Chapter#14: Moonshine (III)
Timberly and her friends just reached PS118 that morning and she spotted Chocolate boy with Ashley and her obnoxious group.
The first bell of the day rang and everybody rushed inside. Before he went in, Chocolate boy glanced over at Timberly from his back as Ashley held on to his arm, Timberly looked back at him and he looked ahead of him again.
What was that about?...
"So no hope about making it to tomorrow's dance?." Gerald grabbed a tray and stood beside Phoebe at the cafeteria line.
"I-I'm afraid not Gerald." She replied nervously and went back to focusing on which lunch item she wanted to purchase.
"That's too bad Pheebs… so I guess there's no point in me going."
"What!." Phoebe dropped the cup of tapioca she was holding and turned to see a surprised look on Gerald's face. "You mean you won't be going because I'm not going?."
"Yeah, I mean…" He started to nervously rub the back of his neck whilst looking away. "The sole reason I wanted to go was with you."
"Ooh! Gotta go I think Helga's calling me. See you later Gerald." And with that, Phoebe hurriedly paid for her lunch and ran over to Helga who was standing last at waiting lunch line.
"I need to talk to you, now!."
"What the hey Pheebs?." Helga's arm was pulled by Phoebe who dragged her to a corner.
"Gerald's not going." Phoebe whispered.
"To the dance?." Helga asked.
Phoebe nodded.
"Phoebe that's great! That means you can meet your secret admirer with no worries!."
"No Helga," The happa girl shook her head "Gerald's not going because he thinks I won't be going."
"Oh… you're in a pickle."
"What do I do Helga?."
"Pheebs, you know I'm the wrong person to ask for advice."
"But I need your help, I could hurt two innocent people!." Her eyes lightly brimmed with tears.
"Don't worry, I'll come up with a solution before the end of the day. I promise." Helga gave an assuring smile.
"Oh thank you Helga!." Phoebe gave her a tight hug.
Meanwhile, unbeknownst to the two girls somebody has been eavesdropping to their 'secret' conversation and headed toward his friend.
"I see." Wolfgang rubbed his chin as he pondered.
"What are you gonna do about this Wolfgang?." Edmund asked.
"Hey Sid!."
Sid turned around to find Rhonda run up to him. "I haven't seen you in HS118 today, you're not playing hookey are you?." She winked at him as they climbed on to the bus.
"No I-uh- just didn't feel like going." He nervously looked away and went to his seat, Rhonda sat on the seat behind him.
"Ruth was looking for you, she asked me why you've never answered her calls since yesterday. Is everything alright between you two?."
"Run out of gossip topics Rhonda?." He asked frustrated.
"What?."
"Because that's all you care about, Rhonda Wellington Lloyd Hillwood's expert gossip queen."
"Sid, trust me my concern for you isn't for mindless gossip."
"Thank you, but I don't need your concern."
"Sorry for caring." Rhonda grabbed her tote bag and headed towards the back of the bus.
Sid sighed and saw Arnold who got in the bus with Helga; the blond boy gave him an apologetic look before he took a seat with his girlfriend.
Timberly was walking towards the grocery store to her mother that afternoon after her ballet classes only to run in to Chocolate boy.
"Hi." He said rather surprised.
Timberly smiled at the sight of the chocolate bar in his hand. "Hi." She replied and almost walked away when Jordan told her.
"I broke up with Ashley today."
Causing Timberly to stop in her tracks and turn to him. "What did she do about it?."
"She just started yammering about how no-one breaks up with Ashley and that I'm gonna pay for it." He simply shrugged.
"Well I hope she doesn't do something drastic."
"I really don't wanna think about it." He told her.
"You mean two-timing!." Phoebe asked incredulously at her best friend's suggestion.
"Well, not exactly… you weren't planning on going with Gerald anyway." Helga flopped on her bed.
"Yeah but… I'm not really sure how to do that." Phoebe moved uncomfortably in her sleeping bag.
"Don't worry Pheebs, I got your back. You just get to spend at least twenty minutes with each one giving them an excuse every time you leave to either go to the bathroom to fix your makeup or your feet are killing you… that kinda stuff. I'll be watching the whole thing from a safe distance."
"But what if they get suspicious?."
"Hm… you got a point there. How about we-."
One ring… two rings…
"Sid! I haven't heard from you since yesterday and you got me worried." Ruth quickly answered her phone. "Are you ok?."
"Never been better." He replied stoicly. "I just wanted see if you were ready for tomorrow's dance."
"Of course I am Sid, I can't wait to show you my dress." She told him coyly.
"Me too." Still stoic. "See ya tomorrow."
"Uh Sid, you don't need to come pick me up from home tomorrow… me and the girls will be going together."
"Of course."
"See ya."
Sid just ended the call.
Oh it's gonna be a riot tomorrow night…
Author's Note: What's Helga's Plan? And what'll Sid do? All that in the next chapter of... 'We're not nine anymore' ;p made it sound like some Star trek show ;p