Amber by Mia Harlan

Author:Mia Harlan [Harlan, Mia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Mia Harlan
Published: 2019-10-13T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

AMBER

I glance down the street before we head inside Jewels Cafe. I’m not even sure who it is I’m searching for. Wes? Julian? And do I even want to see either guy?

Wes just up and left, without even saying goodbye, and Julian started this whole thing. He cast a spell on me, a spell that keeps breaking my heart, over and over again. A spell that makes me sick to my stomach each time I remember it’s there.

“I don’t really like pumpkin spice,” the kid says, startling me out of my thoughts. “Can I have a hot chocolate instead?”

“Of course you can.” I fake a smile and get started on his drink.

While I work, Chase and Zoe try to keep him occupied with small talk, but any mention of school earns them disinterested shrugs. When the drink is ready, I slide the to-go cup across the counter. “Don’t forget to tell all your friends that Jewels Cafe is just down the street from school, okay?”

He nods and heads for the door. But right before he’s gone, he pauses. He looks over his shoulder, and calls, “But I don’t go to Stone Hill High.”

Which means the one new customer we’ve had in weeks just got a free drink, and I still have no way of bringing in more.

I groan in frustration, and my chameleon magic decides to transform me into the bouncer.

“Not this again,” I cry.

What is it with that bouncer? I’m pretty fed up with looking like him, even when I don’t have to walk around and feel his junk flopping all over the place. For one thing, he’s so much taller than me that each shift causes vertigo. And for another, if I was going to shift in front of Chase, why couldn’t I have at least gone with the fairy?

“Why didn’t you tell me you were a chameleon?” Zoe gasps. “This whole time, you let me show off my magic, when you could do that?”

“She’s amazing, isn’t she?” Chase adds, and the way he’s looking at me makes my cheeks flush.

“Whoa, that’s so much cooler!” Zoe cries, and I realize what’s happening a second before my giant bouncer hand grazes my long, silky beard. A beard made of very familiar red hair.

“As if this day couldn’t get any worse.” I groan and cover my bouncer face with my bouncer hands, only to groan louder when my long beard grazes my bare arms.

“But it can get a whole lot better,” Zoe says cheerfully.

The door chimes in agreement.

I quickly uncover my eyes and shift back to my own body in my excitement. Because standing in the door is a brand new customer.

“Welcome to Jewels Cafe!” I greet him. Which of course reminds me that the last person I used that phrase on was... Minerva. Which makes me think of Julian again. Which makes my heart hurt.

“Can I get an iced Mood Tea to go, please?” the troll asks after examining the menu.

I take his credit card and try to let the fact that we have an actual paying customer cheer me up.

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