Finally by Wendy Mass

Author:Wendy Mass [Mass, Wendy]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9780545388887
Google: sfmbxo8xl8gC
Amazon: 0545052432
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 2011-06-02T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

I put down my glass of orange juice when Mom comes into the kitchen. “On a scale of one to ten, how bad is it?”

“Tilt your head to the left.”

I comply.

She sizes me up. “Is ten good, or is ten bad?”

“Never mind.” I make a mental note to find out if ten is actually good or bad.

“You can barely tell,” Dad assures me, coming up from behind and kissing me on top of my head. “The medicine is definitely working.”

I glance over at Sawyer, who is climbing into his chair. He starts to whimper and looks away.

“Sawyer won’t even look at me.”

“At least he’s not screaming anymore,” Dad points out, grabbing a piece of toast.

“I guess.” I check the clock. It’s time for another spoonful of medicine. Mom had come in every four hours last night to dose me up. I grab my book bag from the floor and stick on my new sunglasses. Once they’re on, I feel more secure. Dad loosened the screws on my regular glasses so they fit again. The sunglasses are so big they fit right over my regular ones.

“Do you want me to drive you?” Mom asks.

“That’s okay. Remember the auditions are today, so I’ll be home late.”

“Break a leg,” Dad says, holding the door open for me.

“Now why would you say a thing like that?” I hear Mom scold Dad as I hurry outside.

I’ve started to enjoy the solitary walk to school. One time last week I tried reading while I walked, but fell off the curb and almost twisted my ankle. Now I just go over things in my head, like the fact that I didn’t get any homework done over the weekend. And that Jake Harrison is going to be in school today. Darn my sensitive skin!

As I climb the stairs up to the school, a girl calls my name. I stop and look around. The voice is coming from a tall, brown-haired girl in a plain brown T-shirt, jeans, and Keds. She looks sort of familiar. I take off my sunglasses. “Annabelle? Is that you?”

“It’s me!” she says, throwing back her shoulders.

“Wow! You look totally different!”

Annabelle whirls around so I can see all sides of her. “Average? Blend-in-able?”

I nod. “Definitely!”

“Thanks! My mom totally freaked when she saw my hair. But it’ll rinse out in a few weeks. Your face looks really good. You almost can’t tell.”

I let the almost slide. As we walk to our lockers, I can’t help but notice that nearly all the girls in the school are dressed up today. Makeup, hair down, skirts even! I also can’t help noticing how a lot of them have shaved their legs. It makes me wish I’d bumped that up on my list. Annabelle says she tried to sneak over to the trailers, but security had been stepped up and she couldn’t get close.

“Do you think he’s really here?” I ask. “Like, breathing the same air we are?”

She nods. “I can feel it, can’t you?”

I nod.

After being admonished in my first two classes for not having my homework, I ask for a bathroom pass to check my face.

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