Sophie's First Dance by Nancy N. Rue

Author:Nancy N. Rue
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: ebook
Publisher: Zonderkidz

Eight

You need to watch your back, Soph,” Fiona said after class.

“Better yet, we’ll be watching it FOR you.” Darbie’s dark eyes narrowed. “It’s going to take all of us — Fiona, me, Kitty, and Maggie.”

“Where is Maggie?” Kitty said. “She went to the bathroom AGAIN last period, and she didn’t come back.”

Maggie didn’t come to arts class either. When she didn’t show up in the cafeteria, the Corn Flakes downed the contents of their lunch boxes and went to the office.

“Maggie’s mother came and got her,” the lady at the counter told them. “She wasn’t feeling well.”

“Was she throwing up?” Kitty said. “I hope not — that’s the worst.”

“Poor Mags,” Darbie said.

The pixie-faced lady smiled. “I’m not sure what was wrong, but it’s sweet that you girls are so concerned about your friend.”

“Of COURSE we’re concerned,” Sophie said. “She’s one of us.”

“We still need to practice if we’re ever going to get this film done,” Fiona said as they hurried out to the playground.

Sophie nodded in a vague way. Why would Maggie leave school without telling us? she thought. That’s not the Corn Flake way.

When they got to their place by the fence, Fiona said, “Let’s set up the scene. Kitty, you stand over there and pretend you’re powdering your nose, only you’re really looking behind you in the little mirror. Then — ”

“There they go,” Darbie said, pointing. “Acting the eejit again.”

They all glanced nearby where Anne-Stuart and B.J. were walking backward. Fiona groaned. “Their picture is next to ‘acting the eejit’ in the dictionary,” she said in a low voice.

Sophie had to agree that the Corn Pops — at least, Anne-Stuart and B.J. — were putting on their worst display yet. They were walking backward to face Jimmy and Vincent, who both were looking over their heads, down at their toes, everywhere but at the two girls.

“You were SO awesome with that sword,” Sophie heard Anne-Stuart say.

“You made it look, like, so REAL,” B.J. said, placing her shoulder in front of Anne-Stuart’s. “My heart was beating, like, ninety miles an hour.”

Anne-Stuart replaced B.J.’s shoulder with her own. “It was the best sword fighting I ever saw. You were, like, professional.”

“Like she knows so much about swordplay,” Darbie muttered.

“They’re acting like Vincent wasn’t even there!” Fiona whispered. “They’re just totally blowing him off.”

At that exact moment, B.J. wedged her way between the two boys, putting her back in Vincent’s face and elbowing him out of the conversation.

“That’s totally heinous!” Fiona hissed.

Kitty went wide-eyed as she looked at Fiona. “You LIKE Vincent, don’t you!” she said into Fiona’s ear.

“Shhh! They’ll hear!” Sophie whispered.

Fiona was shaking her head hard. “I mean, I like him,” she hissed at Kitty, “but not like a boyfriend or something. I just think they’re being jerks to him.”

Vincent didn’t look that hurt to Sophie. He stopped long enough to keep B.J. from stepping on him in her attempt to snatch Jimmy away from the hold Anne-Stuart had on his other arm. Then he grabbed the back of Jimmy’s T-shirt and dragged him around the two girls and away from both of them.

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