With her lunch tray in hand, Laura looked for an __1__ seat. The only available spot was a small round table near the main cafeteria door. She noticed Bobby and Amy and the empty chair, sighed, then __2__ over to sit down. Laura really did not want to sit by Amy. Almost no one in fifth grade liked Amy. When the __3__, Miss Milton, assigned anyone to work with Amy for a group project, even the __4__ kids would groan in despair. If someone sat by her in the cafeteria or anywhere, it was because there wasn’t anywhere else left to sit. Amy Ashwood was very __5__. You might ask __6__. It wasn’t because Amy smelled bad, she didn’t. She was very __7__ and extremely neat. It wasn’t because she was ugly. Most kids at Hemlock Mills Elementary School were smart enough to know that true beauty is more than skin deep. Besides, by the usual standards, you would probably agree that Amy was a very pretty girl. Her blonde hair and green eyes made her look like a little movie __8__. The problem was Amy’s personalty. She was just plain __9__. Amy wouldn’t __10__ anyone, of course. Violence was just too messy for her. But she rarely had anything __11__ to say and she usually was insulting and sarcastic to everyone she associated with. Amy only had one close friend in the whole school, or in the whole world for that matter: Bobby Aroni. It wasn’t that she was any nicer to Bobby than to the other kids. Bobby just didn’t let her rude comments __12__ him. He wasn’t convinced that she really meant to be cruel. Nastiness was just her style, he thought. Bobby looked up from his hamburger. “Hi, Laura, how’s your day going?” “OK, Bobby, except we had tons of work all __13__. How are you today, Amy?” “Wonderful,” Amy grumbled. “Amy’s in a real bad mood 'cause all the fifth grade girls have to get their physicals this afternoon,” Bobby explained. Laura smiled, “I don’t have to. I brought in a __14__ saying I went to our family doctor for a physical. We go to Dr. Cooper, she’s great. Amy stopped remashing her potatoes and stared at Laura. “I’m sure Dr. Cooper is a fine veterinarian.” Bobby pretended to be very interested in his vegetables.
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