Katie and the Cupcake Cure by Coco Simon

Author:Coco Simon
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Simon Spotlight

CHAPTER 11

It’s Time to Make Some Cupcakes!

So, how many girls are in the club?” my mom asked me as we ate our pizza that night.

“Four,” I said. “Me, Mia, Emma, and Alexis.”

Mom nodded. “Did you invite Callie to join?”

“I was thinking about it,” I said honestly. “I just don’t . . . I don’t know if she wants to. She kind of made other friends this year.”

There, I said it. It was the first time I’d told my mom about what happened with Callie. I felt relieved.

“That happens sometimes,” Mom said gently. “People grow up, and they change sometimes. It happened to me in fifth grade. A new girl came to our school, and my best friend, Sally, suddenly became best friends with the new girl instead. I was really, really sad. But then I met new friends.”

It was hard to imagine my mom as a little girl. I pictured her going to school in her dentist coat. But I knew what she meant.

“Callie and I said we’d still hang out sometimes,” I told my mom. “I think I’m going to text her.”

I sent the text after dinner.

Hey Cal. Making cupcakes tomorrow at 2. Wanna come?

Callie texted me back.

Sounds like fun! Wish I could go but I’m going to the mall. Maybe next time?

I texted back.

Sure.

I was a little disappointed, but not too much. I knew tomorrow was going to be fun, even without Callie.

“Callie’s not coming,” I told my mom. “Can we call the other girls now?”

“Of course,” Mom replied. “I was thinking we could do simple cupcakes—vanilla with chocolate icing. I think we’re out of sugar, but we can shop in the morning.”

“Let’s do something different on top,” I suggested. “What about those little chocolate candies covered with white candy dots? That would be cool with a vanilla and chocolate cupcake.”

Mom grinned. “Perfect!”

“And, um, Mom?” I said. “We might, you know, need some help, but I’m thinking that if we’re going to be a Cupcake Club, we should learn to make them on our own.”

“Oh!” Mom said, and I was afraid I hurt her feelings. “Well, I’ll have to be home, of course, but that sounds right to me. You can just yell if you need me.”

Sometimes Mom surprises me. For someone so corny, she can sometimes be very cool.

By two o’clock the next day, we were ready for the first official meeting of the Cupcake Club to begin. I helped Mom wash the yellow tiles on the floor and scrub the kitchen table until there wasn’t a crumb on it. We got out our cupcake tins, the flour sifter, Mom’s big red mixer, the glass measuring cup, and the little cup with the bird on it that holds the measuring spoons.

Finally, the doorbell rang. Mia was standing there.

“Hi,” she said when I opened the door.

Then a blue minivan pulled up in front of the house, and Emma and Alexis got out, along with the woman driving the van. She was short, with blond hair that she wore in a ponytail.

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