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S'Tuck -*- Copyright 1998 by Ellen Hayes.

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S'Tuck


***
06:31 14 Mar

     I almost screamed when my alarm did.  After I shut it off and I
could think again, I realized I didn't have to work today.  And I'd
gotten home at three in the morning.  Back to sleep, I decided.

***
09:28 14 Mar

     The camera flashes turned into the flashing of my phone ringing way
too quick, and I sat up and got it before the voicemail did.  "'Lo?"
     "Hey," said Debbie.  "Anyone home?"
     "Dunno."
     Pause.
     "Get decent, we'll be over in a little, okay?
     "'Kay."
     "Kisskiss."  She hung up, so I dropped the phone in the right
place.

***
09:51 14 Mar

     The cop pulled me over, which I really would rather not happen
since I still couldn't explain the dead body in the other seat of the
Ferrari, but I noticed with relief that the flashing red light was the
front doorbell instead.  So I staggered up, found my baggy pants from
last night, and just barely made it down the stairs to the front door.
     "Aren't you up yet?" asked Debbie when I opened it.
     "Huh?  No," I stated the obvious.  Debbie and Lisa came in, each
one hugging me.
     "Well, come on, wake up!" suggested Lisa.
     "Make me," I snapped, irritated.  Then I realized I'd done a Stupid
Thing.
     Debbie hugged me from in front, and Lisa hugged me from behind, and
they both proceeded to kiss me and do other things.  When they finally
let go, I was extremely awake.  And I hurt.
     "We thought we'd come and do something today, if you wanted," said
Debbie.
     "Um, shit.  I've got all these chores I have to do," I complained.
"They gotta be done by tonight."  I sighed.
     Debbie looked at Lisa, who looked at Debbie.  Lisa shrugged.

***
09:54 14 Mar

     "Boy, she did give him the castoffs, didn't she?" commented Lisa as
they dug through "my" girl clothes.
     "Yeah, no- hey, try this on."  Debbie threw out a pair of shorts.
     Lisa dropped her skirt, and was going to, but then she looked at
me.  "Wait, aren't those dirty?"
     "What?"
     "Those clothes.  The ones you're wearing," she added when I didn't
get a clue.
     "Oh, uh..."
     Debbie interrupted, coming out of my closet, "Do you ever clean the
glue off these?"  She was holding the fake boobs.
     "Do what?  I thought it helped 'em stick better," I explained.
     She shook her head.  "Didn't you read the instructions?"
     "What instructions?"  They came with instructions?  News to me.
     She sighed.  "Tuck, I put in instructions for 'em, didn't you read
them?"
     "Did not," I challenged.

***
09:56 14 Mar

     Her eyebrows almost met in the middle.  "I would've sworn..." she
said softly.
     "I didn't lie," I told her.
     She turned around, an apologetic look on your face.  "Sorry,
sweetie, I would have sworn I stuck the instructions I found in.  I
guess I can take 'em home and clean 'em..."
     "And maybe get me another copy?  I'd hate to know I was doing it
all wrong."  I poked her, and we all giggled.

***
09:58 14 Mar

     "God, these things are tight," I complained, sucking in my belly as
I buttoned the shorts.
     "Yeah, but they won't get in your way," Lisa told me.
     "You know, Tuck," Debbie felt compelled to comment, "you wouldn't
have to do this if you'd wash your clothes more often."
     I stared at her.  "I've been a little busy lately, for some
reason."  She stared back until Lisa tickled me.

***
10:13 14 Mar

     "Darn this hair anyway," I cursed as it swung down into my eyes
again.
     "Here, lemme see," said Debbie, and she tied a bandanna around my
head.  "Theah ya go, gangsta," she said when she finished.  It did keep
the hair out of my face, but I had to find a mirror to make sure that
she didn't do anything too weird with it.  Nope.  Same thing she was
wearing, and that I'd seen on lots of guys; sort of a pirate looking
arrangement.

***
10:23 14 Mar

     "I said I really appreciate this!" I screamed over the vacuum
cleaner at Debbie.
     "What?!"

***
10:48 14 Mar

     "Aren't you gonna wash your girl stuff too?"
     "Huh?"  I thought about it.  "Oh, yeah, I guess that would be a
good idea."

***
11:01 14 Mar

     I had a message when I went up to my room, so I checked to see who
it was from.  Mike.

