My So-Called Haunting by Tamsyn Murray

Author:Tamsyn Murray
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9781848120921
Publisher: Piccadilly Press
Published: 2010-07-14T23:00:00+00:00

You know when you’re looking forward to something but dreading it at the same time? After Nico had walked me home from the gig and we’d stopped under practically every tree along my road to check we hadn’t forgotten how to snog, I’d almost floated through Sunday. Even Mary’s blatantly disapproving glowers weren’t enough to bring me down. It served her right if she’d seen more than she’d bargained for – she shouldn’t have been spying on me. But Monday morning brought a cold dose of reality. Nico and I hadn’t discussed how we were going to handle things at school. I thought we were officially going out but maybe he didn’t agree? How would my classmates react? More importantly, what would Ellie do?

I already knew how Megan felt about it – she’d snuck out of her little sister’s birthday party on Sunday afternoon to pump me for every last detail on MSN. I swear I could hear her shrieks of excitement all the way from her house.

‘Have you seen him yet?’ she hissed as I joined the line for morning registration outside our classroom. ‘Ellie is going to implode when she finds out!’

‘Which is why I’d rather she didn’t until I’ve had a chance to speak to Nico,’ I whispered back, casting an uneasy glance over Megan’s shoulder at the back of Ellie’s glossy head. ‘Maybe it was just a one-night thing.’

Megan rolled her eyes. ‘Oh, please. You can’t keep away from each other, of course it wasn’t a one-night thing.’ She pursed her lips mischievously and opened her mouth to sing. ‘He looooves yooou!’

‘Shhh!’ I whacked her arm to shut her up, but it was too late. Ellie was watching us through narrowed eyes.

‘What’s going on, freak?’

I threw Megan a ‘thanks very much’ look. ‘Nothing.’

Ellie stepped closer. ‘I hope you aren’t getting any ideas about Nico. He’s only bothering with you because he feels sorry for you, that’s all.’

‘Oh yeah?’ Megan chipped in smugly before I could say anything. ‘He feels so sorry for her that he asked her out and then snogged her face off all night, did he?’

I glared at Megan, but she just shrugged. So much for keeping things quiet.

Ellie’s expression could have soured milk. ‘I don’t believe it.’

‘Ask him yourself, then,’ Megan smirked. ‘He’s coming now.’

My heart leaped crazily in my chest and I turned round. Megan was right, Nico was heading towards us.

Ellie didn’t waste any time. ‘Hi, Nico,’ she purred up at him. ‘You know, if you’re looking for company I wouldn’t mind . . .’

Her voice trailed off as Nico completely ignored her. Eyes intent on me, he closed the distance and, in one fluid movement, bent his head to mine and kissed me.

The corridor fell silent as I slid my arms around his neck and lost myself once again. Then I heard Mr Exton clearing his throat. ‘Albescu. This isn’t the time or the place.’

Sniggers broke out around us and we broke apart. Nico flashed a private smile at me. ‘See you later?’

Dazed, I nodded and watched as he made his way down the corridor.

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