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Authors: Coco Simon
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same day, when the eighth-period bell rang, I was walking to my locker and I saw Mia talking to a bunch of girls from her class. They were all laughing.
For a second I got a strange feeling. Then it hit me. Not that I care about how “cool” people are or anything, but Mia is a lot cooler than me. What if she got bored with the Cupcake Club? What if she found other friends, like Callie had?
“There’s no use in worrying about what might happen,” Mom always says. “Concentrate on how things are right now.”
I remember a lot of stuff Mom tells me, usually because she says it over and over again. Also, it’s just me and her most of the time, so I guess she’s a pretty big part of my life.
Anyway, I’m glad I remembered that. Because right now, Mia was my friend. She rode the bus with me every day and ate lunch with me every day. She invited me to her house and baked cupcakes for the Cupcake Club.
Maybe in the future that would change, just like things had changed with Callie over the summer.But for now, everything with Mia was all right.
Mia saw me standing there and waved.
“Hey, Katie! See you on the bus!”
See? Sometimes Mom is right.
CHAPTER 13
Alexis Has an Idea
I did see Callie a few times over the next
few weeks. One night my mom invited the Wilsons over for Italian food night. It’s
kind of a tradition between our families, like the Labor Day barbecue. My mom makes tons
of pasta and salad. She lights candles on our dining-room table, puts out a
red-and-white-checkered tablecloth, and goes all out, of course. But it’s actually
usually a pretty fun night.
Then another night Callie called and invited me to come over and watch the
first episode of Singing Stars on TV. It’s our favorite
show. I had a good time, even though Callie kept getting texts on her cell phone the
whole time.
Mostly I hung out with the Cupcake Club. Everyone came over one Saturday,
and Mom showed ushow she makes her P-B-and-J cupcakes. And one
night Mia invited me over for dinner. Her mom got takeout food from an Indian
restaurant. I’d never eaten Indian food before, and it was good—and spicy.
Mia’s mom and stepdad were nice, and her stepbrother, Dan, seemed nice too. Which
was kind of a surprise, because Mia is always saying what a beast he is.
Oh, and I got detention from Mrs. Moore. Twice. But the whole class had
it, so it wasn’t so bad.
And the best thing was that I could talk to Mia, Emma, and Alexis about
it. That’s mostly what the Cupcake Club did. We baked cupcakes; we ate cupcakes;
and we talked about stuff.
Things were not perfect, but they were good.
One Monday we were eating lunch, and everyone was talking about the
announcement that Principal LaCosta had made that morning after the Pledge of
Allegiance.
“This morning your homeroom teacher will be distributing permission
slips for the first dance of the year,” she said. “Please hand them in by
next Monday if you’re going to attend. This year’s dance will be bigger than
ever. That afternoon, we’ll be holding a special fund-raising event for the
school. Check your flyer for details.”
Now we were sitting around the lunch table, looking at
the flyers.
“I always heard we had dances in middle school,” Alexis said.
“I just didn’t think it would be so soon.”
“Do you think we actually have to dance at
the dance?” I asked. My mom loves the movie Grease , and
in that movie the high school kids twirl and throw one another in the air and stuff like
that. I didn’t think I could do that in a million years.
“We had dances at my old school,” Mia informed us.
“Sometimes people danced. Mostly everyone just hung around and talked.”
“Did boys and girls dance together?” Emma asked. She sounded a
little worried.
“Sometimes,” Mia replied.
We were quiet for a minute. I think all of us except for Mia were feeling
nervous about the dance.
“Did you see the
For a second I got a strange feeling. Then it hit me. Not that I care about how “cool” people are or anything, but Mia is a lot cooler than me. What if she got bored with the Cupcake Club? What if she found other friends, like Callie had?
“There’s no use in worrying about what might happen,” Mom always says. “Concentrate on how things are right now.”
I remember a lot of stuff Mom tells me, usually because she says it over and over again. Also, it’s just me and her most of the time, so I guess she’s a pretty big part of my life.
Anyway, I’m glad I remembered that. Because right now, Mia was my friend. She rode the bus with me every day and ate lunch with me every day. She invited me to her house and baked cupcakes for the Cupcake Club.
Maybe in the future that would change, just like things had changed with Callie over the summer.But for now, everything with Mia was all right.
Mia saw me standing there and waved.
“Hey, Katie! See you on the bus!”
See? Sometimes Mom is right.
CHAPTER 13
Alexis Has an Idea
I did see Callie a few times over the next
few weeks. One night my mom invited the Wilsons over for Italian food night. It’s
kind of a tradition between our families, like the Labor Day barbecue. My mom makes tons
of pasta and salad. She lights candles on our dining-room table, puts out a
red-and-white-checkered tablecloth, and goes all out, of course. But it’s actually
usually a pretty fun night.
Then another night Callie called and invited me to come over and watch the
first episode of Singing Stars on TV. It’s our favorite
show. I had a good time, even though Callie kept getting texts on her cell phone the
whole time.
Mostly I hung out with the Cupcake Club. Everyone came over one Saturday,
and Mom showed ushow she makes her P-B-and-J cupcakes. And one
night Mia invited me over for dinner. Her mom got takeout food from an Indian
restaurant. I’d never eaten Indian food before, and it was good—and spicy.
Mia’s mom and stepdad were nice, and her stepbrother, Dan, seemed nice too. Which
was kind of a surprise, because Mia is always saying what a beast he is.
Oh, and I got detention from Mrs. Moore. Twice. But the whole class had
it, so it wasn’t so bad.
And the best thing was that I could talk to Mia, Emma, and Alexis about
it. That’s mostly what the Cupcake Club did. We baked cupcakes; we ate cupcakes;
and we talked about stuff.
Things were not perfect, but they were good.
One Monday we were eating lunch, and everyone was talking about the
announcement that Principal LaCosta had made that morning after the Pledge of
Allegiance.
“This morning your homeroom teacher will be distributing permission
slips for the first dance of the year,” she said. “Please hand them in by
next Monday if you’re going to attend. This year’s dance will be bigger than
ever. That afternoon, we’ll be holding a special fund-raising event for the
school. Check your flyer for details.”
Now we were sitting around the lunch table, looking at
the flyers.
“I always heard we had dances in middle school,” Alexis said.
“I just didn’t think it would be so soon.”
“Do you think we actually have to dance at
the dance?” I asked. My mom loves the movie Grease , and
in that movie the high school kids twirl and throw one another in the air and stuff like
that. I didn’t think I could do that in a million years.
“We had dances at my old school,” Mia informed us.
“Sometimes people danced. Mostly everyone just hung around and talked.”
“Did boys and girls dance together?” Emma asked. She sounded a
little worried.
“Sometimes,” Mia replied.
We were quiet for a minute. I think all of us except for Mia were feeling
nervous about the dance.
“Did you see the
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