hardy boys fan fiction
THE CRUSH
hardy boys nancy drew fan fiction
by
Copagirl
Chapter 5
hardy boys fan fiction
THE CHAPTERS
Joe ignored the whispers and stares as he walked down the hall. As he neared his classroom he was accosted by Mandy.
“There’s my hero!”
Before he knew what was happening, Mandy flung her arms around Joe, hugging his neck tightly. Not as tiny as Iola, Mandy still had to stand on her toes as she held onto the blonde Hardy.
Unknown to Joe, Missy was standing across the hall, taking pictures on her cell phone.
*****
Iola and Callie had finished their assignment in their Computer Science class. The class was going to end in ten minutes so the two girls decided to play a game of Solitaire.
“This isn’t really ‘Solitaire’ if we’re playing each other,” Callie whispered.
“I know but it’s a lot more fun!”
Suddenly several cell phones began to ring, Ms. Callaghan glared at the offending students.
“You know the rules, phones off when in class!”
Mumbled apologies could be heard – then a few giggles. A few students turned to stare at Iola. Callie had been among the students whose cell phone rang. She recognized Phil’s number and saw that he had sent her a download. Iola turned to her friend, concern etched on her face when she heard Callie let out a gasp.
Callie tried to close her phone, but Iola reached out and took it. She stared at the picture of Joe and Mandy.
The bell rang to end class. Iola silently handed Callie her phone.
“I can’t believe Joe would….”
Iola turned to her friend. “He didn’t! Joe wouldn’t hurt me this way – I bet Mandy had something to do with this!”
Noting the doubtful look on Callie’s face, Iola took a deep breath.
“Callie, I bet if we ask Phil, he can find out who originally sent out that picture. I’d stake my allowance that Mandy’s sidekick Missy Shalloe took it!”
As she walked down the hall to her next class, Callie text-messaged Phil about who sent out the picture.
*****
Frank stood in front of his younger brother’s locker. Phil had also sent him the picture of Joe and Mandy hugging. He didn’t think that his brother would be so mean to Iola. He saw Joe coming down the hallway, and could tell by his younger brother’s stance that he was angry.
Joe was staring at the floor as he headed for his locker; he let out an aggravated sigh when he saw Frank waiting for him. He was still angry with Mandy for throwing herself at him and then finding out that Missy had snapped a picture using her cell phone. But that wasn’t the worst– the worst was having Missy sending the picture out to all of ‘her’ friends! Then Phil, who happened to know someone from Mandy’s group, was able to convince the boy to send him the picture. He was sure that Phil sent it to Frank. The younger boy did not want to hear a lecture from his brother.
“Frank, I’m not in the mood for one of your lectures!” Joe seethed as he reached his locker.
“I wasn’t going to lecture – I just wanted to hear it from you. What really happened – how did Mandy end up as a fashion accessory?”
A grin slowly appeared on Joe’s face. “A fashion accessory?!” he laughed.
Frank smiled and shrugged, and then Joe told him how Mandy ended up draped all over him.
*****
Mandy didn’t understand why Joe and Iola were still together. She had given him her best kiss right in front of his girlfriend! Threw herself at him in front of the whole school and made sure that Missy had a good view to take their picture! She flirted with him every day, yet he still preferred that farm girl!
Pacing in her bedroom, Mandy came to a sudden stop. She picked up her cell phone. “Missy get over here – I want to go shopping! And Missy – come in your Dad’s Mercedes, not your Beetle!”
*****
Frank and Joe stepped off the school bus. As they were walking towards the front steps of the school a silver VW bug squealed into the parking lot.
“Must be nice to have a rich dad to pay all those ‘driving without a license’ tickets.” Joe said with some sarcasm.
“Don’t worry about it – I’ll be getting my driver’s license soon.”
“Speaking of – when are you going to get that thing?!”
Frank laughed. “Sometime next week – Dad wants to see how good my parallel parking is this weekend.”
“Do me proud, big brother! Until I can get my learner’s permit I have to live vicariously through you!”
Joe laughed as he sidestepped away from Frank, who tried to punch his arm. Suddenly he jumped behind his older brother.
“Frank, do you remember when I was five and you promised to protect me?!”
“What – Joe. what’s your problem?!”
“Just save me, Frank!”
Frank was getting exasperated with his brother. He kept trying to turn around and look at him but Joe kept dodging behind his back. A few seconds later, Frank understood why his brother was hiding.
“Hello, gorgeous! You’re acting awfully silly today!”
Mandy, Missy and three girls that Frank didn’t know were walking over to them. Each girl had an iPod in her hand, their heads moving to the beat of the music they were listening to.
“Mandy and I went to the mall yesterday and she bought all of her friends iPods.”
Mandy held out a gift bag to Joe. “This one’s for you!”
Joe was debating whether to take the gift bag when Iola appeared by his side and snatched the bag.
“What’s this?” Iola peered into the bag.
Mandy reached out and took the gift bag back. “That’s a gift for Joe!”
Placing an arm around Joe’s waist, Iola smiled up at him. “Joe, I didn’t know it was your birthday!”
Joe was afraid that Iola was mad at him but when he looked down at her face, he caught the sly wink she gave him.
“It’s not but apparently Mandy took her friends shopping and was in a very giving mood! She bought one for every one of them!” Joe explained.
“And she bought one for you? How nice of her!”
Mandy seethed with anger; she could hear the other girls giggling. Callie, Biff and a few others of the Hardys’ friends were now standing with them. This was not going the way she had planned.
Just then the first bell rang.
“We better get going or we’ll be late for class,” said Frank.
Not sure of what to do, Mandy thrust the gift bag at Joe before she stomped off into the school building.
Joe managed to catch hold of the bag; he took out the iPod and then gave it to Iola.
“I don’t want it; you can have it if you want.”
“No thanks – are you sure you don’t want it?” she asked shyly
Joe shook his head. “No, Aunt Gertrude promised to get me one for Christmas – I can wait till then. Besides I’d rather get it from someone I care about.”
Chet snatched the bag. “Well if you don’t want it – I’ll take it!”
As Iola held Joe’s hand, walking down the hall heading for their lockers, she wondered. Joe may have turned down this gift but would he turn down others Mandy might offer him?
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