Jinxed by Amy McCulloch

Author:Amy McCulloch [McCulloch, Amy]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

DESPITE THE FACT THAT I HAVEN’T SLEPT a wink, I arrive at school extra early. I don’t want to miss a moment of what’s about to happen.

I’m not the only one. It feels like the entire school has turned up to see if any of the teams will steal some of Gemma’s team points. Carter is there with Hunter, sitting in the front row with the rest of his teammates – except for Gemma. He doesn’t look at me as I walk past him to take my seat – I’m beneath his gaze, not worth even looking at – but I take in every inch of the smug grin on his face, because I want to compare it exactly to what it looks like when it gets wiped off.

Mr Baird is in the centre of the gymnasium floor, dressed in a lab coat that falls to his knees, next to Gemma. On a jumbotron screen at the far end of the gymnasium are the point totals. At the moment, Team Gemma are the only ones with anything on the board.

One by one, the other team captains shuffle in with their team’s ‘repaired’ baku to be assessed. Mr Baird’s owl baku flies forwards and connects to the repaired baku’s leash. Then he projects their functionality. No one even gets close to 90%. I think Team Dorian actually made their baku worse off with their repairs.

The clock ticks past 8:15, 8:20, 8:25 . . . only five minutes until the bell sounds and time is up.

‘Looks like Ashley might not even show – what a coward,’ says Carter, just loud enough for most of the school to hear and titter away. I’ve bitten my fingernails down to the nailbed, and I have to sit on my hands before I destroy them any more.

What if something’s happened to Jupiter since we left them?

>>Only idiots could have broken what you fixed. I mean I wouldn’t put it past them to be idiots but . . .

Jinx doesn’t need to continue, because just then the doors open and Aero flies through. The baku takes my breath away every time. Almost as much as the guy who struts in behind, his head held high. I flick back to Carter, and see him shifting uncomfortably in his seat. His façade of bravado is wavering.

Tobias walks over and stands in front of Mr Baird.

Carter lets out an audible sigh of relief, and foolishly he stands up. I almost want to shout at him to sit down and stay with his team – and it seems like Gemma feels the same way. She’s hissing something furiously at him, but he waves her off. I relax back into my seat. I want to watch this spectacle play out, because I know what’s coming. ‘Come to forfeit in person, Toby? No hard feelings right, my man?’ Carter walks forward as he talks, cutting Tobias off before he can reach the stage, sticking out his fist to bump him. I frown, wondering what the story is between them.

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