SAILOR MOON: 1987
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EPISODE 32: SPRING BREAK
MARCH 29, 1987
JOHN MCCOY'S HOUSE, 2:00 PM
"You guys okay for now?" Caryn Frehley-McCoy asked, as she and Joseph McCoy were about to leave.
"You have enough snacks?" Joseph asked.
"We're fine, thanks," John McCoy said, as Vince McMahon, on the TV, said "Welcome to WrestleMania III!". "We have snacks, and in a few minutes, we're going to order a pizza."
"Well, have fun, you two," Caryn said, as she and Joseph left.
"Thanks for inviting me over to watch WrestleMania," Sammy said, as Aretha Franklin sang "America the Beautiful".
"What's your sister's boyfriend for?" John asked. "If not to invite you over to watch the biggest match of all time. Of course, we are talking about Andre the Giant, so this is quite literally the biggest match of all time."
As the opening bout, a tag team match between The Magnificent Muraco and Cowboy Bob Orton vs. The Can-Am Connection(Tom Zenk and Rick Martel) began, John called Domino's, and ordered a pizza to be delivered.
Half an hour later, their pizza(large pepperoni, sausage, and bacon pizza) was delivered. The total was $9.88, John handed the driver a $20 bill, and told him to keep the change. John brought the pizza into the living room, where he and Sammy were sitting on the couch. John opened a bottle of RC Cola for himself, and another for Sammy, and they ate while watching wrestling.
Later on, after the whole thing was over, and Hulk Hogan had successfully defended his championship against challenger Andre the Giant after bodyslamming the giant(7'4". 525 lbs, size 22 boots, the literal biggest challenge Hogan had ever faced). "That was awesome," Sammy said. "Although the Hogan/Andre match was a little disappointing."
"Yeah, it was," John said. "I thought the Intercontinental Championship match between Ricky Steamboat and Randy Savage was the best match on the whole card."
"Yeah," Sammy said. "I like Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat, and he deserves to win the IC belt."
"Yeah," John said. "Especially since the match was a classic. Anyways, don't forget, we're going to be volunteering at the Mission all next week, since we're not in school."
"I'll be ready," Sammy said.
NAZARENE RESCUE MISSION
FULLERTON, CALIFORNIA
MARCH 30, 1987 7:30 AM
John arrived early, along with Ami Andersen. Usagi Tsukino arrived just at the same time, she brought Sammy, Chibi-Usa, and Mary Ann Kino, while Molly Hogan, Mina Webb and Rae Hinowski, and Chris Forney, all arrived at the same time. Darien Shields arrived a couple minutes later, and 15 minutes after that, Victoria Hunt finally arrived. "Let's get this over with," Victoria said.
"With that attitude, Miss Hunt," Carolyn Shaw said, "I'm not surprised the only reason you're here is as an alternative to juvenile hall. But, if you would rather be there, I'm sure we can arrange that."
"I don't know about any of you," John said, as he put on a California Angels cap, "but I'm ready to get started."
"That's the attitude I want to see around here," Carolyn said. "Now everyone who didn't bring a hat, please grab a hairnet, and everyone grab an apron and a pair of rubber gloves, and follow me.
All the boys(John, Chris, Darien, and Sammy), as well as Ami, put on ballcaps, while the other girls wore hairnets, and everyone wore aprons and gloves. "We serve the elderly, mobility impaired, and families with small children first," Carolyn said. "They come in early, and take a seat, we bring their meals to them. They'll have a ticket, if you see someone sitting with a ticket and no food, give them a tray and take their ticket."
As the breakfast service began, everyone grabbed trays, and began serving the patrons. Once they had served everyone who came early, it was time to let in the general public. "Now you grab trays from people when they finish eating," Carolyn said. "However, there are a few elderly or mobility impaired who aren't able to make it early, they'll be identified at the door, when called, you need to bring them trays as well. Same with families, you may need to help them bring trays to their table as well. You also want to keep an eye out for spills, clean them up as quickly as you can, especially spills on the floor."
"This is almost like working at McDonald's," Chris said, as they gathered trays, and kept an eye out for spills.
"Go ahead and grab a tray if you're hungry," Carolyn said, giving each of them a meal ticket.
"Thanks," John said, as he, Usagi, and Ami went to get breakfast. They each got a tray, with some scrambled eggs with cheese, some diced potatoes, a couple sausage links, a chocolate donut, fruit cup, and a small carton of chocolate milk. They sat down at a table next to Bear, Ashanti, and Jackrabbit Slim. "Now you see how the other half live," Ashanti said.
"So what brings you kids out to the Mission in the first place?" Bear asked.
"Spring Break," Usagi said.
