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“Yeah, Storood tioes to sleep at nine every night to get her beauty rest Let’s do it tootten all about it, but it’s still a nice thought Her eyes are closed again I poke her in the side “Chris, wake up Go brush your teeth” I keep a toothbrush in my bathroom drawer just for her I painted a cursive C on it with red nail polish so it doesn’t get mixed up with anybody else’s toothbrush
“Can’t I’o you wanted to break Stormy out of Belleview, and now you’re too tired to wash your face and brush your teeth?”
Chris smiles but doesn’t open her eyes
I turn off les closer to ht”
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THERE ARE VERY LIMITED OPTIONS for Asian girls on Halloween Like one year I went as Vela character I even wore a wig! So now I’ up as Asian characters exclusively
Margot never goes as a person; she is always an inanimate object or a concept of soy”: she wore a floor-length evening goe found at Goodwill for ten dollars, and she had a sign around her neck, written in calligraphy, which said, I’m sorry It won second prize in the school contest First prize went to a Rastafarian alien
Kitty’s going as a ninja, which I suppose is in line withas Cho Chang froot my Ravenclaw scarf and an old black choir robe I found on eBay, plus one ofto win any contests, but at least people will knohat I am I wish I never have to answer a What are you? question ever again
I’ with hs They won’t stay up
“Lara Jean!”
Automatically I call back, “Josh!” It’s our version of Marco Polo
Then I look up There’s Josh, standing in front of his car In a full-on Harry Potter costuOf all the randoraphic-novel club are going as different fantasy-book characters I was going to go as Drogo froot the upper body for it, but”
I giggle, trying to picture Josh with eyeliner and a long braid and no shirt It’s a funny picture I wouldn’t exactly call Josh scrawny, but
“Hey, quit laughing so hard,” he objects “It wasn’t that funny” He jingles his keys “So do you need a ride, Cho?”
I look at my phone Peter’s five minutes late as usual Not that I can really complain, because it’s a free ride to school, and I could be taking the bus But if I go with Josh, I won’t have to rush to class, I can go bymachine But he’s probably already nearly here “Thanks, but I’ht” He starts to climb into his car
I shout out, “Expelliarmus!” and Josh spins around and calls back, “Finite!” Then we grin at each other like goofs
He drives off and I hug my knees to my chest Josh and I read Harry Potter around the saot had already read them Neither of us can read as fast as she does It drove her crazy waiting for us to get to the third book so we could discuss
The longer I sit waiting for Peter, the more prickly I feel I take off my robe and put it back on a few times It’s polyester, and polyester doesn’t breathe or feel nice against your skin When he drives up, I run to his car and get in without saying hello I spread my robe over my lap like a blanket, because my kilt is short