Roderick rolls out of bed, showers, dresses and plods downstairs for morning scrapple, applesauce and conversation.
Jock and Bibi Ericson wake up early and make their way to the basement, naked, where Jock tinkers with a composting toilet and Bibi bakes in the sauna.
Amanda Dennis logs in to her blog, Cries and Whispers, and writes:
What young "virgin" is anything but?Justine and Juliette make breakfast for Grandma and Grandpa.
Amanda knows all.
Mr. Swift stands before his mirror at his home on Quince street, shaving. Maybe I should cool it with Mary, he thinks. He shaves some more. Nah.
Leaping out of bed, Donny Clapper pounds his chest, farts, and bellows the war cry of the Beauneville Latin Centurions: Veni! Vedi! Veci! A born leader, it's not at all surprising he's the Captain of the Badminton Team.
Natasha Zemlinsky stands naked before the mirror, her long black hair flowing over her shoulders; she rubs her swollen breasts and pats her growing belly. Should I tell Mom and Dad yet? she wonders. No. Wait until they come home. Behind her, Henry snoozes.
Dickie Wickett fiddles with his website Hot Women of Beauneville Latin. It's an exciting moment; he has new pictures to upload.
Betsy Flapper fiddles with her iPhone. She deletes the pictures she just sent to Dickie. She took them in the girl's shower yesterday.
Megan Cupcake awakes, stretches, dresses and writes in her secret detailed journal.
In her apartment on Main Street, Miss Agassiz checks her closet and fiddles with several Hermes blouses before choosing one to wear with her black miniskirt. She inspects herself in the mirror and loosens one more button. God, I'm hot, she thinks.
Pert and perky Katie Zeppelin packs her bookbag and wonders if Roderick will ever chat with her.
The Bloom sisters and Mr. Fuzzums meet Roderick at his house and they all walk to school together. Henry and Natasha don't feel like going to school today, and there's nobody around to tell them otherwise. Natasha gets back in bed, and Henry puts his arm around her stomach.
Jock and Bibi walk to school with Megan; Bibi and Megan walk next to one another. Justine and Juliette are just behind them. Amanda Dennis gets to school early and logs in to check out Dickie's website; she grins and scribbles furiously in her notebook.
Mr. Swift walks to school from his home on Quince Street. Miss Agassiz beeps as she passes in her black Porsche Boxster.
Dickie Wickett walks to school with Katie Zeppelin. Dickie wonders if Katie will ever chat with him.
Betsy Flapper and her entourage arrive at school at the same time as Donny Clapper and his entourage. She snubs him.
Donny spies Mary Bloom, who is standing by herself waiting for school to begin. Per usual, she wears a white blouse, plaid skirt, knee socks and penny loafers. "Watch this", he says to his entourage, "I'll make Betsy jealous".
He approaches Mary. "Hey, Mary, how're ya doin'". Donny is on his best behavior.
Mary looks at him, slightly startled that the Captain of the Badminton Team is speaking to a freshman girl. "Um...I'm fine".
"So, uh, Mary, I think you're just the keenest girl in school and I was wondering if you would be my date for the Apple Festival Dance on Saturday."
Mary blushes and turns up her nose. "You think you can fool me, Donny Clapper? I know what you have in mind, and I wouldn't go to the dance with you if you gave me a hundred dollars".
The price, it turns out, is two hundred dollars, and Donny will pick up Mary at seven.
Later, between English and History class, Amanda whispers something to Megan Cupcake, who blushes pink and looks around quickly. She wonders who else Amanda has told.
