The Ghostly Grammar Boy by Sandra Thompson

Author:Sandra Thompson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, mystery, school, supernatural, high school, ghost, australia, suspense thriller, whodunnit, mystery suspense, twin, school based mystery, australia fiction, australian characters, supernatural ablities, ghost adventure, ghost action, school romance, australia author, school fantasy

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

Megan and Jason's secret love affair was making me very uncomfortable. Sure, it was fine now, while they were just whispering and possibly making out, but it wouldn't be so funny when they realised they were wrong for each other. When they realised that Jason could never be fulfilled by someone who didn't understand him and that they'd made a terrible, irreversible mistake, the fighting would begin—and then our group would be ruined.

So when I stumbled upon their love session behind the science labs, I'd had a natural reaction: I panicked and ran for it before they saw me. I'd been so shocked and upset that I hadn't even been able to bring myself to tell anyone all day.

Now it was last period—the first time I'd seen Jason since that horrifying moment. We were in English and were supposed to be practising our monologues in small groups on the school oval. In other words, we were talking and not doing any work. Jason, Brooke, and I were lying in our regular lunchtime spot, under the gum trees. We were all dreading the due date for our monologue performances, which meant we were far too stressed to actually start working on them. It was a dilemma I faced in most of my subjects. It seemed like as good a time as any to bring up the topic of Megan. I wanted to gauge Jason's reaction.

'Megan's really good at monologues.' I announced abruptly.

Even though I'd been hoping for an interesting reaction from Jason, I hadn't expected how enthralled he would become at the mention of Megan's name. He sat bolt upright from his reclined position, rested his elbow on his knee and, with his chin in his hand, leant in towards me, in fascination.

'Really? That's so interesting! Tell me more!' he gushed.

And he wasn't being sarcastic.

I was taken aback. My mouth flailed as I tried to think of what to say. Jason continued to stare at me, riveted by my story of Megan. Luckily, at that moment the school bell rang.

I hadn't reckoned on Jason's obsession with Megan. Despite my protests, Jason insisted on walking me home so that we could continue talking about Megan. The love bug must have bitten Jason really hard, because my house was in totally the opposite direction from his. Although, interestingly, I did live rather close to Megan.

As we started walking home, I couldn't help but notice the uncharacteristic spring in Jason's step. I felt a pang of dread. The source of Jason's happiness was so wrong. This could only end in disaster for them, and our group. Brooke, who accompanied us, chatted away happily, oblivious to both Jason's mood, and my sense of foreboding. Her mum had given her a mortifying lecture yesterday about approaching 'womanhood'. Parents were so embarrassing sometimes. I could totally sympathise with Brooke's pain, but it hadn't been all bad for her. Brooke's lecture had ended in a surprise rise in her clothing allowance. If only all of my mum's creepy lectures ended in pocket money, I'd be a millionaire by now.

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