All That Glitters by Jill Santopolo

Author:Jill Santopolo
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Aladdin

Later that night Aly and Brooke were sitting on the floor of their bedroom in their pj’s, rubbing cotton balls dipped in polish remover across their Go for the Gold nails.

“It’s a shame we have to take it off,” Aly said. “Mine’s barely chipped.”

“I know,” Brooke said, fluttering her fingers. “Look how it sparkles. I think our family has too many rules. Other kids are allowed to wear nail polish to school. And our mom has a nail salon! I mean, if anyone should get to wear polish, it’s us, right?”

“Right.” Aly was listening to Brooke, but she was also thinking about rules. And the piece of paper taped to Mom’s key chain. Dad was due home any minute from the airport and Aly was hoping he and Mom would read the list together.

“Let’s pretend . . . ,” Brooke said, dipping her cotton ball in more polish remover. “Let’s pretend that we have our own salon. What would we name it?”

There was a knock on their bedroom door, and both girls looked up.

“Daddy!” Brooke was on her feet and racing toward Dad’s legs.

Aly stood up too, waiting her turn for a hug. But before she could even get her chance with Dad, Mom walked in behind him and started talking.

“So we’ve made a decision, girls,” she said, slipping her arm around Dad’s waist.

Aly’s stomach did a cartwheel.

“We know how much it means to you two, and we know how responsible and helpful you both have been at True Colors, so, after a long, long talk, we’ve decided . . . that you can have your own salon!”

Brooke started screeching and jumping around the room. “We can do it! We can do it!” she yelled.

Aly was stunned. She just stood there, smiling. Everything she’d been wishing for was going to come true! Mom and Dad had said yes!

Brooke jumped over and threw her arms around her sister. Finally, Aly jumped with her. “We can do it!” Aly whispered. “I can’t believe we can do it!”

“Don’t get too excited yet,” Mom said. “There are lots of rules.”

But Aly didn’t care if there were a thousand million rules. She and Brooke were going to get their own salon!

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