Oh, who wants to go to stupid old Kalamazoo anyway!

(Suddenly EDWINA is interrupted by her little sister KATIE SPOONAPPLE who comes out of the audience, carrying a duffel bag and crying. EDWINA stops crying when she sees her.)

Katie???

Leave me alone!

Katie Spoonapple, what are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be at the Summer Math Olympics?

(Unintelligible.)
Iwanaweh!

What do you mean you ran away? You can't run away! Mom and Dad are going to freak!

Who cares about a gold medal in trigonometry, anyway!

You do! It's been your specialty since the third grade.

I'm never doing another math equation as long as I live.

What? Come on, start from the beginning.

Well, we were getting ready for the multiplication trials, and Sally Farnsworth was sitting next to me. And next to her was Mary Kay Hooper.

Isn't that the girl you beat out for All-State champion in the Division Division?

Yeah. Anyway, she and Sally became super best friends for the week. And as we finished our equations, I happened to finish first.

Of course!

And I brought my answers to the judge, and everybody clapped!

Hoooray!

And then all of the sudden Sally whispered, "I HATE THAT GIRL KATE, SHE THINKS SHE'S SO GREAT!"

And you heard her&

Everyone did! And Mary Kay nodded.

Maybe you just imagined it&

(KATIE looks at EDWINA and sniffles.)

No?

(KATIE shakes her head no and starts to cry. EDWINA comforts her.)

All I can tell you is - for a bunch of math champions - those girls sound pretty stupid.

Just forget it.

Hey&

Well, all I want to know is& when do I get a best friend for the week?

Oh, Katie&