Let's see how I manage to do this episode, known as 'Full Moon'! Anyway, enjoy!
The next day, I arrived at school, taking a deep breath as I looked up. I walked inside, holding my bookbag as I kept walking until I saw Big Patty getting her books at her locker.
I smiled. "Hey, BP!"
Big Patty turned to me and gave me a nod of respect. "Good to see you, Rhonda. What is it you need?"
"About those politeness lessons..." I started.
"Ah, I see." Big Patty smiled. "Nothing to worry about, if you want to have help with some of it, you can come visit me in my lunch table. It's always open."
"Awesome!" I smiled. "I'm sure we'll be able to work something out just fine."
"Hey." Big Patty smiled. "After the things I helped Nadine with... it's the least I can do."
"Okay. See you at lunch, then?" I asked.
"Sure." Big Patty nodded as she gathered her books. "Just be there."
"Right." I nodded as Big Patty walked off.
I sighed as I walked over, feeling relieved as I joined Nadine and Phoebe at our lockers.
"What was that talk with Big Patty all about?" Nadine asked. "She doesn't have an idea for a new comedy act, does she?"
"Actually, it's something else." I said as I started to gather my books. "You see, Big Patty is attending the same finishing school as I am, and she's currently tutoring me in helping me be polite."
"Oh, is she going to help you overcome your greed?" Phoebe smiled. "Even though you have a lot of money and you don't need anymore?"
I frowned, looking at Phoebe. "Rub it in, why don't you?"
Phoebe just giggled.
"Anyway, she's just going to help me out with the small things for tomorrow so that way, I'll have a better know-how of the future." I explained.
"Wow..." Nadine said as she got her books gathered up. "Well, ready to go?"
"Yep, all ready!" I nodded.
"Great. Lila told us she was going to talk with Lorenzo, but she'll catch up." Phoebe said as we started to go down near our class.
As we were getting near our class, all of a sudden, we stopped as we overheard some voices.
"Come on, Arnold! It'll be fun!" We heard Harold say.
All three of us got curious as we leaned a little to the left... from the side, we saw Arnold talking with Harold, Stinky and Sid as the latter three seemed to be egging Arnold on something.
"It's just a little harmless mooning." Stinky explained.
"Kids in junior high do it all the time!" Sid smiled.
"...I don't know..." Arnold paused.
"Oh, it's just a regular day in the life of Arnold." Nadine sighed.
"Nothing new." Phoebe said.
"What the heck is 'mooning'?" I asked.
"Mooning is just the short word for 'expose your rear ends'." Phoebe sighed. "And I pray to God we never do it!"
"Yeah, mooning isn't cool..." Nadine explained.
"Oh, yeah... I wouldn't want to see anybody's bare butt!" I shuddered.
"Unless it's your crush's?"
Nadine, Phoebe and I just now realized that Caroline had somehow joined our group. I frowned, "Caroline, this is a private conversation!"
"Of course, of course." Caroline chuckled. "I wouldn't want to disrupt your little get-together, Lloyd."
I growled at Caroline, wondering if punching her straight in the face was worth ruining a nail or two. "What do you want?"
"Just tell the truth. That's all I have to say!" Caroline whistled as she started to skip along her way.
I frowned as I kept watching Caroline skip off into the distance. "Why does this girl keep acting odd?"
"The world may never know." Phoebe sighed, when all of a sudden, we heard Principal Wartz scream.
"Oh my!" Wartz said in shock as we turned, Arnold just facepalming in embarrassment, with Harold, Stinky and Sid wearing masks as they did the deed. The three laughed as they went off. "Come back here, you hooligans! You won't get away with this!"
I paused as I turned to my two friends. "Seriously? Principal Wartz does not know who mooned him? All he needs to do is look at the back of their shirts! They wear the same thing almost every day!"
"We have a very limited wardrobe." Phoebe paused. "We should seriously consider getting new clothes."
"And all those three put on were animal masks! Those weren't good disguises at all, I can totally recognize them!" Nadine frowned.
"Agreed!" Phoebe and I nodded.
"Well, we could at least tell them before Wartz goes accusing someone like Arnold." I sighed.
"Yeah..." Nadine sighed as the three of us, along with Arnold, who looked surprised to see us, came over. "Excuse me, Principal Wartz?"
Principal Wartz looked over and frowned. "Ha ha! Where do you think you're going?"
