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"So, uh, what country do you want to do?" Louis asked, trying to break the ice. He was over at Tawny's house, and they were working on their Social Studies project. They had to pick a country and do a report on it, plus cook a native dish from that country and learn a few phrases from that country's language. No English speaking countries could be used unfortunately, the teacher wanted the students to learn some of a new language.
"I dunno, Louis." Tawny was sitting next to Louis on the couch, and she was staring out the window, barely even thinking. She was busy remembering the dream she had had the night before. Tawny heard her doorbell ring. She went to answer the door.
"Ren?"
"Hi, Tawny! Is Louis here?"
"Yeah. We were just deciding what country to do for our report. Do you have any ideas?"
"Um," Ren began. 'Quick, think of a romantic country! THINK! Come on, Ren!' "FRANCE!"
"France?"
"Yeah, France! The food is easy to cook, and the language, you guys can learn easily! Do France for your report! That is the best, the best, choice!"
"Okay, Ren. Thanks for your idea. Did you need anything?"
"Uhhh, no. I just wanted to see how everything was going, and to tell Louis that he can stay till nine. I'll be going now, so you two can work on your project ALONE."
"Ok, bye, Ren," Tawny said as Ren turned and ran off. Tawny was confused. Ren had sure put a lot of stress on the word alone. It wasn't that big of a deal. She and Louis were friends, that was all. Tawny turned and went back to the couch. She sat down next to Louis.
"Let me guess, that was Ren?" Louis guessed.
"Yeah, she's been following me around and stuff lately. She's obsessing over the dumbest thing too, she's trying to get me to-" Tawny shut up just in time. 'That was close' Tawny thought to herself. She had nearly said trying to get me to ask you out.
"Trying to get you to what?"
Tawny thought really quickly. "To, to, to, to go to that stupid dance on Friday!" A lucky save. It wasn't a lie either, Ren was trying to get Tawny to go to the dance.
"Oh, ok. Twitty is trying to get me to go too. So, what country do you want to do?"
"Ren suggested France. I dunno why."
"Well, I can't think of anything else, Tawny. I guess that is fine."
"Ok. Should we go look some food up online?"
"Yeah. We could always cook french fries," Louis joked.
Tawny laughed. "Good idea."
Four Hours Later...
Louis and Tawny were still trying to get some info. Tawny's internet was being really slow that night. All the sites were in French so far.
"Ok, we have a result, in English too. France, the country of. it gets cut off, oh well. It should be good. Let's look it up." Louis clicked on the link. After about five minutes, the site came up. "France the country of love and romance?!"
Tawny began laughing. "Real informative there Louis!"
"Hey, you suggested France!"
"I didn't, Ren did!"
"And you listened! It makes me think you like me or something!" Louis shut up, noticing the horrified look on Tawny's face.
"Excuse me?" Tawny's face had turned bright red. "Well, what about you? You AGREED to France, and YOU CLICKED on THAT link! I could say the same thing!"
Louis turned red now. "Is that the way you feel? I don't even know why I went out with you in the first place! I don't even know why I kissed you! You're a horrible kisser! That had to have been the thing I most regret doing in my life!" Louis froze, realizing what he just said.
"You feel that way? Get out, Louis. Get out, now!"
"Good! I hate you anyway!"
"I hate you too!"
Louis stormed out and slammed the door behind him. Tawny collapsed on her couch, sobbing.
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"Louis, you're half an hour early. Have you eaten? Oh, I'm sure you ate at Tawny's," Mrs. Stevens said as she saw Louis walk into their house.
"No, I didn't eat."
"Oh, why don't you come eat something then. I made your favorite-"
"I'M NOT HUNGRY!" Louis snapped, and ran up to his room, slamming the door on his way in.
"Yo, Lou, what happened?" Donnie asked, opening the door. He saw Louis sitting on his bed, looking very angry. "What, your girlfriend get into a fight with you or something?"
"I don't have a girlfriend," Louis responded.
"What? I thought you did. Then why the heck did Dad spend all that money to patch up the counter where you carved that stuff into it?"
