First, starting now, I' m going to post Questions of the Day, which were inspired by watching Pokémon LPs on YouTube. What is the Question of the Day? Just wait until the end of the chapter.
Now, onto the episode known as 'The Beeper Queen', which will combine some elements of some episodes past and future! Also, a setup for the next arc to take place... which by the way, won't be until a little later. Anyway, enjoy!
A little later that day, over at the auditions, Mr. Simmons smiled as he called my name. "Rhonda, let's see what you got."
I nodded as I got on the stage and coughed as I started up my audition. I could type up what the audition was all about, but I won't say a lot. All I can say is that I did a good job memorizing and acting.
Mr. Simmons smiled a bit as he nodded. "Thank you, Rhonda. Check back in a couple days, I'll have the cast posted up."
I nodded as I went off the stage as I waited for my friends. Nearby, I saw someone sitting nearby... seemed to have a red hat, a brown coat, white shirt, blue jeans and a frowning face as he seemed to be writing something down. I raised an eyebrow out of curiosity. I didn't know who that was, but I watched as he seemed to be on the phone.
"Yes, they're doing the auditions... quite interesting... acting talents? I'm still examining them. But so far, nothing..." the man started, before sighing. "Yes, I AM aware the play's going to be near the beginning of spring break... yes, I AM aware I need to keep my eye out. Besides, they'll only have two weeks to practice, and it's a condensed version of the play anyway. Look, if I see anything oddly suspicious like what you're describing, I'll call back."
The man frowned. "I got to go. The auditions for Juliet are about to end. Fine, I'll meet you by the pizza place and give you more information. All right, I'll see you when I get there. Good day, miss!"
The man hung up his phone and frowned as I turned back to see the auditions as Harold, Curly and Stinky were auditioning. I have to admit, Curly was pretty good at taking his roles seriously.
"Thank you all for coming." Mr. Simmons said as I got up and went over to my three friends. "The cast list will be up in a couple of days."
I smiled as I went out with Nadine, Phoebe and Lila.
"Hey, you girls did great out there!" I smiled, looking towards my three friends.
"Are you kidding?" Phoebe giggled. "Out of all the girls that got the roles, I think you're the one who got Juliet."
"You think so?" I asked as we kept walking.
"Are you kidding, Rhonda? Next to Sheena, Phoebe and Lila, I think you'd make a perfect Juliet!" Nadine explained.
"You'd make a good Juliet, too." Lila smiled.
"Nah, not me. Too many cooks spoil soup." Nadine frowned. "That's why I decided to audition as Juliet's maid."
"Did you see Arnold out there?" Phoebe smiled. "He actually got Romeo down pretty good without trying."
"So did Eugene." Lila said. "As bad luck personified as he is, Eugene is a pretty good actor."
"I can't deny that." I laughed. "Well, girls, why don't we go down to the mall and relax? I haven't talked with Sharlene in a while and we need to tell her the news."
"Hey, that sounds good." Phoebe smiled as we took the bus.
Over at the mall, inside the clothing store, I saw Sharlene talking on her phone, feeling sad.
"Oh, that's a shame, Olga." Sharlene sighed, then frowned. "While you STILL have your teaching job, is he nuts?" Sharlene stared in shock. "Your MOM decided to step in and take over, is SHE nuts?" Sharlene sighed. "Sorry, Olga, I'm a little highstrung today. Yes, I'll get some coffee as soon as I'm done with work. Well, I guess we'll see how THAT turns out, huh? Okay, I'll talk to you later."
Sharlene then hung up the phone as she turned to us. "Oh, hello there girls. What can I do you for?"
"Hey, Sharlene." I smiled as Sharlene was looking around random clothes. "Was that Olga you were just talking to?"
"Yeah. Turns out her dad broke his back doing something and he's currently in bed, watching TV. He tried to offer Olga to do his job at that beeper place he owns while he was down and out, but Olga had her teaching job... so it went over to Miriam. Olga's being supportive of her mother taking over the job, but I doubt her dad is. I told her we'll wait and see how that's going..." Sharlene groaned.
"You seem pretty tense, Sharlene." I pointed out.
"Yeah, well, how would you feel if your job is on the line..." Sharlene sighed. "Girls, I'm sorry to say, but I may be on the chopping block of losing my job at the clothing department."
"Oh..." Nadine looked up. "Why's that?"
"I don't know, whoever gets in and gets a boss position in the clothing department store often... well, they either quit or just disappear." Sharlene sighed. "Honestly, I'm not sure... they change that position every three months. I'm considering quitting and getting a new job..."
"Oh... then where will we go to see you?" Phoebe looked up.
"I don't know yet. Probably get a job in the neighborhood." Sharlene sighed as she was looking at a newspaper. "Hmmmm... there seems to be a good opening for Future Tech Industries. Maybe I'll consider applying..."
"Future Tech Industries... why does that sound familiar..." Helga said to herself in my mind.
"Well, I better just do my job while I can. What can I help you with?" Sharlene smiled as she started showing off some new clothes.
"Do you really think Sharlene will quit her job?" Phoebe asked as we got some shopping bags into the bus, sitting down.
