The Just Desserts Club by Hurwitz Johanna

Author:Hurwitz, Johanna [Hurwitz, Johanna]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: StarWalk Kids Media
Published: 2014-02-01T16:00:00+00:00

THREE

Sweet Valentine

One December morning, there was a visitor in Mrs. Cheechia’s classroom. It was her son Greg, who was an eighth grader at Mark Twain Junior High School. His school’s furnace had broken down, and the school was closed for the day.

It was the first time Cricket had ever seen a child of one of her teachers. Greg Cheechia was tall and dark-haired. Cricket thought he was so good-looking he should be on TV or in the movies.

Mrs. Cheechia asked Greg to help her distribute the spelling quizzes that she’d marked the night before.

“Cricket Kaufman?” he called out.

Cricket blushed and raised her hand.

“That’s a cute name you have,” he commented, and her heart flip-flopped.

For once Cricket was hardly aware that she had a perfect paper. She was much busier thinking about Greg Cheechia. She wondered if he thought she was cute, like her name. And she wondered if he had noticed her grade. If he had, she hoped he’d been impressed.

Later Mrs. Cheechia had her son sit next to Carol Simmons and help her by going over yesterday’s math homework. Poor Carol always seemed about a month behind her classmates in math. But today Cricket envied her. If only she needed extra help too! Then Greg Cheechia would be sitting next to her.

By the end of the school day, Cricket realized that she was falling in love with Greg Cheechia. It had never happened to her before, but it was no wonder. Who could fall in love with the boys who were in her class? Lucas Cott? Julio Sanchez? Arthur Lewis? None of them had the wonderful smile of Greg Cheechia. These days Arthur had braces that made him look as if he’d tried to swallow his mother’s tableware. Julio was shorter than Cricket since her latest growth spurt. And as for Lucas, forget about it. No one but his mother could love Lucas Cott.

Cricket raised her hand. “Will Greg come back another time?” she asked Mrs. Cheechia shyly.

The teacher looked at her son. “How would you like to come to our class Christmas party?” she suggested to him.

“Sure,” said Greg, smiling. “I love parties.”

Cricket thought he probably also liked being older and bigger and smarter than all the kids in his mother’s class. And maybe, just maybe, he liked Cricket and wanted to come back to see her again.

The Christmas party was held on the last afternoon before the school vacation. The plan was for everyone to bring a treat to eat. Even though she’d been doing a lot of cooking lately, Cricket had trouble deciding what to bring. She wanted something that would really appeal to Greg Cheechia, something different and special. She hunted through all her mother’s cookbooks to find just the right thing to make. So when she saw a recipe for cookies called Sweet Kisses, she knew that was perfect.

Cricket came to school on the morning of the Christmas party wearing a new red sweater. She wanted to be sure Greg noticed her. All during

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