Chapters (16)
“ ‘A great success awaits you.’ ” Frida squealed. “The commercial—I’m gonna get it! But I knew I would because Devin is coming with me to the audition. Here you go, Devin.” Frida handed me her phone. “Give it a try.”
I started choosing colors like Frida had done.
“Of course Devin would pick Kicks blue first!” Jessi chuckled.
“Now she’s picking white and black!” Emma shrieked. “Soccer ball colors!”
I laughed. “You guys already told me that my brain is really a soccer ball, so why are you surprised?”
I waited as my fortune was calculated, then read it out loud.
“ ‘Soon you will take a trip to a faraway place.’ ” I shook my head. “I don’t think so. My grandparents were just here for a visit. My parents said we’d go back to Connecticut to visit them, but not until next summer.”
“Hey! Maybe you’ll be going to the next Women’s World Cup. It’s in France.” Jessi gasped. “I’ll go with you!”
“That would be awesome, but that’s not exactly soon,” I replied.
Frida shrugged. “You never know, Devin. The stars move in mysterious ways.”
Uh-oh. Would this be Frida’s next obsession? I could just see her walking around with a crystal ball and giant hoop earrings like a fortune-teller, predicting all of our next moves.
“Your turn, Zoe!” Frida grabbed the phone from my hand and passed it to Zoe, who took it reluctantly.
“I don’t believe in this kind of stuff,” Zoe said.
“It’s just for fun,” Jessi said. “Come on, Zo.”
“Fine.” Zoe gave an eye roll as she started her color selection and waited for the results. “ ‘You will make a new friend,’ ” Zoe read from the screen.
“See!” Frida said. “That’s a great fortune to get.”
“Come on.” Zoe sighed. “That could apply to anybody. It’s not very specific.”
“But it’s something nice that could happen,” Emma said. “Why not think the best? Now I want a turn!”
Emma took the app very seriously. “Oh, should I choose purple or pink? Maybe I’ll choose pink first and purple second. But that could change my future!”
“Just go with your gut,” Frida told her. “Don’t overthink it.”
But Emma still took the longest out of everyone picking her colors. Finally, after what seemed like an hour, she got her fortune.
“ ‘You will learn to see things in a new way.’ ” Emma looked up with a disappointed frown on her face. “That’s not much of a fortune. And I put so much time into picking the perfect colors too.”
“What were you hoping to hear?” Zoe asked her.
Emma’s cheeks turned red. “Maybe something about the cute new boy in our history class.”
“Aha!” Jessi said triumphantly. “I knew you were crushing on him.”