“It’s so cool,
Dad gave me a Smartphone.” Melissa waved the prize object in the air.
“What?
A Smartphone!” Her best friend, Jenny
tried to snatch it from her. “That’s not even fair. Your birthday isn’t until
March! Don’t you even have to pay it back?”
“No,
it’s a gift; a pure unadulterated gift!”
“That’s
not fair,” Jenny stormed. “My Dad would never give me a gift like that! And you
say, it’s free, totally free?”
“Well, not exactly. Dad kept harping on it
being as valuable as a pearl of great price, and that I need to take great care
of it, and all that. I told him I’d call it “The Pearl” to remind me.”
“But
you don’t have to pay a red penny? Not a single red penny?”
.
“No, but I had to make a commitment. Y’know, like continue to keep my grades
up, and,” Melissa looked a bit abashed, “And well, a few other things.”
“And you
promised?”
“Oh, I promised,
alright. It’s so cool. I got it just in time for our marvelous field trip. “
Field trip. Oh, right. The grade ten students of their
exclusive private school were going on a trip to Rome and a bicycling tour in
the Alps. To say it would be the trip of a life time just didn’t cut it.
Jenny’s facial features relaxed. Maybe she didn’t own
a Smartphone, but she did have her trusty old cell, AND her parents said she
could go if she was able to pay them half in
advance with her babysitting money. That shouldn’t be a problem. She had been saving most of it up anyways.
The next few
weeks went by in a whirlwind of activity which included going to their all
girl’s school and part-time jobs, while trying to squeeze in getting shots,
getting passports and visas, reading tour guides, and getting outfits suitable
for the various places they would travel to.
See you in a few days!
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