My Name is Samantha... Sam for Short

We were sitting in the office with Diamond and her family.

“Mom? August? Dina? What are you doing here?” I whispered.

Dina looked at me, “Mommy and Daddy said that you’re having some troubles in school.  So we came up to talk to these nice ladies here,” she said, pointing to Mrs. Celeste and Mrs. Moon.

“That’s right,” August said, jumping in.

“When you came home with that awful scar yesterday, well, you know I can’t leave something like that alone,” Mom said to me.

At the mention of the scar, Diamond slunk down in her chair. Her dad gave her a very disapproving look.

“Now, you all know why we are here.  To discuss the problems between Sam Holt and Diamond Ruiz,”  Mrs. Celeste began.

“We all know that there are some problems between these two girls,”  Mrs. Moon stated, “Now it is time to discuss these problems.

“Diamond?  Why do you think there are problems between you and Sam?”  Mrs. Celeste asked.

“Well,” Diamond started, “I saw her grades, and they were really good.  I didn’t want her to be the best unicorn in school.  I wanted to be the best.  And I guess things got out of hoof at some point, but I promise, I never meant to hurt her,” Diamond explained.

“Thank you Miss Ruiz,” Mrs. Moon said to Diamond.  “Now, Sam. What do you think the problem is?” she asked.

I thought for a second.  “Honestly, I didn’t know what it was! I thought it was just Diamond being mean.  I never knew that she wanted to be like me!”

“See,” Mom said to all of the people in the room, “it was just an act of jealousy. All a big misunderstanding!” she said cheerfully.

“You’ve found out why you hate each other, now why don’t you guys hug?” Dina suggested.

“Hug!?!?” Diamond and I both yelled.

Dina smiled at us.  “Yup!”  she said a perky voice.

Darn, Dina is just too cute.  Diamond and I both got up and hugged awkwardly.

“Awww! See you guys!  That’s the perfect way to end a book!” Dina squeaked.

Sometimes, I just don’t get that kid.