Cinnamon Bun Besties by Stacia Deutsch

Author:Stacia Deutsch [Deutsch, Stacia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sky Pony Press
Published: 2018-01-26T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

TRICKY TRAINING

Rotten Saturday, February 5, the worst day ever

When I got home, I shut the front door so quietly, it made my mom come running. Seriously, that woman has the best hearing.

I had one foot on the steps to go up to my room when she touched my arm.

“Suki? What’s going on?” Mom asked, taking a long look at my face. She was still in her teaching clothes—bra top and stretchy shorts. It would have been embarrassing if we were in public. I was secretly proud of my mom’s passion, but I’d never tell her that.

I felt so weak and messy. If I had to answer, I knew I’d start crying again.

“Come on.” She led me upstairs and tucked me into bed. With gentle footsteps, she left the room. Then with the same quiet steps, she came back carrying a cup of hot tea.

I sat up and took the steaming mug. For a long moment, I just stared into it. How could this have happened? Not only was Cinnamon Bun not a stray, she belonged to—of all people—JJ! Argh! She’d been JJ’s dog all along. His yard just had a hole in the fence. I couldn’t believe it.

I remembered JJ talking about getting a dog from the shelter the day that we met Cinnamon Bun. Which meant that she actually might have been a stray at some point before he picked her out. But then she got adopted by JJ, my sworn enemy! Couldn’t I have found her earlier?

Not that I would’ve been allowed to keep her.

I thought I’d had other worst days before, but this one was the new worst.

JJ had won the science fair. He was Mrs. Choi’s favorite for Cupid Cards. And now he stole my dog!

I pushed the teacup into my mom’s hand and flopped back into my pillows. I felt like a building had crashed on top of me. It hurt that much.

Mom said softly, “We can talk when you’re ready.” She got up again and went into the bathroom. Bringing back a wet washcloth, Mom cleaned off my bloody stitches and re-bandaged my hand.

I breathed heavily. It would help to talk about it.

“Mom,” I said at last. “There’s this boy at school.”

Her eyebrows raised.

I went on. “Not like that. He …” I blurted out the only thing I could think of. “I hate him.” Then went on. “And there’s this dog.” Slowly, I told her the whole story, from the Cupid Cards to finding Cinnamon Bun in the park to chasing her back to JJ’s house.

I expected her to say, “You couldn’t have had a dog anyway, Suki.” Instead, Mom said, “Some things happen for a reason.”

That was frustrating. I said angrily, “This happened for no good reason. Nothing positive will come out of it.” I wiped away a small tear that leaked out of my eye. “Everything is ruined forever.”

Mom handed me a tissue off the nightstand and stood. “Forever is a long time. Open your heart, Suki. You’ll see …”

Ugh. So cheesy.

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