by Doris Miller
One evening, five young adults in the street are reading a flyer. One of the men turns to the others and says, “Wow, the Diaz-Davidson Organization is giving another show next month.”
“Yeah I already saw that flyer yesterday,” a woman says. “My husband wants to see their show. We're both planning to see their show. We're going to purchase tickets tomorrow. We're bringing his parents to the show with us and we're bringing the kids.”
“Oh yeah? I want to see their show too. My girlfriend keeps begging me to let's go see it.”
“My family is planning to see their show too,” a second man says.
“Oh yeah?”
“Yeah.” The people continue to read the flyer.
A month later inside a concert hall, a couple of thousand excited people are standing facing the stage. Young adults and older adults of all ethnic groups are cheering as they face the stage. A male announcer comes out on the stage. He speaks into the microphone and shouts, “Ladies and gentlemen! The next performers are about to come out!” The crowd screams and cheers as the announcer shouts, “Ladies and gentlemen.....Here are Diane D and The Dianettes!” The crowd screams and cheers more as music starts to play. Diane D and the Dianettes come out on stage. Diane D and the Dianettes line up across the stage in a straight line as Diane D stands to the far right and twelve inches towards the front. Diane D starts to sing, “I want to know where aaall the people gooo.”
“People gooo,” the Dianettes sing chorus.
“I want to know where aaall the people go.”
“People gooo yeah.”
“I want to know how city people flooow.”
“People flooow.”
“I want to know how city people flow.”
“People flow.”
“I spent all of my life here, I would like to get out of here.”
“I want to know what city people.”
“People dooo yeah.”
“All my life I’ve been trying, been trying to get out of here.”
“I want to know what city people.”
“People do.”
Diane D and The Dianettes finish their performance. As they end their performance, they moon walk backwards in a straight line. They wave to the crowd and dance they're way off the stage. The crowd stands and cheers.
Two days later, Diane D, the Dianettes, Michael, Margarita, Tomas, Mary, Barry, Tonio and Marilyn walk down the corridor of the dance studio with Gordon again. Diane D and the Dianettes are all dressed in identical dark purple dance body shirts and matching purple leggings. Gordon turns to Diane D and the Dianettes and says, “Now ladies, I want you all to meet some wonderful well known singers who want to meet you all.”
“Well known singers?” Diane D asks.
“Yeah. They're a singing group too.”
“Oh yeah?”
“Yeah.”
“Well, where are they?”
“Right here.” Gordon turns his head forward and shouts, “Okay ladies!”
Six beautiful young ladies, two blacks, two whites, one Latino and one Asian, all dressed in identical green dance shirts and green leggings, excitingly come from down the other end of the hallway. They run right towards Gordon, Diane D, the Dianettes and Diane D's family.
The six young ladies approach Gordon, Diane D, the Dianettes and Diane D's family. Diane D, the Dianettes and Diane D's family are stunned. They become shocked and excited as Diane D shouts, “Oh my God, it's the Punky Gurlz!”
“Diane D!” the Punky Gurlz shout. “Dianettes!”
“Nice to meet you all!” Punky Gurl 1, a beautiful black woman, shouts.
“We always wanted to get a chance to meet you all!” Punky Gurl 2, a white woman, shouts.
“Well what are you all doing here?!” Diane D asks.
“Well we're staying in town to do a few Punky Gurlz shows!” Punky Gurl 3, the other black woman, says.
“Punky Gurlz shows?! Really?!”
“Yeah! We‘re here at this dance studio to practice and rehearse some dance moves for our concert.”
“You are?”
“Yeah!”
“Wow Diane D,” Punky Gurl 4, the Hispanic woman, says. “You look a lot like Alissa.”
“Alissa?” Diane D asks. “Who's that?”
“Diane D, the Punky Gurlz would also like to collaborate with you and the Dianettes at your next performance!” Gordon says.
