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72 SNOWBOUND “Daddy…I mean, my dad tries.” “I bet he doesn’t know much about buying bras or what you wear to prom, though, does he?” A tiny smile flickered on her mouth. “Uh-uh. But nobody’s asked me to prom anyway.” “They will,” Fiona predicted. “Hardly any sophomores go.” “Do you think I’ll make the A team someday?” Surprised, Fiona said, “Sure I do. Very likely next year, with Erin and Troy gone. You just have to get bolder.” “I know.” She fell silent for a moment. “What’s everybody doing?” “Reading. Playing games.” “Oh.” She sounded wistful. “As soon as you feel better, go on down. I’ll bet you can get in on the Chinese checkers, anyway.” She nodded, but said nothing. Fiona hesitated. “It’s too bad you don’t have a friend you could have talked into joining Knowledge Champs with you. With Erin and Troy graduating next year, we could use some more freshmen and sophomores.” “I don’t, um, really have any friends. We moved in August. From Denver. Dad took a new job in Portland. I guess he thought we wouldn’t be as sad in a different place. You know.” “I imagine that sometimes a change of scene does help. It’s hard leaving friends, though.” Her eyes filled with tears. “Nobody is that friendly here! I wish I could go to the public school, but Dad says I’ll get into a better college if I stay at Willamette.”
JANICE KAY JOHNSON 73 The prep school where Fiona taught did regularly send graduates to colleges like Stanford, Columbia and Yale. Still… “Does he know how unhappy you are?” She shook her head. “I don’t want to make him sad again. He thinks I love it here.” Fiona wasn’t sure what to say. Willow, her brother and dad were probably all pretending to be happier after the move, none of them willing to acknowledge anything was wrong with their new life. And, given her grief, Willow might not do any better making friends at the public high school. With new determination, Fiona decided that she was going to do her darndest to see to it that Willow did make friends at Willamette Prep. A boyfriend would follow. Minus the braces, she’d be a pretty girl if she came out from behind the hair she hid behind and smiled more often. “Cramps letting up?” she asked. “Yeah,” the fifteen-year-old said tentatively. Then, “Yeah. I feel better.” “Good. You want to come downstairs?” “Um…I guess.” She released her death grip on the pillow and rolled off the bed onto her feet. “I don’t think Amy likes Hopper anymore.” Fiona laughed. “I noticed. She’s not so crazy about Troy, either.” Willow wrinkled her nose. “He was kind of mean to her. You know. Outside.” “She should have dumped snow down his neck.” Willow giggled, then pulled her lips over her braces.
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72 SNOWBOUND<br />
“Daddy…I mean, my dad tries.”<br />
“I bet he doesn’t know much about buying bras or<br />
what you wear to prom, though, does he?”<br />
A tiny smile flickered on her mouth. “Uh-uh. But<br />
nobody’s asked me to prom anyway.”<br />
“They will,” Fiona predicted. “Hardly any sophomores<br />
go.”<br />
“Do you think I’ll make the A team someday?”<br />
Surprised, Fiona said, “Sure I do. Very likely next year,<br />
with Erin and Troy gone. You just have to get bolder.”<br />
“I know.” She fell silent for a moment. “What’s<br />
everybody doing?”<br />
“Reading. Playing games.”<br />
“Oh.” She sounded wistful.<br />
“As soon as you feel better, go on down. I’ll bet you<br />
can get in on the Chinese checkers, anyway.”<br />
She nodded, but said nothing.<br />
Fiona hesitated. “It’s too bad you don’t have a<br />
friend you could have talked into joining Knowledge<br />
Champs with you. With Erin and Troy graduating next<br />
year, we could use some more freshmen and sophomores.”<br />
“I don’t, um, really have any friends. We moved in<br />
August. From Denver. Dad took a new job in Portland.<br />
I guess he thought we wouldn’t be as sad in a different<br />
place. You know.”<br />
“I imagine that sometimes a change of scene does<br />
help. It’s hard leaving friends, though.”<br />
Her eyes filled with tears. “Nobody is that friendly<br />
here! I wish I could go to the public school, but Dad<br />
says I’ll get into a better college if I stay at Willamette.”
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