Lucky T by Kate Brian

Author:Kate Brian [Brian, Kate]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, azw3
Tags: Romance
ISBN: 9781417792801
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Published: 2005-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Something was pulling on Carrie's hair. She woke up, startled, and found that the mosquito netting had been pushed away. Standing over her was a slim girl about ten years old with huge brown eyes and curly black hair. With a look of intense concentration, the girl tied off a braid that she had worked into Carrie's hair, let it drop, and then started on another.

Carrie sat up straight and the little hairdresser took a few steps back. Behind her were two more girls about her age, pulling clothing out of Carrie's open suitcase at random. One of them had Carrie's 49ers basebal cap covering half her face. The other was wearing her favorite turquoise necklace and the flowered shirt she had bought at BCBG just before leaving on her trip.

"What're you doing?" Carrie blurted, still blinking the sleep from her eyes.

The little braider girl shrugged her small shoulders. "Playing," she said. "Who are you?"

"I'm Carrie."

Two of the girls eyed her, trying to size her up. The third couldn't because her eyes were effectively blinded by the red-and-gold basebal cap. The silence was deafening, and Carrie felt the distinct need to break the ice. She reached over and pushed the cap back on the girl's head to reveal light, almost golden eyes looking back at her uncertainly. Carrie's heart warmed and she smiled.

"Playing dress up, huh?" Carrie asked. She and Piper had done the same thing many times themselves, raiding their mothers' closets for costumes.

The thought of Piper instantly made Carrie's heart squeeze with homesickness. It was so odd to think that the person who she had shared almost everything with since kindergarten hadn't talked to her in weeks.

The little girl nodded. "You have nice clothes."

"Well, I'm sure we can find you something more glam than that hat," Carrie said, trying to distract herself. It was too early in the morning for serious thoughts.

She pulled a light blue, brushed-cotton sweater out of her bag, took the cap off the girl's head, and pulled the sweater on. It fit her like a muumuu, the V-

neck reaching down to her belly button and the sleeves and hem trailing almost to the floor, but the girl hugged herself and grinned.

"What's your name?" Carrie asked her.

"Asha," the girl replied with a shy smile. She thrust out her hand with the sleeve hanging down and pointed at the braider. "That's Manisha and that's Trina," she said, jabbing toward the other girl.

"Nice to meet you," Carrie said with a quick nod. "Here. Let me help you with that," she said to Trina, who was trying to shove her arm through the neck hole of the flowered shirt. Carrie gently maneuvered her arms through the right places and pushed the girl's straight hair behind her ears. "It's very you,"

she said.

"I want to wear something too!" Manisha announced, clutching her hands together.

Carrie laughed. "Okay, let's see." She pawed through the tangle of clothes the girls had created and came out with a red tank top that had colorful beads sewn all along the neck and straps.

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