Iggy's World by Gail Anderson-Dargatz

Author:Gail Anderson-Dargatz
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781459821415
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Published: 2019-05-31T16:00:00+00:00

Episode Eight

I am recording another episode of Iggy’s World. But only because after Roach posted the last show this morning, my podcast went viral. Everyone’s listening to my podcast now.

Everyone, that is, except Mom and Dad. Obviously, they haven’t bothered to check out my show or I would have gotten at least one angry text. But not a peep. Dad didn’t even bother to check whether I took down the Cara episodes.

Whatever. I have a big following now. And I’m going to use it to get my revenge on my sister. If Cara wants war, then bring it. It’s war.

Here’s my plan. I know two things about my sister that she doesn’t think I know—her school schedule and the combination to the lock on her locker. And here’s a third thing I know about her: she hates crickets. I went home at lunch and brought my cricket house to school. Now, during my spare, I’m in the hallway. Everyone is in class, including my sister. But in just a few minutes, she’ll move on to band. She’ll come here, to her locker, to get her flute like she always does. Except this time, there’ll be a little surprise waiting for her.

I’ve got to work fast. I’ll just tuck my cell in my shirt pocket while I open her locker. Ew, disgusting. It reeks of perfume. And god, she’s even got a mirror and makeup kit in here. What does she do, apply makeup between each class? Probably. It’s got to take a lot of work to look that good all the time.

Okay, crickets! Out of your container and into Cara’s locker. Scuttle away. Find a place to hide.

I’ll just close Cara’s locker and wait over here by the janitor’s closet for the magic to begin. The bell should ring any minute.

You may be wondering why I would do this to my crickets. I mean, put them in a locker just to scare my sister. But don’t forget, I only keep them to feed my tarantulas and scorpions. And it’s not like they’re going to harm the environment if they get loose. There are crickets all over the place here.

Oh! There’s the bell. And there’s the thundering sound of feet as kids stampede down the hall to get to their next class. Where is she? Ah, there she is. She’s hard to miss, even in this school full of actresses. Everyone turns to watch her as she struts down the hall, as if she’s royalty or something. Just because she has a regular acting job and they don’t.

Cara has stopped at her locker. She’s turning the combination on her lock. Wait for it. Wait for it…

“What the hell? Eee!”

That is the sweet sound of success. My sister screaming after she reached into her locker and pulled out a flute case covered in crickets. And now the crickets are crawling all over her. And into her hair. They’re kind of sticky and weird when they cling onto you.

“Iggy! Where are you?!”

Damn, she sees me.

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