I like staying overnight at my Gramma's house—that is, until Gramma starts telling me how wonderful my cousin Maya is. Then it's Maya this and Maya that until I don't ever want to hear another word about her.
That's why I wasn't too excited when Gramma called me on the phone to"come on over and bring your pyjamas(睡衣裤). "When I got there, it was worse than I'd expected. There, in Grandpa's big leather rocker, sat Maya, all dressed up and formal-looking and wearing fancy shoes as if she'd just been a party.
"Surprise, Kristen!"Gramma said. "Your cousin Maya and her parents have traveled in from the East Coast on business. Maya gets to stay with us this afternoon. "Gramma chattered away about how excited she'd been for this surprise get-together, and how cousins ought to get to know each other better.
I hung my baseball cap in the closet and set my backpack by the stairway, all the time smiling and nodding as if I'd been waiting forever for this chance to spend an afternoon with Maya. Grandpa's chair squawked(咯咯叫)as Maya rocked back and forth. It's the chair I like best in the house, the one I usually sit in. I sat down on the sofa across from her.
Shortly, Gramma went off to the kitchen to"see about some lunch, "she said. That left me stuck in the living room with rocking Maya.
She was still small but taller than I'd remembered her from her last visit four years ago. She was good at small talk, though, and was chatting away about how nice it was to see me again. But I could tell that she didn't really think so. The last time she was here, we'd had hours of fun together building caves out of Gramma's sofa pillows.
After that, I would hear about her only through Gramma's tales. Maya taking piano lessons. Maya learning math. Maya, Maya, Maya. Now Maya was here, looking great with the latest haircut and a fancy dress.
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Glancing down at my jeans and my old sneakers, I wished I hadn't come.
"How do you know all these things about me?"I asked.
