Chapter 3

Just when Lee finally managed to get the mystery of Biffy Goldstein out of his head the universe chucked him back into his life. Lee was so focused on the events for the weekend that he completely forgot he still had to endure after school detention with him. That meant the next few hours he was going to be practically alone with Biffy. A spark of a thought almost made him maybe Biffy didn't do anything to get into detention today!

He debated whether or not to sit in his usual seat in detention. Walking into the room with his usual grace Lee decided on sitting in his seat. The last thing he wanted was Biffy to know how much he was affected by their conversation and his invitation.

The room was empty when Lee entered it, and for a wild moment he wondered if Biffy might have actually behaved long enough not to score a detention. But that happy thought quickly soured when a shadow loomed behind him.

"Are you planning on standing there the whole time or are you trying to catch my attention by being in my way?" Biffy gruffly demanded.

"No," Lee said defiantly and moved over to his seat, where he crosses his arms after he plunked down in the chair. He frowned deeply making sure Biffy could see his displeasure when he walked passed.

It was almost a blessing the leads into who really pulled the biggest prank in school history have dried up; otherwise he'd have to run around school grounds with Biffy's voice in his ear. Right now, Lee was 100 percent sure he couldn't handle having Biffy's voice echoing in his head. It was bad enough the memory of being pressed close to the bigger teen played on constant loop without adding to the difficulty to make him feel weird.

The detention passed slowly. Lee attempted to do his homework in an effort to help the minutes crawl towards dismissal. Besides it wasn't like he had anything else to do. Plus, he had a hunch he wouldn't be able to at Biffy's place and he hated spending his Sundays caged in his room as he frantically hurried to finish on time. But it wasn't going well. His focus wavered at the slightest noise. He was going stir crazy and Biffy didn't speak to him at all throughout the entire detention. The room was silent except for the scratching of Lee's pencil on paper and the rhythmic clinking of Biffy's sewing needles hitting each other as he works on a new creation.

Lee jumped as Barrage burst into the room and loudly dismissed his two delinquent charges for the day.

Moments later, Biffy stood in front of Lee's desk. Without saying a word, he dropped a ripped piece of paper onto the desk's surface, and once again Lee was left speechless as Biffy turned on his heel and followed Barrage out of the room.

Lee stared at the paper. It was a scrap from a lined notebook. Without hestiatantion Lee scrooped it up and shoved it into his pants pocket. Though he could feel the paper moving with each of his steps he managed to wait until he was in his room before he pulled it out. It was a handwritten note. Lee stared at it. He had never seen Biffy's penmanship before. He wasn't sure what he was expecting but it definitely wasn't the neat sharp lettering that greeted him. There was an address written on it, presumably the Goldstein residence.

Oh yeah, this was going to a blast. Not! Lee sighed and folded the paper in half before putting it back in his pocket. He buried his face in his hands and let out a half scream, half sigh as he did the math. The silent treatment from Biffy from today's plus with the creepy invite to his house times the creepy way he had given Lee his address equaled only one thing. He was dead meat.