hardy boys fan fiction
THE CRUSH
hardy boys nancy drew fan fiction
by
Copagirl
Chapter 6
hardy boys fan fiction
THE CHAPTERS
Although Joe hadn’t accepted the iPod, that did not deter Mandy from her quest. The following school day, Mandy walked over to the table where Joe, Frank and their friends sat during lunch. Joe had his arm draped across the back of Iola’s chair, leaning close to the pretty girl. With his attention focused on Iola, he didn’t see Mandy walking his way.
Tony, who was sitting across from Joe, was the first to see her. “Uh-oh, bogey at ten o’clock.”
Biff, who was sitting next to Joe, gave Tony a strange look.
“Ten o’clock – is your watch slow? I’ve got twelve-fifteen!”
“Hi everybody – hi, Joe!”
Joe cringed as he slowly turned around to face Mandy. “Hello, Mandy,” he mumbled.
“I was upgrading my cell phone and got a buy-one, get-one-free deal!”
She held out a thin, slick chocolate-colored phone. “It’s got a camera; you can access the ‘net, send e-mail and send text-messages!”
“That’s a really nice phone but I’ve already got one.” Joe replied in a polite tone.
“I bet it doesn’t have all these features plus unlimited call minutes!”
Joe let out a sigh; as much as he didn’t want to he was going to have to talk with Mandy. He turned back to Iola and smiled.
“I’ll be right back, there’s something I need to do.” He glanced over at Mandy and back at Iola.
“I understand – go ahead, I’ll be here waiting for you.”
Joe started to get up from his chair, then paused. Iola had turned her back on Mandy, and it wasn’t until she felt a light touch on her shoulder that she knew Joe hadn’t left yet. A puzzled expression on her face, Iola turned her head to face Joe.
With a smile on his face, he tucked his finger under her chin and tilted her face up. Iola closed her eyes as Joe kissed her lightly on the lips.
Hoping that Mandy got the message that he was with Iola, Joe left his seat. As he walked past Mandy, he signaled her to follow him. Giving Iola a small wave, Mandy turned around and went after Joe. She tried to take his hand but the young teen had them in his pockets so Mandy made do with clutching the sleeve of his shirt.
Joe stopped at doors leading out of the cafeteria. “Listen Mandy…”
“You look so cute in that shirt,” gushed Mandy as she ran her fingers down his arm.
Joe was getting exasperated. Mandy kept touching his arms, his face – he finally took hold of her hands to make her stop. “Mandy will you please listen to me?!”
The pretty girl smiled as she quickly glanced over at Iola. Once she knew that the Morton girl was looking their way Mandy turned her attention to Joe.
“You’ve got my full attention!”
*****
She didn’t want to but Iola couldn’t stop herself from turning around and watching Joe and Mandy. She could feel her heart sink to her stomach when Joe took Mandy’s hand. Her eyes went wide when Mandy gave Joe a kiss on the cheek before she left his side. Iola had turned away and didn’t see Joe wipe his cheek as he returned to their table.
*****
Joe hung up the phone when Frank walked into the kitchen. He noticed the frown on his younger brother’s face.
“Something wrong, Joe?”
“I’m not sure – are you going out with dad to practice driving?”
“Yeah, we’re going to leave in a few minutes.”
“Would you mind taking me to the Mortons’? I need to talk with Iola; she’s been acting…weird!”
“Okay, what did you do this time?” teased Frank.
“That’s just it – I don’t know! I’ve been racking my brain trying to think if I did or said something to make her mad!”
Frank wanted to laugh but the crestfallen expression on his brother’s face stopped him. He put his arm around Joe’s shoulders.
“Sure, no problem – I know Dad won’t mind. Are you sure Iola is at home?”
“Yeah, I just finished talking with Chet and he said she was there.”
“Well, let’s go get Dad.”
*****
Iola sat on the swing that her father had put up when Chet was four years old. She stared out at the field, wondering what Joe was doing. The young girl let out a gasp when she felt someone pull the swing back.
“Do you remember how I used to push you on this swing?”
A small smile crossed Iola’s face when she heard the familiar voice.
“I remember you trying to push me off this swing!” she replied with a giggle.
“That’s only because you would hog up the swing!”
The two teens became silent, Joe continued to push Iola.
“Iola – did I do something wrong?”
“What – what do you mean?”
Joe fell silent as he gathered his thoughts.
“Well – we normally talk every night and the past three nights you haven’t wanted to. You’ve been putting on a happy face but I can tell that something is bothering you.”
“Do you like Mandy?”
“Wha….?” Joe walked in front of Iola, stopping her in mid-swing. “Do I like Mandy – where did you get a crazy idea like that?!” he asked incredulously.
“Well – you did!”
Joe took a step back; he couldn’t believe what Iola just said.
“How – how did I do that?!”
“You were holding her hand that day in the cafeteria – when you left to talk with her.”
Joe looked puzzled for a moment and then he grinned at Iola.
“I only did that to stop her from touching me! She kept running her fingers down my arm and then along my chest, plus she wouldn’t listen to me! So I grabbed hold of her hands to get her to pay attention to me and to stop touching me!”
“Then why did you let her kiss you?”
“Do you think I wanted her to?! She caught me by surprise – if I had known what she was going to do, believe me – it wouldn’t have happened! That’s why I wiped my face afterwards.”
“You did?! I – I must have missed that!” Iola said with a smile. “I hope you’ve never done that with any of mine!”
“Never – okay, maybe that time in third grade when you gave me that cupcake for Valentine’s Day.”
Later that afternoon Frank and Fenton drove back to the Morton farm to pick up Joe. While Fenton chatted with Mr. and Mrs. Morton, Chet and Frank went looking for Joe and Iola. They found them still on the swing. Joe and Iola were standing on top of the swing, the young girl squealing in delight as Joe swung them higher and higher.
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