"Wow Rex, this girl really has a thing for you," Belle squealed
ecstatically.
"Is that a good thing?" he asked confused.
"Of course it is. Now you can forget about Mimi."
Just the sound of her name made his heart sink.
Belle could tell that she'd said something to upset her brother. "Rex, did I say something wrong?"
"I don't want to get over Mimi," he blurted.
"Listen hun, if you don't move on, you'll only make things worse for yourself. Meems is a great girl-but she's not the only girl out there. Rex have you looked at yourself in the mirror lately?" she asked him. "You're a total hunk. Who wouldn't want you?"
"I don't want someone to like me for my looks. I want them to like me for me!"
"Rex why don't you re-read your 'secret admirer's' letter. She clearly states that she's looking beyond your physical appearance," she said. "What if this mystery woman turns out to be the woman of your dreams," she said trying to persuade him.
"I've already found her and her name is Mimi. She's in all of my dreams," he thought. "What do you want me to do Belle. Go around campus asking girls if they're secretly infatuated with me!"
"That's a brilliant idea!" she stated.
"What? Belle there are over a hundred girls that go to Salem U," he answered thinking that his sister was more than an empty headed bottle of peroxide.
"Oh I guess you're right," she said disappointed. Her face suddenly lit up like a Christmas tree. "But maybe you could try e-mailing her back," she suggested.
"And what would I say?"
"How about that you want to meet her today at five at Dot Com."
"What if she's psychotic?"
"I'll create a diversion and then you can escape."
"Like what? Scream that your credit cards have been maxed out?"
"Rex you're a genius."
"You've been hanging around Shawn just a little too long."
She shrugged off that last comment and began typing up a reply for this mystery girl. "Okay Rex, how about this.
Dear secret admirer,
I'd like to meet you. Be at Dot Com at five.
Rex"
"I don't know about this."
"Please Rex. Just meet her. It'll do you some good. You should be with someone who makes you happy. And if Mimi can't see what a great catch you are, she's blind."
"Thanks."
"No prob. Now we have to pick out and outfit." She goes over to his closet and starts rummaging through it rapidly. "I know what'll make you feel better. An afternoon of shopping."
"Won't that make you feel better?" he asked.
"That's not the point! I swear sometimes you're worse than Shawn."
"Enough with the insults. I'll go shopping with you," he said caving in. "This girl had better be worth it!"
"Is that a good thing?" he asked confused.
"Of course it is. Now you can forget about Mimi."
Just the sound of her name made his heart sink.
Belle could tell that she'd said something to upset her brother. "Rex, did I say something wrong?"
"I don't want to get over Mimi," he blurted.
"Listen hun, if you don't move on, you'll only make things worse for yourself. Meems is a great girl-but she's not the only girl out there. Rex have you looked at yourself in the mirror lately?" she asked him. "You're a total hunk. Who wouldn't want you?"
"I don't want someone to like me for my looks. I want them to like me for me!"
"Rex why don't you re-read your 'secret admirer's' letter. She clearly states that she's looking beyond your physical appearance," she said. "What if this mystery woman turns out to be the woman of your dreams," she said trying to persuade him.
"I've already found her and her name is Mimi. She's in all of my dreams," he thought. "What do you want me to do Belle. Go around campus asking girls if they're secretly infatuated with me!"
"That's a brilliant idea!" she stated.
"What? Belle there are over a hundred girls that go to Salem U," he answered thinking that his sister was more than an empty headed bottle of peroxide.
"Oh I guess you're right," she said disappointed. Her face suddenly lit up like a Christmas tree. "But maybe you could try e-mailing her back," she suggested.
"And what would I say?"
"How about that you want to meet her today at five at Dot Com."
"What if she's psychotic?"
"I'll create a diversion and then you can escape."
"Like what? Scream that your credit cards have been maxed out?"
"Rex you're a genius."
"You've been hanging around Shawn just a little too long."
She shrugged off that last comment and began typing up a reply for this mystery girl. "Okay Rex, how about this.
Dear secret admirer,
I'd like to meet you. Be at Dot Com at five.
Rex"
"I don't know about this."
"Please Rex. Just meet her. It'll do you some good. You should be with someone who makes you happy. And if Mimi can't see what a great catch you are, she's blind."
"Thanks."
"No prob. Now we have to pick out and outfit." She goes over to his closet and starts rummaging through it rapidly. "I know what'll make you feel better. An afternoon of shopping."
"Won't that make you feel better?" he asked.
"That's not the point! I swear sometimes you're worse than Shawn."
"Enough with the insults. I'll go shopping with you," he said caving in. "This girl had better be worth it!"