Hailey Twitch and the Wedding Glitch by Lauren Barnholdt Page A

get my hair done in a very fancy way of a French braid. Then Kaitlyn paints my nails a very beautiful pink. And I even get to wear one swipe of lip gloss!
    And then it is finally time to put on that dress.
    It is just perfect like I remember.
    The only thing is that those shoes are still very boring. But I am thinking there is still one way to maybe make them have some sparkles. And that is with my special glitter pen!

    But I cannot paint those shoes right now. And that is because my dad is around. And my mom. And Kaitlyn.
    â€œWhat are you doing with that glitter pen, Hailey?” Maybelle is asking me. Maybelle thinks she is so smart. On account of that she gave herself some beautiful glitter shoes.
    â€œThat is for me to know and you to find out.” I put that glitter pen right in my special wedding purse. And then it is time to leave for the wedding!

The wedding is going to be in a very big church.
    And everyone that is in the wedding is allowed to go right into the back. Into a special room. But only if you are a VIP. That stands for Very Important Person. And I am one of them.
    â€œHello, Hailey,” Cousin Angela says. “Guess what?”
    â€œWhat?”
    â€œI counted Cousin Harold’s freckles, and he has eleventy seventy-five of them.”
    I do a big sigh. Cousin Angela does not know how to count so well.
    Then there is a big commotion that is coming from the back of the room. Something is happening with Cousin Genevieve’s veil. She has lost that veil! All the grown-ups are getting very upset about this.
    They are not paying any attention to me.
    So this is the perfect time to make my shoes all very sparkly!
    I sit down in a corner. And I pull those plain white shoes right off my feet.
    â€œDo you think I should make my socks sparkly, too?” I ask Maybelle. Then I wiggle my toes. I am wearing very fancy lacy socks.
    â€œI think that might be going too far,” Maybelle says.
    â€œI think you might be right.”
    I get to work coloring in those shoes. They are looking very beautiful and sparkly. I put them back on.
    â€œLook at those sparkles!” I say to Maybelle. “They look very dashing!”
    â€œGorgeous!” Maybelle says.

    Finally the grown-ups find Cousin Genevieve’s veil! Somehow it was behind a big box. They brush some dust off it.
    Then it is time to finally walk down the aisle. Just like we practiced last night after that disaster of a dinner.
    Cousin Angela and I stand at the end of the aisle.
    We are holding our baskets of rose petals, ready to go.
    â€œHey,” Cousin Angela says. She is looking down at my shoes. “Why are your shoes all sparkly?”
    â€œI colored them sparkly,” I say. “With a sparkly marker. So it is all settled. Your shoes are not sparkly, like you wanted. And my shoes are sparkly. That is called compromising.”
    But Cousin Angela does not look happy. Her face is looking very stormy. She is looking like I do right before it is time to have a good long fit.
    â€œI WANT SPARKLY SHOES!” Cousin Angela screams.
    I am shocked by this news. “But you said you hate sparkles. Remember?” I pat her on the head. “Now come on, time to walk down the aisle and get this wedding going.”
    â€œNO!” she shrieks. “I want sparkles right now!”
    â€œMaybelle,” I whisper. “Please give Cousin Angela some sparkly shoes.” I am hoping that this wedding will not be a big wreck. But Maybelle does not want to use her magic for good. So she points her wand out. And when she pulls it back, Cousin Angela’s shoes are bright orange!
    â€œI HATE ORANGE!” Cousin Angela screams.
    I take her hand. “Come on,” I say. “It is time to walk down the aisle. We will talk about this later.”
    â€œNO!”
    One of the church ladies is whispering right to us. “Girls,” she says. “Start to walk, please.”
    I start to walk. And finally