Stacy Gets Busted
Background: Stacy, Agustin, Justin, and Alice arrived back home at around 1 AM Danville Time on Monday. It is 11 AM and Stacy is still sleeping in her dorm.
Stacy's POV:
Candace storms into the dormitory complex knocks on Stacy's dorm room door as hard as possible.
Candace: "STACY! STACY! OPEN UP! OPEN UP! OPEN UP!" Stacy wakes up thanks to Candace's obnoxious knocking.
Stacy: "Candace!? I'm coming!"
Stacy gets up and the opens door.
Stacy: "Candace! Where have you been!? I've been trying to call you for the past 5 days, but you haven't been picking up!"
Candace: "'Where have I been!?' Where have you been!? I came over here, like, 20 times on Saturday and Sunday, and you never opened your door! I haven't been picking up your calls because I destroyed my phone...on accident, of course!"
Stacy: "Why didn't you just ask Phineas and Ferb to build you a new one? They'd get it done in an hour!"
Candace: "Oh, that's right! Thanks for reminding me. I'll ask them today. Anyways, where were you!? We had the LSAT last Saturday and I didn't see you anywhere! Did little Suzy Johnson kidnap you!? If you have evidence we can put that little devil behind bars once and for all!" Oh, shit. The LSAT! I knew I had something on Sunday!
Stacy: "Uhm...uhm...I took the LSAT at a different place! I know that we were initially assigned at the same testing center...but….at the last minute, the LSAT people changed my testing center assignment….because…..because….the original testing center had too many people!"
Candace: "Well, there were a lot of people at the testing center."
Stacy: "Exactly! Can't have too many people testing in one center, amiright? I had to test…..at…..that…brown building….on…on..the middle of….. 34th street! Yeah, 34th street!"
Candace: "But why haven't you been opening the door for the past 2 days? I came here once every hour!"
Stacy: "Because…..because…..I made a bet with a friend! If…..I lost "rock, paper, scissors," I'd have to…..wear earplugs for all of Saturday and Sunday! They were really, really powerful earplugs! I probably couldn't hear you knocking on my door. I'm sorry."
Candace: "Oh, ok! Why didn't you just say so? Anyways, we're getting back our LSAT scores in 3 weeks! I can't wait! It was actually a lot easier than I thought it would be!"
Stacy: "Same here with me! Law school is going to be a piece of cake!"
Candace: "See you at math class tomorrow!"
After Candace left, Stacy cried and cried in her room for hours, devastated by what she had done.
NOTE: From here on out, italicized text: Candace's thoughts, not Stacy's.
Candace's POV:
Candace leaves Stacy's room and walks out of the dormitory complex.
You know, I don't know why I ever doubted Stacy. She would never miss the most important test of her life! It makes total sense that the LSAT people would just change her testing center assignment literally one day prior to the test! And to the "brown building in the middle of 34th street." Brown building in the middle of 34th street...Isn't that a Chipotle? She got to eat while taking the LSAT!?
Lucky!
Of course she didn't open the door for two days straight because she had earplugs on the whole time! Wearing earplugs for two days straight. What a NOT unusual and convenient bet! Those earplugs must've been very powerful! I slammed that thin door with all my might and screamed and yelled so hard that dozens of people, some coming from as far away as the building across the street, came all the way over here just to tell me to stop. Yet Stacy was not able to hear me from just a few feet away. I need to ask her where she got those earplugs! Stacy always knows where to find the best products!
10 hours later and Candace is in her dorm complex's cafeteria eating dinner:
Hey! Wait a minute! Stacy's story makes no sense! Stacy said she made a bet "WITH A
FRIEND"!? WITH A FRIEND!? Since when does Stacy have any friends besides me!? That lying
bitch!
Candace: "But why would she lie to me like that!? That's not the Stacy Hirano I know!"
Suddenly, some random girl sitting nearby comes over and says: "Did you just say Stacy Hirano!?
Do you know her?"
Candace: "Yeah. She's been my best friend since childhood. Why?"
