The Strange Fascinations of Noah Hypnotik by David Arnold

Author:David Arnold [Arnold, David]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Published: 2018-05-22T00:00:00+00:00

Today’s visit with Mr. Elam ran long, and by the time I arrive at school, I’ve already missed first block and most of second. I wait it out in the car, then head to third block where I zone to Herr Weingarten’s titillating lecture on verb conjugation, instead channeling the commanding baritone of Mr. Elam: Ultimately, you figured you’d go . . . straight to the source.

I’ve posted a comment directly on the Fading Girl’s YouTube channel. I’ve walked right up to Mr. Elam. I’ve scoured the bonus materials of This Is Not a Memoir. But instead of directly investigating a local musician, I’ve been hyperfocused on the identity of some rando guy in a photograph that musician left behind.

A quick Google search under my desk and I have Pontius Pilot’s event schedule, which includes a standing gig at a bar in Lincoln Park called the Windy City Limits. He’s there every Tuesday night at eleven thirty.

Tomorrow night.

I make a clicking noise out of the side of my mouth. “Straight to the source.”

“Ja, Norbert?” says Herr Weingarten.

I look up to find the entire class looking at me. “What?”

“Hast du etwas gesagt?” he asks.

Shit. “Um, nein. Ich habe . . . nichte . . . sagte . . . um, nichte.”

The class chuckles, and Danny Dingledine raises his hand, which ramps up the chuckling, and then Danny asks for permission to “use the facilities for a big-time Nummer zwei,” and the class becomes one chuckle united. Even Klaus—who’s proven as big a competent turd as we feared—gets in on the action, and Herr Weingarten rubs his temples, and I’d feel bad for the guy, but all this productivity has me feeling a little drunk at the moment.

That, plus Mr. Elam’s bourbon.

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