Bold Beauty
“I took my seat at our team’s table, between Sal, dressed in a neon green shirt that matched the streak in her hair, and M, wearing his all-black uniform. A few feet over, Ms. Brumby and her team—Summer, Kristine, Brian, and Grant—looked relaxed, laughing as if they had the debate already sewn up.
“They go first with opening statements,” Pat explained. “After their team captain gives his statement, Barker gives his. Then we’ll go back and forth until all statements are presented. After that, Ms.... Brumby opens the floor for rebuttals. Remember, don’t let ’em get your goat—no offense!”
My stomach tried to push up everything in it. I glanced out at the gym floor. Chairs were filling fast. The Barkers, with Dad and Lizzy and Catman, took up the whole front row.
Then in strolled Hawk with Peter Lory on her shoulder. She’d made it! Hawk waved at Summer and squinted toward us. When she saw me, she shouted, “Good e-mail! I told them!”
Thanks, God, I prayed, again feeling him in the boat with me.MoreLess
“They go first with opening statements,” Pat explained. “After their team captain gives his statement, Barker gives his. Then we’ll go back and forth until all statements are presented. After that, Ms.... Brumby opens the floor for rebuttals. Remember, don’t let ’em get your goat—no offense!”
My stomach tried to push up everything in it. I glanced out at the gym floor. Chairs were filling fast. The Barkers, with Dad and Lizzy and Catman, took up the whole front row.
Then in strolled Hawk with Peter Lory on her shoulder. She’d made it! Hawk waved at Summer and squinted toward us. When she saw me, she shouted, “Good e-mail! I told them!”
Thanks, God, I prayed, again feeling him in the boat with me.MoreLess
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