Chapter begins here.

Mxne: maybe I should get a new narrator. this one doesn't say very much.

Chapter begins with Maxine in her room, happily applying Carmex, which she does not own.

Mxne: Thank you, much better, yes, as you all know, it's been quite a while, and I STILL don't own didly, so dont' even think of TRYING to sue me. I've nothing to be sued for.

-Ivy pops in.-

Ivy: Where do you think you're going?

Mxne: The arcade. Weeheee! Tim & I are gonna see what "guys" Cecelia's hangin' with.

Ivy: ... (She certainly does like the expression "Weehee!" now, doesn't she?) Do you mean -looks both ways quickly- to ... dare I say it... SPY on Ce?

Mxne: hmm hmm Clever, no?

Ivy: ... I don't know if I approve of this.

Mxne: ... "Don't know if you approve..." please, of course you approve.

Ivy: That was Figure of Speech for "I don't approve"

Mxne: Here's Figure of Speech for "I don't care, you're coming with, and you're gonna like it."

Ivy: -face falls, shakes head as if to say "Hopeless"- SIGH- I might as well go with you, nothing good's on anywhere, and everyone else is doing "Homework" ... we don't get that, do we?

Mxne: ... no. We don't even have "teachers" to "give" us any "homework"

Ivy: are you saying "Teachers give homework" and since we have no "teachers" we get "no homework"?

Maxine: Yes, that, and I love using these quotey things.

Ivy: Ok, let's go already.

At the arcade, just minutes later

Timmy: I thought you guys would never come.

Hit That plays in the background, quite loudly.

Mxne: -Dancing wildly and quite off beat.- concequences are a lot but hey! ...

Ivy: ... You know, you should be able to dance MUCH better.

Mxne: ... -stops- what? well, ... at ... least ... I ... AM ... dancing. -gets shifty eyed- no one saw me, did they?

Ivy: You have problems, but no. why don't you go talk to the clerk man, he might let you try one of those Dance Machines free, if you're nice.

Mxne: ... letsee, -checks self in mirror- MAN I look good! -almost goes off to get free coins- (mind you all, I wouldn't really go off to do that, now would I? )

Ivy: me and my big mouth.

Tim: quiet. Maxine, stay here. They might see you.

-"The Guys" enter with Cecelia.-

guy 1: (there are three in all.) oy, they gotsa new game! I'mona play it now! runs to the game and knocks someone who was on it already off.

guy 2: Chill, man, it ain't like it won't be ther next week! 'ang!

Cece: Willya all cut it out? ya bein' obnoxiousely loud, they'll kick us outta here, too!

guy 3: -has an extremely feminine voice- yeah, man, chill. you too, short stuff.

Cece: aww, c'mon, I wasn't half 'loud's they were!

guy 3: just shut up, allaya.

Mxne: ... the third one looks like a girl.

Tim: ... quiet!

guys&Ce: -all turn to face Tim, Maxine and Ivy. -

guy 2 : well, well, well, look what we got here.

guy 1: if it ain't s'm shortstuffs and a minimaximillionaire. ay, boi, how's 'boutsya hand somma that money my way and we'll alls be outta here, 'eh?

Tim: ... go learn some decent english.

guy 2: ... testy testy. someone's a li'l PMS-y.

Mxne: who called me "short"?

guy 3: no one was speaking of you in particular, but you ARE short.

Mxne: ... - gets reeely red, and peeved- I AM NOT SHORT!!!

guy 3: Yes you are. you're only about two or three inches taller than Yugi.

Mxne: ... you sound like a girl.

guy 3: ... I'm aware.

Chapter ends here. I can't wait to see what happens next.

Mxne: yeah, ooh, and don't forget to review.