100 Problems (These are just a few)

[big_red_cheese]

Sometimes, Billy Batson wishes there was a magic word to escape from his troubles. Oh, he can say "SHAZAM!" to stop being Billy for awhile, but eventually, he has to go back to being Billy and living Billy's life. As he flies across the state lines, wandering from place to place, he can't help dwell on several  Take, for example:

-He has a geometry test on Monday that he cannot fail, or it will pretty much sink his grade in that class for the semester, and make him ineligible to participate on the school paper.

-There's a school dance coming up, and he doesn't have a date. A few months ago,  he might have been overheard talking about how cool and pretty Courtney is by Peter "Bolt" Thompson, all-star school jock...and Billy's tormentor. Bolt challenged him to bring Courtney to the dance "to prove she isn't a blow-up doll or a figment of your imagination". This was met with raucous laughter by the other students in the cafeteria.

-Mr. Morris doesn't know if the station is being bought out by a competitor, and there's talk of eliminating Billy's segment.

-Shazam himself keeps mentioning an oncoming darkness that world will face in the coming year, but can't give him any details when pressed. He just keeps telling Billy to "be vigilant and be ready". Of course, Cryptic Wizard-Speak should be considered a foreign language in itself.


So is the state of affairs as Billy finally snaps back to reality in a city he knows well, seeing the old JSA Brownstone beneath him. A part of him would like to stop in and see Courtney, but with how he left the team, he isn't sure he'd be welcome. He thinks for a moment and gets an idea. Pulling his cell-phone from is pocket (he has yet to figure out how the lightning bolt knows not blow up his phone), he dials Courtney's number and hopes she'll speak to him, even though they've been out of touch. He gets her voice-mail and sighs, figuring this would happen.

"Courtney, it's--" he says, his lips tripping over his actual name. Shazam's STILL got that rule in place that he can't tell anyone who he is, Darn. Okay...

"Courtney, it's...me. Captain Marvel. Look, I'd like to talk to you if you've got a minute. Give me a call and I can meet you anywhere you like. I hope to hear from you soon." he says, hanging up.

Yeah...life sucks, even if you're the World's Mightiest Mortal. Billy flies on, slowly, hoping she'll call back soon.

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[cosmicpwrdgirl.livejournal.com]

Courtney got the message. She had been in the shower when the phone had rang, and it resulted in one of the scrambles for it that never ended quite the way you wanted to. In this case it ended with a towel, a chair and a few pieces of paper scattered over the phone. She knew who it was, or who the phone belonged to. Such was the joy of customized ring tones.

And Billy had one she'd rather everyone else not hear, because it was kind of obvious.

Since she missed the call she waited a bit before she dialed back, making sure she at least had a bit of privacy before she did.

Now it was just waiting to see if he'd answer or if they were playing this game again.

[big-red-cheese.livejournal.com]

He hung up and flew on, wondering if she'd call back. The moment his phone went off again, he landed, as it's not responsible to fly and talk on the phone at the same time.

He lands and can't pull the phone out of his pocket fast enough.

"Um, hello?" he says, trying not seem like he'd landed in a park to answer his phone.

[cosmicpwrdgirl.livejournal.com]

"Ah, so I'm speaking to the Captain," Courtney said. The difference was obvious. As if the sound of flying didn't give it away. "What's up? Sorry I missed the first call."

[big-red-cheese.livejournal.com]

"Well, I was hoping to speak to you if you had some time today. Maybe we could meet up and talk? I can come to you, if you like." he says.

"I just want a chance to clear the air between us, Courtney."