You can probably guess what kind of mood I was in the next day. The morning was okay—it was just me and Mom—but I had a ton of homework to do. Just as I was finishing up, the doorbell rang. “Who’s ready for a picnic?” I heard Jeff say in a cheerful noise. Now, normally, I would have yelled, “Meeeeee!” But I was so over everything. I didn’t understand why Mom was forcing this Emily-filled weekend on me. I shut off my laptop and walked into the living room. Jeff was wearing a green-checkered shirt and carrying a picnic basket, one of those old-fashioned woven kinds. Emily had on a white blouse and blue jeans and brand-new red flats. They looked like they had stepped out of Martha Stewart’s magazine or something. How to Have the Perfect Picnic! Then I noticed Mom was wearing this really cute dress: green with blue flowers, and cute blue flats. Mom was never a big dress-wearer, but since she’d started dating Jeff, she wore them a lot. She was a perfect match with Jeff and Emily.
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