Melody (Logan 1)

Janet, and Betty brought themselves and two other

girls over to join me. I saw by the mischievous

twinkle in Betty's eyes that they had been plotting

something.

"So after nearly two days here, how do you like

our school?" Lorraine asked innocently.

"It's okay. The teachers are nice," I said. "Are the boys better looking than the boys in

West Virginia?" Janet asked.

"I haven't had a chance to look," I said. When

they all looked skeptical, I added, "It's hard starting

someplace new during the last quarter of the year. I've

got to take the same finals you will take."

One of the new girls looked sympathetic, but

Betty tucked in the corner of her mouth and said, "You don't look like you're going to have a problem

with schoolwork."

"Grandpa might have a problem, though," Janet

said. "He's barely passing. He might not graduate, I

hear."

"Billy Wilkins told me Grandpa is going to fail

English," Lorraine said nodding.

"Maybe you can tutor him," Betty suggested.

"That's right, like show him how to do it," Janet said.

They all laughed.

"What's that supposed to mean?" I asked. The

girls glanced at each other and ate.

"Do you sleep in the same room?" Betty asked

me. "Same room?"

"With Grandpa? We heard Laura and Cary slept

in the same room ever since they were born." "Of course not," I said. "And they didn't." "I wouldn't be so sure about that," Lorraine

said.