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Story: Pearl in the Mist (Landry 2)
"Just to get someone in trouble."
"That's ridiculous. Especially when you consider that I'm going to have to copy it over!"
"Then you'd better start before too much of the ink runs," Gisselle suggested. She turned her chair and the girls followed her out.
"Abby and I will help you, Vicki," I said.
"Thanks, butI'll do it myself." She wiped her cheeks.
"Sometimes, when you rewrite, you make corrections anyway," Abby said.
Vicki nodded. Then she fixed her eyes on me coldly. "We never had things like this happen before," she said.
"I'm sorry," I said. "I'll speak to Gisselle."
Later that night we had an argument about it. Gisselle insisted that she hadn't dipped the report in the toilet and even pretended to be hurt that I would accuse her of such a thing, but I didn't believe her.
The next day Gisselle surprised me with a suggestion.
"Maybe we shouldn't room together," she said. "We don't really get along all that well, and we can't really get to know other people if we see only each other most of the time."
"We don't see each other. I've hardly seen you all week," I said. "But that's not my fault."
"I didn't say it was. I just think it might be better if you roomed with Abby, who you've become close with, and I room with someone else."
"Who?"
"Samantha," she said.
"You mean Vicki doesn't want to room with her since the practical joke, don't you?"
"No. Samantha can't stand rooming with Vicki, who is so involved in her schoolwork, she doesn't even pay attention to personal hygiene."
"Now what are you saying?"
"Samantha said Vicki got her period two days ago but hasn't taken the time to get herself any sanitary napkins. She stuffs her panties with toilet paper," Gisselle replied and grimaced.
"I don't believe it."
"Well, why should I lie? Go ask her yourself. Go in there and ask her what she has in her panties. Go on!" she shrieked.
"Gisselle. All right, relax. I believe you."
"Just don't blame all this on Samantha," she said. "Well?"
"What?"
"Do you want to move in with Abby and let Samantha move in here or not?"
"But what about your special needs?"
"Samantha is willing to do everything I require her to do," Gisselle said.
"I don't know. Daddy might not like this."
"Of course he will like it. If it makes me happy," she added, smiling.
"I don't know how Abby would feel about it," I said softly, secretly loving the idea.
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