Lizzie looked at her mother in surprise and asked, “Why not?”
Her mother looked at her father in desperation, then turned back to Lizzie and said, “We had an entire day on Saturday planned, just to surprise you.”
Lizzie looked between her parents, who wore crestfallen looks, then she sighed.
“I guess I can go to the movies some other weekend with Luke,” she said.
Her mother nodded and said, “The weekend after should be fine.”
Pushing back from the table, Lizzie nodded and asked, “May I be excused? I’m going to go upstairs to tell him.”
Her parents nodded, exchanging looks. Lizzie went up the stairs to her room, shutting the door firmly behind her.
Sighing, she went over to her bed and picked up her phone. She saw she had two missed phone calls and five texts from Elle.
