Time: 1240
Time to Mission Completion: 5h50m
Beach Head grumbled. He knew this had to be some kind of punishment. He just wished he knew the purpose for such. This had to break the Eighth Amendment or the Geneva Accords or something that dealt with "cruel and unusual punishments".
He'd been there when Hawk had outlined Snakes' plan. He'd been interested in how it came out. But he really hadn't planned on becoming a part of the plan.
He found Scarlett just leaving the mess hall. "Hey, Red!"
She turned. He caught up to her and asked her, "So, anybody ask you yet?"
"No, Wayne. Why?"
"Well, in that case, it would appear we both need an escort. Would you care to accompany me to the dance tonight?"
"Wait, why aren't you asking Courtney? You know, a date?"
"You kidding? Rumor has it that she's asking Duke to go with her."
Scarlett shook her head. "You do realize that the rumor was probably started to get you to ask her? Ace has a pool on the two of you becoming a couple."
Okay. 1)How does she know about that pool without knowing that Ace has one on her and Duke? 2) How did she figure out the rumor thing without deducing what's really going on here?! Beach decided that a man could go crazy trying to figure all this out.
"I'm sure Ace does. However, my offer still stands until the dance begins."
"I'm sure it does." Scarlett was positive that Duke would ask her before that happened.