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angel9220042004: Okay, here's the surprise! Keep reading!

Spinelli Woods, Esq.: All right, keep reading to see what's planned!

A.L. Nowicki: Hank didn't get rich from being a janitor, he inherited the money from some relative (I think I mentioned it in the chapter "Two Familiar Faces"). No, they're not in cahoots for Prickly, which is actually surprising! Keep reading!

Fantasy3: Okay, the surprise is next! Hee hee, "thunk", I use that word too!

Chapter Twenty-Three: Party at Hank's, Part Two

It was eleven o'clock at night, and everyone was exhausted from all the swimming and running around throwing water balloons at each other. The guys had fun knocking each other out during a game of pool, and now everyone was munching on their well cooked hamburgers.

"Hey, does anybody remember Tuna Tacos?" Spinelli asked, remembering her favorite cafeteria food from Third Street Elementary.

"Boy, I do," Upside-Down Girl said. "I remember one time Randall threw one up, all over the hallway."

"Yeah...and I remember when Gus first came to our school," T.J. added, taking a sip of his soda. "And everyone kept calling you New Kid."

Gus shuddered. "Don't remind me. I'll always remember when I went a- wall with the germ warfare thing."

"Yeah, and you and Mikey kept arguing with each other about the germs!" Spinelli laughed. Then she stopped, remembering their gentle- souled friend who was no longer with them.

"What about Fort Tender?" Vince asked, changing the subject.

"Heck yeah, who could forget the battle for our fort?" T.J. responded, remembering how the six of them had gone up against Lawson and his old gang in order to win back their beloved fort. "Or when we all had to babysit a kindergartner for one day as a Pee-wee Pal."

"I remember when we kicked Ashley A out of our club for not wearing purple on Purple Day," Ashley Q laughed, getting an embarrassed look from her blonde friend.

"Or when Swinger Girl made it over the top...or so says me," Spinelli added bashfully, remembering how she had made a cult in fourth grade. Everyone wondered how Swinger Girl was doing in the aerial school she was at.

"What about when the Digger Boys split up?" Upside-Down asked. "That stupid Dave, telling me how to hang upside-down...I'm almost glad they're in jail now."

"I remember losing Galileo," Gretchen mentioned, remembering her childhood computer friend.. "I got into so much trouble trying to find that little guy. May his circuits rest in peace."

"Well, I remember when Gus tried to take over my job," Hustler Kid said, giving the boy a fake glare. "Gustler Kid, what a name."

"Hey, how come I've never heard this story?" Sammi asked him, getting an embarrassed look from her boyfriend.

"That reminds me of when Spinelli tried to take over Guru Kid's job," Vince remembered. "Where is that guy anyway?"

"He wasn't feeling to good when I called him earlier," Hustler Kid answered. "So, I'm just guessing he's in the bed sleeping."

T.J. yawned. "Yeah, that's what I feel like doing right now. It's not even midnight yet, and I'm bushed."

Hank stood up from his seat. "Before you guys go to sleep on us, it's time for the secret surprise..."

Everyone immediately woke up a little more and jumped up to hear it. Even at eighteen years old, the mention of a surprise will still catch someone's attention. Miss Finster dragged out a huge bundle of helium- filled balloons with strings and handed one to each senior.

"On these balloons, there is a piece of paper attached to the string," Hank explained while she was doing that. "You guys need to grab a pen, and you're going to write something on the paper, then we're going to let all the balloons fly away. Who knows? Maybe the person who finds yours will give you a call or something."

"That is TOO cool," Upside-Down Girl stated, already writing down her name and number on her paper.

"We should write a warning to NOT come to our school," Spinelli muttered to T.J., who couldn't help but laugh.

Finally, everybody had their message written and they all gathered in a circle, did the countdown together, and released their balloons into the night sky, watching them float away in the breeze.

Aw, this brings back memories! sniff sniff Will anything else happen before graduation? Will anything happen AT graduation? Will King Bob miraculously become un-missing? Will an angry mob tear down the auditorium walls in response to the projection screen idea? Highly unlikely, but keep reading to find out the answers to the other questions!