***
11:04 14 Mar

     "Hello?"
     "Hey, Mike!"
     "Tuck!  You're up!"
     "Yeah, for once... what's up?"
     "Nothing... I gotta go, talk at you later."  He hung up.

***
11:12 14 Mar

     I was collecting the trash when someone started banging on the
door and ringing the doorbell.  It had to be Mike.  He knows I hate it
when he does that, too.
     I dropped the trashbag and walked over, and yanked the door open.
"WHAT?!" I screamed at him.
     He looked like he was going into shock.  I waited to see if he was
going to faint or something.  It was cold, too.
     Finally, he got his brain back or whatever, and he let out a breath
and wiped his forehead.  "Jeezus, Tuck, for a second there I thought you
were Susan."
     "Fuck you, pinhead!" I told him, and almost managed to shut the
door in his face.

***
11:16 14 Mar

     "No, see?"  He held the latest family portrait up against my face.
Debbie and Lisa looked at it, and me, and it, and me...
     "Nah, not really," said Lisa.  "Susan's hair is longer."
     Mike sighed.  "BE-sides that."
     Debbie and Lisa both looked pretty skeptical.  Finally, Debbie
said, "I don't think so, Mike.  I've seen Susan, and Tuck isn't anything
like her."
     I felt intensely relieved, but Mike looked annoyed.  Too bad.  It
was bad enough that people thought I was her on the phone.

***
11:38 14 Mar

     "Washing your dainties?" Mike asked.
     "Mike, if you're not gonna help, leave me alone."  I sighed.
"Besides, it's just like a uniform for work."  I made sure I had
EVERYTHING out of the dryer.
     "Oh, yeah?"  He sounded skeptical.
     "Yeah.  Did I tell you how much I made this week?"
     He stuck his fingers in his ears and began chanting, "Don't tell
me, I don't want to know, I'm not listening, I can't hear you..."

***
12:24 14 Mar

     "I AM NOT COOKING!" Lisa shrieked.  "I just DID all that YESTERDAY
for MONEY and I am NOT gonna do it for FREE!  I am SICK of COOKING!"
     We all stared at her in stunned silence as she stopped.
     Long pause.
     "I'm serious," she said calmly.
     I carefully mentioned, "I, uh, I don't think anyone asked you
to..."
     She shrugged.  "I just wanted to make it clear up front."
     Debbie growled, and jumped forward and started shagging Lisa's
hair.  "You are so STRANGE!" Debbie scolded.

***
12:31 14 Mar

     "So anyway," Debbie said, then looked over at me.  "What're YOU
looking at?"
     "You."  I loved looking at her, and while I no longer had this
adolescent obsession with seeing a girl naked, it was still a nice
change from the usual, clothed Debbie.  Not that she wasn't always
beautiful, but it was nicer.
     She smiled.
     Lisa wiggled to get my attention, then pointed at Debbie.  "Cute,
ain't she?"
     We all broke up laughing.

***
12:37 14 Mar

     "Oh, wait, can I use the phone?" Debbie asked.  I said sure, and
she went into the kitchen.
     "What, no Valerie today?" Mike kidded.
     "She needed a day off," I told him.  Lisa winked at me.  Mike just
shrugged.

***
12:46 14 Mar

     "I thought we were going to lunch," I complained.  I did get hungry
sometimes, and this was one of the times.
     "Shhh, we're waiting for someone," Lisa whispered in my ear.
     I asked the obvious question, but she just smiled and shook her
head.

***
12:54 14 Mar

     The doorbell rang, and everyone looked at me.  Mike was the only
one that looked surprised.  Besides me, I guessed.  I hoped like hell it
wasn't someone like Travis as I went to go open the door.
     It was Kim.
     *Oh ho,* I thought, grinning, as I opened the door.

***
13:00 14 Mar

     "So, where to?" Lisa asked as she pulled out.  Debbie was in the
other front seat, which left me, Kim, and Mike jammed in the back.  Oh
what a horror.

***
13:22 14 Mar

     Debbie arranged it, somehow, so that Mike and Kim had to sit next
to each other.  I winked at her as we sat down, and she winked back.
Then, as I was sitting down, I felt a hand on my butt.  I jumped up, and
Lisa pulled her arm back in.  Lisa and Debbie giggled at each other.

