Be Thankful Chapter 1

Chapter 1

Aly looked down her mother's old grocery list. Although the list contained contents more important than groceries. This list had a list of girls she had invited to her birthday. Her twelfth birthday. So far she was sure of four people she had invited. Those people were Stephanie, Angela, Celia and Hillary.

Aly's birthday was going to be a slumber party. It was going to be interesting to see her BFF, Stephanie mix in with Aly's new posse, Angela, Celia and Hillary. Her other friends would most likely be there too and they would have to get used to being around Angela Payton. Angela had always been the most fabulous girl in elementary school but not the nicest. She had dated Aly's big crush from fifth grade, Logan Camerons and that was enough competition for Aly. But Angela still liked him and Aly hadn't lost the vibes in entering sixth grade in September. Logan had mixed feelings for them both and Angela still was in the need to know.

"ALY!" yelled Nadia, Aly's younger sister. It was time for school. Aly swiped her lip gloss from her desk, grabbed her homework, her backpack and was out the door. Her mom was waiting in the silver Honda pilot. "Aly you take a while these days" she said. "I was planning my party" said Aly. "Oh. So who's coming this year?" Mom was paying atention now. They were backing out of the driveway. Aly listed all the girls she had invited until her school came into view.

Aly went to Monroe Middle School. Lots of bullies and snobs went there but Aly hadn't dealt with any of it yet. She was the most popular girl. Or runner up for most popular girl. She and Angela Payton were tyed for that place. But they were friends (kind of)

The Honda drove up in front of Monroe and Aly hopped out. "Aly remember to think about inviting Andy. Her mom's been giving me a hard time" Mom called out after her. Ugh thought Aly. Andy had brought popularity to Aly. All she had done was drive her insane so Aly said no.

She had been the first to do that. No way would Aly invite her to her slumber party. Mom knew that Aly hated Andy but Andy's mom, Mrs. Moore insisted that Andy needed to make friends. (No wonder)

"Hey" said Angela. "I'll be back but Celia wants to show me a sticker on her cousin's new Mercedes. Celia's mother had a Jaguar. The Martins were filthy rich. From where Aly stood she could see Hillary peering over Celia's shoulder to read her iPhone. On Aly's route to her locker, she said her "Yo" to Taryn and Taryn's friend Katrina, waved to Jenna, said hi to Sophie, yelled to Lauren down the hall and David and Max, (Celia and Hillary's crushes) said "Hi Aly". Everyone glanced at her.

While sorting through the weekend's homework, Logan approached Aly. "I was looking for you" he said. They hadn't talked since the Halloween dance. "Oh" said Aly. She didn't know what to say. "I won't take Angela out anymore" he said. "Really?" asked Aly. "Yeah" he said. "But don't tell her" "I won't" said Aly. They smiled.