bit of a lofty goal, isn't it? For you to be so sure of it..."

Nils tells Kibin, "I take AP classes and some classes at the University. That boost my GPA to over 4.5!" That's like .2 over Alex's GPA.

Stephie wonders if she can do anything to help Phil here - but without knowing about her mother it's tricky.

"Yeah, mom." Philippa cringes and shuffles outdoors, looking destroyed.

Kelly seems delighted at what is happening to Philippa. She smiles.

Althea turns to Yutaka. "Are you the chaperone of this party?"

Ivy asks Stephie, "Does this happen often at Caleb's parties?"

Yutaka turns to Althea. "No Ms. Vogt-Caveney, I am not."

Stephie thinks,. o O (uh-oh)

Kibin says to Nils, "Well, having good grades isn't enough to prevent yourself from getting beat up on..."

Nils nods to Kibin, "Apparently not. Those ruffians have no respect for their intellectual superiors."

Stephie says, "This is his first party, so far as I know.."

Ivy nods. "Their uncle is going to kill them."

"Just who _is_ in charge here?" Althea asks pointedly. Then she spots Kibin. "My word! As far as I am concerned, this travesty is over!!"

Kibin says, "They might stop roughing you up like that if you wouldn't brag so much..."

Alex just listens quietly.

Nils backs away from Kibin as soon as Phil's mom has her attention on the dino.

Alex speaks up. "I am ma'am."

Yutaka turns stands behind Alex, ready to help if he needs to.

Kelly asks Stephie, "Alex needs help.. What should I do?"

Stephie whispers, "I don't know... let's just keep quiet for now and hope they sort it out rationally.."

Yutaka taps Alex on the shoulder.."Mr. Winters, would you like me to take care of this?" his tone is different than it has been throughout the party, it is professional, and almost bodyguard like.

The Policeman explains the situation to Althea, as he understands it. This only serves to infuriate her further. She turns and asks, Alex. "Young man, where is your uncle!"

Alex says quietly. "He's in D.C., ma'am. Won't be back until Monday."

Yutaka places a firm reassuring hand on Alex's shoulder, "Mr. Winters, as your security consultant, I insist you let me deal with this."

Kelly nods to Stephie and waits patiently.

Ivy frowns at Yutaka's assertion. She whispers to Kelly and Stephie, "I thought someone said he was a PE teacher.."

Stephie eyes Ms V-C, seeing her as the person most likely to cause problems here.

Stephie shushes Ivy.

Ivy shushes. . o O (This is so confusing!)

Althea takes a deep breath, and she seems to coil back, about to deliver a giant tirade. She pauses though. Her mood seems to ease a little bit. "I would like to talk with him when he returns. Monday, you said?"

Ivy folds her arms across her chest and sits down.

Yutaka grips Alex's shoulder warningly..

Doug and Darrell quietly decide to get the heck out of here. Darrell gives

Stephie a little wave. "Bye!" Doug seems to be better now. Maybe it was the fresh air.

Kibin watches the chaos happening with Alex some more. Hmmmm...

Kelly keeps her attention focused on Phil's mom. She unknowingly inches closer to the confrontation though.. her desire to be near Alex, very strong. The girl with the bathroom toilet plunger closes in.

There are sounds of stomping above in the upstairs room, breaking the quiet tension. Ed and JEff must be having fun.

Sean sits there biting his nails, fearful of what will happen to Alex...

Alex looks over to Yutaka. "I should handle this. It's my responsibility."

Stephie waves to Doug and Darrell. Not the fresh air, she's thinking. All this weirdness - it's her somehow. But what's going on? And who can she turn to to help figure it out?

Yutaka nods and steps back. "That is entirely your decision Mr. Winters." while proud of Alex, he thinks Alex is making a mistake.

Ivy decides to munch on Cashews. Her favorite nut.

Althea looks up at Yutaka. She seems to shrink back a little as if impressed somewhat by Yutaka's presence. "And you are?"

Kibin looks upstairs, wondering what's going on. Kibin walks up there to find out.

Yutaka raises an eyebrow, "Ms. Vogt-Caveney, I would think that someone in your position in the community and social circles would know who I am...do you not recognize me?...I am Yutaka Yamaoka."

Jeff and Ed are dancing to the beat of Dance Dance Revolution 500! New Songs! News Moves!

Jeff and Ed are upstairs dancing away with some of the other kids watching their antics.

"My goodness! I should apologize!" Althea Vogt-Caveney offer her hand to Yutaka. "It's a pleasure to meet you in person, Mr. Yamaoka."