“Really?! Collaborate?! Y'all want to collaborate with me and the girls?! At our next performance?! You're kidding! My God I can't believe it! The Punky Gurlz want to collaborate with us! That sounds like a great idea!” The Dianettes stop smiling. They puzzled look at Diane D. They then look at each other. They look back at Diane D and the Punky Gurlz as Diane D goes on and says, “Us and the Punky Gurlz collaborating on stage together?! That would be wonderful! Well y'all can join us for our next performance in a few weeks!” Diane D continues to chat with the Punky Gurlz.
The Dianettes puzzled look at Diane D. They then look at each other again as Kelly whispers, “What’s she doing?!” The Dianettes puzzled look back at Diane D.
Diane D continues to talk to the Punky Gurlz and tells them, “Y'all just in time to join us for practice because the girls and I are just about to rehearse! What do y'all say to that? Y‘all want to practice with us?”
“Sure we would like to practice with you all Diane D,” Punky Gurl 1 says.
“That's fine with us!” Punky Gurl 2 says.
“Good,” Diane D excitingly says. “I just invented some new dance steps for our performance! Y'all just in time to learn it! Oooh wait till y'all see it! You are going to love it! Can any of you tap dance?”
“No we can't tap dance at all Diane D,” Punky Gurl 5, the second white woman says.
“No?”
“No.”
“Well what about ballet, can any of you do ballet?”
“No,” Punky Gurl 6, the Asian woman says. “We can't do that either.”
“Well that's alright, I'll think of something we all can do together.”
“And think of something that is easy for all of us to do Diane D,” Punky Gurl 3 says, “because that twisting, turning, jumping, flipping and sliding moves you and the Dianettes be doing seem real complicated for us, I mean, we’re not acrobats like you all are.” The rest of the Punky Gurlz laugh a little.
“Oh don’t worry. I won’t have you do more than you can handle. Anyway, it is so cool that you all want to work with us!” Diane D excitingly continues to chat with the Punky Gurlz.
The Dianettes puzzled look at each other again. Nancy then whispers, “I'll take care of it.” Nancy comes from behind the rest of the Dianettes. She approaches Diane D.
Diane D turns and smiles to the Dianettes and says to them, “Well what do y'all think girls? Us and the Punky Gurlz collaborating on stage!” Diane D turns back to the Punky Gurlz and continues to chat with them.
“Um, Diane?” Nancy says. Diane D stops chatting and turns her head to Nancy as Nancy says, “Can we like take a vote on this?” Diane D, her family, Gordon and the Punky Gurlz puzzled look at Nancy and the rest of the Dianettes.
Diane D places one hand on her hip as she puzzled looks at Nancy and says, “A vote?”
“That’s right, a vote.”
“Yeah,” the rest of the Dianettes say.
Everyone puzzled looks at the Dianettes as Michael says, “What's there to vote about?! These are the Punky Gurlz!”
“We know that Michael,” Nancy says. “But can we still take a vote on it?” Everybody puzzled looks at Nancy and the rest of the Dianettes again.
Diane D then says, “I don't know. I guess a vote won't hurt.” Diane D turns to parents and grandparents and says, “What do you say Mom, Dad, Grandma, Grandpa,? Should we vote on it?”
“Well,” Barry says. “I guess it's only fair.”
“Sure Diane,” Margarita says. “You all take a vote on it.”
> “Yeah,” Gordon says. “Why don't you girls go down the hall into the back room and vote on it while the rest of us wait here.”
“Okay.” Diane D and the Dianettes turn and walk down the hallway.
Gordon, the Punky Gurlz and Diane D‘s family stand there and wait, looking on as Diane D and the Dianettes walk down the hallway and head towards the backroom.
Diane D and the Dianettes reach the backroom. They go into the back room and shut the door behind themselves.
Inside the backroom, the Dianettes head towards the back of the room as Diane D follows behind them. They stop and form a circle as Lonna sits up on a stool. Diane D then says to them, “So what do you say girls? How about collaborating with the Punky Gurlz at our next show? I vote yes. How 'bout you guys?”
“Diane where're the dancers from Africa?” Lonna asks.
“Lonna, you still thinking about the dancers from Africa?”
