Wedding Cookies by George Edward Stanley Page B

house. Flossie was chasing after Johnny.
    Grandma met Katie Lynn and Tina at the door to the kitchen. “Come on, girls,” she said. “I want you to go with me.”
    “Where?” Katie Lynn asked.
    “Fricket’s Department Store. They just called. I have some more wedding presents there,” Grandma replied. “Their delivery truck’s broken, so they can’t deliver them.”
    “Good!” said Katie Lynn. “We can take Mr. Chesterfield’s cookies to him on the way!”
    “What kind of presents are you getting?” Tina asked.
    “The person I talked to didn’t say,” Grandma replied. She sighed. “People in town have been so nice. It almost makes me cry.”
    “I wouldn’t cry if I were getting presents,” said Tina.
    Katie Lynn and Grandma laughed.
    They delivered Mr. Chesterfield’s cookies and invited him to the wedding. Then they drove to Fricket’s Department Store.
    “I’m supposed to see Millie in the wedding department,” Grandma said. “She’s the one who helped me register for my gifts.”
    “You mean you just tell them what you want and you’ll get it?” said Tina.
    “Well, it’s almost like that,” said Grandma.
    “I wish kids could do that,” said Katie Lynn.
    “Oh, there’s Millie now,” said Grandma. “You girls just look around.”
    “Okay,” they both said.
    Katie Lynn and Tina left the wedding department. They walked to the music department.
    “I want to see if they have any CDs by the BigTown Boys,” Katie Lynn said.
    One of the BigTown Boys had gone to Katie Lynn and Tina’s school when he was their age.
    They started looking through the rows of CDs.

    “They do!” Tina cried. “Oh, I just love them!”
    “Me too,” said Katie Lynn.
    Suddenly, they heard someone making kissing noises behind them. “Oooh! I just love the BigTown Boys!” said Jonathan Wilbarger in a silly voice.
    Katie Lynn and Tina turned.
    “What are you doing here?” asked Katie Lynn.
    “I’m here with Grandpa,” Jonathan said. “He’s trying on tuxedos upstairs.” He grinned at them. “Let me show you some real music,” he said. He pulled out a CD. “Here’s something good. Tina Trees,” he said. “She’s one of my favorites.”
    Katie Lynn had never heard of Tina Trees before.
    “She has my name!” Tina said. “Being asinger would be a cool job. Maybe I should be one.”
    Jonathan made a gagging noise.
    Tina glared at him. “What’s wrong with that, Jonathan?” she demanded.
    “Nothing,” Jonathan said. “I guess I just think of singers as more glamorous or something.”
    “I
am
glamorous!” Tina said. “I’m wearing a designer dress in the wedding!”
    “Oooh! Can I have your autograph?” Jonathan asked.
    Tina turned to Katie Lynn. “Will you tell your cousin he’s a creep?”
    “He’s not my cousin yet!” Katie Lynn said.
    Jonathan laughed. “There’s Grandpa,” he said. “I have to go.” He turned to Katie Lynn. “See you later, cousin!”
    “He makes me so mad!” Tina said.
    “Me too,” said Katie Lynn. “He is so immature.”
    They went back to looking through the CDs.
    “I wonder if Grandma is going to get any of these for wedding presents,” Katie Lynn said.
    “I know how we can find out,” said Tina. “Let’s go check the bridal registry.”
    “Good idea,” said Katie Lynn. “Maybe we’ll even get some ideas for a present.”
    They hurried back to the wedding department. A saleswoman was taking dinner plates out of a box and stacking them on a shelf.
    “My grandmother is registered here,” said Katie Lynn. “We want to see if she’s going to get any CDs.”
    The saleswoman blinked. “
CDs?
” she said.
    Katie Lynn nodded.
    “Well, just put the names of the CDs you’re interested in into the computer to see if they’re listed,” said the saleswoman.
    “Thank you,” Katie Lynn said.
    The saleswoman went back to unpacking dinner plates.
    Katie Lynn and Tina walked over to the computer.
    Katie Lynn typed in the names of all the