Livvy Armstrong The second Livvy Armstrong opened her mouth I knew she was trouble Salutations class said Livvy When no one answered back she rolled her eyes and added That means hello Ms Perry rushed over to her You must be Livvy Welcome The kids are excited to meet you Of course they are said Livvy Ms Perry frowned 4
Just kidding said Livvy I’m excited too Ms Perry sighed Well I hope so Then she pointed to the empty seat near me You’ll sit there I waved Hi I’m TJ Trapper Livvy plunked her backpack on the desk and ignored me I waved again She still ignored me I tried again Um salutations Livvy looked up but not at me and smiled Oh salutations She was looking at Maxi Weber who was bouncing over to our desks Your dress is nice said Maxi from behind thick glasses You look so pretty 5
Livvy took one look at Maxi’s clothes and turned her nose up in the air I’d never be allowed to wear ripped jeans to school But you look very interesting in those grubby pants Maxi’s face turned as red as the polish on Livvy’s nails Grubby Just kidding said Livvy I wish my mom would let me wear tattered clothes 6
They’re interesting Then she looked at me Tattered means ripped and torn you know She grabbed Maxi’s hand I think that girls who wear tattered clothes must have very exciting lives I bet you have lots of fun adventures Maybe we’ll have adventures together Maxi nodded as she tried to stretch her shirt to cover the holes They ripped on the playground this morning Then she frowned They are kind of ugly I guess Don’t forget what Ms Perry said about your jeans last week Maxi I said Maxi smiled Oh yeah She said she’d want jeans just like mine if she was in fourth grade She pointed to her pockets She likes my sparkly hearts 7
