The Wicked Cat by Christopher Pike

Author:Christopher Pike
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Aladdin

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At the arcade Adam caught up with Jessie, who was playing a game where she shot wolves that were trying to attack her. Adam stood and watched for a few minutes before speaking. He noticed that she just had to look at a machine to get to play another game. She didn’t have to put in any quarters.

“She must still have magical powers,” Adam said to himself. “I better be careful.”

“Adam walked over and said hello. She seemed happy to see him.

“Adam,” she said. “Where are your annoying friends?”

“Oh, they’re out doing stuff.” He paused. “I was wondering if you wanted to spend the day with me?”

Her eyes widened and she turned away from the game. “That sounds like fun. What do you want to do?”

“We could go down to the school,” he said. “You know it starts soon? You really should sign up.

She looked excited. “I haven’t gone to school in a long time. What do I need to do to sign up?”

“You just have to write your name on some papers. We can buy a few of our books while we’re there.”

Jessie frowned. “You have to buy your own books?”

“Not most of them. Just a few. At least that’s what Watch says. Come on, I have some extra cash.”

They walked toward the school. Along the way Jessie almost got run over twice by cars.

“They come so fast,” she complained. “I don’t know how you stay out of their way.”

“You have to watch the lights. You only go when they’re green.”

“I know that,” Jessie said stiffly.

Adam had to sign up for school anyway. He’d been meaning to drop by for the last couple of days. They were sent to the gym, where some teachers were sitting behind tables. If you wanted to be in a teacher’s class, you had to get in his or her line. They signed up for science, math, history, and English. For physical education Adam signed up for swimming, and put Jessie’s name down as well. Jessie wasn’t sure if she liked that choice.

“I don’t know how to swim,” she said.

“You’ll learn,” he said. “I’ll give you a lesson this afternoon.”

Jessie nodded but seemed uneasy.

Next they went to the book table. Adam really only had to buy one book but he bought a whole bunch to make it look as if school was harder than it was. He showed Jessie all the subjects they’d be studying.

“Algebra is hard,” he said darkly. “You’re going to have to study every night to keep up in that class.”

Jessie was distressed. “But the last time I went to school all we did in math was add and subtract. Where did all this other stuff come from?”

“People invented it,” Adam said. “And if someone invents something we all have to learn it. Let’s go back to the coffee shop and have something to eat and I’ll give you a few lessons.”

Jessie was interested. “Can we get a fish sandwich?”

“We can try,” Adam said.

But when they were seated in the coffee shop, Adam excused himself for a moment.

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