Z On Location by J.J. Howard

Author:J.J. Howard
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 2017-11-23T05:00:00+00:00

Becka texted right back:

I shot back:

The final stop was the education gallery, where Nora and I finally got to try out headsets of our own. It was our photo op moment, and I took a few selfies with the VR visor on. This was going to make a perfect #summeradventure post.

We set up there for the interview with Josh. It was a pretty simple shoot with just one subject, and Mom was using only one camera. Nora was handling the mics and sound recording now, so I didn’t have much to do. I sat on the floor in the back of the room and started to compose my post for later. I’d use my selfies and the other pics I’d gotten from the education gallery photo op to fill it out, adding hashtags for #summeradventure and #virtualreality. This was going to be my first really excellent post of the road trip, and I was hoping for lots of reposts and likes. Maybe this post would be the one that would grab Winter Costello’s attention, and she’d give me a shout-out on one of her next vlogs.

We packed up the set in record time and arranged a time with Josh to come the next day to see a group of students interacting with the different interfaces. As we walked out, Mom reminded me, “I’m having dinner with Meg tonight—remember her, Z? We used to work together. So you two are on your own. Nora, I’ve got some cash for you if you don’t mind taking Z out.”

“Of course not. It’ll be fun!”

It took maximum effort for me to avoid rolling my eyes. I pretended to be looking up at the clouds instead. “Sure, great,” I echoed.

“I know the perfect place,” Nora told me. “I eat there every time I come to San Fran. And it’s just a couple of blocks away.”

I followed Nora, whose idea of a couple was apparently eight, because that’s how many blocks it was.

“What is this place?” I asked when we got there. The sign outside the restaurant had a bunch of dancing vegetables and said THE CHEERFUL ONION.

“It’s amazing—and everything’s vegan!”

Ugh. Not exactly my idea of amazing.

Nora had already stepped inside The Cheerful Onion, so there didn’t seem to be a way out.

The menu was decorated with a lot more dancing vegetables. “So what’s good here?” I asked, settling in to the booth, and then had to work really hard not to fall asleep while Nora droned on about the different types of tofu.

I read through the menu, craving cheeseburgers and mac and cheese. But not with vegan cheese.

“How long have you been a vegan?” I asked her.

“Two years,” Nora answered. Then, luckily, her phone dinged, so I didn’t feel bad about checking my own.

The first thing I checked was Winter Costello’s account. She’d posted several of her own #summeradventure things from the day, and even reposted some of her followers’ photos. I hoped that when she saw my post later tonight—after Mom’s signoff, of course—that she’d repost it … that would get a lot more likes.

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