***
13:26 14 Mar

     Mike was looking strangely nervous, so I caught his eye at one
point and gave him a subtle thumbs up.  He rolled his eyes at me.

***
13:34 14 Mar

     "And what would you like, sir?" the waiter asked me.  I glanced at
Debbie before I told him, and she nodded, like she understood what I was
trying to say.

***
13:44 14 Mar

     "Oh, thank God," I interrupted as I saw the waiter heading towards
us with a large platter.
     "What, don't tell me you're hungry or something?" joked Lisa.
     "Well, I am, even if Miss-ter Skinny over there isn't," said Kim.
She made a face at me to show me the slip was unintentional.
     I resolved to spend more time out with the girls as a guy, so they
wouldn't forget entirely.

***
14:21 14 Mar

     Mike and Kim were both sort of nervous.  I kicked Debbie to get her
attention, and pointed to them with my eyes.  She just smiled, and
slipped her hand under the table and squeezed my leg.
     I leaned over and asked her, "So?"
     "It'll work," she assured me.

***
14:37 14 Mar

     "Amazing!  You made it all the way through dinner without spilling
anything on yourself!" Debbie cooed at me.  I flipped her the finger.
"Oooh," she said, screwing her face up.  I don't think she liked the
idea.  Come to think of it, I didn't like the idea too much either.  My
tongue hurt if I stuck it too far out of my mouth, even.
     She got up, beckoning to someone, and Lisa and Kim got up too.  I
was going to, and had gotten halfway out of my seat when I remembered I
didn't have to go fix my makeup because I wasn't wearing any because I
was in guy stuff today.  God, this double life was confusing.

***
14:41 14 Mar

     "So?"
     "We need to do some shopping," Debbie told us, but it was too late,
we were already stuck in a moving car.  No escape.
     Mike and I looked at each other over Kim, and did the classic
Culkin hands-to-head-and-scream.
     Debbie twisted around in the seat and smacked me on the top of the
head.  "Stop it," she warned.
     "Yes Mistress," I said quietly, and bowed my head.  She smacked me
again.  "OOOh," I said.  Whap.  "Oooh."  Whap.  "Oooh!"  Whap.  "Oooh!"
     "Would you two stop it, I'm trying to drive," complained Lisa.
     "Yes Mistress," I said to Lisa, and Debbie smacked me one last
time.
     "You're a pervert," Kim told me, so I rubbed suggestively against
her leg.  "Don't make promises you can't keep," she warned.
     I waggled my eyebrows at her and intoned, "My spirit brother there
next to you pays my debts when I cannot."
     Mike grunted in agreement.  Which was good, because with the way I
hurt, I wasn't going to try anything sexual with anyone for a while.

***
15:06 14 Mar

     "Cheer up, guys, it'll only take a few minutes," Lisa told us as we
walked into the Galleria.
     Mike and I knew better than that, but it was Kim who snorted in
disbelief.

***
15:18 14 Mar

     Debbie came out of the dressing room in one of the tops.  "Well?"
     I looked at it.  "It's okay... I like the other one better though."
     "Why?"
     I sighed.

***
15:25 14 Mar

     "Oooh, I like that one," I told Lisa, and Mike nodded.  "Whatcha
think, Kim?"  Kim concentrated.

***
15:31 14 Mar

     "Why don't you try something on," I suggested to Kim.
     She glared at me.  "Why don't you?" she countered.
     "Did that Wednesday," I shot back.  Her eyebrows went up.

***
15:32 14 Mar

     "Because I'm too large!" she hissed at us, finally peeved enough to
tell us what the real problem was.  Rather, what she considered the real
problem.  The real problem was actually that she was shy.
     "No you're not!" Mike and I said at the same time.  I winked at
her.  Since she looked confused, I figured this was a good time for a
morale boost.  "Look, you're curvy, soft, got nice bazoongas," she made
some kind of face when I said that, "...a big soft bottom, your legs are
great-"
     "But-"  She looked desperate.
     "It's fantastic!  A spectacular butt.  Look at this man here," I
grabbed Mike and pulled him closer.  "Your average guy, off the street,
sir what do you think about this fine woman's butt?" I asked him,
holding up an air microphone.
     "I think it's fantastic," he intoned in this radio announcer's
voice.  "I think it's one of the best-"
     "Stop it!" she giggled, getting redder and redder.
     "Go try something on," I urged.  "Here, we'll go find something for
you."  Mike gave me a look, but I pulled him along.  "Size twelve, find
something you'd like her to wear on a date," I told him in his ear.  He
got the clue, by the look on his face, and stopped resisting.
     "No, wait!"  But it was too late.

