The Crazy Things Girls Do for Love by Dyan Sheldon

Author:Dyan Sheldon [Sheldon, Dyan]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9781406332520
Publisher: Walker Books Ltd

Chapter Twenty-seven

Waneeda finally volunteers for something

Waneeda, Joy Marie and Clemens shut the door to Room III behind them and head down the stairs. Waneeda and Joy Marie are talking about the meeting. Which is to say that Waneeda is complaining that the meetings have turned into The Maya and Sicilee Show (or Two Princesses in Pursuit of a Prince, as Waneeda also calls it when she and Joy Marie are alone). They have more opinions than the Supreme Court and a psychotic need to share them with everyone else. Any time one of them volunteers to do something for Earth Day, the other will volunteer to do two things. Their exclamations of approval, agreement and admiration follow everything Cody says like a particularly cheerful Greek Chorus. The only consolation Waneeda has is that they obviously irritate each other even more than they irritate her. “I just don’t understand how Cody doesn’t notice,” Waneeda grumbles as they reach the main doors.

From behind them, someone shouts out, “Hey, wait up!”

The three of them stop and turn around to see Cody, who has just stepped out of the office, trotting towards them.

“I’m really glad I caught up with you guys,” he says as he follows them outside, “because we’re going to need your help here, with the Things You Can Do and Did You Know? campaigns.” Several steps behind Waneeda and Joy Marie, he nonetheless manages to give the impression that he has his arms around their shoulders. So there’s no doubt which guys he means. “You know, laying out the posters and typing them up and copying them and everything? Dr Firestone is really enthused about these ideas. He thinks we should get started pronto.”

Here is another thing of which Cody is apparently unaware. Although Joy Marie was well disposed towards him to begin with because he was saving the club and Waneeda was well disposed towards him because of his breathtaking good looks, neither of them is feeling that well disposed towards him now. While the other girls volunteer for all the look-at-me Earth Day projects to win Cody’s approval, it is Waneeda and Joy Marie whom Cody volunteers for all the boring scut work – typing and photocopying, emailing and gathering information, putting up notices and flyers – that keeps everything going. Though not in what you could call a cheerful way.

“Don’t look at me,” says Joy Marie. “I have enough to do already.”

“Why us?” asks Waneeda. “Why can’t the geniuses do it themselves?”

“Well, you know, they have pretty full agendas already. They’re both on a bunch of committees for Earth Day.” He flashes a smile that is a heck of a lot less disarming now than it used to be. Now, it always accompanies something Cody wants them to do. “Anyway, you ladies are so good at that stuff.”

“Didn’t you hear what I said?” asks Joy Marie. “I already have enough to do.”

“Me too,” lies Waneeda.

“There’s no big hurry for it,” Cody assures them. “Why don’t you think about it? You can let me know later in the week.

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