Dinner time

Despite Kyle's general lack of desire to be in this situation, he hadn't eaten since breakfast, so dinner was a very welcome outcome to the day. Melissa and the other girls took a moment to take pictures of their food for social media, something that the boys, and Kyle did not do. Sam was quick to converse with Melissa, Robin and Darla, but they were busy trying to get Bambi to talk.

"I can't wait to show you around tomorrow." Darla said. "We haven't had a new girl in this group for years. The person who moved in the most recently was Eli and that was years ago!"

"I wasn't quite as interested in shopping as they would have liked." Eli joked.

Kyle giggled at Eli’s joke. He thought about the shopping and all the girly activities he'd have to endure. Since Sam couldn't fix MARCI... he was stuck like this for another 30 days. Even then though, how do they explain why Bambi went missing? He either has to come clean about dressing this way, or keep dressing this way until the summer ends. Neither option is promising. Maybe he can sit down with Uncle Mark and explain everything and he has a mind wiper hidden away in a drawer somewhere...

"Remember Bambi, I'll pick you up around 11AM for the shopping trip." Darla said, snapping Kyle out of his trance.

MARCI buzzed again and Kyle sighed.

"Can't wait." Kyle smiled.

"The chicken is great, Theresa." Sam remarked.

"Thank you very much, Sam." Theresa replied.

Everyone nodded in agreement as they kept eating. Kyle who had been especially hungry was already feeling full. I guess my stomach is smaller now too he thought.

Conversations started cropping up here and there as dinner continued. Kyle's phone started to buzz and he worried that it was Marci again, but it turned out to be social media notifications. Bambi had amassed quite a few followers and likes in the short time since the accounts had been opened.

"Ooh! Nice" Darla nodded as she leaned over to see Kyle's phone.

"Looks like someone's popular..." Melissa grabbed the phone and started scrolling through. "Know her, know her... don't know her... She's pretty!"

Kyle wrestled the phone back hoping that the meal would end soon as he was pulled into another conversation with the girls.