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fardell24At lunchtime Sandi entered the cafeteria to find a crowd, of both sexes, sitting around that geek, Quinn, at one of the 'popular' tables. She stopped in her tracks, causing her fellow Fashion Club member, Tiffany Blum-Deckler, to crash into her.
“What is up, Sandi?” Tiffany asked, when she had recovered from the collision. 'She usually watches where she is going,' she thought.
“That geek, like, appears to be popular! How is this happening to me?” Sandi asked, with anger. She glared at Quinn (or tried to, people were getting in the way).
“What geek?” Tiffany asked, clueless.
“Quinn Morgendorffer!”
“The new girl?” Tiffany asked.
“Yes, Tiffany!” Sandi said.
“People were talking to her in Science and in Study Hall,” Tiffany said. 'I couldn't understand most of what she said. Something to do with computers,' she thought.
“Great!” Sandi said as she started moving again.
Quinn was talking to her new friends, Kristen and Cindy, about the Computer Club and the Programming club, as they ate lunch. “So you know Andrea, right?” she asked as she pointed to Andrea Hecuba's name on the information sheet for the Programming Club.
“I do. I must warn you, she is a misanthrope,” Kristen Bell said.
“Oh?” Quinn asked as she took a slice of tofu off the plate.
“Like, she is not much for company. They say that she is a hacker,” Cindy Robinson said.
“That reminds me of my sister. She is quite a misanthrope. I don't think she is a hacker,” Quinn said, whimsically.
Kristen looked at Quinn “I think I saw her. Auburn hair, big glasses, neutral expression, ...”
“That's her, Daria. Anyway, Andrea's a sophomore, right?” Quinn said, interrupting.
“Yes, she's a sophomore,” Kristen said.
“So we will have to wait until after school to talk to her,” Quinn said. She took out the other sheet. Kristen and Cindy looked at it.
“Jodie's a sophomore too,” Kristen said. Quinn slumped into her seat.
“What about the vice presidents?” she asked.
Cindy and Kristen looked at the sheets.
“I don't know this 'Dewey Rogers' but Burnout Girl's a sophomore too,” Cindy said.
“I don't know 'Dewey Rogers' either,” Kristen said.
“Burnout Girl?” Quinn asked, confused.
“A nickname. They say that she is into weed,” Kristen said, whispering the last word.
“Eeewww!” Quinn said.
“My reaction exactly. Anyway we could go to the Landon's and then to the Hecuba's after school,” Kristen said.
“Count me out. Andrea gives me the creeps,” Cindy said.
“She is not that creepy,” Kristen said.
“I don't want to go to Andrea's place, ok,” Cindy said.
“That's OK, right, Kristen?” Quinn asked.
“That's OK. Quinn and I will go to Jodie's and Andrea's after school.” Kristen said.
“OK,” Cindy said.
“The brown Nissan Pulsar parked in front of a large house with a brown roof. “Here it is, the Landon's,” Kristen's brother, Keith, said.
“Thanks!” Quinn said as she got out.
“I will give you a call when we're finished,” Kristen said.
“As long as it is after 6. My shift at Cluster Burger finishes then,” Keith said.
“That's cool,” Kristen said.
“If we're finished by then we'll walk. I need to learn Lawndale's layout anyway,” Quinn said.
“That's cool,” Keith said, before he drove off.
Quinn rang the Landon's doorbell. A pre-teen African American girl came to the door. “Hi, are you here for Jodie?” she asked.
“Yes, I am Quinn Morgendorffer, a new student at Lawndale High. I'm really interested in joining the club that Jodie is president of.”
“I'm Kristen Bell, Quinn's friend.”
“I'm her sister, Rachel. You mean a club that she is President of.”
“You mean that she's the president of more than one club?” Quinn asked. 'She must be really popular, an overachiever or both,' she thought.
“Yes,” Rachel said, as if stating the obvious.
“I forgot to tell you, Jodie has a large extracurricular load,” Kristen said, apologetically.
“Could have told me that,” Quinn said playfully.
“Follow me,” Rachel said, leading the other two into the house.
Jodie Landon and her boyfriend Michael 'Mack' McKenzie were doing homework when Rachel lead Quinn and Kristen to the Landon's den.
“Visitors for you, Jodie,” Rachel said, before leaving.
“Kristen Bell, right? Why are you here?” Jodie said, looking up from her homework.
“Actually, I am accompanying Quinn here,” Kristen said.
“Quinn Morgendorffer,” she said, indicating herself. “I'm new at Lawndale and I would like to be a member of the Computer Club.”
Jodie's expression was unreadable.
“Morgendorffer, where else have I heard that name today?” Mack mused.
“Oh yeah, do you know a Daria Morgendorffer?” Jodie asked.
“Yeah, she is my sister,” Quinn said. “Isn't she weird?”
“Could have said that your sister was a sophomore,” Kristen said.
“Didn't come up,” Quinn said, shrugging. “Anyhow, Computer Club membership?”
“Sorry, Quinn. I don't handle the membership applications for the Computer Club. Jennifer does,” Jodie said.
