me."
Tony stopped in his tracks, and Katie brushed on past him
toward her class, trying not to look back. Her emotions felt all jumbled. It
was infuriating that Tony was insensitive enough to join the boys-only club,
but at the same time being mad at him made her feel terrible inside.
For the rest of the day it seemed as if everywhere Katie
went, something went wrong. First, she found out she had done the wrong
problems for math homework, then all her books fell out of her locker between classes
when she was hurrying because she was late.
Her blood was still boiling when she reached her gym class.
She sat down on the bench in the locker room with a thump and started taking
off her shoes.
"I think Bill Soliday likes me." It was Alexis
Duvall talking to Heather Clark. "He kept making little paper airplanes
and throwing them at me in study hall when Mrs. Karl wasn't looking."
"He's cute," said Heather. "You're lucky.
Maybe he'll ask you for a date."
"I wouldn't be surprised," answered Alexis. "I
pretended he was making me angry, but I threw the planes back, and I'm sure he
knows I thought it was cute."
Lisa Snow joined in. "I wish I could get Richie
Corrierro to pay attention to me. Do you think it would help if I started
throwing things at him?"
"Have you thought about throwing yourself at
him?" asked Melinda Thaler with a grin. She pulled her gym suit on over
her head. As her head popped out of the top, she said, "Maybe he'd catch
you and you could say, 'Oh, Richie, you're so big and strong.'"
"That's not a bad idea," said Heather, chuckling. "And
baby talk might help, too. Oh, Wichie, you're so big and stwong, "
she said, fluttering her eyelids and pursing her lips. Their laughter filled
the locker room.
"Is that all you can think about?" snapped Katie. "There's
more to life than boys, you know."
"Like what?" asked Marcie Bee. "Maybe one of
Bumpers' super hot-fudge sundaes, but that's about it!"
Katie stood up as tall as her five-foot height would let
her. "You could think of how it looks when you go chasing after
boys. They think you can't live without them. Where's your pride?"
The conversation had attracted the attention of everyone in
the locker room by that time, and girls were gathered in a circle around Katie
and the others. Katie saw Laura McCall and the rest of The Fantastic Foursome
watching her from the back row. Laura and her three friends Funny Hawthorne,
Tammy Lucero, and Melissa McConnell had been causing trouble for The Fabulous
Five ever since the two cliques had met on the first day of school.
"My pride goes right out the window on Friday and
Saturday nights," Alexis said with a laugh. "I'd rather die than sit
at home while everyone else is at the movies or eating pizza at Mama Mia's. I'd
do anything for a date with Bill Soliday."
"I'd carry Richie's books for a week for one date,"
said Lisa.
"I can't believe this," said Katie.
"Well, what about you?" challenged Melissa
McConnell. "You date Tony Calcaterra, and he's as macho as a guy can get."
Katie gulped. She had been waiting for The Fantastic
Foursome to give her a hard time, and Melissa had jumped at the first chance.
It was true that Tony acted macho, but he wasn't any more macho than a lot of
other boys at Wakeman. People just didn't understand him. "He's not really
macho," Katie declared. There was a chorus of hoots from the other girls.
"All right, vat's going on in here!" It was Miss
Wolfe, the gym instructor. "Everyvun out or I'll make you do laps around
de chimnasium. Out! Out!" The girls scattered in front of her frantically waving
arms.
Katie hurried to finish dressing. She was relieved at being
rescued, but still she felt like the lone crusader.
CHAPTER 5
Katie was still upset over what had happened before gym when
she walked into Bumpers after school. It didn't help matters any when Clarence
Marshall and Joel Murphy each playfully took her by one arm and raised her off
her feet. "Let me down," she said through clenched
Tony stopped in his tracks, and Katie brushed on past him
toward her class, trying not to look back. Her emotions felt all jumbled. It
was infuriating that Tony was insensitive enough to join the boys-only club,
but at the same time being mad at him made her feel terrible inside.
For the rest of the day it seemed as if everywhere Katie
went, something went wrong. First, she found out she had done the wrong
problems for math homework, then all her books fell out of her locker between classes
when she was hurrying because she was late.
Her blood was still boiling when she reached her gym class.
She sat down on the bench in the locker room with a thump and started taking
off her shoes.
"I think Bill Soliday likes me." It was Alexis
Duvall talking to Heather Clark. "He kept making little paper airplanes
and throwing them at me in study hall when Mrs. Karl wasn't looking."
"He's cute," said Heather. "You're lucky.
Maybe he'll ask you for a date."
"I wouldn't be surprised," answered Alexis. "I
pretended he was making me angry, but I threw the planes back, and I'm sure he
knows I thought it was cute."
Lisa Snow joined in. "I wish I could get Richie
Corrierro to pay attention to me. Do you think it would help if I started
throwing things at him?"
"Have you thought about throwing yourself at
him?" asked Melinda Thaler with a grin. She pulled her gym suit on over
her head. As her head popped out of the top, she said, "Maybe he'd catch
you and you could say, 'Oh, Richie, you're so big and strong.'"
"That's not a bad idea," said Heather, chuckling. "And
baby talk might help, too. Oh, Wichie, you're so big and stwong, "
she said, fluttering her eyelids and pursing her lips. Their laughter filled
the locker room.
"Is that all you can think about?" snapped Katie. "There's
more to life than boys, you know."
"Like what?" asked Marcie Bee. "Maybe one of
Bumpers' super hot-fudge sundaes, but that's about it!"
Katie stood up as tall as her five-foot height would let
her. "You could think of how it looks when you go chasing after
boys. They think you can't live without them. Where's your pride?"
The conversation had attracted the attention of everyone in
the locker room by that time, and girls were gathered in a circle around Katie
and the others. Katie saw Laura McCall and the rest of The Fantastic Foursome
watching her from the back row. Laura and her three friends Funny Hawthorne,
Tammy Lucero, and Melissa McConnell had been causing trouble for The Fabulous
Five ever since the two cliques had met on the first day of school.
"My pride goes right out the window on Friday and
Saturday nights," Alexis said with a laugh. "I'd rather die than sit
at home while everyone else is at the movies or eating pizza at Mama Mia's. I'd
do anything for a date with Bill Soliday."
"I'd carry Richie's books for a week for one date,"
said Lisa.
"I can't believe this," said Katie.
"Well, what about you?" challenged Melissa
McConnell. "You date Tony Calcaterra, and he's as macho as a guy can get."
Katie gulped. She had been waiting for The Fantastic
Foursome to give her a hard time, and Melissa had jumped at the first chance.
It was true that Tony acted macho, but he wasn't any more macho than a lot of
other boys at Wakeman. People just didn't understand him. "He's not really
macho," Katie declared. There was a chorus of hoots from the other girls.
"All right, vat's going on in here!" It was Miss
Wolfe, the gym instructor. "Everyvun out or I'll make you do laps around
de chimnasium. Out! Out!" The girls scattered in front of her frantically waving
arms.
Katie hurried to finish dressing. She was relieved at being
rescued, but still she felt like the lone crusader.
CHAPTER 5
Katie was still upset over what had happened before gym when
she walked into Bumpers after school. It didn't help matters any when Clarence
Marshall and Joel Murphy each playfully took her by one arm and raised her off
her feet. "Let me down," she said through clenched
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