“I sure am.”
“Yeah Diane,” Miranda says. “We thought the dancers from Africa were gonna dance with us at our next show.”
“They were,” Diane D says, “but are the dancers from Africa the only people y'all want to collaborate with?”
“Yes they are Diane,” Bernice says. “We were hoping to dance with them again.”
“Girls what difference does it make who collaborates with us? The Punky Gurlz want to collaborate with us. That should tell us something. I'll tell y'all what. Since my vote is already yes, why don't I leave you all alone for a minute so y'all can have a little time to think before you vote. The majority vote rules. I'm gonna go back out in the hallway while you all vote, then I’m gonna come back in here.” Diane D turns away from the Dianettes and excitingly walks towards the door.
Diane D approaches the door. She turns her head around towards the Dianettes and smiles to them saying, “Now remember girls!”
The Dianettes look away from each other towards Diane D.
“The majority vote rules!” Diane D smiles and turns her head back forward as she opens the door and leaves the room with the door closing behind her.
Diane D runs a little down the hallway and excitedly approaches Gordon, her family and the Punky Gurlz and tells them, “Well the girls are voting right now. I already voted yes.”
“Diane D why do the Dianettes have to take a vote on this?” Gordon asks.
“Yeah,” Punky Gurl 1 says. “We thought the Dianettes would love to collaborate with us.”
“Yeah, I thought so too.”
“Well I guess this idea just came on so sudden to them,” Diane D says. “But I'm sure they'll come around to it and vote yes like I did. So Punky Gurlz, how long have you guys been in town?”
“We've been in town for a month,” Punky Gurl 1 says.
“Yeah,” Punky Gurl 2 says. “We just want to have a few concerts.”
“Wow that's good y'all doing a concert,” Diane D says. “That's great to hear. Well let me go check on the girls and see how the vote is coming along. I'll be back.” Diane D excitedly turns away from them all and heads back down the hallway towards the back room as everyone else look on.
Diane D enters the backroom and shuts the door behind herself.
A few minutes later, the Punky Gurlz, Gordon and Diane D's family are talking and chit-chatting with each other. They suddenly hear the back room door open then close. They turn their heads to look. They see Diane D slowly and disappointedly walking down the hallway heading towards them. They all look at her. “You don't seem too happy Diane,” Margarita says. “The girls voted no didn't they?”
“Yeah, they did,” Diane D says.
“All of them?” Mary ask.
“Yeah Mom, all of them.”
Diane D approaches her family, the Punky Gurlz and Gordon and says, “I told the girls that the majority vote rules and that was the majority vote. Their six no's to my one yes.”
“Why don't the Dianettes want to collaborate with us Diane D?” Punky Gurl 3 asks.
“Yeah,” Gordon says. “Being that the Dianettes didn't want to collaborate with the dancers from the Norton Dance School, I was sure they would want to collaborate with the Punky Gurlz.”
“Yeah, me too,” Diane D says. “But they want to collaborate with the dancers from Africa.”
“What!” Tomas shouts. “They still have their minds set on those dancers from Africa?”
“Yeah Grandpa. So far the dancers from Africa seem to be the only ones the girls want to collaborate with.”
“I'm sorry Diane D,” Gordon says. “I know you were looking forward to collaborating with the Punky Gurlz.”
“Hey!” Punky Gurl 1 shouts. “I have an idea! Diane D, since the Dianettes don't want us to perform on your show, maybe you all can perform at our concert in Paris next month and y'all can be an opening act for us!”
“What!” Diane D excitingly shouts. “Me and the girls perform in Paris and be an opening act for you guys?!”
“Yeah Diane D!” Punky Gurl 2 shouts. “What do you say to that?!”
“Like Tony the Tiger, that sounds grrreat! I would love that! Oh my God, me and the girls performing with you all in Paris! I can't believe this! Let me go tell the girls! I know they would really be excited about this!” Diane D excitedly turns away from them all and heads back down the hallway towards the back office as everyone looks on at her.
