Dee
So what ended up happening last night?
Laney
You mean after I got thrown up on and you didn’t come pick me up?
Dee
Come on Laney, you know how my Mom is.
Dee
She grounded me on my birthday three years in a row.
Dee
And one year it was only because I ate all of her Weight Watchers snack bars before she could get one.
Laney
I know you were just too lazy to leave your house.
Dee
Maybe it was a little column A, column B, but it worked out.
Dee
Didn’t your nerd neighbor come get you?
Laney
He’s not a nerd. And yes.
Laney
We actually went to go get something to eat after, and had a really good time.
Dee
You’re making it sound datey...
Laney
I mean...I don’t know. He was just really nice.
Laney
We used to have a lot of fun with each other back in the day.
Dee
So...do you like him??
Laney
He’s moving out of town, so there’s nothing I can really do about it, but he’s driving me tonight for the next clue.
Dee
Wait...so you might have a crush on this nerd neighbor of yours, but you’re having him drive you to meet someone else??
Laney
Well, he convinced me, so he couldn’t be all that interested, and I am still a little curious.
Dee
So where is he driving you to meet the man who had someone puke all over you?
Laney
He thinks it’s at Mt. Wilson, which I don’t know...
Laney
I mean, stars make sense, but it’s a bit far. Either way, could be fun.
Laney
And full moon tonight.
Dee
I still think it’s the Walk of Fame.
Laney
YOU ARE NEVER GOING TO BELIEVE THIS
Dee
CUT TO THE GODDAMN CHASE!
Laney
STEVE JUST SHOVED SOMETHING IN MY LOCKER!!!
Dee
You sure it’s your locker? Also, are you sure it was Steve?
Dee
Your eyesight kinda blows.
Laney
YES IT WAS STEVE!!! I’m going to my locker RIGHT NOW.
Dee
Is he still hanging around?
Laney
No, he just dropped it in and left.
Dee
My God, maybe it is that dipshit.
Laney
HOLY SHIT!! It’s a flier for Jame’s FULL MOON GALAXY PARTY IN THE NORTH WOODS!
Dee
I got one of those too.
Laney
Yeah but it wasn’t placed in your locker by STEVE. When did you get yours?
Laney
Yeah, so maybe he thought that the clue was too vague, and wanted to make sure I got there!
Laney
I’m not usually invited first hand to these things.
Laney
I TOLD YOU HE WAS LOOKING AT ME IN GYM THE OTHER WEEK!!!
Dee
Well as you know I still can’t drive you and still think his brain is the size of a boll weevil.
Dee
He probably had someone Cyrano that clue shit.
Laney
Whatever, I don’t care. Gotta go coordinate...
Ben
Hey :) How is your day?
Laney
I FIGURED OUT WHO IT IS!!!
Laney
Someone I’ve been crushing on HARDCORE for the last three years.
Ben
How do you know it’s him?
Laney
He just dropped a note in my locker about Jame’s Full Moon Galaxy party...so moon/stars etc. (!!!)
Ben slams his head on his locker. Harder than he wanted to. It hurt a lot.
Laney
Weird, I just heard someone yell down the hall.
Ben
Are you sure this isn’t just a coincidence, because I REALLY think that you should go to Mt. Wilson.
Ben
I just feel like with what you told me about the clues, Steve just doesn’t seem too capable of something like that.
Laney
Why does everyone think he’s so stupid??
Ben
I’m sorry, I didn’t mean that...
Laney
You’re still game to drive right??
Ben
Can you hold on a sec?
Ben
That idiot Steve Mitchell is ruining EVERYTHING.
Alan
Steve Mitchell? That skater guy?
Alan
If I remember correctly, I once heard him say in our science class that the moon was the back of the sun.
Alan
How is he ruining things?
Ben
He put some party flier in Laney’s goddamn locker and it has to do with the goddamn moon and stars!
Ben
So now she wants me to drive her there tonight. I’m going to throw up.
Alan
You should’ve just told her last night.
Ben
YOU FUCKING TOLD ME NOT TO!!!
Alan
I told you not to tell her you LOVED her, but maybe saying you Like Liked her might have been something.
Ben
LIKE LIKED!? WHAT ARE YOU TEN!?
Alan
You could always back out of driving her there
Ben
And just let her run into that dunderhead’s arms with no say? NO!
Alan
Well then drive her, see where it goes.
Ben
That’s all you have!?
Alan
Well she’s going to figure out it’s not him, it’s just a matter of you not having just played inadvertent matchmaker.
Ben
I don’t know why she’s interested in someone whose brain resembles a shriveled neglected tomato!
Alan
That’s very specific...
Alan
Anyway, maybe because she’s not the girl you think she is.
Ben
She is everything I think she is...
Alan
Does this mean that I can stay home and not do this stupid flash mob thing?
Ben
No, I need you to be there just in case, mobilize the troops.
Ben
I just need to figure out some way to get her there instead...
Alan
Well if you don’t mind, Amy Lee is coming out of advanced choir and I would like to try to woo her with my acapella beat boxing skillz.
Ben
Go woo, I’ll just be here swallowing myself.
Laney
Ben? You never answered.
Ben stared at his phone for a considerable amount of time, then...
Ben
I’ll drive. See you at 7:30 :)
Laney
Who knows, maybe you’ll meet someone tonight too!!
Ben then decided to slam his head against his locker once more.
Laney
Did you just hear that guy scream again?? Weird.
