All Ariel wanted to do after leaving Joe at the Café is to go home and relax. Alas, Lady Luck was not on her side that day. The pipe underneath the sink sprung a small leak. With a loud sigh, Ariel got out her tools, lied down facing up under the sink, and started trying to fix it.
“Ariel!” Miranda burst in through the door of the house. “Ari, where are you?”
Ariel jerked up and bumped her head on the pipes. “Ow!”
“What are you doing under there?” Miranda asked, peering down at Ariel’s scowling face.
Ariel huffed, “trying to fix a leak you little twerp.”
“I’m not a twerp. And I don’t see a leak.”
“That’s because I taped it.” Ariel got up.
“You taped a leaky pipe?” Miranda was struggling not to laugh, “And it works?”
“For a bit, but it won’t work forever, hence I’m trying to fix it.” Ariel rolled her eyes, “why were you so excited?”
A giant grin broke out on Miranda’s face, “I did it!”
“What?” Ariel asked slightly alarmed.
“Yeah, and it was so good.” Miranda smiled dreamily.
“What?” Ariel nearly yelled. “Where?”
“In the park.”
“You had sex in the park?” Ariel asked disbelievingly.
“What?” Miranda looked confused, “I didn’t have sex.”
“Then…”
“Oh my gosh Ariel, get your mind out of the gutter!”
“My mind is not in the gutter.”
“Then stop thinking about sex all the time.”
“I do not think about sex all the time! You need to work on your communication skills. If I told you I ‘did it’, what would you think?”
“I would think… Ok you have a point; I would think you had sex.”
“There.”
“Yeah, but you’re 19, you’re entitled to have sex at 19. I’m only 15.”
“There are 15 year olds who have had sex.”
“I know that, but really, do you think I would?”
“That’s not the point. If you didn’t ‘do it’, then what did you do?”
“I confessed to Josh!”
“You mean ‘Mr. Dreamy’?” Ariel air quoted with her hands.
Miranda swatted Ariel’s hands away, “yes, him. And guess what? He likes me too!”
“That’s great Mira! So…?”
“So what?”
“Are you going to go out with him?”
“Yes.” Miranda blushed, “Yes, we’re going to go see a movie on Sunday.”
Ariel shook her head and sniffed dramatically, “ah! My little darling sister has her first boyfriend! You’re all grown up now.”
“Ari!” Miranda yelled, turned, and stomped out of the kitchen.
“What?”
“You are so unbelievably immature!”