Random girl: "She traveled all across Uruguay with the Agustin Alvarez last weekend! You should check out Agustin's Instagram feed. They look soooooo cute together!"
Candace: "What!? She got with Agustin Alvarez!?...She was in Uruguay this weekend!?"
Random girl: "Yep! You're her best friend and you don't know that? Everybody has been talking about it!"
Candace: "Uhm...I have to get going. Thank you so much for telling me!" I need to get a new phone ASAP!
Candace runs out of the building, signals a taxi, and hops in it.
Candace: "Taximan, take me to 2308 Maple Drive NOW!"
Taximan: "My name is George!"
(*George drives Candace to her mother's house*)
Candace: "Thanks, taximan…..I mean, George!"
Candace hops out of the car, takes out her keys, opens the door, enters the house, runs up to Phineas and Ferb's room, and sees them playing video games.
Candace: "PHINEAS! FERB! MAKE ME A NEW PHONE! NOW!"
Phineas: "Candace! It's so good to see you! We haven't talked in ages! What brings you back here?
How's college?"
Candace: "I don't have time for this! Stacy went to URUGUAY this weekend and I need to go on
Instagram! My phone is destroyed and I need a new one NOW!"
Phineas: "OK!"
Candace: "So what are you waiting for!? Take your tool thingies and start building!"
Phineas: "Candace, this is, like, the 20th time you've broken your phone. We already built 30 extra phones for you just in case! Let me go get one!"
Phineas goes to his closet, opens it up, and grabs a phone.
Phineas: "Here you go, Candace!"
Candace goes up to Phineas and eagerly yanks the phone out of his hands.
Candace: "Hehehehe!"
Candace turns on the phone, signs into her Apple account, opens the app store, installs Instagram, opens it, and searches up Agustin Alvarez.
Candace: "Ha! There he is! And look at that! His Instagram account is public! Yes! There are dozens of photos of him with Stacy in Uruguay! Here are him and Stacy in his yacht, in the plains, in his beach house, in the city, and here's them making out! And all of them labeled with the dates Stacy was scheduled to take the LSAT. Yes! This is perfect! She is so busted. Thank you, Phineas and Ferb! You guys are the best!"
Candace hugs Phineas and then Ferb and storms out of their room.
Ferb: "She didn't have to come all the way here and get a new phone. She knows that you can access Instagram on your laptop, right?"
Phineas: "Dude, this is Candace we're talking about."
Candace uses her phone to take Uber from the Flynn-Fletcher House to Dr. Hirano's House. This scene begins with her standing outside the door, deciding whether or not to press the doorbell button.
Should I tattle on my best friend like this? Stacy would never tell my mom if I did something like this. She must've had the time of her life in Uruguay!
Meh, this is for her own good. She foolishly skipped one of the most important tests of her life. She needs to face the consequences of her actions or else she'll never improve. Stacy's mom is going to eventually find out about this anyways. It's best if she finds out as soon as possible.
And besides, I've always wanted to successfully bust someone! Let's hope the Mysterious Force only applies to busting Phineas and Ferb!
Candace pushes doorbell button, the doorbell rings, and Ginger Hirano, Stacy's younger sister, opens the door.
Ginger: "Candace! It's so good to see you! I haven't talked to you in ages! You've grown so much!
How's college going?"
Candace: "I don't have time for small talk! Where's Stacy's mom!?"
Ginger: "Stacy's mom has got IT going on!"
Candace: "Ha ha very funny. Now tell me where she is! She's all I want and I've waited for so long!"
Ginger: "No, she's got IT, intensive therapy, going on right now! She's not at home. Dealing with all of those frivolous lawsuits that come with being a doctor has taken a huge toll on her mental health. She's been going to the therapist every week! She won't be back for a few more hours." Candace: "Oh, ok!"
Ginger: "Yeah, that's why Stacy decided to become a lawyer instead. She said that she prefers making money from frivolous lawsuits." Great minds think alike.
