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9. The Prank {Charlie}

{ Charlie }

I was excited. And nervous. But mostly excited. I'd never pranked anyone before, save for that time back in kindergarten. I'd tricked Lia into looking at an imaginary bunny, before pouring a whole bottle of mineral water down her back. Of course I got caught red-handed, and one would think that even a little five-year-old would have the common sense to refrain from preforming such acts right in front of the head teacher. I suppose I was of slightly less-than-average intelligence back then, which is quite hard to believe, considering the fact that I ace all my subjects as of today.

Anyways, back to the pranking:

Usually I would turn down any opportunities to help Lauren, but I gave in because 1) this Uhu guy really deserved a taste of his own medicine, 2) If the 3 of us were ever going to see past our differences and get along, this would be great "bonding time" , and 3) Lauren would owe us one if this prank achieved its desired effect on Uhu.

Being reasonably close to Uhu, Lauren had discovered many interesting facts about the guy. To Lia and my surprise, Uhu was a neat freak. That's right, the kid had freaking OCD. Once you messed up anything of his, be it his hair, the neatly stacked pile of papers on his desk, or his room, he would go berserk. It was hilarious, and humiliating (for him). In other words, it was perfect.

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"Ugh where is Lauren? I'm starving already. She'd better bring back some good grub..." Lia whined as we sat in our cozy room, anticipating what was to come.

I glanced at my watch. It was almost 6. Uhu and gang would be heading down for dinner in about half an hour, according to what Lauren said.

"I don't know, but she'd better come quick. With dinner. We have to move out soon...."

Lia let out a dramatically long sigh.

"Lauren, you'd better come soon..." She groaned.

All I could do was smirk at her misery. At least it eased my hunger a bit.

"Hush little baby, don't you cry-"

As I was singing a pillow smacked me in the face.

"Shut up, McKenzie. Aren't you hungry too?"

"Maybe..." I said, trying as best as possible to seem unaffected by the fact that I'd skipped lunch. That we'd skipped lunch, actually. Lia's and I had gotten so carried away with homework and planning the prank, that we'd completely lost track of time.

"That's a lie. I just heard you stomach growl."

I opened my mouth to retort some sarcastic remark which could potentially start another Girl War between us, but was cut off by the sound of the door opening. Lauren, holding two boxes of Chinese takeout, pushed the door shut with her foot.

"FINALLY," Lia and I chorused in unison as we both bolted across the room to where Lauren was standing, food in hand. We each grabbed a box, and wolfed down the food. Chinese had never tasted so delicious.

"You're welcome?" Lia and I were reminded of Lauren, The Delivery Girl.

"Mm thank you," I managed with a mouth full of chicken and rice. Lia said her thanks, and continued eating, in a slightly more civilised manner than me.

"You'd better head out, Lauren. Your 'dinner date' with Uhu starts in 25 minutes."

Lia stifled a laugh as she speared some carrots with her plastic fork. Lauren scoffed.

"Hey, this is the only time I'm having this 'dinner date' thing. I'm hoping that after this whole prank, he'll want to stay away from me forever."

"You don't mean that," Lia said, eyes widening.