"Ted you're a legend!" Bryce exclaimed as they worked on their science project. "Carolyn Mulford! Man, I'd give anything to-"

"Hey, shut up!" Ted hissed, as he looked around the freshman science lab. "Someone might hear you!"

"Okay, okay, but we need details." Bryce said.

"The details... are none of your business." Ted said sternly.

"After all we did for you on Friday night? The pictures and everything?" Cliff asked. "Damn, my dad almost killed me when he found out that I was taking pictures of you with his good camera."

"Yeah, well your pictures made me want to barf." Ted explained. "You barely got us in the frame! What kind of dweeb are you, anyway?"

"You got the girl, didn't you?" Bryce offered.

"Keep out of this." Ted warned.

"Ted, what's gotten into you?" Cliff said. "I thought you'd be thrilled to be dating the most popular girl at school. I still can't believe she dumped Jake Ryan for a dork like you."

"Hey, speak for yourself." Ted said. "You guys are just a bunch of scumbags anyway. You couldn't even begin to aspire to Carolyn Mulford status."

"Yeah, well... maybe I don't want her!" Bryce said.

"Are you mental?" Cliff asked. "Of course you want her. What hormonal boy wouldn't?"

Bryce laughed. "But Ted here... he's the man! He's got her!"

"Shut up, Bryce!" Ted said.

Bryce lowered his voice. "So Ted, tell us... We have to know everything. What's she like?"

Ted shifted uneasily on the black stool. "She's a major babe."
Cliff rolled his eyes. "We KNOW that, Dirt Face. Is she a good kisser?"

Ted cleared his throat, suppressing a smile when Bryce and Cliff leaned foreword. "A Stud never kisses and tells."

"Dammit, Ted." Cliff said. "Are you going to tell us, or do we have to drag it out of you?"

Ted sighed. "Okay, I'll tell you dudes later, but you have to keep it to yourselves. No going around blabbing to the whole school or you guys are history. You got it?"

"For sure." Bryce said.

"Cliff?"

"Totally." Cliff said.

"Let's shake on that." Ted said, extending his hand.

Bryce reached out to shake it, but Ted quickly pulled his hand away, brushing it across his right ear. "Psych."

"Geez, Ted, real funny." Cliff said.

"Do you spazzes want to know or not?"

"Spill, Ted. Class is almost over." Bryce informed him.

"Okay. We went to The Meltdown on Sunday night and..."

When the bell rang, Bryce and Cliff stayed in their seats.

"And what, Ted? Tell us everything!" Cliff said.

"Um, not right now. I have to go. I'll tell you later. Carolyn's waiting for me."

Cliff and Ted exchanged glances and then high-fives. "All right, Ted! That's radical!"

They grabbed their books and raced out of the room. Ted stood alone in the empty science lab, putting away the remnants of their still untouched science project.

Great. How was he supposed to tell Bryce and Ted about his wonderful girlfriend when she hated his guts?