[Β©2011 BY CLINTON09; ALL CHARACTERS ARE OVER THE AGE OF 18 WITH IDENTITIES DISGUISED; FOR AGES 21 OR ABOVE]
[Nerdy Valedictorian guy and shy Salutatorian girl are hooked up as a joke by high school gossips on Valentine's Day.]
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Arnold was the archetypal 'nerd', with thick glasses, a 'nerd-pack' (calculator, mechanical pencil, cheap pen) in his top pocket, and the worst sense of style outside a square dance hall.
Cindy was the same thing in a dress. No self-respecting guy in school would ask her out. Shapeless dresses only highlighted an apparently shapeless Cindy. These two 18 year olds were dateless wonders; real losers. Just one thing though; they both had perfect 6.0 GPA's and could walk into any school up to and including the Ivy League, Stanford, Cal-Tech or the top dog: MIT.
All of the foregoing made these two persona non grata to the 'Lunchroom Crowd', a witch's coven of gossips and nags. The fact that these two had no social skills or sex appeal but might actually go somewhere and achieve something really pissed off the girls of the LC.
Well, this was Valentine's Day (next week) of their senior year. A little 'trick or treat' (well, mostly trick) never hurt anyone...
The girls of the LC were nothing if not thorough...if thoroughly mean. They knew that Arnold pined for the attentions of Kristen, a blonde goddess, high school prom queen, cheerleader, and (coincidentally) unofficial head of the LC.
They also knew that Cindy was all teary-eyed over Frank, the star quarterback of the team. These two 'crushes' of the nerds for students miles above them in the social world made the LC mob titter with glee. They had Gail, another LC member, put in calls to the two nerds as they listened in to the iPhone:
Gail: "Is this Arnold? Oh, good. My name is Gail, a friend of Kristen. She has had a secret crush on you for years. No, really... Anyway, she wants to meet you, Valentine's Day, at the Hyatt. You can get a key at the desk, come in, take off your clothes and get comfortable. She will put on quite a show for you."
Gail hung up. The LC witches were rolling on the floor with laughter. Well, the second installment was coming up; Gail went back to the fray.
Gail: "Hello, Cindy. You don't know me but I'm a study partner with Frank. He's always admired you for your brains; he says he's sick of the shallow cheerleaders. He says their big boobs and silky thighs don't hold a candle to your beautiful mind. Anyway, he wants to meet you at the Hyatt this Valentine's Day. Just go to the desk and pick-up the key and a gift he got for you. You'll know what to do."
Even more laughter; the girls high-fived Gail for a job well done. Now they just had to pay for that room, tell the hotel reception clerks what to say, and give them the Teddy Bare package (a baby doll nightie sold for V-Day for girlfriends and wives.)
Arnold couldn't believe this was happening. Valentine's Day was a Saturday this year so he had all day to get ready. Unknown to the LC crowd, he had just received his contact lens prescription. Putting them on and dumping the coke bottle lens glasses removed 90% of the nerd stigma; dumping the nerd-pack finished the job.
He had a new iTablet which did math, sent messages, etc. His mom helped out, lining up a Halston outfit which transformed him into a 'man about town', or at least somebody cooler than Ron Howard.
For her part, Cindy was also trying to transform herself for the 'dream' date. Just because she wore shapeless dresses didn't mean she was shapeless. She actually had a wonderful figure. She had a very modest 33C bust, but she was slim with a firm bum and shapely legs, though no one in public had ever seen them. She only had the 'Olive Oyl' type of outfit so she went to the hotel dressed in the same dreary way.
At the hotel, scattered across the vast lower mezzanine lobby beneath the gorgeous atrium, were the entire mob from the LC. They just couldn't miss this, the greatest prank in school history. Sure enough, Cindy arrived.
She got a magnetic key AND a package from Teddy Bare. Up the glass elevator she went to the top floor room the LC witches' coven had arranged for. In the gift card was an explanation for her to get into the outfit and hide in the bathroom when he (Frank?) arrived.