Katie gets down off a ladder and admires her handiwork. "Katie this is your best work yet" she says to herself with a chuckle. She quickly folds the ladder up and stows it back in the janitor's closet before anybody notices that it is missing. She hides behind a plant with a tree hat on to spy on her unsuspecting prey. She focuses on her prank when all of a sudden someone hunches down beside her scaring her out of her wits.
"What you doin?" the new kid asks making Katie nearly jump out of her skin. When she takes a look at the guy she blushes furiously, not trusting herself to respond with a coherent thought. He smiles at her and says "my name is Johnny Richardson." She looks him over from his perfectly cut hair down to his brand new kicks.
"My name is Katie" she finally says with a blush creeping over her features. All of a sudden her eyes light up and she pulls Johnny down beside her. "Watch a master pranker in action" she says intently watching James check his reflection in the mirror she just installed.
"What the hell!" James exclaims with a worried look on his face. He is running his hands over his face to make sure it doesn't look like it does in the mirror. He grabs a random girl walking by and asks her "Does my face have a bunch of acne on it?" She looks at him like he is crazy.
"No you are actually incredibly handsome" the girl says smiling at his overzealousness about his appearance. James suddenly straightens up when he realizes what this girl just said. He fixes his hair in the mirror and says "You can't see it?"
"It is one of those trick mirrors" the girl replies with a smirk on her face. "Would you maybe like to go get a bite to eat later?" she asks while she tucks a loose strand of hair behind her ear.
"I would love to but first I would like to know your name" James asks with a cocky grin.
"It's Suzanne" the girl replies with a flirty smile. "Now hurry up unless you want to eat all by yourself."
James likes a girl who takes charge and gladly follows her out the door into the California evening. Katie watches them leave in stunned disbelief. She can't understand how her prank got James a date.
"Well that was interesting" Johnny says as he squats beside her. Katie jumps because she doesn't realize that she is still there. "Now that your prank worked out want to go hang out by the pool and make fun of Bitters?"
"Sure sounds like fun" Katie replies tossing her tree hat away. "Race you there" Katie says taking off running leaving Johnny to eat her dust. He takes off running after her, chasing her to the pool.
A/N So a shorter chapter but hopefully still a decent one. Please review!