Avalon High Page #3

Wow.

You guys have been

together for a while, huh?

Almost three years.

Don't ask.

Ask what?

Why I didn't

answer the phone.

Hey, want to run

some more?

Sure.

Oh. Uh, wait. I forgot. My

dad's making burgers for dinner.

Burgers, huh?

Sounds good.

Yeah, they are.

Yep, my dad makes some

pretty good burgers there.

Oh, wait. Did you want

to come over for burgers?

Just as friends. So, it'd just

be like... Like a friend-burger.

Yeah, I would love

a "friend-burger. "

Ah. Perfect.

There we go. Good.

Oh, I got that, sir.

Oh, yeah. Ohh.

Thank you.

No problem. Yeah. Thanks.

Will, you're welcome here

any time. You're wonderful.

Mom, please!

What? He's class president, the

quarterback and Homecoming King.

He's very impressive.

Very impressive.

One of the professors

told me that

you really helped

turn the team around.

Not to mention bringing a lot

of pride back to the school.

"His broad clear brow

in sunlight glow'd;

"On burnish'd hooves

his war-horse trode;

"From underneath

his helmet flow'd

"His coal-black curls

as on he rode... "

"As he rode down

to Camelot. "

It's a poem about how Arthur

became the leader Britain needed.

Seems like Will did the

same thing for Avalon High.

I don't know how things

are at your house,

but around here, dinner just isn't

complete without a King Arthur poem.

Excuse me.

Oh.

Would you like

some lettuce?

We're all good.

We're all good.

Try some of the potato

salad. Mom made it.

Thanks for dinner.

Anytime.

You know, if you're out running

and get hungry or whatever.

There's a party at my house after

Friday's game. You should come.

Sure.

I'd love to.

I'd better go.

Yeah.

Hey, Jen.

How are you?

So? Did he ask you

on a date?

No! We're just friends.

Those were friend-burgers!

Okay. Sure. Just friends. Got it.

Seriously! I just gave him a

football pep talk, that's it.

Well, if you say that's

it, I guess that's it.

Good. Okay.

That's not it. No.

Ready? Down.

28, set. Hut!

Second.

Long on the 35.

Wagner fakes left

under pressure.

He throws deep to a wide-open

Benwick. He makes the catch.

He breaks the tackle.

I don't know how he kept his

feet inbounds on that one.

But he's still going.

Touchdown Knights!

Yeah!

Go Knights!

Go, Knights!

Go, Knights! Yeah!

With a win over the last

place Crusaders next week,

Will Wagner and his Knights clinch

a trip to the State Championship.

Will! Way to go!

Yeah! Come on.

What was that all about?

What was what?

Will Wagner and his go-to

wide-receiver, Lance Benwick,

have put on another clinic

for us here tonight.

Come on, let's go.

Tell me again why I'm at a party

with a bunch of meathead jocks?

I'm a jock, Miles.

Am I a meathead?

No, but this party

is the first step.

Fine, then don't come in.

Maybe I can make

a quick appearance.

Hey.

What?

See? People hate me.

Miles, try to smile and be

friendly. Just this once.

See what happens.

See?

Now go talk to her.

Talk to who?

Miles, give it up. You

obviously like that girl.

She's so pale. It's weird.

She's probably a vampire.

Teenage vampires are, like,

everywhere these days.

So, you're not gonna

go talk to her?

Nope.

And this has nothing to do with

you being afraid of being rejected?

Why should I care if

I'm rejected by a vampire?

I give up.

Hey, what's going on?

Your friends are wimps.

We seem to have a slight

pest control problem.

Then I guess we'd better

get rid of the pests. Mmm.

Dude, you're

ruining the party.

Need your little goons to save

you from the scary candy bugs?

No, I need them to stop me from

doing something I'll regret.

The only thing I regret

is my mom marrying your dad.

Let's go, guys.

This party's a dud.

They even let

the uber-nerds in.

Oh, yeah. When I'm at

Yale and you're in jail,

I'll be sure to tell

everyone how cool you are.

Hey, Allie.

Sorry about that.

Marco, he's complicated.

What's his problem,

anyway?

He's just really angry. That

his dad died five years ago,

that his mom married my dad, that I'm...

I can tell why he might

be a little jealous, Will.

You're kind of perfect.

I mean,

your game was perfect.

Hey, I only got through that

game because of what you said.

Thank you.

I really should

go find Jen.

Yeah. Of course.

Miles!

You okay, man?

Yeah, I'm okay.

Fine...

You will be, too.

Uh, thanks.

I think.

See you later, Allie.

Bye.

What was that

all about, Miles?

Are you really okay?

Yeah, I'm fine.

I just...

Socializing makes me dizzy.

Well, I'm gonna go try

to find a bathroom, okay?

Don't faint or anything

if someone says hello.

I'm starting to

worry about you.

Your eyes are

so gorgeous.

It's going to be

so much fun.

Oh.

Allie, wait!

I want to talk to you.

Allie, please!

It's none of my business,

Jen. Allie, please.

Please,

don't tell Will.

Don't tell Will that

he's being lied to

by the two people

he trusts the most?

It's more complicated

than that.

It really isn't,

actually.

Allie, I love Will. I'll always

love him. Lance does, too.

The three of us, we've been

best friends since first grade.

The last thing we

want to do is hurt him.

That's why we haven't

told him yet.

If he found out now,

everything would fall apart.

It would be like

what happened in Camelot.

What did you just say?

You know, the story

in Moore's class.

When King Arthur

found out that

Guinevere and Lancelot

were together...

He lost all faith in

everything and everyone,

and didn't have

the strength to go on.

And Will has so much at stake right now,

with the championships

and the scholarship.

We can't destroy him

like this.

"We"?

I wasn't the one

kissing Lance.

Allie, we didn't mean

for this to happen.

It just did.

Lance and I are just

meant to be together.

Haven't you ever felt that?

So, you won't tell him?

You'll let us do it

when the time is right?

I'll have to

think about it.

Al...

So you gonna tell Will

about Jen and Lance, or what?

How did you know?

I had a feeling.

Never mind.

Hey, man.

Hey, how's it going?

Good.

Hey, Allie!

Hey, you took off so early from

the party. Didn't you have fun?

Uh...

I was feeling

a little sick.

Oh. Are you okay now?

It comes and it goes.

I should get to class.

Hey.

Hey, save me a seat.

I brought the book.

Oh, no, Allie,

you shouldn't have.

I meant what I said

about keeping it safe.

It's far too valuable.

Mr. Moore, my parents

said it's fine,

as long as I bring it

home with me tonight.

Say no more.

I'll look at it right now

and give it back

at the end of class.

Thank you.

You've made an old Arthur buff

very happy. Thank you, Allie.

Okay. Change in plans.

We're watching a video today.

Below the tower,

on the upper terrace

of the castle,

his son, Phillip, the

young bridegroom to be,

practices swordsmanship

with his squire.

Someday, he is to become

the Lord of the Manor,

to whom the villagers

will pay their homage,

as he in turn

honors his protector.

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