At six in the evening, Mrs. Kishi gave me and the girls a ride home. Our bikes were in the back. At home, I was setting the table when Dad came home with Chinese food.

"Hi, Dad," I greeted him.

"Hi, sweetheart," He greeted me back with a smile.

"It was busy at the library. Ms. Feld was out with a cold today," I replied finishing setting up the table.

That was when Dawn came home from babysitting.

"Dinner's ready. I got Chinese because your mother's working until eight-thirty tonight," Dad told my sister.

After dinner, I did my homework and it took me about ten minutes to finish it. I got undressed and got my clothes out for school tomorrow like I always do.

Two hours later, at 9:05 pm, Sharon came home from work and looked tired.

"Did you have any dinner?" asked Dad.

"Yes, at work," replied Sharon. "I'm so tired, so I'm going to bed a bit early."

"I don't blame you at all," said Dad.

I didn't know she was home. I was in my room reading Little Women.

My adopted siblings, Meredith and Carlos weren't home at the time. He had a game tonight and Meredith likes to watch him. They won't be back for another hour. Meredith and I share my room. I was in bed when they came home and I didn't hear Meredith coming in for bed. I was sleeping.

The next day, at school, at lunch, I had tuna and water. Later on, after school, Mallory Pike and Jessi Ramsey walked home with me and Dawn. Mallory will be watching my boyfriend, Logan Bruno's siblings; Kerry and Hunter. Jessi will be baby-sitting for the Newtons, so she and Claudia went the opposite way. At home, I did my homework.

That night, the phone rang as I answered.

"Hello?" I asked. "Oh, hi, Kayla. What's up?"

"Guess what? There's going to be a special weekend in New York City. There's going to be a carnival," said Kayla.

"Sweet, I can't wait. Is that this weekend?" I asked.

"Yes," said Kayla. "We'll be going there all day long on Saturday until late that night."

"I love that idea," I said as we giggled.

"Mary Anne, dinner's ready," said Sharon.

"Alright. I have to go now to have dinner. I'll see you tomorrow at school. Bye," I said as I hung up.

I went to the kitchen for dinner. We were having American Chop Suey and garlic bread.

"There's going to be a fair while we're in New York City this weekend. Kayla said we'll be there for the whole day on Saturday," I said.

"Sounds exciting," said Sharon.

"I know. I can't wait until then," I said.

"I'll bet," smiled Dad.

I was already done with my dinner two minutes later.

"May I leave the table?" I asked.

"Of course you can, dear," said Sharon.

I got up to clear my spot and headed up to my room. In my room, I was reading when I heard the doorbell as I came down and peeked. It was Kayla and Kaylee as I opened the door.

"Hi, girls," I greeted them.

"Hi. Can you come out and chill out on your porch?" asked Kayla.

"Sure," I replied as I came out.

"Are you still excited about this weekend's carnival?" asked Kaylee.

"You bet I'm 100% excited about it," I said as we laughed.

"I love it when we talk outdoors on a beautiful night," said Kaylee as Kayla and I agreed.

At nine, I got undressed to get comfy. I went to bed an hour later. I can hardly wait to go to the NYC carnival.