Johnny and the limit

Johnny had begun to freak out shortly after arriving at school and being reminded by Mr. Teacherman that he had a major test that afternoon.  Having not learned from every previous test, once again Johnny had not studied and was ill-equipped to take the test.  By the time lunch rolled around he had already tried half a dozen different plans to escape the test but to no avail.

That’s what made being called to the principals office and finding out that his mother had called to remind him of his dentist appointment and excuse him for the afternoon such a surprise; he didn’t particularly want to go see Dr Lowenstein but even a trip to the dentist was better then failing a test and getting yelled at for it.

Upon walking outside to wait for his mom Johnny was surprised to see Susan sitting near by in the hovercraft.

“Hurry up and get over her!” Susan demanded.

“Can’t; waiting for mom.” Johnny replied indifferently.

“Don’t be dense, mom’s not coming.  I called and used my voice-altering-cellphone-adapter to sound like mom so I could get you out of school.”

“Cool… wait, but why?  You dorks love school and… wait, speaking of dork-S where’s Mary?  You guys are always together.” Johnny asked.

“That’s why I got you out of school.  Mary’s acting totally weird.  One of our lectures at the institute got canceled so I suggested we go home so we could work on our latest invention, a machine that will manipulate Gil’s dreams so that he’ll dream about asking us out on a date and eventually marrying us…” Susan began.

“Right, and that’s not creepy at ALL.” Johnny interrupted.

“Anyway,” Susan continued, giving Johnny a dirty look, “she said she was too busy and had other plans but that I should go back to the lab if I wanted.”

“And?” Johnny asked, not seeing Susan’s point.

“What could she possibly have to do that is more important then winning Gil’s heart?” Susan asked rhetorically.

“You’re just mad she didn’t invite you to go with her, aren’t you?” Johnny asked pseudo-evilly.

“No… well, alright maybe a little but it’s still suspicious.” Susan said with a sigh.

“So, how does getting me out of school fit into all this because every moment we stand here talking is a moment I could be at home playing the new smash badger 6...and not being bored.”

“You owe me for getting you out of school so you won’t fail that history test you’re not ready for…”

“How did you know I wasn’t ready for it?” Johnny asked, shocked that Susan was aware of his predicament.

“When are you prepared for a test?”

“Good point.  Alright, fine… what do you want me to do?” Johnny asked reluctantly.

“I want you to track Mary down and follow her around town and find out what she’s doing.”

“You want me to spy on our sister because she didn’t invite you to go do whatever GIRLY thing she’s doing?”

“Pretty much, yeah.”

“Fine, but get me out of here before the principal notices mom’s not coming.”