By now everyone had accepted we were there to stay, but there were still a few uneasy faces. Sarah kept glaring at us as she bandaged Jimmy up from his fall, Jonny was now busy giggling and whispering with Plank, and Kevin was snickering at us.
Suddenly he jumps up, strutting over to us. "I gotta see what they're dorkin' about.
He struts up to us, a smirk on his face. "What are you DORKS doing?" He emphasizes the word dorks by poking Ed in the chest. He complies my muttering "Oink!" which of course made us girls burst out in giggles.
Kevin whirled to face us, immediately swaggering over to Paula. "What's a girl like you doing hanging around with these dork wads?
Paula glares at him, snapping angrily. "For your information, we were discussing the dance.
Kevin brightens up. "You got a date yet?
Paula nods and winks discreetly at Eddy. "Yes. All 6 of us do.
Kevin looks confused, scratching his head. "Six?
"Yes, six. Can't you count? One two three..." Paula says, pointing at me, herself, then Jackie. "Four five six!" she says next, pointing at Ed, Eddy, then DD.
I guess that was funny to Kevin, for he starts laughing. "You guys got dates to the dance?
Eddy growls and then suddenly smiles, winking back at Paula. "Yeah, Kevin. We got dates. I'll bet ya a jawbreaker you can't guess who's date is who's.
Kevin nods, rubbing his hands together. "Ok...um...short goes with short," He snickers, pointing at Jackie and Eddy.
Eddy smiles. "Nope. That's two jawbreakers.
Kevin's eyes go wide. "Two?
Eddy nods, smiling in his usual sly way. "Yeah, one for each of us!
Kevin shakes his head and steps back. "Ok...um...Tall with tall." This time pointing to Ed and Paula. I start to laugh as Paula shakes her head. "Nope. Two more jawbreakers.
Kevin growls and puts one hand to his chin. I hear DD take a deep breath.
"Glasses with...hard to see shorty!" Pointing to me and then to Eddy. DD lets out his breath, I glare at Kevin and push my glasses up with one finger, and Eddy holds out his hand. "Wrong again, Kev-o. Six jawbreakers, c'mon, c'mon, we ain't got all day.
Kevin reluctantly hands a jawbreaker to each of us, grumbling. "So who's date is who's anyway, dorks and dorkettes?
Jackie sidles shyly up to Ed, bouncing her jawbreaker in one hand. "Short with tall.
Paula steps up to Eddy's side, twirling her jawbreaker on one finger. "Tall with short.
I step up to DD's side, holding my jawbreaker under one arm and hooking the other arm through his. "And glasses with the brains.
As if on cue, we all hold our jawbreakers in front of our faces, lick it once, and then suck them into our mouths with a great big satisfying SLLLLLLURP!