Saturday app. 6 a.m.
Sheri was pulled from her slumber by the ringing of the phone. Assuming no one else was awake, she stumbled from her bed to the hall to answer it.
"Hello," she mumbled, sinking down into the chair beside the phone.
"Sheri? Is that you?"
"Alan, if you aren't dying already, I'm going to kill you," she replied. "Do you have any idea what time it is?"
"Hold on, I'll go check," was his response. After a moment of silence, he said, "It's 6:09 and 45, no, 46, seconds."
"So, not funny," she replied. "What do you want?"
"Are you going to Brian's party tonight?"
"Um-hum, with Ray, why? Where you hoping to ask me out?"
"Yuck, you're only like my sister or something," he said. She could almost see him shuddering. The thought made her laugh. "No, I was thinking about asking Annie Bass."
"Then, why are you calling ME at six-oh-nine in the morning??!!! Call Annie!!! She the one you need to talk to! Jeez, Louise!!!"
"Because, I don't know if she can date or not. I mean, they make her go to that all girls school and all, and I didn't want to sound stupid by calling her and asking her out when she can't even date," he explianed. "You're friends, so I thought you might know."
"No, I don't know," she answered. Annie was Ronnie's twin sister, but as Alan pointed out she was made to go Madison academy for girls and the Colonel was even more strict than Coach. "But, I'll find out."
"Are you going to call her?"
"Now?! Alan, it's 6 a.m. She's probably sleeping, like I'd like to BE!"
"No, Alan says the Colonel makes them get up at 5:30 everyday, even weekends."
"Fine. I'll call." It was the only way she was getting back to sleep anytime soon.
"Thanks, Sheri! I owe ya' one," he grinned.
"You owe me a big one," she replied. "Talk to you in a few minutes. Stay by the phone." They hung up and she picked the phone back up and called the Bass residence.
"Hello, Colonel Bass, this is Sheridan Yoast, from church. I'm sorry to call your house so early, but may I speak to Annie?" She could be as polite as pie when she wanted to be.
"Just a moment," he answered.
Five minutes later, Annie picked up. "Sheri? Hey!"
"Hey. Listen, I'm very tired, so I'll get straight to the point. You know about the party Ronnie's going to tonight, huh?"
"Yes."
"Good. Here's the deal, Alan Bosly wants to ask you to go with him, but, he wasn't sure you were allowed to date," she told the other girl.
"Alan wants to ask me?" Annie squealled.
"Yeah."
"Of course I can date, and I'd love to go wth him!"
"Great, then be expecting him to call soon. Bye."
"Bye Sheri, and thanks," she bubbled. Sheri secretly thought no one should be that happy at 6:23 and 21 seconds in the morning. It was just wrong.
She hung up and called Alan. "Hey, she can date. Now call her and ask her. She waiting on you. Next time ask her before the day of the party and leave me out of it. I'm going back to bed. Goodnight." She said as soon as he picked up.
"I will. Thanks, Sheridan. Goodnight," Alan said, barely finishing before she hung up.
"Anything wrong?" Coach asked, standing in his doorway.
"No," she shook her head. "I just had to help Alan get a date."
"Alan can't get his own date?"
"Not without my help, I guess," she shrugged.
Coach shook his head. "One day, I'll have to figure out your's and Alan's friendship but not today."
Sheri laughed, as she walked into her room and cloapsed on her bed. Anyone else waking her before lunch was a dead person.
Sheri was pulled from her slumber by the ringing of the phone. Assuming no one else was awake, she stumbled from her bed to the hall to answer it.
"Hello," she mumbled, sinking down into the chair beside the phone.
"Sheri? Is that you?"
"Alan, if you aren't dying already, I'm going to kill you," she replied. "Do you have any idea what time it is?"
"Hold on, I'll go check," was his response. After a moment of silence, he said, "It's 6:09 and 45, no, 46, seconds."
"So, not funny," she replied. "What do you want?"
"Are you going to Brian's party tonight?"
"Um-hum, with Ray, why? Where you hoping to ask me out?"
"Yuck, you're only like my sister or something," he said. She could almost see him shuddering. The thought made her laugh. "No, I was thinking about asking Annie Bass."
"Then, why are you calling ME at six-oh-nine in the morning??!!! Call Annie!!! She the one you need to talk to! Jeez, Louise!!!"
"Because, I don't know if she can date or not. I mean, they make her go to that all girls school and all, and I didn't want to sound stupid by calling her and asking her out when she can't even date," he explianed. "You're friends, so I thought you might know."
"No, I don't know," she answered. Annie was Ronnie's twin sister, but as Alan pointed out she was made to go Madison academy for girls and the Colonel was even more strict than Coach. "But, I'll find out."
"Are you going to call her?"
"Now?! Alan, it's 6 a.m. She's probably sleeping, like I'd like to BE!"
"No, Alan says the Colonel makes them get up at 5:30 everyday, even weekends."
"Fine. I'll call." It was the only way she was getting back to sleep anytime soon.
"Thanks, Sheri! I owe ya' one," he grinned.
"You owe me a big one," she replied. "Talk to you in a few minutes. Stay by the phone." They hung up and she picked the phone back up and called the Bass residence.
"Hello, Colonel Bass, this is Sheridan Yoast, from church. I'm sorry to call your house so early, but may I speak to Annie?" She could be as polite as pie when she wanted to be.
"Just a moment," he answered.
Five minutes later, Annie picked up. "Sheri? Hey!"
"Hey. Listen, I'm very tired, so I'll get straight to the point. You know about the party Ronnie's going to tonight, huh?"
"Yes."
"Good. Here's the deal, Alan Bosly wants to ask you to go with him, but, he wasn't sure you were allowed to date," she told the other girl.
"Alan wants to ask me?" Annie squealled.
"Yeah."
"Of course I can date, and I'd love to go wth him!"
"Great, then be expecting him to call soon. Bye."
"Bye Sheri, and thanks," she bubbled. Sheri secretly thought no one should be that happy at 6:23 and 21 seconds in the morning. It was just wrong.
She hung up and called Alan. "Hey, she can date. Now call her and ask her. She waiting on you. Next time ask her before the day of the party and leave me out of it. I'm going back to bed. Goodnight." She said as soon as he picked up.
"I will. Thanks, Sheridan. Goodnight," Alan said, barely finishing before she hung up.
"Anything wrong?" Coach asked, standing in his doorway.
"No," she shook her head. "I just had to help Alan get a date."
"Alan can't get his own date?"
"Not without my help, I guess," she shrugged.
Coach shook his head. "One day, I'll have to figure out your's and Alan's friendship but not today."
Sheri laughed, as she walked into her room and cloapsed on her bed. Anyone else waking her before lunch was a dead person.