"We broke up, Donnie. Now, can you please leave me alone?"
"Okay, bro, whatever you want. If you need to talk to me, my door is always open. I know what those girls can be like."
"What can we be like, Donnie?" Ren questioned.
"Uh, I gotta go lift some weights. Remember what I said, Lou." Donnie dashed off as fast as he could into his room.
"So, Louis, how is the report coming?"
"Fine."
"That's good."
Ren turned and ran to call Twitty.
"Hello?"
"Twitty, it's Ren."
"Ren? How is the plan going? Are they back together yet?"
"I have no idea. Louis seems really mad for some reason. I think he and Tawny got into a fight, but I'm not exactly sure. That's what it looks like."
"Okay, you call Tawny, then, you call me and tell me what she said, and I'll call your house and talk to Louis."
"That works."
"Ren, do you think Louis will get mad that we're doing this? I mean, we are messing with his private affairs."
"No. He'll thank us for it when we're done."
"Okay. Bye."
"Bye." Ren hung up and began dialing Tawny's number.
"H-hello?"
"Tawny, it's Ren."
"Oh. Hi."
"So, how did things go today?"
"Not so good. Louis and I got into a fight."
"You did? That's awful."
"I know."
"Tawny, have you been crying?"
"No. Of course not. I wouldn't cry over something that stupid."
"You could have fooled me."
"Oh, Ren, I have to go, my parents are home." Tawny hung up the phone.
Ren heard the dialtone go off. Not much help, but, she'd have to deal with it. She dialed Twitty's number. "Twitty?"
"That was fast. How'd it go?"
"She said she and Louis got into a fight, and she sounded like she had been crying. When I asked her about it, she said no, she wouldn't cry over something that stupid."
"That wasn't too helpful."
"Yeah, I know. Well, you call Louis now." Ren hung up. A few seconds later the phone rang. "Louis! Phone!" Ren called.
Louis picked up the phone. Maybe it was Tawny, calling to apologize. Yeah, that was it. "Hello?"
"Lou, it's Twitty."
"Twitty, this isn't a very good time."
"Come on, just tell me how it went at Tawny's. Are you two going out?"
"No, Twitty. I don't even think we're friends anymore."
"What?"
"I said some really stupid stuff, and Tawny told me to get out, and we both said we hated each other. It didn't go well."
"You probably made her cry."
"No, she seemed too mad. Anyway, Tawny wouldn't cry over something like this."
"Whatever. Why don't you apologize! Then you can ask her out."
"No, Twitty. Stop. I know you're trying to get us to go out again. It isn't working. Goodbye." Louis hung up.
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Tawny heard the front door open and shut. "Hi, Mom. Where's Dad?"
"He's coming. We both had late appointments tonight. His is running a little later than mine." Mrs. Dean sat down on the chair across from where Tawny was sitting. "Oh no. What adolescent phase are you going through? You've been crying!"
"I'm not going through a phase. I haven't been crying."
"I can tell, Tawny. Did you lose your friends or something?"
"No. Louis and I got into a really big fight, so I don't think we're friends anymore."
"Oh, your boyfriend?"
"I don't have a boyfriend."
"What about that boy your father saw kissing you after the play?"
'Oh my gosh' "What are you talking about?"
"After your play was ruined, your father went outside to talk to you. He came back in because he saw you and some boy together. The boy had curly brown hair."
Tawny was practically dying. "I just remembered, I have some math homework."
"Tawny, you can't run away from your problem! If you two broke up, and are both unhappy, you should get back together. A foolish quarrel shouldn't split you up."
"I'm not running, I have math homework to finish. Goodnight, Mom." Tawny turned and ran up to her room.
The next day at school, Ren came up to Tawny.
"How are things?" Ren asked.
"Ren, you know how things are, so why ask?"
"I don't know, they could have changed."
"Ren, I have to go see my math teacher about the assignment last night. Bye."
"Tawny, you can't-"
"I know, I know. I can't run away from my problems. I'm not running, I need to ask about this assignment."
Ren frowned as Tawny ran off. 'This is harder to get than back together than I thought.'