***
15:34 14 Mar

     "What about this?"
     "No, no, sequins bad, Mike."  He looked mildly upset.
     "Guys, come on, stop it!"  Kim was truly embarrassed.
     "Hey, check this out!"  He held up something in white silk.
     "Oooh, way-"
     "NO!" Kim shrieked, "It looks too much like a wedding dress!"  Mike
put it back, and dug through some more.  "Guys, come-"  Mike held up the
black version.
     "Ooooh, fantastic.  And so Goth, don'tcha think?" I asked Kim
rhetorically.
     "But-"
     "Come on, let's go see you in it!"  I rushed at her and had her by
the arm before she could get away.  Mike brought up the rear and the
dress.
     "But-"
     "A lovely butt, like I told you-"
     "Lovely butt," said Mike, in a position where he could see it.
     It took Kim a few seconds to realize this, but when she did, she
squealed and jumped around like Mike had pinched her.  "Stop looking at
my butt!" she yelled at him.  I wondered what the other women in the
area thought of that.  Some of them were looking over this way.
     "Okay," Mike said mildly, and stopped, and grinned.  She looked
confused.  Then she figured out he was staring at her cleavage.

***
15:36 14 Mar

     "Come on, Kim, if I can try on a miniskirt, you can try this on,
okay?"  She gave me a skeptical look.  "Just for us, alright?  We most
definitely won't laugh at you."  The other three nodded hard when I said
that.
     She finally said, "But-"
     "Nice butt.  Now go."  I gently turned her around and pushed her
towards the dressing room.
     "You're so butch today," Debbie commented to me after a minute.
     "Hey, better her than me!"

***
15:38 14 Mar

     I was beginning to consider sending Debbie in to seeing what was
taking so long, when she came out.  Kim looked better in the dress than
I thought she would, even.  Mike whistled.  So did Lisa.

***
15:51 14 Mar

     "Oooh," said Debbie.  She looked at Lisa and Kim.  "Let's go," she
mentioned.
     "Huh?" I said cleverly.
     She gave me a look.  "I have to go fix my makeup."
     "Aga- oh."  Meaning, bathroom required.

***
15:55 14 Mar

     Luckily, they weren't too far away.  It was amazing how fast Debbie
could walk when she had to get somewhere.  I got the feeling she might
have waited a little longer than optimum.

***
15:58 14 Mar

     "No, it looks good on you," Mike was assuring Kim when Debbie came
out.  She smiled at me, and rolled her eyes.
     "Uh, Tuck?"  Kim sounded seriously worried, but when I looked at
her she was staring over Mike's shoulder.  "It's Travis, and he's coming
this way..."
     Time seemed to stretch at that moment, for a long long moment of
fear.  I went through one of those moments of mental temporal dilation,
where it just went on and on and on for way too long but it was too
short to actually move or do anything.
     Debbie grabbed my arm and dragged me into the girl's bathroom
before I could do more than squeak in surprise.
     When we went in, a few girls kind of looked up, but Lisa's eyes
almost popped out of her head when she saw me.  "Travis!" Debbie hissed
at her, and kept pulling me towards the stalls.
     "What are you gonna do?" I whispered, afraid to know.  Debbie just
snarled in my ear, "Take your shirt off!" and shoved me into a stall.  I
heard someone complain as she got in the one next to me and slammed the
door.
     *Don't waste time, she has a plan,* I thought.  I decided I trusted
her to save me.  So I started grappling with my clothes as fast as I
could.  When I had everything up top off, I looked around, wondering
what to do next, when her foot kicked the partition.  I looked down, and
she was holding a bra just off the floor.  "Holy Moses," I mentioned.
It was all clear to me now.
     I slowly reached down and took the bra out of her hand.  As soon as
I did, her hand disappeared for an instant, and reappeared with a fake
boob.

***
16:02 14 Mar

     I came out of the stall, much bigger in the cleavage than when I
went in.  Debbie didn't waste any time, she just grabbed me and pulled
me over to the sink.  I guessed we weren't going to have another makeup
lesson today.
     Nope.  She acted like she was going for the world's speed record,
with Lisa caddying stuff.

