Hat Trick by Matt Christopher

Author:Matt Christopher [CHRISTOPHER, MATTHEW F]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780316095402
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published: 2009-12-19T05:00:00+00:00

Greg looked around and saw Stookie staring at him; his face reddened and he shouted into the phone again. “Anyway, I don’t hear Coach Williams bawling me out for not being there today. So why don’t you just stuff a sock in it, Roger?” He hung up the phone with a bang, then faced Stookie again.

“Well, what do you want?” he demanded.

“Uh, nothing,” Stookie stuttered. He couldn’t believe that Greg had just hung up on his best friend. That would be like Stookie hanging up on … Lou.

Or Lou lying to me. The thought pierced his brain like an arrow.

Greg stalked to the refrigerator and yanked open the door. After a few moments, he pulled out the milk and poured himself a glassful. He drank it down without stopping, wiped his mouth, and thunked the glass on the counter top.

“Guess you’re wondering what that was all about,” Greg said, jerking a thumb toward the phone.

Stookie gave a half shrug.

Greg laughed harshly. “Turns out Roger is jealous of me because of that newspaper article. He said he was glad I hadn’t shown up at practice today, so he didn’t have to watch me hot-dog all over the field. Said that I was more concerned with personal glory than helping the team to win. Can you believe that?” Greg shook his head. “After I single-handedly led the team to victory, last game. Sheesh. How sore can a guy get? Oh, well. Who needs him?”

Greg walked into the living room, turned on the TV, and surfed through the channels. After five minutes, he clicked the TV off again. He climbed halfway up the stairs toward his bedroom, then stopped and came back down. He paused uncertainly and finally came back into the kitchen.

“What are you staring at?” he muttered. “Shouldn’t you be out playing with your little friends?” He stormed past Stookie to the garage. Moments later, Stookie heard him pedal away on his bike.

I should be out playing with my friends, Stookie realized. But for some reason, my friends don’t want to play with me. At least, one of them doesn’t.

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