Help! I'm Trapped in My Sister's Body by Todd Strasser

Author:Todd Strasser
Language: eng
Format: mobi
ISBN: 9780590921671
Publisher: Apple
Published: 1997-05-22T04:00:00+00:00

22

"Let me guess." Our principal arched a skeptical eyebrow. "You're doing another writing experiment?"

"Uh . . . " Jessica, Andy, Josh, and I exchanged panicked looks. Josh reached toward the red button on the DITS.

"Get away from that machine, Josh," the principal ordered. "You know you're not supposed to fool around with it."

Josh stepped away from the DITS.

"And you two." Mr. Blanco turned to my sister and me. "Out of those chairs, now!"

We got out of the chairs. Mr. Blanco crossed his arms. "All right, kids. I'm waiting for an explanation. And it better be good."

"Well, you see . . . " Andy began, but then trailed off.

"It all started when . . . " Jessica, in my body, couldn't continue either.

Mr. Blanco turned to Josh. "Want to give it a try?"

Josh shook his head. He wasn't even going to bother making up an excuse. Mr. Blanco looked at me next. "How about you, Jessica?"

I bent my sister's head and stared down at the floor. "It's all my fault, Mr. Blanco."

The principal looked surprised. "Go on, Jessica."

"Well, if you really want to know the truth," I continued, "I just really miss middle school. It's not the same over at the high school. It's so big and impersonal over there. I wanted to come back here because I have such fond memories."

Mr. Blanco blinked with surprise. "I see."

"I mean, it's not like we were doing anything wrong," I said as sincerely as possible. "I just wanted to come back and feel like an eighth-grader again."

Mr. Blanco pressed his lips together thoughtfully. "I guess it's not easy growing up."

I nodded Jessica's head sadly. Out of the corner of my sister's eye I caught my friends giving each other amazed looks, as if they couldn't believe I was going to talk my way out of this.

Meanwhile, Mr. Blanco rubbed his chin thoughtfully and seemed moved by my words. "You really loved it here, didn't you, Jessica?"

"Yes." I nodded my sister's head some more.

"You'd probably like to come back again," Mr. Blanco said. "Am I right?"

"Oh, yes, Mr. Blanco," I said dramatically. "More than anything!"

"Well, good," the principal said. "Because Monday morning I'm going to call Principal Smilely over at the high school and arrange for you to come back."

Huh? That didn't make sense.

"Uh, er, that's great," I replied uncertainly.

In my body, Jessica muttered unhappily. "No, it's not, meatbrain."

"It's not?" I frowned.

Mr. Blanco nodded. "I think what your brother means, Jessica, is that by the time your week of detention is over, you probably will have had enough of this place for a long, long time."

A week of detention? I felt my sister's jaw drop.

But wait! By then Jessica and I would have switched back into our own bodies. I wouldn't be serving that detention, Jessica would! I put my sister's hand over her mouth to hide her smile.

"You see, Jessica," the principal continued. "When I told you before that I didn't want you wandering around school, I meant it. Just because you're a tenth-grader at the high school doesn't mean that you're not subject to school rules.

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