My Life in the Fish Tank by Barbara Dee

Author:Barbara Dee
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Aladdin
Published: 2020-09-15T00:00:00+00:00

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After an endless morning, the bell finally rang for lunch. Just as I was turning the corner to race upstairs to Ms. Molina’s classroom, I almost smacked into Jayden.

“Hey,” he said loudly. Then he grinned. “So, will we see you tomorrow?”

Maybe because I was so focused on Ms. Molina and the crayfish, for a second I had no idea what he was talking about.

Also, seeing Jayden’s extreme cuteness so close up kind of startled me.

“See me where?” I said.

“You know. Gladys.”

“What?” I stared at him.

“Ralph,” he explained. “But this week it’s Gladys.”

“Oh,” I said, beginning to realize he was talking about Lunch Club. “I thought it was just Luz who called it that.”

“No, I do too. Lunch Club sucks as a name, right? And there isn’t really a word for what we do there, so.” He shrugged. “Gladys.”

Two very tall, very pretty eighth-grade girls called out, “Hi, Jayden!” He waved at them, and they both started giggling.

“Okay?” he said, his dark eyes looking right into mine. “You’ll be there, Zinny?”

“I’m not really sure.” I wasn’t prepared for this decision; plus, eye contact with this boy was making my brain scamper in all directions. “I mean, I kind of promised to help my science teacher—”

“Aw, you can do that anytime. Gladys is just one lunch a week, you know? It’s special. And anyhow, Luz needs to reveal the secret handshake.”

“I don’t know,” I said. “Maybe. I’ll think about it.”

He smiled. “Don’t think, Umzinnia. Just show up. Besides, it’s really good pizza.”

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