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explained.
    “Cool!” The girls agreed it would be fun to make their own pizza, and knowing how long things could take when they started messing around, they got started right away.
    Looking at the list, Sam got out the ingredients. There was dough to unroll, sauce to spread, cheese to sprinkle, and, of course, pepperoni to put on top.
    “Oops … we almost forgot. It says to preheat the oven to four hundred degrees,” Sam told the girls.
    “I’ll get that,” Lindsay said, since she was standing right in front of the oven. Sam dug out pizza pans, and the other girls washed their hands and rolled up their sleeves.
    Pizza Instructions
    1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees
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    2. Spray the pizza pan with nonstick spray, and sprinkle with flour
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    3. Spread the dough onto the pizza pan evenly
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    4. Evenly apply the pizza sauce to cover the dough
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    5. Sprinkle the cheese all over the pizza
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    6. Spread the pepperoni on the top of the pizza
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    7. Bake for approximately 15–18 minutes, checking it regularly
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    8. Be careful when you take it out. It’s going to be HOT!
    Lindsay said, “I’ll do the spray.”
    “I’ll sprinkle the flour,” said Kelly. When it came time for that, she got a mischievous look on her face and flicked her fingers at Lindsay and Sam, who were standing nearby.
    “Hey!” The girls giggled as they shook their long hair over the sink to get the flour out.
    Sam spread the sauce, and they all took turns sprinkling the cheese. They worked on spreading the pepperoni until the pizza was completely covered and then added a few more just to make sure. Into the oven it went.
    Sam set the timer, and the girls turned to take a look at the kitchen that they needed to clean while the pizza cooked. What a disaster! With a chorus of four loud groans, they started cleaning up their mess, wishing they hadn’t been so sloppy while they prepared the pizza. They had to put all the ingredients away, clean up the dishes, wipeoff the countertops, and clean the floor. Eventually, though, they had the kitchen restored to what they thought was its original condition. Sam’s mom might disagree, but hopefully it would be good enough.
    Sam’s mom had picked up some movies for them from the rental store, they chose one to watch on Sam’s huge plasma television screen while they ate their pizza, which had finished baking at almost the exact time that they finished their cleaning. Armed with plates piled high with pizza and cans of soda, they settled in on the big leather sofa in the basement to watch their movie.
    After a little while, Sam nudged Lindsay. “Hey, look over there.” Sam pointed to Kelly, who was sound asleep on the sofa. The girls giggled quietly.
    “Hmm … what should we do to her?” Lindsay asked the girls—because, as everyone knew, the first person to fall asleep at a sleepover got pranked. It was usually Macy who fell asleep first, but now it was Kelly’s turn.
    “We could fill her shoes with shaving cream,” Sam suggested. The girls laughed but dismissedthe idea because Kelly wouldn’t discover it until the next morning, which would be no fun—plus they could get in trouble if her shoes got ruined. So, after conspiring together for a few minutes, they concocted a pretty devious plan that they were quite proud of.
    Sam went to the kitchen to fill a glass with very cold water and even added a few ice cubes to it to make sure it was cold enough. They balanced the glass very carefully on the back frame of the couch, which was leaning against the wall, and then propped it there with the little decorative pillows that Sam’s mom had sitting around on the sofa. They made sure that the only direction the glass could fall was forward. The three girls tiptoed to the door and quietly left the room. When they made it out the door, Sam reached back, took the doorknob, and pulled really hard.
    Bam!
The door slammed shut. The girls quickly opened the door just a crack so they could see the scene they had