“Oh?” Quinn asked.
“I am sure that Kristen has told you that I have a large extracurricular load?” Jodie asked.
“Yeah, when your sister mentioned that you were president of more than one club,” Quinn said.
“I am president of four clubs, vice president of three more, a member of even more, and involved in the school paper, the student council and the yearbook committee. So you see, I have to delegate,” Jodie said.
“OK,” Quinn said.
“So, do you know where Jennifer lives?” Kristen asked.
“I do have her address, somewhere. I'll go up to my room and get it,” Jodie said. She left.
“So you want to join the Computer Club?” Mack asked.
“Yeah, and the Programming Club. Programming stuff is very cool! Except when there are bugs, but I enjoy the challenge of solving them. Many of the special characters are cute,” Quinn said.
“I see,” Mack said.
Jodie re-entered the den carrying a piece of paper, which she gave to Quinn. “That is Jennifer's address. You should be able to join the club.”
“Cool. But how are we going to get there? Kristen's brother had to go to work,” Quinn said, thinking.
“I could drive you, I was about to leave anyway,” Mack said.
“Cool!” Quinn said.
Fifteen minutes later, Mack pulled up his white Plymouth Valiant in front of a small two story house with a ramshackle yard. Quinn and Kristen got out.
“Eeeewww!” Quinn said.
“They say that her mother works double shifts at the hospital to meet the mortgage repayments,” Mack said as he got out of the car.
Quinn was in thought.
Kristen rang the doorbell. Soon afterwards the door was opened by a teen with long blonde hair which covered one side of her face.
“Hi, Mack. What brings you and your friends here?” she asked in a soft and relaxed voice.
“Somebody would like to join the Computer Club and Jodie said that you handle the membership applications,” Mack said.
Jennifer was then in thought. “Oh, come right in, please don't mind the mess,” she said.
A few minutes later, Mack, Kristen and Quinn were sitting at a breakfast bar as Jennifer served them diet sodas.
“So, you are Quinn Morgendorffer right? I heard about the new freshman geek, but I had to see for myself,” Jennifer said.
“Yeah,” Quinn said.
“Your sister is a sophomore, right?” Jennifer said.
“She isn't popular, is she?” Quinn asked.
“There is no way she could become popular, with that attitude of her's,” Jennifer said.
“Thank goodness,” Quinn said.
“That's not the way I would have put it,” Mack said, responding to Jennifer.
Jennifer shrugged. “Anyway, when she came into history class, Mr DeMartino asked her about Manifest Destiny.”
“What did she say?” Quinn asked, eager for any dirt on her sister.
Jennifer began to explain what occurred in History class...
“What is up, Sandi?” Tiffany asked, when she had recovered from the collision. 'She usually watches where she is going,' she thought.
“That geek, like, appears to be popular! How is this happening to me?” Sandi asked, with anger. She glared at Quinn (or tried to, people were getting in the way).
“What geek?” Tiffany asked, clueless.
“Quinn Morgendorffer!”
“The new girl?” Tiffany asked.
“Yes, Tiffany!” Sandi said.
“People were talking to her in Science and in Study Hall,” Tiffany said. 'I couldn't understand most of what she said. Something to do with computers,' she thought.
“Great!” Sandi said as she started moving again.
Quinn was talking to her new friends, Kristen and Cindy, about the Computer Club and the Programming club, as they ate lunch. “So you know Andrea, right?” she asked as she pointed to Andrea Hecuba's name on the information sheet for the Programming Club.
“I do. I must warn you, she is a misanthrope,” Kristen Bell said.
“Oh?” Quinn asked as she took a slice of tofu off the plate.
“Like, she is not much for company. They say that she is a hacker,” Cindy Robinson said.
“That reminds me of my sister. She is quite a misanthrope. I don't think she is a hacker,” Quinn said, whimsically.
Kristen looked at Quinn “I think I saw her. Auburn hair, big glasses, neutral expression, ...”
“That's her, Daria. Anyway, Andrea's a sophomore, right?” Quinn said, interrupting.
“Yes, she's a sophomore,” Kristen said.
“So we will have to wait until after school to talk to her,” Quinn said. She took out the other sheet. Kristen and Cindy looked at it.
“Jodie's a sophomore too,” Kristen said. Quinn slumped into her seat.
“What about the vice presidents?” she asked.
Cindy and Kristen looked at the sheets.
“I don't know this 'Dewey Rogers' but Burnout Girl's a sophomore too,” Cindy said.
“I don't know 'Dewey Rogers' either,” Kristen said.
“Burnout Girl?” Quinn asked, confused.
“A nickname. They say that she is into weed,” Kristen said, whispering the last word.
“Eeewww!” Quinn said.
“My reaction exactly. Anyway we could go to the Landon's and then to the Hecuba's after school,” Kristen said.
“Count me out. Andrea gives me the creeps,” Cindy said.
“She is not that creepy,” Kristen said.
“I don't want to go to Andrea's place, ok,” Cindy said.
