My So-Called Superpowers by Heather Nuhfer

Author:Heather Nuhfer
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Imprint

CHAPTER TEN

SSSSPEAKING OF PROBLEMSSSS

Ms. Watson had decided to make us sweat it out in her office.

“Shall we poke around?” Charlie asked, lifting a paper off her desk.

“No!” I smacked his hand. “Aren’t we in enough trouble already?”

“Everything is going to be fine, Veri.”

“Nuh-uh,” I said. “I can’t be found out now! I’m so close to becoming an Est. This dance means everything.”

“Wait, wait, wait,” Charlie said. “The dance? That’s what you’re most worried about? Not your magical superpowers?”

“They can wait until after the dance,” I said as calmly as I could.

“No. The dance can wait! Est junk can wait!” he said. “This is getting serious, Veri.”

“You are talking about serious?” I was astounded. “You’re the one who thinks this whole mess is awesome. I’m going through with the dance, Charles. My stupidpowers aren’t going to stop me.”

“Unbelievable,” Charlie muttered.

“What are we talking about in here?” Ms. Watson said. Charlie and I jumped.

“Nothing,” I said flatly. “Nothing at all.”

“Mr. Weathers, Ms. McGowan. What are we to do with you?” Ms. Watson asked as she got into her chair.

“Let us go home, perhaps?” Charlie said.

I lowered my head.

Ms. Watson didn’t even crack a smile. “What happened? And why do I have Betsy swearing that you were green and you destroyed her camera, Ms. McGowan?”

“Well,” I sputtered, “I was green…”

Charlie’s eyes nearly popped out of his head.

“… with envy,” I added. “Isn’t that how the saying goes? And I think it was just really apparent from my expression when Betsy photographed me.”

Charlie caught on quickly. “Yes! And we went to Betsy to ask her not to use those unflattering pictures of Veronica.”

“B-but by the time we were all together, the camera was already on the ground,” I said. Now that I was fibbing, I sensed a stupidpower flaring up. I felt sneaky and slimy, like a snake.

“If it was an accident, why would Betsy blame you for breaking the camera?” Ms. Watson asked.

“Because Betsy hatessssss me,” I actually hissed. I snapped my mouth closed and looked at Charlie, mentally telling him to take over.

“Uh, yes,” Charlie picked up where I left off. “Betsy bullies Veronica on a regular basis. Everyone in school knows that. Hates her guts, some would say.”

I nodded in silent agreement.

“And what was the scenario in which you ‘turned green’?” Ms. Watson added air quotes to her question.

I was scared to open my mouth. I needed to mind my s’s.

“I wa—I mean, at Bla—I mean, at … the café with … the formal club, when I got—” Crud. What was an s-less word for envious?

Luckily, Ms. Watson interpreted my awkwardness as embarrassment.

“So, you saw the Spring Formal Club? And you were jealous of them?” she asked.

“No. I’m on the S-SFC.” I managed a stutter instead of a hiss. The stupidpower was fading as long as I was telling the truth. “I, uh, wasn’t jealous of them, I guess.”

“What were you jealous of?” Ms. Watson asked in a voice that was oddly soothing.

I could feel Charlie staring at me. Wasn’t this

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