"Uh, to you, obviously?" I frowned.
"No back sass, young lady! Principal's office, now!" Principal Wartz glared. "All of you!"
"Well, here's a familiar area..." I took a deep breath as we turned towards Principal Wartz, sitting in front of his desk at the principal's office.
"But Prinicipal Wartz, I didn't do anything!" Arnold said.
"That may be so, but you, along with these three girls WITNESSED the hooligans who did do this." Principal Wartz glared.
"Uh, duh!" Nadine frowned. "Of course we know them!"
"Ha ha! Now we're getting somewhere! Just give me their names, last name first." Principal Wartz said.
"I can't do that." Arnold said, feeling guilty.
"I can." I smiled. "So can Nadine and Phoebe. Berman, Harold."
"Peterson, Stinky." Nadine said.
"Gifaldi, Sid." Phoebe nodded.
Arnold could do nothing but facepalm.
"Hm mm." Principal Wartz nodded before turning to Arnold. "Can you tell me if what these girls are saying is true?"
"Are you serious right now?" Nadine frowned. "Seriously, don't you people have SECURITY CAMERAS working here?"
"Normally, yes. Unfortunately, ever since the flood, they've been going on the blink." Principal Wartz explained. "Actually, they're just getting it fixed today!"
"Anyway, how do you not recognize your own students?" Phoebe frowned. "Do you even know our names unless you read it on a sheet of paper?"
"Of course I do! I know all my students. Arnold Shortman..." Principal Wartz pointed to Arnold. "...Rhonda Lloyd..." Principal Wartz pointed over to me, then turned to Phoebe. "Phoebe Heyerdahl." He then turned to Nadine... and paused. "I want to say... Valerie?"
Nadine just frowned. "Seriously?"
"Well, whether you confirm it or not, young man, at least I have names." Principal Wartz turned to Arnold. "I'll be sure to pay a visit to them later on. Well, I suppose all four of you are free to go now."
"Did you seriously have to do that?" Arnold sighed as we walked out of the principal's office.
"Buddy, it was THIS or face a month detention, along with maybe a mark on our permanent record!" I explained.
"And I sure as heck wasn't going to take THAT risk!" Phoebe frowned. "What would my parents say if they saw my permanent record? It would be insane!"
"I know, it..." Nadine paused. "Actually, can parents SEE the permanent records?"
Arnold sighed. "I guess you did what you had to, I suppose. Harold, Stinky and Sid are going to be disappointed with you, though..."
"Please, what can they even DO to us?" Nadine shook her head. "All I have to do is give them a glare and we're good."
Arnold sighed. "Well, I guess I'm going to go face the music and tell Harold, Stinky and Sid what happened... at least they'll know I had no involvement with your snitching."
"Not just snitching..." I smiled. "Gossiping! That's what girls do."
Arnold sighed as we went to class. "Well, I'll tell them at recess..."
"Unless Principal Wartz actually does his job, which, let's face it, he never really does it most of the time unless it revolves around himself." I explained.
Arnold sighed. "That's... that's actually a good point..."
A little later that day, at lunch, I joined up with Big Patty as I sat down with her. "Hey, BP."
"Hello, Rhonda." Big Patty said as I looked towards Harold, Stinky and Sid, who were hanging their heads down in shame, but giving dirty looks to Nadine and Phoebe, who were sitting with Lila on the other table. Guess the boys got their punishment and weren't too happy with us. Nadine gave a glare back as the three backed down a bit, whistling. Big Patty noticed. "What's going on with Harold and his friends?"
"Oh, Harold and his buddies got in trouble due to mooning." I explained.
Big Patty chuckled a bit. "Heh, Harold is a little immature, but he's pretty bold."
"Yeah..." I said. "Say, BP, do you have a crush on Harold?"
Big Patty started to blush. "Eh, well... only a little bit of one. I know we're in different classes, but we've both been held back a couple of times, only by different grades... and we are almost the same age... by about a couple years... but I think he's okay."
"Hey, that's cool." I smiled. "Anyway, let's say we get started on the politeness test, shall we?"
"Okay, let's get started little by little." Big Patty explained as she started to teach me manners for tomorrow's finishing school class.
She was really helping me... hopefully by tomorrow, I'll have something good to impress Madame Parvenu's class!
There's episode one hundred and nineteen! How'd you like it? Anyway, read, review, criticize and suggest, folks!