JULIA JONES - My Worst Day Ever! - Book 1: aged 9 - 12 by Katrina Kahler Page B

her
questions. As I looked around, I realized that she also had the attention of
pretty much every other kid in the grade, the boys included.
    Sara was very pretty and was wearing the
coolest clothes. I noticed her white sandals; they had straps around the ankles
and chunky heels, the latest in fashion and very expensive. I also realized
that she was wearing the pleated suede skirt I had been eyeing off in the
window of a local designer store on the weekend. Judging by the reaction of all
the girls, I could tell that she was going to be very popular and I wondered suddenly
if she was good at dancing.
    When the opportunity arose, Millie and I
moved closer to Sara and began chatting. She was super friendly and seemed
really nice. We found out that she and her family had just moved into town the
week before, as her dad had been transferred to a new job in the area. Sara
told us how much she had been looking forward to starting at a new school. She
didn’t say too much but I kind of got the feeling that the kids at her last
school weren’t very nice to her. I reassured her that she wouldn’t have that
problem at our school as all the girls in our class got on really well.
    “I’ve noticed that there are some cute boys
here as well,” she said to Millie and I with a huge grin.
    We grinned back and Millie said, “Yeah,
some of them are ok!” with a wink in my direction. I could see that Sara was
watching my reaction to Millie’s comment and I couldn’t help but blush. Trying to
change the subject I asked Sara, “Do you like dancing?”
    “Oh, I love dancing!”  she exclaimed. “It’s
my favorite thing to do. I was taking hip hop classes before I left my old
school and I’m really keen to start up again.”
    “Oh wow!” I replied. “If you’re good at hip
hop, you could probably join in our hip hop dance for the musical. It’s in four
weeks, so you’d have time to learn the routine. Do you want to come to
rehearsals at lunch time?”
    “I’d love to!” Sara answered. “Thank you so
much for inviting me.”
    “That’s alright,” I beamed in response.
“I’ll just have to check with Miss Sheldon but I’m sure it will be fine. She’s
keen to have as many kids involved as possible.”
    Chatting excitedly, we headed back to
class, explaining what the musical was about and the different dances that
Millie and I had choreographed. “It’s going to be the most awesome thing ever!”
Millie gasped. “The costumes are amazing and we can hardly wait for the night
to come.”
    “This is really cool!” Sara grinned
excitedly. “I had a feeling about this school. I knew that it was going to be
the right place for me.”
    As we walked up the stairs, I felt a shiver
of excitement run down my spine. “What an unexpected surprise,” I thought to
myself. “I certainly hadn’t expected to be making a cool new friend when I
arrived at school this morning.”
    And with beaming smiles, the three of us
headed towards our desks and sat down to get on with the work that Mrs. Jackson
had put on the board.

 
Feeling
a bit jealous…
     
    It turned out that Sara was very good at
hip hop. Actually, she was not just good, she was pretty incredible. The moves
that she knew how to do were some that I had never seen before and she was
extremely flexible as well. I looked on in amazement while she demonstrated a
routine that she’d been working on before she left her old school.
    As I glanced around our group, I noticed
that everyone else was also looking on in awe. It was hard not to. Her long
blonde pigtails swung from side to side as she flipped and turned. And the cargo
green outfit that she wore was so cool, a perfect hip hop style that matched
her clear complexion and blonde hair beautifully.
    I glanced down at my shabby shorts that I
had quickly changed into before rehearsal and for the first time felt aware of
how uncool they were. Usually I didn’t worry too much about things like that,
especially just for a