Ask My Mood Ring How I Feel by Diana Lopez

Author:Diana Lopez
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Tags: Juvenile Fiction / Family / Parents, Juvenile Fiction / Girls & Women, Juvenile Fiction / Health & Daily Living / Diseases, Illnesses & Injuries, Juvenile Fiction / People & Places / United States / Hispanic & Latino
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published: 2013-06-10T16:00:00+00:00

I had to take my science book to the cafeteria. I hadn’t read the assigned chapter because I was so busy with my promesa over the weekend. I was frantically skimming the pages when Patty arrived.

“Why are you studying during lunch?” she asked.

“Because I have a quiz this afternoon, and I didn’t have a chance to study.” I quickly glanced over the bold print words in the chapter and tried to memorize the definitions, but concentrating was difficult when my friends were nearby.

As soon as Shawntae took her seat at the lunch table, she said, “GumWad and Iliana told me about your weekend.”

I glanced at them, and they nodded.

I couldn’t believe my friends were talking about me again. When were they going to stop sharing my business with the whole world? Even if they weren’t saying anything negative, it still bothered me. Shawntae must have noticed because she said, “I’m your friend, remember? I need to know these things. Besides, I knew you wouldn’t get a lot of names. I dreamed it. You should have talked to me. I could have saved you some time.”

“And when exactly did you have this dream?” I asked, feeling myself getting impatient. Honestly, I had a lot on my mind. The last thing I needed was to hear another one of Shawntae’s fake predictions.

“Friday night, before you went looking for sponsors.”

“And I’m supposed to believe you?”

Shawntae crossed her arms. “Yes, you’re supposed to believe me. Just ask Patty. She knows all about my dream.”

Patty was tearing her napkin in half, but she stopped in the middle of the rip, looked at Shawntae, and said, “You told me you dreamed that Erica and GumWad were looking for candy in a dark, scary forest and that it must mean they were going to dress up as Hansel and Gretel for Halloween.”

“That’s so cute,” Iliana said. “You think Alejandro and I could dress up as a fairy-tale couple, too? We could be Snow White and Prince Charming. That is, if he really likes me. I can’t tell. What do you guys think?”

No one had a chance to answer because GumWad turned to me and said, “I don’t mind being Hansel if you want to be Gretel. We can give gum to the little kids.” He reached in his pocket and pulled out a handful of gumballs. I saw lint on one and wanted to gag.

“I don’t believe in trick-or-treating anymore,” I said. “No one in my neighborhood gives out candy. I live next to the most selfish people on the planet.”

“Hello!” Shawntae interrupted. “Can we get back to the real subject? We’re supposed to be talking about my dream.”

“What else is there to say?” I asked. “You had some silly cartoon dream that, in my opinion, has nothing to do with what happened this weekend.”

“You can’t take dreams so literally, Erica. They’re not facts; they’re symbols. Just think about it. The candy symbolizes the money you were trying to earn. The dark, scary forest symbolizes the rude people you met.

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