It was a bright and sunny morning at West Roswell Elementary. Maria was
waiting for Liz and Alex in front of the school. She had promised Liz the
day before that she wouldn't get dirty before school started and she
couldn't keep that promise unless they showed up before Michael did.
So much for promises, she thought as he approached her.
"Hello and good morning," Michael breathed in her face.
"Eww! Banana breath!" Maria exclaimed disgustedly, "Brush much?"
Michael grinned evilly and yanked on one of her curls.
"Okay Ape boy, you asked for it!" Maria shouted as she tore across the
playground after him.
"Come and get me Dog breath," he called back.
"I'm going to make you eat those words Mickey Guerin!" she promised.
"I'm shaking in my shoes DeLoco!" he taunted.
Maria finally caught up with Michael and punched him hard in the arm. His
eyes narrowed and he tacked her. They both landed in the mud.
"Get off me," Maria complained, "You weigh a ton."
"You know, this shade of brown rather becomes you Miss Mudpie," he said
caking another handful of mud on her head.
"Get your knee out of my thigh," she said trying to push him off of her.
"Okay, okay," he said rolling off of her.
"Maria!" Liz scolded, "You promised."
"He started it!" Maria claimed sitting up and pointing at Michael.
Michael scowled at her and pushed her back into the mud. She squealed and
threw herself on him pinning him to the ground. Liz rolled her eyes. There
was no use trying to keep Maria clean. She spotted Alex across the
playground and decided to join him, leaving Michael and Maria to their never
ending battle/ flirt fest.
"I'll make a bet with you," Maria said.
"What kind of bet?" he asked.
"If you win round two of mud wrestling, I'll give you five bucks,"she
offered.
"And if you win?"
"You have to sing with me at karoki night tonight at the Crashdown."
This was too easy. "You've got yourself a bet."
"You're going down Guerin," she warned. |