Isabella's Spring Break Crush by Angela Darling

Author:Angela Darling
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Simon Spotlight

chapter 7

GRANDMA STOPPED AT A HOAGIE shop and picked up sandwiches for everyone. While she waited for her order, she called Rose.

“Bring the boys over to my house in five minutes,” she said. “I have lunch for us.”

Isabella heard Rose say something on the other end, and then Grandma said, “Yes, you too! I can buy my friend a sandwich if I want to. And the walk will do you good.”

When they got back to Grandma’s condo, Jake and Ryan were goofing around outside, waiting for them. Rose was shuffling down the street.

“Yoo-hoo!” She waved.

“Perfect timing, Rose!” Grandma yelled back. “Now, come on in and eat!”

The boys dug into the bag of hoagies like hungry wolves and ate their sandwiches in seconds.

“Are you boys ready for the pool?” Grandma asked.

“I’ve got my suit on,” Ryan reported.

“I just need to change,” Jake said, darting away from the table.

“Jake! Clear your place first,” Grandma scolded.

“Sorry, Grandma.” Jake quickly obeyed and went upstairs.

“So how was shopping?” Rose asked.

“Really good,” replied Isabella. “I got a new dress to wear tonight.”

“I made our reservation for four thirty, so I need you all back from the pool early today,” Rose said. “You hear that, Ryan?”

Ryan nodded. “Yes, Gran.”

Isabella rose from the table. “I should put away the stuff I got and get on my suit. I’ll be right down.”

Isabella brought her bags upstairs and noticed that there was one more bag than there should have been. She looked inside and saw the cover-up she had been admiring. She quickly ran downstairs.

“Grandma, thank you! You didn’t have to do that!”

“I’m a grandmother. I’m allowed to spoil my grandchildren,” Grandma replied.

Jake raced past Isabella on the stairs. “What about me? When do I get spoiled?”

Grandma held up a wrapped sandwich. “That’s why I got you an extra hoagie.”

Jake’s eyes lit up. “You’re the best!”

Isabella put on her bathing suit, pulled the cover-up over it, and then checked herself out in the mirror. It looked casual but not boring. Perfect! She slid on some flip-flops and headed downstairs. Then she gave Grandma a big hug.

“Thank you so much. It’s perfect!”

Jake glanced at her. “Why are you wearing a dress to go to the pool?”

“Jake, you know nothing about fashion,” Rose said. “It’s a cover-up, and she looks adorable. Doesn’t she look adorable, Ryan?”

Ryan blushed and stammered, “Yes, uh, I mean, I guess so.”

“I think she looks great.”

It was Andrew. He and Ashley had come in through the unlocked front door without knocking. Isabella blushed. Why had Andrew said that in front of everybody?

Then Ashley made things worse.

“That was a fun double date last night,” she said, grinning at Jake.

“It was not a double date,” Isabella said, annoyed—and probably too loudly. Embarrassed, she fled to the bathroom. “I have to put my sunscreen on.”

“Everybody needs to put sunscreen on,” Grandma Miriam told the others.

When everyone was properly sunscreened, they headed to the pool. Isabella ignored Jake’s “Last one in is a rotten egg!” cry and marched to a lounge chair far from the others.

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