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“Lorraine!” Dad said, popping his head into my room. “Don’t ignore your sister.”
I groaned. “I just want to do my own thing, Dad. She’s always following me around. Why doesn’t she just find some friends?”
“She’s your sister,” Dad said. “You’re the best friend she’ll ever have.”
I groaned and switched off the radio, getting off my bed. “What?” I snapped at Cat.
She stood in front of my door with an ice cream in each hand. The ice cream had started melting, dripping down her hands.
“I got one for you, but it’s melting,” she said.
My heart constricted. I was such a bitch to my little sister, and she was so sweet.
“It’s okay,” I said. “I love it when it starts to melt.”
Cat grinned at me. “It’s nice that way, right?”
I nodded. “Let’s go eat it outside so we don’t have to clean up after ourselves.”
We walked through the house and out the back door where we sat on the steps, eating our ice cream together.
“Do you think we’ll always be together?” Cat asked.
“Of course,” I said.
“Mom says we’ll live in our own homes one day, but I don’t know if I want that.”
“Maybe we’ll just have to see each other all the time. But you’ll want to live in your own house with your husband.”
Cat crinkled her nose. “Ew. I don’t think I’ll want a husband.”
I giggled. “Maybe one day.”
“I don’t want to share a house with a boy. I want to share it with you.”
I smiled and nudged my little sister with my shoulder.
“Come on, girls,” Dad said. “In the car. We’re going on a trip.”
“Where are we going?” I asked.
“It’s a surprise,” he answered.
Cat and I got rid of our ice cream sticks and washed our hands before we ran to the car. Cat was excited, bounding ahead of me, her pigtails streaming behind her. I followed, and we got into the car.
Dad pulled into the road, and Mom sat next to him.
“Not so fast,” she warned him.
“It’ll be fine,” he said.
“You’re driving like a maniac,” Mom said.
A car cut in front of us, and Dad had to slam on the brakes.
“It’s not me you have to worry about,” Dad grumbled. “Everyone’s driving like an idiot.”
“Then slow down, so you’re not the idiot, too.”
