Mia's Boiling Point by Coco Simon

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

CHAPTER 11

How Could You Forget a Whole Kid?

On Wednesday night I Skyped with my dad. He gave me a laptop with a webcam, just so we could see each other on the days he doesn’t have me. I have to admit that it’s kind of nice to see his face instead of just talking on the phone.

“Hola, mija. How’s it going?” Dad asked after his face popped up on the screen.

“Good,” I replied. Sometimes I don’t really know what to say with him. “I got an A on my Spanish quiz.”

“Good job, mija!” Dad congratulated me. “I’m so proud of you.”

“Thanks,” I said.

“So, I wanted to talk with you about the next weekend I have with you,” Dad said.

“You mean the weekend after this one,” I said.

“Right,” Dad said. “I checked your schedule, and I know you have a soccer game that morning. But I was still hoping you’ll come out on Saturday afternoon. Because I was wondering if you’d want to go to the American Museum of Natural History with me and Lynne and Ethan on Sunday.”

I was puzzled. “Ethan? Who’s Ethan?”

“Remember, I told you,” Dad replied. “Ethan is Lynne’s son. He’s five years old.”

“Um, no, you definitely did not tell me,” I said.

“I’m sure I did,” Dad protested.

“Well, I think I would have remembered that,” I said. “Seriously, how could you forget to tell me about a kid?”

I could see that Dad was getting a little frustrated with me. “Well, I’m telling you now. He’s a sweet little boy. So how about the American Museum of Natural History?”

Now, my favorite museum in New York is the Metropolitan Museum of Art, because there are these awesome costume exhibits. I had a feeling that five-year-old Ethan probably didn’t want to look at costumes and that’s why we were going to the natural history museum. I haven’t been there since I was about five.

I could have complained, but Dad seemed so happy about it all, and at least he was asking me, right? So I decided to be mature about it.

“Sure, Dad,” I said. “We can go to the museum.”

Dad was practically beaming with happiness. “We will have fun, I promise. I can’t wait, mija.”

“Okay, Dad. Love you,” I said.

“Love you, too!” And then we signed off.

Mom walked by my bedroom door. “Talking to your dad?” she asked.

“He was asking about next weekend, if I can come after my soccer game,” I said. “I told him okay.” I left out the part about going to the museum with his new girlfriend and her son, because I didn’t want her to feel weird.

Mom nodded.

“Oh, and I forgot to tell you, I’m going to help Emma walk dogs this Saturday after my game,” I said. “For the shoes, of course.”

“Good for you,” Mom said. “And Eddie and I were talking. If you want to rake some leaves this weekend, we’ll pay you.”

Inside, I groaned. I hate raking leaves. But I love shoes more, so I answered her happily.

“I’ll do it!” I replied. “I will be the best leaf raker in all of Maple Grove.

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