Diane D soon enters the back office and shuts the door behind herself.
A few minutes later, Diane D's family, Gordon and the Punky Gurlz stand around talking. They suddenly hear the back door open then close. They all turn and look. They see Diane D slowly and disappointingly heading towards them again. “Oh no Diane,” Margarita says. “They voted no to this too?”
“Yeah Grandma, they did!” Diane D says. “Six to one again!”
“What!” Punky Gurl 2 says. “They still don't like the idea of collaborating with us? Not even in Paris?”
“No.”
“You know I don't understand the girls,” Margarita says.
“Me neither,” Mary says. “Why don't they want to collaborate with the Punky Gurlz Diane?”
“They said they don‘t need the Punky Gurlz in order for them to go to Paris or anywhere else,” Diane D says. “They also said they're just not interested in sharing the stage with any other singing groups.”
“What? Not interested in sharing the stage with any other singing groups? Diane you and the girls shared the stage and collaborate with several singing groups before!”
“Yeah,” Barry says. “Y'all shared a stage with that singing group from Philadelphia a few years ago. Y'all also shared the stage with that other singing group in Florida and several other singing groups in the churches! Why is it different now?!”
“They were all guy groups Dad!” Diane D says.
“Guy groups?” everyone puzzled asks.
“What are you saying Diane?” Margarita asks.
“I’m saying that the girls are just not interested in sharing the stage with any other female singer or female singing groups period!” Diane D says.
“What?” everybody else says.
“Any other female singer or female singing groups?!” Tomas asks.
“That's what they just said,” Diane D says.
“You know I'm gonna have a talk with those girls and straighten them out!” Mary says. Mary is about to walk away towards the back room.
Diane D grabs Mary, stops her and says, “No Mom, their minds are already made up. What's the use?”
“We're sorry Diane D,” Punky Gurl 5 says. Diane D and Mary sadly look at Punky Gurl 5.
“Hey!” Punky Gurl 1 shouts. “I have another idea! Diane D, since we invited you and the Dianettes to perform at our concert in Paris, and the Dianettes don't want to come and participate, and since you're the only one who doesn't mind sharing the stage with us, then maybe just YOU can come along to Paris and perform with us?”
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“Yeah how about that!” the rest of the Punky Gurlz say.
“What do you say to that Diane D?!” Punky Gurl 3 says.
“You mean just ME come?!” Diane D says.
“Yeah!” the Punky Gurlz say.
“Oh boy, I would love that! Sure I'll come along! My God!” Diane D turns to her family and says, “What do y'all say to that Mom, Dad, Grandma, Grandpa, Michael?! Should I perform at the Punky Gurlz' next concert in Paris?!”
Diane D’s family look at each other, then back at Diane D as Barry says, “Well, I don't see why not.”
“I don't see why not either,” Mary says.
“Go for it Diane,” Margarita says.
“My God that's great!” Diane D shouts. She turns back to the Punky Gurlz and says, “Oh boy, me being in Paris again, performing on stage with the Punky Gurlz! I can't believe it! I can't believe it's going to happen!” Diane D excitingly paces back and forth and says, “Oh my God, what should I wear?!” She stops pacing and says, “Oh never mind what should I wear, when should I start packing?! Oh my goodness, this is so wonderful, it's so unbelievable! Let me go tell the girls!” Diane D excitedly turns away from them all and heads back down the hallway towards the back room!
“Wait Diane D!” Punky Gurl 1 shouts. Diane D stops and turns around towards the Punky Gurlz as Punky Gurl 1 tells her, “We'll come with you!” The Punky Gurlz run towards Diane D and catch up to her.
Diane D turns back forward as she and the Punky Gurlz happily have their arms wrapped around each others’ shoulders then smile, skip and sing as they excitingly go off towards the back room.
Diane D's family, Michael and Gordon smile looking on at them.
Diane D and the Punky Gurlz reach the back room. They enter the back room and shut the door behind themselves.
