Amalia: Diary One by Ann M. Martin

Author:Ann M. Martin [Martin, Ann M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-4532-9811-4
Publisher: Open Road Media
Published: 2014-02-19T23:33:00+00:00

1/8

soc. stud.

Here I am, after all that.

And he’s not here yet.

1/8

4:38 P.M.

First I should tell you, Nbook, that he showed up.

I’m standing by the candy machines, trying to look invisible, and I feel this sharp tap on the shoulder.

I practically scream.

James is laughing. “What are you doing here?” he asks.

“Waiting for you,” I say.

“I mean, here at the machines. Why didn’t you sit, save us a booth?”

There’s so much I want to say to him, but people are all around us, so I just smile and follow him to a table.

He opens a menu. “The cheeseburgers are the best.”

“Uh, James? Listen, I need to tell you something —”

“It’s okay if you have no money. My treat.”

“It’s not that. It’s —”

“Yo! Bruce! Patti! Over here!”

I turn. Bruce and Patti have just entered the grill, and they’re headed our way with big smiles.

“It’s what?” James asks me, distractedly.

“Nothing,” I say.

Our friends sit down. Everyone orders chili dogs and cheeseburgers. They’re all talking and laughing. But I’m not hungry. I hardly say a word.

A few minutes before the start of next period, we leave together. We stroll up the street. We walk into school. Mr. Schildkraut is across the hall, and James nods to him.

He waves back.

Then he squints at me.

I am such a fool, Nbook. I have totally forgotten that the eleventh-graders are allowed to leave school – but us eighth-graders are not.

“Amalia Vargas?” Mr. Schildkraut calls out.

“Uh-oh,” Bruce murmurs.

Mr. Schildkraut is bearing down on me now, staring through his thick glasses. “Am I mistaken, or are you supposed to be in a class?”

Well, guess what, Nbook? Not even a full semester in Vista, and I have the very first “Warning” on my record.

One more and I’m suspended.

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