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Authors: Melissa J. Morgan
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rolled her eyes. “Don’t be such a baby,” she said. “I was only kidding.”
“Oh.” Grace felt stupid. Clearly she should’ve been able to tell that Gaby was joking around at bunk 3A, but it really hadn’t seemed that way. “Well, sorry.”
“Whatever,” Gaby said. “So we’ll sit together on the way to the water park?”
Grace bit her lip. She didn’t really want to sit with Gaby. In fact, she wasn’t sure she wanted to be friends with Gaby at all, let alone best friends. It was just too hard to figure out Gaby’s behavior, and Grace never felt comfortable around her.
“No, I think I’m still going to sit with Nat and Alyssa on the field trip,” she answered slowly. “They asked me first.”
Gaby’s face turned the same bright-orange shade as Alyssa’s hair. Without thinking, Grace took a step back.
“I think she’s gonna blow,” Alyssa whispered.
“You’re a rotten friend!” Gaby exploded, yelling right in Grace’s face. “And I don’t even care because you probably can’t go on the field trip anyway!”
I knew it! Grace thought, horrified. I knew she was eavesdropping on my talk with Julie!
“You heard me,” Gaby said to Natalie and Alyssa. “She told you she could sit with you, but she’s lying. She’s not even gonna be there.”
“What are you talking about?” Natalie demanded. “Of course she is.”
“Grace isn’t a liar,” Alyssa put in.
“She is, too,” Gaby said smugly. “If she doesn’t finish reading her lame-o book, she can’t go to the water park. And there’s no way she can finish it because she’s barely even to chapter three!”
Natalie’s mouth fell open. Alyssa whirled around to look at Grace. “Is that true?” she asked.
Grace had never been so angry in her entire life! How dare Gaby listen in on a private conversation and then tell everyone Grace’s business? How dare she make Grace’s friends think she was a liar?
How dare she be such a bully?
“Grace?” Nat said.
Natalie’s worried eyes were too much for Grace to take. How could she explain all this to her bunkmates? That she couldn’t go to the water park with them, and she couldn’t try out for the play . . . and no matter how hard she tried, she couldn’t seem to finish that stupid book!
Tears blurred her eyes again, but this time they were tears of anger. She pushed past her friends and Gaby and stomped off toward the office.
chapter SEVEN
Dear Mom and Dad,
I can’t believe you’re doing this to me! Why are you trying to ruin my life? Now everyone knows that I can’t go to the water park. Or at least they will know soon. I’m not sure whether they’ll be mad at me or feel sorry for me, but either way they’re not going to act normal around me for the rest of the summer. It’s humiliating. Why can’t you just let me be normal and do the things everyone else gets to do? It isn’t fair! I promise I’ll finish the books. Just please, please, please let me go to the water park and try out for the play and be normal! I know you’re mad at me, but PLEASE don’t ruin my whole summer! I love acting so much, and you’re taking it away. Please let me audition, and let me go to WetWorld—I’ll read as many books as you want!
Grace hit Send and watched the e-mail disappear from the screen. Immediately she wished she could get it back. It wasn’t going to help. It would probably just make her parents even angrier at her than they already were, and she couldn’t blame them. She’d barely been able to convince them to let her come to camp this summer—there was no way they were going to let her go on the field trip now that she hadn’t held up her end of the bargain.
She stood up and made her way to the door of the camp office. “Thanks, Dr. Steve,” she called.
The camp director looked up from his desk and blinked at her. “That didn’t take very long, Grace,” he said. “Usually you’re here for at least fifteen minutes when you send updates to your
“Oh.” Grace felt stupid. Clearly she should’ve been able to tell that Gaby was joking around at bunk 3A, but it really hadn’t seemed that way. “Well, sorry.”
“Whatever,” Gaby said. “So we’ll sit together on the way to the water park?”
Grace bit her lip. She didn’t really want to sit with Gaby. In fact, she wasn’t sure she wanted to be friends with Gaby at all, let alone best friends. It was just too hard to figure out Gaby’s behavior, and Grace never felt comfortable around her.
“No, I think I’m still going to sit with Nat and Alyssa on the field trip,” she answered slowly. “They asked me first.”
Gaby’s face turned the same bright-orange shade as Alyssa’s hair. Without thinking, Grace took a step back.
“I think she’s gonna blow,” Alyssa whispered.
“You’re a rotten friend!” Gaby exploded, yelling right in Grace’s face. “And I don’t even care because you probably can’t go on the field trip anyway!”
I knew it! Grace thought, horrified. I knew she was eavesdropping on my talk with Julie!
“You heard me,” Gaby said to Natalie and Alyssa. “She told you she could sit with you, but she’s lying. She’s not even gonna be there.”
“What are you talking about?” Natalie demanded. “Of course she is.”
“Grace isn’t a liar,” Alyssa put in.
“She is, too,” Gaby said smugly. “If she doesn’t finish reading her lame-o book, she can’t go to the water park. And there’s no way she can finish it because she’s barely even to chapter three!”
Natalie’s mouth fell open. Alyssa whirled around to look at Grace. “Is that true?” she asked.
Grace had never been so angry in her entire life! How dare Gaby listen in on a private conversation and then tell everyone Grace’s business? How dare she make Grace’s friends think she was a liar?
How dare she be such a bully?
“Grace?” Nat said.
Natalie’s worried eyes were too much for Grace to take. How could she explain all this to her bunkmates? That she couldn’t go to the water park with them, and she couldn’t try out for the play . . . and no matter how hard she tried, she couldn’t seem to finish that stupid book!
Tears blurred her eyes again, but this time they were tears of anger. She pushed past her friends and Gaby and stomped off toward the office.
chapter SEVEN
Dear Mom and Dad,
I can’t believe you’re doing this to me! Why are you trying to ruin my life? Now everyone knows that I can’t go to the water park. Or at least they will know soon. I’m not sure whether they’ll be mad at me or feel sorry for me, but either way they’re not going to act normal around me for the rest of the summer. It’s humiliating. Why can’t you just let me be normal and do the things everyone else gets to do? It isn’t fair! I promise I’ll finish the books. Just please, please, please let me go to the water park and try out for the play and be normal! I know you’re mad at me, but PLEASE don’t ruin my whole summer! I love acting so much, and you’re taking it away. Please let me audition, and let me go to WetWorld—I’ll read as many books as you want!
Grace hit Send and watched the e-mail disappear from the screen. Immediately she wished she could get it back. It wasn’t going to help. It would probably just make her parents even angrier at her than they already were, and she couldn’t blame them. She’d barely been able to convince them to let her come to camp this summer—there was no way they were going to let her go on the field trip now that she hadn’t held up her end of the bargain.
She stood up and made her way to the door of the camp office. “Thanks, Dr. Steve,” she called.
The camp director looked up from his desk and blinked at her. “That didn’t take very long, Grace,” he said. “Usually you’re here for at least fifteen minutes when you send updates to your
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