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"So, uh, what country do you want to do?" Louis asked, trying to break the ice. He was over at Tawny's house, and they were working on their Social Studies project. They had to pick a country and do a report on it, plus cook a native dish from that country and learn a few phrases from that country's language. No English speaking countries could be used unfortunately, the teacher wanted the students to learn some of a new language.
"I dunno, Louis." Tawny was sitting next to Louis on the couch, and she was staring out the window, barely even thinking. She was busy remembering the dream she had had the night before. Tawny heard her doorbell ring. She went to answer the door.
"Ren?"
"Hi, Tawny! Is Louis here?"
"Yeah. We were just deciding what country to do for our report. Do you have any ideas?"
"Um," Ren began. 'Quick, think of a romantic country! THINK! Come on, Ren!' "FRANCE!"
"France?"
"Yeah, France! The food is easy to cook, and the language, you guys can learn easily! Do France for your report! That is the best, the best, choice!"
"Okay, Ren. Thanks for your idea. Did you need anything?"
"Uhhh, no. I just wanted to see how everything was going, and to tell Louis that he can stay till nine. I'll be going now, so you two can work on your project ALONE."
"Ok, bye, Ren," Tawny said as Ren turned and ran off. Tawny was confused. Ren had sure put a lot of stress on the word alone. It wasn't that big of a deal. She and Louis were friends, that was all. Tawny turned and went back to the couch. She sat down next to Louis.
"Let me guess, that was Ren?" Louis guessed.
"Yeah, she's been following me around and stuff lately. She's obsessing over the dumbest thing too, she's trying to get me to-" Tawny shut up just in time. 'That was close' Tawny thought to herself. She had nearly said trying to get me to ask you out.
"Trying to get you to what?"
Tawny thought really quickly. "To, to, to, to go to that stupid dance on Friday!" A lucky save. It wasn't a lie either, Ren was trying to get Tawny to go to the dance.
"Oh, ok. Twitty is trying to get me to go too. So, what country do you want to do?"
"Ren suggested France. I dunno why."
"Well, I can't think of anything else, Tawny. I guess that is fine."
"Ok. Should we go look some food up online?"
"Yeah. We could always cook french fries," Louis joked.
Tawny laughed. "Good idea."
Four Hours Later...
Louis and Tawny were still trying to get some info. Tawny's internet was being really slow that night. All the sites were in French so far.
"Ok, we have a result, in English too. France, the country of. it gets cut off, oh well. It should be good. Let's look it up." Louis clicked on the link. After about five minutes, the site came up. "France the country of love and romance?!"
Tawny began laughing. "Real informative there Louis!"
"Hey, you suggested France!"
"I didn't, Ren did!"
"And you listened! It makes me think you like me or something!" Louis shut up, noticing the horrified look on Tawny's face.
"Excuse me?" Tawny's face had turned bright red. "Well, what about you? You AGREED to France, and YOU CLICKED on THAT link! I could say the same thing!"
Louis turned red now. "Is that the way you feel? I don't even know why I went out with you in the first place! I don't even know why I kissed you! You're a horrible kisser! That had to have been the thing I most regret doing in my life!" Louis froze, realizing what he just said.
"You feel that way? Get out, Louis. Get out, now!"
"Good! I hate you anyway!"
"I hate you too!"
Louis stormed out and slammed the door behind him. Tawny collapsed on her couch, sobbing.
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"Louis, you're half an hour early. Have you eaten? Oh, I'm sure you ate at Tawny's," Mrs. Stevens said as she saw Louis walk into their house.
"No, I didn't eat."
"Oh, why don't you come eat something then. I made your favorite-"
"I'M NOT HUNGRY!" Louis snapped, and ran up to his room, slamming the door on his way in.
"Yo, Lou, what happened?" Donnie asked, opening the door. He saw Louis sitting on his bed, looking very angry. "What, your girlfriend get into a fight with you or something?"
"I don't have a girlfriend," Louis responded.
"What? I thought you did. Then why the heck did Dad spend all that money to patch up the counter where you carved that stuff into it?"
