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Show 80 "See? You don't take me serious. No one does." Jan and Heidi interrupted them, stacking their trays beside Jeff's so he'd have to return them all. "Who's not serious?" Jan giggled. She piled on a few extra milk cartons from around the table. Jeff looked disgusted. "I give up. I'm getting out of here." "Not yet!" Jan forced him back into his seat. "I have to talk to you." She knelt down so her head was at their level. "Heidi and I are getting up a cross country ski party and I want to know if you guys can come?" "When?" "I don't know. Some night during vacation." "Cruisin' in the moonlight? With girls?" Already Jeff had grasped imaginary poles and started through the motions. "Does everybody ski?" Dyna asked, supposing it was a dumb question. "Most of the kids downhill," Heidi said. "We'll all have to rent cross-country stuff," Jan explained, "except Parker. He's ski touring all the time. I only have downhill skis myself." "Yeah?" Dyna said, more sarcastic than she intended. "Well, I don't even have snowshoes." "It's easy to learn. Honest, you'd love it." Derek Eccles broke into their conversation about then with all the reticence of a news flash. "You guys hear about Simpson?" They all stopped talking. "She was called to the phone during 2nd period. It was the AP." "The AP?" Dyna asked, puzzled, thinking he meant the grocery store. "The wire service. Associated Press! They interviewed her about our TV show. Kept her talking twenty minutes." "Oh my gosh!" Jan exclaimed. "And-" he offered this part like a fat, juicy plum, "an AP newsman and that Barbara from ON CAMERA are coming in from California to meet the class. Amy overheard it all." "We're gonna be on national news?" Heidi shrieked. Dyna fervently wished she'd dropped another ten pounds. "When are they coming?" she asked. |