"How is it that every semester you always count the days until your next vacation only to spend that vacation time sitting around doing nothing and almost waiting for college to start up again?" Mindy said, throwing a magazine to the ground.
"I know" agreed Sally, "Even the television seems to plot against us. During term time you get all the great shows enticing you to abandon your studies and watch them instead yet as soon as you have empty evening after empty evening praying for something to remove even twenty two measly minutes of tedium, what is the best thing two hundred and seventeen channels can come up with: America's next top Barista and yet another season of Kitten Idol."
"There hasn't been a truly talented kitten on that show since 2009 either." Added Jojo idly filing her nails. It's like they want us to go outside and do something active."
"Well then why don't we go out and actually try doing something active then?" suggested Mindy
"The weatherman said it might rain later though." Said Jojo
"That was in Miami!" replied Mindy,
"The storm could change course."
"And travel two thousand miles in three hours? Do you actually realize how far away Miami is?"
"I suppose you are right, but I still don't want to risk it. I just got my hair done this morning it would be criminal to ruin it."
"How about the cinema?" suggested Sally, "I heard that the new Adam Sandler movie about a guy who adopts an ostrich that grants wishes is supposed to be quite funny, maybe not Rob Schneider funny but..."
"Hair." repeated Jojo interrupting and pointing to her head before pointing towards the window "Rain."
"The rain is in Miami!" screamed Mindy in frustration.
"Okay, okay." Said Jojo, "How about we all just sit here and talk about something a bit more interesting than rain and Adam Sandler?"
"Fine," said Mindy calming herself down. "So Sally, was that creepy guy on the bus again today?"
"Yeah. That's the third time this week; it almost makes me want to walk to the store."
"What guy are you talking about?" asked Jojo.
"Oh for the last couple of weeks there's been this guy on the bus who just keeps staring at me and Mindy. He's a real pervert and doesn't even try to hide it."
"That's horrible!"
"What do you expect from a freak?." Added Mindy, "I expect he's one of those sad little men who has never had a real girlfriend so just tries to freak out any attractive women he sees. And we just happen to be on his bus route. It's creepy, but I don't' want to give him the satisfaction of thinking he can get a reaction from him."
"So we both just try to ignore him." Continued Sally.
"I think I'd try to rip him a new one if I ever caught a guy perving on me in public." Said Jojo
"But that's what he wants us to do?" argued Sally, "He wants the attention and I have no intention of giving him any extra material to use in one of his wank fantasies."
"I'm surprised you never see him when you come here." Said Mindy, "You can't miss him. He stares like a teenager who's just spotted his favourite celebrity crush."
"Maybe I'm just lucky." Suggested Jojo, "Besides he wouldn't want to try that shit with me. I'd make him regret."
Mindy and Sally both let out a snort of laughter.
"Oh would you now?" chuckled Mindy.
"Yeah, I bet an indignant 120 pound girl would really put the fear of God in him." Added Sally with a snigger.
"You'd be surprised what I can do if pushed." Replied Jojo,
"You and what army?" giggled Mindy
"Don't need an army" replied Jojo, a wicked smile crossing her lip, "Just need this."
Jojo pulled something green, shiny and on a string out of her purse and held it up for the two girls to see.
"So you plan to bribe him with trinkets from a Christmas Cracker?" asked Sally.
"Oh this isn't a trinket. This is a Venus Emerald. It's very rare to find one except in one small town out in the middle of Whoknowswhereville."
"Emerald?" commented Mindy "so it's an expensive trinket?"
"Yes it's best you two get all you fun and jokes in now" smiled Jojo, "seeing as soon I'll be the one having all the fun. Well, maybe not all the fun..."
"Whatever." Said Mindy, "Why don't you just show us how your little plastic emerald supposedly works."
"Oh it's a real Emerald. Found near the site of this great lake but I digress... the Venus Emerald simply works as thus:
"If I hold the stone up to the light like so, and then instruct anybody watching to say, I don't know, take off their bras and panties then... well why don't we find out?