Diane D's family, Michael and Gordon look at each other smiling as Tomas says, “Well, I guess the girls are gonna change their minds once they realize that Diane is gonna perform with the Punky Gurlz in Paris anyway.”
“Right,” Michael says. “I bet now the girls are gonna want to go to Paris.”
‘Yeah,” Barry says. “Especially when they realize that Diane is gonna go to Paris with, or without them.”
“Yeah I guess so too,” Mary smiles and says.
“So do I,” Gordon smiles and says. They all start to laugh as Gordon says, “Come on. Let's go get some coffee.” They all turn and start to walk the opposite way towards the other end of the hall as they continue to laugh.
“What!” a voice suddenly shouts from the back room. Diane D’s family and Gordon shockingly stop in their tracks. They all look at each other stunned as the voice shouts, “Y'all fuckin bitches!” Diane D’s family and Gordon shockingly turn their heads and look down the hall towards the back room as another voice shouts, “Y'all got some goddamn nerve!” Diane D’s family, Michael and Gordon turn and hurry down the hallway towards the back room!
Diane D’s family and Gordon reach the back room door and open it.
Diane D's family, Michael and Gordon enter the back room and become shock and stunned to see the Dianettes and the Punky Gurlz going at each other, hollering, shouting and pointing fingers at each other as the Dianettes shout, “Who the hell y'all think y‘all are, trying to take Diane away from us?!” Diane D stands in front of the Dianettes facing the Punky Gurlz with her arms spread out in front of Dianettes keeping them from going forward towards the Punky Gurlz as she tries to break up the commotion!
Diane D's family and Gordon approach the women and try to break up the commotion as Barry shouts, “What the hell is going on here?!”
Miranda angrily points her finger at the Punky Gurlz and shouts, “Diane is not gonna perform with you guys in Paris!”
“That’s right!” Bernice shouts. “She's not gonna perform anywhere with you guys!”
“That's right!” Nancy shouts. “So you all can just forget it!”
“Cause it AIN’T gonna happen!” Lonna shouts.
“No?!” Punky Gurl 3 says. “Why not?! Y'all don't want to come be in our show!”
“No we don't want to be in your show!” Kelly shouts.
“So you don't have to then!”
“We're not!” Charlotte says.
“Fine!” Punky Gurl 1 says. “Then just Diane D will be there!”
“No she isn't!” the Dianettes shout.
“Diane is not gonna be in your show either!” Miranda shouts.
“Yes she is!” the Punky Gurlz shout.
“No she isn’t!” the Dianettes shout.
“Yes she is!” the Punky Gurlz shout.
“She just said she would!” Punky Gurl 5 says.
“No she isn't!” the Dianettes shout.
“Diane is not going to be in your show, that's it!” Nancy shouts.
“Oh yes she is!” the Punky Gurlz shout.
“No she isn't!” the Dianettes shout.
“You want a singer to be in your show, go find somebody else!” Lonna shouts.
“Because it's NOT going to be Diane!” Miranda shouts.
“Oh yes it is!” the Punky Gurlz shout.
“No it isn't!” the Dianettes shout.
“Diane belongs with us!” Bernice shouts. “Y'all can't have her!”
“Oh yes we are!” the Punky Gurlz shout.
“No you're not!” the Dianettes shout.
“Yes we are!” the Punky Gurlz shout.
The Dianettes angrily lunge at the Punky Gurlz as Diane D, her family, Michael and Gordon try to stop them! “Girls!” Mary shouts to them.
“Y'all need to watch yourselves!” Punky Gurl 2 shouts.
“And you need to go back to Canada where you came from!” Lonna shouts.
A small crowd of people enter the room and see the commotion as Nancy shouts, “Diane is NOT gonna be in your show cause it AIN’T gonna happen!”
“It IS gonna happen!” Punky Gurl 1 shouts.
“No it isn't!” the Dianettes shout.
“Yes it is!” the Punky Gurlz shout.
