Brittany placed the
'Doo Dad' that Kevin had 'shrinkaged'
back on the shelf. “No more, shrinkage,
Kevvie!” she said.
“But
Babe, Mrs. Bennett wants us to do it!” Kevin said.
Brittany
glared at him. “No, Kevvie, She meant
something else!”
“Really,
then what?”
Brittany
twirled her hair in thought. “To examine its effect on something,”
she said.
“Oh.”
“Its
impact on economic performance?”
“Ok.”
Andrea
waited outside the Insensory store for Upchuck. 'He had better come
and go quickly!' she thought. Then Upchuck turned a nearby corner and
approached her.
“You
said you wanted to swap coupons, you feisty maiden of darkness?” he
said, sleaze dripping off most of his words.
“Yes,
you creepy casanova!” She held out the coupon that she had been
given, hoping to get this encounter over with!
Upchuck
grabbed that coupon and immediately placed the Insensory coupon into
the palm of her other hand. Andrea then dashed into the store with a
rather hasty and barely audible “Thanks.”
“Feisty.”
Jodie
and Mack met at one of the food courts.
Mack could see that Jodie had bought a
large number of books. More than he had bought with his Books by the
Ton coupon. 'I guess there is another bookstore in this Mall,' he
thought.
“Hi,
Mack.”
“Hi,
Jodie.”
“So
you used your coupon?” Jodie asked.
“Yeah,
I figured that I may as well,” Mack said.
“Cool,”
Jodie said.
“Which
coupon did you get?” Mack asked.
“Toy
Universe.”
They
continued talking about their experiences at the mega-mall.
Daria,
Jane and Jennifer entered the D Lavender Five section. They could see
that Quinn and her male companions were waiting for them.
“Hi,
Daria,” Quinn said.
“Let's
go, I want to get as far away from this mall
as possible,” Daria said.
“Sure,”
Quinn said.
“What
are you going to do with all that stuff?” Jennifer asked as they
headed towards the exit.
“And
how are you going to sneak it all inside, without your parents
noticing?” Wolfgang asked.
“With
luck, only Daddy will be home,” Quinn said with a nervous laugh.
“I'll take it all into the garage, and then take it up to my room
slowly.”
“You
mean, through the laundry
chute?” Daria asked.
“Some
of it, yes,” Quinn said.
“That
would take a long time,” Jane said, with an eyebrow raised.
“I'll
just wait until neither of them are home, then take the rest up,”
Quinn said as the group reached the exit.
Mrs.
Bennett did a head count as the class re-entered the bus to go back
to Lawndale. “Oh dear, we're three short!” she said.
“Jane
said that she, Jennifer and Daria were heading back to Lawndale with
another group of Lawndale High kids,” Jodie said.
“She
also said that the bus made Daria sick,” Mack said.
“Oh,
OK,” Mrs. Bennett said.
Lawndale
Koichi
drove the large group back into Lawndale on State Route 276 at 4:40.
“Where
to first?” he asked.
“My
place, 111 Howard Drive,” Jane said.
“Sure,
but that's on the other side of town,” Koichi said.
“We
can drop someone else off on the way,” Jane said with a shrug.
“I
need to get my car from the school,” Jennifer said.
“There
you go,” Jane said.
“Sure,”
Koichi said.
They
arrived at Xavier's house, at 83 Nicoll Avenue, first. “Bye, Quinn,
thanks for letting me come,” he said.
“That's
ok,” Quinn said with a slight laugh.
After
leaving Xavier's house they went towards Lawndale High, so that
Jennifer could get her car, then dropped
off Jane at Casa Lane, and finally went
to the Morgendorffer's house.
Neither
of the Morgendorffer parents were home, so Koichi backed up the SUV
to the garage door, which Quinn then opened.
“Ok,
just unload it all on that bench over there,” she directed.
“Sure,
Quinn,” Wolfgang said.
“Ok,”
Xavier said.
Daria
went through the garage to the dining room as the boys started
unloading the computer equipment.
Koichi
watched as Xavier and Wolfgang walked away after having said goodbye
to Quinn. He turned back to Quinn. “Thanks for the trip, Quinn, it
was fun,” he said.
“Yeah,
it was fun,” Quinn said with a giggle.
“Definitely.
Anyway, I must get home, my parents will be wondering, see ya,
Quinn,” Koichi said. He got into the car.
“Bye.”
Later
that night, Sandi pondered on the situation that she had found
herself in earlier that day. Did she act immature when she had
encountered that annoyingly popular geek at the Mall of the
Millennium?
Flashback
– Mall of the Millennium
Sandi,
and the others in the Fashion Club walked away from the food court
where they had encountered the Morgendorffer sisters and their
friends.
The
Fashion Club sat a table after they had bought their lunches.
“Sandi,
I think you could have handled that confrontation better,” Tori
said.
“Oh,
really?
What do you mean?” Sandi asked, annoyed at Tori.
'
“You
didn't act like the mature teenager you are, you acted more like
either of your brothers would have,” Tori said.
Sandi
stared at Tori.
Stacy
slid down in her seat.
“Gee,
Tori, you like insulting
me don't you?”
Tori
stared Sandi in the eye. “I'm not insulting you, Sandi, I'm telling
you what I saw.”
Sandi
stared back.
Tori
continued staring.
“Fine!
But that geek,
like, deserved it!”
Tori
shook her head. “If you keep it up, your popularity will continue
its downward slide. Quinn is totally catching up on you,” she said.
Sandi
crossed her arms. “I suppose.”
Tori
sighed.
The
Fashion Club continued eating their lunch in silence.
End
of Flashback
Sandi
stared at herself in the mirror and frowned. 'I suppose that I did
act immature.' She thought for a few minutes before deciding to stay
away from Quinn and leave her alone. 'The novelty of a popular geek
will go away and there will be nothing she could do about it!'
Finis