***
16:04 14 Mar

     "I'll get my hair," I told her.  "You go out and help stall."  They
gave me identical looks of skepticism, but I made an urgent face at them
and gave them a push towards the door.
     Lisa slowly turned around, pulling Debbie, then turned back around
suddenly.  "Oh, I almost took your purse with me," she giggled fakely.
I took it out of her hands, and of course, it had a hairbrush and spray
in it.
     "No sweat," I said.  Debbie made an "Oh, boy, I hope you're right"
face, and they both left.  I heard Travis saying something as the door
opened.  "No sweat," I whispered to myself as my palms got wet.

***
16:06 14 Mar

     "Oh, hi Travis!" I said as nicely as I could manage, like it was a
surprise to see him there.
     Mike and Kim just looked at me, identical blank expressions on
their faces.  I thought, *They make a great couple.*
     "Hey, Val," Travis said, staring at me.
     Pause.
     "I was doing housecleaning today, I just came out when everyone
showed up at my house," I explained, shrugging.  It was close to true,
even.  Always keep the lies as simple as possible, I always said.
"That's why I look like this," I said, looking down and tugging at my
jeans.
     "Oh," he said, and nodded.  "I hate doing housework," he mentioned.
     "So," asked Lisa, "what have you been up to today?"

***
16:34 14 Mar

     Debbie and Lisa weren't finished shopping yet.  Oh God.
     "Aren't you gonna try anything on?" suggested Travis.
     "Uh, I-"
     "Oh, yeah, she needs some more stuff anyway!" Kim told him, and
grabbed my arm.  Mike put both hands over his mouth and turned away.

***
16:41 14 Mar

     "She is just a vengeful bitch," I told the mirror in the dressing
room.  I wasn't really serious, though.  It was just a pain.

***
16:43 14 Mar

     "Oh yeah, it looks good on you," Travis said, and Mike and Kim
nodded.  Friends.
     "I especially like the skirt, you have such great legs," Kim added.
Mike elbowed her subtly.

***
16:54 14 Mar

     "Oh, uh, I gotta get home," Travis mentioned, and I just barely
managed to restrain a scream of joy.
     What I said instead was, "Oh, well, okay," which I thought was
pretty good under the circumstances.

***
16:57 14 Mar

     "You might as well stay like that," Lisa mentioned, "since you have
to go out tonight anyway."
     Mike gaped for a second.  "With him?" he finally shrieked as he
slammed the pieces together in his mind.  "Again?!"
     Lisa gave him an I am going to drop you dead with one insult look.
"What, are you jealous?"

***
17:06 14 Mar

     Victoria's Secret.  Oh boy.  What the hell were they doing in here
anyway?
     Then it hit me; *Hey, I can go and watch them change.*  That made
things look a lot better.  I liked seeing Debbie in her underwear for
pretty much the same reason I liked seeing her naked - the novelty.
     "Gonna buy something, Val?" Mike asked, and Kim snorted.
     Debbie leaned close and whispered, "You know, I bet we could find
something that would make you look soooo sexy..."  Then she blew into my
ear.  I got the impression that she liked the idea.  I liked the idea of
her liking the idea.
     When she pulled back, we smiled at each other.  Even though I hurt.

***
17:09 14 Mar

     I was looking through the drawers at interesting bras when Kim and
Mike bumped me on either side.  "Wha-" I said as they each grabbed an
arm and started walking me towards the back.
     "It's Danny Linhart and her boyfriend," Kim told us.  Danielle was
of a clique that included Tina, and they were not friendly to the Pack.
     Debbie's eyes flashed on me, then she snapped something at Lisa and
started walking to the back at Mach one.
     Kim and Mike let go of me when I got the point, and I headed back
to wherever Debbie was going.
     It was into the changing area.  *Oh, no, not again...*
     Then I saw Julia, leaning against a stall door.  She had the same
look on her face that I felt right then.  *Oh, shit, not now!* I thought
desperately, but I didn't have time to do more than wave and pray she
would disappear.
     Debbie waved me urgently into a stall.

***
17:11 14 Mar

     There was a thumping in the stall next to us, and then a camera
flash.  I looked up, almost panicked, and it was Lisa, just disappearing
back down into her stall.
     "Lisa, stop it!" Debbie hissed.  We were about halfway done,
although at least I had my back to it when she took the shot.

