The One Where It's The Other Way Around, Part 6
Female Solidarity
Kat pushed her leather jacket into her locker before slamming the door shut. As she turned to go to class she was confronted by a furious Chastity Donner.
"When I shell out fifty bucks, I expect results, Verona," she hissed.
"I'm working on it."
"Watching that jerk violate my car doesn't count as a date."
Kat smiled. "I consider that a side bonus, actually."
Chastity's brown eyes narrowed as she said, "Let me put it to you this way, if you don't get any action, I don't get any action. So get to work. NOW."
Chastity began to walk away, but Kat called out, "I just upped my price."
"What?" Chastity asked, turning in disbelief.
"My price went up - one hundred bucks per date. In advance"
"You're crazy, Verona. Forget it."
"Then forget the brother."
Chastity paused only a moment before coming back to Kat's side. She opened her purse and fished around for her wallet. Tearing it out of her bag she took out some bills and muttered, "You had better be a smooth as you seem to think you are."
Kat simply took the bills with a sweet smile and jammed them in her back pocket.
* * *
Later that day Kat was in woodshop class when Bianca and Mandella approached her with caution. Kat recognized them as the two girls who had tried to talk to her a few days before. They cowered nearby for a few minutes, just staring at Kat as she hammered a table leg to the main frame.
Finally Kat ripped off her safety goggles. "Say it."
The girls looked to each other before one of them tentatively replied, "Say what?"
Kat sighed impatiently. "Whatever it is you want to say to me."
The other girl stepped forward and stuck out her hand, "Hi, I'm Bianca. This is Mandella."
Kat stared at the hand but didn't shake it. She nodded briefly at Mandella and then looked at Bianca again. Kat could tell from one glance that Bianca had no business being in the woodshop class, so obviously whatever she wanted to talk about was important in some way.
Kat turned back to her table leg, saying "And what do you want, Bianca?"
Encouraged, Mandella came up next to Kat and said, "We wanted to talk to you about the plan."
"What plan?"
"Well, the situation is this," Mandella said. "My girl Bianca here has a real jones for Cameron Stratford."
Kat rolled her eyes. The Stratfords. "What is it with this kid? Does he blow his nose with twenties or something?"
Bianca began to defend Cameron, but Mandella held up her hand quickly and replied, "I think I speak correctly when I say that Bianca's love is pure. Purer than say -- Chastity Donner's."
"Look," Kat said, picking up her screwdriver and a couple of screws from her desk. "Donner can pretty much do anyone she wants. I'm just in it for the cash."
Bianca sucked in a big breath and sputtered indignantly. Again Mandella interjected, saying, "That's where we can help you. With Patrick Stratford."
"So Donner can get the young buck?"
"You need to look at the bigger picture, Kat. Chastity is just a pawn. We set this whole thing up so Bianca can get the boy."
At this twist, Kat smiled unexpected at Mandella and Bianca. The thought of messing with Chastity's plan was appealing.
"You two little girls are gonna help me tame the wild beast?"
"We'll help you out - we'll do research on Patrick. We're your girls!" Mandella crowed, putting her arm around Bianca's shoulders.
"But," Bianca finally managed to croak, "she means that in a strictly non-women's prison sort of way."
Mandella brought out a piece of paper and showed it to Kat. "This is the perfect opportunity. There's going to be a party on Saturday night - you can ask Patrick to go with you to the party.
"All right, girls," Kat said, putting her goggles back over her eyes in order to finish putting together her table. She held up her screwdriver and stared at it for a moment before continuing, "You're on. Let's put the screws to Chastity Donner."
Mandella grinned as she looked down at the flyer in her hands. "Time for a little payback!"
* * *
Later that day Bianca and Mandella stood in the center staircase of Padua High holding hundreds of colorful flyers in their hand. Bianca looked at the one on top of her stack. Where it had once read "Wine and Cheese Party for Future MBAs", it now read "Major Beer Bash for All Padua Students". The party was being hosted by Bogey Lowenstein, the senior who had displaced Mandella as president of the Investors Club.
Bianca looked doubtfully at Mandella and said, "Are you sure this is gonna work?"
Mandella grinned gleefully as she clutched a handful over the large staircase. "It's going to be the most beautiful thing I've ever seen."
With that, she threw the flyers down the stairwell and leaned over to watch dozens of colorful flyers drift slowly down through the stairwell, hands reaching out to grab them as they went by. Bianca paused only a moment before tossing her entire stack over the rail.
