Maxx Comedy by Korman Gordon

Author:Korman, Gordon
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Comedians -- Juvenile fiction, Contests -- Juvenile fiction, Schools -- Juvenile fiction, Stepfamilies -- Juvenile fiction, Comedians -- Fiction, Contests -- Fiction, Schools -- Fiction, Stepfamilies -- Fiction, Humorous stories, Comedians, Contests, Schools, Stepfamilies
ISBN: 0439974844
Publisher: Toronto ; New York : Scholastic Canada
Published: 2003-11-15T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

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In all of Bartonville Middle School, no romantic couple was as devoted as Ronny Lugnitz and Lorelei Weiss. One was never seen in the school halls without the other. And they were usually connected, too. They had a special way of melting into each other— her head on his shoulder, his arm around her waist, free hands clasped, legs conjoined as in the three- legged race. Through some miracle of physics, they could actually walk like this, and go up and down stairs.

"That's why they cut so many classes," was

Maude's comment. "They can't get through the door."

"I know one class they'd better not cut/' Max muttered darkly.

It was the lone flaw in Max's reasoning. Given Ronny's spotty attendance record, who was to say that he'd even show up for Mr. Krakauer's end-of- the-unit party?

Even so. Max was taken aback on Friday morning to see Lorelei walking toward her homeroom all alone.

Aghast, he rushed up to her. "Lorelei, Lorelei— where's Ronny?"

It took her a moment to recognize Max. "I know you. You're that comedian kid. Funny thing—we're supposed to have a comedian kid in eighth period—"

"That's me!" Max explained. "Hey, listen— where's Ronny?"

"Oh," she said, "he got sick."

"No!" Max exclaimed. "He can't miss the end-of- the-unit party!"

"Well," said Lorelei, "to be perfectly honest, they call it a party, but it's really kinda lame. More like school with a bag of chips."

"Maybe he's not really sick!" Max persisted.

"Maybe it's that AMP cola stuff. My stepfather knows a truck driver who got heart palpitations from it!"

"They're pretty sure it's the flu," said Lorelei. "He's got a fever of a hundred and two."

"That's not so high!" Max whined. But his heart was sinking. To parents, the word fever was an airraid siren. The year before, when Olivia had run 102, and Mom had been unable to reach the pediatrician, Mario had diverted from a trip and run an eighteen-wheeler full of kohlrabi directly to the doctor's home. Fevers were the DEFCON 1 of child rearing. "He might feel better by lunch."

Lorelei shrugged one dainty shoulder. "Ronny doesn't come to school half the time when he's feeling fine." And she teetered away on high heels, leaving Max holding his head.

Max gathered up his three friends for advice.

"I don't have time for this," Sydni said briskly. "There's a special student council meeting. Amanda Locke wants to declare Darth official school mascot for all clubs and sports teams. And they have to vote on it before Katie Kates gets here." She bustled off, looking important.

Neither did Maude have anything to offer. "It was a stupid idea to begin with. Ronny Lugnitz is so

mean that, even if you had the whole class rolling on the floor, he'd tell his uncle you stank."

Big had a constructive suggestion. "Why don't you go to his house and convince him he should come to school today. Sometimes you have to make things happen."

Maude snorted a laugh. "Like you made something happen with Old Atticus?"

"No, this is a good idea!" exclaimed Max.

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