Freaks and Shrieks by R.L. Stine

Author:R.L. Stine [Stine, R. L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-307-49557-0
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 2005-09-14T16:00:00+00:00

THE WEEK DRAGGED BY. I felt like I was moving in slow motion.

Nicky and Tara kept begging me to go with them to Dr. Smollet's lab Saturday morning. But I tried to shove that thought out of my mind.

All I could think about was performing magic tricks for Ballantine and going to Traci's cousin's party.

Thursday after school, I went home with Aaron. I wanted to show him the tricks I planned to do for Ballantine.

Aaron looked even weirder than usual. That's because he still had the cell phone glued to his ear.

“It's kinda nice for making calls,” he said as we climbed the stairs to his room. “I never have to look for the phone. But it's hard to power up. I have to lean my head close to the charger and hold it there for about an hour.”

“How long are you going to keep it there?” I asked.

Aaron shrugged. “My doctor tried everything to remove it. But he couldn't do it. He called the glue company to send someone to look at me. Maybe they can help.”

I set up my tricks on Aaron's desk. He sat down on his bed to watch.

“Is that a new Jennifer Garner poster?” I asked, pointing to the wall behind his bed. Aaron had taped posters and pictures over the entire wall.

“Yeah,” Aaron said. “Check it out.”

I stepped up to the poster. It was a scene from the first season of Alias. Jennifer Garner's hair was blowing behind her. She had a shiny gun in her hand.

“Hey!” I read the handwriting near the bottom. It was a message written in blue ink: To Aaron, Love always—Jennifer.

“Wow!” I cried, turning to Aaron. “She signed this for you?”

He shook his head. “No. I wrote that. Cool, huh?”

“Yeah. Sure,” I said. I walked back to the desk. “Here's a new trick. I made it up just for Ballantine.”

I held up two drinking glasses. “The Amazing Moving Water Trick!” I announced. “Watch carefully.”

The glass on the left was filled with water. I held a red handkerchief in front of the glasses, hiding them from view.

“The water moves in mysterious ways!” I boomed in my loud magician's voice. I whipped the handkerchief away—and both glasses were now half full.

“Awesome,” Aaron said. “The water really did move.”

“Keep watching,” I said. I hid the glasses behind the handkerchief. “Move, water!” I shouted. I pulled the handkerchief away—and all the water was now in the second glass.

“Awesome!” Aaron repeated. He clapped his hands. “How do you do that?”

“Wait. I'm not finished,” I said. I lowered the handkerchief again and said some magic words. This time, both glasses were empty. The water had disappeared.

Aaron jumped to his feet. “That is way cool!” he exclaimed. He slapped me on the back. I staggered into the desk, and both glasses started to tumble off.

Luckily, I made a great catch and grabbed them before they fell.

“Ballantine will go ape for that trick!” Aaron said.

“Please don't mention monkeys,” I begged.

He stared at me. “Huh? Excuse me?”

“Never mind,” I said.

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