Rubi-Redd Sidney has a stalker. Yes really. Remember Rubi-Redd, the little rich bitch Beauvais Heights princess who goes to Delfine's academy?

Hi, Lacey and Stacey back again to report all things delicious and gossipy. Of course gossip can be absolutely delicious and we think this chapter fits the bill.

Firstly though, things have gone a bit quiet over Christmas. Lots of places closed down and people all seemed to want to take their holidays at once.

Stace has had a break from Delfine's. We wonder where Delfine goes for a holiday. Probably on a cruise, chasing unavailable blokes. Anyway, we hadn't got much to report; it's all been rather boring, until Stace went back to Delfine's yesterday and picked up on this marvellous morsel of gossip. Wait till you hear. Remember you heard it first in the Scrubber Town  magazine.

Actually, Stace didn't hear the goss direct from Rubi, cos Rubi doesn't talk to Stace. She found out during class from one of the few girls Rubi does speak to, beside her nasty little bestie Leanne. A girl called Roxanne told Stace over a manicure lesson. Rubi was over the other side of the room, which was still a bit risky, but here's what Roxanne told her. Rubi has a real live stalker. His name is Dale Vale. That's geeky and loserish to start with, but he works as a groundsman in the Jewel Park Council chambers, Jewel Park, and does some private gardening for extra cash.

It so happened that Col Sidney; that's Rubi's dad and real-estate entrepreneur, was looking for someone to do some gardening at his mansion at Beauvais Heights. He phoned his mate, councillor Rob Hobbs and asked if he could book Dale up for a day or two. This is how Rubi met Dale. Col wasn't home that day, but his three daughters wanted to spend some of their summer holidays around Col's pool. Col and his wife are divorced.

Col was taking a chance in not having an adult in charge, but he put Rubi in charge and told all of them to look after each other. Roxanne reckons that Col was out to lunch with one of his girlfriends.

Anyway, Rubi, her younger sister Saffyre Bloo, the youngest one, Sunni and Leanne were all lounging around the pool in rather brief bathers. Dale was in the background working or pretending to work. However, he kept pausing to talk to the girls who'd been making cocktails by raiding their father's bar,and were very giggly and stupid. Even Sunni, who's only 10, was guzzling cocktails.

Saffire Bloo, Rubi's sister, is a diving star at her school, Our Lady of the School Fetes.

Dale asked them whether he could jump in the pool too, but the girls said no and that he was supposed to be working. Also that their father wouldn't pay him to swim in their pool. After about 10 minutes, the girls relented and told Dale that he could just dip his big toe in, whereupon they all fell into a heap giggling.

Then Dale asked for a drink. The three girls said they weren't sure, but Dale pleaded with them and said; Come on guys, just a Coke

Rubi-Redd enjoying time in the pool helped along with a few cocktails

Rubie, Leanne, Saffyre and Sunnie put their heads together and then told Dale that they'd do better than that and Rubi went inside and made him a cocktail, double strength. Rubi had told him there was no alcohol in it; that it was a non alcoholic cocktail and that he wouldn't get in trouble. Then he had another and foolishly went to the edge of the pool to put his big toe in. While he was doing this the girls pushed him in. Then they ran inside giggling and squealing.

When Dale got out he was really hopping mad and banged on the door for a towel. Of course the girls wouldn't let him in, as Col wasn't home. Dale kept swearing and banging on the door. Finally, Leanne wrote a notice and held it up at the window. It said

If you don't piss off, creep, we'll call the police and we'll tell Mr Sidney u were drunk on the job and jumped into the pool in front of all of us with no clothes on. Got the Message?

Dale had to leave then and was forced to ride his bike home sopping wet, tipsy from the cocktails; and even worse, it had begun to rain. Before he left he shouted:

Poor Dale had to ride home sopping wet, in the rain and tipsy on cocktails.

Remember I know where youse all live and where youse all work or go to school, bitches.

We're not sure whether Rubi or Saffyre told their Dad about the incident but it shows what can happen when you mess around with psychopaths. Rubi and her sisters were playing with fire. There are rumours going around that Mr Vale has been in trouble with the police before on stalking charges.

The next day, there was a note enclosed in an envelope, in Col's letterbox with Rooby-Redd written in red biro and inside it read: Rooby, u are the prittiest girl I've ever seen. I mite be able to 4get how mean u and ur friends were yesterday if u come out with mee. Please say yes or I mite not forgive u and u and ur friends mite be very sorry. Love, Dale

What an idiot signing a note like that. Of course, Col Sidney is outraged and has taken it straight to the police.

The note is really creepy and we're glad it wasn't sent to us. We know we shouldn't say this, but we kind of think that Rubi-Redd brought it on herself, seeing as she teased Dale so badly. Dr Una wouldn't approve at all of us saying that, but whatever.

What does Dale Vale look like we hear you ask? Well, he's vertically challenged. Dr Una taught us that; it means short. He has weird sort of glazed eyes and we reckon you can tell he's not all there. Today, after class at Delfine's, Stace told me that Dale was waiting for Rubi with a present, which was some melty chocolates and a bunch of half dead flowers, which he most likely picked from the park or someone's garden. There was another note too, cos Stace overheard Rubi telling Leanne, but we don't know what it said.

Stace said that Rubi and Leanne completely ignored Dale and walked off, giggling. Apparently, when Leanne looked back and held up her rude finger, Dale was bright red with fury and embarrassment. Watch out girls.

The Shock Horror Files: Dr Una got a postcard from Dr Wun Sun and Dr Daisy Dolay. We'd almost forgotten about them, but they've been working in London and are now touring England. Their first few nights was spent in an AirBNB called Cowpat Cottage. Why would you stay in a place called that? You'd have to wonder what it was like inside, plus so embarrassing to say: 'We're staying in Cowpat Cottage. The very name makes us gag.