Phriends Against Physics

Chapter 14

Foamy glanced down at her watch as she sat in the SU library "studying" with her friends. Elizabeth and Grace had both transferred to SU since flying out to New York, along with young Meghan. Being a future woman in STEM, Meghan was smart enough to attend any university she wanted, not even really needing to attend Chandelier High School anymore. "Crap. We gotta go, guys," Foamy said as she stood from her seat and turned on the lights, yielding groans from everyone in the SU library that afternoon. "I'm sorry, guys, but we have to turn off the movie!" Foamy exclaimed as she was met by boo's and popcorn being thrown at her. "Mandy Moore is moving into my house today!" Foamy tried to reason. Foamy, Jackie, Naomi, Elizabeth, Grace and Meghan had decided to set up a projector screen in the library that afternoon to play The Adventures of Food Boy for anyone who wanted to have a life-changing experience instead of studying for midterms. They had even bribed the SU library staff to rent out the entire first floor to them, and they brought enough popcorn to feed the whole student body. The problem was that Mandy Moore was set to arrive at the house later that afternoon, and the friends had failed to allot enough time for the movie to finish before they had to leave to help her move in. "We'll finish it on Monday!" Foamy screamed at the other students, who were still throwing popcorn at her and her friends as they popped the disc back into its case and wheeled the projector out the door. The friends hopped in a cab, tied their projector to the bumper of the car so that it dragged behind them, almost like it was water-skiing, and headed home. Mandy had just arrived when the girls got to the house, and she and Milo were already lip-locked. "Um, excuse me," Jimmy tried to get Mandy's attention, "welcome to our home!" Mandy and Milo continued, oblivious to what was occurring around them. Grace decided to chuck their projector screen at the two, finally separating them and causing Mandy to drop Enzo. The puppy scampered across the floor to greet the girls, who began freaking out because he was so dang cute. Enzo jumped up and tried to do that puppy-bite thing that puppies do. He licked everyone, too, and then he peed. Normally, this would be a total bummer, but Jimmy and Foamy are huge softies when it comes to puppies, so they did not care about the pee. Everyone then picked up boxes and transported them into Milo and Mandy's room. "I'll grab the pup!" Meghan said as she scooped Enzo up off the floor and carried him into the room. "Here's this," Meghan announced as she handed the puppy off to Milo. "Thanks. I think we can just put him in the closet," said Milo, "He'll fit." And he did fit. Perfectly, actually. Milo and Mandy finished putting all of Mandy's belongings away and everyone headed back out into the living room. "Well," Jimmy stated, "that was a success. Who wants to order pizza?" Everyone cheered and jumped up and down as Jimmy dialed the pizza place. "Hi, we'll take two extra-larges with extra cheese and twelve orders of breadsticks, please!" Foamy ripped the phone out of her husband's hands and screamed into the phone, "Extra zucchini too, please!" This made everyone cheer even more. After Foamy hung up the phone, there was some disagreement among the group as to how they should spend the rest of the day. It was about 5:30 on a Friday night, and everyone wanted to stay in. But what should they watch? "I vote Fifty Shades of Grey!" Jackie shouted. Foamy agreed, because she and Jackie couldn't enjoy pizza without Fifty Shades. It just didn't work. "I want to watch Gilmore Girls!" Jimmy chimed in, with which Foamy also agreed. Milo, however, wasn't too keen on that idea. Finally, after about three hours of arguing, the pizzas came and Naomi turned on The Walking Dead. Everyone else boo'd and groaned, but sucked it up anyway and watched the zombies do their thang while eating some delicious pizza. The zombies finally stopped zombie-ing and everyone finished their pizza when Foamy remembered that there was a zucchini cake in the fridge from that one night! "Who wants dessert?!" Foamy asked her friends as she headed into the kitchen to retrieve the cake. Jimmy, Milo, Mandy, Jackie, Naomi, Elizabeth, Grace and Meghan all squealed as they lined up single-file with their plates in hand, patiently waiting to receive a piece of cake from Foamy, who was masterfully cutting it into big slices. Being the loving wife she is, Foamy was sure to give Jimmy a corner piece with lots of zucchini frosting. That was his favorite. Everyone else just got what they got and didn't throw a fit. Foamy even cut a piece for Enzo and put it in the closet for him. "What a fun day!" Jimmy exclaimed as everyone sat around, enjoying their cake. "'Twas fantabulous!" Naomi agreed. "I wish every day could be like this," said Foamy, "but we mustn't forget that we are all here for a reason..." Then the mood got really dark. "TO DEFEAT BROBERG..." said everyone in unison.