25 Roses by Stephanie Faris

Author:Stephanie Faris
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Social Issues, Girls & Women, Holidays & Celebrations, Juvenile Fiction, Friendship, Valentine's Day
ISBN: 9781481424202
Publisher: Aladdin
Published: 2015-01-05T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWELVE

To: Stanton Middle School

From: Mia

I am not your personal stylist.

“Hello? Mia? Mia!”

I looked over at Sun. Even with all her babbling, she was staring at the rose in my hand.

“What’s that?” she asked.

“A rose,” I said.

Sun wrinkled her nose. “From Valentine’s Day? I wouldn’t eat it. It’s probably bad by now. Anyway, can you help me?”

“Hmm?” I asked, distracted. I had no idea what I was agreeing to do.

“ ’Kay,” she said excitedly. “I’ll walk with you.”

“Wait. What?” I had no idea what was going on.

“You aren’t listening,” Sun said, looking down at the rose in my hand. “What does the card say?”

My fingers fumbled with the card as I tried to open it. My hands were shaking—I was shaking all over. Just when I’d almost forgotten about the first rose, here was another one. What did it mean?

I leaned against my locker to steady myself a little before sliding the card open. . . .

“Hey, isn’t that your friend?” Sun asked.

I looked up to see her looking past me. I followed her stare. Sure enough, just a few feet away was Ashleigh, walking right in our direction. Alex was nowhere in sight, but he didn’t have to be. Ashleigh’s expression showed me all the disapproval she was feeling at seeing me standing at my locker with Sun.

I couldn’t believe I’d upset my best friend by lying to her. And I was only making it worse by hanging out with Sun. Now she’d probably think I’d decided I’d rather hang out with Sun than her all the time.

Before I could figure out what to do, it was already too late. Ashleigh had already breezed right past me, narrowing her eyes at me before looking away. My best friend, the one who had been with me through so much, was now glaring at me when she walked by.

“What’s up with that?” Sun asked. She turned back around without waiting for an answer. “Anyway, so I need someone’s attention. You can help me.”

I heard Sun talking, but I didn’t really hear what she was saying. To me, it was all babble. How could I worry about Sun’s self-consciousness when my whole world was falling apart?

“Can you help me?” Sun asked. She was definitely a persistent little thing.

“Huh? Oh, I don’t know. I really have a lot going on right now. Everyone wants me to help them look like you. It’s all kind of . . . crazy right now. Not that people wanting to look like you is crazy.”

Ugh. Now I was the one babbling. I was a mess. And I still hadn’t looked at the card. I tore it off the rose and shoved it into my pocket. I’d read it later.

“People want to look like me?” Sun asked, surprised.

Tossing the rose into my locker, I closed the door and started walking.

“Who?” Sun asked, chasing after me. “Did they say that, specifically?”

“Not specifically.” Wait, that wasn’t true. “Well, yes, specifically. Trudie said she wanted to look like you.”

“Trudie Kepler?” Sun asked. “The soccer player?”

I knew what she was thinking from the look on her face.

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