Pizza?"
She turned to sec Fletcher standing behind her.
"Well, we're ready to go," he said.
"Great!" she lied, smiling.
Fletche r loo ked at her. He wasn't going to miss
Birmi ngham but, the trut h W,l S, he didn't want to leave Fizza.
'Ihis girl had changed him. She had stopped him being angr y,
bad -tempered , and rude. She hud tau ght him how to have fun
and how to make friends!
Hut now she looked happy! Maybe she did n't care that he
was going! After all, he thought , she has Billy!
lhey stood facing on e another witho ut spea king. She