The Dianettes angrily lunge at the Punky Gurlz again! All the men from the crowd grab a hold of all the Dianettes, lifting and pulling them towards the door as the Dianettes continue to angrily scream at the Punky Gurlz. The men bring the Dianettes towards the doorway! They then bring the Dianettes out the room. One of the men hold on to Diane D. Diane D angrily pulls her arm away from the man as she and the rest of her family follow behind the Dianettes and slam the door behind themselves! Gordon and the Punky Gurlz stay in the back room. They look at the door stunned. They hear loud commotions going out in the hallway. Gordon turns and looks at the Punky Gurlz as they look back at him. “They had no right trying to attack us!” Punky Gurl 2 says.
“That's right!” Punky Gurl 1 says. “We gotto go speak to Diane D.” The Punky Gurlz turn and head for the door.
Gordon hurries in front of the Punky Gurlz and stops them as he tells them, “No don't go speak to Diane D! All you're gonna do is upset the Dianettes even more!”
“Who cares?!” Punky Gurl 1 says. “We still have to know whether or not Diane D is gonna perform with us in Paris!” The Punky Gurlz angrily shove Gordon aside. They hurry to the door, open it then rush out into the hallway!
Diane D, the Dianettes and everybody else are down at the opposite end of the hallway as Diane D and the Dianettes fuss at each other with Miranda crying out, “How could you just go with them Diane?! How could you?”
“Miranda, did y'all hear what I said?!” Diane D shouts. “I said I'm not going to Paris! I'm not going!” The Dianettes start to complain to Mary and Barry!
The Punky Gurlz come down the hallway. Michael and a few men in the crowd approach them and stop them. “Can we just talk to Diane D for a moment?!” Punky Gurl 1 says.
“I don't know” Michael says. “They're all pretty upset right now.”
“We know that,” Punky Gurl 2 says. “We just want
to talk to Diane D real quick, then we'll go.”
“Okay. Hold on.” Michael turns towards Diane D and shouts, “Diane! Diane!”
Diane D and everyone else turn towards Michael.
“The Punky Gurlz want to speak to you real quick before they go!” Michael shouts.
Diane D and everyone else look at the Punky Gurlz as the Dianettes angrily glare at the Punky Gurlz. Diane D turns to the Dianettes and tells them, “I'll be right back girls.” The Dianettes puzzledly look at Diane D. Diane D tells them, “I'll be right back. I'm not going anywhere. I just wanna see what they want. I'll be back. Stay cool.” Diane D looks at the Dianettes as she walks away from them. She then turns her head and walks towards the Punky Gurlz as the Dianettes worriedly look on at Diane D then glare at the Punky Gurlz again.
Diane D approaches the Punky Gurlz as Punky Gurl 1 says, “Diane D can we talk to you in private?”
“In private?” Diane D asks.
“Yeah.”
“Okay, but we got to make it quick.” Diane D turns to the Dianettes and her family and shouts, “I'll be right back everybody!” Diane D turns back to the Punky Gurlz and says, “Let's go into the office.” Diane D and the Punky Gurlz turn and head towards the opposite direction of the hallway and go around the corner into anther hallway.
Diane D and the Punky Gurlz enter an office and close the door behind themselves. The Punky Gurlz rush all the way inside the office as Diane D slowly follows behind them. The Punky Gurlz turn around towards Diane D as Punky Gurl 2 says, “Listen Diane D, we're very sorry for that outburst that just happened.”
Diane D stops and firmly stares at Punky Gurl 2.
“Yeah Diane D,” Punky Gurl 1 says. “We really are! We had no idea that the Dianettes would react this way! We didn’t know they would be upset about you performing with us in Paris! I mean it's bad enough they don't want to perform with us or share the stage with us, but they don't even want YOU to perform with us or share the stage with us.”
“That's right Diane D,” Punky Gurl 3 says. “I mean we just want to know, if you're still interested in performing in Paris with us.”
“What?” Diane D says. “You're still expecting me to perform with you guys in Paris, after that argument you all and the girls just had? You saw how upset the girls got about the idea of me performing with you!”
