Peppermint Patty frowned as she saw the new sign on the familiar stand outside the Van Pelt house. "Psychiatric help six dollars?" she asked incredulously, "What happened to five cents?" "Hey, we're in the ninth grade now," Lucy pointed out from behind the booth, "You have to deal with the costs of inflation and overhead." "Overhead?" "Sure," Lucy answered as she leaned against the booth, "After all, I have to lug this booth back and forth from the garage in the back out here to the curb. Don't you think I deserve some sort of monetary compensation for that?" she asked with a smile as she held out a jar to Patty. The tomboy rolled her eyes as she fished out a five and four quarters from her pocket and deposited it into the jar. "Mmmm..." Lucy squealed happily, "Money..." "A- Hem." "Oh, right. So what seemes to be the problem?" "I think I'm in love with my best friend." "And let me guess; the blockhead either doesn't know or doesn't love you back, right? Good grief girl, you're hardly unique in that, you know? I can remember back when Schroeder was playing hard to get..." "No, no, no," Peppermint Patty interrupted, "That's not it at all. My best friend is in love with me too." "Really?" Lucy asked a bit confused, "Then I don't understand, what's the problem?" "It's Marcie." "What, Marcie's upset you're spending time with someone romantically instead of hanging out with her?" "No, Marcie's the friend I AM spending time with romantically. " A moment of silence hung in the air between the two. Then, Lucy got up from behind the booth, walked over to Peppermint Patty, and put a hand on her shoulder. "You're in love with Marcie?" "Yes." "And Marcie's in love with you?" "Yes." Patty said, "I guess that makes me a thespian, huh doc?" "Actually, the correct term is 'lesbian,'" Lucy responded. "Look, when the two of you are together, are you both happy?" A blush passed over Patty's cheeks as she nodded her head. "Then I don't see any problem with it." Patty looked taken aback, "You mean I don't have a problem?" "Well, I wouldn't say that; the whole sandal look went out with Ben Hur, and you look like you have some split ends in the back, but as far as being a lesbian goes, no." "Really?" "Sure. Hey, it's two-thousand seven, you got to change with the times. I did," she said, pointing once again to the six-dollar sign. "Wow... I'm normal!" Patty said, grinning from ear to ear as she stood up from the booth, "Gee, thanks doc." And with that, Peppermint Patty got up and cheerfully left the Psychiatric Help booth. "Well," Lucy said with a self-satisfied smile, "There goes a happy customer. I wish getting my blockhead of a brother to give up his stupid blanket had been as easy as that."
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