In Your Room by Jordanna Fraiberg

Author:Jordanna Fraiberg
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9781101651056
Publisher: Penguin Group US
Published: 2008-10-15T21:00:00+00:00

She printed it out and looked at the instructions. He was sending her up a mountain. On a bike. There was no way she could do it. It had taken her a week to feel comfortable doing the same flat, easy route back and forth to the store every day. She wasn’t ready for anything more challenging.

She got up and put on her bathrobe and went down for breakfast. Maybe Charlie was right about one thing, though—maybe she did need a day off. Maybe it was time that she at least made an effort with her mom and Ron instead of trying to avoid them.

She heard their voices downstairs and then the front door open.

“Mom! Wait!” Molly called out. “I’ll come with you!”

But she heard the door close again before she could get all the words out.

She ran downstairs and peeked through the peephole, where she saw her mom walking down the front path, carrying a picnic basket, a cooler, and some beach towels. She had forgotten they were going to some lake for the day and wouldn’t be back until dinnertime. They had invited her to join them but, like always, she had turned them down, claiming she had to work.

She could have followed them out and gotten them to wait for her, but she just stood there watching. Laura tripped over a pebble, dropping everything, when suddenly Ron entered the distorted round picture of the peephole to catch her amid the scattered blueberries, apples, and turkey sandwiches that seemed to spill out in slow motion. Laura let out a

She went back up to her room and plopped back down on the bed. A few minutes later she heard the distinctive sound of an incoming instant message. Since she wasn’t expecting to hear from Charlie until later, it was likely Celeste. They had been in touch, but Molly felt a growing distance between them and had decided against telling her anything about Charlie. Celeste clearly didn’t feel the need to share everything with Molly either, like the fact that she’d invited him—a so-called “dork”—to a party.

It turned out the IM wasn’t from Celeste. It was from Rina. Finally! Molly had e-mailed her a week ago but hadn’t heard anything back until now. Molly laughed. Did e-mail travel slower internationally?

DoctoRina: please tell me you’re there and that you didn’t just leave your laptop open…

Mollypop: reeeen!! i’m here, i’m here. you have no idea how happy i am to hear from you. where are you???

DoctoRina: in delhi. we just got here this afternoon. we were visiting my great-great-aunt or something in this small town and had no internet access…ugh…anyway, here i am. i just got your e-mail. so…tell me more about charlie!

Mollypop: well, he’s expecting me to go mountain biking today up this trail he told me about, but there’s no way i’m gonna do it.

DoctoRina: why not?? that sounds like so much fun.

Mollypop: i know you’re in the adventurous spirit, being in india and all, but don’t forget who you’re talking to.

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