The next week or so of school was pretty uneventful: just play practice and
The Sweets and The Barbies at there, now usual, competition over the boys.
At lunch on Tuesday, Eleni and Michelle were surrounded by Seventeen's, CosmoGirl's, and Teen People's.
"Um, what's all this?" asked Summer picking up the May issue of Seventeen (Mischa Barton).
"We decided to give ourselves a makeover, seeing as everyone always spots us together, we thought we'd try to stand out," answered Michelle.
"Oh, kay..." Summer said, still confused, putting down Misha's cover and grabbing Anne Hathaway's (CosmoGirl May).
"Everyone always says "Eleni-and-Michelle", or "Michelle-Eleni" so, we're just starting our new road to independence," Eleni explained.
"No one ever says all that," Summer stated picking up a soggy french- fry on her seat (eww).
"Yes they do! At our last family get-together," Michelle started (by the way, Eleni and Michelle are cousins), "Our uncles and grandparents and all them kept getting us mixed up! Like, we had name tags on our plates where we were supposed to sit, so I sat at the one said Michelle, right? But then my grandma was all like, 'Eleanor, over here sweetums.' It was horrible!"
"Fine, do what you want, but please don't do anything too drastic," Summer advised.
The next day, Michelle had turned brunette and Eleni got a bob with red streaks... correction- an ugly bob with red streaks.
Emma burst into school that morning with Ashley, both near tears.
"Zoe! Oh my fricken God!" Emma exclaimed running towards her friend.
"Wait a sec, Em," Zoe said as she tried to continue her conversation with Zack.
"NO! Oh my god! Look," Emma started, pulling up her sweater's sleeve, revealing a cast, "I broke my arm! BROKE IT! Oh my god! How am I going to do the play like this?"
"It's not that bad, I have laryngitis you big baby!" Ashley croaked out.
"Wow, look at you guys, better knock on wood that I don't get hurt," Zoe replied to all of this, turning to Zack. Emma and Ashley were stunned that their friend didn't care about their injury/illness.
"Earth to Zoe! I have a MAIN part! How can I be Julie with a voice like THIS?" asked Ashley, still croaking every word out.
"And how can I be Julie's helpful friend with a broken arm?" asked Emma.
"Jane only had four lines," Zack told Emma, which made her pipe down.
"Zack's right, but wow, what are you going to do Ashley?" asked Zoe.
Zack realized that if Ashley couldn't be Julie, Tomika probably would... Ashley? Tomika? Ashley? Tomika? He thought. Soon his question would be answered.
At play practice, everyone soon was gossiping about Eleni and Michelle's new looks.
"I never visioned Michelle as a brunette, but this could work for her," Zoe whispered to Emma.
"Yeah, a Mandy Moore thing.. and Ashlee Simpson.. and Nicky Hilton... oh my god, and even a Mary-Kate thing!" Emma agreed.
"What do you think of the bob and streaks on Eleni?" Marta asked Katie.
"Um, I don't know. I wouldn't have done it, that's for sure," she answered.
"Alright, class, shut up now," Mrs. S started, "Since our lead, Ashley, has laryngitis, and we can't cut Julie out of the play, Zoe will switch her places and Brenda will just be a prop."
Mrs. S handed a new batch of the script to Alicia.
"Pass this out."
Zack couldn't believe it. Zoe had a nice voice, maybe even as good as Marta's- who was a singer in the band!-, but no way was she better than Tomika!
As he scanned the new lines, he realized all of the singing was cut out.
"Where'd all of the songs go?" asked Alicia, as she passed out the new script.
"I had to cut them out, they just weren't working. But now you have more speaking lines!" Mrs. S explained in a sarcastic-cheery voice.
Tomika was pretty upset. She really was hoping that she'd get to do more singing!
"Why did Zoe get to switch with Ashley, not me, or Marta, or whoever?" Tomika asked.
"Brenda really didn't say much, and everyone else had at least 4 lines, so it mind-as-well be.. ME who gets to switch!" Zoe answered happily.
Freddy and Frankie were flipping threw some of the pages, laughing.
"What's so funny?" Zack asked them, glancing at what they were looking at.