“That's OK, right, Kristen?” Quinn asked.
“That's OK. Quinn and I will go to Jodie's and Andrea's after school.” Kristen said.
“OK,” Cindy said.
“The brown Nissan Pulsar parked in front of a large house with a brown roof. “Here it is, the Landon's,” Kristen's brother, Keith, said.
“Thanks!” Quinn said as she got out.
“I will give you a call when we're finished,” Kristen said.
“As long as it is after 6. My shift at Cluster Burger finishes then,” Keith said.
“That's cool,” Kristen said.
“If we're finished by then we'll walk. I need to learn Lawndale's layout anyway,” Quinn said.
“That's cool,” Keith said, before he drove off.
Quinn rang the Landon's doorbell. A pre-teen African American girl came to the door. “Hi, are you here for Jodie?” she asked.
“Yes, I am Quinn Morgendorffer, a new student at Lawndale High. I'm really interested in joining the club that Jodie is president of.”
“I'm Kristen Bell, Quinn's friend.”
“I'm her sister, Rachel. You mean a club that she is President of.”
“You mean that she's the president of more than one club?” Quinn asked. 'She must be really popular, an overachiever or both,' she thought.
“Yes,” Rachel said, as if stating the obvious.
“I forgot to tell you, Jodie has a large extracurricular load,” Kristen said, apologetically.
“Could have told me that,” Quinn said playfully.
“Follow me,” Rachel said, leading the other two into the house.
Jodie Landon and her boyfriend Michael 'Mack' McKenzie were doing homework when Rachel lead Quinn and Kristen to the Landon's den.
“Visitors for you, Jodie,” Rachel said, before leaving.
“Kristen Bell, right? Why are you here?” Jodie said, looking up from her homework.
“Actually, I am accompanying Quinn here,” Kristen said.
“Quinn Morgendorffer,” she said, indicating herself. “I'm new at Lawndale and I would like to be a member of the Computer Club.”
Jodie's expression was unreadable.
“Morgendorffer, where else have I heard that name today?” Mack mused.
“Oh yeah, do you know a Daria Morgendorffer?” Jodie asked.
“Yeah, she is my sister,” Quinn said. “Isn't she weird?”
“Could have said that your sister was a sophomore,” Kristen said.
“Didn't come up,” Quinn said, shrugging. “Anyhow, Computer Club membership?”
“Sorry, Quinn. I don't handle the membership applications for the Computer Club. Jennifer does,” Jodie said.
“Oh?” Quinn asked.
“I am sure that Kristen has told you that I have a large extracurricular load?” Jodie asked.
“Yeah, when your sister mentioned that you were president of more than one club,” Quinn said.
“I am president of four clubs, vice president of three more, a member of even more, and involved in the school paper, the student council and the yearbook committee. So you see, I have to delegate,” Jodie said.
“OK,” Quinn said.
“So, do you know where Jennifer lives?” Kristen asked.
“I do have her address, somewhere. I'll go up to my room and get it,” Jodie said. She left.
“So you want to join the Computer Club?” Mack asked.
“Yeah, and the Programming Club. Programming stuff is very cool! Except when there are bugs, but I enjoy the challenge of solving them. Many of the special characters are cute,” Quinn said.
“I see,” Mack said.
Jodie re-entered the den carrying a piece of paper, which she gave to Quinn. “That is Jennifer's address. You should be able to join the club.”
“Cool. But how are we going to get there? Kristen's brother had to go to work,” Quinn said, thinking.
“I could drive you, I was about to leave anyway,” Mack said.
“Cool!” Quinn said.
Fifteen minutes later, Mack pulled up his white Plymouth Valiant in front of a small two story house with a ramshackle yard. Quinn and Kristen got out.
“Eeeewww!” Quinn said.
“They say that her mother works double shifts at the hospital to meet the mortgage repayments,” Mack said as he got out of the car.
Quinn was in thought.
Kristen rang the doorbell. Soon afterwards the door was opened by a teen with long blonde hair which covered one side of her face.
“Hi, Mack. What brings you and your friends here?” she asked in a soft and relaxed voice.
“Somebody would like to join the Computer Club and Jodie said that you handle the membership applications,” Mack said.
Jennifer was then in thought. “Oh, come right in, please don't mind the mess,” she said.
A few minutes later, Mack, Kristen and Quinn were sitting at a breakfast bar as Jennifer served them diet sodas.
“So, you are Quinn Morgendorffer right? I heard about the new freshman geek, but I had to see for myself,” Jennifer said.
“Yeah,” Quinn said.
“Your sister is a sophomore, right?” Jennifer said.
“She isn't popular, is she?” Quinn asked.
“There is no way she could become popular, with that attitude of her's,” Jennifer said.
“Thank goodness,” Quinn said.
“That's not the way I would have put it,” Mack said, responding to Jennifer.
Jennifer shrugged. “Anyway, when she came into history class, Mr DeMartino asked her about Manifest Destiny.”
“What did she say?” Quinn asked, eager for any dirt on her sister.
Jennifer began to explain what occurred in History class...