"I would have thought you would spend it at the beach with all the other kids," Bear said.
"I'm not really all that fond of the beach," John said.
"And John convinced us it would be worthwhile to spend our break helping others," Ami said.
"I thought you said a real hero tries to leave the world a little better than he found it," Sammy said, as he and Mina sat down at the table.
"That, too," John said.
"You kids do try to make the world better," Jackrabbit Slim said.
After eating, John, Usagi, Ami, Mina, and Sammy cleaned up the table. John gathered everyone's trays, and after getting a rag, Ami wiped the table down. After breakfast, they gathered all the trays left on the table, and threw away all the trash. "John, Chris, Darien, and Victoria, you four help clean up out here, everyone else help in the kitchen, with the dishes."
"Everyone grab a rag and start wiping down the tables," Bear said, as he put on an apron. As they wiped the tables, Bear and Jackrabbit Slim began stacking the chairs into stacks of 2.
"Once you wipe down a table, place the stacks of chairs on top of the tables," Jackrabbit Slim said. "Four stacks on a rectangular table, three on a round."
After they got all the tables wiped down, and the chairs stacked, Jackrabbit Slim and Bear brought out some brooms and mops. "Now everyone grab a broom and start sweeping," Bear said.
Working together, they got the floor swept quickly, and later, mopped the floor, finishing up as the others finished with the breakfast dishes. "Now you can go hang out in the staff room until it's time to start getting things ready for lunch," Carolyn said.
"This isn't all that bad," Victoria said, grabbing something out of her purse.
"There's no smoking here," Carolyn said. "If you want to light up, please take it outside the gates."
"I may have a few bad habits," Victoria said, "But smoking is definitely not one of them. I think the smell of cigarettes is gross. I just want to get a stick of gum."
"I have a question," John asked.
"Down the hall, second door to the right," Carolyn said.
"How did you know what I was going to ask?" John asked, as he went to the restroom.
"I get asked at least once a day," Carolyn said.
After about half an hour, it was time to start preparing lunch. John and Victoria helped Bear and Jackrabbit Slim unstack the chairs, while everyone else helped prepare lunch(creamed chipped beef over rice, mixed vegetables, fruit cup, roll, apple pie, and a can of soda). Lunch service was the same as breakfast, they let the elderly, mobility impaired, and families with small children in early, and served them before letting everyone else in. During lunch, they did the same as breakfast, clean up messes, pick up empty trays, and assist elderly, mobility impaired, and families with small children. Halfway through lunch, John, Victoria, and Rae grabbed lunch, and sat with Bear and Ashanti. "Hey John," Rae said, "is it just me, or does it seem like Sammy has a little crush on Mina?"
"You noticed it too?" John asked.
"Which one's Sammy?" Victoria asked.
"Sammy's my little brother," Usagi said, as she sat down with her tray.
"He's your brother?" Victoria asked. "You two don't look anything alike."
"That's because I was adopted," Usagi said.
After lunch, they did the same thing as breakfast, John, Chris, Darien, and Victoria cleaned the dining hall while everyone else helped in the kitchen. "When you're finished, you can go home for the day," Carolyn said. "Be back same time tomorrow."
"Okay," John said.
After they finished for the day, John stopped by 7-Eleven and got himself a bottle of orange Gatorade, and went to Cavern Music, where he gave Kirsten Chaney a lesson. "I would have thought since you're not in school, you'd be at the beach," Joanne said.
"I tried going to the beach once last summer," John said. "Only made it as far as Disneyland, though. Besides, some friends and I are volunteering at Nazarene Rescue Mission this week. Anyways, Kirsten, time for today's lesson."
The next morning, Usagi, Sammy, and Chibi-Usa arrived first, followed almost immediately by Victoria. "You're here early," Usagi said.
"I didn't oversleep this morning," Victoria said. "I managed to get up on time. Anyways, I wanted to ask you something. How well do you know John?"
"He's my best friend," Usagi said "He has been since I first met him back in kindergarten. We've been dating now for a little over a year, but it really wasn't serious until about a couple months ago."
"He seems like a good guy," Victoria said.
"He is," Rae said, as she, Mina, and Mary Ann arrived.
"Something strange about him, though," Victoria said. "I asked him if he had any brothers or sisters, he changed the subject."
"I'm not really allowed to talk about it," Usagi said, "just that it involves something he'd rather forget."
"Say no more," Victoria said.
Everything was pretty much the same all week. The person it seemed changed the most was Victoria. When she started the week, she just wanted to get it over with. But by Friday, she began to enjoy helping others less fortunate than her. She even talked her dad into letting her volunteer on the occasional weekend. She also began to open up with everyone else.
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