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couldn't talk to her friends with Funny around.
She had to get to them alone. But how?
"What's wrong?" Funny asked around a bite of
apple. "Bad morning?"
Jana nodded, glad to have an excuse for her behavior. She
didn't want to hurt Funny After all, it wasn't Funny's fault that she had
gotten herself into such a mess.
"Me, too," Funny confessed. "Talk about
freeze out. Of course, Laura's the worst, but whatever she does, Tammy and
Melissa do also."
"I've heard some things about Laura," said Jana.
"Like what?"
"That she's in control of your group, and if she tells
you to do something and you won't do it, you're out. Is that true?"
Funny shrugged. "I've heard some things about The
Fabulous Five, too," she said, and Jana had the distinct feeling that she
was changing the subject to keep from talking about Laura. "For instance,
is it true that your club used to be against Taffy Sinclair?"
Jana frowned. It hurt to hear The Fabulous Five being
criticized. "Taffy's not so bad now, " she said. "But she
used to be the snottiest person alive. You just don't know her."
"You don't know Laura, either," countered Funny.
Then her face brightened. "Hey, let's not get into an argument. If we lose
each other, we're doomed! " Then she put one hand around her neck,
stuck out her tongue, and made a strangling sound, which sent Jana into
convulsions of laughter in spite of herself.
Jana didn't get a chance to talk to her friends anytime
during lunch period. Funny Hawthorne stuck to her like frost, giggling and
chattering as if things could not be better. To make matters worse, Jana saw
Katie and Christie on the way to history class, but when she waved to them and
tried to motion with her hands for them to wait for her, they wheeled around
and stomped off in the opposite direction.
"What am I going to do?" she said half aloud as
she opened her history book. "I've got to talk to them, but how?"
After school, she thought. After school I'll call an
emergency meeting of The Fabulous Five. Why didn't I think of it before? While
her history teacher droned on about the winning of the American West, Jana was
busy writing notes. She wrote one to Christie. One to Katie. One to Melanie.
And one to Beth. Maybe Beth wouldn't come, but she had to try.
Emergency meeting of The Fabulous Five at my house after
school. This is urgent. BE THERE!!!
Jana
Between classes Jana raced to the hall where the
seventh-grade lockers were and slipped a rolled-up note into the U-shaped shank
of the combination lock on each door. They can't open their lockers without
finding them, she thought happily. And they'll come. I know they will. And when
I explain to them about how I feel, everything will be all right again.
Still, she couldn't resist crossing and uncrossing her
fingers three times for luck.
CHAPTER 12
Jana couldn't remember when she had been so nervous. She
hadn't even stopped by her locker after school. Partly it was because she didn't
want to come face-to-face with her friends when they found her notes, but
mostly it was because she was in a hurry to get home and get ready for the
meeting.
She tore around the apartment straightening up, plumping pillows
on the sofa, checking the refrigerator for soda, and doing a million and one
things that she didn't ordinarily bother to do when her friends were coming
over. But this meeting was important, she told herself, and special.
When the doorbell rang, she almost jumped out of her skin.
Putting her hand on the knob, she took a deep breath to steady herself and
opened the door. It was Melanie.
"Hi," she said weakly.
"Hi," said Jana. "Come on in."
"Can I use your phone to call my mom and tell her where
I am?" asked Melanie.
Jana nodded. She was glad that Melanie wanted to use the
phone. Maybe the others would get there before she was forced to make
conversation. Things were so awkward now, and she wanted everyone present
before she made the speech she had been rehearsing in her head all
She had to get to them alone. But how?
"What's wrong?" Funny asked around a bite of
apple. "Bad morning?"
Jana nodded, glad to have an excuse for her behavior. She
didn't want to hurt Funny After all, it wasn't Funny's fault that she had
gotten herself into such a mess.
"Me, too," Funny confessed. "Talk about
freeze out. Of course, Laura's the worst, but whatever she does, Tammy and
Melissa do also."
"I've heard some things about Laura," said Jana.
"Like what?"
"That she's in control of your group, and if she tells
you to do something and you won't do it, you're out. Is that true?"
Funny shrugged. "I've heard some things about The
Fabulous Five, too," she said, and Jana had the distinct feeling that she
was changing the subject to keep from talking about Laura. "For instance,
is it true that your club used to be against Taffy Sinclair?"
Jana frowned. It hurt to hear The Fabulous Five being
criticized. "Taffy's not so bad now, " she said. "But she
used to be the snottiest person alive. You just don't know her."
"You don't know Laura, either," countered Funny.
Then her face brightened. "Hey, let's not get into an argument. If we lose
each other, we're doomed! " Then she put one hand around her neck,
stuck out her tongue, and made a strangling sound, which sent Jana into
convulsions of laughter in spite of herself.
Jana didn't get a chance to talk to her friends anytime
during lunch period. Funny Hawthorne stuck to her like frost, giggling and
chattering as if things could not be better. To make matters worse, Jana saw
Katie and Christie on the way to history class, but when she waved to them and
tried to motion with her hands for them to wait for her, they wheeled around
and stomped off in the opposite direction.
"What am I going to do?" she said half aloud as
she opened her history book. "I've got to talk to them, but how?"
After school, she thought. After school I'll call an
emergency meeting of The Fabulous Five. Why didn't I think of it before? While
her history teacher droned on about the winning of the American West, Jana was
busy writing notes. She wrote one to Christie. One to Katie. One to Melanie.
And one to Beth. Maybe Beth wouldn't come, but she had to try.
Emergency meeting of The Fabulous Five at my house after
school. This is urgent. BE THERE!!!
Jana
Between classes Jana raced to the hall where the
seventh-grade lockers were and slipped a rolled-up note into the U-shaped shank
of the combination lock on each door. They can't open their lockers without
finding them, she thought happily. And they'll come. I know they will. And when
I explain to them about how I feel, everything will be all right again.
Still, she couldn't resist crossing and uncrossing her
fingers three times for luck.
CHAPTER 12
Jana couldn't remember when she had been so nervous. She
hadn't even stopped by her locker after school. Partly it was because she didn't
want to come face-to-face with her friends when they found her notes, but
mostly it was because she was in a hurry to get home and get ready for the
meeting.
She tore around the apartment straightening up, plumping pillows
on the sofa, checking the refrigerator for soda, and doing a million and one
things that she didn't ordinarily bother to do when her friends were coming
over. But this meeting was important, she told herself, and special.
When the doorbell rang, she almost jumped out of her skin.
Putting her hand on the knob, she took a deep breath to steady herself and
opened the door. It was Melanie.
"Hi," she said weakly.
"Hi," said Jana. "Come on in."
"Can I use your phone to call my mom and tell her where
I am?" asked Melanie.
Jana nodded. She was glad that Melanie wanted to use the
phone. Maybe the others would get there before she was forced to make
conversation. Things were so awkward now, and she wanted everyone present
before she made the speech she had been rehearsing in her head all
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