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Show Peppermint Monday-grapefruit juice down. She actually dropped it rather than set it down. A little juice splashed over the side of the can. Andrea didn't notice. "And you said yes?" I think that was the part that shocked her. I guess she had a hard time visualizing Matt as anything but her teasing brother. I guess she had never noticed his nice waves. "Sure, who wouldn't?" Renae certainly would. I could see her face when she found out I had a date with Matt. Andrea's shock was nothing compared to what Renae's would be. "Are you still going to get a new dress? The fancy one you wanted, I mean." In Andrea's mind there was no longer a reason to go all out. She saw no reason to try and impress Matt. "Ma's going to take me shopping after school. We're going to Springfield. Do you want to come?" "I can't," Andrea said. "I have to tend today." That was not news. Andrea usually had to tend. I was a little relieved she wasn't coming anyway. She'd never understand if I spent much money for a dress to be worn with Matt. I wouldn't have understood a week ago either. Ma and I found the perfect dress in a little out of the way shop we'd located from an ad in the yellow pages. The dress was white with purple flowers, real light purple so it wouldn't look awful with hot pink and black. There was a lot of lace on the skirt of the dress, but the ruffles were small enough not to stand out too much. I could have passed for sixteen. I think the clerk thought I was that old. She probably wasn't used to a lot of freshman girls buying prom dresses. Pa thought I was too young to go on a real date. He would probably think the same thing when I was thirty-three. He had calmed down a lot |