“We know that Diane D,” Punky Gurl 2 says. “We know the Dianettes don't want you performing with us, but maybe we can make arrangements, for you to perform with us in Paris without the Dianettes ever knowing about it.”
“Without them ever knowing about it?”
“Yeah,” Punky Gurl 5 says. “Maybe you can just sneak away from them for a while.”
“Yeah,” Punky Gurl 3 says. “By the time you be in Paris and perform with us, it'll be too late for the Dianettes to stop you.”
“What do you say to that Diane D?” Punky Gurl 1 says. “If you come perform in Paris with us, we'll pay you a whole lot of money.”
“Pay me a whole lot of money?” Diane D says.
“Yeah,” Punky Gurl 2 says. “We'll pay you hundreds of dollars!”
“No!” Punky Gurl 1 shouts. “We’ll pay you thousands of dollars!“
“No!” Punky Gurl 6 shouts. “We’ll pay you multimillions of dollars!”
Diane D angrily holds her arm and hand out to the Punky Gurlz and shouts, “WAIT A MINUTE, JUST STOP WITH THE MONEY, ALRIGHT?!” Diane D angrily stares at the Punky Gurlz as the Punky Gurlz frighteningly look at her. Diane D then calms as she puts her hand down and says, “Listen you all, money is not the issue here. There are a lot of things in life that's much more important to me than money. Right now, the girls' feelings are very, very important to me. Now if the girls don't want me to perform with you guys in Paris or anywhere else, I'm not gonna let them down or disappoint them. I appreciate you all wanting to perform with me and me perform with you, but it's not worth disappointing the girls.”
“Not worth disappointing them?” Punky Gurl 1 worriedly says. “So what are you saying Diane D? Are you saying you're not gonna perform in Paris with us? We understand that the Dianettes' feelings are important to you, but they're the ones who don't want to participate with us, you do! You don't mind sharing the stage with us, so why in the world should they stop you or not want you sharing the stage with us?!”
“That's right Diane D,” Punky Gurl 5 says. “You should still come to Paris with us! Come with us today! We'll sneak you to Paris then you'll be right back here before the Dianettes would ever realize you're gone!”
“Yeah so come with us Diane D,” Punky Gurl 2 says. “We'll make arrangements for you right now with the airlines and fly you right out of here within an hour!” Punky Gurl 2 turns to the others and shouts, “Girls let's call the airlines right now and book a flight out of here for all of us including Diane D!”
“Wait a minute!” Diane D shouts. “Did you all hear what I just said?! I'm not going!”
“You are going Diane D!” Punky Gurl 1 says. “No ifs ands, or buts about it! You're going!” Punky Gurl 1 turns to the others and says, “Hurry girls! Call the airlines and book an extra seat for Diane D!”
“You got it!” Punky Gurl 2 says. The Punky Gurlz turn and hurry to the telephone. They suddenly hear the sound of the door bang open! They become startled as they and Diane D turn towards the door and look. They see the angry Dianettes standing in the doorway glaring at the Punky Gurlz with their arms folded. Diane D and the Punky Gurlz puzzled look at the Dianettes. The Dianettes glare at the Punky Gurls. They then charge in the room at the Punky Gurlz as Diane D's family and a crowd quickly approach the doorway! They jump and kick the Punky Gurlz down on the floor and throw objects from the desk at them! “Aaaaahh,” the Punky Gurlz scream. The Dianettes turn around and grab Diane D by both her arms and hands. They quickly run out the room with her! The men in the crowd grab the Punky Gurlz and help them up. The Punky Gurlz stand up. They run out the room going after the Dianettes! Everyone else run out the room!
The Punky Gurlz run out in the hallway. They run down the hallway and catch up to the Dianettes! They kick back at the Dianettes! The Dianettes almost fall as the Punky Gurlz turn and run back down the hallway! The Dianettes quickly catch their balance! They turn and angrily run after the Punky Gurlz! The Punky Gurlz quickly run towards an exit! They open the door and burst out the building!
The Dianettes run towards the exit! They open the door and burst out the building after the Punky Gurlz!
Chapter 10
The Rival!
