1 BRAND NEW Ava Rhodes could hardly stand it She was barely out of the Power Up store before she was tearing the plastic off of the sleek beautiful box Whoa her older brother Andre said Take it easy Dang Ava thrust the bag with the receipt and accessories including a mini Bluetooth keyboard at him She crumpled the plastic in one hand and fired it into one of the many garbage cans strategically placed around the mall 5
You don’t understand Ava said her eyes never leaving the picture on the front I’ve been saving for this thing forever Believe me I do understand Andre replied shaking his head That dumb thing is all you’ve been talking about Everyone in our family has Shh Ava said putting her hand up Don’t say anything more You’re going to ruin this moment As if nothing else in the world mattered Ava slipped the box open and stared inside It was almost too good to be true There sitting in the molded shell with a thin protective layer of clear plastic over the screen was the reason Ava had been saving her allowance and birthday money for the last year and a half A MyPad Micro It was pearly white along the edges and back 6
There had been only one updated version released since she’d fallen in love with it way back when so the newest MyPad Micro model was even better It had a better graphics chip making the screen’s resolution just shy of perfect Hey can I see that Andre asked I’ve never seen one of those up close Ava wrapped her arms around the MyPad and shot Andre a look as if he were insane No way Ava said I’m not letting anyone touch this For once I have something I don’t have to share with anyone else She stared at the MyPad tuning the rest of the world out She began to imagine all of the great things she’d be able to do with it Okay whatever Andre said breaking Ava out of her semi-trance Mom and Dad just wanted me to give you a ride But I’ve got stuff 7
