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172 SNOWBOUND
“Why are you making faces?” Dieter asked from
right behind her.
Hastily she schooled her features. “Am I?”
“I saw you. In the mirror. With your face all
scrunched up.”
“Just thinking,” she said. “You know we’ll have
school tomorrow, don’t you?”
Tabitha leaned forward, one hand on the shoulderharness
of her seat belt. “I don’t even remember what
day it is.”
“Knowledge Champs was on Friday, and we spent
three nights at the lodge.” She counted again, astonished
that their stay had been so brief. “Which makes today
Monday,” she concluded.
“I can do a four-day week,” Tabitha decided. “Especially
with next week short because of Thanksgiving.”
“What about my TV marathon?” Hopper complained
from farther back in the van. “Maybe I can act
all traumatized, so my parents let me stay home tomorrow.”
“But it’ll be cool to see everybody,” Tabitha argued.
“And we’ve already missed two days. I wouldn’t want
to get farther behind in my classes.”
“We won’t in Ms. Mac’s!” several voices caroled.
“Do you suppose they had a substitute teaching your
classes?” Kelli asked.
“Friday, sure, but there might not have been any school
today. Remember, it snowed heavily down there, too.”
“Yeah!” Dieter cheered. “We can go home and
build snowmen!”