Lost City by Tracey West

Author:Tracey West [West, Tracey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781101652398
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Published: 2008-06-11T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINE:

FRIEND OR FOE?

“Okay. That was weird,” AJ said, as they walked back to the carousel.

“We’ve had people act nervous around us before,” Aly reminded her.

“Yeah, but usually those are fans of ours. And the kids from the Classical Music Center are definitely not fans!” AJ said.

Carrie and Jim walked over to them. “You did a fantastic job this morning,” Carrie said, putting her arms around them both. “The magazine cover is going to look great!”

“For sure!” Jim added. “What do you have planned for the rest of the day? Believe it or not, you’ve got some free time in your schedule.”

“We were hoping to go back to the Girls Rock Academy,” AJ said. “We wanted to look around some more and see if we could give Gigi a hand.”

Carrie nodded. “If that’s what you want to do, go enjoy yourselves.”

“But don’t forget about rehearsal tonight,” Jim reminded them.

“Don’t worry, Jim,” Aly said. “We’ll be there!”

After kissing Carrie good-bye and assuring Jim again that they’d be on time for practice that night, Aly and AJ left Central Park.

“Before we go back to the Academy, I think it’s time we pay a visit to our number-one suspect,” AJ said.

“We should definitely check out Melanie’s school and ask her a few questions,” Aly said. “But judging by the way she treated us on the street the other night, I don’t think she’ll be thrilled to see us!”

AJ shrugged. “We’ve got to check it out. It’s almost eleven now. We’ll stop by quickly before lunch.” She pulled the flyer from her jeans pocket. “I’ve got the address right here, so let’s go.”

The girls caught a cab and reached Melanie’s school in twenty minutes. It was a quiet ride, nothing like the ride they’d had with Murray.

The taxi dropped them off in front of a brownstone building, just a few blocks away from Gigi’s school.

The girls climbed the stairs and stood in front of the door. It was locked, so they’d have to be buzzed in. AJ scanned the list of businesses and people who lived in the building.

“Here it is, the School for Girls Who Rock,” AJ said. She pushed the bell next to the school’s name.

“Yes?” Melanie’s voice came over the intercom.

“Melanie? It’s Aly and AJ. We’d really like to talk to you,” Aly said in her friendliest voice possible.

There was silence for a moment. Then the buzzer sounded.

The girls opened the door and walked into the hallway. The brownstone was a five-story walk-up, and it didn’t look like there was an elevator. Luckily, Melanie’s school was located on the second floor.

The girls climbed the stairs. There weren’t many windows, and the hallways seemed kind of dark and depressing. The door to the school was the first one on the right. AJ knocked.

The door slowly swung open. Melanie stood there, wearing the same cat’s-eye glasses, torn jeans, and boots that the girls had seen her in the first time they had met. But now she had on a vintage-looking jersey with a picture of the 1950s actor James Dean on it.

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