“I DON’T KNOW WHY YOU’D fight with your step-dad,” Claire opined as she twirled the spaghetti onto her fork.
“It’s not my step-dad, it’s a spongey robot,” Julie replied.
“Hey, they’re not so bad, those things. There is a little orphan boy, or was, Matthew, whose dad died in a car accident and his mom ran off. He went to the Magic Man and he made him a new mom. Now he gets straight ‘A’s in school and has tons of friends.”
Julie rolled her eyes. “It’s not a person. It’s a stupid, stupid thing that my mom is in love with. I don’t know how she can fall in love with something that doesn’t have any memories or personality.” As she said this her eyes were looking across the cafeteria. Blond-haired, blue-eyed, muscular and confident, Lucas sat in the middle of the far table. He was saying somet
