Alex and Sam are talking in the High School hall, by their lockers.
"Gee, Sammy, I wonder why Clover didn't want to ride to school with us this morning! She didn't appear mad at us about anything!"
"I know, Alex. I want to talk to her too, to see if anything is wrong."
Just then they see Clover coming down the hall to homeroom – in a wheelchair!
"Clover? What happened?" asks a startled Alex, as she and a very concerned Sam go over to meet their friend.
Clover responds, "Yesterday at home, I was on my way to the balcony level of my bedroom, where my computer is, when I slipped on the stairs! I fell down and severely sprained my thigh muscles in my legs! The doctor said I have to be off both legs for two weeks!!"
She then adds quietly, "I also had to tell Jerry that I couldn't go on any missions, either!"
"Bummer!" says Sam.
"But Jerry told me, if I wanted to, he will let me use a WOOHP portable, so I can help with the research and analysis on any missions!"
"How can you even think of being WOOHP'd?" asks Alex.
"I won't be! Jerry already had the computer delivered!. It's right here! So when you guys get WOOHP'd, I get picked up by a WOOHP van, so I can help!"
"At least we are still a team," says Sam.
"Bad timing for an accident too, Clover, with the Winter Wonderland dance coming up this week!" says Alex.
"OH my GOSH! I FORGOT! I HAVE to be at the dance! I haven't missed one in all the time I've been in High School!" says a frantic Clover.
"Don't be concerned, Clover! Someone will ask you to the dance!" says Sam.
But as the week progresses no one does.
Sam and Alex try to get Clover a date, but to no avail.
"Eddie, you like Clover. Why don't you ask her to the dance?" Sam asks.
"Sorry, Sam! I don't know how I'd get her in my little car with that wheelchair!"
A little later, Alex asks Randy. "Randy, Clover is available for the dance, you know!"
But Randy demurs, "No thanks, Alex! No fun going to a dance, and not dancing!"
And so it goes. With Clover in a wheelchair, the guys don't know how they can safely transfer her to and from the dance. How do they get her in a car? Plus, she can't dance, so they see it as a boring evening. Clover is getting depressed, as the dance approaches.
"I guess I'll see you guys on Monday, after school is out tomorrow," says an obviously depressed Clover on the Thursday before the dance. She slowly starts to wheel her chair toward the waiting van, to take her home.
Sam and Alex are very sad. "I wish someone would have asked Clover to the dance!" says a sad Alex.
"Yes. She sure is depressed," says an obviously sad Sam also.
Just then, Clarence, greets the girls. Clarence is an average looking guy, smart, non-athletic, but also not a nerd, as he enjoys other hobbies. Sam knows him from the Chess Club.
"Hi Sam, Alex! Why so sad?" he asks.
"Oh, Hi Clarence. We're sad because Clover won't be going to the dance tomorrow night," says Sam.
"Yeah. I guess the guys think she'll be 'high maintenance' if they ask her, so no one has," says Alex.
"Well, I would ask Clover, but I doubt if she would go with me!" says Clarence wistfully.
"You WOULD?" say a startled Sam and Alex.
"Sure. But I wouldn't even think of approaching her. After seeing how she put down Arnold and Rob when they asked, I don't want to go through the same humiliation!" says Clarence.
"Clarence, why not ask? All she can say is no!" says Alex hopefully.
"True, Alex. But its HOW she says no that can be embarrassing! I think I'll pass!"
"You really ought to try, Clarence! You may be pleasantly surprised by the answer!" says Sam. With that Sam and Alex start to walk home, hoping Clarence takes the hint. Clarence appears to be giving this information some thought.