“He was just being ditzy, he loves PPPC more than anyone. Let him participate, Pretty Prissy Princess Please.”
Shawna stopped crying. He couldn’t believe what was happening. His friends were standing up for him, clearly risking spankings and Prissy Princess Goody Two-Shoes status demotions of their own. He loved his Prissy Princess All-Star friends with all of his heart. None of the boys he ever knew when he was still uncorrected would ever do anything like this for him. Nevertheless, he knew they were wasting their breath. Violating PPPC could absolutely not be excused.
From his corner, he spoke loudly so everyone could hear, “No, please don’t do this! The Prissy Princess Guidebook says being ditzy is never an excuse for Prissy Princess Bad Behavior. Prissy Princesses are always ditzy, if they could use ditziness as an excuse they would have an excuse for anything.” He heard the protests cease.
He went back to reading. He heard the doors to the gymnasium open and close and nearby he heard voices explaining what was going on. He continued to sniffle and cry as he read.
All of a sudden he felt a hand on his left shoulder, rubbing it warmly to console him. And then he felt a hand on his right shoulder, rubbing and consoling.
The hands withdrew, and from behind him on his left in a familiar British accented voice he heard a defiant shout, “LET HIM PLAY!”
From behind him on his right he heard an identical shout in an identical voice, “LET HIM PLAY!”
In stereo behind him he heard the two voices join together and begin to chant, “LET HIM PLAY! LET HIM PLAY! LET HIM PLAY!” In moments all of the spectators joined in.
His heart felt like it was going to explode from his chest. Tears of joy instead of grief and humiliation came to his eyes. His tender Prissy Princess feelings were completely overcome with love and adoration. His Knights In Shining Armor had come to save their favorite little Ditzy Damsel. The Twin Tormentors were back from Space Camp and here to save the day.
As the crowd chanted the one on his left picked him up off the stool. The one on his right pulled his panties back into place. The triplets hugged, “I love you! I love you! I love you! Best mates forever!” Shawna shouted.
He looked to the one on his left, “Thank you so much, Miss Diane.”
He turned to the one on his right, “Thank you so much, Miss Karen.”
Diane, the one on the right, pulled up her shirt to show him the mark. “What a ditz you are, Dolly Destroyer.”
Karen, the one on the left, added, “Wow, Shawny, we come all this way to watch your first Cuddleball match, find you up to your neck in a proper mess of trouble, and you don’t even recognize your best mates?!”
Shawna blushed at the very rare miss and repeated his thanks to the correct girl this time. Luckily, that light hearted teasing they gave him was the extent of their reprisal ever since they had promised to stop bullying him.
Karen and Diane led him back to the center of the Cuddleball Coliseum. Mrs. McCoy regained control of the crowd of students. The gymnasium was silent as Mrs. McCoy pronounced her judgement. “I’m sorry, Little Miss Shawna, and I’m sorry everyone. But Little Miss Shawna absolutely may not participate. The rules set forth in the International Cuddleball Convention make it very clear that Prissy Princess Goody Two-Shoes status is an absolute requirement to participate in the World Participation Cup of Cuddleball. However, I don’t think there would be any harm in allowing him to watch. I’m confident he’s learned his lesson.”
Karen and Diane put their hands on their hips and looked at her crossly. There were some mutterings from the bleachers. Little Miss Shawna, however, could totally understand. The teacher could not let the inmates run the asylum, it would be chaos. He decided to take what he could get. He bravely put a smile on his face. He urged the other Prissy Princess All-Stars to have fun and told them he would love to cheer them on. He moved to the bleachers with the twins and took a seat near Baby Miss Antonia. Baby Miss Antonia was glumly staring at the ground feeling sorry for himself and had completely ignored the entire outburst. If anything he was glad to see the insufferable Little Miss Shawna as upset and humiliated as he felt all of the time in this insane school. Little Miss Shawna spoke to him, “Now I know how you feel, Baby Miss Antonia. It stinks not being able to participate. You’ll pass your Prissy Princess Potty Training someday, I know it.” Baby Miss Antonia shook his head, rolled his eyes again, and then ignored him.
The Prissy Princess All-Stars moved back into position again, but before participation could commence Junior Miss Tiana walked back to his mother and teacher Mrs. McCoy along the sideline. “Mommy,” he said, “I did Prissy Princess Bad Behavior too. As a Prissy Princess Tween Supreme it was my job to be a good role model. If someone as nice and well behaved as Little Miss Shawna could screw up something as simple and important as PPPC, it means I must have not done a good enough job.” He reached to his Prissy Princess Tween Supreme sash and removed his Prissy Princess Goody Two-Shoes platinum ribbon and handed it to his mother. “And I don’t deserve to call myself a Prissy Princess Goody Two-Shoes if I let down my friends.”
His mother smiled down at him in pride and pulled him in for a close hug. In several moments all of the rest of the Prissy Princess All-Stars were lined up behind him to do the same.
“What’s happening?” Karen asked.
“What’s the point?” Diane pondered.
But Shawna understood exactly what was happening. His heart was beating out of his chest once more. He loved his Prissy Princess friends. They would do anything for him, even sacrifice Prissy Princess Goody Two-Shoes status. They were giving Mrs. McCoy a way out without having to break any of the rules agreed to by the Prissy Princess Board of Directors.
When all of the Prissy Princess Goody Two-Shoes had turned in their ribbons, Mrs. McCoy addressed the gymnasium yet again. “I’m sad to announce that since there are no qualifying participants present, the first World Participation Cup of Cuddleball must be cancelled. We’ll try again next year. But our Prissy Princess All-Star guests didn’t get to participate in our intramural game yesterday, and they’re here already all dressed up and ready for participation. I don’t see why we can’t have a second intramural game instead. After sound spankings all around for Prissy Princess Bad Behavior of course!”