Ben Archer by Rae Knightly

Author:Rae Knightly [Knightly, Rae]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781989605028
Publisher: PoCo Publishers
Published: 2019-05-30T22:00:00+00:00

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Kimi was absent the following two days. Ben found himself deeply worried. He wondered how he had managed to upset her; for the life of him he couldn’t figure out what had set her off. He walked home, lost in thought, completely forgetting about Wes and Tyler until it was too late.

Cries of war surrounded him. He ducked with a yelp just as the two boys appeared out of nowhere and pounded him with snow bullets.

Not this time!

He plunged his hands in the snow and shoved it at them as fast as he could. Soon the three of them were flopping around like fish out of water, their arms flailing as they urgently reached for more ammunition to defend themselves. By the time they were finished, Ben lay flat on his back, laughing and hurting at the same time.

“Ah, this is no fun!” Wes said, grinning. “Two against one! Where’s that scardycat girlfriend of yours, Ben?”

Ben launched a handful of snow at him but Wes avoided it as he laughed.

“See ya!” Tyler yelled, and the two boys scampered away, pushing at each other playfully.

Ben remained on his back, catching his breath. A shadow hovered above his face and Mesmo came into view.

“Did those boys hurt you?” he asked.

“Nah,” Ben replied as he got himself off the ground and brushed snow away from his jacket. “I just wish I could get back at them, is all.”

They watched as the two boys walked away. Mesmo bent suddenly and placed his hands in the snow. A flash of blue emanated from them, shooting through the white ground towards a pine tree next to the boys. Ben swore the tree shivered. A mound of snow released from the branches right on to the boys’ heads. They yelled in shock as they were buried under a small heap.

Ben’s eyes bulged at the sight. He glanced in disbelief at Mesmo, then at the boys, then back at Mesmo.

You’ve got to be kidding me!

He fell over in a guffaw of laughter.

Wes and Tyler shouted at him angrily, their honour in shambles, as they struggled to get out of the mess. They hurried away, leaning on to each other, while Ben laughed his heart out.

“Did you see that?” he gasped, trying to catch his breath. “That was awesome!”

Mesmo stared at him quizzically. “You’re doing that thing again,” he noted.

Ben wiped his eyes. “What thing?”

“You’re laughing and crying at the same time.”

That only set Ben off again. “Oh boy, you have a lot to learn! Remind me to teach you about jokes some time.” He bent to pick up his backpack, which he had dropped on the field before the attack happened. “Come on, let’s get out of here.” He peeked over his shoulder to make sure Mesmo was heading off with his back turned. He straightened, holding a huge snowball in his hands. “Timber!” he yelled, throwing the big snowball at Mesmo. But it went right through the alien and landed in a useless heap on the other side.

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