Party Planning

The plan is to throw Andrea a surprise party for her birthday. Bunny is taking notes, not notes for the party planning, but notes for herself that have nothing to do with the party. Teacher volunteers to make decorations and hats. “Hats?” Bunny looks up. “Do we really want hats?” Josh will ask one of his friends to pick up a pizza, and Chaz has a Pepperidge Farm angel food cake, untouched, in a brown bag in the refrigerator. No one messes with Chaz’s food. “I guess there’s no point to bothering with candles,” Jeanette says, and Josh says, “Not if you’re thinking about lighting them.” Nina offers to donate a small box of almonds coated in pastel colored sugar. “They look pretty,” she says, “but I’ll never eat them,” and Chaz points out, “You never eat anything.”