Fright Night by Maren Stoffels

Author:Maren Stoffels [Stoffels, Maren]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 2020-09-02T00:00:00+00:00

SOFIA

No one does anything. We just watch, stunned, as Dylan leaves.

Where is he going? Why did he explode like that?

I don’t get it. This isn’t the Dylan I know. The Dylan I know is patient and kind. He lets everyone push in front of him in line in the school cafeteria, he gives extra lunch money to freshmen, and he lends me and Quin his notes. So how can he suddenly change like that? When he hit Quin, it was like a scene in a movie.

I watch Dylan disappear into the darkness. He’s dragging his right leg more than usual. Quin must have kicked it. How far does he think he’s going to get without a flashlight? It’s pitch dark, especially off the main path.

I have to go after him. I have to bring him back.

“No. You’re staying here.” Nell sees what I’m thinking. “I don’t think it makes sense for the two of you to be around each other right now.”

Nell’s right—of course she is—but what I am supposed to do? This is all my fault. Dylan feels betrayed and I get that, but I never meant to hurt him. I just wanted to make a nice gift for him. I want to help him. I should be able to explain that to him, shouldn’t I?

“I’ll go,” says Quin. His face is a battlefield, and his T-shirt is covered in splashes of red.

“Is that such a great idea?” says Martin, looking at Quin’s nose. “He might attack you again.”

“It’s Dylan,” says Quin. “He won’t do that.”

“He didn’t seem to have a problem with it just now.”

“Something must be wrong. He doesn’t usually act that strange.”

Quin’s right. That’s definitely not the Dylan we know. Is it because he saw the photo? But why would that make him flip out? Or is it because I went into his room without asking? Was he scared I might find something there?

“Are you okay?”

A feeling of uneasiness comes over me when Quin looks at me with that worried expression. I don’t deserve it. Okay, Dylan’s reaction was over the top, but I was the one who tore our group apart.

I nod. “Be quick. And please bring him back.”

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