Girl on the Ferris Wheel by Julie Halpern

Author:Julie Halpern
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends

I’m not the best artist in the world, and now, looking at it through Ellie’s eyes, I can see how amateurish this gift must seem. Too late; the cat, or in this case coupon book, is literally out of the bag, so I hand it over.

Ellie’s mouth scrunches up into a weird little circle, like she’s trying to figure out what this is supposed to be, as she flips through the pages.

“I saw it in a movie,” I blurt out. “I thought it would be cute.”

“It’s very sweet,” Ellie offers without a lot of emotion.

This whole evening has felt off-kilter from the start. The restaurant, the kid, my not knowing what the drumstick warmers were, and now my dopey coupon book. I’m feeling embarrassed and I just want to get things over with so I hand Ellie her third and final present. This is either going to be what saves this date, or buries it once and for all.

Ellie feels through the wrapping paper and tries to guess what’s inside. “It’s a picture frame?”

I nod.

“Did you get a picture of us framed? That’s very sweet, Dimmi.”

I shake my head no. “Open it.”

Ellie squints again—god, she’s cute when she does that—clearly wondering what I’m up to now as she shreds the “A Joyous Holiday Season” wrapping paper. She stares at the photo for a long minute before looking up at me in confusion.

“Um … you got me a school locker?”

“No, that’s a picture of your locker.”

“You’re giving me my own locker?” she laughs.

“No! I switched lockers with Joe Loskywitz. You and I are neighbors now, for the rest of the school year!”

Ellie’s laughter peters out and her jaw goes slack. She doesn’t say a single word; she just stares at me in disbelief. I have rendered her speechless.

BOOM!

Nailed it!

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