Too Many Toppings! by Coco Simon

Author:Coco Simon
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Simon Spotlight

CHAPTER NINE

A SWIRL OF CONFUSION

The rest of our shift was pretty uneventful. Tamiko came up with a great new special that she called the I Want S’more, which was graham cracker crumbles and melted marshmallow over triple fudge ice cream, and we ended up serving a bunch of them.

As Tamiko and I were getting ready to clock out and head home, we counted our tips from the tip jar and split them three ways with Allie. She was planning to stay on for a while and help her mom, since one of the college employees couldn’t make it for another hour.

I thought about offering to stay and help too, but I really needed to get home and start my homework for the week. I’d been trying to get ahead on homework on Sunday nights so that I would have less on the days when I had both a sports practice and a Wildflowers rehearsal after school, and that had been helping a lot.

“I guess I’ll see you next weekend,” I said to Allie.

She was about to reply, when her mom came out from backstage with an envelope in her hand.

“Hi, girls! It sounded busy out here this afternoon. Was it a good day?” Her eyes scanned the tubs of ice cream and seemed pleased to see that a few were running low, particularly the triple fudge, which hadn’t been selling very well before.

“I have exciting news,” Mrs. Shear said. “Remember when I said I was going to start the Employee of the Month initiative? Well, it’s officially begun!”

The three of us smiled at one another, waiting to hear who had earned it.

“This employee has truly been exceptional this month,” Mrs. Shear went on. “She’s been consistently on time, despite a truly busy schedule. Not only that, but she came up with a terrific new ice cream flavor—Coffee and Doughnuts! In a very short time it’s become one of our most popular flavors, and I can hardly make the coffee ice cream fast enough.”

I smiled at Tamiko, excited that she would be winning the award. She deserved it. She was always coming up with great new flavors. Mrs. Shear didn’t even know yet about today’s I Want S’more.

But then something happened that made no sense. Mrs. Shear extended the envelope to me. Me! The late one.

I froze. With everything going on, I had forgotten how Tamiko had covered for me that day when I’d been really late, how she’d said that the new flavor combo was my idea.

“Congratulations, Sierra,” Mrs. Shear said. “It isn’t a whole lot, but it’s a thank-you for being such an excellent employee this month. Keep up the good work!”

I remained utterly frozen. I didn’t even reach out for the envelope. I couldn’t.

Mrs. Shear laughed. “What’s the matter, Sierra? Go on. Take it!” she said, pressing the envelope into my hand. Then she turned to the other two girls. “Allie and Tamiko, I’m sure it’ll be your turns soon.” Then she looked at them expectantly, waiting from them to congratulate me.

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