Caught in a Lie

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Alexis tapped her pencil on her desk. Everyone in class was working on a math sheet, but she had already finished hers. Alexis was good at math. Her friend Brianna sat in the next row. Brianna was finished, too. She was leaning over and whispering to another girl, Kayla.

Alexis frowned. She and Brianna had been best friends ever since they were babies. They told each other everything. She and Brianna both agreed they didn’t like Kayla. She was mean to some people and cared too much about how she dressed. So why was Brianna talking to her?

The bell rang. The teacher, Ms. Hunter, looked up from her desk. “Turn in your papers, class, and have a nice day!”

Alexis jumped out of her seat. She grabbed her backpack and ran to get in line. She tapped Brianna on the shoulder. “Hey, my brother’s taking me to see a movie later,” she said. “Do you want to come with us?”

Brianna looked down at her sneakers. “Um, I can’t,” she said. “My mom wants to take me clothes shopping tonight.”

Alexis was disappointed. “That stinks! Maybe we can go next week, then.”

“Sure, maybe,” Brianna said.

Alexis’s older brother, Ryan, picked her up from school in his car. He watched her after school sometimes while their parents worked. Ryan took Alexis for some take-out Mexican food. Then they went to the movie theater.

“I want to see that movie about the talking dog,” Alexis said, as they walked into the lobby.

“Can’t we see the one about the car race?” Ryan asked. Then he noticed something. “Hey, there’s Brianna!”

Ryan pointed to the popcorn counter. He was right. Brianna was there—standing next to Kayla! Alexis was stunned. Why did Brianna lie to her?

-The End-

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