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always. I usually thought you
just plain hated me.”
    “I’m sorry!”
    Lonna ruffled her hair again, smiling. “Don’t
be. I’m just glad we finally ended up on the same team.”
    “Me, too.”
    “Hey,” Lonna said.
    Abbie looked at her. “What?”
    “No, never mind.”
    “What?”
    “No. It was stupid.”
    Abigail grabbed her hand. “Tell me!”
    “Well…” She shook her head. “I’m
supposed to be a positive influence on you. I shouldn’t even
be thinking this.”
    Now Abbie was smiling. “C’mon. Out with
it!”
    Lonna took a deep breath, a mischievous little grin on
her face. “You’ve been going to school now for months,
and I don’t recall you taking a single day off.”
    “I haven’t.”
    “Well. I was just thinking…what if you
took today off?”
    Abbie smiled. “Are you giving me permission?”
    “I shouldn’t be.”
    “It would give me time to set up my new computer.
I really do need it for school, you know.”
    “I believe you. And it is your birthday.”
    “It sounds great. But I’d probably get
kind of bored after awhile, sitting around the house by myself all
day.”
    Lonna was still smiling. “I thought maybe I
could take a sick day, too.”
    Abbie was beaming. “You really want to?”
    “You have no idea how much I want to.”
    “Let’s do it, Lonna!”
    “You think we should?”
    “Yes!” Abbie hugged her again, hopping up
and down. “It’ll be like girl’s night out, only
we’ll stay home all day.”
    “We wouldn’t even have to get dressed.”
    “God! This is going to be the best birthday
ever!”

Chapter 7

    After making a quick phone call and washing the dishes,
Lonna and Abigail were back on the couch, each with a mug of coffee
and still wearing their nightgowns. Abbie set her coffee down on the
table and picked up her gift, finally opening the box and removing
the iPad. As she slid it out of the packaging and turned it over in
her lap to examine the back, she gasped.
    “ Lonna!”
    Lonna set her own coffee down, suddenly concerned. “Oh,
no. Don’t tell me I got the wrong one.”
    “ I think you did! This is 64 gigs!”
    “ Is that bad?”
    Abbie laughed. “No. It’s great. But this
is the most expensive one they make. You can’t give me this.”
    Lonna ran her hand through her hair, relieved. “I
already did.”
    “ We can take it back. Turn it in for the cheaper
one.”
    “ I don’t want the cheaper one. The man at
the store said this is the best one.”
    “ It is.”
    “ Well, then, there you go. Happy birthday!”
Lonna leaned over and kissed Abbie high on the cheek, her heart
fluttering in her chest.
    Abbie smiled, staring at her new tablet. “I want
to pay you back for this. This is too much.”
    “ I already told you, Abbie. I bought this for you
because I wanted to.”
    “ These things go for like seven hundred dollars!”
    “ You’re worth it. Every penny.”
    Abbie looked at her. “Not everyone thinks so.”
    “ Well, I do.”
    Suddenly Abigail looked very sad. She set the computer
aside again and leaned over, wrapping her arms around Lonna and
laying her head on her breast, bringing her legs up onto the couch.
Lonna, surprised, wrapped her arms around Abbie and held her,
stroking her hair. They sat that way for several minutes, breathing
softly and relaxing peacefully, taking pleasure in each other’s
embrace. Lonna was feeling very happy she’d thought of calling
in sick. There was nowhere else on earth she would have preferred to
be at that moment.
    She bent over and kissed Abbie on the head, squeezing
her. “You falling asleep on me?”
    Abbie twisted in her arms, looking up. “I’m
sorry. I’m just so comfortable here.”
    “ That’s fine. I am, too. You just relax.”
She kissed her head again and sat back on the couch, settling deep
into the cushions.
    Abbie sat up. “No. I don’t want to waste
our day off together.”
    “ You’re not wasting it. This is what it’s
for.”
    “ I know, but we