5 None of Your Beeswax

CHAPTER 5 None of Your Beeswax At lunch, Lucy squeezed in between Evie and me, instead of sitting across from us, next to Talisa, the way she normally does. "I think we should sit together because of you-know- what," she said. "What?" Evie asked. "Our current events project," I replied. "Shhh," Lucy warned. "Don't worry," I said. "I won't tell thesecret part—but it's not a secret that we're doing a

第五章 不关你的事 午饭的时候，露西挤在了我和埃维中间，没像往常那样坐到塔莉萨旁边，和我们面对面。 “我觉得咱们该坐一块儿，还不是为了那个你知道的事嘛。”她说。 “什么事？” 埃维问。 “咱们的时事项目呀。”我回答。 “嘘！”露西提醒道。 “放心吧，”我说， “我不会说秘密部分的——不过咱们一起做项目这事又不是秘密。”

project together. Arielle already knows." "I thought you and Arielle were doing it together," Talisa said. "We traded," Lucy said. "I didn't know you could trade. I want to trade. I'm with a boy!" "But you're with Spencer," I said. "He's a nice boy." "We're the only ones allowed to trade," Lucy said. "Now we really can't tell you anymore." Talisa was frowning. So was Evie. "Let's talk on the phone after school," I said. "I have tap class after school," Lucy said. "But I can call you after that. Or maybe we should each read the paper first, before we talk. So I'll call you after dinner, at seven- thirty?" "That's great," I said. "So you'll read and

一起做项目。 阿莉埃尔早就知道了。” “我还以为你和阿莉埃尔一组做项目呢。”塔莉萨说。 “我们换组啦。”露西说。 “原来还能换组啊？ 我也想换。 我跟一个男生一组！” “可你搭档是斯宾塞呀，”我说， “他是个很好的男生呀。” “只有我们才可以换组哦。”露西说。 “现在我们真的不能再告诉你啦。” 塔莉萨皱起了眉头。 埃维也皱着眉。 “放学咱们打电话说吧。”我说。 “我放学有踢踏舞课。”露西说， “不过我下课之后可以打给你。 要不咱们打电话之前都先看看报纸吧， 那我晚饭之后打给你，七点半怎么样？” “太棒啦。”我说， “那你看报纸，我也看，我还要跟我爸爸聊聊……聊聊另外那件事。”

I'll read, and I'll also talk to my dad about... about that other thing." "What other thing?" Evie asked. "None of your beeswax," Lucy said. "That's mean!" Evie said. "You'll tell me, won't you, Stella?" "Stella can't say anything," Lucy said. "She pinky-sweared." I shook my head. "Sorry, it's true. I can't." "Aw, come on," Talisa said. "EWWWWWWW!" someone cried from the table next to us, and we all turned to look. It was Asher who'd yelled. He's not usually a yeller. He's not quiet, like Arielle is. He just talks in a normal voice most of the time. Now he was standing up, and so were all the other boys at their table. All the boys, except for Joshua.

我看报纸，我还要跟我爸爸聊聊……聊聊另外那件事。” “另外什么事？” 埃维问。 “不关你的事。”露西说。 “你太过分了！” 埃维说。 “你会告诉我的，对不对，斯特拉？” “斯特拉什么都不能说哦。”露西说， “她拉过勾发誓了。” 我摇了摇头。 “对不起，是真的。 我不能说。” “哎呀，别这样嘛。”塔莉萨说。 “咦——！！！” 邻桌有人叫了起来，我们都转头看过去。 喊出声的是阿舍尔。 他平时不是爱大喊大叫的人。 他也不像阿莉埃尔那么安静。 大部分时候他说话都是正常音量。 现在他正站着，他们桌的其他男生也都站起来了。 所有男生都站着，只有约书亚没动。

"Can someone help?" Asher called. "Joshua threw up!" "I'd hate to throw up in school," Arielle said softly. I would, too. But there was a part of me that was glad about Joshua—because he'd called me Smella before, the way he always does, and now he was the one who did the gross thing. Also no one was thinking about Lucy's and my secret anymore, and that was good, too. At 7:30 on the dot, the phone rang. "It's for me!" I shouted. "I know it's for me!" But then it stopped ringing, and no one called to me to say pick up the phone. So maybe it was

“有没有人能来帮帮忙？” 阿舍尔喊道。 “约书亚吐了！” “我可不想在学校吐。”阿莉埃尔轻轻说。 我也不想。 但我心里有点点庆幸约书亚出事了——因为他之前还像往常那样喊我“臭臭拉”，现在他自己做了糗事。 而且现在没人再惦记我和露西的秘密了，这也挺好的。 七点半整，电话响了。 “是找我的！” 我大喊道， “肯定是找我的！” 可紧接着铃声就停了，也没人喊我去接电话。 所以说不定刚好七点半打来电话的是找别人的。

someone else who was calling at exactly 7:30. What if Mom or Dad was still on the phone when Lucy called? I had to tell them it was important that I talk to Lucy right away. Otherwise they might take a message and it could get too late. I walked into the kitchen where Dad was cleaning up from dinner. He had the cordless

刚好七点半打来电话的是找别人的。 要是露西打电话的时候爸爸妈妈还在讲电话怎么办？ 我得告诉他们我要跟露西通话，这事很重要。 不然他们可能会帮忙捎口信，那就太晚了。 我走进厨房，爸爸正在收拾晚饭的残局。 他把无绳电话夹在肩膀和耳朵中间。