The Pumpkin Principle by Cynthia Blair

Author:Cynthia Blair [Blair, Cynthia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Young Adult Fiction
Publisher: Belgrave House
Published: 1986-08-31T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

“Sooz, can I talk to you for a minute?”

Just as Mrs. Pratt had said, Susan was out in the garage with her father, pouring nails out of ragged cardboard boxes into glass jars. Both Susan and Mr. Pratt looked a bit relieved to see Chris, however.

“I was hoping for some sort of distraction,” Mr. Pratt said cheerfully. “Susan and I have just put in a good hour trying to clean up this mess. I’d say it’s time for a coffee break.”

“Sounds like a good idea to me,” Susan agreed.

To Chris, she said, “I’ve been wanting to talk to you, too. I’d like some advice on what to wear on my date with B.J. Saturday night. I thought maybe you’d look through my closet with me and help me pick something out.”

“Funny, your date with B.J. this Saturday night is exactly what I wanted to talk to you about.”

“Oh, good!” exclaimed Susan.

Chris could already tell that this was going to be even more difficult than she’d imagined.

As the girls walked upstairs together, toward the girls’ bedrooms, Susan kept up a steady stream of excited conversation.

“I suppose I should just wear jeans and a nice sweater,” she chirped happily. “But I’d like to look extra nice, somehow....”

“Sooz ...”

“Oh, I know it’s not a big deal. It’s just a movie date and all, but—”

“Susan, listen to me. There’s something I’ve got to say ...”

“I don’t know, I just want it to be special—”

“Susan Pratt!” Chris nearly shrieked.

Susan looked over at her twin and blinked.

“Why, Chris! What on earth has gotten into you?”

Chris opened her mouth to explain, then closed it and sighed. “Look, why don’t we both sit down in your room? There’s something I have to tell you.”

“Okay.” Susan looked puzzled, but it was clear from the sparkle in her brown eyes that she was still lost in her dream world—at least a little bit.

Once they were comfortable in Susan’s bedroom, with Chris sitting on the edge of the bed and her sister leaning back in the family’s old wooden rocking chair she had latched on to long before, claiming it for her own, Chris began to speak.

“All right, Susan. Now, this is really kind of hard for me to say ...”

“It’s okay, Chris. Whatever you have to tell me, I promise I’ll understand. Really!”

Susan was just beginning to realize that her sister was being very serious about all this. Apparently she had something important to tell her, and it was something she wasn’t exactly looking forward to saying.

“Well, it’s about your date.”

“My date with B.J.?”

Susan was surprised. What could Chris possibly know about that?

“Actually, it’s about B.J. himself.”

“But Chris! You’ve never even met him!”

“I’m afraid that’s not entirely true.”

Nervously, Chris tugged at the barrettes that were holding her shoulder-length chestnut-brown hair off her face. They were lemon yellow, the same color as the sweater she was wearing with her jeans. “You see, Sooz, I also met B.J. this week.”

“You did? Where?” Susan was so curious about their meeting—and the fact

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