Millionaires for the Month by Stacy McAnulty

Millionaires for the Month by Stacy McAnulty

Author:Stacy McAnulty [McAnulty, Stacy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 2020-09-02T00:00:00+00:00


Benji

The next morning, Reggie drove Benji and Felix to school in the Porsche. Felix sat in the back and stroked Freebie’s head. Benji had already asked him three times if he was okay, and Felix had insisted—three times—that he was fine. Since they’d bought the wedding gowns, Felix had been acting weird, and Benji knew it wasn’t because they now owned frilly dresses.

When they got to school, Felix shuffled inside and didn’t respond to anyone’s hellos. Benji talked to everyone. He would have signed autographs and posed for pictures if anyone had asked. Then he walked by the doughnut stand to check on everything and ran into Aidan and Luke.

“Hey, any jelly left?” Benji asked. He’d already had breakfast at the hotel, but he could make room for a doughnut.

“Benji, are we having pizza for lunch today?” Aidan ignored Benji’s question and asked his own.

“Of course.” Benji held up his hand, expecting a high five for his generosity.

Instead, Aidan groaned. “Could we get something else?”

“All we do is eat pizza,” Luke added, and grabbed his stomach like it caused him pain.

“What do you want?” Benji asked.

“Tacos,” they answered in unison, and it didn’t sound spontaneous.

“Tacos?” Benji repeated.

“Yeah, tacos,” Aidan said. “Everyone is complaining about the pizza.”

Why would they complain about pizza? Pizza is the best.

“I like tacos,” Benji said. “I’ll see what I can do.”

“Thanks.” Aidan clapped him on the back and walked off with Luke. Benji heard him say to Luke, “I told you he’d do it.”

Benji didn’t understand what had just happened. He didn’t mind buying tacos or sandwiches or chicken nuggets. He could afford all of it. But what did his “friends” expect from him?

“Are you okay?” Suddenly Alma was standing in front of him.

“Yeah.”

“You’ve been standing in the same spot for two minutes,” she said.

He shook his head and realized she was right.

“Can I ask you a question? Do you like tacos?”

“I like tacos.” She smiled, and his heart sped up.

“Good. I’m buying tacos for lunch. You can have some.” Maybe Aidan and Luke’s idea wasn’t bad.

“No, thank you.”

“Why not?” He fought to keep his voice level. All girls were a bit of a mystery, but Alma took it to the next level. “I want to do something nice for you. That’s all. Why can’t I buy you lunch?”

“You’re buying the whole school lunch.” She gestured to the crowded hallway. “That’s not for me.”

“I can order something special for you. Something no one else gets. Anything you want.” He flashed his biggest smile and hoped he didn’t have any breakfast left in his braces.

“That’s not necessary,” she said. “I brought my lunch. And you don’t need to buy me anything.”

“Why won’t you let me do something nice for you?”

“You want to do something nice?” she asked. “You can help me hang these posters.” She held out a small stack of homemade signs.

DRAMA CLUB FUNDRAISER

FOOD, VENDORS, AUCTION, ENTERTAINMENT

DECEMBER 1ST

6PM—8PM



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