The Rehearsal Dinner Part 2
That morning, Alan was tying the necktie that went with his Winston Prep school uniform when Anne poked her head through his doorway.
"Alan, my kindhearted brother," Anne said, she was carrying a hand-me-down metal flower lunchbox that had once belonged to Suzie. "we are going to be late for school as it is! And besides, I don't want you to forget your lunch and have to eat that garbage that Winston Prep Academy makes the rest of our peers who buy their lunches have to wolf down again, remember when you had to eat one of Mrs. Raven's Sloppy Joes in December just before our Christmas vacation?"
Alan grabbed his backpack, "Yuck! How can I forget! Only Stanley, Flip, Nancy, Mimi, and Scooter among the rest of the school buy their lunches!" he exclaimed, strapping his backpack onto his back.
Alan went into the kitchen and grabbed the tie-dyed cotton fabric lunchbag that contained his lunch in it, the bag used to be Henry's then Stanley's, and one day, Alan would hand the lunchbag down to Tom, who would later hand it down to Flip, who would later hand it down to Scooter.
Anne would one day hand her flower lunchbox down to Nancy, who would later hand it down to Mimi.
Once the Chan children & James were ready to go, coats on included, they were off to their first day back at Winston Prep since winter break had ended.
Today was pizza day in the cafeteria, and as usual, the health nuts in the Chan family, Henry, Suzie, Alan, Anne, and Tom all brought their lunches as did Alexa Goldstein, Henry's girlfriend, James, Prince Hareem, Henry's best friend as well as Suzie's boyfriend, Jasmine Knight, Alan's girlfriend, Layla Mitchell, Tom's girlfriend, even Liana Simmons, Stanley's own girlfriend had even begun bringing her lunch to school rather than buying it.
"You know, Stanley, if you continue to eat this school garbage," Henry chided. "then you won't be able to fit into your tuxedo tomorrow."
"Tuxedo? Who's tying the knot?" Liana asked Henry after swallowing a bite of her tuna salad sandwich.
"Yes, Henry," Alexa asked curiously. "who's getting married?"
"A friend of my father's," Henry explained. "you girls have heard of Illusio, right?"