ProfNigma Stories #10: Schneider’s Island #4
Date: 11/3/2015,
Categories:
Celebrities,
Author: FrankSinner
... Freddie said, doing his best to put up a good front. "I couldn't find my keys." "I hope you keep better track of Jade than you do your other belongings," he shot back, before shooting another clay pigeon from the sky. "Well, I would never consider your daughter as one of my possessions… nor would she ever allow herself to be called that." Hmmm…" West grunted, unable to argue with that particular point. "Did we ever tell you that your father was a national champion, Jadelyn?" Mrs West said, taking a drink from what seemed to be an ever present glass of liquor. "A couple times," Jade said sharply, quickly getting fed up with all of this. "Why are we even here?" "We're here," Robert said, clearing his throat and lowering the gun, "Because I'm spending a lot of money on something and if I'm spending my cash for someone else's benefit, I want to know its worth it." "The f-" Jade started to ask, when Freddie put his hand on her shoulder. "I'm guessing you want to see if I can shoot those because it will prove that I'm worthy?" "Something like that," he said. "Or it's a start at least. Impress me." Freddie grumpily took the rifle from his future father-in-law's hands and tried to get used to the weight. He pointed it up to the sky and tried his best to adapt to the feel of the gun. "Alright," he said with a sigh as he prepared. The machine fired up, and within a few ...
... seconds, the first disk was launched upwards, and almost effortlessly he nailed it, earning a clap from his true love. The second and third came pretty quickly afterward and Freddie managed to hit both of them, obliterating one and taking a good chunk out of the other. The fourth one however, was a different story. He took aim, and knew he should take the shot, but as his eye darted to his future in laws, Freddie suddenly didn't give a shit what these people thought of him. So he intentionally missed, reacting way too quickly to the failure than he should have, signalling to Jade that he had thrown it. The Wests however were too busy gloating and sneering to catch such a small detail. "You did good baby," Jade said softly, pulling him away from her parents who just rolled their eyes. "Let's go upstairs to your room and talk, ok?" Freddie just nodded as Jade led him inside the inn and up to the room they used to share, as the former technical producer tried to calm his nerves. * * * Back in the pool, the young adults are still splashing and having a good time, and thanks to Andre's idea for a floating beer cooler, they had drinks readily available. Trina was taking a long sip of a beer when her eyes caught the inn door opening revealing two people she really didn't want to see. Cat, who was wearing a bright blue bikini that might as well have been painted on, was leading Noelle out into the sun so she could sit around the pool, and Cat could join in the fun of the ...