"We broke up, Donnie. Now, can you please leave me alone?"
"Okay, bro, whatever you want. If you need to talk to me, my door is always open. I know what those girls can be like."
"What can we be like, Donnie?" Ren questioned.
"Uh, I gotta go lift some weights. Remember what I said, Lou." Donnie dashed off as fast as he could into his room.
"So, Louis, how is the report coming?"
"Fine."
"That's good."
Ren turned and ran to call Twitty.
"Hello?"
"Twitty, it's Ren."
"Ren? How is the plan going? Are they back together yet?"
"I have no idea. Louis seems really mad for some reason. I think he and Tawny got into a fight, but I'm not exactly sure. That's what it looks like."
"Okay, you call Tawny, then, you call me and tell me what she said, and I'll call your house and talk to Louis."
"That works."
"Ren, do you think Louis will get mad that we're doing this? I mean, we are messing with his private affairs."
"No. He'll thank us for it when we're done."
"Okay. Bye."
"Bye." Ren hung up and began dialing Tawny's number.
"H-hello?"
"Tawny, it's Ren."
"Oh. Hi."
"So, how did things go today?"
"Not so good. Louis and I got into a fight."
"You did? That's awful."
"I know."
"Tawny, have you been crying?"
"No. Of course not. I wouldn't cry over something that stupid."
"You could have fooled me."
"Oh, Ren, I have to go, my parents are home." Tawny hung up the phone.
Ren heard the dialtone go off. Not much help, but, she'd have to deal with it. She dialed Twitty's number. "Twitty?"
"That was fast. How'd it go?"
"She said she and Louis got into a fight, and she sounded like she had been crying. When I asked her about it, she said no, she wouldn't cry over something that stupid."
"That wasn't too helpful."
"Yeah, I know. Well, you call Louis now." Ren hung up. A few seconds later the phone rang. "Louis! Phone!" Ren called.
Louis picked up the phone. Maybe it was Tawny, calling to apologize. Yeah, that was it. "Hello?"
"Lou, it's Twitty."
"Twitty, this isn't a very good time."
"Come on, just tell me how it went at Tawny's. Are you two going out?"
"No, Twitty. I don't even think we're friends anymore."
"What?"
"I said some really stupid stuff, and Tawny told me to get out, and we both said we hated each other. It didn't go well."
"You probably made her cry."
"No, she seemed too mad. Anyway, Tawny wouldn't cry over something like this."
"Whatever. Why don't you apologize! Then you can ask her out."
"No, Twitty. Stop. I know you're trying to get us to go out again. It isn't working. Goodbye." Louis hung up.
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Tawny heard the front door open and shut. "Hi, Mom. Where's Dad?"
"He's coming. We both had late appointments tonight. His is running a little later than mine." Mrs. Dean sat down on the chair across from where Tawny was sitting. "Oh no. What adolescent phase are you going through? You've been crying!"
"I'm not going through a phase. I haven't been crying."
"I can tell, Tawny. Did you lose your friends or something?"
"No. Louis and I got into a really big fight, so I don't think we're friends anymore."
"Oh, your boyfriend?"
"I don't have a boyfriend."
"What about that boy your father saw kissing you after the play?"
'Oh my gosh' "What are you talking about?"
"After your play was ruined, your father went outside to talk to you. He came back in because he saw you and some boy together. The boy had curly brown hair."
Tawny was practically dying. "I just remembered, I have some math homework."
"Tawny, you can't run away from your problem! If you two broke up, and are both unhappy, you should get back together. A foolish quarrel shouldn't split you up."
"I'm not running, I have math homework to finish. Goodnight, Mom." Tawny turned and ran up to her room.
The next day at school, Ren came up to Tawny.
"How are things?" Ren asked.
"Ren, you know how things are, so why ask?"
"I don't know, they could have changed."
"Ren, I have to go see my math teacher about the assignment last night. Bye."
"Tawny, you can't-"
"I know, I know. I can't run away from my problems. I'm not running, I need to ask about this assignment."
Ren frowned as Tawny ran off. 'This is harder to get than back together than I thought.'
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