Midsummer's Mayhem by Rajani LaRocca

Author:Rajani LaRocca
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: little bee books
Published: 2019-07-17T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 14

MAYHEM MANAGED

I paced the floor. Could my cookies have actually made people fall in love? It was one thing to hear stories about fairies and magical plants, but it was something else for me to do something that made people act loopy. And there were certainly plenty of people doing plenty of loopy things.

Fletcher and Cole had been eating my cookies when they both became obsessed with Jules. I plopped on my bed and pushed my hair out of my eyes.

What about Jules and Riya? Other than not talking to each other, they seemed to be their normal selves. Jules had been too busy getting everyone to play soccer to bother with the cookies. And Riya hadn’t eaten any because she’d been grossed out that I’d used an ingredient I’d found in the woods. I buried my face in my hands. My sisters would kill me if they discovered I was the reason why the boys were acting so zany. Not just because I’d messed up their love lives, but because Cole’s and Fletcher’s behavior had ruined the stuff that Jules and Riya excelled at, the stuff they cared about most, that made them who they were.

And Henry? He’d been so obnoxious and self-centered lately, so obsessed with his own reflection. What had he been doing when he ate his first cookie?

He’d been taking a selfie.

I slapped my forehead. I’d made Henry fall in love with himself! I put a pillow over my head. He’d been annoying enough at home since this happened; I bet that Lily and the other kids in the play were really fed up with him.

But . . . Vik, Mom, and I had all tasted the honeysuckle nectar, and Vik and I had even eaten some of the cookie dough, and we seemed to be fine. Or at least I thought so. And Dad had been acting weird since he’d come back from his trip to Houston—way before I’d found the honeysuckle.

I chewed on a strand of hair and turned the possibilities over in my mind until I thought my head would explode.

Bizarre as it was, the honeysuckle being the love flower was the only explanation that made sense. It couldn’t just be a coincidence.

I burrowed under the covers and curled up into a ball. I had poisoned everyone. It was the absolute worst thing a cook could do. This was way worse than making people throw up from pasta salad that sat in the sun too long. And based on the way the boys were acting, the effects weren’t going to wear off anytime soon.

I needed to fix things. Now!

But how?

My first thought was to ask Mom for help. But what could I tell her? I didn’t have any proof, and she would probably think I was hallucinating. And given how hard she was working, I didn’t need to add more stress to her life.

Maybe the boys needed to see a doctor? But I didn’t even think I could get Henry to go, let alone Cole and Fletcher.

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