Chapter 9 Having lunch together
Velma was so happy that Johnny wanted to go out with her again. Daphne was happy for Velma that somebody took an interest in her friend and couldn't wait to make Velma look gorgeous again. As time went on Velma and Johnny started spending a bit of time together either studying or having meals. One afternoon when Velma was in the student café getting lunch with Johnny she asked him, "Johnny would you like to join me and my friends for lunch today?" Johnny answered, "Ok sure that would be nice." Velma led Johnny to the table where Daphne, Freddy, Shaggy and Scooby Doo were sitting at. "Hi everyone" Velma greeted her friends. Then she introduced Johnny to her friends, "Johnny these are my friends. You already met Daphne. This is Freddy, Shaggy and Scooby Doo." "Hello it's nice to meet all of you" said Johnny. "It's nice to meet you too Johnny" said Scooby Doo. "Did your dog just speak?" Johnny asked with a surprised look on his face. "Like yes he did" answered Shaggy. "Can all dogs talk?" asked Johnny which Shaggy answered, "I'm not sure. Scooby Doo is the only talking dog I know." As everyone was eating lunch together Shaggy saw Johnny feeding her some of his French fries which brought back memories of how he used to feed Velma any kind of strange food combinations such as pizza drizzled in chocolate when they were dating. Even though Velma thought a pizza drizzled in chocolate was gross she told Shaggy it was sweet of him to feed her.
"How do you like the fries?" Johnny asked Velma as he placed a French fry in her mouth. "Jinkies these fries are delicious" exclaimed Velma. Johnny smiled at Velma and said, "I really like it when you say Jinkies. It's such a cute word." What Johnny just said to Velma made her blush a little bit because nobody ever told her how cute her catchphrase was. As everyone continued to eat Shaggy became more and more jealous of how Johnny and Velma were becoming very close up to the point where he got up from the table and said, "Like I need to be excused." Scooby Doo went with Shaggy because he knew what was going on in Shaggy's head. Since Velma was the smart one out of her friends she saw the look of sadness on Shaggy's face but couldn't put her finger on what was up with him. "So Velma remember that dance club I told you about that I want to bring you to?" Johnny asked Velma which she answered, "Yes I do what about it?" "I was wondering if you like to go dancing with me tomorrow night?" "That sounds delightful!" exclaimed Velma. "Wonderful let's meet at the student lounge. Don't forget to bring your dancing shoes" said Johnny. When everyone was finished eating Johnny looked at his watch and said, "Thank you all for letting me join you for lunch. I must be going now. My modeling class is starting soon."
"Bye Johnny" said Velma as he got up and said bye to everyone including Velma. "Later Ms. Jinkies" winked Johnny as he was leaving. "I can't believe I have another date with Johnny!" Velma excitedly told Daphne. "I'm happy for you and you know I'll make you look gorgeous once again" exclaimed Daphne. For the rest of the day while Velma was attending her classes she couldn't stop thinking about her date with Johnny. But there also something else on her mind as well. She thought about Shaggy leaving the table before finishing his lunch which wasn't like him because Velma always believed that Shaggy's stomach was like a bottomless pit that can never be filled. "I wonder why Shaggy got up and left before finishing his lunch? That's not like him at all. Maybe I'll ask him about it later" Velma thought to herself as she continued with the rest of her day.