Texting 1, 2, 3 by Rachel Wise

Author:Rachel Wise
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Simon Spotlight

Chapter 7

RUMOR SPREADS THAT CLUMSY KISS CAUSES INJURY

“How did you get that bump?” my mother asked when I got home. I ran and looked in the bathroom mirror. There was a raised red circle the size of a quarter on the right side of my forehead. Ugh. Michael Lawrence did have a hard head. I came back out.

“It’s a long story,” I said, collapsing in a kitchen bar stool.

My mom got an ice pack out of the freezer and sat down next to me. She gently put it on my forehead. Michael’s ice pack had long since melted.

“I’ve got all the time in the world,” Mom responded, adjusting the position of the ice pack. Then I heard the front door open. Oh brother. I didn’t want to explain this in front of Allie.

“What happened?” she exclaimed when she came into the kitchen and gave me a once-over, throwing her bag on a stool.

I sighed. “Nothing.”

“Did you walk into a wall again?” Allie asked, going to the pantry. She took out a bag of potato chips and started munching away. My mom and I both looked at her.

“These are vegan, you know!” she barked at us over a mouthful.

“So, Sammy, what happened?” Mom said, turning her focus on me again. “That’s a pretty mean bump.”

“Okay, fine. I bumped heads with Michael Lawrence.”

Allie almost spit out her potato chips, she started laughing so hard. Even my mom was trying to hold back her smile, but she wasn’t doing a very good job of it.

“Did you guys try to kiss and miss?” Allie said when she collected herself.

Perfect. I could just see Allie telling her friends that. Rumor Spreads that Clumsy Kiss Causes Injury. “No!” I said, getting off the kitchen stool. “Forget it.” I took the ice pack and stomped off to my room. Not only did I have a huge bump on my head, but now I had to be ridiculed by my family. But the truth was, it had all been worth it. Michael was so sweet to me the rest of our time at the Java Stop. There was something romantic about it all, him taking care of me like that, with the ice pack and the iced tea. He even kept asking me to take off the ice pack so he could check the bump. They could laugh if they wanted to. It was kind of special. Although I would have preferred a less hazardous moment to get him to pay so much attention to me.

There was a knock on my door.

“Yeah?” I called.

“It’s me, honey,” Mom said.

“Come in,” I replied, and lay back on my bed, still holding the ice pack on my head, and closed my eyes.

“Let me check it.” My mom sat on the edge of the bed. “It’s gone down a lot. You can barely see it anymore.”

“Really?” I asked, and sat up quickly. “Ow.” It still kind of hurt when I moved fast.

“Take it easy.” She pushed me gently on the shoulder so I’d lie down again.

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