Love Inc. by Yvonne Collins

Author:Yvonne Collins
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9780749040703
Publisher: Allison & Busby
Published: 2011-11-12T22:00:00+00:00

Kali is so engrossed in her conversation with Miller that she doesn’t notice Syd and me approaching her locker.

‘Looks like you were wrong,’ I whisper to Syd. ‘This one’s lasted an entire week, and she’s not sick of him yet.’

‘Well, she better get sick of him fast,’ Syd says, waving to get Kali’s attention. ‘The countdown’s started.’

Kali holds up a couple of fingers to signal she needs more time – time we don’t have. We’ve decided to deliver Drake’s ‘exchange’ before the school day ends.

Syd marches the last few feet and grabs Kali’s arm. ‘Sorry, Miller, she’s needed in surgery. She’ll call you later.’

‘Oh my God, could you be any ruder?’ Kali asks, as Syd hustles us around the corner. ‘I was in the middle of breaking up with him, and you know that has to be handled with care.’

‘Breaking up?’ Syd asks. ‘Were you ever going out?’

‘We had lunch together three days this week, in case you hadn’t noticed I was missing from your table,’ Kali says.

‘What went wrong?’ Syd asks. ‘Were his biceps too perfect?’

Kali ignores the sarcasm and says, ‘It was truly tragic: he turned out to be a horrible kisser.’ She gives a little shiver. ‘We’re talking snake tongue.’

‘When did the saliva swap take place?’ Syd asks. ‘I don’t recall your mentioning a date.’

Grinning mischievously, Kali sets the stage. ‘Picture the science lab, two hours ago. He was coming in, I was heading out. He said I look cute in my costume today. I said he looks cute every day, and since the place was empty, we did our own little chemistry experiment. Unfortunately, the results weren’t what I’d hoped for.’

‘Couldn’t you look at his arms and pretend?’ I ask.

Kali shakes her head. ‘You know as well as I do that it’s either there or it isn’t. Nice packaging can’t create a spark where it doesn’t exist.’

Syd is walking so fast we can barely keep up now. ‘We’ve only got four minutes before the next period starts,’ she says. ‘Give me the glue and let’s move.’

Nearly running, Kali somehow manages to locate the superglue she’s kept in her bag since our attack on Miss Daisy. ‘Remember,’ she says, as we part, ‘Mr Dennis keeps a seating plan in his top desk drawer.’

Syd and I take up positions around the corner while Kali lets out a piercing wail and collapses with a clatter against the lockers closest to the geography classroom.

Mr Dennis is out of his room in a shot. ‘Kalista! Are you all right?’

Kali turns on the drama machine with so much squealing and clutching of stomach that we easily sneak into the classroom. I pull open the top drawer, find the seating plan, then stand guard. Working quickly but carefully, Syd applies a thin line of glue to the edges of the seat where Drake’s ex-girlfriend normally sits.

We slip out of the room to find Kali giving an animated account of her abdominal pain. Mr Dennis looks queasy.

‘We’ll take her to the nurse’s office,’ I say.

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