Fabulous Five 026 - Laura's Secret

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Author: Betsy Haynes
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And she still had
the cleaning to do.
    She took the brownies out of the oven, pulled the vacuum out
of the front closet, and vacuumed the living room and the hallway.
    As she was putting the vacuum away, her dad stuck his head
out of his bedroom. "I'm turning in early," he told her. "I want
to be sharp for that presentation tomorrow."
    "Okay," Laura said. "Good-night."
    Going to bed sounds good to me, too, she thought. I'll
finish up the kitchen and do the rest of the cleaning in the morning before I
leave for school.
    She headed for her room and her soft, comfortable bed,
daydreaming about having her friends over the next afternoon. She couldn't wait
to see their reactions to the goodies that "Chantal" had slaved over!

CHAPTER 3
    "Here we are, guys," Laura announced, grinning.
She unlocked the apartment door and led Melissa and Tammy inside. "Let's party ! "
    "Does anyone know where Funny is?" asked Tammy. "I
thought she was supposed to be here, too."
    Laura shrugged. "She wasn't at her locker, but she
knows we're having a party today. I'm sure she'll be here in a few minutes."
    Tammy plopped down on the living room couch. "Hey,
Laura, when are Alexis, Marcie, Sara, and Lisa coming?"
    "Any minute," Laura answered. "They said they'd
be here right after school. What do you guys want to drink?"
    Tammy followed her into the kitchen. "Chantal really
keeps this place clean. Not even a spoon in the sink."
    Laura smiled. She nearly hadn't gotten the cleaning done
this morning. She'd been so tired last night that she'd forgotten to set her
clock radio. She'd awakened ten minutes later than usual this morning, and she'd
still had dusting to do, dishes to wash, and her bathroom to clean.
    She'd managed to finish everything by skipping breakfast.
Then, just as she was about to head out the door for school, she'd spotted a
big pile of dirty clothes in one corner of her bedroom. She couldn't let her
friends see that. After all, Chantal kept things spotless. She'd grabbed the
pile of laundry and pitched it into her father's bedroom, slamming the door.
She would gather it up again and do the wash after everybody left.
    Now Laura peeled the aluminum foil off the pan of brownies
and the platter of cookies.
    "Wow!" said Tammy. "Those look wonderful."
She took a cookie off the top of the platter and tasted it. "They're
incredible." Then she raised an eyebrow and said in her most sophisticated
voice. "Send my compliments to your maid."
    Laura laughed. "Sure. Why don't you take them into the
living room, and I'll bring the drinks."
    There was a knock at the door, and Melissa ran to answer it
as Laura entered the room with a tray of drinks.
    "Hi, guys!" Tammy cried. "Come on in. We've
got the place to ourselves, as usual, and Laura's maid baked some terrific
stuff."
    "Maid?" asked Alexis, walking into the apartment. "I
didn't know you and your dad had a maid, Laura."
    "They sure do," said Tammy. "Look at this
place—squeaky clean. And taste these yummy cookies."
    The girls settled themselves around the living room. Laura
took drink orders from the new arrivals and hurried back into the kitchen.
While she was pouring the soda, she listened to the conversation in the other
room.
    "Laura lives a life of luxury, you know that?"
said Tammy. "What a setup!"
    "Yeah," agreed Melissa. "This is living."
    "I thought only movie stars had maids," Lisa
added.
    Alexis spoke up. "We have a maid."
    "Really?" three voices chorused.
    Laura frowned. Alexis would have a maid! And of course
she's going to tell everybody about it.
    "If I had a maid," commented Tammy, "I could
forget about chores and concentrate on more important things—like BOYS!"
    "Yeah!" cried everyone.
    Laura laughed in spite of herself and opened a bag of potato
chips. She dumped half of the bag into a large ceramic bowl, put it on the tray
with the drinks, and carried it out to the living room just as the doorbell
rang again.
    "Must be Funny," she said, setting the tray on the
table and hurrying

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