Tammy
"Okay, so what about Steve Hernandez?" I asked, looking up from where I was sprawled across the end of my bed, perusing last year's yearbook, towards Laura who was leaning against the backboard of my bed fipping through her yearbook copy. It was Saturday evening and The Fantastic Foursome- minus Funny, of course- had met at my house to discuss possibilities for Funny. "He's not too bad. Or Tommy Gerega maybe. He's a big deal on the soccer team, and he's pretty cute."
Laura shook her head and flipped to another page. "Steve and Funny have absolutely nothing in common, and Tommy just got back together with Megan O'Leary."
I made a face. "I forgot about that. Well then," I continued, running my finger across the page sporting the football team. "How about Darren Cross? He's funny, but not in a totally weird way like Mark."
Laura shook her head again. "Funny hates Darren, remember? She's always talking about what a slacker he is and that he never does any of his own work. She'd never go out with him."
I groaned loudly and rolled over onto my back. "This is insane! We've been through the entire yearbook, like, 200 times and we STILL haven't found someone for Funny! Who'd ever imagine it could be so *impossible*."
Laura sighed and tossed her yearbook to the side. "I know, honestly. It just seems like every guy has some fatal flaw."
"And a big fat help you've been, Melissa," I snapped, turning my head towards Melissa who was sitting on Laura's beanbag chair, reading a book. She gave me an even look.
"I told you, I think it's a dumb idea. Let Funny pick who she wants to go out with- she knows who she likes better than anyone," Melissa muttered.
I glared back. "NO, the whole point is that she DOESN'T know who she likes- she just thinks she does. Boy, will she be grateful to us later if we keep her from setting her sights on *Mark Peters*."
"I'll say," Laura agreed. "She just doesn't realize what a doofus he is yet."
"How would you know what he's like?" Melissa retorted. "I thought you never associated with him."
"I don't," Laura responded coldly. "I've been around him, though, whenever I associate with, say, Randy Kirwan or Scott Daly. And I've seen enough of him at those times to form a solid opinion."
"Yeah," I agreed, nodding slowly. "It actually seems kinda weird to me sometimes that he's such good friends with Randy and Scott... I mean, they're so different from Mark. They're both so... like..."
"Babes," Laura finished. Suddenly she gasped and sat upright. "That's it! Omigosh! I know who we can set Funny up with!"
"Who?" I asked, sitting up, too. Surely she couldn't mean *Randy*- he was Jana's steady boyfriend and-
"Scott Daly, duh!" Laura shrieked, slapping her forehead with her palm. "I mean, it's so totally obvious, why in the world didn't it cross our minds before?"
"Scott Daly?" I repeated with surprise. Not that it was a bad idea. Scott was nice and athletic and definitely cute, but for Funny? Hmm.... "Well, I guess I could see that."
"Of course you can, because it's perfect," Laura said simply, flipping through her yearbook for Scott's homeroom picture from last year. "He's one of the nicest guys at school, Funny totally respects him- plus he's unattached!"
I nodded slowly. "Yeah, that's true. But do you think Funny would go out with him after he dated Melanie Edwards last year? Funny is pretty good friends with Mel."
"To heck with Melanie Edwards," Laura snapped, rolling her eyes. "She HAS a boyfriend right now," - who happens to be the guy Laura really likes- "and besides, she doesn't own Scott. She can't go off and date someone else and keep him from getting attached."
"You're right," I agreed. "I think Scott's a great idea."
"Yeah, perfect," Melissa snorted. Laura and I sighed in unison, and turned our backs on her & started working on our plan to get Funny and Scott together. Melissa is definitely one of my best friends, but honestly- sometimes she can be *such* a party pooper.
