Bite Me!

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sure?” I asked.
    His silence was all the answer I needed. “The water can get really cold in the River Denial,” I said.
    And I should know.

Chapter 10
    W hat else could go wrong?
    (Okay, just for the record, one should never ask that question, ’cause inevitably something else will happen….)
    It really wasn’t like Ryan to keep things from me—especially important things like “Oh, by the way, I beat the shit outta Noah last night but I didn’t kill him. He was alive and kicking when I left.”
    The truth was, I no more believed Ryan killed Noah than I believed in Santa Claus. The bigger truth—no matter what my momma and that “bite” test said, I still had doubts about my own innocence. I could only hope I’d feel better when Momma got those venom test results back.
    The guilt weighed like a wet blanket, heavy on my back and shoulders, as I thought about Noah. Suddenly I could smell moss and wet leaves. As I had been in my mom’s office, I was transported back to Saturday night, to the moment I licked the sweat from his neck. My heart kicked it up a notch and my mouth watered.
    But a movement by the window startled me. I shifted to glance outside as the hairs on my neck stood on end. I quickly scanned the woods.
    I was going out of my mind. As if someone was really out there watching me. From my second-floor window. What a schizo.
    My cell phone rang as I crossed myself and pulled the shade down. My Catholic guilt might make me paranoid, but it didn’t hurt to cover my window, anyway.
    I sat down on the edge of my bed and answered, “Hello.” Spike stretched and meandered over to me, plopping down on my lap.
    â€œHey,” Malia said. “Are you okay? You nearly plowed me over running out of the office today.”
    â€œYeah. I’m fine. I had just found out about Noah and was totally out of my head. Sorry about that.”
    â€œNo prob. Finding out about Noah nearly did everyone in. They released us after the announcement today.You could’ve heard a pin drop in the gym when they told us. Except for the sniffling, it was dead quiet.”
    Dead quiet. How appropriate.
    â€œSo, anyway, I was calling to warn you about tomorrow,” Malia said with an edge to her voice.
    â€œTomorrow?”
    â€œYeah. Can you believe Crabby Crandall scheduled a pop quiz for tomorrow? She’s giving us a ten-question test over tonight’s reading assignment. That woman is completely out of her mind! She knows everyone is in shock over Noah and that the reading won’t get done. Oh, and I heard they’re having a memorial service tomorrow. You wanna go after school?”
    I sighed and felt my shoulders slump. The very idea of going to Noah’s memorial service made me sick to my stomach. “Yeah. Let’s go together. I’m sure Bridget will come, too. So, how did you find out about the test? Is it on the syllabus?” The one I didn’t get.
    â€œI don’t think so. I was still registering during her class, so I didn’t get a syllabus. I overheard her talking to her evil minion assistant outside of the teachers’ lounge after all the students were dismissed today. They were both so giddy, their dried-up raisin faces were almost plump with delight.”
    â€œDammit. I don’t wanna study tonight. But I also don’t wanna fail her test. I don’t think I could handle that condescending smirk of hers right now. I guess I don’t have a choice.”
    â€œThis is crap, AJ. Don’t do the reading. She can’t do anything if everyone fails.”
    â€œIf you didn’t want me to study, you shouldn’t have told me about the quiz.”
    â€œWhatever. Mrs. Crandall shouldn’t be such a hard-shell crab.”
    Yeah, but failing her test wouldn’t soften that shell anytime soon. As a matter of fact, I’ve always suspected Mrs. Crandall is a little bit (okay, a lot bit) of

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