Female Solidarity
Kat pushed her leather jacket into her locker before slamming the door shut. As she turned to go to class she was confronted by a furious Chastity Donner.
"When I shell out fifty bucks, I expect results, Verona," she hissed.
"I'm working on it."
"Watching that jerk violate my car doesn't count as a date."
Kat smiled. "I consider that a side bonus, actually."
Chastity's brown eyes narrowed as she said, "Let me put it to you this way, if you don't get any action, I don't get any action. So get to work. NOW."
Chastity began to walk away, but Kat called out, "I just upped my price."
"What?" Chastity asked, turning in disbelief.
"My price went up - one hundred bucks per date. In advance"
"You're crazy, Verona. Forget it."
"Then forget the brother."
Chastity paused only a moment before coming back to Kat's side. She opened her purse and fished around for her wallet. Tearing it out of her bag she took out some bills and muttered, "You had better be a smooth as you seem to think you are."
Kat simply took the bills with a sweet smile and jammed them in her back pocket.
* * *
Later that day Kat was in woodshop class when Bianca and Mandella approached her with caution. Kat recognized them as the two girls who had tried to talk to her a few days before. They cowered nearby for a few minutes, just staring at Kat as she hammered a table leg to the main frame.
Finally Kat ripped off her safety goggles. "Say it."
The girls looked to each other before one of them tentatively replied, "Say what?"
Kat sighed impatiently. "Whatever it is you want to say to me."
The other girl stepped forward and stuck out her hand, "Hi, I'm Bianca. This is Mandella."
Kat stared at the hand but didn't shake it. She nodded briefly at Mandella and then looked at Bianca again. Kat could tell from one glance that Bianca had no business being in the woodshop class, so obviously whatever she wanted to talk about was important in some way.
Kat turned back to her table leg, saying "And what do you want, Bianca?"
Encouraged, Mandella came up next to Kat and said, "We wanted to talk to you about the plan."
"What plan?"
"Well, the situation is this," Mandella said. "My girl Bianca here has a real jones for Cameron Stratford."
Kat rolled her eyes. The Stratfords. "What is it with this kid? Does he blow his nose with twenties or something?"
Bianca began to defend Cameron, but Mandella held up her hand quickly and replied, "I think I speak correctly when I say that Bianca's love is pure. Purer than say -- Chastity Donner's."
"Look," Kat said, picking up her screwdriver and a couple of screws from her desk. "Donner can pretty much do anyone she wants. I'm just in it for the cash."
Bianca sucked in a big breath and sputtered indignantly. Again Mandella interjected, saying, "That's where we can help you. With Patrick Stratford."
"So Donner can get the young buck?"
"You need to look at the bigger picture, Kat. Chastity is just a pawn. We set this whole thing up so Bianca can get the boy."
At this twist, Kat smiled unexpected at Mandella and Bianca. The thought of messing with Chastity's plan was appealing.
"You two little girls are gonna help me tame the wild beast?"
"We'll help you out - we'll do research on Patrick. We're your girls!" Mandella crowed, putting her arm around Bianca's shoulders.
"But," Bianca finally managed to croak, "she means that in a strictly non-women's prison sort of way."
Mandella brought out a piece of paper and showed it to Kat. "This is the perfect opportunity. There's going to be a party on Saturday night - you can ask Patrick to go with you to the party.
"All right, girls," Kat said, putting her goggles back over her eyes in order to finish putting together her table. She held up her screwdriver and stared at it for a moment before continuing, "You're on. Let's put the screws to Chastity Donner."
Mandella grinned as she looked down at the flyer in her hands. "Time for a little payback!"
* * *
Later that day Bianca and Mandella stood in the center staircase of Padua High holding hundreds of colorful flyers in their hand. Bianca looked at the one on top of her stack. Where it had once read "Wine and Cheese Party for Future MBAs", it now read "Major Beer Bash for All Padua Students". The party was being hosted by Bogey Lowenstein, the senior who had displaced Mandella as president of the Investors Club.
Bianca looked doubtfully at Mandella and said, "Are you sure this is gonna work?"
Mandella grinned gleefully as she clutched a handful over the large staircase. "It's going to be the most beautiful thing I've ever seen."
With that, she threw the flyers down the stairwell and leaned over to watch dozens of colorful flyers drift slowly down through the stairwell, hands reaching out to grab them as they went by. Bianca paused only a moment before tossing her entire stack over the rail.
