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| The Dog House |
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| Author: Reena Email: [email protected] Rating: uh, average, PG15 "Maria!" "Yo, babe." "I got a chance to put "probation" into action yesterday." "You're kidding, right? What did the boy do?" "You wouldn't believe me if I told you." "Told her what?" "Kyle got himself put on probation yesterday." "Yesterday? But Maria just told you-" "On Saturday night. I know!" "Come on, Tess. What did the Chia do?" "I can't talk about it, I'm so mad!" "Tess..." "The are rules, here. You can't just say something like "I can't talk about, I'm so mad!" and then not tell us. It's just...wrong." "It goes against the code." "The code?" "Yes, the code. Once a story has started, it must be finished." "The code." "Fine...but you can't tell Michael or Alex." "Tell Michael or Alex what?" "What the Chia did to get himself on probation yesterday." "Already? But Maria just told you Saturday night..." "We know. Alright, Tess. What did he do?" "Look, I don't know..." "What?" "We're friends. Right?" "Tess...the code." "Look, now it's embarrassing." "Because now I'm here?" "Yes. I mean, no." "Blondie. Out with it. Lizzie's a big girl. She can hear it, too." "Fine. But I warned you." "Yeah, yeah, yeah. We're warned." "Come on, Tess. We don't have all day..." "O-kay. So he was walking in my room, and I was changing shirts. So he saw me in my bra-" "Big deal. He's seen that much of you, hasn't he?" "Maria, don't interrupt her." "Sor-ry." "Oh, cut it out you two." "Anyways, it was what he said that has him on probation." "Cut it out with the suspense thing. Hurry up...I see my Spaceboy." "I thought he was on probation." "It's a Monday." "God, can't you two, like, not be in there all the time?" "No. Tess. Talk." "He said that Liz had a bra like that. Like the one I was wearing." The three friends of Tess were shocked. "Oh." "That's just...stupid." "Party-foul." "I couldn't believe it either!" "God, Tess, babe. That's not probation...that's the dog house. " The one referred to as Blondie shot her a quizzical look. "Look, I gotta go. Tess, we'll discuss it at lunch, okay? Ciao ladies." The other three watched their friend enter the Eraser Room. "They're just-" "Horny." "They've always been like that." "When they're on speaking terms." "Guys? Can we focus on me?" "Oh, sorry. He said you had a bra like mine?" "Yeah." "Oh, sorry Tess. That's almost a Michael comment." "Except if it had been a Michael comment, he'd be dead." "Hurricane DeLuca would be back with a vengeance." "So what's this "dog house" she was talking about?" "Her next level." "Her next level?" "You can explain the workings of her mind so much better than I can, Liz..." "Well, you see...you've met Maria's mom, right?" "Yeah. Once or twice. So?" "Well, she doesn't exactly take stuff from men. She's always got ideas on how to, um, "whip them into shape." And she's the one who told Maria about putting men on probation or in the dog house, etc-" "Liz, less theory. More fact. Like the point." "Fine. Anyways, the "dog house" is the next level of punishment. Probation is like withholding-" "Nookie?" Liz's eyes grew wide at this comment. Isabel just laughed. "Yeah, nookie. But the dog house is not only withholding it...but for a week or something. And it usually involves wearing-" "Torturing them. You torture them while you withhold the action." "Yeah, what Isabel said." "So Maria thinks that was a "dog house" type of comment?" "Yes. But Tess, please ignore her." "How did he act when you told him?" "Oh, you mean when I literally considered shooting him a death glare?" "Um, yeah." "He was like, 'What?! I just said I liked your bra!'" "Oh, that's just bad." "See, told you! Jerk! You two are so lucky." "Yeah. At least we know Alex or Max wouldn't say something like that." "Isabel. I don't even think Michael would say that." "Thanks, Liz. So now I have the worst boyfriend?" "Oh, no. That's not what I meant." "Michael hasn't seen a lot of bras." "Isabel!" "Okay! Not a lot of non-Maria bras." The trio laughed at Isabel's last comment. "So what should I do?" "You know, Tess...I actually think this might be a job for Maria, after all." "Isabel..." "No, Liz, Isabel's right. Lunchtime. I'm learning about the 'dog house.'" The school bell belted out its "evil" warning of impending class. The girls groaned. "I'm going to first. See you at lunch." "Later Tess." "Later." "Thank god we don't have to deal with that." "Yeah, Max and Alex are great." "And Alex knows Maria all too well." "Yeah." "I bet Kyle's upset at Michael." "Why?" "Because of Maria." "Oh, about telling Tess about probation?" "Yeah." "Too bad for Kyle." "Why?" "Do you think Michael actually cares?" And the two girls shared a smile and headed off to class. Each thinking to themselves, "I have the best boyfriend." * * * * * |
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