If she hadn't run out of options she wouldn't have snuck around the garden outside his science class right now and have been whispering to him through the window.
"Pst... Pst... Pickles"
"Angelica"
He whispered back, not knowing where it came from.
"Meet me out here dufus. And don't get caught."
She ducked back down and waited. He took suprisingly less time than she'd expected of him. A true Pickles. She was almost proud of the little rugrat.
"What do you want Angelica?"
"What makes you think I want anything?"
He gave a little expectant cough.
"Alright. I'm here on a truce. I'm here about your loser friend."
"Phil?"
"Not that loser friend. Carrot top."
"What'd you do now?"
Whenever Angelica felt she did something bad, her conscience would end up coming around and she'd try and find some way to make it better. So he could only assume she had something pretty big on her conscience. But then... Angelica worked in mysterious ways.
Angelica grit her teeth. "I didn't DO anything. I'm just trying to help. If you want me to keep what I know to myself..."
Tommy sighed deeply. "No." He hated giving in, but he did however have his bests friends interests in heart and Angelica... as much as he hated to admit it, seemed to get the scoop... on everything. Ever since they were toddlers and she told them where babies came from (even though back then she had the wrong information). "What is it?"
"Has Finster accepted any... dates for the game tomorrow?"
"Dates? Chuckie? Uh... not that I know of."
"Carmichael is going to ask him."
"That's great!"
"That's not great" She confirmed.
"That's not great?"
"No. I'm afraid Susie doesn't have the loser's best interests at heart."
"Could you stop calling him that! He has a name, Angelica."
"Whatever. Just giving you the heads up. Susie's had a LOT of boyfriend's before, she's just using him."
"As many boyfriends as you?"
Angelica was dumbfounded. "My love life is not on parade here right now, Pickles. I'm trying to avoid a bad situation for my friend."
"Who? Chuckie or Susie?"
"Both. If he says yes to her, then you can kiss goodbye their friendship... and yours."
"Chuckie wouldn't do anything to stop our friendship." Tommy said defiantly.
"To keep Carmichael he would." She rolled her eyes. "You really don't know anything." She gave him one last look and got up from the bushes. "Just make sure it doesn't happen."
Tommy nodded.
He'd got the message.
Angelica smiled to herself. 'And that...' she thought confidently, feeling like she had already won 'is how you play hardball.'
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