"You can never go back to holding hands you know Todd," chastised Elizabeth, having spent the hour they had been at Miller's Point lecturing him on the wonder that was celibacy.
"Why would you want to?" he muttered, sullenly. At this rate, he thought, I'll have to pay to see some booty...
"What?" Elizabeth snapped, her face a look of pure disgust.
Oops. He didn't realise he'd said that aloud. But wasn't that always the way with thoughts people weren't meant to hear in Sweet Valley?
Fortunately, he was saved by the bell (sorry, wrong TV show) when his car phone rang. He answered eagerly, anything to save him from his stick-in-the-mud girlfriend. It wasn't that he didn't love Liz – he did – but the guys on the team had been ragging him for years now that he and Liz had barely even made it to first base. And his tube sock was getting really stale nowadays... in more ways than one.
Well Wilkins, he thought, congratulations. You have succeeded in grossing even yourself out. He suddenly realised that he still had the phone in his hand:
"Hello?"
"Oh, hello, Todd, this is Alice Wakefield."
Mmmm, Todd contemplated. Now Alice is definitely one hot tamale.
"Todd!" exclaimed Elizabeth, shocked.
"I'm sorry, dear, what did you say?" Alice wanted to know, puzzled.
"Oh, nothing Mrs. W," Todd answered, sweetly. "What's up?"
"Is Liz with you?"
"Sure, I'll put her on." Todd flung the phone at Elizabeth.
"Hi, Mom," Elizabeth said, cheerily.
"Liz, I need you to come home right now. There's something I need to tell you all."