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rocks are in Central Park?”
    “Well, there’s gotta be some fuckin’ justice in the universe.  Karma, my karma, couldn’t possibly fuck me over like that.  I’m hoping for fuckin’ dinosaurs!”
    Kris laughed.  “Well, dinosaurs are big enough to eat us, no matter how big your elephant gun is.  I don’t recall elephant guns helping those guys in Jurassic Park.  I’ll pass, thanks.”
    “You will not!  You’re my friend!  We can do this!  We’ll be careful, and you’ll take pictures!  I was thinking maybe we’d put them up on YouTube or something, and maybe have our own website for the best shit.”
    Kris thought for a second.  “You think it might be another planet?”
    “Who the fuck knows?  We haven’t looked!  We fuckin’ need to go look!  And you’re chicken!”
    “I’m not chicken, Andie.  It’s just that the first time I see a dinosaur I’m going home.”
    “And that’s not fuckin’ chicken?”
    “Mom fixed chicken for dinner last night, Andie.  I’m not going to be a chicken.”
    Andie started giggling.  “Okay, you’re not a chicken!  But you gotta be there for me, girl!”
    “You understand I’m not going to end up dino plop?”
    “Sure, sure, whatever floats your boat.  You gonna be there for me or not?”  Andie paused and then her eyes glowed with unholy glee.  “Do a documentary, girl!  Outdo your old man!  Get an Oscar before you’re nineteen!”
    Kris thought for a few seconds, and then took a deep breath.  “I wonder if my dead phone was a coincidence?  My watch works and the camera is fine.”
    Andie took her cue from Kris’s mood.  “I’ll have to think about that.  I’m a little nervous about the lithium in the battery.  Thanks, I hadn’t thought about that.”
    She held out her hand for Kris to shake .  “Partners?”
    Kris shook her hand.  “Just so long as it’s not partners in crime, sure.”
     

 
     
     
     
     
     
     
    Chapter 2 :: The Far Side
     
     
    Kris met Andie after school, and while they were waiting for the air conditioning in Andie’s car to start working, Kris borrowed Andie’s phone to call her father.  “I’m going over to Andie’s after school,” she told him.
    “Okay, I should be home around eight or so.  I gave your phone to Kit, our tech guru.  He says the battery is dead and that there’s nothing wrong with the phone.  He didn’t have a replacement battery, but it should be here by four.”
    “Thanks, Dad.”
    “No problem.  Take care, I’ll see you later.”
    “Dad, one other thing.”
    “What, Kris?”
    “Could I borrow one of the hand-held HD cameras for a couple of weeks?  I’m thinking about making a documentary.”
    He laughed.  “The XL-2 would be better for that, Kris.  In most documentaries you’re honor bound to let subjects see the final cut.  We call the HD cameras ‘Warts and all.’”
    “I know, but I’d like to get the extra detail.”
    “Sure, it’s not a problem.  I’ll bring one home tonight.  You’ve used them before?”
    “Yeah, a couple of times.  Arturo showed me.”  Arturo was her father’s number one cameraman.
    “Just promise me that you’re not going to have Andie do the script.”
    Kris made a rude sound, and then folded the phone and handed it back to Andie.  “Dad’s tech guy says my phone battery is dead but the phone is okay.”
    Andie grimaced.  “I hope it was coincidence.  I got out an old phone last night and put it on its charger.  I’ll put it next to the machine when we start it up.”
    “Yeah, and he says I can borrow one of the HD cameras.  You wouldn’t believe the detail you can get from one of them.”
    “And that at the end?” Andie asked.
    “He said he’d lend it to me if you weren’t doing dialog for the documentary.”
    “Well, fuck him!”  Except she was laughing, and Kris grinned back.
    They parked in the garage and went straight into the house.  Kris sat on Andie’s bed, while Andie sat at her