***
17:13 14 Mar

     Debbie pushed me out of the changing stall, leaving me really
confused as well as boobless, and shut the door behind me.  I was going
to look at what had come flying over the partition and she had pressed
into my hand, when Danny came into the back with a couple of things that
looked like silk.  I hoped I wasn't holding the same thing she was
holding.
     "Ahhh!" she gasped when she saw me standing there.  "Tucker, you
pervert, what are you doing in here?"  Julia was still leaning against a
stall door.  I could only hope she liked me more than she liked Danny.
     Before I could even come up with a good answer, Lisa opened the
door to her stall and walked out.  "Hey, hon, what d'you think?" she
asked me.  She was wearing something that covered her from breasts to
crotch with lots of fluffy lace.  It made me hurt, just looking at it.
It wouldn't have normally, except I was getting more and more sore as
time went on, like a bad case of chafing or something.
     I must've groaned, because she got this momentary puzzled look on
her face.  "I still hurt from yesterday," I mentioned, and she went
ahhhh and nodded.  I think I heard Julia gasp from behind me.
     "Who's this?" Danny asked me with fake sincerity.
     "Oh, Lisa, this is Danielle Linhart, she goes to my school-"
     "Call me Danny," she interrupted.  Lisa just smiled graciously.
     "Danny, this is Lisa Steiner."  Lying about her last name couldn't
do anything but help.  "She's a good friend of mine."  Lisa gave me a
warm smile, and winked at me.  *Oh, brother,* I thought, but I couldn't
help grinning back.
     They sort of waved at each other, then Danny focused on me again.
     "Oh, I thought you were dating Debbie?" she said, sounding just
perfectly innocent.  I knew, though, she was planning to make trouble
with it.  I'd watched the Pack operate a few too many times over the
last few months to get taken in by this tactic.
     "Debbie?" asked Lisa back, sort of frowning, like she wasn't sure
who Danny was talking about.
     "Debbie?" Julia repeated, like she wasn't sure what Danny had
said.
     "You called?" chirped Debbie.  I turned around to look, and she
must've been standing on the bench in the stall, because she was sort of
leaning over the door.  She had nothing on all the way down to her
cleavage, which was as far as I could see.  "Oh, hi Danny!"
     When I turned back to Danny, she was staring at Debbie like she
couldn't believe what she was seeing.  I was glad I didn't have to try
out the story about Lisa helping me find stuff for an anniversary
present for Debbie, since I'd already given her one at the six month
mark a few weeks ago.  Her squealing had made it rather noticeable to
anyone around during lunchtime.  I guess the dozen roses and box of
Ghiardelli chocolates was the right idea.
     Kim glided in behind Danny.  "Oh, hi Danny!" she said, in the same
tone of voice Debbie had used, "nice to see you again!"  She was carrying
something black.  Danny twitched and turned around.  Kim sailed into
another changing stall and shut the door.
     Pause.  I saw Julia bite her lip.
     "So what do you think?" Lisa asked me.
     "Oh, I-" I started to say.
     "It looks just FABulous on you," Debbie told her.  Lisa looked over
at me.  She raised her eyebrows in a question.
     "Fantastic," was all I could say.  "Get that one."
     "Great," Julia added.
     Lisa smiled at me, and came over and kissed me on the cheek.
"Whatever makes you happy," she stage whispered, a little loud.
     I stuck my head really close to her ear, kissed her once on the
neck, and whispered back, except quietly, "Don't overdo it."
     Lisa giggled, pushed me away, and walked back into her stall and
shut the door.
     Since there were only four stalls, Danny had to wait.  With me.
And Julia.  I gave Danny a modest smile and shrugged.  She just stared.
Julia bit her lip some more and stared at the wall.
     Kim poked her head out of her stall.  "Hey, Tuck, could you go get
Mike?"
     "Oh, sure," I said, glad of something to do.  I took a couple of
steps, saw Mike watching anxiously, and waved him in.  He walked in
slowly, like he was afraid of finding a dead body he'd have to help me
get rid of or something.
     "Mike?" asked Kim over the door.
     "Uh, yeah?"
     Instead of saying anything else, she came out of the stall.  She
was definitely not fat.  And black was her color, especially in
lingerie.  It went well with the pink blush she had going.
     I thought Mike's eyes were going to fall out.  "Whatcha think?" Kim
asked, like she did this all the time.
     "Oh, great!" I said when it seemed like Mike was paralyzed.
     She turned around and glared at me.  "Tuck, I really appreciate the
interest, but don't you think four is a bit much?"
     Pause.  I wondered who number three was supposed to be.
     "Yeah," added Mike, catching on.  Or acting like it.  "Go get
number four elsewhere."  He was still staring at Kim.
     "Don't look at me, I already have a boyfriend," added Julia.
     "Me too!" Danny agreed hastily.
     I just shrugged, and smiled at Danny.  "Don't know what you're
missing," I told her.
     Everyone managed to keep a straight face, until Debbie and Lisa
started laughing from inside the stalls.  Two hands came up and high
fived each other over the partition.

