Doo-Wop on Ice (CHAPTER THREE) BY JENN WEBSTER
Later in the day, Cassie then led Derek to a basement that would be the living quarters at the high school; Cassie then gives him school supplies while telling him, “Now, Derek, you know the rules: you have to be on time for all of the classes in the school, and must pay attention to all of the lessons that the teachers will provide. If you succeed, you shall remain in the school; if you fail, you shall be expelled. Do you understand?” “I understand,” replied Derek, “but you must also understand that I did not get that blond pregnant! I saw her stomach, and I saw that…” “Good night…DJ!” said Cassie as she left in a huff, leaving Derek alone with the school supplies and the school schedule.
The next morning, Derek was in the homeroom class with its teacher, Ms. Laurie; she announced, “Good morning, class…Now, will you please open your history books to page 363…” Once Derek heard this, he pulled out the history book and turned to page 363; although he tried to pay attention to the lesson, he found himself thinking about Cassie, the girl who had walked out just as he was about to propose to her! He then pulled out a comic book and placed the open pages over the history book, reading it as the history class continued. Ms. Laurie saw this and gave Derek a low score of –30.
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At her parents’ home that night, Cassie was dressing up and getting ready for bed when she heard singing outside. She looked out the window and saw Derek singing Doo-Wop with a backup group of singers he had himself hired from the high school’s janitorial unit! Derek and his backup singing group sang a beautiful song as a serenade to Cassie. After they finished their musical performance, Cassie walked away from the window for a moment, then went back out the window with a huge bucket of water and threw it at Derek and his janitors! Derek, now soaked, grunted and walked away.
The following day, Derek is led by Cassie to a swimming pool, and she introduces him to a group of female swimmers, instead of male ones! Cassie then instructed Derek to swim to the back of the swimming pool and back again three times. Derek understood, and then the girls got ready for their swim by position while Derek himself tried his best to position himself! The swim teacher blew the whistle, and then, as the young women went into the pool, Derek made a big splash as he fell stupidly into the pool! Both the women and Derek swim to the back of the pool, but as the ladies start swimming back to the front, Derek begins splashing stupidly as he swims back to the front himself!
Later that night, while at the basement of the school, Derek got a visit from his boss; Derek’s boss tells him, “Oh, Derek, I have been looking all over for you! You were supposed to go to New York with me to produce our ice show at Madison Square Garden! Instead, I see you in such a ridiculous high school outfit! What in the world is wrong with you?!” “Well, it’s a long story,” Derek replied, “and it has something to do with Cassie. A guy’s got to do something to win his love back, can he?” Then Derek told a short version of his story about how he enrolled himself in this high school just to win Cassie back. Then Derek handed some schoolbooks to his boss and asked, “Say, can you do me a favor and finish those high school lessons for me?” Derek’s boss smiled and replied, “Well, anything to get you out of a jam, I shall do it!” Then Derek said goodbye to his boss for now as his boss headed back to his hotel room.