Candace: "Too bad her future career as a lawyer is in serious jeopardy right now."
Ginger: "What do you mean!?"
Candace: "Stacy was scheduled to take the LSAT this weekend, but she went to Uruguay instead with her boyfriend, Agustin Alvarez."
Ginger: " The Agustin Alvarez!? STACY IS DATING AGUSTIN ALVAREZ!? WHAT!?"
Candace: "Huh, you know him too? Damn, it seems like Stacy and I are the only two human beings in this entire city who haven't heard of him before last week."
Ginger: "Probably. He's a local celebrity! Everyone knows him."
Candace: "Yeah, Stacy hit on him in the library last week. She used some of the best pickup lines ever. And then they started dating and they even went to Uruguay this weekend when she was supposed to be taking the LSAT. Have you seen the pictures!? Agustin's family is rich. His bedroom alone is bigger than my future!"
Ginger: "She must've had the time of her life! Missing the LSAT is no big deal, right? Law school applications are not due until January, right? It's only August (2017). There is an LSAT test every month. It only costs $200 to sign up. Couldn't she just apply for the September test?"
Candace: "The registration deadlines for every test until August of next year have already passed. The earliest she can take it is in August 2018! She'll have to take a gap year for 2018-2019 school year. She'll be a year behind. Do you think your mom will be ok with that? Especially considering that the reason for the gap year is because she foolishly skipped one of the most important tests of her life just to travel to a completely foreign country with a random guy she met only a couple of days prior and without informing anyone of her travel plans."
Ginger: "Yeah, she won't mind."
Candace: "If you don't mind, I'll stay here until your mom comes back home. I want to show her the pictures of her and Agustin in Uruguay. I've always wanted to successfully bust someone. This is a dream come true!"
Suddenly, Candace's phone rings and she hesitantly picks it up.
Candace: "Who is this?"
Candace's classmate: "Candace! We have a project due tomorrow! You said that you would come over to my dorm tonight to finish it. If you don't come in the next 30 minutes, we will tell the professor you did none of the work and you'll get a 0%!"
Candace: "Ok, I'll be there as soon as possible. Bye!"
Candace hangs up her phone and begins to feel disappointed.
Candace: "But I have to bust Stacy!"
Ginger: "Don't worry Candace."
Ginger takes out her phone from her pocket, opens up Instagram, searches up Agustin's account, and opens up the photos of Augustin and Stacy.
Ginger: "I've got the photos right here! I can bust her! You need to get going!"
Candace: "But..but..but, I was supposed to bust Stacy! It's not fair! It's not fair! I was finally going to bust someone for once in my life! Why!? Why!?"
Ginger: "The Mysterious Force works in weird ways. Now off you go!" Ginger kicks Candace out of house and locks the door. Candace: "CURSE YOU BIOLOGY LAB PROJECTS!"
Candace calls Uber and gets a ride to the dorms.
Background: Fast forward 3 weeks and the LSAT scores have been released. Stacy's mom, Dr. Hirano, invites Stacy over for dinner the day after the scores are released. Dr. Hirano, Stacy, and Ginger are at the dinner table, eating a well-cooked meal:
NOTE: From here on out, italicized text: Stacy's thoughts, not Candace's.
Stacy's POV:
Dr. Hirano: "So, Stacy. Candace told me that everyone got their LSAT scores back yesterday."
Stacy, smiling nervously: "Yeah! I was elated when I saw my score."
Dr. Hirano: "Candace got a 175/180!"
Stacy: "What!? No she didn't! She's lying! That dumb bitch
Dr. Hirano: "Well, that 'dumb bitch' scored in the top 0.6% of LSAT test takers."
Stacy: "She cheated!"
Ginger: "Actually, she was tired of being derided as stupid for all of her life and decided to change her ways. She was responsible and knew that her future depended on this test. For the entire 3 days before the exam, she spent every waking second locked up in her room, studying as hard as possible. She worked hard and against all odds, got one of the highest scores in your entire college.
She is guaranteed to earn a spot at a top law school."
