At two thirty sharp, Serena burst free from the confines of her much despised middle school. Today, her grin was true and she seemed to exude light. She quickly ran to the temple so that she could surprise the girls. Unfortunately, she was temporarily distracted from her mission when she spotted the sign outside the arcade.
"Free fudge sundaes for good grades!"
Serena's mouth drooled. She gripped the test paper in her hand as if it were a life line.
"I think a B plus for Serena Tsukino can be considered a good grade."
She ran into the arcade too excited to wait until she reached her chair to share the good new. By the time Andrew came to her end of the counter, every patron in the arcade knew her grade.
"Andrew...,"Serena purred. "Look at this! How's about that free sundae?" She flashed her test paper and looked at him expectantly.
"Wow, way to go, Serena! One free sundae coming up!"
Minutes later Serena hopped off her stool with a belly full of fudge. She stepped out the doors ready to continue her trek to Raye's place. Oddly, when she stepped outside she felt as if a shadow was boring onto her. Quickly she twisted around expecting to spy some tall geek stalking her, but all she encountered were rays of sunshine.
"I got a B plus on my-," Serena began as she traipsed into Raye's room. She cut herself off when she spotted Amy, Mina, Lita and Raye already seated and engaged in a deep conversation.
"What's going on?" Serena asked. She searched her friends faces and found nothing but distress written on them.
"I think we figured out the Doom and Gloom Girls' next move, but we may be too late," Raye informed her.