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voice behind me.
    â€œHey, the sprinkler is eating sprinkles!”
    It was George. I don’t mind him teasing me, because I know he’s just trying to make me laugh.
    â€œCool! Did you bring one for me?” George asked.
    I laughed. “Sorry,” I said. “Next time, I promise.”
    â€œWell, as long as you promise,” George said, and then he walked back to his table.
    â€œHe so likes you,” Alexis said.
    â€œI know,” I said, smiling.
    Mia suddenly started cracking up.
    â€œWhat?” I asked.
    â€œI just had the funniest thought, but it’s bad,” she said, still giggling.
    â€œCome on, tell me,” I urged.
    She caught her breath. “You and George could double-date with your mom and Mr. Green.”
    â€œNo way!” I playfully punched her in the arm, and I laughed with her.
    I was glad my friends understood the Mr. Greenthing. Now I just had to worry about Callie—and what the rest of the school would think. When the lunch bell rang, I quickly caught up to Callie.
    â€œHey,” I said, tapping her on the shoulder.
    Callie turned, smiling. “Oh, hey, Katie.”
    â€œPlease don’t tell anyone else about Mr. Green,” I said, and Callie’s smile faded. “That was between you and me, okay?”
    Callie looked stunned, and I didn’t wait for her to answer. I just turned and kept walking down the hall. I didn’t know if Callie would listen, but at least I had talked to her.

CHAPTER 10
A Surprise Guest
    O n Wednesday we had another Cupcake Club meeting at my house. Wednesday was turning out to be a good day for everyone to meet, because it didn’t interfere with Mia and Alexis playing soccer or Emma’s flute practice. Everyone came over after school, and Alexis got right down to business.
    â€œMrs. Martinez e-mailed me, and she says they just want vanilla and chocolate cupcakes for the event, because she says most kids like those,” she reported. “For the vanilla cupcakes, we can make angel food, because we already have all the ingredients. But we can decorate them any way we want.”
    â€œI have some ideas,” Mia said, opening up her sketchbook. “The first one is fun. It’s an alien.See? We frost the cupcake with green frosting, use black icing gel to draw a mouth, and those eyes are those round white mints with black gel for the pupils.”
    â€œAre those candy antennae?” I asked, looking at the picture she had drawn. “They’re so cute!”
    â€œAnd then these are more space themed,” Mia said, turning the page. The picture showed a cupcake with blue icing and yellow stars. “We can cut out the stars from fruit strips.”
    â€œThese look great,” Alexis said, and Emma nodded.
    â€œBut will we be able to do them without you?” I asked a little nervously.
    â€œOf course!” Mia said. “They’re easy. The alien mouths are basically circles. And I can cut out stars in advance. Eddie says he’ll help me make the display, too. Check it out.”
    Mia showed us another sketch. The display was a cone-shape rocket ship with rings going around it that were wide enough to hold the cupcakes.
    â€œThat is awesome!” I said.
    â€œWe’re going to paint the rocket ship silver, and the rings will be dark blue, with planets and stars, so it looks like the rocket is flying through space,” Mia explained.
    â€œIt’s perfect,” Alexis said. “And we can get a dark-blue paper tablecloth for the table.”
    â€œAnd dark-blue little plates and napkins,” Emma added.
    Alexis started typing on her laptop. “Perfect!” she said. Then she looked up, pushing a strand of her curly red hair behind her ear. “So, let’s get to making those angel food cupcakes.”
    â€œWhy are we making these again?” I asked. “They need a whole dozen egg whites, and Mom and I never know what to do with the