“Turn it off yourself—you’re the last one up,” and Jenny jumped into bed fast, beating Mary to the punch.
“Listen, try not to snore tonight, all right? You know I can’t sleep if you snore.” Jenny gave her pillow a good thwack.
Silence oozed from Mary’s bed.
“Guess who said you looked like Alice in Wonderland today,” Jenny said.
“Who?”
“Well, it wasn’t Scott Borkowski. Guess again.”
Mary sat up in bed and said, “I didn’t say Scott Borkowski—you did.” It was what she’d been thinking, but how did Jenny know that?
“Who?” Mary said again.
Jenny snuggled into her pillow and made one last pass at her mouth with her thumb. That was all over. No more thumb. She was pushing twelve, and people pushing twelve didn’t suck thumbs.
“I’m not telling,” said Jenny.
Silence again. “I can hardly wait for school to begin,” Mary said in a light, high voice. “Just think. I’ll practically be in high school. I wish summer was over.”
Outside, the thick summer darkness teemed with fireflies showing off. A star fell and made no sound.
“Old Mrs. Carruthers,” Jenny said, her voice muffled and faint.
More silence.
Then, in a falsetto, Mary said, “Alice who?” and their laughter swelled and sank and was gone.
About the Author
Constance C. Greene is the author of over twenty highly successful young adult novels, including the ALA Notable Book A Girl Called Al, Al(exandra) the Great, Getting Nowhere, and Beat the Turtle Drum, which is an ALA Notable Book, an IRA-CBC Children’s Choice, and the basis for the Emmy Award—winning after-school special Very Good Friends. Greene lives in Milford, Connecticut.
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