Mallory's Super Sleepover by Laurie Friedman

Mallory's Super Sleepover by Laurie Friedman

Author:Laurie Friedman
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780761379485
Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group


I hear screaming and laughing outside in the backyard. My friends start running back through the house to get more balloons.

Then I hear another sound.

It’s not laughter or screaming. I hear the front door open and shut. Then I hear footsteps and talking. It’s not kid footsteps or talking. It’s adult footsteps and talking.

Then I hear something even worse. My name.

“MALLORY!”

Mom and Dad are in the living room standing in front of me with their arms crossed. Crystal is beside them. I can’t decide who looks madder.

All of a sudden, I feel as wet and soggy as the room around me.

My friends run back in the living room with an armload of balloons. When they see Mom and Dad and Crystal, they stop.

“Mallory, what happened?” asks Mom. She looks around the room like nothing I say could possibly explain it.

Before I even have a chance to talk, Mom keeps going. “Mallory, you and your friends were supposed to be in the kitchen decorating cupcakes. The kitchen is a big mess, and there’s water and balloons all over the house.”

I look at Mary Ann. I am hoping she can do something, give me a sign, anything, to help me out of this mess. And she does. She moves her eyes in Crystal’s direction and gives me a she-was-supposed-to-be-the-one-in-charge look.

I don’t know why I didn’t think of that. It’s the perfect explanation. I know why Mary Ann is my best friend. She’s so smart.

I look at Mom and Dad. “None of this would have happened if Crystal had been doing her job,” I say. Then I look at Crystal. “She was outside talking on the phone to her boyfriend.”

Crystal looks like she’s a puppy who just had an accident in the house and is getting in trouble with her owner.

“Mallory, I shouldn’t have been outside, but all you had to do was come and get me.”



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