Stephie whispers to Kelly, "Where are you going?"

Althea adds. "I... I'm sorry that I didn't recognize you sooner."

Kelly blinks. "Huh?" She looks around finding her self almost behind Phil's mom.. holding a plunger as if ready to smack the older woman. She blushes and goes to Stephie. "I.. I was just seeing what's going on."

Yutaka outreaches his hand to Althea...and nods. "Likewise Ms. Vogt-Caveney, I assure you this party was well under control until this unfortunate accident. I am certain you will not hold it against Mr. Winters here, as he has shown nothing but responsible behavior here."

Kibin watches the people play DDR. "Could I play?"

Stephie whispers, "Calm down, it'kk be all right..." At least, it's looking like that at the moment.

Ed and Jeff turn around to face Kibin as they dance, Their legs is swift motion, don't miss a beat. "Don't you have to do grown up stuff down there?"

Kibin shrugs. "Not much I can do..."

Kelly nods to Stephie and lowers the plunger. "I should put this back in the bathroom, huh?"

Ed comments to Kibin, "Aren't you part of Starguard?"

Stephie grins. "That might be a good idea. People are probably already wondering why you've carried it round with you all evening."

Ivy chuckles at Stephie's comment.

Althea says to Yutaka with a smile, "With you here, I'm sure that everything will be alright. I should be going now."

Kelly blushes some more and quickly goes back to the restroom to return the plunger to the right place.

Kibin says, "Yeah, but I don't have anything to do at the moment."

But not before Alex spots Kelly with the plunger. He gives her a quizzical look.

Jeff asks Kibin, "Don't you guys deal with aliens and stuff?"

Kelly eeps and quickly puts it away.

Ivy tells Stephie, "You have some strange friends."

Someone else says, "Do dinosaurs count as aliens? Is that why you're with them?"

Kibin nods slowly. "Yeah... But there's nothing going on at the moment."

Kibin says, "And no, dinosaurs don't count as aliens. I think."

Ed asks, "Are you sure? You must be low man on the totem pole. I heard they do secret stuff all the time."

Stephie deadpans, "Yeah, but fortunately they didn't come to the party."

Philippa's mother backs away from Yutaka and then turns for the door.

Kibin sighs. "It's my off-time, I guess you could say. I'm here to enjoy the party."

Ivy asks Stephie, "Really? who are these stranger friends?" . o O (And I thought Kelly was a weirdo)

Stephie grins suddenly.

Ivy glances at Stephie curiously.

Yutaka says outloud to Ms' Vogt-Caveney, "It was a pleasure, have a nice day Ms. Vogt-Caveney." as she leaves out the front.

Stephie thinks. o O (The irony is, it's true.)

Stephie says, "Sorry, joke. Guess it wasn't so funny."

Ed and Jeff asks Kibin, "You just like showing off about your gaming skills huh? Is that why SG gave you some time off so you don't bug them?"

Kibin says to Ed and Jeff, "No, I just like playing video games. Is that so bad?"

Ed and Jeff ask Kibin, "Don't you have grown up stuff you like doing?"

"The pleasure was all mine," Althea offers as she walks out the door and down the walk to her chauffered car.

Kibin asks, "Such as?"

Kelly comes back from the restroom. She seems happier. She whispers to

Stephie. "Now that philippa is gone.. I have my chance!"

Ed says to Kibin, "Making money and stuff?"

Kibin says to Ed, "I'm already making money with starguard.

Jeff nods as he dances to the rhythm, "Yeah, You can't make money playing games can you?"

The Policeman finishes taking statements.

"They pay you to do nothing?", asks the dancing duo.

Ivy smiles to Stephie, "Eh,, its ok."

Yutaka smiles as Phillipa's mother retreats...then he turns to Alex, "You ok?"

Stephie breathes a sigh of relief. That was nearly very scaru.

Kibin replies to Jeff, "No, but it's fun. Now can I play or what?"

Alex nods to Yutaka. "Thanks for the assist. You really calmed her down!"

Jeff and Ed tell Kibin, "We aren't done yet."

Kibin says, "I just don't have th work at the moment, that's all."

"Did they fire you?", asks some other kid that's watching the dino talk.

"Yeah, it must suck to get fired by Starguard.", comments another kid.

Kelly rushes over to Alex. She tries to grab his arm. "You ok, Alex?"

Nils speaks to himself. "I could of handled that.."

Yutaka nods, "sometimes it just takes a little knowledge of how people like that work, you know?" his tones back to the friendly ones that have been used for most of the night..except for the times of crisis.

