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rolling expectantly from one of us to another.
What we finally decided was that she needed a perm and a cut. Since that was out of the question, we rolled her thick bangs away from her face on Mom ' s hot curlers. Then we used the curling iron to put soft waves into the rest of her hair.
" Close your eyes, Mona! " Beth said gleefully. " It ' s time for the grand finale. "
Obediently, Mona closed her eyes. She was smiling, too, and it was plain to see that she was getting excited.
Katie started to pull the hot curlers out of her hair.
" Wait, " I said. " I have another idea. "
I raced to my room and came back with my blush and lip gloss. I patted just a touch of blush on Mona ' s cheeks and added pale pink gloss to her lips. " There, " I said with satisfaction. " Go ahead and comb her out. "
Christie brushed out the roller marks and fluffed out the sides. Then she smoothed the top and arranged two wispy curls on Mona ' s forehead. The rest of us had gotten quiet. It was incredible. Mona ' s appearance was changing before our eyes.
" Okay, " said Christie. " You can look now. "
Mona opened her eyes, which we could see were a striking shade of violet now that they weren ' t hidden by thick bangs, and the blush and lip gloss added a rosy glow to her creamy skin. She took one look at herself and drew in her breath. Then a slow smile spread over her face as she stared at her reflection through misty eyes.
She didn ' t make a sound. She didn ' t have to. We all knew how she must feel. She wasn ' t beautiful like Taffy Sinclair or Laura MacLeod, but she wasn ' t homely like the old Mona, either. She was pretty. The new Mona Vaughn was actually pretty ! I was so happy for her, I thought I ' d die .
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
It was getting late by then, so we mostly just dried our hair and styled it the same old way, although Beth did take Mona ' s suggestion that she part her hair on the opposite side. It really looked good like that. Then Christie gave Mona detailed instructions on how to curl her hair for school the next day.
" Why don ' t we get together again tomorrow afternoon? We can meet at my house, " Katie said, and she was looking right at Mona when she said it. " We have to practice some things we ' re learning in modeling class, " she explained.
Mona blushed. " Modeling class? " she whispered.
" Yes, but don ' t let it fool you. I wouldn ' t be caught DEAD being a model, " Katie assured her. " We ' re learning a lot of things that are useful every day, like how to walk across a room when everybody is looking at you and you feel like an idiot. We could show you, if you want to come. Then you could practice with us. "
Mona ' s face brightened. " Gosh, that would be fun. "
Everybody went home right after that, and I collapsed on the sofa thinking that things were working out all right with Mona after all. I felt a stab of guilt as I thought about what a nice person she was. We had always known that, but if it hadn ' t been for Taffy Sinclair ' s stealing Melanie away from us, we might never have gone to the trouble to make friends with her.
My friends and I were waiting for Taffy and Melanie the next morning. Mona had come to school with her hair curled and her violet eyes sparkling, and we had called her over to stand with us in our special spot. Of course we didn ' t tell her that we could hardly wait to show her off. She might not have understood.
Lots of kids noticed Mona ' s new look. We could tell by the way they were staring at her. She noticed them looking at her, too, and dropped her eyes each time it happened.
Finally the moment we had been waiting for arrived. Taffy and Melanie came strutting onto the school ground as if they owned the world. Their arms were linked, and they were chattering away. Suddenly Taffy ' s gaze brushed over Mona and then backed up as total surprise registered on her face. Her mouth dropped open, and she stopped dead still in her tracks.
She looked so stunned that I wanted to
What we finally decided was that she needed a perm and a cut. Since that was out of the question, we rolled her thick bangs away from her face on Mom ' s hot curlers. Then we used the curling iron to put soft waves into the rest of her hair.
" Close your eyes, Mona! " Beth said gleefully. " It ' s time for the grand finale. "
Obediently, Mona closed her eyes. She was smiling, too, and it was plain to see that she was getting excited.
Katie started to pull the hot curlers out of her hair.
" Wait, " I said. " I have another idea. "
I raced to my room and came back with my blush and lip gloss. I patted just a touch of blush on Mona ' s cheeks and added pale pink gloss to her lips. " There, " I said with satisfaction. " Go ahead and comb her out. "
Christie brushed out the roller marks and fluffed out the sides. Then she smoothed the top and arranged two wispy curls on Mona ' s forehead. The rest of us had gotten quiet. It was incredible. Mona ' s appearance was changing before our eyes.
" Okay, " said Christie. " You can look now. "
Mona opened her eyes, which we could see were a striking shade of violet now that they weren ' t hidden by thick bangs, and the blush and lip gloss added a rosy glow to her creamy skin. She took one look at herself and drew in her breath. Then a slow smile spread over her face as she stared at her reflection through misty eyes.
She didn ' t make a sound. She didn ' t have to. We all knew how she must feel. She wasn ' t beautiful like Taffy Sinclair or Laura MacLeod, but she wasn ' t homely like the old Mona, either. She was pretty. The new Mona Vaughn was actually pretty ! I was so happy for her, I thought I ' d die .
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
It was getting late by then, so we mostly just dried our hair and styled it the same old way, although Beth did take Mona ' s suggestion that she part her hair on the opposite side. It really looked good like that. Then Christie gave Mona detailed instructions on how to curl her hair for school the next day.
" Why don ' t we get together again tomorrow afternoon? We can meet at my house, " Katie said, and she was looking right at Mona when she said it. " We have to practice some things we ' re learning in modeling class, " she explained.
Mona blushed. " Modeling class? " she whispered.
" Yes, but don ' t let it fool you. I wouldn ' t be caught DEAD being a model, " Katie assured her. " We ' re learning a lot of things that are useful every day, like how to walk across a room when everybody is looking at you and you feel like an idiot. We could show you, if you want to come. Then you could practice with us. "
Mona ' s face brightened. " Gosh, that would be fun. "
Everybody went home right after that, and I collapsed on the sofa thinking that things were working out all right with Mona after all. I felt a stab of guilt as I thought about what a nice person she was. We had always known that, but if it hadn ' t been for Taffy Sinclair ' s stealing Melanie away from us, we might never have gone to the trouble to make friends with her.
My friends and I were waiting for Taffy and Melanie the next morning. Mona had come to school with her hair curled and her violet eyes sparkling, and we had called her over to stand with us in our special spot. Of course we didn ' t tell her that we could hardly wait to show her off. She might not have understood.
Lots of kids noticed Mona ' s new look. We could tell by the way they were staring at her. She noticed them looking at her, too, and dropped her eyes each time it happened.
Finally the moment we had been waiting for arrived. Taffy and Melanie came strutting onto the school ground as if they owned the world. Their arms were linked, and they were chattering away. Suddenly Taffy ' s gaze brushed over Mona and then backed up as total surprise registered on her face. Her mouth dropped open, and she stopped dead still in her tracks.
She looked so stunned that I wanted to
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