Sleepover Stakeout (9780545443111) by Harrington Kim

Author:Harrington, Kim
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Scholastic
Published: 2012-08-17T04:00:00+00:00

The next morning, I felt so depressed I even thought about faking an illness. Though Darcy had done this plenty of times (and attempted to school me in all acts of parental trickery), I had never lied about being sick to my parents. And, despite how much I wanted to hide in my bedroom all day, I wasn’t going to start now.

We had a Spanish test, and Mr. Graham’s makeup tests are always harder than the real thing. (Probably to discourage the whole faking-sick-on-test-days thing.) I didn’t need that stress. On top of that, I was so busy lately with Partners in Crime along with my regular school stuff. Seventh grade seemed like it had double the amount of homework that sixth had. So I sucked it up and went to school.

Strangely, though getting glasses was a big deal to me, most people didn’t seem to notice. I got no crazy looks in the hallway, and no one made any mean, Slade-like remarks. Even though I felt as if my whole face had changed, to everyone else I was still regular Norah Burridge.

Between the Spanish test and a pop quiz in English, it was a busy morning, and I barely had time to talk to anyone, not even Darcy. She only had a chance to tell me “Cool specs” as we rushed between classes.

I finally got a moment to rest at lunch. When I walked over to our usual spot, I saw Fiona was sitting at the popular table. We’d get her back tomorrow as part of our Share Plan.

I dropped my lunch bag on the table and eyeballed Darcy. She was eating a pudding cup and had two more lined up.

“Three puddings?” I said. “That’s your lunch?”

“I can’t chew,” she answered through a mouthful of liquid chocolate. “It’s too sore.”

Oh. Bad friend alert. In all my worrying about my own problems, I’d forgotten that Darcy got braces yesterday. And I hadn’t even noticed them in any classes or in the halls this morning! I tried for a cheery tone. “Well, Zane says the soreness only lasts a day or two.”

Then I remembered how all the things my mom had said to try to make me feel better about glasses hadn’t worked at all and realized the only thing I could do was be Darcy’s friend. I sat beside her and made little circles on her back with my hand. “I’m sorry about the braces,” I said gently.

“Sorry?” She wiped the chocolate off her mouth with a napkin. “Don’t be sorry. They’re awesome!”

Shocked, I stuttered, “Uh — what?”

“The pain stinks, but like you said, that’s only for a day or so. Check them out!” She smiled huge, and I really saw the braces for the first time.

They were purple.

My eyes widened. “Purple braces? I didn’t know those existed.”

“Me neither,” Darcy said excitedly. “I thought I’d be stuck with those same metal ones like everyone else. But my mom told me I could get colored ones. This changes everything. These things

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