Dr. Hirano: "Now, tell me Stacy. What did you get on the LSAT?"
Stacy: "Well, I um, uh."
Dr. Hirano: "Let me guess, 169."
Stacy: "Yeah! 169! How did you know!?"
Dr. Hirano: "One 69 with Agustin Alvarez on his yacht you skank!" Stacy begins to cry.
Dr. Hirano: "I saw the pictures! Ginger told me everything. How dare you travel to a foreign country with a guy you only met for the first time a few days prior without telling me and on the date of the most important test of your life!"
Stacy, as she cries: "Mom...I can explain!...Agustin is so dreamy…..Money, looks, charm...I couldn't help myself!...He asked me if I wanted to go to Uruguay with him…..I was so enamored with him..I totally forgot that I had the LSAT! I was utterly obsessed with the man...to the point where the LSAT just slipped out of my mind entirely! I'm so sorry! Please forgive me!"
Dr. Hirano: "Stacy…"
Suddenly, Stacy stops crying.
Stacy: "You know what, who cares!? I had the time of my life in Uruguay! Agustin is the man I want to spend the rest of my days with. Missing the LSAT was worth it! I can just take it again. It's only $100. They have one like every month."
Ginger: "Stacy, the registration deadlines for every LSAT test until August of next year have already passed. The earliest you can take it is in August 2018! You'll have to take a gap year for the 2018-2019 school year. You'll be a year behind."
Stacy: "So what? A gap year sounds nice! Why would you even be angry at me, mom?"
Dr. Hirano: "You know what, you're right. I'm not angry at you."
Stacy: "Really!? Thanks!"
Dr. Hirano: "I'm just not going to pay a penny of your tuition from here on out. You're on your own, kid."
Stacy: "WAIT WHAT!?"
Dr. Hirano: "That's right. Forgetting the LSAT shows a lack of responsibility and dedication to academics. I'm not subsidizing an irresponsible, apathetic student. How is forgetting about the LSAT even possible!? And besides, the fact that you traveled to a foreign country with a stranger without telling me shows that you think of yourself as an independent adult. Stacy, you don't get to have all of the perks of being an adult without any of the negatives. An adult can travel to a foreign country without their parent's permission, so an adult should also pay for their own college tuition without mommy's help. You can just take out loans."
Stacy: "But it's going to be so hard to pay that off! That's, like, hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt! What if I don't get a job after law school!? The market for lawyers is oversaturated. Mom!?
You can't do this!"
Dr. Hirano: "Too bad. I already paid for all four years of your undergrad. It's time I start treating you like an adult."
Stacy begins to cry again.
Dr. Hirano: "Meanwhile, your sister scored a 35 on the ACT and won first place in the school's history competition. You could learn a thing or two from her."
She's right. Ginger has always been so much better than me at everything. I hate that little brat! She's probably going to become a surgeon or a physicist, while I'm going to become a barista at Starbucks! It's going to be so embarrassing! I'm useless.
A few minutes later, Stacy's phone rings and she begrudgingly picks it up.
Stacy: "Hello?"
Candace: "Dijiste 'si fueras un objeto inanimado, serías un trofeo de participación,' ¡pero al menos yo participé !"
Dr. Hirano and Ginger: "OOOOOOOOHHHHHHH!"
Background: The morning after the dinner, Stacy is waiting outside Agustin's dorm room, looking absolutely infuriated.
Stacy knocks on Agustin's dorm room door and Agustin eagerly opens it, elated to see her for the first time in a while, only to be shocked by her angry expression.
Agustin: "Stacy! How's it been? Why do you look so angry?"
Stacy: "This is your fault! I HATE YOU! I HATE YOU!"
Agustin: "What's your problem!?"
Stacy: "YOU MADE ME MISS THE LSAT! NOW I CAN'T TAKE IT FOR ANOTHER YEAR
AND MY MOM IS NOT PAYING FOR LAW SCHOOL!"
Agustin: "What did I do!?"
