CHAPTER 2: BEYOND THE MICE IN MAZES AND POTATO LAUNCHERS
Dolores walked up to the Van Pelt's home on Saturday. She was to meet up with Lucy at her home. She was a bit nervous as she also was concerned about how Lucy would act with her since they weren't particularly close. They didn't hate each other or anything; it was just that they rarely hung out together. Usually Lucy was with Frieda, Violet and Patty, or even Sally or Peppermint Patty, and, as of recently, Cobra and Rattler. Dolores had hung out with Peppermint Patty and Marcie on many occasions and was even friendly with Sally and Frieda. But while she was around Lucy quite a bit, they rarely talked to each other one on one. So, to say that this get together would be interesting was a bit of an understatement.
She rang the doorbell. Lucy answered it. "Oh, hey, Dolores," she greeted.
"Hi, Lucy," Dolores greeted.
"Come on in," offered Lucy. "You want anything to drink? We got some soda or punch."
"I'll have some punch, please," Dolores replied. Lucy poured the two of them two glasses of punch and handed one glass to Dolores.
"So, what do you think our science project should be about?" asked Lucy.
"Well everyone will probably do the mouse trying to find the cheese in the maze," Dolores replied. "We should do something less predictable, Lucy."
"I agree, Dolores," said Lucy. "I already did a science project involving Linus and his blanket."
"Really?" asked a bewildered Dolores.
"Yeah, it was a study about the effects of a security blanket and how the person who's dependent on said blanket acts without the blanket. Sally also did a science project recreating Pavlov's dog with Snoopy. So, we need to come up with similar projects without repeating what was done already."
"Another one we don't want to do is a potato launcher. Everyone will try that, as well."
"Good point. Let's go around the neighborhood and see what we can come up with." And Lucy and Dolores went out into the neighborhood to look for ideas.
Elsewhere, Sally and Eudora were hanging out at Joe's Café for lunch. It had been a while since they hung out as friends, so they were getting reacquainted with each other. Charlie Brown and Frieda were looking for homes for Andy and Olaf, and Linus and Rerun were doing something together, and Michael had to help his father with some projects at home, so he was busy, too. That left the two of them to hang out again.
"So, I hear that you, my brother, and everyone else met the girl who was friends with that Margaux girl that got killed back in January," said Sally.
"You mean Joslyn?" said Eudora. "Yeah, she was a nice girl. She was hoping Lucy would be there because she had met her first through webchat. And because of the connection between the two of them."
"I also heard you finally stuck it to those bullies, once and for all," Sally stated.
"We did. Your brother called Heather Wold and asked for her help. She kept us one step ahead of those bullies and we were able to avoid all their traps. Plus, she also produced a setup like what happened with Lucy at the Homecoming Dance last time. They couldn't sabotage us like they did when you went last time. And now those bullies are at the same military school Thibault went to last year."
"Wow. I'm almost sorry I didn't go to camp this year. Almost!" And the two girls shared a laugh. Their friendship was completely restored and what happened on Valentine's Day was a thing of the past.
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