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Show 30 When the stereo was switched off and everyone was quiet, Kate set her cup down inside the triangle of her legs. "Hey, I'm sorry I'm late," she looked at Parker apologetically, "but I spent most of last hour on a long-distance call." "What's up?" Jeff couldn't wait. Their teacher grinned, one hand on each knee, and leaned forward. "We . . . " she began in her theater voice, "the creative writing class at Bonneville High School . . . right here in this valley of miracles . . . are going to write a story for ABC's On Camera." No one said a word, but mouths opened in blue-lipped astonishment. "Unless it's a total flop," she went on like that was a near impossibility, "our script will be adapted, produced and aired on national television*" John Anzak was the first to speak. "You gotta be kidding!" "That I'm not. It's all true." "On Camera? We're gonna write a script for On Camera?" Jan exclaimed. "If you think you can do it. I think you can. My college roommate, who's now story editor for that series, thinks you can. Their publicity people think you can. So what's to stop us?" She'8 beautiful! Parker thought, caught up in his teacher's enthusiasm. She's absolutely beautiful. If she'd asked him to do a triple gainer in the shallow end at that moment, he'd have tried it. Where did she get all that confidence? "Parker, what do you think?" Caught off guard, his face full of admiration, he could only nod. «uh-" he swallowed hard, "I'm for it." "On Camera's kind of a problem series, isn't it?" Tammy Goff asked as she pulled on a sweatshirt and scootched forward. Mrs. Simpson nodded. "I'm sure you've all seen it, but from now on we'll watch it religiously. Really study it." "But who has problems?" Tiffany shrugged. "How can we write a good TV show about social problems if we don't have any?" "They don't have to be your own problems, dummy!" Derek gave her a shove. "Who wants to hear about your non-problems?" |
