Videvik(kogu raamat Inglise keeles)
would
keep me busy. While I was simmering the onions and chilies, the phone rang. I was almost afraid
to
answer it, but it might be Charlie or my mom.
It was Jessica, and she was jubilant; Mike had caught her after school to accept her invitation. I
celebrated with her briefly while I stirred. She had to go, she wanted to call Angela and Lauren to
tell
them. I suggested -- with casual innocence -- that maybe Angela, the shy girl who had Biology
with me,
could ask Eric. And Lauren, a standoffish girl who had always ignored me at the lunch table,
could ask
Tyler; I'd heard he was still available. Jess thought that was a great idea. Now that she was sure of
Mike,
she actually sounded sincere when she said she wished I would go to the dance. I gave her my
Seattle
excuse.
After I hung up, I tried to concentrate on dinner -- dicing the chicken especially; I didn't want to
take
another trip to the emergency room. But my head was spinning, trying to analyze every word
Edward
had spoken today