Mike hung up the phone and had just gotten comfy in bed when Grandma Connie's voice echoed from the living room: "Mike~ Phone for you again... and it's another girl..."
Then, after asking who it was, she yelled, "She says her name's Karen~"
"Got it, Grandma. Be right there..." Mike sat up and called back.
When he stepped out of his room, he saw Connie leaning against the wall, one hand holding a beer, the other cradling the phone, chatting away happily with whoever was on the line.
As soon as she spotted Mike, she handed over the phone with a super gossipy grin: "Karen seems like a nice girl. You two take your time—Grandma's heading to bed."
With that, she shot him a knowing look, then swaggered off to her room, beer in hand.
"Karen, what's up? Calling this late?" Mike took the phone and plopped down on the couch.
"Not much," Karen—the one with the big wavy hair—said from her pink bed, playfully kicking her curvy legs in the air. "You free tomorrow, Mike? We could hang out and go shopping. Regina's coming too."
Over on the three-way call, Regina was in her bedroom, hugging a pillow. When she heard her name dropped, she nodded approvingly.
"Tomorrow's no good. I've already got plans," Mike said, leaning back on the couch.
"Damn it—ask him who he's going with! Which little bitch beat us to it?!" Regina jumped in before Karen could respond, demanding answers on the open line.
As the school's queen bee, this was basically the first time Regina had made a move on Mike herself—only to find out someone else had snagged him first.
She was not happy.
After calming Regina down, Karen switched back and asked curiously, "Mike, who's the lucky one who got to you first?"
Mike had no idea what Karen was scheming, but he knew a thing or two about high school girls and their drama. So he played it safe, not ratting out Katie: "Just a friend. Invited me over for a home-cooked meal."
Karen picked up on the dodge and didn't push it.
But Regina, still eavesdropping, fumed: "Who the hell is it? One of those junior-year sluts, or that country bumpkin Katie...?"
In Regina's mind, no girl at school could top her. And anything she wanted? Nobody else was allowed to have it.
Realizing Regina wasn't thrilled with Mike's vague answer, Karen quickly changed the subject: "Mike, who's the prettiest girl at our school, in your opinion?"
The second she heard that, Regina went dead quiet. She was confident as hell, but her massive ego wouldn't let her lose to anyone.
"Karen, you're definitely one of them..." Mike's lazy voice came through the receiver.
Karen's heart did a little flip—she even squeezed her legs together without thinking.
But then she remembered Regina was listening too, and the excitement turned to worry. She started twirling her long blonde hair around her finger.
Karen (in her head): Hanging with Mike means going against Regina. This is way too hard~
Over in Regina's room, she let out an annoyed huff, thinking: As expected—that little sneak Karen's been flirting with Mike behind my back...
Just as the two best friends were on the verge of a fallout, Mike kept going: "Regina's one too, and Gretchen. All three of you in the killer-figure crew—you're all gorgeous."
The three girls in the "devilish figure" squad were legit standouts in looks and body. Other girls at school might match them in face, but when it came to style, fashion, and that overall vibe? They didn't even come close.
Hearing Mike compliment the whole group cooled Regina's anger a bit. She even felt a tiny smug rush.
After all, she'd built that crew herself—she was the queen bee.
Karen felt a twinge of disappointment that her friends got mentioned too, but mostly relief.
Karen (in her head): Okay, no more beef with Regina.
After that emotional rollercoaster, she jumped in before Regina could give orders and quickly said goodbye to Mike, hanging up in a flash.
Staring at the phone that got cut off so fast, Mike was kinda confused. He could've sworn the wavy-haired girl was into him.
"Did I read that wrong?" He touched his handsome face, shook his head, and headed back to bed without overthinking it.
Meanwhile, the girls' call kept going.
"Shopping tomorrow's off. You and Gretchen go snoop around and find out exactly who snagged Mike," Regina said, slipping back into her bossy mode.
...
Early the next morning, before Mike was even awake, someone knocked on his door.
He opened it to find Mary's family—and Grandma Connie—all dressed up nicely.
Mary gave him a devout smile and invited him: "Mike, we're heading to church for service. Want to come along?"
Mary was a devout Christian who truly believed God brought happiness to people.
"Nah, I've got other plans today," Mike turned it down flat. He didn't believe in any higher power—just himself.
"Oh, that's too bad," Mary said, looking genuinely disappointed.
In her eyes, embracing the Lord was an honor.
"Mom~ Can I skip church like Mike? Scientific data proves God doesn't even exist..." Little Sheldon tugged at Mary's sleeve, whispering his plea.
Seeing that, Missy and little George looked at Mary hopefully too.
Truth was, in the Cooper family, everyone except Mary was pretty much non-religious.
"No," Mary shut them down, then preached a bit more about God's greatness to Mike before heading out with the crew.
Connie brought up the rear. As she left, she turned back: "Mike, there's some of my secret-recipe barbecue in the fridge. Grab some if you're hungry. Or if you're going out, take a bit for your friend."
"Gotcha~" Mike smiled and waved goodbye.
Once everyone was gone, he crawled back into bed for some extra shut-eye.
He didn't get up until the sun was high, feeling totally refreshed.
After freshening up, Mike threw on some sharp casual clothes.
At well over six feet, with long legs and a fit, lean build, plus that neat backward-combed hair showing off his perfect features—even a simple white tee and black jeans looked stylish as hell on him.
When the time felt right, he packed up some of the barbecued beef from the fridge and headed over to Katie's place.
Meanwhile, over at the solemn church, science-loving little Sheldon got into a debate with Pastor Jeff about whether God exists.
Pastor Jeff tried explaining it with probability: "There's a fifty-fifty chance God exists or doesn't."
Sheldon fired back: "The smarter you are, the more you believe in science."
In the end, Pastor Jeff pointed out that even Charles Darwin, the guy behind evolution, was a Christian.
Stumped and unable to counter that, Sheldon sulked back to his pew.
Nearby, Mary and Connie thought it was a bit inappropriate for Sheldon to argue with the pastor in church.
But seeing how bummed he looked after losing the debate, they both kinda resented Pastor Jeff for it.
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