My Brilliant Idea (And How It Caused My Downfall) - Plot & Excerpts
He still has a poster of a dragon above his bed, and over on the other wall he has a chart for this game he plays on the computer. He even still has a few toys lying about that he’s never bothered to throw out. Sad. His room really makes me want to fix up mine. While I stand at the door looking around at all this stuff, Harry sits at his desk glaring at me. He didn’t answer my knock on the door, so I just came in, but it’s clear he’s not too happy about it. “Beat it!” he tells me. “I haven’t got anything to say to you.” “Maybe I’ve got something to say to you, though,” I reply. “Maybe I’ve come to apologize.” “Did you bring my iPad?” he asks me, and I shake my head. “Beat it, then. I’m not interested.” I close the door and come a bit farther into the room. Harry turns away from me and hunches over the books that are lying open on his desk, pretending he’s getting to work on something. I go over and sit down on his kid bed. “I’ve brought you something to make up for the iPad,”
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