Nerd Girls by Alan Lawrence Sitomer

Author:Alan Lawrence Sitomer
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction - Middle Grade
Publisher: Disney Book Group

Lunchtime became giggle time for the three of us. Q and Beanpole and I giggled at the way our math teacher, Mr. Sung-Li, wore four pencils in his shirt pocket in case he was suddenly attacked by a multiplication problem or something. Q and Beanpole and I giggled at the way Josephine Morales tried to hide the fact that she loved the smell of notebook paper. She practically jammed pieces of homework up her nostrils, thinking no one ever saw her. But most of all, Q and Beanpole and I giggled at the dorkasauressness of one another.

“At least I don’t crash into parked cars.”

“At least I’m not allergic to air.”

“At least 254,327 people haven’t seen me do a doof-o dance on YouTube.”

I paused and got serious. “Is it that many?” Wow, over a quarter of a million people had now seen me utterly embarrass myself.

A quarter million, that’s a lot.

“Aw, don’t worry,” said Q, seeing the gloom on my face. “In like a hundred years, what’s it gonna matter anyway?”

“Yeah, I guess you’re right.”

“Except people will still be able to see you on YouTube in a hundred years,” Beanpole said. “’Cause, like, once something’s on the Internet, it like never gets erased. Never, ever. But yeah, at least you’ll be dead and cold and buried in the ground, so it won’t matter much.”

“Thanks, Beanpole,” I answered. “I can’t tell you how much better that makes me feel.”

“Even your kids will still be able to see it. And your grand-kids, too. Heck, even your great-great-great-grandkids will be able to see it. I mean, even your great-great-great-great-great…OUCH!”

“Oh, I’m sorry,” I said. “Was that your hand underneath the book I just smashed on the table?”

“Don’t worry,” she said. “I’m okay, I’m okay.”

“Who’s worried?” I replied.

“Oh no, look who’s at it again,” said Q. We turned to look at—who else—the ThreePees.

If there was one thing that we loved to giggle about more than making fun of one another’s lunches or weird personalities or dorkiness, it was the ThreePees. At the way they sprayed all that stuff in their hair. At the way they wore their name-brand clothing as if designer labels made them better people than everybody else. The way they walked with an extra wiggle in their butts. Lately, however, we’d been having extra fun giggling at the way Sofes O’Reilly, the Albert Einstein of our school, still kept screwing up that make-a-right-not-a-left turn at the crucial part of their dance performance.

“It’s a right turn, Sofes. A right turn!” said Kiki for the ten-thousandth time. Clearly, Sofes was driving Kiki bonkers.

“I know, I know,” said Sofes. “I just get mixed up there. It feels more natural to go left.”

“It’s gonna feel more natural to go to a different school next year if you don’t get your act together,” snapped Kiki. “The show is in three days!”

“The show is in three days!” said Q in a high-pitched snooty voice. “And if I don’t win and get my picture in the yearbook, I’ll never be

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