Andlat's Story Spot

"Em." Dad said, tapping the table to draw his son's attention. "Yeah?" "I asked you a question. Have you done anything with your first weekend of summer?" The boy's nose wrinkled. He had done a lot, but it was all in Capricorn, so of course Dad would not understand how important it was he had reached silver level. "Did you even put on pants before dinner?" Lucy asked.  "Yes!" "What about a shirt?" Dad asked. Emery fumed. Why did his sisters have to help Dad nag him? "Uh..." "I don't want you wasting your summer." Dad said sternly. "Tomorrow, I want you to leave the house." "Oh, he will." Violet murmured, just loudly enough for Lucy to hear. The girls smirked, but did not speak more about it until they returned to Lucy's room. Ever since school had gotten out for the summer on Friday, they had conspired. It had begun with a chat about how nice it was to be done earlier th

Ba-ding! Kyle groaned and rolled over so that his back was to the phone. He pulled the blanket up to his chin. It was too early for this. Of course, he recognized Noah's text tone, but it couldn't be an emergency. He had noticed the freshly fallen snow outside and resolved it was a good day to stay in bed just a little longer. He would've bet twenty bucks Noah was just texting about the upcoming dance. As far as Kyle was concerned, the Snowball was no big deal. And what a stupid name! They were in middle school, it wasn't senior prom! To his surprise, everyone else at school was treating it like the hugest deal in the world, and no one more than Noah. Noah was obsessed with finding a date, but had failed to. Not that it was his fault. Every girl he asked was already going with someone, a fact that surprised Kyle almost as much as Noah. Kyle had shrugged it off. Noah had gone a bit crazy, to the point where he had even asked Kyle if he would have gone to the dance with