Miss Fortune by Brandi Dougherty

Author:Brandi Dougherty [Dougherty, Brandi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-545-35700-5
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 2011-02-08T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHT

Zoe woke up at six the next morning. She had tossed and turned her way through another night. She was scared — really terrified — and she couldn’t stop thinking about the text message. What could possibly happen next? she thought over and over again as she stared at the geometric shapes on Mia’s bedroom wall, but she really didn’t want to know the answer.

It was just beginning to get light out as Zoe lay on her stomach on the air mattress next to Mia’s bed with her notebook in front of her. She thought she would try to take her mind off of everything and work on some notes for her film edits while she waited for Mia to wake up.

Zoe began doodling, her mind wandering as she tried to concentrate on ideas for her film. After what seemed like just a few minutes, Zoe realized she had completely zoned out and hadn’t been thinking of anything at all — and especially not her film. She shook her head and glanced down at the paper in front of her.

Zoe gulped.

Without even realizing it, she had drawn the symbol of the snake eye over and over again. Her stomach seemed to turn upside down, and she dropped her pen in shock. She stared down at the thick, dark lines of the symbol on the page. Suddenly, something struck her. It was the same symbol that had been on the book — that small, dusty leather-bound book from the bookstore. The man had said the book was in Italian. The Great Serafina was Italian! I come from a long line of Italian fortunetellers, she had told Mia. Maybe the book would give them more information about the curse! It might even contain the spell to break the curse!

Zoe sat up and stared at Mia, hoping somehow to will her awake. It didn’t work. Zoe didn’t want to annoy Mia by waking her up so early — she knew Mia was just as exhausted as she was, but she also couldn’t keep this new information to herself. Then she noticed just how bright Mia’s room was. Maybe it’s later than I thought, Zoe realized. How long have I been lying here drawing this stupid symbol?

Zoe got up and opened Mia’s fuchsia-and-orange-striped curtains, flooding the room with strong sunlight. It was definitely later than she thought.

Mia opened her eyes and squinted at the sun. “What time is it?”

“I was just wondering the same thing.”

Mia reached over to her alarm clock and turned the face toward her. “Whoa, it’s already ten.”

Zoe was floored. She really had drawn the symbol for hours, then.

“So, I had an idea.” Zoe walked over and sat on the corner of Mia’s bed, trying to forget about her lost morning. “You know that book we saw at the bookstore?”

“Yeah?” Mia asked hesitantly.

“It had the snake eye symbol on it, and it was in Italian.”

Mia stared at Zoe with tired eyes.

“Serafina’s Italian!” Zoe said. “Remember?”

“Oh yeah.” Mia seemed to be waking up a little bit at a time.

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