Bratfest at Tiffany's by Lisi Harrison

Author:Lisi Harrison
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Juvenile Fiction, General
ISBN: 9780749941284
Publisher: Piatkus Books
Published: 2009-12-03T08:00:00+00:00

BOCD

OVERFLOW TRAILERS

Friday, September 11th

8:01 A.M.

Sometime between last night’s six o’clock news and Friday morning’s first-period bell, a group of students from the main building t.p.’ed the outside of the eighth-grade trailer and plastered it with signs that said DON’T FEED THE CHALLENGED.

Inside, the overflow trailer was thick with hair-frizzing humidity and ripe with the smell of pencil erasers and sweaty bologna. The LBRs were seated, biology books cracked, and binders opened to last night’s homework while they waited for Ms. Dunkel to arrive. The NPC, however, scurried about spraying L’Occitane Cherry Blossom room spray in every musty corner of the trailer while pressing vanilla-scented candles to their nostrils.

“You know, you should really check with everyone before you spray that stuff,” Braille Bait mumbled, her bumpy face buried deep inside her peach-colored hoodie. “My skin is sensitive to perfumes and dyes.”

“Well, my nose is sensitive to the smell of dead animal.” Massie spritzed one last time before turning on the heel of her silver Tod’s ballet flat and marching to the back of the room. “We have much bigger problems than your rosacea.”

The drip … drip … drip sound of yesterday’s rain seeping through the rusted roof backed her up.

Sensing an outburst, the NPC stopped fumigating at once. They lowered their nose-candles and joined Massie in the middle of the room.

“Bigger problems?” squeaked Braille Bait.

“Um, yeah! Didn’t any of you watch the news last night?” Massie shouted in Braille Bait’s face, causing her cheeks to gradate from fuchsia to deep burgundy. “Or see the outside of this trailer?”

The LBRs smile-nodded.

“Can you believe how much attention we’re getting?” Great White beamed, the lids above her wide-set black eyes fluttering with joy.

“I know, it’s soooo cool.” Monkey Paws clapped.

“Your clips were sooo funny,” snorted Loofah. “My whole family was dying when you were running around in circles screaming about the lightning.”

“Mine too!” grinned Candy Corn, revealing a crooked row of slimy yellow teeth. “My au pair thinks you should get your own reality show.”

“Thanks.” Monkey Paws stood and bowed. “But the real stars were Layne, Meena, and Heather.” She turned to the three girls, who were wearing matching homemade yellow GO WITH THE OVERFLOW T-shirts. “You looked so cute singing in the—”

“Ehmagawd, you people actually liked that news story?” Massie, overcome by another dizzying low blood sugar moment, wobbled like a seasick, stiletto-wearing Versace model out for a high-seas romp on Donatella’s yacht. She bit into a Nutz Over Chocolate Luna Bar and willed the vertigo to pass. At some point Dylan, Kristen, and Claire started rubbing her back in gentle circles. Or were those angels? Airlifting her dead body to heaven?

Drip … drip … drip …

Massie took a few more bites of her energy bar. And then, finally, the trailer stopped spinning. She raised her head slowly and found a room full of LBRs staring at her, their expressions a mix of mild concern and extreme fascination.

“You okay?” Kristen asked while fanning Massie’s cheeks with her Roxy cowboy hat.

Drip … drip …

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