02 Have You Met My Ghoulfriend? by R.L. Stine

Author:R.L. Stine [Stine, R.L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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FINALLY, DAD GRABBED COLIN around the chest and forced him to stop. Dad is built like a truck. He has big, powerful arms, and he held on to Colin, held him in place and wouldn't let him take another step.

“Jabba,” Colin said. But it came out in a weak whisper. “Jabba.”

And then my brother seemed to collapse. He just folded up with Dad holding him. And I thought I saw the yellow glow fade from Colin's eyes. A sound floated from his throat like air escaping a balloon.

I felt a whoosh of air over me. It fluttered my hair. And I felt a breeze pushing lightly against the side of my face, like someone blowing into my ear.

Weird.

“Colin?” Dad asked breathlessly. His face was bright red. His muscles bulged as he held on to my brother. “Colin? Are you finished?”

Mom stood next to me, trembling. Tears rolled down her cheeks. “Colin? Are you okay?”

“Yeah. Fine,” he said in his normal voice. “What's up?”

Dad slowly let go of him. “At least he's speaking again,” he said to Mom.

“Speaking? Why wouldn't I speak?” Colin asked, confused. He raised his eyes to me. “What's up with this, Maxie? What did you do to me?”

“Hey—no way,” I said. “No way you're blaming me.”

“Blaming you for what?” Colin asked, scratching his head. I don't think he remembered anything.

“You just went totally berserk,” I told him. “Look at this kitchen. You did all that.”

Blinking as if he was just waking up, Colin gazed around the room. “Wow. What a mess.”

“You were running around the room, acting totally wacko,” I said.

Colin squinted at me. “Yes. I kinda remember now. I wasn't in control. I couldn't stop myself. Did you hypnotize me? Is that what made me do it? You and your crazy magic tricks. Did you hypnotize me?”

Mom and Dad turned their eyes on me.

“Hel-lo. Did I go near you this morning?” I said. “I don't think so.” They were always ready to blame me. “I just do simple tricks,” I said. “I don't know how to hypnotize anyone.”

“I think we need to get Colin to Dr. Welles' office,” Mom said. She felt his forehead. “Do you have a fever?”

“No, Mom.” Colin pulled away. “I feel fine now. I don't need a doctor.”

“But how do you explain your behavior?” Dad asked, scratching his bald head.

Colin shrugged. “I just felt strange. Like I was sleepwalking or something.”

That answer seemed okay to Mom and Dad. Mom bent down and started to pick up the broken glass from the coffeemaker. “Better hurry to school, boys. It's very late.”

I picked up my backpack and ran to the front closet to get my jacket. As I slid into the jacket, I glimpsed myself in the mirror on the closet door.

That wasn't a yellow glow in my eyes—was it?

No. It must have been sunlight reflecting from the living room window.

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