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Lara M. Zeises Random House Children's Books © 2004 |
Lucy and Allison are now the only two best friends left of what used to be the
five best friends. Before it was Kim Talbot, Kim Tate, Tabitha, Ally and Lucy.
Kim Tate always did what Kim Talbot did so Kim Talbot was Kim one and Kim Tate
was Kim two. Tabitha on the other hand was just there. Lucy and Ally were
having their annual get together-sleepover. Lucy told Ally that her brother,
Jack, would be coming home for a visit. When Jack still lived at home every girl
in Lucy's school had a crush on him. To Lucy, Jack was her best friend, and he
was a perfect brother. He always made family game night fun, but now that it was
just Lucy, her parents, and her little brother Brody, it wasn't fun anymore;
family game night usually ended in fights.
At
the sleepover Lucy and Ally had gotten on the subject of the Kim's and Tab. When
the conversation ended going to sleep ended on an awkward note. When Lucy got
home, she had just missed Jack's phone call, but he called later and said he
would be home Friday. Friday came, and sure enough Jack came home, but he
brought someone with him. Hannah was Jack's girlfriend, and Lucy hated her.
Lucy,
Hannah and Jack watched a football game at the high school, and when Lucy
arrived she mistook a Junior from her school for her brother. That boy was Tobin
Scacheri. After talking to her brother and catching up a bit, Lucy spent the
rest of the game far away from her brother and hated girlfriend. That night,
Lucy and Jack had a fight and Jack told Lucy that Hannah would be sleeping in
her room, and she would just have to deal with it. Lucy thought her life
couldn't get any worse, but it got better. She bumped into Tobin in the hall at
school the next day. After bumping into Tobin, everything seemed to get better
for Lucy, until she fought with her best friend Ally because she became friends
with Tab again. Then Lucy found out something she wasn't supposed to. At night,
when Hannah was driving Lucy home from a party, Hannah got morning sickness.
Lucy started getting closer to Hannah, but when she found out Jack had gotten
Hannah pregnant, the two were drawn together even closer.
~ Ashley Aldan, grade 7, Boardman Center Middle School