"Yoo hoo! Joanne!" The waving hand in front of Joanne's face brought her back into reality.

"Yes, Flo?"

"What's wrong with you? You haven't even touched your lunch!"

"I guess I'm just not hungry," Joanne said, softly, feeling a trifle embarrassed for admitting defeat against Tessie.

"Not hungry? Joanne!" Flo snorted. "You have the appetite of a bear."

"Want my applesauce?" Joanne offered her dessert to Flo. Her friend looked at her, strangely.

"You feeling alright, Dolly?"

"I'm fine, Flo." Joanne shifted her gaze down at her lunch.

"Are you sure you're feeling alright?" Flo pressed the back of her cold hand up against Joanne's forehead. "Ohh, you do feel kind of warm..."

"Only because your hand's so cold!" The blonde slapped her friend's hand away.

Flo looked at her even more strangely. "Something's definitely not sitting right with you, and I know it's not your lunch, because you haven't even touched it!'

"Well, why wouldn't I be bothered?" Joanne started, gravely, still looking at the table. "My Roy went to the drive-in movies with Tessie Sullivan. You know what that means!"

"Dolly, there are some normal people who actually watch the movies! Like Jimmy and me."

"Yes, you and Jimmy, but not Tessie Sullivan."

Flo paused. "Okay, I can see your worry, but don't give up." She put a comforting hand on Joanne's shoulder. "Tessie's got a million admirers! She can't keep them all to herself!"

"She can when boys don't like plain Janes like me!"

Flo pursed her lips. "Okay Joanne, I'll tell you what. We'll go shopping this weekend, and make you so beautiful, that any man would be a goof not to gawk as you stroll down the hall."

Joanne smiled. "You mean it?"

"'Course I mean it, now eat up, Dolly, you've only got ten minutes left!"