Bite Me! by Melissa Francis

Author:Melissa Francis
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2009-11-26T23:00:00+00:00

“Sit down, Ariel.”

All business again. Not a good sign.

I sat down at the table in the corner of the office. “Is this about the posters again? They’ve already been taken down….”

“No, ma’am. This is something entirely different and much more serious. We’re waiting on a couple more people.”

More serious? Oh, God. Was this about Noah? Had they discovered my secret? Would the world soon know that I was a descendant of an evil clan of vamps? Was there a vampire jail?

“Who are we waiting for?” I asked. But Mrs. Blanchard didn’t have to say a word because my answer strode through the door carrying a file and wearing a sinister grin.

Mrs. Crandall.

I knew this morning’s ray of sunshine act had meant something was up! Wonder what I did this time? Lord knows I couldn’t be accused of cheating on yesterday’s blood-forsaken pop quiz since the only question I’d answered was Name.

The old bat sat in the chair just to my left, and Mrs. Blanchard sat to her left, which placed her almost directly across the round table from me. And we waited a little longer.

Gee, nothing like sitting in a big vat of uncomfortable silence topped off with a thick dollop of tension.

Just when I started to open my mouth and ask one more time what the hell was up, the office door opened and in walked Ryan.

Hmmm. I thought this wasn’t about the posters?

When Ryan saw me, it was apparent he was just as confused. He sat in the only empty chair and we both waited.

“We’re very concerned about some possible impropriety involving you two,” Mrs. Blanchard began.

Of course, when I heard “impropriety,” my thoughts immediately went to making out with my stepbrother. And we totally hadn’t done that since before the wedding.

Mrs. Crandall snorted. “That’s one way to put it. Miss Ashe, do you care to tell me how it is that your test matched Mr. Fraser’s test exactly?”

“Sure,” I said. “Obviously the only question either of us knew the answer to was Name.” I leaned over to Ryan. “I guess you didn’t study, either.”

“No, I studied. I thought I did pretty well,” he said, obviously still very confused.

“Well enough, I’d say,” Mrs. Crandall responded, handing us our test papers.

What the—? I glanced at the paper, and sure enough, not only did our multiple-choice questions match, but the essay was almost word for word the same. And the handwriting was remarkably similar to mine.

“This isn’t my test,” I said, handing it back.

“It has your name on it and the essay is in your handwriting.”

“It might appear that way, but that can’t be my test. I didn’t answer one question. Not. One.”

“You’re right. It seems you just helped yourself to Mr. Fraser’s answers or he helped himself to yours.”

“No. I’m telling you that I did not answer any questions at all. Not one multiple-choice question and certainly not the essay. I turned in a completely blank test,” I said again, trying to disguise the panic that was creeping into my voice.

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