cartoons on
them.
I tried them all on, but none of the
shirts were good enough. She waved her wand and ten more
appeared.
"Tink, if you're going to be that picky, this is going to take all
night."
"That's okay. When we came in I
noticed the sign on the door. It said they are open twenty-four
hours. Awesome, huh?" She smiled.
After an hour of trying on shirts, I'd
reached my limit. Tink, sensing that, decided to have a little fun.
The next shirt I came out in, a perfectly good, plaid, button-up
shirt, turned into a fluffy pink prom dress. I would have laughed,
but the attendants, who'd returned forty-five minutes ago already
looked at me strangely each time I came out of the dressing room.
My eyes darted to Tink. She sat on top of my many cast-off shirts,
laughing herself to tears.
"Tink!" I said through a
cough.
"They can't see the dress. But you
should have seen your eyes." I shook my head slightly, and with a
crooked smile, returned to the dressing room.
Half an hour later we finally left the
store and went back to my house. "Wow. I love that store. It's
amazing. I'm definitely coming here on my Dag som en människa. One
more thing for my bucket list."
I placed my new clothes on the bed.
"What's a Dag sum . . . whatever you said."
"Dag som en människa. It means Day as
a Human. We faeries get to experience life as a human for one day.
It's supposed to make us more compassionate to humans, you know,
walk a mile in another’s shoes type deal, and we can more
effectively work together."
She settled on the bed and began
removing the tags from my clothes with her handy little wand. I
briefly wondered if I could convince her to accidently leave it
behind because I could sure use it.
"When do you get to take this Dag som
. . . Day as a Human?'
"Whenever I want. Most take it
somewhere between their fifteenth and twenty-fifth year. I've been
thinking of doing mine soon, especially after seeing that awesome
Wal-Mart store."
I grinned, unsure if I'd ever heard
the words awesome and Wal-Mart together before.
"And speaking of human days, you need
to decide who you are going to ask out. I think you're ready. Have
you given Elise Delyser any more thought?"
"Tink, I don't know about this. What
if she says no?" I sank onto the floor, picking nervously at the
tan carpet fibers.
"She won't say no. You're amazing,
Pete. You're funny, sweet, and hard-working. You cleaned the garage
the other day without me saying anything to you about
it."
"It needed to be done. Besides, my
dad's been putting in a lot of overtimes since one of his employees
left to have a baby. I wanted to help him out."
"Pete, two months ago you would never
have done that."
"You opened my eyes to a lot of
things, Tink. If not for you, I never would have done that," I
said.
"But you're seeing things now without
me pointing them out." She flew down next to me and sat
cross-legged on the carpet. "Besides, you look great. You've worked
hard, Pete. She'd have to be crazy not to say yes."
"Thanks, Tink. For everything. I can
never repay you."
"Yes, you can. Ask Elise Delyser out
on a date," she insisted.
"Ugh!" I lay back on the carpet and
pinched my eyes shut.
"And for your assignment tonight, I
want you to come up with a creative way to ask her, or whoever, out
on a date."
"I haven't agreed to this,
Tink."
She walked up to my face. I turned to
look at her and that pretty smile. "You'll need to decide soon.
Good night." She waved her wand and disappeared.
I flopped over on my stomach. Me ask a
girl out? I'd rather swim with sharks than ask a girl out. But I
knew Tink wasn't about to let up. I had to decide.
I picked up my yearbook and scoured
the pages for the hundredth time. There were lots of nice girls I
could ask, but no one jumped out at me. I didn't want to go out
with any of them.
I thought about it for a long time,
deciding, then changing my mind, then deciding again. I grabbed a
piece of paper and a pen listing all the pros and cons of
them.
I tried them all on, but none of the
shirts were good enough. She waved her wand and ten more
appeared.
"Tink, if you're going to be that picky, this is going to take all
night."
"That's okay. When we came in I
noticed the sign on the door. It said they are open twenty-four
hours. Awesome, huh?" She smiled.
After an hour of trying on shirts, I'd
reached my limit. Tink, sensing that, decided to have a little fun.
The next shirt I came out in, a perfectly good, plaid, button-up
shirt, turned into a fluffy pink prom dress. I would have laughed,
but the attendants, who'd returned forty-five minutes ago already
looked at me strangely each time I came out of the dressing room.
My eyes darted to Tink. She sat on top of my many cast-off shirts,
laughing herself to tears.
"Tink!" I said through a
cough.
"They can't see the dress. But you
should have seen your eyes." I shook my head slightly, and with a
crooked smile, returned to the dressing room.
Half an hour later we finally left the
store and went back to my house. "Wow. I love that store. It's
amazing. I'm definitely coming here on my Dag som en människa. One
more thing for my bucket list."
I placed my new clothes on the bed.
"What's a Dag sum . . . whatever you said."
"Dag som en människa. It means Day as
a Human. We faeries get to experience life as a human for one day.
It's supposed to make us more compassionate to humans, you know,
walk a mile in another’s shoes type deal, and we can more
effectively work together."
She settled on the bed and began
removing the tags from my clothes with her handy little wand. I
briefly wondered if I could convince her to accidently leave it
behind because I could sure use it.
"When do you get to take this Dag som
. . . Day as a Human?'
"Whenever I want. Most take it
somewhere between their fifteenth and twenty-fifth year. I've been
thinking of doing mine soon, especially after seeing that awesome
Wal-Mart store."
I grinned, unsure if I'd ever heard
the words awesome and Wal-Mart together before.
"And speaking of human days, you need
to decide who you are going to ask out. I think you're ready. Have
you given Elise Delyser any more thought?"
"Tink, I don't know about this. What
if she says no?" I sank onto the floor, picking nervously at the
tan carpet fibers.
"She won't say no. You're amazing,
Pete. You're funny, sweet, and hard-working. You cleaned the garage
the other day without me saying anything to you about
it."
"It needed to be done. Besides, my
dad's been putting in a lot of overtimes since one of his employees
left to have a baby. I wanted to help him out."
"Pete, two months ago you would never
have done that."
"You opened my eyes to a lot of
things, Tink. If not for you, I never would have done that," I
said.
"But you're seeing things now without
me pointing them out." She flew down next to me and sat
cross-legged on the carpet. "Besides, you look great. You've worked
hard, Pete. She'd have to be crazy not to say yes."
"Thanks, Tink. For everything. I can
never repay you."
"Yes, you can. Ask Elise Delyser out
on a date," she insisted.
"Ugh!" I lay back on the carpet and
pinched my eyes shut.
"And for your assignment tonight, I
want you to come up with a creative way to ask her, or whoever, out
on a date."
"I haven't agreed to this,
Tink."
She walked up to my face. I turned to
look at her and that pretty smile. "You'll need to decide soon.
Good night." She waved her wand and disappeared.
I flopped over on my stomach. Me ask a
girl out? I'd rather swim with sharks than ask a girl out. But I
knew Tink wasn't about to let up. I had to decide.
I picked up my yearbook and scoured
the pages for the hundredth time. There were lots of nice girls I
could ask, but no one jumped out at me. I didn't want to go out
with any of them.
I thought about it for a long time,
deciding, then changing my mind, then deciding again. I grabbed a
piece of paper and a pen listing all the pros and cons of
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