Chapter 3: Girls' Adventure

CHAPTER 3: GIRLS' ADVENTURE

Deedee's mother came into the upstairs family room and observed Deedee sleeping on the couch. She sat down next to her and began to gently stroke her hair.

"Wake up, Deedee, wake up", sang Mrs. Ryevalley, "It's past your dinnertime, and you need to wake up". As Deedee gradually regained consciousness, she began to open her eyes.

“Oh, Mom! I just had the most fantastic dream . . . .", cried Deedee.

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Sixteen year old David Rosenthal was a loner. A quiet and unassuming boy, he never cared to talk to or be with other children or teens, and other teens never cared much for him. He did like to read, however, so it was not surprising that he found many worlds and many friends inside the pages of books. He especially liked to read manga translated into English. Nearly every Saturday afternoon, he would walk to the neighborhood Wendy's hamburger restaurant for lunch, and to spend time reading at his table afterward . This Saturday, the Saturday after the cold and chilly Sunday, was no exception. He took a seat at his favorite single table, and after lunch was eaten, began to read a new manga that he just bought titled Majitora! by Japanese mangaka writer and artist Yutaka Kashii.

About halfway through the first chapter, David was distracted by three girls who had brought their food trays to the booth that was directly across the aisle from his table. He recognized them immediately. The tall girl with the short black hair was Darla Ryevalley, wearing a polo shirt and skinny jeans. The one with the long purple/lavender hair was Sherry Ormsby. She was wearing an expensive black real leather jacket, and Diesel designer jeans. The third girl was really attractive, with pigtails of delicate pink hair held up with ribbons. She was Mazie VanDeGraff, and she had on a faded yellow My Little Pony T-shirt, and a light blue pleated mini-skirt, showing her bare legs. They noisily made their way to their booth, laughing and giggling about who knows what.

The two girls sat down and began to unwrap their food. Still standing, Sherry removed her leather jacket before sitting down, revealing bare shoulders and a sparkly, shiny silver tube top. She sat down with her food tray, just as Mazie cried---

“Yuck! My burger has mustard on it, and I don't like mustard!"

“Fer real?” ,replied Sherry. “Why don't you trade with me? You can have my chicken sandwich.”

“My burger already has a bite out of it, is that O.K?" asked Mazie with big, mournful pink eyes.

“ That's O.K., I'll still eat it. " , said Sherry.

“ Hey guys!" Deedee broke in, " I believe that I now know how to beat Leonard at Chibi Chess. "

“Fer real?" ,exclaimed Sherry. The girls began talking in a low tone, as David returned to reading his manga.

After a while, David looked up after finishing a chapter, and saw the three girls intently fixed on several sheets of paper on the table.

" For this to work, we will need some sort of distraction", said Deedee.

" Like what?" asked Sherry. Deedee remarked that she remembered three clothing outfits that the young women and the little girl in her vivid dream wore. The conversation descended to whispers, as David began the next chapter.

Later, David was startled by Mazie squealing like a mouse caught in a trap. DeeDee was showing her a pencil drawing of something.

“Me? Me wear that? Me?” cried Mazie.

“OMG, Mazie, get real. You are already cute", replied Sherry.

“No, I'm not! I'm poor and ugly".

“Shoot ! You are already super cute. Believe me, this will make you super **uber cute**. "

“Ya ! *UBER cute!*" chimed in Deedee. After thinking for a moment, and looking at Sherry with her big 'anime girl' eyes, Mazie squealed again with delight.

“We can all walk to the mall and go shopping tomorrow, Sunday afternoon, since Leonard and his family are driving all the way to Indianapolis to watch the Indianapolis Reds play in their new baseball stadium. This will give us more time to get ready for the Chibi Chess game that we will have a week later", said Deedee.

“And I can pay for whatever we buy on the shopping trip", said Sherry, " I have my own credit cards now! "

“Now, Mazie, pay attention to the movement of the chess pieces", said Deedee as she grabbed another sheet of paper.

“Get back to reading”, told David to himself.

A couple of chapters later, he was distracted once again, as the three girls were laughing uncontrollably.

“Do you think Leonard will do that? Do you really think we can get him so distracted . . . . ?" ,questioned Sherry.

“It would be so amazingly cool if we could!" echoed Mazie.

“How funny", said Deedee, " And remember, Leonard is already easily distracted. He's like that at school! "

“I tell ya, this will be fun, really 'top-down' fun", said Sherry.

By now, David was miffed. All that noise and commotion ! He got up and walked across the dining room to a table on the other side and sat down.

“What is up with those girls?” thought David, " They must be planning something really spectacular! "

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