We met up with the guys as we enter class.
"Hey! Ooh la la!" T-bird Sonny looks at us and Marty ignore him and says to me. "I hate having homeroom with those grease balls."
"Eh. Get used to it," another T-bird Doody said. Marty continues to primp her hair like she always does while using her hand held mirror. Rizzo pulls out a pack of cards for us to play. We don't do much during that class. I hear the alma mater play in the music room a few rooms away. We're actually in the auto homeroom which Miss Murdoch uses. I took another cookie and licked the cream off. C'mon! The cream is the best part!
As Rizzo shuffles cards, I hear the xylophone that meant the morning announcements are on.
"Good morning, boys and girls. Welcome to what we're sure will be our greatest year at Rydell. Now for some news of forth coming events. Saturday night will be our first pep rally and bonfire. I want to see all of you students out there, with plenty of support for Coach Calhoun and the Rydell Rangers as they go out to stomp and smear the Glendoran Gladiators…Hopefully. If you can't be an athlete, be an athletic supporter. School lunches have been promoted from twenty five cents to thirty five cents. Sorry kids. Yearbook pictures have gone to 2.50 set. And senior rings from twenty five to thirty five dollars. Several of last year seniors have been offering cup rate buys on their used rings. So remember…"
"Aww c'mon," Doody groaned. "My folks gave me all what's worth. I ain't gonna tell them to fork more over."
Yet the announcements continue, "Flu shots and chest X-rays will be administered by our very capable Nurse Wilkins. And now I would like to say this on the first day of the school year. We the faculty are here to help you. If you need us at any time, feel free. Remember, there's not only a prince in principal, there's a pal there too."
Rizzo hands all of us cards, and I look at them as we start playing. We look at Doody who slips his water gun on the center of the table. I look at it confused, and then at Rizzo who looks away staring into space. Doody is always the one with the water gun making fun of others. He's the goof of the T-birds. I don't really know him much, but he sometimes goes out with Frenchy she told me.
"And now for the really good news. One of the most exciting things to ever happen at Rydell High. National Bandstand television show has selected Rydell as a representative American high school and will do a live broadcast from our very own gym. With winners in the national dance-off!"
That's so cool! We all get to be on television, and America will see us! I can't wait! We all cheer and Murdoch pulls the whistle lever.
"This is the first time they ever left the studio to do a show a different location. It is our chance to show the entire nation what fine, bright, clean-cut, wholesome students we have here at Rydell."
Sonny asks, "What does she mean by that?" I shrugged as we continue to play cards.