"I don't know for sure." I said as we were riding along. "But hey, Sharlene's a responsible adult, it's her decision to make."
"I suppose that's true..." Lila nodded. "Well, I guess there's nothing more to do than to go home."
"It sure is." I sighed. "Yeah, that was a pretty good day!"
"The question is, what'll happen to us?" Nadine asked.
Turns out over the week, everything turned out pretty well. I got the part of Juliet after most of us girls came back for a comeback audition. Hearing that Arnold got the part of Romeo only added to the enthusiasm.
When Arnold got the news when we read the cast list together, Arnold paused as he said, "Excuse me a second."
Arnold then walked a few meters and turned the corner. I assume he probably went to the bathroom for a minute... and from a distance, I heard a door opening from the bathroom as I heard the shouting of, "YES! YES! YES!" for a brief moment. After a few moments, Arnold walked back out as he smiled, looking back at the cast list. "I guess I got the part of Romeo. I have to say, I didn't see it coming."
"I didn't see me going to be Juliet myself." I smiled.
Arnold paused as he turned to me. "Hey, uh, Rhonda... in a scene from the script that Mr. Simmons showed me, he told me there was a kissing scene. Would you... well... be okay with this, because, well..."
I think I understood why Arnold was shy. Heck, I was a little shy and awkward just even thinking about the kiss. "Buddy, it's fine, really. I have no problem, well... kissing you."
"Oh... good." Arnold sighed. "B-because if you want-"
"Buddy. It's fine. It's just a kissing scene. I'm sure we'll both live." I explained.
Arnold sighed. "I suppose you're right. Well, I'll see you after school."
As soon as I was sure Arnold was left, I danced in excitement. "My first kiss, my first kiss, my first kiss!"
"Take it easy out there, princess! You're shaking up the control panel!" Helga told me in my mind.
"I'm sorry, Helga, but... this is the big moment for me!" I explained.
"Hey, I was excited to kiss Arnold back in my timeline, but I don't dance around like a fool!" I felt Helga frowning at me.
I raised an eyebrow.
"Okay, maybe I danced a LITTLE BIT in excitement." Helga sighed.
"Stilll... being the first kiss to Arnold Shortman... and Arnold's equally excited... you think maybe after the play we'll be an official couple?" I asked.
"Heh, I don't know about you princess, but I'm sure as excited to see what goes on." Helga laughed in my mind.
I nodded as I turned towards my friends as Phoebe sighed, handing over the diary I gave her.
"Any luck trying to crack the code?" I asked as Phoebe shook her head.
"I tried all I could. I tried a stapler puller, but it seems pretty tight." Phoebe sighed. "I hate to say it, Rhonda, but the only way we can get those staples out is to get our nails in them."
"Sorry, Rhonda. We tried giving it our best." Nadine sighed.
"Nah, it's all right, girls." I sighed as I put the diary away. "Maybe it just wasn't meant to be... I'll try to get them out myself, if I break a couple nails in the process, so be it."
As we were talking, all four of us looked up to see Olga in a really cheerful mood. While Olga was usually cheerful, she looked as if she was relaxed.
"Well, look who's really cheerful." I smiled as Olga turned to me.
"Isn't it a delight. Mommy finally decided to take initiative." Olga giggled. "This is like a dream come true! Seeing my mother happy... I'm happy. I think her working at the beeper emporium was the best thing to come out of her depressing life. Who knows? Maybe me, mom and dad will be a happy family again!"
"And... what if they're not?" I asked, out of curiosity. "What would you do then?"
Olga groaned. "I don't know... but I really hope it stay like this... after all, I never see my mother be happy... maybe if dad were more accepting, he'd see how happy she is..."
Olga gave a smile. "But hey, this could be a glimmer of hope!"
Olga gave a skip and a hop as she headed on her ways as Nadine sighed. "She is really reaching..."
"Well, Olga does want a happy family in her life." Lila explained. "Not just people who only like her for her successes."
"Girls, we all know Olga won't act like this for very long..." I sighed. "But we really need to take action. She needs to be her own person. She's been living in this fantasy where she hopes that she can reunite her family through happiness..."
"In other words, a hopeless fantasy." Phoebe sighed. "I don't know how we can do it... but I'll be happy to help Olga if she needs it."
"I agree." Nadine nodded. "She needs to go out on her own... not rely on her family all the time."
"Let her be her own woman... and if she needs a family... heck, we all treat her like a big sister." Lila explained.
"Then it's settled. When the time is right, we need to talk with Olga about the possibility of moving out." I nodded as we all hi-fived.
We heard the first class bell ring as I turned to the girls. "Well, come on girls, we better go or we'll be late for class."
They nodded as we started going off to Mr. Simmons' class.
There's episode one hundred and thirty-six! How do you like it? Anyway, read, review, criticize and suggest, folks! And don't forget to check out or add tropes to the TVTropes page of this story!
And now, for the Question of the Day: In my profile, I put in a list of characters in 'Oh Rhonda', along with possible theme songs for them. What song do you think fits one of the characters (any character) in 'Oh Rhonda', and why?