The Bully Bug by David Lubar

Author:David Lubar
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781429993135
Publisher: Tom Doherty Associates

Twelve

SLIPPING THROUGH THE CRACKS

More hairs had started growing on my arms. Lots more. I couldn’t go through the school day like that. I turned my head to look at my face in the mirror.

Oh man.

No way. For a minute, I froze. I just couldn’t believe what I saw. But it was real. I’d turned my head around without turning my body. Whoa. I didn’t like that at all. I turned my head back around, then carefully turned my whole body. I checked the mirror. I was drooling so bad, I looked like some kind of stuck water fountain. Between the hairs and the spit, there was no way I wanted people staring at me. I had to get out. I figured I could hang around somewhere nearby and wait for the nerd. I’d get in trouble later for cutting class, but that kind of trouble was nothing. Not when you looked at what I was going through right now.

I peeked past the bathroom door to make sure nobody was in the hall, then slipped out.

Next thing I knew, I heard footsteps coming toward me. I ran down the hall the other way and headed for the gym. There was another door at the side of the gym, next to the bleachers.

Oh man. It was locked. I was doomed. The steps were following me. Teachers are like bloodhounds. Once they think there’s someone they can catch, they never stop chasing. I looked at the bottom of the door and saw a gap. At least half an inch.

Bugs could get in and out of just about anywhere. I’d seen it a million times. Bugs and hamsters. Bud and I had pet hamsters once. They got right out of their cage. I saw them slip under the opening—flat as a stomped soda can.

The footsteps came closer. I had to try. I dropped on my stomach and pushed my head against the bottom of the door. I halfway hoped it wouldn’t work. Because if I could do it, that meant I was a lot less normal than I wanted to be. As I pushed, I felt something flattening in my head. It was like my skull was made of plastic. Man. It was weird. I closed my eyes and pushed harder. Even with my eyes closed, I could tell my head wasn’t in the gym anymore. Everything was brighter. I opened one eye. My head had made it through the crack under the door. I kept pushing. I got my arms through. I didn’t want to look back, but I couldn’t help myself.

I wish I hadn’t. It was like my body was cut in half. My chest was partway through, but it disappeared under the door. I pulled the rest of myself through real fast before I could think too much about everything inside me squishing down. I didn’t see how it could be very healthy. But at least I’d gotten out of the building.

As I slid my feet out through the crack, my sneakers got stuck.

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