Chapter Ten

"Frankie, have you seen Abbey?" Cleo asked as she began to look around. "Actually Cleo, I have not." Frankie replied as she too began to look around for their ghoulfriend. "Oh my Ra!" Cleo gasped as she found their friend. "Frankie, you are not going to believe this." Frankie and all the other ghouls followed Cleo's eyes and found Abbey sitting at the table with Heath, his friend Manny and Manny's girlfriend Iris.

Frankie smiled slightly as she saw Heath and Abbey holding hands. "Awe, they are really cute." Frankie said with a soft sigh of happiness for her ghoul. "Ghoulfriend, you have got to be kidding me. Heath is a mess." Clawdeen said as she looked over at the table. Ghoulia murmured in Zombie, causing several of the other ghouls at the table to nod in agreement. "You are right, Ghoulia." Jinafire said as she put her drink back down onto the table. "If they are happy then why does it matter what we think of the boy that she is with." Franki and Lagoona nodded in unison.

"I don't think so. He is a weirdo." Cleo said as her face showed disgust. "I did not even realize that she had feelings for that boy." Lagoona sighed heavily. "Don't judge a bat by his wings, suga. He could be totally different with her than he is with everybody else." Operetta said with a smile as she took Johnny Spirit's hand in hers. "Operetta, I do not think he could change if his grade depended on it." Cleo said looking down her nose at him.

"Cleo, you gotta stop looking down your nose at people who aren't like you." Operetta replied rather irritated with Cleo's reaction to Abbey dating Heath. "Seriously, Cleo there is nothing wrong with Abbey and Heath being together." Johhny said senseing his ghoul's frustration. "Maybe you're right. I still don't like him." Cleo said as she stood up to take her tray to the disposal area. Johnny rolled his eyes and walked off with Operetta on his arm.

"Clawdeen, what do you think about it?" Lagoona asked as she nibbled her kelp. "Well, I may not like the guy; but if he makes Abbey happy then there is no reason to be against it." Clawdeen replied as she looked over her shoulder towards Abbey and Heath. "I can't believe how people can be so close minded about certain relationships. I mean, not everyone likes the fact that I am dating Clawd. He makes me happy and to me that is what matters most. I feel the same way with Abbey and Heath. As long as they are happy it doesnt matter." Draculaura said rather firmly.

Frankie nodded with a smile. "I agree Draculaura. People should be happy we are happy." Frankie added as she pushed her food around her plate. "I think you ghouls are right. We should just be happy for her." Jinafire said as Cleo came back to the table. "Are we still talking about Abbey and Heath?" Cleo asked as she sat down in her chair. "A little, yes." Lagoona said as she caught her boyfriend, Gil's attention and waved at him. Gil smiled and waved back at her.

"Maybe we should do a group date." Cleo suggested rather randomly. "Who all are you wanting to invite to this group date, Cleo and where would we go?" Frankie asked as she looked at Cleo with a raised eyebrow. "Well, I am thinking just a few of us. So, it would be: Draculaura and Clawd, Frankie and Jackson/Holt, Lagoona and Gil, Abbey and Heath, Clawdeen and Dwight, and Jinafire with a date of her choice. Of course." Cleo said as she began to file her already perfect nails.

"That is quite a group, Cleo." Clawdeen said with a smile. "Where would we go?" Frankie asked looking at the ghouls. "We could all go and see a movie then go and get some dinner. How about this Saturday?" Cleo suggested as she looked over her nails again. "Sounds good." The ghouls chimed in with large smiles just before the bell rang to send them on their way to their next class. "See you ghouls, Saturday." Lagoona and Frankie said to their ghoulfriends as they got up and took their trays with the rest of the students at Monster High.