'Bio Kid Peter, meeting small business owner, Pepper, and deciding she and his dad should be friends' WIP Snippet 1/3
Eventually. There was a buzz in his pocket. He pulled his phone out and found three back-to-back texts from Happy:
Got stuck in a meeting.
I’ll be there in twenty.
Do not wander off!
Peter huffed, shoving the phone back into his pocket without replying. His fingers twisted around the hem of his navy blue sweater vest, wringing the fabric until it stretched over his knuckles.
He could work on his homework. There were at least different chapters he needed to catch up on. However, he found something across the street far more interesting.
Beyond the school gates, across three lanes of traffic, a new storefront gleamed in the corner of the shopping strip. He blinked at it, tilting his head. He was sure it hadn’t been there before. It was like it had appeared overnight, conjured out of thin air.
He stood up, stretching his stiff legs and craning his neck for a better view. Across the street, sunlight ricocheted off the glass window, catching on the neat, shiny gold script painted across it: Virginia’s Stationery Boutique.