Mutation: A Kid Sensation Novel (Kid Sensation #2) by Kevin Hardman

Author:Kevin Hardman [Hardman, Kevin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: I&H Recherche Publishing
Published: 2014-01-13T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 19

The rest of the week passed by without incident, and by the time the weekend rolled around, I had fallen into a routine:

Wake up.

Breakfast.

Classes.

Lunch.

Classes.

Dinner.

Homework/Study.

Lights out.

Rinse and repeat.

There were only slight variations in this pattern, such as perhaps squeezing in a little time at the gym, a pick-up game of basketball, or just hanging out with Smokey and Adam.

As to Electra, we were both fairly busy so we agreed to simply try to have lunch and dinner together at least once during the week. (Naturally, we talked on the phone every night.)

All in all, I felt I had adjusted well in a short period of time. Therefore, it should have surprised no one that I was in my room getting ready for bed when someone knocked on my door just ten minutes before curfew on Friday night. I reached out empathically, quickly recognizing the emotions of the two people on the other side. I opened the door and let Smokey and Adam in.

Adam looked me up and down. I was in a t-shirt and boxers, which I normally wore to bed.

“Get some clothes on,” he said. “We’re going out.”

“Out where?” I asked, puzzled.

“To fulfill a tradition,” Adam said.

“Another tradition? It’s almost curfew!” I stressed.

“And?”

I looked at Smokey for support. “Adam’s right. You should get some clothes on,” he said.

When I still didn’t move, Adam began explaining. “Listen, after the first week of school, it’s standard operating procedure for all the students to sneak out that Friday night. It started out as just a thing for lovebirds - students who were dating - but eventually branched out to everyone.”

“Dude, you were in that meeting in Magnavolt’s office the other day,” I said. “My presence here is already controversial. I don’t need to give them a reason to kick me out.”

Adam was undaunted. “Point A: I recall that they told you not to worry about it, that they’d sort it out. B: nobody gets kicked out for breaking curfew. At worst, they’ll just give you some punishment like detention for a week.”

Again, I looked at Smokey for assistance. We had filled him and Electra in on what had happened with Pace, so none of this was news to him. However, his silence indicated that I wasn’t going to get any help from his corner.

“Let’s try this from another angle,” Adam said. “You have a thing for Electra, right?”

I frowned. “I don’t know about a ‘thing,’ but–”

“But you do like her?” Adam asked again.

“I guess.”

“Then you’d better come.”

At this point, Smokey decided to put in his two cents. “Like he said, this ritual did start off being a thing for lovebirds, so if you like someone it’s tradition - and expected - that you break curfew and go meet them.”

“Meet them where?”

“You’ll see,” Smokey replied.

*****

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