Revenge of the Girl With the Great Personality by Elizabeth Eulberg

Author:Elizabeth Eulberg [Eulberg, Elizabeth]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Young Adult, Contemporary
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

16.

Two's a Date, Four's a Headache

I haven’t yet decided if I like being given the silent treatment.

On the one hand, I get to come and go as I please. Mom barely

acknowledges me. Which is weird because Mackenzie has made it clear she didn’t want to be on the show. But I’m starting to think that for Mom the pageants aren’t really about Mac.

On the other hand, I feel like a visitor in my own home. Every time I open the door, I brace myself for some sort of confrontation, but usually it’s quiet. Mom has even stopped asking me to take Mac places.

There’s a pageant this weekend, and for the first time ever, I don’t have to go. I’ve been hoping to get out of being the little errand girl for years, 143

but now I feel like I truly don’t belong here. I no longer have a place in my own home.

A line has been drawn. It’s them versus me.

I pick up the phone. I’ve wanted to do this for years, but it seems like now is as good a time as any.

He answers after the second ring. “Hello?”

Hearing his voice instantly make me feel better. “Hey, Dad.”

“Alexis! How’s my little princess?”

I smile at the nickname Dad’s had for me since I was little — a

nickname that was given to me out of love, not a meaningless pageant title.

“I’m good. I was wondering if you wanted to come up this weekend.

Mac and Mom have a pageant to go to and I’ll have the house to myself on Saturday. Or I could come to you?”

A red envelope on the end table catches my eye. I pick it up and see FINAL NOTICE written on it.

“Lexi?”

I didn’t hear anything that he just said. I place the overdue bill back where it was. “Um, sorry, what did you say?”

“I was just saying that I can’t believe you’d rather see your old man than throw a big raging party while you’re home alone!”

Yeah, well, I’m lame. And I don’t want people to see where I live. So I guess that makes me double lame.

“Of course I’d rather see you. Plus, I got my fake ID taken away after a bar fight last weekend, so no way to get a keg.”

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I hear his laughter on the other end. “Oh, I’ve missed you, princess.

Why don’t we meet halfway?”

A parent with some sense.

About time.

It has finally happened.

I’m on a date with Logan Reeves. It’s what I always dreamed of.

Okay, to be honest, in my dreams, his girlfriend wasn’t there. And I wasn’t with someone else, either.

But really, that’s just petty semantics.

I can’t help but smile to myself as the four of us sit at Mario’s Pizza.

Alyssa puts down her menu. “You guys get whatever you want. I’m

only having a salad.”

I know that I can be annoying about food, but I’m the type of person who likes to splurge on special occasions. And this is definitely a special occasion. So unlike Sprouts Queen, I will be having pizza with the boys.

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