Anna, Banana, and the Friendship Split by Anica Mrose Rissi

Author:Anica Mrose Rissi
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

Dressed to Kill

The next morning, I got up before anyone else in the house. Even Banana stayed curled up in her basket, with one ear flopped over the side. Her eyes followed my every move as I stomped around the room, getting ready for school. Getting ready to grow a spine. Getting ready to stand up to Sadie.

I yanked open a dresser drawer and dug for the perfect outfit. I pulled out a purple shirt with three bows on the front. “This,” I explained to Banana, “is the top that Sadie says I should never wear because it makes me look like a giant grape.” I tossed my pajamas onto the floor and put the shirt on.

Banana nosed at her blanket a little nervously but kept her eyes on me.

“And this,” I told her, stepping into my favorite skirt, “is the perfect thing to wear with it. Sadie says purple and orange clash.”

Banana shoved her snout all the way under the blanket. But I wasn’t afraid. I turned to the mirror. Orange with purple looked pretty great. But the outfit still needed a finishing touch.

I brushed out my hair and slid on the pink headband Sadie had given me for my birthday. The one she’d gotten for herself, too, so we could be twins. She would see it in my hair today, above my orange skirt and grapey top, and she’d know I was wearing this outfit for her. She’d know I was wearing it because I was no longer trying to be her best friend.

Mom knocked softly and pushed open my bedroom door. “Anna, time to wake—oh! You’re already up. Well, don’t you look nice.”

I twirled and my skirt flared out around me. I felt pretty. I felt Sadie-proof. I felt ready.

“Come down for breakfast, then,” Mom said. “There’s even time for pancakes.”

Banana leaped out of her basket, wiggling with excitement from snout to tail. I followed her downstairs.

I didn’t have to wish for things to get better. I was making it happen myself.

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