The tenderexchangewasabruptly infringed upon when at 5:45 PM; she received a frantic call from her boss. Hetold her that she neededto return to the office at once. The computers were down, and he needed her to help him retrievethe files for the project they were working on. If they were lost, theywould both haveto stay up allnightto rewrite the entire report.No matter what, it had to beready by 10:00 AM the following morning,when they were tomeet with a prospective client who would be leaving California for New York later on that day.
When Screech heard what was going on from his mother’s side of the conversation on the telephone with her boss, he said, "Ma, I don’tmean to bother you, but you promised me yesterday that you would drive me over to Lisa’s at 6:30for herparty."
"Listen," Screech’s mother responded not wanting to disappoint him, "the only thing I can do is to drop you off a bit earlier. I'm sure thatLisa won't mind. Why, she shouldbe glad to have someone lend her a hand with the final preparations. Anyway, if you want to go, it's got to be now, 'cause I've got to leave, so you better get ready. I'm out the door in 5 minutes."
"Okay Mom, I suppose itshould be fine.Thanks, I'll be ready in two minutes." Screechput on a semi-loud shirt and tousled his curly hair to the left and to the right and met his mother on thestairs."All ready, Mom?"
"Yes," she said as she smiled at him and gave his hair an extra tousle.Screech smiled at her sheepishly and off they drove to Lisa’s house.