Line Kyed Knudsen

does not tell anyone. It is horrible that the boy said she was a thief. She almost feels like one, but she is not a thief. She just wanted to try it out.
The rest of the weekend Kara feels like she can hear the boy’s voice.
“You thief!”
She cannot stand it, but she does not tell anyone. She doesn’t tell her parents, and she doesn’t tell Rose and Julie on Monday, either.
During class, they have to write the essay about a cool person, but Kara can only think about the boy with the skateboard.
“Have you thought about who you are going to write about?” Mette asks. She is standing at their table. “Found someone cool?”
“I want to write about the prime minister,” Rose says and opens her notebook.
“I want to write about my mom,” Julie says and starts writing.
Mette looks at Kara.
“I don’t know,” she says.
“I am sure you know someone cool,” Mette says. “You just have to think about it.”

anyone. It is horrible that the boy said she was a thief. She almost feels like one, but she is not a thief. She just wanted to try it out.
The rest of the weekend Kara feels like she can hear the boy’s voice.
“You thief!”
She cannot stand it, but she does not tell anyone. She doesn’t tell her parents, and she doesn’t tell Rose and Julie on Monday, either.
During class, they have to write the essay about a cool person, but Kara can only think about the boy with the skateboard.
“Have you thought about who you are going to write about?” Mette asks. She is standing at their table. “Found someone cool?”
“I want to write about the prime minister,” Rose says and opens her notebook.
“I want to write about my mom,” Julie says and starts writing.
Mette looks at Kara.
“I don’t know,” she says.
“I am sure you know someone cool,” Mette says. “You just have to think about it.”

The Sleepover

The next day, Kara still feels sick, but not as much as yesterday. She sighs impatiently and looks out at the snow. She turns on the television, but there is nothing she wants to watch. She is totally bored, and she really wants to go sledding. In the afternoon, her mom brings home a present. It is a DVD that Kara has been asking for.
“Let’s cozy up and watch it together,” her mom says and makes some tea.
Kara sits on the couch. She holds her phone while they watch the movie. She sends a text to Rose telling her she misses her. Kara thinks it has been a long time since they talked. It feels like it has been weeks, even though it has only been two days.
“What are you doing?” she writes.
Rose does not answer for a long time. Kara clenches her fist around the phone, and she forgets to watch the movie.
Finally, Rose sends her a picture of Benjamin