The Hot Fudge Sunday Affair by Cynthia Blair

Author:Cynthia Blair [Blair, Cynthia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Young Adult Fiction
Publisher: Belgrave House
Published: 1985-08-31T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

“Well, what do you think, Sooz? Have we gone too far this time?”

It was late Wednesday evening. The twins were in Chris’s room having a powwow. Chris was sprawled across her bed. Susan sat beside her in an old rocking chair that had been in the family for years and had only recently been appropriated by Chris for her bedroom.

“Boy, this was the longest, craziest evening of my entire life! I was already beginning to have doubts. But when I walked into Fozzy’s and saw you sitting there with Eric Caulfield ... I think you and I had better take a minute to sit back and see where we are, okay?”

“Sounds reasonable,” Susan agreed.

“Okay. First of all, we’re not even halfway through Centennial Week, right?”

“Well, you could look at it that way,” Susan said amiably. “On the other hand, you could also say that we’ve already managed to get almost halfway through Centennial Week without anyone catching on.”

Chris thought for a moment. “That’s true. I suppose that it’s all a question of how you look at it. On that point, anyway.”

“Definitely.” Susan nodded emphatically.

“Okay, Second of all, Jeff Miller, who happens to be a key player in this episode, is beginning to think that one Christine Pratt is totally off her rocker. If you’ll excuse the expression. I mean when we were at Fozzy’s tonight and I told him I wouldn’t introduce him to my very own twin sister because of ... of some stupid agreement we had, I thought he was going to burst out laughing!”

“But he didn’t.”

“No, he didn’t. But still ... I felt really weird making up a story like that.”

“Maybe,” Susan said calmly. “But the fact remains that Jeff bought it and that awkward, embarrassing moment passed.”

“Well ... yes.”

“And how are things between you two now?”

Chris closed her eyes and smiled. A dreamy expression softened her whole face. “Couldn’t be better. I’m pretty certain that this king and queen are going to be continuing their royal relationship long after the glory of Centennial Week has passed.” She opened her eyes suddenly. “Unless, of course, something goes wrong.”

“In other words, the Jeff Miller situation is more or less under control.”

“More or less. Yes, I guess you could say that. But wait!” Chris went on, sitting upright. “What about Eric Caulfield?”

“What about Eric Caulfield?”

“Now he presents us with double trouble. First of all, there are the social aspects.”

“Meaning?”

“That you two are—if I read the signals correctly—embarking on a little romance of your own.”

Susan turned a pleasant shade of pink, and a small smile crept across her lips. “I’m not about to deny it.”

“Ah-hah! There it is! Another complication!”

“Another potential complication.” Susan was quick to correct her.

“All right. But that’s only half of it. And the lesser half, I might add. We can’t forget the fact that Eric Caulfield is a newspaper reporter. Sure he has his charm, and those big blue eyes of his ...”

“They’re green!”

“Blue, green, whatever. His job, my dear twin, is to tell the world about people who are doing things they shouldn’t be doing!”

“Yes, that’s true.

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