I'm not allowed We climbed up on his shed roof and dropped dirt bombs on Mr Colby's dog Meri nodded Yep that would do it You and Kyle should think these ideas through Thomas rolled his eyes That wouldn't be much fun Why don't you play with Kat She only wants to play dolls and dress up She's such a girl I'm a girl too Meri said She's worse Meredith laughed Well I'm not going to play right now I'm reading She looked pointedly at her little brother waiting for him to leave Instead he walked over to poke at her mirror How come you don't talk to your mirror anymore What Meri yelped She'd kept her magic mirror very secret I heard you talking and talking in here but you don't do it anymore
Mom explained that to you Meredith said carefully Remember about the talking books that I download from the library Thomas looked at her I know when I hear you talking Maybe it just sounded like me Thomas sighed a huge dramatic sigh Okay don't tell me Nobody tells me anything He stomped out of the room Meredith turned back to her book For a moment she just stared at the pages She thought about what Thomas said Thomas might figure out that her mirror was magic He was smart And he would tell everyone She planned to tell her family someday But she liked having something that was just hers In a big family that didn't happen often She didn't want her nosy little brother messing it up With a sigh of her own she shook off the worry and turned back to her book
California Twin Crazy The next day Meredith took A Little Princess to school with her She entered her fourth grade classroom and hurried to her seat She hoped to finish her book during free reading time Kaylin and the mean girls looked her way but they didn't come over Meri was glad They didn't pick on her much anymore but she was still sad about losing Kaylin as a real friend As Meri took her seat at the worktable Jasmine looked up and smiled I love Mondays
Meri laughed I do too That probably makes us a little weird Jasmine shrugged I like school better than home right now My mom is teaching Carl how to use the potty It's not pretty I'm glad Thomas and Kat are way past that Meri said Oh that must have been terrible Jasmine said Two times as many diapers accidents and smell She waved a hand in front of her face as if the smell was around them Twins add two times as much of everything Meri said Just then Mrs Miller walked into the classroom followed by two students Meri had never seen before They both had thick shiny black hair and skin the color of toffee The girl was a little taller than the boy But both had the same big dark eyes and sharp chins Mrs Miller clapped her hands for attention Today we welcome two new friends to Room Eight she said This is
