Oh, right. Smile back. I tried it, forcing my mouth into the alien formation. It worked. The new guy’s smile broadened and unbelievably, he got up and moved to the desk next to mine. I tried not to faint.
“Hi. I’m Shane. Shane Elliott.”
“Hey. I’m Jui—Lucy. Lucy Zander.” I choked out the words. “Are you in the right homeroom? This is supposed to be for tenth grade, end-of-the-alphabet.” That would explain my good luck. It wasn’t good luck at all. This wasn’t even his class.
“Oh, that. Classroom overflow or something.”
“Hmm. Are you new?”
“Sort of.”
“That’s a weird answer.”
He laughed. “I know. But it’s the best one I’ve got.” He leaned forward. “Hey, what did you call yourself first? Before you said ‘Lucy’, you started to say something else.”
“Oh, that.” Busted. “It’s sort of a nickname. Juice.”
“Like for steroids?”
“No! Like for Lucy. Juicy Lucy?” Gee, I never realized how embarrassing my stupid nickname sounded until I had to explain it to a total stranger. Make that a totally cute stranger.
“It sounds like chewing gum.”
“Whatever.” Now, I was getting annoyed. “Just call me Lucy then. Or better yet, you don’t have to call me anything.” I made an exaggerated gesture of turning my body to the left, away from him. All of a sudden I’d become some kind of flirt-goddess. Where did this come from? Watching Sixx, no doubt. She was way to the left of shy.
“No. I kind of like Juice. It’s unique. Juice. Juice.” He kept saying my name, as if he was tasting it. Man, was I a magnet to that. I twisted back toward him.
“Well then, Shane. What’s your schedule? If you show me your room numbers, I can help you find them.” I took a notebook out of my backpack and opened it up to a blank page, intending to write down his classes.
He squirmed a little. “I’m not sure what my schedule is going to be just yet.”
“And you already have your homeroom assigned? That’s weird.”
He started to answer when the bell rang. The classroom flooded with kids. Soon, the desks filled up and I thought Shane might be sitting in someone’s assigned seat. Sure enough, a beefy jock from the football team came charging down the aisle, headed for the seat Shane occupied. I wanted to say something when he sat right down on top of Shane. Or, what would have been Shane if he had still been sitting there. I know I never even blinked, but one minute Shane was there, and the next minute I found myself staring into the craggy face of Brian Yates, one of MacGregor High School’s Warrior football players. It sounds crazy, but Shane seemed to fade into Brian, until he disappeared and only Brian remained.
I sat there gaping at Brian until he got mad.
“What the heck are you staring at?”
I snapped my mouth closed and rotated all the way around in my seat. Where in the world had Shane gone? I looked around the classroom but I didn’t see him. When Mr. Blake came in and starting calling the roll, I listened carefully, but I never heard Shane’s name. It wasn’t until homeroom ended that I looked down at my notebook and saw the neatly printed words in an unfamiliar script.
I’ll explain everything later. Shane.
This is when the weirdest week of my life totally began to rev up.
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Table of Contents
EVERSPELL
Part One
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-one
Part Two
Chapter Twenty-two
Chapter Twenty-three
Chapter Twenty-four
Chapter Twenty-five
Chapter Twenty-six
Chapter Twenty-seven
Chapter Twenty-eight
Chapter Twenty-nine
Chapter Thirty
Chapter Thirty-one
Chapter Thirty-two
Chapter Thirty-three
Chapter Thirty-four
Chapter Thirty-five
Chapter Thirty-six
Chapter Thirty-seven
Chapter Thirty-eight
Chapter Thirty-nine
Chapter Forty
Chapter Forty-one
Chapter Forty-two
Chapter Forty-three
Chapter Forty-four
Chapter Forty-five
Chapter Forty-six
Chapter Forty-seven
About the Author
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Chapter One
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