By now, most of the kids have realized that the party is over. Everyone goes home. Jinghua and Eva are among those so slowly file out the front door.

Kibin sighs again, irritated. "It's the evening, I don't have to work! Even people at starguard get free time."

Ed comments, "You must not work very hard. I heard that Barricade is there all the time!"

Kibin says to Ed, "I've only been working there for a few months."

Stephie shakes her head. "Hard luck - and it was such a good party too.... And poor Becky! I hope she'll be ok...."

Ivy nods in agreement with Stephie. "Yeah.. what a freak accident."

Alex sighs shaking his head. "Yeah, I'm fine Kelly... What a disaster." He addresses the other kids. "Hey everyone, thanks for coming. I'm sorry about what happened."

Stephie says, "Did anyone see how it happened?"

Nils tells Alex, "This stuff never happens at my parties.." Well of course his parties are much more about playing chess and doing math puzzles.

Sean sees that Kelly is all over Alex and leaves.

Of the people left, no one seems to really know what happened.

Ivy shakes her head. She replies to Stephie, "I was talking to Caleb."

Yutaka turns to Nils, "Its because no one shows to your parties I'm sure Nils, why don't you go home and work on some physics equations or something?"

Kibin watches the two play DDR. Hmmm, I thought there was a four player mode?

"Excellent suggestion. I will have the extra credit done before Alex. Ha haha Ha haha." Nils departs.

Jeff tells Kibin, "Only a few months? Don't you have to work extra hard to make sure you don't get fired? My dad says the first few months are the most important to make a good impression."

Yutaka shakes his head, "Alex, that guy will be the department head of some R/D facility one day...You'll be CEO..don't worry about that idiot."

Alex pats Kelly on the shoulder. "I'm sorry about how Philippa was treating you earlier. Thanks for coming." He tries to be upbeat, though he reads her distress at being sad about the cheerleading tryouts.

Kibin says to Jeff, "That doesn't mean I can't have fun, now, does it?"

Kelly seems happy as she latches onto Alex. "Its ok.. Um.. great party Alex! Thanks for inviting me!"

Kelly tells Alex, "If you need anyone to talk to.. just give me a call!"

Yutaka raises an eyebrow at the overly affectionate Kelly...and rolls his eyes..

Ed asks Kibin, "you like playing with kids huh? Creepy isn't it?"

Kibin says to Ed, "No, I just like playing video games."

Alex says to Yutaka. "Never do. I wonder who invited him? Anyways." He looks over at Kelly. "Yeah. Anytime." At the same time he tries to pull his arm free from Kelly.

Ed and Jeff shrug. They finish the game. "Looks like the party is over... We should get home. See ya Kibin!"

Kibin says, "Bye..." Kibin wanders on back downstairs.

As Alex pulls Kelly's arm off of his, he finds her hand in his hand. "Oh Alex..."

Yutaka leans in to Alex and whispers ..."Mr. Winters, as your security consultant, I insist you allow me to take care of this..." then he chuckles, obviously if not at Kelly, somewhat in her direction.

Ivy mentions to Stephie, "Your friend seems to like Alex a lot."

Kibin wanders back down to Alex and Yutaka. He asks, "Is that girl going to be okay?"

Yutaka nods, "I think so, the Paramedics weren't very worried it seemed."

A realization dawns upon Alex's face. "Oh, Kelly..." He looks surprised and a bit dumbfounded. He drops Kelly's hand and looks at her.

Alex says, "I..."

Kelly smiles happily at Alex.

Stephie looks at Kelly and Alex. Um.

Kelly tells Alex, "I know. I'll wait till you tell Phil.. Thanks!"

Yutaka seems to have his attention on Kibin, but grips Alex's shoulder in the same warning grip.

Kelly giggles and rushes back where Stephie is.. She seems very happy..

Alex says, "No, wait, that's not it! I -"

Kibin says, "I'll be going now. Thanks for the party!"

It's too late, Kelly is already over to where Stephie and Ivy are telling the duo what's just transpired in her perspective.

Alex is about to follow her but find Yutaka's hand on his shoulder. "What?"

Ivy eyes Kelly, "Is that so.. Hope it works out.."

Stephie says, "I um... I guess I should go to..."

Yutaka shakes his head.."She's deluded, the more you talk the more she'll never figure it out. I suggest you let actions speak.."

Kelly nods. "Of course! Love conquers all! Oh Stephie, You need a ride home?"

Alex says, "Are you sure about that Mr. Yamaoka?"

Stephie thinks. o O (Great, now no matter what happens Alex is in trouble with either Kelly or Phil, and I'm going to get the backlash...)