Once they stopped laughing, Frankie answered, "Dude! You get to kiss Zoe!"
At lunch on Tuesday, Eleni and Michelle were surrounded by Seventeen's, CosmoGirl's, and Teen People's.
"Um, what's all this?" asked Summer picking up the May issue of Seventeen (Mischa Barton).
"We decided to give ourselves a makeover, seeing as everyone always spots us together, we thought we'd try to stand out," answered Michelle.
"Oh, kay..." Summer said, still confused, putting down Misha's cover and grabbing Anne Hathaway's (CosmoGirl May).
"Everyone always says "Eleni-and-Michelle", or "Michelle-Eleni" so, we're just starting our new road to independence," Eleni explained.
"No one ever says all that," Summer stated picking up a soggy french- fry on her seat (eww).
"Yes they do! At our last family get-together," Michelle started (by the way, Eleni and Michelle are cousins), "Our uncles and grandparents and all them kept getting us mixed up! Like, we had name tags on our plates where we were supposed to sit, so I sat at the one said Michelle, right? But then my grandma was all like, 'Eleanor, over here sweetums.' It was horrible!"
"Fine, do what you want, but please don't do anything too drastic," Summer advised.
The next day, Michelle had turned brunette and Eleni got a bob with red streaks... correction- an ugly bob with red streaks.
Emma burst into school that morning with Ashley, both near tears.
"Zoe! Oh my fricken God!" Emma exclaimed running towards her friend.
"Wait a sec, Em," Zoe said as she tried to continue her conversation with Zack.
"NO! Oh my god! Look," Emma started, pulling up her sweater's sleeve, revealing a cast, "I broke my arm! BROKE IT! Oh my god! How am I going to do the play like this?"
"It's not that bad, I have laryngitis you big baby!" Ashley croaked out.
"Wow, look at you guys, better knock on wood that I don't get hurt," Zoe replied to all of this, turning to Zack. Emma and Ashley were stunned that their friend didn't care about their injury/illness.
"Earth to Zoe! I have a MAIN part! How can I be Julie with a voice like THIS?" asked Ashley, still croaking every word out.
"And how can I be Julie's helpful friend with a broken arm?" asked Emma.
"Jane only had four lines," Zack told Emma, which made her pipe down.
"Zack's right, but wow, what are you going to do Ashley?" asked Zoe.
Zack realized that if Ashley couldn't be Julie, Tomika probably would... Ashley? Tomika? Ashley? Tomika? He thought. Soon his question would be answered.
At play practice, everyone soon was gossiping about Eleni and Michelle's new looks.
"I never visioned Michelle as a brunette, but this could work for her," Zoe whispered to Emma.
"Yeah, a Mandy Moore thing.. and Ashlee Simpson.. and Nicky Hilton... oh my god, and even a Mary-Kate thing!" Emma agreed.
"What do you think of the bob and streaks on Eleni?" Marta asked Katie.
"Um, I don't know. I wouldn't have done it, that's for sure," she answered.
"Alright, class, shut up now," Mrs. S started, "Since our lead, Ashley, has laryngitis, and we can't cut Julie out of the play, Zoe will switch her places and Brenda will just be a prop."
Mrs. S handed a new batch of the script to Alicia.
"Pass this out."
Zack couldn't believe it. Zoe had a nice voice, maybe even as good as Marta's- who was a singer in the band!-, but no way was she better than Tomika!
As he scanned the new lines, he realized all of the singing was cut out.
"Where'd all of the songs go?" asked Alicia, as she passed out the new script.
"I had to cut them out, they just weren't working. But now you have more speaking lines!" Mrs. S explained in a sarcastic-cheery voice.
Tomika was pretty upset. She really was hoping that she'd get to do more singing!
"Why did Zoe get to switch with Ashley, not me, or Marta, or whoever?" Tomika asked.
"Brenda really didn't say much, and everyone else had at least 4 lines, so it mind-as-well be.. ME who gets to switch!" Zoe answered happily.
Freddy and Frankie were flipping threw some of the pages, laughing.
"What's so funny?" Zack asked them, glancing at what they were looking at.
Once they stopped laughing, Frankie answered, "Dude! You get to kiss Zoe!"