Sophie Flakes Out by Nancy N. Rue

Author:Nancy N. Rue
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: ebook
Publisher: Zonderkidz

Eight

In a matter of minutes, Willoughby’s house was empty of eighth graders, without even a trace of a press-on nail left behind. Willoughby leaned against the front door and whimpered, “Sophie, please—you have to help me clean up before my father gets home.”

Sophie was about to say, I thought he didn’t care if you had a party, but Willoughby burst into tears.

“What do you want me to do?” Sophie said.

“Make it look like nobody was here but you and me. You take the family room. I have to call my brother.”

“Okay, but I don’t get it—”

“Sophie please—hurry!”

The fear in Willoughby’s voice sent Sophie charging into the family room, where she clanked soda cans into a garbage bag and sprayed air freshener over the nail glue smell. She was dumping the trash bag into the outside can when she heard a car pull into the driveway. The thought of jumping the fence and running crossed her mind, but Willoughby stuck her head out the back door and said, “He’s here!” It sounded like the poodle was drawing her final breath.

The front door opened as Willoughby motioned for Sophie to sit on one of the snack bar stools while she herself stuck her head in the refrigerator.

“I wish Matt would hurry up with the milk,” she said into its depths. “I’m dying for a milk shake.”

“Matt went out?” said a deep voice from the doorway.

Sophie flinched, nearly falling off the stool. She’d heard Willoughby’s father talk before, but she’d never noticed him growling like a German shepherd. The way he took inventory of the kitchen with his eyes made Sophie wish she had jumped the fence after all, and taken Willoughby with her.

“I just went out to get some milk,” said another voice. One of the twins appeared in the doorway with two gallon jugs and a grin—a very shaky grin.

“How long were you gone?” Mr. Wiley snarled at him.

Two hours! Sophie thought.

“Not that long,” Matt said. “I knew if I didn’t get right back with the stuff, Will was going to go into milk shake withdrawal.”

Willoughby pulled her head out of the refrigerator and put out her hands for the milk jugs. “You’re a lifesaver,” she said to Matt.

Sophie was sure she wasn’t talking about milk shakes. Sophie couldn’t even drink the one Willoughby fixed and carried upstairs for her. Her stomach was nothing but a knot.

Willoughby flopped down on her bed and covered her face with her hands. “That was close,” she said. “Somebody must have been on our phone when he called. Don’t they know about call waiting?” She peeked out through her fingers. “It’s a good thing he tried me on my cell.”

Sophie perched uneasily on the edge of a white wicker chair. “What would have happened if he’d caught all those kids here?”

“He would have yelled at Matt and Andy,” she said. “They aren’t supposed to leave me alone when I have a friend over.” Willoughby sat up. “They really wanted to go out, and I really wanted to have this party, so we worked out a plan.

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