#5 Not What I Expected by Laurie Friedman

Author:Laurie Friedman
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group

3:15 p.m.

I don’t need to talk to Billy. The people I need to talk to are Sophie and Brynn. I just need to figure out what I want to say. They’re two of my best friends and they can’t not like each other. It’s ridiculous. We’re in high school now.

It’s time they start acting like it.

I don’t like that man. I must get to know him better.

—Abraham Lincoln

Wednesday, October 15, 6:30 p.m.

Talked to Sophie

Tonight, when I got home from dance, I called Sophie and told her there’s something I wanted to talk to her about.

“I’m glad you called,” she said. “There’s something I want to talk to you about too.

“You first,” I said. I thought maybe we were going to talk about the same thing, but I wasn’t expecting to hear what Sophie said.

“I was supposed to go to New York for Thanksgiving to see my dad,” said Sophie. “But he called today and told me he’s not coming in until Christmas.”

Sophie almost never talks about her parents’ situation, and when she does she makes it seem like it’s no big deal, so I was a little unsure of how to respond. “That’s too bad,” I said.

“Yeah,” said Sophie. I waited for her to elaborate, but she didn’t.

“You’re upset, aren’t you?”

“Kind of,” said Sophie. “I haven’t seen my dad since we moved here.” She paused. “I’m going to call him back. I know I can get him to change his mind.”

“That sounds like a good idea.” I’ve only met Sophie’s dad once when he was here for Gaga and Willy’s wedding. I had no idea if Sophie could get him to change his mind, but it couldn’t hurt to try.

“So what did you want to talk to me about?” asked Sophie.

I hesitated. What I was going to say seemed trivial in comparison to what she’d said.

“Just say it,” said Sophie, like she understood my hesitation.

I cleared my throat. “I wanted to talk to you about Brynn. She and I have been best friends since kindergarten. I know she can be …” I paused. I decided to use Sophie’s word. “I know she can be difficult. She’s just jealous of you. I really hope we can all be friends.”

“Consider it done,” said Sophie.

I hate to be the pessimist here, but I consider it half-done.

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