"Okay, this is the cutest dog I've ever seen," I said, rubbing her stomach.
"I know, right? She's the best dog in the world. Aren't you, girlie?"
As soon as she heard Auggie's voice say that, the dog started wagging her tail and
went over to him.
"Who's my little girlie? Who's my little girlie?" Auggie was saying as she licked him all
over the face.
"I wish I had a dog," I said. "My parents think our apartment's too small." I started
looking around at the stuff in his room while he turned on the computer. "Hey, you've
got an Xbox 360? Can we play?"
"Dude, we're here to work on the science-fair project."
"Do you have Halo ?"
"Of course I have Halo."
"Please can we play?"
He had logged on to the Beecher website and was now scrolling down Ms. Rubin's
teacher page through the list of science-fair projects. "Can you see from there?" he
said. I sighed and went to sit on a little stool that was right next to him.
"Cool iMac," I said. "What kind of computer do you have?"
"Dude, I don't even have my own room, much less my own computer. My parents have
this ancient Dell that's practically dead."
"Okay, how about this one?" he said, turning the screen in my direction so I would look.
I made a quick scan of the screen and my eyes literally started blurring.
"Making a sun clock," he said. "That sounds kind of cool."
I leaned back. "Can't we just make a volcano?"
"Everyone makes volcanoes."
"Duh, because it's easy," I said, petting Daisy again.
"What about: How to make crystal spikes out of Epsom salt?"
"Sounds boring," I answered. "So why'd you call her Daisy?"