The Final Mission by R.A. Spratt
Author:R.A. Spratt [Spratt, R. A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781760147662
Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia
April was all for confronting her mother straightaway at the end of class, but Fin got to her first.
âWalk away,â he whispered, as he grabbed April by the upper arm and steered her from where Mum was wiping her notes off the whiteboard. Fin tried to pull April into the tide of students pouring out of class and moving on to their next lesson.
But April never took kindly to being manipulated or manhandled. Really anything with the prefix âmanâ didnât work for her. She simply twisted Finâs thumb until he squealed in pain then brushed him aside.
âNo way,â said April. âIâm having this out. She canât knobble our science teacher and get away with it.â
âYou hated Ms Quinn,â Fin pointed out.
âI hate everyone,â argued April. âShe canât go around incapacitating everyone I despise. Sheâd unleash a one-woman pandemic of violence.â
But Fin could be stubborn too. He grabbed hold of Aprilâs backpack, which halted her forward momentum.
âWhat are you doing?â demanded April.
âDonât do what youâre about to do,â said Fin. âDonât make a scene. Think of the consequences.â
April rarely thought of consequences. Certainly not before doing things. She often thought about consequences afterwards and how bitterly unfair they were. For April consequences so often meant punishments of some kind. Fin grabbing hold of her backpack had slowed her down just enough for her rational mind to catch up with what her body had been about to do, or rather her mouth had been about to say. April hated it when Fin was right, but she realised he was â she shouldnât make a scene. Not here. She could make one later at home.
âFine,â said April, whacking Finâs hands out of the way. She stomped from the classroom, pausing at the door to glare hard at their mother. April called out, âIâll see you at home. And Iâll have questions.â
âBye, sweetie,â said Mum. âIâd love to answer all your Latin grammar questions.â
April just growled.
Fin followed her out the door. He didnât make eye contact with Mum. For some reason seeing her pretend to be the bumbling academic again just made him want to cry. It reminded him what a lie the first twelve years of life had been.
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