Chapter 1

The night before Monday,when my parents all went to sleep, I quietly sneeked down stairs and carefully poured a cup of juice into a cup, but the cup slipped and allthe juice spilled out. Now I did not know what to do. I decided to leave the mess on the counterandwent back to bed.

My neck hurted so much when I got on the bus. When it was Herb's stop, I scooched in and let him sit next to me. We did not talk to each otherfor the whole bus trip.

Then I met Grace and Lucille at the monkey bars. My face totally litup. I thought to myself, was I blind? Lucille was really wearing a big, puffy, gown dress. I had been waiting for her to wear that ever since she told us she brought it from a fashion store.I quickly ran to her and exclaimed, "You finally wore it. You look fabulous!" "Thanks. My nana said I should wear it today." replied Lucille. I glanced at Grace I could see her face shocked too.

In class,while Mrs. Lavander was talking, I couldn't take my eyes off Lucille.

The rest of the day flew by smoothly.

When I got home, the first thing I heard was "Junie B. Jones, come here in the kitchen now!" from my mom.