Free Cartomancy by Kristin Cook Page A

them, I don’t see what the big deal is.”
Both girls started laughing so hard that Astrid stared coughing and
choking on her chips. “Hey do you wanna come up and see my new
room? We’re finally done with it.” Waverly collected all the cards
that she had been reading. “Umm, sure go on up, gimme a sec, k?”
She reshuffled the cards and dealt again. “Is something wrong
Wave?” Astrid sensed something was up with the cards. “Nope, just
getting some weird readings, it’s nothing. Let’s go see the room
that started all of this mess.” She laughed. “Oh very funny. Get
the chips and come on.” Astrid said grabbing the pop cans and
opening the door. The girls reached the top of the stairs and
Waverly started across the hall to open the door. She walked inside
and her breath stopped. The walls were painted shades of pink
vertical stripes and there were princess drapes and the ceiling was
a beautiful blue cloudy sky. Waverly could not believe what she was
seeing. “Duuuude” was all she could manage to say. Astrid grabbed
Waverly’s shoulders and turned her around. In the corner was the
most elaborate baby crib she had ever seen. “Ummm, do you have
something to tell me Astrid?” Waverly was shaking so bad she almost
dropped her can of pop on the fairytale pink carpet. “Yeah, guess
who’s getting a baby sister?” Waverly’s eyes were huge. “No
freaking way! That explains why your mom kept getting the Wheel of
Fortune card thrown at her. See? The cards don’t lie.” Waverly
hugged Astrid as tightly as she could. “So where is your room now?
Or are you sleeping in the pink palace Big Sis? Omg is your mom
gonna name the baby Queen Anne Victoria? Because that would be the
most EPIC ever!” Waverly was hopping up and down now. “Wow, I
really hope not, but you never can tell with my parents. Astrid led
Waverly down to the hall to a narrow door. It led up a winding
staircase to a huge attic loft. At the far end of the room was a
stained glass window. The glass cast brilliant colors all over the
polished wooden floor. At the other end of the room was a round
pedestal where Astrid’s bed was. There was a wooden archway that
framed the entire pedestal. It was like a room within a room. All
of the fabrics on the bed were a deep shade of purple, almost
black. There was a huge black carpet on the middle of the floor and
the edges were eggplant purple tassels. A long, antique couch was
against the exposed brick wall. It looked very much at home in the
QAV. Directly above it was a skylight. It was the most awesome room
Waverly had ever seen. She looked around the room with her mouth
hanging open. There was a very small round room off to the side
unlike anything Waverly had ever seen before. In the room was a
small round table with a crystal ball in the center. Waverly went
to the room and sat. “My mom thought the table was a nice touch. I
don’t know what the original purpose of this room could have been,
but I LOVE it. Oh and look at this!” Astrid ran over to her bed and
grabbed something. She held it behind her back. “Close your eyes
and hold out your hands.” Waverly closed one eye. “It’s not
something gross is it?” Astrid sighed. “Don’t be such a chicken!
Close both eyes please and just trust me.” Waverly held out her
hand and closed both eyes. She felt something kind of furry and
opened her eyes. It was a tiny, crocheted coffin. “My grandma made
it for me, isn’t it cool? The lid opens and everything.” Once
again, Waverly was astounded. “I literally can’t even! OMG Astrid,
you actually got a coffin in your room! That is pretty cool.”
Astrid hugged her tiny coffin and ran to put it back in its place.
“Well, she crocheted a bunch of baby stuff for QAV2, and she didn’t
want me to feel left out I guess.” Waverly held up her hand. “Aaand
because she loves you.” Astrid nodded her head in agreement. “Yes,
that too.” She smiled. Astrid sat at the table with Waverly