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"Uh Duh "

Kate had never done anything like this, but she couldnt act like a nerd now Cool kids broke the rules and sneaked out of the house Everyone knew that Everyone knew, too, that trouble could follow And this was exactly what herabout

You think for yourself around Tully Hart

Kate didnt care about that What mattered was Tully

"I the , she looked around for clothes Fortunately, her overalls were in the corner, folded neatly beneath a black sweatshirt She slipped out of her old Scooby-Doo jammies and dressed quickly, then crept down the hall As she passed her parents bedrooht-headed The stairs creaked ominously with every footfall, but finally she made it

At the back door she paused just long enough to think, I could get in trouble for this, and then she opened the door

Tully was there, waiting Beside her was thebike Kate had ever seen It had curly handlebars, a tiny kidney-shaped seat on a platform, and a bunch of cables and wires "Wow," she said It would take a lot of berry-picking et a bike like that

"Its a ten-speed," Tully said "My grandave it to me last Christmas You want to ride it?"

"No way " Kate closed the door quietly behind her In the carport she found her old pink bicycle with the U-shaped handlebars, flowerdecaled banana seat, and white wicker basket It was hopelessly uncool; a little girls bike

Tully didnt even seem to notice They mounted up and rode down the wet, bumpy driveway to the paved road There, they veered left and kept going At Summer Hill, Tully said, "Watch this Do what I do "

They crested the hill as if they were flying Kates hair whipped back fro her eyes All around thelittered in the velvet black sky

Tully leaned back and put her arlanced at Kate "Try it "

"I cant Were going too fast "

"Thats the point "

"Its dangerous "