by R. L. Stine
“No way!” I cried. “My grandfather gave me this watch. No way!”
The watch was a special present for my twelfth birthday. It means a lot to me. I never take it off.
“How about it, Jacko?” Mick stuck his hand out. “The watch for your Red Sox cap.”
“Yo, Mick. See your house outside the window?” Charlene yelled from behind the wheel. “You want to keep us all here till dinnertime? What’s your mom serving us?”
A few kids laughed at that. But most kids are too terrified of Mick to ever laugh around him.
“Mick, stop torturing Jack,” Charlene yelled. “Give him back his cap and get off my bus!”
“Okay, okay. No problem,” Mick said with a sneer.
He jammed the cap onto my head, so hard my feet nearly went through the bus floor. I could feel the sticky glob of spit in my hair.
Mick trotted to the door at the front. Darryl gave me a friendly punch in the ribs. Then he followed his buddy off the bus.
I let out a long sigh of relief. I had survived another trip home on the school bus. I watched Mick and Darryl jog up the driveway to Mick’s little redbrick house. They punched each other as they ran. You know. Kidding around.
I slumped into the nearest seat. I shut my eyes and took a deep breath.
No permanent wounds. That meant it was a good day.
Glancing down, I saw something on the seat next to me. A silvery cell phone.
I hesitated for a moment, just staring at it. Then I reached over and picked up the phone.
And that’s when the nightmare began.
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About the Author
R.L. Stine’s books are read all over the world. So far, his books have sold more than 300 million copies, making him one of the most popular children’s authors in history. Besides Goosebumps, R.L. Stine has written the teen series Fear Street and the funny series Rotten School, as well as the Mostly Ghostly series, The Nightmare Room series, and the two-book thriller Dangerous Girls. R.L. Stine lives in New York with his wife, Jane, and Minnie, his King Charles spaniel. You can learn more about him at www.RLStine.com.
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