Short Stories
Ben: I want to take you out on a date. A real one. In public.
Erica: We can't! Nobody knows we're dating!
Zoe, Mike, Chip, Jawa: EVERYONE KNOWS!
Hank: It's pretty obvious.
Alexander: Erica, it's not that hard to deduce.
Nefarious: (playing video games in his prison cell) Yeahit'sprettyobviousthatyoutwoharboraffectionforeachotherbeyondtheplatoniclevelandIneedsomeCheetosplease.
Murray: (in the cell next to Nefarious) ... what Nefarious said. And bacon.
Tina: (screaming from Canada) DO NOT GIVE MURRAY ANY BACON! BESIDES, IT WAS EVIDENT THE MOMENT ERICA BEGAN DISPLAYING AFFECTION TOWARDS BEN THAT THE TWO WERE BOUND TO END UP TOGETHER!
Claire: (screaming from the UK) I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THEM THAT LONG, BUT EVEN I COULD SEE THAT BERICA WAS A THING!
Catherine: (parachutes out of nowhere) DID SOMEBODY SAY BER—
Cyrus: NO!
Hamilton: Heaven's sakes, woman! I ship it too, but calm down!
Woodchuck: C'mon, give the kids a break. And yes: it is VERY obvious. Remember Colorado? Hale had her eyes mostly on Ripley...
Erica: DAMMIT WALLACE!
Ben: (grabs Erica's hand) No, Erica. What did we say about angry reactions?
Erica: *mutters* Don't get physical unless in retaliation or in a life-or-death scenario.
Ben: And does this qualify?
Erica: ... no.
Ben: There. (kisses her cheek) Good girl.
Erica: (blushing) *grumbles* Shaddap.
Catherine: "Taming of the Shrew," much?
Jawa: YOOOO, I LOVED THAT PLAY!
Random CIA officer 1: We just got a message over the radio: "B-E-R-I-C-A is obvious. - SPYDER"
Random CIA officer 2: "P.S.: ND! +, ISTL!"
Random CIA officer 1: (opens book) According to my language guide, that is teenage speak for "no duh! Plus, I stuck that landing!"
Zoe: Seriously? Even Joshua Hallal and Ashley Sparks are aware of this? Wow...
Dane: (sitting in his prison cell) It was evident...
Leo Shang: (sitting next to Dane) OH COME ON! EVEN I SAW IT COMING!
Warren: (emerges from the forest in a ghillie suit) I AM AWARE OF THIS TOO! IT'S SO OBVIOUS! PLUS—
Chip: Oh, not you again! (shoots Warren with a bean bag round)
Alexander: Have you seen Catherine?
Hank: I haven't, actually.
Tina: Well, we can split up and try to find her.
Alexander: Hang on, I got this. *shouts* BEN AND ERICA ARE GETTING MARRIED!
Catherine: (pushes aside everyone and charges forward) REALLY?!? BEN'S GOING TO BE MY SON-IN-LAW?!? I MUST START PLANNING THE WEDDING!
Alexander: Ah, there she i—
Cyrus: (fast-ropes down from the ceiling) OH HELL NO!
Hank: Wha—
Erica: (screaming in the distance) I DON'T LIKE BEN!
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Mind the Gap: a Spy School Collection
RandomStuart Gibbs has created a universe in which he presents a hypothetical scenario in which the Central Intelligence Agency would be like if middle and high schoolers were involved as officers-in-training. However, in the process, he left many questio...
