chapter 28(2)

Two Days Later—Monday We were running late for school drop-off this morning, and Zoe and I both forgot it's crazy hair day. Macey reminded us when we walked out this morning and saw the other kids' hair undone and messy, so we detoured to buy some spray-in hair color. Pulling up at the local grocery store, Zoe runs inside before returning with one can of electric blue hair color and one called glitter bomb. We pull both kids from her little yellow Volkswagen. Casey giggles excitedly as her hair is instantly changed to blue. Valarian, however, pouts. “I don't want to look like a smurf,” he says. “Zoe said it was the only color they had left. It's for a good cause; it's to raise money for the children's hospital and for you kids to have fun,” I tell him. “What about the glitter one?” Zoe asks. Valarian crosses his arms, looking at Casey dancing around the parking lot beside the car in her blue hair. “No, it will make my hair sticky,” he says. “Come on, Val, just a little,” I beg him. Gos