***
17:20 14 Mar

     "I'll buy it," I told Lisa.  "Anything for you ladies."
     "Buy mine?" Kim asked Mike.  Mike flinched, but I think it was a
happy flinch.
     Julia waved at us as all five of us walked out towards the
counter.

***
18:01 14 Mar

     "You know," Mike mentioned to me as Debbie and Lisa were window
shopping, "that Danny is gonna talk about that when she gets back to
school on Monday."
     "About that, with the girls?"  He nodded.  "I know," I chortled.
"E.W. Tucker, stud muffin!  Fame is mine at last...  Hey, and you too,
or did you forget what Kim did?"
     "Do you think she meant that?" Mike asked.  I shrugged.  "No, come
on, you hang with 'em all the time, you gotta know something..."

***
18:26 14 Mar

     We were engaged in laughing ourselves sick doing the recap over a
light snack in the Food Court, when Lisa wiped her eyes, blinked, and
groaned, "Oh, God, this can't be happening!"
     I was half expecting it when Debbie and Lisa grabbed me and started
towards the bathroom.  Behind us, I heard Kim gasp, "No way!" and Mike
replied, "Believe it.  Anything is possible around this bunch..."

***
18:34 14 Mar

     I stared at myself in the mirror.  "I don't believe this is
happening," I told myself.  I looked really freaked out.
     "Oh, God," mentioned Debbie.
     "At least you got another bra," Lisa pointed out.
     I was wearing it.  "Oh, God," I said.

***
18:35 14 Mar

     "Oh, hi Travis," I said, and smiled.
     He gave me a sort of concerned look.  "You look tired, are you
okay?"
     "Uh, yeah, fine," I lied.  "I thought you were going home?"
     "Oh, uh," he looked kind of embarrassed.  "I was supposed to get
something for my mom, and I forgot to actually get it when I was here
last."
     Debbie and Kim, out of his line of sight, both tried desperately to
not laugh.

***
19:04 14 Mar

     Everyone was looking really wiped out, except Travis, the jerk.  He
looked like he was having a normal life lately.  I dully hated him for
it.
     I leaned over to Debbie and mentioned, "If I have to go through
this again today I'm gonna kill myself."  She just nodded, like the idea
had occurred to her too.

***
19:11 14 Mar

     "Look, she's gotta go home and change and stuff, how about you meet
her at my place about, oh, nine?" Lisa suggested to Travis.

***
19:17 14 Mar

     "Okay, Lisa, go and drop us off at your place, then go drop them
off at Tuck's so they can get their cars, then come back here, we should
have everything together by then."  Debbie looked around for any
disagreement.
     "Sounds like a plan," agreed Mike.

***
19:46 14 Mar

     "Oh, God, I gotta sit down for a minute," I gasped as I dragged
myself onto Lisa's bed.
     "Don't wrinkle anything," Debbie warned.

***
20:04 14 Mar

     "Awwwww," chorused three voices, and there was a camera flash.  I
started, as did Debbie, and we both looked over at the doorway to the
bedroom.  Lisa, Mike, and Kim were standing there.  Lisa was holding the
camera.  "You two look so cute together," Lisa cooed.  I wondered when
Debbie had crawled up on the bed next to me.
     Debbie just turned back to face me, and snuggled against me.  Lisa
waved at me, shooed the other two out, and shut the door.
     I kissed Debbie on the forehead, which was the only place I could
reach.  She smiled at me, and we rearranged ourselves so she was closer
to my face, and I had my arms around her.  We kissed each other, and she
closed her eyes.  It seemed like an excellent idea to me.

***


"But what is a duck doing bowling?" - elf


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