Stacy: "YOU MADE ME GO TO URUGUAY ON THE DAY OF MY LSAT!"
Agustin: "I didn't make you do anything. You never told me you had the LSAT. I would've never let you come with me had I known you had it."
Stacy: "MY LIFE IS OVER! THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT! WE'RE FINISHED!"
Stacy leaves the room, slams the door, and runs away crying.
The rest of Stacy's Senior Year of college ends up being terrible. She succumbs to depression and isolates herself from others. She becomes resentful towards Ginger's success and achievements. She becomes worried about her future and what others will think of her. As a result of all of this, her grades begin to slip dramatically. Her grades for the second semester of Senior Year end up being the worst in her life! Yet, she still manages to graduate college with a 3.7/4 GPA and degrees in Political Science and Spanish.
Background:It is May and Candace, Stacy, and Agustin are at their college graduation ceremony. All of the graduating seniors are seated in the background and are called up to the stage by the host in alphabetical order to be given their diploma.
Stacy's POV:
Announcer: "Agustin Alvarez"
(*Agustin walks up stage*)
(*Audience applauds with extreme vigor*)
A little bit later…
Announcer: "Candace Flynn"
(*Candace walks up stage*)
(*Audience applauds with moderate vigor*)
A little bit later…
Announcer: "Stacy Hirano"
(*Stacy walks up stage*)
(*Audience applauds with little vigor*)
A little bit later…
Announcer: "So that concludes the Danville University Class of 2017 Graduation Ceremony. Now go out there, achieve great things, and make your Alma Mater proud!"
As everyone leaves the graduation ceremony, Stacy wanders off to an empty area and cries. I hate my life. For the past year, I've completely secluded myself from everyone. Nobody likes me anymore. Even Candace got a louder applause than I did! I don't know what to do. What am I going to do for the next year!? Should I even go to law school? It's probably not worth the debt. My life is over. As Stacy continues to cry, Agustin, after spending an hour or so looking for her, approaches Stacy…
Agustin: "Stacy!"
Stacy stops crying and looks at Agustin angrily.
Stacy: "What do you want?"
Agustin: "Stacy, I really miss you. You are the love of my life. I can't stop thinking about you every day."
Stacy: "Yeah, sure. Whatever."
Agustin: "Look, I know that you're upset, but it's not my fault. I did not know you had the LSAT.
It was your responsibility to remember your test date and refuse my offer to take you to Uruguay."
Stacy: (*sigh*) "Yeah, I know. I just needed someone to take my anger out on."
Agustin: "So, I heard you're taking a gap year."
Stacy: "Yeah, but I have no idea what I'm going to do.I have no job or internship lined up. This next year is basically going to be a giant vacation. I'm not sure if I should even bother taking the LSAT again this fall. My mom is not paying for law school. I'll have to take out loans. I'm not sure law school is worth being hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt.'
Agustin: "Stacy, I secured a job as an investment banker at Citigroup Uruguay. I begin in one week."
Stacy: "Good for you. You must've worked really hard to have daddy pull some strings and get you a job you otherwise wouldn't have ever gotten with your shitty GPA."
Agustin: (*laughs*) "Yeah, I'm a lucky guy. I'll admit it."
Stacy: "And I'm an unlucky girl."
Agustin: "Well, you just might see your fortunes change for the better. My dad bought me an enormous apartment complex for me to live in during my stint as an investment banking analyst. I can't live in it by myself. Why don't you come live with me in Montevideo for the next year? Remember, I'm going to work around 90 hours per week, so you'll have the entire place to yourself for most of the time!"
Stacy: "That...that sounds lovely."
Agustin: "Great! You better start packing! My plane leaves this Sunday at 12:00 PM. Be at
Terminal 3 of Danville International Airport at around 11:00 AM."
Stacy: "Ok! Thank you so much!"
Agustin: "No problem! I have to get going. I'll see you Sunday!"
Agustin leaves and Stacy is so elated that she will be able to spend more time with him.
To be continued...
