Episode: 211

Original Air Date: 12/10/00

I totally forgot about these secret Krelboyne meetings we'd been having to build a rocket, but I figured I could do both. Not only did I get out of class, but I got to hang out at the high school. It was so cool. There were all these pierced, brooding types wearing weird clothes and walking around like they didn't care about anything. I was supposed to play the changeling boy in Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream," but when the guy playing Puck, the lead fairy, didn't show up, I filled in. They loved me! So, not only did I get out of the Krelboyne class and get to hang out with beautiful high school girls, I got the lead in the play.

I got so caught up in rehearsals and keeping track of the latest high school gossip that I missed a few of the secret Krelboyne meetings. I felt bad because Stevie, Lloyd and the guys were getting mad at me. So I whipped up some calculations for them that I thought were accurate. When I saw a rocket flying over my head later that day, I knew I had totally messed up. Luckily, no one was hurt when it crash-landed at school. And I'm pretty sure it had nothing to do with our teacher giving birth in the parking lot.

The night of the play, my entire family was there, and the Krelboynes came too. But when they lowered me onto the stage, all I could remember were the rumors, stories and tidbits I'd been hearing all week at rehearsals. I totally froze. It was horrible. Then an amazing thing happened. Lloyd saved me. He came onstage and did my lines and was a huge hit. I just hung there like an idiot the entire time, but it made me realize something: Even though the high school kids were cool, my true friends stood by me even after I let them down. Maybe Shakespeare was right when he said, "What fools these mortals be," or something like that.