Tales From My Closet by Jennifer Anne Moses
Author:Jennifer Anne Moses [Moses, Jennifer Anne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Juvenile Fiction, General, Clothing & Dress, Social Issues, Friendship
ISBN: 9780545518758
Google: yUgHAQAAQBAJ
Amazon: 0545516080
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 2014-01-27T16:00:00+00:00
It was the weirdest thing ever. Because even though I couldnât stop crying over Poppy, at the same time, my mind was whirling with what had just happened in Coach Fruitâs office. Wouldnât it be funny, I thought as I walked home, if Mommy and I both got boyfriends at the same time? Except, of course, that Coach Fruit would never be my boyfriend. I mean, the whole idea was ridiculous. But it had been fun to laugh with Coach Fruit about my so-called father, and the more I thought about it, the more I realized how glad I was that Iâd confronted Burton: Somebody had to! Coach Fruit had told me it was great that I had, not that that meant anything boyfriendwise. And just because Mommy had gone ahead and had coffee with that weirdo lummox whose kids took lessons from her didnât mean that she was going to start dating him, either. Especially since all sheâd tell me afterward was that he âseemed like a nice man.â
But when I got home, there he was, sitting on our sofa, looking huge and uncomfortable, like he wasnât sure that the sofa would hold him. It wasnât that he was fat or ungainly so much as big all over, with huge feet encased in square black shoes, and long fingers. âHiya, we met before, on the steps?â he said. âIâm Alfred.â I gave him my standard âsee youâ wave and started heading to my bedroom, but Alfred (Alfred?) kept talking.
âMy kids are really getting into it.â
âGood.â
âPiano, that is. Your momâs a good teacher.â
âYup.â
âPolly, right?â
âYup.â
âWe met before. When you were with your mom, coming home.â
âYup.â
âYouâre a swimmer?â
âThatâs right.â
âYour mother told me. Sheâs very proud of you.â
âShe does that.â
âMy kids really, really like her.â
âIâm glad.â
âTheir mother and I are divorced.â
âSorry.â
âThey live with me.â
What did this guy want from me, anyway? A cookie? I honestly didnât know what to do. I had homework, and even if I didnât, I made it a habit to never, never ever, get into a lot of chitchat with Mommyâs studentsâ parents.
âI like your dress,â the man then said.
âThank you.â
âItâs pretty,â he said. âIt looks good on you.â
âCan I, er, get you a glass of water or something?â
âNo, thatâs okay. â
âWell, then,â I said, ânice meeting you again.â
âNice meeting you, too, Polly.â
From my bedroom, I heard the strains of a very tentative Bach â one of the Anna Magdalena minuets that I used to play when I still played piano. Then silence. Then my motherâs voice. âOh, Alfred! Did you hear? Arenât they doing well? Wasnât that just beautiful?â
In my mind, I could practically hear Poppy saying: âWhat kind of name is Alfred?â
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