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.Not a pet store.Millions of dogs are euthanized in shelters every year.It is just the responsible thing to do.”“But—”“End of discussion.”“The discussion is over,” her mother added.Veronica excused herself from the table, threw her dishes in the sink, and slammed the kitchen door.Or tried to.They had a swinging door that wouldn’t slam.It just squeaked while swinging back and forth until it stopped.The Friendship PactLast spring Veronica and Cricket had thought wearing a uniform was cool.Cricket had tried to get her parents to let her apply to Randolf, but they said it wasn’t their type of school.The day Veronica got into Randolf she went to Cricket’s house and they designed their own school uniforms.Cricket’s was red-and-white-striped and Veronica’s was a solid lime-green shirt with a navy blue skirt and a pink vest.Then they swore by secret ceremony they would be friends forever.Like everything with Cricket, it began with promise and ended with doubt.“Can we make it official?” Veronica asked.“You mean, you don’t think it’s enough to say that we will be friends forever?”“I don’t know,” Veronica said even though she knew it wouldn’t be enough, especially with Cricket.But Cricket surprised Veronica by suggesting they make a contract.Cricket dictated.Her father was a lawyer.Veronica wrote in her best script.She took special care with the expressions: hereby stated, such as, and in conclusion.After they signed and dated it, Cricket said, “We have to drink to it now or it isn’t official.My parents always have a drink after signing anything.” In the kitchen, they created a friendship cocktail.They poured lemonade and orange juice and seltzer into a pitcher and stirred it.“Mmm,” Cricket said, tasting it from the spoon, “but it’s missing something.”“Nesquik?” Veronica said.“No.Gross.Wait, I know.We have to spit into it.Then it will really be official.” Cricket stood on a chair and spit into the pitcher.Veronica watched rivulets of saliva slide down Cricket’s chin and drop into their concoction.She wasn’t looking forward to drinking it.But she didn’t say anything because she didn’t want to hurt Cricket’s feelings or ruin their friendship pact.Cricket climbed down and gestured for Veronica to climb up.“Are you sure it’s okay to stand on the fancy chairs?” Veronica asked.“Yes.I do it all the time,” Cricket said.So Veronica, egged on by Cricket, climbed on the upholstered chair.Just as Veronica spit into the pitcher of friendship cocktail, Cricket’s mother walked into the kitchen.“Get your feet off my dining room chair this instant! Are you spitting? Veronica Morgan, stop that right now!” Then Mrs.Cohen took the pitcher and poured the friendship cocktail into the kitchen sink.Cricket should have said, “Mom, it was my idea.” Although Veronica was afraid of Mrs.Cohen, so maybe Cricket was too.Cricket’s mother made a big show of cleaning out the entire kitchen sink with bleach as though the whole place was contaminated.When she was finished, she gave them plain apple juice and told them to drink that in the dining room with a coaster.When Veronica got home, she realized they had only made one copy of their friendship contract, and it was at Cricket’s house.Veronica had nothing in writing; Cricket had it all.The A TeamThe next morning when Veronica saw Athena Mindendorfer waiting at the front door of Randolf, she assumed Athena was waiting for Sarah-Lisa.But Athena took her by the arm instead.As though they’d been friends their whole life.It was a dream come true, heaven on earth, except for the fact that the only thing Veronica Louise Morgan hated more than her parents being wrong about everything was when they were actually right about something.Could kids at small private schools be excited to have new people around?Moments later Sarah-Lisa attached herself to Veronica too, and the three of them formed a blockade of sorts as they walked down the halls.Veronica had no idea if this was some kind of prank, but she enjoyed it, however long it lasted.Mary would have been proud.“Everything happens for a reason, Veronica.You came to Randolf and were placed at our table because you are meant to be the newest member of the A Team,” Athena said as she escorted Veronica to French.Veronica had no idea what the A Team was, but if Athena and Sarah-Lisa were members, she wanted in.“Veronica can be on the A Team?” Sarah-Lisa asked.“Yes! Isn’t that amazing?” Athena beamed.Veronica was desperate to know when her membership began and what she was a member of, but she wasn’t going to ruin the moment by asking.“Darcy, this is Veronica Louise Morgan,” Athena said to Darcy, as though they had not met each other yesterday.And how did Athena know her middle name?“Veronica is our new project,” Sarah-Lisa added.Veronica smiled, not convinced she liked being thought of as a project—new friend was more what she had in mind.But she wanted desperately to be part of their world.Everything in there was nicer than it was in hers.This morning she’d added a striped cardigan to her uniform.Her mother told her that stripes clashed with plaid.But obviously that wasn’t the point.The point was wearing a cardigan.“Hi,” Darcy said, smiling, “I like your bangs.Where do you get your hair done?”“Um, the kitchen table,” Veronica said.“Where is that?” Darcy said, not following.“My mom does it.At the kitchen table—” Veronica tried to clarify, but Athena cut her off.“It’s downtown, Darcy, her mother is a stylist there,” Athena said, winking.“Right, Veronica?” Veronica was about to set the record straight even though it was an incredibly fun lie, but Athena pulled her away from Darcy.“Maybe one day we can all get our hair done there,” Sarah-Lisa said.“Right, Veronica?”“Come, shy one.Must introduce you to more of the girls.Maggie! Maggie! Have you met Veronica?” Athena took Veronica by the hand and raced in the direction of a girl with braids.Sarah-Lisa followed closely behind.At lunch the other shoe dropped when Athena and Sarah-Lisa disappeared into the bathroom for some important primping.Veronica was on her own.The clanging of all the silverware and the hum of conversation in the cafeteria were terrible.And even though Veronica had been introduced to every girl in her class she hardly felt she could just sit down with any of them.Athena and Sarah-Lisa were her point people [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]