SPRING BREAK 2000

Beach

    Thomas was a dream! He had red hair (like me) and he was just BEAUTIFUL. On the way to his friend Jerome's house, he talked easily with Sara and I, like we had always known him. When we arrived at Jerome's, I was stunned when I seen his house. I had seen some nice places, but this took the cake! This wasn't a house it was a mansion. And inside, people were partying it up. Hell yeah!

    Sara asked Thomas, "Isn't your friend worried about people messing up his house?" My thought exactly.

    Thomas replied casually, "No, his parents have so much money, that they don't know what to do with it. Both his father and mother are some hot shots in California, and they only use this house about once a year. They have about five other homes around the country, not counting the ones in other countries. Whatever happens to the house, Jerome pays to have it fixed."

    A tall African-American came strolling up and said, "What's up my man!"

    Thomas replied, "Jerome, these are my new friends Ari and Sara."

    Jerome shook our hands and said, "Welcome to my home. Help yourself to whatever you want. The pool and hot-tub are out back. Enjoy yourselves."

    Well, I decided I would. Thomas and I went out back to the hot-tub and we fired up the hash Seth gave me in the club.

    "This is some good shit." Thomas announced.

    "Tell me about it. I feel as mellow as a marsh mellow." I replied.

    He laughed and said, "Well, Ari, I think I do too. But don't get too mellow. The night's just started."

    We really laughed when a pair of freaks ran by chasing each other. The girl was screaming, "No, don't kill me, Dr. Van Helsing."

    You have to die Nina!"

    More freaks in Key West.

    I seen Sara here and there and as the night winded down, we decided to stay the night. Thomas and I found a romantic room with a beach view. I thought how magnificent he was. He entertained me thoroughly at the party. What a man, he sure was something to write home about. But, I knew I had better get some sleep.

    The next morning we were all chillin, eating croissants, and I told Thomas and Jerome what had happened yesterday with the bleeding man and the scary goons. Sara had just gotten up when I finished. I asked her if she slept well.

    "Oh my God, yes." she replied.

    I said, "I was just telling Thomas and Jerome what happened to us yesterday."

    Jerome spoke up, "Let's go and look at the disk on my computer. You have the disk with you, right?"

    "Yes, it is right here." Sara replied.

    We followed Jerome to his home office. We opened it easily and discovered topographical maps of the Florida Keys and the coral reefs surrounding them. There were marked sites on the maps with dates and times on the sites. One of the dates was midnight tonight. Another file had a memo to a Dr. Warf. It said the dolphin would be ready. Jerome thought maybe this Dr. Warf might work at the Dolphin Research Center. Sure enough, he did. We looked up his name on the web.

    I said, "I think we should go to this site tonight and see what is going on."

    Jerome said, "I don't want you girls to go alone. You can us my parent's boat, but Thomas and I have to come with you."

    Sara and I both agreed that was a good idea. We decided to meet back at Jerome's later at 10 tonight. Thomas would pick us up.

    Thomas took us back and we shopped for the remainder of the day. We stopped at a bar and had a drink. Frozen daiquiris are so refreshing in the Keys.