Lurhman's Crush - Part 1

 Daria - Lurhmans's Crush

23 April 1999

Lawndale, MD

It was late when Daria Morgendorffer, and her second cousin, Lurhman Barksdale, arrived at the Zen (or Zon, as Daria called it).

"So, this is where Lawndale's nightlife is centered?" Lurhman asked.

"Such as it is. For teens anyway," Daria said. "The pubs don't allow those under 21 in this late.

"Are you sure that your friend and that guy won't be there?"

Daria frowned. Since her friend, Jane Lane, had started dating Tom Sloane, they had been spending less and less time together outside of school. "I'm certain," she answered.

"Let's go in."

Daria had to admit, Lurhman was good company. Approximately half an hour after she arrived she noticed that he was a little distracted... "Something on your mind?" she asked.

"Huh?"

"You seem a little distracted, even for you."

"I guess so." He pointed somewhere in the crowd. "Do you know that Goth chick?" he asked.

Daria looked, and saw a person she knew went to Lawndale High, but not much more. "Andrea? Not much more than her name,"

"Oh," Lurhman said, sounding more monotone than usual.

"You could go and ask her," Daria said.

"Sure."