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“You’re home early!” Bugatti’s mom, Mrs. Sangria-Sars said when Bugatti tried to sneak in quietly.

She was about to spew forth a horrible excuse such as ‘school ended early’ but instead said, “I have bad cramps.”

“Aww muffin.” Mrs. Sangria-Sars pushed her wrist to Bugatti’s forehead lovingly. “I’ll make you a cuppa, you can rest on the sofa.”

Bugatti lay on the sofa thinking of how to get away from Andy when a thing caught her attention outside. She look through the glass doors of the terrarium at a looming shadow in the trees beyond their residence grounds. Is that Andy?

No! She shook her head and lay down. It’s a new shrub that’s grown to two meters overnight! She lay down quickly when the kettle whistled.

“All right then here’s the remote control and a cuppa.” Her mom smiled.

She forced a smile back. Mom always made her the best cuppa, with honey not sugar, and this was like no other for when she finished her drink she had the solution to her problem. She picked up her tablet device and began to search for the right words, transcribing the results into her notebook.

Atop the page she wroted, “Project Montague: Make Andy Fall in Love With Me.” Then scratched it out.

Instead she wrote, “Project Ideas And Plans To Make Andy Fall In Love With Me That Will Possibly, Maybe Probably Work.” But that was too obvious, what if he stole away to her locker and perused the contents as he surely would do?

Atop the scribbles at the very top margin of the page of questions she wrote: PALM (Project Andy Love Me).

Notes

{Like the fronds of a palm tree, so are the days of our lives}