one step above riding the pony in front of the grocery store,â ill papi said. âAnd you can do that for a quarter anytime.â
âPlus I donât think Orlando Bloom actually comes with the Fastpass,â Sammi added.
âThis is supposed to be the happiest place on earth,â Becca said. âIf thatâs true, heâll be there.â She giggled as she smoothed her long red hair. âYâall got Fastpasses for it, too. Weâve got to boogie or we wonât be able to use them. Theyâre only good for an hour.â
Ill papi handed over his Fastpass for Pirates. âI need my Mountain.â
Sophie handed her pass to Becca, too. âMaybe youâll make it through a couple of times.â She looked over at her sister. What was Sammi going to do?
âIâm going with Becca,â Sammi announced as they stepped back out into the bright sunlight.
Maybe sheâs afraid sheâll puke on ill papi if she keeps as close as she wants to, Sophie thought, trying not to smile. Because it wasnât funny. Not at all.
âGuess weâll see you over at the Haunted Mansion,â Becca said. The whole group had agreed to meet up there at eight thirty.
âLetâs get back in line, Soph,â ill papi urged.
âBye, guys,â Sophie called over her shoulder as she and ill papi took off for the other side of Space Mountain, where the twisty, turny line started again.
âForty-five-minute wait time,â ill papi complained, checking the clock on the sign posted at the front of the line.
âWorth it?â Sophie asked.
Ill papi smiled, deepening the dimple he had on one side of his mouth. âWorth it.â
âOkay. So. Would you rather be able to fly or breathe underwater?â
Ill papi stared at her.
âItâs the âwould you ratherâ game,â Sophie explained. âWould you rather be able to fly or breathe underwater?â
âThatâs not how you play. It has to be, like, would you rather swim in a pool of snot or drink a glass of diarrhea?â
âThatâs disgusting.â
âRight. Thatâs how you play.â
Sophie thought for a second. âOkay. Would you rather wear a dirty diaper on your head or go to school without pants?â
âSee? Now you come correct,â ill papi said.
âSo now you gotta answer,â Sophie shot back. Ill papi was the steamiest guy at Hip Hop Kidz. Probably three-fourths of the girls who took classes there would want to be standing in Sophieâs black-and-white-checkered Vans right now.
But what those girls didnât get was that Sophie and ill papi were buds. Sophieâd always had a lot of boy friends. Sheâd just never had an actual boyfriend.
âGuess Iâd go with the diaper,â ill papi decided.
They were still playing the game as they walked across the park at eight fifteen to meet up with the rest of the group.
âMud wrestling in vomit or taking a shower under a sewage pipe?â ill papi threw out.
âHuh. Wait. In the wrestling, is the vomit mixed with mud orââ
âAll vomit. With chunks,â ill papi told her.
âAnd who am I wrestling?â Sophie asked.
âIt matters?â
âOf course it matters,â Sophie exclaimed. âThere are some people I would gladlyââ
âOver here!â Sammi called. She waved from a spot near some big tombstones in front of the Haunted Mansion. Ky, Devane, Max, and the twins were already there with her and Becca.
Sophie noticed that her sisterâs lip gloss looked fresh, and sheâd added a streak of charcoal eyeliner over each eye. Ooh, look out, ill papi, Sophie thought. Sammiâs ready to make another play.
Has she ever lost at anything? Sophie wondered, doing a quick review of the various Sammi pursuits over the years. She came in second in that spelling bee that time. But she had the flu. So sheâll get ill