"Stella."
...
"Stella...it's Bertha...can you hear me?"
...
A voice echoed as the dimwitted girl's eyes blinked and widely opened from pitch, black darkness.
"She's waking up!" Lulu added.
Estelle finds herself now surrounded by her friends, Fat Albert, Big Bertha, Melanie, and Lulu. She appeared to be lying in bed in her room instead of the nurse's office. Everyone felt relieved.
"Hey, Hey, Hey, she's doing okay!" Fat Albert smiled.
"Oh Stella, Thank goodness you're alright, we were so worried." Melanie smiled.
"Worried?" Stella questioned.
"Yeah, Stella." Albert answered, "We found you unconscious in the hallway after you tripped over the wet floor, we had to rush you to nurse's office and had your parents pick you up to make sure you weren't hurt." He explained.
Stella was puzzled, "Really? Well, you won't believe the strangest dream I had but It just... seemed so real, I was under some kind of curse as well as all the kids in the entire school but then, I was back to my old self again, saved everybody of Maywood then everything was back to normal."
"You guys and the rest of our friends were there too, even The Brown Hornet and his team." she added.
Her friends responded with "Ahhs" in amazement.
"So they were? That sounds pretty interesting." Bertha said in amazement.
"Hey, speaking of, where is everybody, they still at school?" Stella asked.
"No." Bertha giggled, "School's already dismissed."
"The whole gang is waiting for us outside, because...umm...well...Should we tell her? Lulu whispered as the crew all nodded as Estelle arched an eyebrow. "So, Stella, It's actually Elaine Withrow's last day today at Maywood."
"She's moving away and she has invited all of us to come and say our goodbyes."
"I should mention, last night, the whole cheerleading team held her a farewell party for her departure." Lulu stated.
"Oh." Stella responded, bending her head down.
"Are you still upset about Donald?" Mel asked in concern.
"Yeah." She answered softly, "I still am."
Lulu placed her hand on the shoulder of her best friend, "Well, we all know that Donald's gonna be sad when Elaine leaves, you're not the only one who's hurt."
"You're welcome to come with us if you like, or if you're not still so well, you can stay here and rest." Bertha mentioned.
"I-I'm actually a little better now, you guys go ahead, I'll catch up with you." Stella assured the four.
"You sure, Stella? Albert asked.
"Positive." Estelle simply answered.
Albert, Bertha, Melanie and Lulu stepped out of Stella's bedroom door.
"Hey Lulu." The rich girl paused before heading out. "Where'd you get the wagon?" Stella pointed at the small, red wagon full of valentine gifts.
"Oh, Rudy gave it to me, first I thought it was one of his nasty pranks but what had me touched was when spent his wealth on this, just for me." she answered.
"Gee, you're so lucky." Stella complimented as Lulu nodded, pulling the wagon out.
The four walked downstairs to the front door with the rest of the guys heading their way to meet Elaine on 115 Oak street.
Stella watched from the living room window as the gang left her front porch. As she heads out of her house, closing the front door, something landed on her head, it was the valentine card she made for Donald. Soon that gave her a change of plans.
"Hey, you guys, wait for me!" She ran after her friends, walking further down the street.