Becky's Problem Pet by Holly Webb

Author:Holly Webb
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Scholastic UK
Published: 2014-07-01T16:00:00+00:00

As it turned out, Becky got the ideal opportunity in science that afternoon. They were supposed to be doing some weird experiment that involved boiling water and putting it in beakers wrapped up in fleecy stuff. Somehow this was meant to tell you something about penguins in the Antarctic keeping themselves warm.

Normally penguins would have made Becky much more interested in whatever they were doing – she loved them. But today she was more interested in Jack and Robin being at the next Bunsen burner. All they had to do for the experiment was record the temperature of the water every minute, so she had plenty of time for chatting as long as she was careful. Mrs Stafford, their science teacher, was quite nice, and as long as they were quiet when she was talking she didn’t mind a bit of noise.

“Jack?” Becky asked, in a slightly quavery voice, aware that Fran was glued to every word, and glad that Katie and Annabel were a couple of benches back this time.

“Yeah?” Jack looked round enquiringly.

Becky smiled at him. “Just wondering how the rats were.”

“Oh they’re fine,” Jack said, a bit dismissively.

“We were so impressed when we saw them. Weren’t we?” She nudged Fran, who nodded. “I mean, even though they’re not pets, you’re still looking after them really well – you must be, they’re so tame and lovely, and they wouldn’t be so friendly if you didn’t play with them all the time.”

Jack gazed down at his list of temperatures, looking a bit embarrassed. “Mmmm,” he said, and then turned to Robin. “It’s time again.”

Becky pretended to take Jack’s sudden interest in the accuracy of his experiment results at face value, and went back to her own beaker, grinning at Fran.

“Excellent! If we keep doing that whenever we get the chance, it’s got to make him feel bad when he looks at One and Two,” said Fran. “He’ll feel guilty when he sees them looking all lonely, and he’ll take them out and give them some attention, I’m sure he will.”

Becky sighed. “Either that or he’ll just cover the cage in a blanket so he can’t see them at all. But I reckon it’s got to be worth a try. We mustn’t be too obvious though.”

Unfortunately she didn’t realize that her plan was already attracting attention. Not only had Annabel and Katie and the others been desperately trying (and failing) to hear what was going on, but Amy and Cara were right behind her and Fran, and they had heard.

Amy had spent the last couple of days looking for a way to get back at David Morley and Becky for the way David had spoken to her in history on Tuesday. She was happy to bide her time, but neither of them were going to get away with it. She hid Becky’s sudden interest in Jack away in her mental stash of “possibly useful information”, and tapped her pen against her teeth thoughtfully. She was looking at Max Cooper – the one other person she knew who really couldn’t stand the triplets.

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