Pushups, Amy and Ophelia

Matt headed for the bus early... which wasn't easy considering he woke up surrounded by naked girls. Still, he only had one more day to get ready for the streaming launch.

He pounded out twenty-five pushups, then after a couple of minutes, managed another twenty. The thing about pushups, he was finding, was that they never got easier, they just got more.

Amy arrived when he was finishing his second set.

"Hey Matt."

"Hi Amy. Do you want to talk?"

"About what?"

"Well, we could talk about school. Or we could talk about your trip to Europe. Or we could talk about Trig. Or we could talk about making friends."

"You're working with Tanya now. Do you think you could help me be friends with her and Natasha?"

"I can try."

"That would be cool. I'll be pretty like them once I get my face fixed and my boobs made huge."

Matt suspected she still wouldn't be pretty like Tanya and Natasha. He also suspected he wouldn't make any progress with her if he told her that. "I said I'd try to help, Amy, but remember this. Ultimately you have to create your own happiness."

"Ohmigod, that is such bullshit. I can imagine all the happiness in the world but I still don't have it."

"Well, think about what's happened so far this summer. You made friends with Karen. You got a boyfriend. You're making friends with Wendy on the bus."

Ophelia pulled up right then so Amy was spared having to come up with an answer. She headed toward the back and Matt grinned at Ophelia.

"Looking great, Ophelia."

"Here I thought you were going to call me 'sister' and do some sort of jive-talk."

"Uh, I could try if you really wanted me to but I don't think I'd be very good at it."

"Yeah, no. I don't think you would. You go sit with that little girl and let the grownup drive."

"Will do, Ophelia. But I wanted to say what a good time I had yesterday. And if you want, we should launch our streaming tomorrow. Check it out. I'll be on at four. You don't have to tip."

"You think I waste my time watching porn?"

"I think if you wanted to watch the hottest porn all you'd have to do would be to look at yourself, Ophelia."

"God, do not tell me that sort of line works for you."

"Hasn't yet. But I'm hopeful."

"Go sit down, kid."