Fabulous Five 009 - The Boyfriend Dilemma Read Free Page B

The Fabulous Five as they stood at their favorite spot by the school
fence the next morning.
    "Why did he do that?" asked Melanie.
    "So they'd notice him," responded Beth. "I'm
thinking of doing something like that when I try out for the school play."
    "Have you thought about going dressed as an Indian?"
asked Jana. "It was lucky for you when Brain Damage was in town."
    "It was lucky for all of us," said
Christie. "I thought I'd die when Trevor Morgan asked us to come up onto
the stage during their concert."
    "No, I don't think an Indian would work," said
Beth. "It has to fit the play. I wish I could just count on my brain like
you can, Christie, for the Super Quiz team."
    "That's easy for you to say," responded Christie. "But
if I make it, it will be because Curtis, Whitney, and Melissa have had their
brains freeze-dried."
    "I heard that Trumbull has a real brain on their
team," Melanie said. "His name is Rodney Cox and he's awfully
arrogant. He never misses a question."
    "He's one of the Trumbull guys we saw at the mall last
week," said Katie. "You remember. They followed us and said those
nasty things about Wacko girls being wacko. He was the tall one with curly red
hair."
    "I know the one you mean," said Jana. "He
looked kind of like a nerd."
    "That's him, all right," answered Katie.
    "Well, they haven't met the Wacko team yet," said
Beth. "Christie and the others will wipe him out. Especially since the
match is going to be at Wakeman."
    "We'll be pulling for you," added Jana. "The
walk-through is this afternoon, isn't it? What's Mr. Neal going to do then?"
    "He's going to show us how the contests are going to
work. How to push the buzzer and all that kind of stuff," answered
Christie. "I know you all will be pulling for me. I appreciate it, too."
    "Did Jon come over again after school?" asked
Beth.
    "Well, no . . . I don't think Jon is very happy with me
right now."
    The others looked surprised.
    "Did you have a fight?" asked Melanie.
    "No. But Jon asked me if I was going to Bumpers, and I
told him that I had to go home and study. He asked if he could walk me home,
and I said I'd rather he didn't, I was in a hurry. Then I ran into Tim Riggs when
I came out of Mr. Bell's office and dropped my books. You know, really ran into Tim—POW! Anyway, Tim picked them up for me and was still carrying them
when we went out the front door."
    "Well," said Beth. "What's wrong with that?
Tim's cute."
    "Jon was standing outside by the gum tree when Tim and
I came out," Christie said, making a face.
    "Oooh," said Jana. "Not good."
    "That sounds like trouble," said Melanie. "What
did he say?"
    "Nothing. He just turned and walked away."
    "That's the worst thing he could have done," said
Beth.
    "What are you going to do?" asked Jana. The school
bell rang at that instant.
    "Why should she do anything?" asked Katie as they
headed for class. "She hasn't done anything wrong."
    "I'll tell you more later," said Christie as they
joined the crow d of kids moving into the building.
    Christie rushed to her first class and opened her book for a
few extra minutes of study.
     
    "Okay, tell us all, " Melanie said to
Christie as The Fabulous Five put their lunch trays down at their usual table
in the cafeteria. "You know how I love soap operas."
    "Your whole life is a soap opera," said Katie.
Melanie stuck her tongue out at her.
    "There's really not much more to tell," said
Christie. "I like Jon a lot. Besides you guys, he's my very best friend.
We talk about everything."
    "You talk about everything ? "
squealed Beth.
    Christie's face turned red. "Well, not everything ,
silly. But almost everything. I feel as if he's my friend. I'd like to keep it
that way, but I don't know how I can and not be romantic."
    "You do have a problem," interjected Jana. "Especially
since you have been dating. There aren't many boys that want to be best friends with girls and not get romantic and vice versa."
    "I agree," said Katie. "If you like a guy
well enough to be best