The next morning before breakfast I check up on my programs. Gibraltar finally got a hole, but I need it bigger. I type in a few commands, and check up on Barbados. Still nothing. Andorra is a little touchy right now, so I decide to talk to my dad.
Good morning. My dad signs as I sit down at the breakfast table Good morning, dad. We have a little situation. What is it? Andorra. They found me. Or at least some parts of me. How did that happen? Wrong turn, I guess. Can you check it out when I’m at school? Julia enters the room, so my dad can’t reply. She’s got paint in her hair, and something that looks a lot like plaster behind her ear. “Good morning, everyone.” “You look amazing!” I laugh, “Though I’d take a shower before school if I were you.” She sticks out her tongue to me. “That Degar isn’t making itself, just FYI.” ** After school I dump Bird with some guys from his chemistry class, and head over to cheer practice. Before I reach the gym David blocks my path. Yes, that David. “Just the girl I was looking for.” He smiles. “And you just happened to know I was going to the gym. What gave it away? My clothes?” I laugh. I am wearing my navy blue and maroon Parrots uniform. David laughs too. “Maybe a little. But that’s not why I’m here. I was wondering if you’d like-” Before he can finish his sentence I hear a high scream behind me. “Gwen!” I groan inwards. Then I turn and put on my stage smile. “Hi, Deborah!” “Have you seen Milton? Oh-” She finally notices David. “Hi, David!” “Hi, Deborah. Can give us a sec?” “Uhm, sure! I’ll see you at practice Gwen!” I laugh. “You were saying?” “Ah... Oh, yeah, right. I was wondering if you wanted to go to prom with me?” “Yes, I’d love to.” “Great! I’ll pick you up at 8.” “See you then.” I’m still smiling as I walk into the gym. Or at least I’m trying. Half my team is blocking my way. “Spill.”
Good morning. My dad signs as I sit down at the breakfast table
Good morning, dad. We have a little situation.
What is it?
Andorra. They found me. Or at least some parts of me.
How did that happen?
Wrong turn, I guess. Can you check it out when I’m at school?
Julia enters the room, so my dad can’t reply. She’s got paint in her hair, and something that looks a lot like plaster behind her ear.
“Good morning, everyone.”
“You look amazing!” I laugh, “Though I’d take a shower before school if I were you.”
She sticks out her tongue to me. “That Degar isn’t making itself, just FYI.”
**
After school I dump Bird with some guys from his chemistry class, and head over to cheer practice.
Before I reach the gym David blocks my path. Yes, that David.
“Just the girl I was looking for.” He smiles.
“And you just happened to know I was going to the gym. What gave it away? My clothes?” I laugh. I am wearing my navy blue and maroon Parrots uniform.
David laughs too. “Maybe a little. But that’s not why I’m here. I was wondering if you’d like-”
Before he can finish his sentence I hear a high scream behind me. “Gwen!”
I groan inwards. Then I turn and put on my stage smile. “Hi, Deborah!”
“Have you seen Milton? Oh-” She finally notices David. “Hi, David!”
“Hi, Deborah. Can give us a sec?”
“Uhm, sure! I’ll see you at practice Gwen!”
I laugh. “You were saying?”
“Ah... Oh, yeah, right. I was wondering if you wanted to go to prom with me?”
“Yes, I’d love to.”
“Great! I’ll pick you up at 8.”
“See you then.”
I’m still smiling as I walk into the gym. Or at least I’m trying. Half my team is blocking my way. “Spill.”