Molly McGinty Has a Really Good Day by Gary Paulsen

Author:Gary Paulsen
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9780307538499
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 2004-04-09T21:00:00+00:00

“That went well,” Irene announced as she, Molly and the Marys arrived in the lunchroom, a band of Irene's new friends from the principal's office trailing behind them. “I must say, Monsignor Murphy is a very understanding man.”

“I don't think our meeting went well at all, Irene,” Molly said. “My name got added to the detention list because I cut class to help defend you. In a room full of future felons, petty thieves and maybe one potential serial killer, I'm the only one who's going to wind up actually being punished.”

“That's certainly an ironic twist, isn't it, cupcake?” Irene patted Molly's shoulder. “Maybe I should have a talk with that science teacher of yours. I seem to have a knack for this kind of thing. And besides, it's not fair that you should be punished.”

“No! I'll fix it myself. The last thing Our Lady of Mercy needs today is another debate about the nature of injustice from Irene Flynn.”

“You shouldn't be so quick to reject my help, baby. Didn't you see me impress the monsignor with my quick thinking?”

“Irene, he was so confused and frightened by your claims of abuse of power and authoritarian brutality that he'd have said anything to get you and all your new buddies out of his office.”

“Well, peaches, you know what they say: If you can't dazzle ‘em with your brilliance, then baffle ‘em with your bulls—”

“You'll probably drive the poor man to an early grave, Irene.”

Molly had been so busy squabbling with Irene that she hadn't noticed they were now sitting in the section of the lunchroom that boasted the highest crime rate in the school. Molly looked up just in time to see Irene deftly catch a carton of milk that had been hurled in their general direction.

Molly recognized most of the kids she and Irene had just met from the Trouble Bench, as well as a few who were so intimidating that they flew well under the radar of disciplinary detection at Our Lady of Mercy. They hung out after hours with the high school students from across the street and couldn't be bothered with middle school mischief. Taking over small countries would be more their style, Molly thought.

Molly and the Marys always sat on the other side of the cafeteria, where they studied, talked quietly and kept a wary eye on this side of the room.

Two of the Marys were now clutching their lunch boxes to their chests, looking around them in awe. Mary Bridget, whom Molly had always considered the boldest of the group, was tentatively offering to share a plastic Baggie of carrots with an eighth grader who was busily applying more black eyeliner. Judging from the way she would study Molly and then gaze into her small mirror while dabbing at her own eye with the makeup, Mary Bridget's lunch companion was trying to duplicate Molly's black-eyed look.

Molly sighed and had started to rise and head for the lunch line before she realized that her lunch tickets were in her lost notebook.

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