Chapter 4-This is happiness, almost…
After she'd politely said good-bye to Wilson, Amber figured that the rest of school wasn't worth it, so she went to the set of "The Corny Collins Show" for old times' sake. She was surprised when she found the door unlocked, and then walked in to see who would be there. She was never here in the middle of the school day; after all, she'd never skipped before. She called out 'hello' a few times, but when no one answered her, she proceeded into Corny's office, where she found him doing some paperwork, and blasting the radio. He jumped when he saw Amber at the door at first but then he turned the radio off, smiled and said,
"Amber! You scared me for a second there! Sit down! How are you?"
"Alright I guess, Mom's working for Channel 6 now, she's their new Manager, and I'll be leaving for collage soon."
Corny had been patiently listening until about halfway through when he started to look concerned and he asked,
"Amber, have you been crying?"
Amber looked at her folded hands in her lap, shut her eyes for a moment, and sighed before saying,
"I really don't want to talk about it, Corny. I was actually wondering if you had any openings in the new Council?"
"Listen, Amber, I didn't have anything to do with you being fired. I swear it was just-"
"No! I don't mean for me! I have a friend who might be interested…"
…
"Thanks Corny! I'll make sure he's here tomorrow! Thank you!"
She went home, let herself in, and plopped herself on her bed, smiling. Things were finally looking up. Wilson had mentioned money problems, and "The Corny Collins Show" payed Council Members pretty well. It wasn't definite yet, but it was pretty
certain that Wilson would soon have a steady job, a happy steady job. Amidst these happy thoughts, her cat Christine strolled in and hopped onto her lap. It was usually quite humorous to watch Christine. She primarily acted just like a dog, as if she wasn't sure if she was one or not. It would bother Mrs. Von Tussle, but it intrigued Amber. As she stroked her snow white fur, she began to daydream about Wilson. She imagined him asking her out, taking her hands in his and kissing her on the lips, passionately. She imagined them looking into each others' eyes Link-and-Tracy style, his hands wrapped around her neck as he tenderly closed in on her… and then Christine jumped off her lap, and strolled out as casually as she'd strolled in.
She took a glance at the clock, 12:27. She'd be on her way to lunch now if she were in school. "Darnet, I left my lunch in my locker at school. I even packed a good lunch this morning! Oh well, I'll just have to dig through the fridge." She thought as she stood up and walked downstairs to venture through Leftover Land. After about 10 minutes of uselessly rummaging in vain, she decided to just make a replica of her school lunch. A fluffernutter sandwich, a yellow apple, a pint of milk, and a small bag of BBQ chips. She sat down to eat at the kitchen table and when she was almost done she heard the front door unlock. She stopped chewing and her eyes widened. A moment later her Mother walked in, carrying a paper bag and jingling her keys. The jingling stopped though as soon as she saw Amber sitting there. Velma's eyes got as wide as Amber's for a moment, and then they started to squint in anger.
"Uh, Hi Mom…"