Kelly asks Ivy, "You need a ride too?"

Stephie says, "Oh, uh, yeah, a ride would be great, thanks!"

Ivy shakes her head. "No.. Um.. Thanks though! I got my hoverboard."

Biff grabs Emily's hand. "Let jet.. This place isn't fun anymore.."

Stephie is glad to see Biff go anyway.

Ivy rumages through the closet to look for her hoverboard.

Yutaka watches Biff leave.."..Idiot.."

Alex looks pretty drained. He has a seat on the stairs and breathes a deep sigh.

Stephie looks to Alex. "Will you be ok?"

Yutaka walks over the Servedroid and orders a tea, and brings it back to Alex, "Alex, good job tonight, you handled that crisis well, and good job with Ms. Vogt-Caveney, you showed a lot of character."

Alex perks up and offers a reassuring smile. "Oh I'm fine. Just a little tired from the preparations and all. Thanks for coming."

Alex tries to put up a cheerful front, but his mind is racing about fifteen different things now.

Yutaka smiles reassuringly.."Take it Alex, it may help you calm down."

Ivy grabs her board and approaches Alex, "Hey, thanks for letting me stop by. Tell Caleb thanks too."

Alex says, "Will do. Thanks for coming!"

Alex says, "Sorry I didn't get much chance to talk to you."

Ivy shrugs. "I heard you are a junior.. so am I. maybe I'll see you in some classes.. Now that I know who you are."

Yutaka nods to Ivy.."Sorry about that comment earlier Miss, no offense intended."

Alex nods. "See you on Monday, then."

Ivy nods in understanding to Yutaka, "Yeah.. um you know.. female stuff."

Ivy waves to Stephie and Kelly and Yutaka and heads off.

Stephie smiles. "It was fun! I mean - anything you could have foreseen. Maybe I can return the favour sometime - party at my place. Of course, we'd have to kidnap Dad or something first so he didn't find out."

Alex pretends he didn't hear Ivy's last statement.

Ivy is at the door about to leave on her hoverboard..

Yutaka smiles and nods.."Uh..gotcha.." with that closing statement Yutaka decides its time to leave, "Alex, take care," he smiles, "And don't worry, it all works out in the end." he nods to Stephie and starts to head out the door behind Ivy.

Stephie says, "Nice meeting you, Ivy!"

Ivy tells Stephie, "catch you at school."

Caleb comes up from the basement, where he and Scottie have been hanging, in time to wave everyone byebye...

Stephie says, "Sure thing!"

Alex says, "Thanks Stephie. Let us know if you're throwing anything... we'll even kidnap your dad for you."

Yutaka decides to not hear that..

Caleb blinks... kidnapping Stephie's dad? That could be fun.

Ivy waves to Caleb and flies off.

Alex looks up to Yutaka. "Thanks, sir. Thank for coming too."

Stephie grins. "Oh, now I just need a theme.... Um, giant atomic monsters? It should be fun to have half a dozen of them running around the house....."

Yutaka nods, and turns right before the door..."No problem Alex, thanks for the Invite. Glad I could be of some help...And Alex, you need better security, I know a guy that can help." he winks and heads out.

Caleb says, "Giant atomic monsters?"

Alex says, "Mr. Yamaoka, I'll take you upon on that. We had a break-in last week."

Yutaka takes a card out and flips it at Alex. (dex roll)

Alex fumbles the card and picks it up.

Yutaka says, "Call me...we'll talk."

Alex nods.

Yutaka waves to all and is out the door.

Ivy leaves 107 Wharf Street and enters Wharf Street South. Ivy has left.

Caleb looks around. "So... what happened to Becky?"

Alex says, "I never caught how it happened. Broken leg, jaw. She was unconscious when the paramedics took her, but they seemed optimistic."

Caleb says, "Man. Looked like it HURT."

Kelly is on Cloud Nine right now. "Let's go," she says, practically bouncing out the door and pulling Stephie along with her.

Kelly blows a kiss to Alex from the doorway.

Alex groans.

Stephie says, "Oh - uh - ok - hi again Caleb! Great party, you know, apart from - but that wasn't anyone's fault!"

Vicente enters from Wharf Street South. Vicente has arrived.

Caleb waves to Stephie. "Thanks!"

Stephie is pulled out the door.

Vicente comes in and tells Caleb and Alex that he's sorry that he's late, but Kibin wasn't there to help him with work so he had to do it all by himself.. Oh well.. He missed the party.. and Kibin too!

Stay tuned for the next episode of Colonial Heights 90210!