She should take the stupid dress off, put on her brown robe and eat chocolate ice cream; that would show the stupid judging panel a thing or two.
Beauty pageant?
She’d already behaved badly enough over this Kerth award thing; she couldn’t bear to let him down now.
Oh...
“Thanks. Now, let me just check, you like to be the best at everything, right?”
“You know I do. And you’re happy to be second best, that’s why we work together so well.”
“Good. So I can tell you that I think you’ll make a better arm ornament than I would have, and you’ll take it as a complement.”
“I could never have brought a grudging date with me. I prefer something smaller, sweeter, without a hard centre.”
Yeah, otherwise he'd have shown up with Mayson, huh? Okay, she's about the same size as Lois. But more sticky than sweet, and she's got a stick up a certain place? Hmm... yep, qualifies as a date
Michael