to do sis Were you thinking we’d just stand in the mall all day Yeah Ava said dreamily but then realized what she was saying I mean no You have to charge that thing right Yeah Ava said again distractedly But I need to get home and charge it As he guided Ava to the parking lot Andre mumbled under his breath That’s what I said After school that Monday Ava pushed open the door to the computer lab The handful of students who made up the Wheatley Middle School coding club were 8
already in their usual spots She saw that the PC workstation next to Marco Martinez was open and waiting for her Ava watched what Marco was working on for a moment before slipping her MyPad out of her backpack She was pretty sure the sheer awesomeness of her newest toy would get his attention It didn’t Marco kept editing his configuration files for the mini robot he’d been working on since joining the Codeheads the name the group decided to call itself So I finally got it Ava said holding her beloved tablet carefully in her hands Loaded it up with a ton of apps Still got a crazy amount of space left on it too Marco mumbled something Ava couldn’t hear He squinted at the screen on the desk and then at the laptop perched on his wheelchair 9
Multitasking as usual Ava thought and smiled suddenly thinking of an idea She tilted her MyPad to catch some of the sunlight that streamed in through the window When she caught a good angle she directed the beam of light onto the side of Marco’s head He squinted and then turned catching the glare full blast Nice Marco said Now you’re trying to blind me That’s just perfect Ava Thanks I just wanted to show you this little beauty Ava said Oooh nice Marco said still blinking as he rolled toward her a few inches It was then that Grady Hopkins came through the door He flopped down in his seat next to Travis Jacobson and unzipped his backpack 10
Grady Marco said you need to see this thing Did you finally get that goofy little robot to do a backflip Grady asked coming over Yeah probably around the time you’ll learn how to fix your table cell alignment Marco teased Ava smirked She knew Grady struggled with aligning the text on his website to make it look right Grady was still new at coding You wouldn’t believe the games I’ve already got on this thing Ava said holding up her MyPad Whoa Grady said his hands already reaching for Ava’s hard-earned tablet The new MyPad Micro 2 That just came out Last week Ava finished while quickly pulling the MyPad out of Grady’s reach Look 11
