The two girls sat drinking their coffee without talking. finally , judy asked , " What would you have done if this had happened to you ? "
Betty drank some more coffee before she answered. " If this had happened to me , I'd have told Steve exactly I thought of him. I wouldn't have been so nice to him "
If I'd had enough time to think about it , " Judy agreed. " I'd have given him an argument for causing me so much inconvenience"
They were discussing what had happened that morning. Steve had asked Judy to go to the school dance with him on Saturday night. and she had accepted. now, it seemed , he wouldn't be able to go.
He should have told me sooner, " Judy said. " I might have been able to go with someone else. I wouldn't have had to saty home while everyone else went to the dance "
You could have gone with Charles," Betty reminded her.
"Yes, but it's too late now," Judy said. "You'd think that when a boy had invited you to the biggest dance of the year, he'd have realized how important it was."
Betty agreed. "That's right. If he hadn't slipped and fallen you wouldn't have this problem. he should have broken his leg some other time.