Fame and Fortune
Mr. Lancer turned away from the whiteboard and faced his class. "Since the work of Shakespeare seems to be painful for some of you to listen too," he glanced pointedly at the trio. "...today's discussion will be on fame and fortune, and the pro's and con's of it."
The class groaned. Dash raised his hand. "Mr. Lancer, why does everything have to be a discussion?"
Paulina nodded in agreement. "Yeah. Can't we just read about fame and fortune in magazines?"
Star gasped excitedly. "And we can take the 'Are You Star Material' quiz inside!"
Lancer thought for a moment. "Hmm...Ok, Dash. If you think the discussions are boring, then let's do a debate. Dash, you, Paulina and Star can are one team..." Mr. Lancer scanned the ducked heads and smiled when Danny, Sam and Tucker avoided eye contact. "Even if you can't see me, I can see you three. Come on up."
Moans of 'Mr. Lancer' came from the pleading trio. Mr. Lancer grinned. "Ok, what if the winning team gets excused from the math test on Friday?"
The three jumped from their desks and ran to the front of the room. Lancer regarded the two groups of students. "Dash, you'll be arguing the pros. Danny, you'll be arguing the cons. Begin. ``
Danny thought for a moment. ``Stalkers! What if you`re in the shower and this weirdo jumps through the bathroom window and starts taking pictures! Then you famous for a whole different reason.``
The class giggled.
``You have your own lackeys to do your work for you. Wait, I already have that.`` Dash said smugly.
Sam scowled. ``Yeah, and looked how you turned out.``
Dash sneered.
Sam tapped her finger against her chin. `You get big headed from all the fame. But..`` She eyed Paulina from the corner of her eye. ``...you don`t really need to be famous for that to happen.``
Paulina gasped, offended. ``Well, being famous gets all bunch of free stuff.``
``So, what`s stuff matter when you don`t have REAL friends to share it with. When your famous, your friends are all FAKE.`` Tucker said.
``But all the devoted fans make it worth it.`` Star retorted.
Danny smirked. ``Not when those `fans` go after the next hot thing.``
The class was now engrossed in the heated debate between the A-Listers and the Nobodies. Lancer decided to stop the debate when Sam kicked Paulina in the shin for saying she would never understand what it is like to be rich. Paulina muttered threats under her breath as she hopped back to her desk, holding her bruised shin.
Lancer smiled. ``That certainly was a...interesting discussion. I mean, debate. But I have to say, Team Danny wins.``
The popular`s scowled angrily as Danny, Sam and Tucker whooped happily. Lancer grinned. He would have to do this more often.