by Coco Simon
Katie nodded. “Sure, I’ll be fine.”
I quickly made my way to the stage area, where all the announcements had been made throughout the day. It was almost dark now, and the park lights were shining. I got to the stage just as some members of the high school music club were getting to the microphone. I quickly took my ticket out of my pocket.
“We’d like to thank everyone who purchased a raffle ticket today. All proceeds are going to the music club,” a girl was saying.
Then a boy picked a ticket out of a bag. “And the winner is . . . ticket 306978.”
I stared at the ticket in my hand: 306978. The numbers were right there in front of me. I couldn’t believe it. I’d won!
I ran up to the stage. “I think I have the winning ticket,” I said, handing it to the girl. I still couldn’t believe it was true.
She and the boy checked the numbers. Then the boy handed me a white envelope.
“Congratulations! You’ve won two tickets to see La Vida Pasa!”
I held back a scream of joy. “Thank you!”
As I raced back to tell Katie the good news, I passed George. He gave me the evil eye, but I knew he was only kidding.
“Sorry, George. Life happens,” I told him, and then I excitedly ran to the Cupcake Club booth.
“Katie! I won! I won the tickets!” I yelled, waving the envelope.
Katie started jumping up and down. “Woo-hoo! Good for you!”
“You’re coming with me, right?” I asked.
“Well, sure, yeah,” she said. “But I don’t really know their music.”
“It’s great!” I said. “We’ll have fun.”
“And I won’t really understand the words,” Katie went on.
“That’s okay,” I said. “You know my Spanish is terrible. I used to think one of their songs was about a lost dog, but it’s really about a lost love.”
Katie laughed. “All right, I’ll go. Thanks—it’s nice of you to give me the ticket. When is it?”
“Three weeks from now, on a Friday,” I replied. “This is going to be awesome.”
“Sí!” Katie agreed.
Coco Simon always dreamed of opening a cupcake bakery but was afraid she would eat all of the profits. When she’s not daydreaming about cupcakes, Coco edits children’s books and has written close to one hundred books for children, tweens, and young adults, which is a lot less than the number of cupcakes she’s eaten. Cupcake Diaries is the first time Coco has mixed her love of cupcakes with writing.
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This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real places are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and events are products of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or places or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
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Library of Congress Control Number 2016947130
