Charles Goes to Utah!
Ever since Charles had hatched he had wanted to know "what this did and why it was there". As soon as Charles could walk his Companion , started to pay a little bit less attention to him. Charles was down trodden, all his Companion was doing was opening drawers and putting odds and ends into a backpack. Charles did not intend to continue being ignored so, he crawled into the biggest drawer, which held whistles and knives, guide books and dozens more things of the kind. His. Companion's face appeared above him, "Sorry Charlie, come here." she scooped Charles up in her arms and cuddled him for a few moments. After he felt he had forgiven her enough he crawled up her arm and wrapped his scaly body around her neck.
Charles watched her lift things into a car then climb in with her siblings. Charles was fascinated by them, the youngest had dark hair and was also curious but she wanted to hold and pet him all the time. He loved the attention but it got annoying after his scales would stick up from to goo on her hands. The second youngest had shaggy hair and was a pest, trying to test his new inventions on Charles. The third youngest was more gentle and nice than the others but was insanely jealous of his sister. The eldest, Charles' companion was dark haired and had Indian features.
Suddenly the car gave a lurch, and rolled down the road. If there was anything Charles hated it was seat belts. They prevented him from standing up on his hind legs and looking out the rear window of the van. Luckily he could still see out the side windows, beautiful mountains and farms passed by, all green with the brilliance of summer. The numerous corn fields dazzled him, How can so many things live so close together? he thought as another one passed by.
Drowsy, Charles laid his little head on his Companion's lap and slept. When he woke up he heard cheering and parents saying "Do not leave this car without something in your hands, and, be sure to clean up after yourselves." Charles nodded and sleepily got up.
He wanted to help his Companion so he scooped up her water bottle and a pencil box she had stored something pink and fuzzy in.
She grabbed her backpacks and a cooler , and hopped out of the car. Charles squealed with delight, before his very eyes here hundreds of pines trees, a rushing river, a large log cabin and billions of rocks! He resisted the urge to drop what he was holding and explore.
The crunch of gravel beneath his claws was Enthralling, and then the hollow thunk of the board walk made him giddy. He peeped in one of the large windows, inside was a long oak table and a few couches. He didn't care about the rest. He wanted to meet those people who sat at the table, coloring things.
He followed his companion into the large room, women were chatting excitedly whilst the children colored bandanas. Charles set his load on an armchair and waddled to the group, he leaped onto the table and grabbed a marker. He slowly took it apart, and then put it back together after licking and biting each part.
His companion sat down next to a long haired girl, and said "Hi" the girl didn't even respond. None of the children did. She sagged. Charles felt sad for her, so he rubbed his head on her arm.
Somebody's mom piped up "Say 'hi' Dana." . The long haired girl looked up "oh hi, Kindle!" she exclaimed. "Hi, what's up?" his Companion asked, he had never known her name was Kindle...
The other children looked up, and people started talking. His name was mentioned several times in the conversation. It made him feel good to know he was the center of attention.
With a pounding of feet came three boys, one of which was Kindle's brother Tarin. With a speedy movement a deck of playing cards was on the table, Charles looked around, nobody was watching. He dropped the marker he had been investigating and snatched a card off the table. He knew that he would probably get in trouble for this but he did it anyways. Charles slid under the table and began trying to un-screw the card as be had done with the pen. He only succeeded in twisting the card like a corkscrew. Shrugging Charles ripped it up but found nothing inside, "hey, where's the four of clubs?" one boy asked, Charles squealed and dashed away from the carnage that was the Four of Clubs. Just then all the girls got up from the table and headed for the door. Charles was saved.
To be continued: check back later!
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