Chapter 3:
The next morning in the kitchen, after the Monstars ate breakfast Pound grabbed all the food and cooking supplies and puts them on the kitchen counter for their big Thanksgiving feast until Bupkus and the others walked towards him. Pound turned around and responded, "Hey guys, what's up?" Bupkus asked,"Pound, can I ask you something?" Pound replied, "Sure, I'm listening." Bupkus tells him about his idea. "I was thinking, maybe instead of you preparing dinner for our lovely guest, we could prepare dinner for you and I could be the host." Pound felt unsure about the idea, "I don't know Bupkus, are you sure? Because being the host requires a lot of responsibility."
Then Nawt tries to reason with him, "Oh come Pound, I'm sure we'll do fine preparing dinner for you and your gal and I'm sure Bupkus will do fine keeping an eye on us while we're fixing dinner." Pound still felt unsure.
" I agree with Nawt. We want to help you make a good impression on Gretchen. And what better way to do that than to help you prepare dinner?." Blanko agreed.
"If these guys want to be on board with this, then I want to be on board too Pound." Bang said determinedly."
Bupkus continues to convince Pound. "See Pound? Everyone here wants to be on board by helping you prepare dinner for Gretchen so you can make your move on her and win her heart. Even me. So what do you say? Will you let us help you?" Pound thought about what Bupkus and the others said for a bit. He accepted the offer and the two of them shook hands. "Alright Bupkus, I'll let you be in charge of the preparations and I'll let the rest of you guys be in charge of setting the table and cooking the food." The rest of the Monstars smile at Pound after accepting Bupkus' offer. "Thanks Pound! I'm telling you that this is going to be the best Thanksgiving ever!" Bupkus said with excitement.
"Don't worry dude! Leave everything to us." Blanko said.
"Thanks. You guys are the best." Pound said smiling. Bang, Bupkus,Blanko,and Nawt smiled back at him. "Well guys, we better head into our rooms, get dressed, and get ready for this afternoon. "I'll call Gretchen and ask her if I can pick her up at her place." The five Monstars went upstairs into their rooms and got dressed into their tuxedos. After Pound got dressed, he looked at the paper with Gretchen's phone number on it on his dresser. He toughened up and thought to himself. "My friends are right. I shouldn't be afraid to tell Gretchen how I feel." He walked to the dresser and picked up the paper with her phone number on it. While looking at the digits, he brought up his cell phone and dialed the number. Finally, Gretchen answered. "Hello?
Pound: Hey Gretchen! It's me Pound!
Gretchen: Hey Pound. How's it going?
Pound: I was wondering if I can pick you up at your place and drop you off at our place.
Gretchen: Sounds very sweet of you. I'll be waiting for you outside my house.
Pound smiled with joy over the phone and got back to Gretchen.
Pound: Ok! I'll meet you there. Bye.
As Pound hung up his cell phone. He smiled dreamily while his face turned red and hearts circling around his head.
(Sorry about the long delay. I was busy with schoolwork I forgot. Even though Thanksgiving is over, that doesn't stop me from finishing this story. )
