Spells Like Teen Spirit by Ruby Blaylock

Author:Ruby Blaylock
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: JB Woods
Published: 2018-05-11T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Four

Ellie could see Holly’s strawberry-blonde hair, but her daughter’s face was buried in the sleeves of her crossed arms.

“She’s been pretty upset. I think it might be about a boy,” Theo whispered. “You might want to take her home, let her cry it out.”

Ellie was touched that the teacher would be so concerned. “I think I’ll do that,” she replied. Holly heard her mother’s voice and raised her head. “Hey, kiddo.”

Holly’s eyes were rimmed red and wet with tears. “Hey, Mom.”

“Ms. Watkins, did Holly tell you how well she did on the math exam last week?” Theo had moved to his desk and was running his finger along a row of names in an open ledger on the desktop. “She got 100 percent. And it was a tough test, too.” He smiled at Holly. “I’m really proud of how you’ve brought your grade up in here, Holly. I just thought your mom should know how well you’re doing.”

Holly blushed and wiped at her eyes. “Uh, thanks.”

Ellie raised one eyebrow. “Math? That is a surprise,” she muttered.

“It’s pretty impressive, actually. I mean, at the beginning of this quarter, Holly was barely scraping by with a D, but now her grade’s a solid B-plus. If she keeps this up, she’ll have an A in no time.” Theo flashed another godlike smile. “It makes my job feel worth it when I see students like Holly make such drastic improvements.”

Holly’s cheeks were flaming red now. “Yes, it is pretty drastic, isn’t it?” Ellie narrowed her eyes at her daughter and wondered if the love potion was the only thing Holly had bought from the online potion shop. Ellie thought she could recall the place selling something called Instant Recall, a potion to help you remember absolutely anything for a brief period of time.

Ellie turned her attention back to Theo. “If I could just speak with Holly alone for a minute, Mr. Greene?”

“Of course. I’ll go make sure everyone has gone to the pep rally. Take as long as you need, Ms. Watkins.”

“You can call me Ellie,” she replied, smiling. “Just Ellie’s fine.”

His smile beamed even brighter. “Okay, Ellie.”

She checked him out as he walked out the door and closed it behind him. Not bad.

“Eww, Mom, please don’t tell me you were looking at his butt!” Holly wiped her nose with the cuff of her sleeve. “That’s gross.”

Ellie frowned at her daughter. “No, that’s gross. Use a tissue. Now, young lady, I am very disappointed in you.”

“I’m so sorry, Mom! God, I just wanted to feel normal for once. I just wanted a normal boy to like me.” Holly’s face crumpled and she lurched for the box of tissues on her teacher’s desk.

“Holly, you can’t make someone like you using magic. Not with potions, not with spells. It’s not right. And what you did was dangerous. You caused fist fights. You caused bad decisions to be made. And you caused my blood pressure to go through the roof!”

Holly rolled her eyes. “I said I was sorry! And I realize now that it was a terrible, really stupid idea.

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