Dimples Delight (2005)
“I didn’t want to think about him. But there he was. His face hung over me like a black cloud. His screechy voice rang in my ear like a fire bell.
I blinked and shook my head to get his voice and face out of my mind.
It helped a little, but what helped more was the clock.
Nuts! It was 8:30! I had fifteen minutes to get out of the house and dash to school.
“Breakfast, Lawrence,” my mother called.
“In a minute,” I answered.
I leaped into my jeans and pulled a T-shirt over my head.
I ran to the bat...hroom and brushed my teeth and combed my hair. Then I glanced in the mirror.
”Yikes!” I shrieked.
“What’s the matter?” called my mom. She dashed into the bathroom.
I couldn’t talk. I could just point to my face.
There, where my dimples usually are, were two large dots, two fire-engine-red dots.
“Eloise!” I gasped. “How could she? How did she?”
“Eloise,” said my mother, “come here, please.” Eloise hopped into the bathroom in her bunny pajamas.
She looked at me and giggled.MoreLess
I blinked and shook my head to get his voice and face out of my mind.
It helped a little, but what helped more was the clock.
Nuts! It was 8:30! I had fifteen minutes to get out of the house and dash to school.
“Breakfast, Lawrence,” my mother called.
“In a minute,” I answered.
I leaped into my jeans and pulled a T-shirt over my head.
I ran to the bat...hroom and brushed my teeth and combed my hair. Then I glanced in the mirror.
”Yikes!” I shrieked.
“What’s the matter?” called my mom. She dashed into the bathroom.
I couldn’t talk. I could just point to my face.
There, where my dimples usually are, were two large dots, two fire-engine-red dots.
“Eloise!” I gasped. “How could she? How did she?”
“Eloise,” said my mother, “come here, please.” Eloise hopped into the bathroom in her bunny pajamas.
She looked at me and giggled.MoreLess
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