The Witches of Santa Anna ( BKs 1-7 Complete Set) by Lauren Barnholdt

Author:Lauren Barnholdt
Language: eng
Format: mobi, pdf
Published: 2011-03-18T04:00:00+00:00

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At lunch I have to play the game. Sit with all of these people I don’t even like.

Well, except for Aiden. But Aiden is kind of the low man on the totem pole and so everyone just goofs on him the whole time.

Which sucks for him. He wouldn’t even be at this table if he wasn’t my friend—

not that it’s done him much good. Unless maybe there’s satisfaction in hanging with the cool crowd even when they all treat you like dirt?

Aiden’s eating a Ding Dong and chasing it with a few big gulps of milk.

Bryan Forsythe, an all-star hockey player, elbows him. “Yo, you need to wipe your mouth, son. It looks like you just ate a doo-doo sandwich.”

“Shit, it does!” one of the other guys’ laughs.

The girls roll their eyes.

“Whatever, it tastes good,” Aiden says, but I can tell the comment bugged him. A couple minutes later he wipes his mouth with a little green napkin his mom probably packed for him. Something about this makes me sad.

And then there’s Raine and the Triad. They sit with us and make jokes about the ugly girls and dorky kids and we all laugh. I pretend to cough.

The whole time I can’t help but be distracted because Brody’s sitting with Natalia and her friends. It should be me over there. I know she likes me. I can feel it when we’re together.

She said she might like Brody, though.

How can she like him? The guy is such a fake. I have a feeling he knows about Raine and her friends, too. He’s got something to do with all of this, I just feel it in my bones.

“—space cadet?” Teri says.

I only hear part of it, but suddenly everyone at the lunch table is staring at me.

“Huh?” I say.

They all laugh.

Teri shakes her head. “Told you.”

Raine rolls her eyes. “He’s just not feeling well. Right, honey?” She takes a forkful of salad and daintily puts it in her mouth and chews.

“Yeah. Not feeling good.” I fake a cough.

Aiden gives me a quizzical look. “Since when? You seemed fine this morning.”

I give him a short kick in the shin under the table. “I was coughing like a madman this morning on the drive over. Remember?”

He makes a face. “Oh. Right. Yeah, yeah. I forgot. You practically hacked up a lung.”

Lancaster, one of the best receivers on our team, raises his eyebrows. “Dude, you can’t afford to be sick right now. Coach is gonna eat you alive if you keep slacking.”

“I’m not slacking. I’m sick.”

“He doesn’t care if you’re missing a kidney. Big game this weekend. Right?”

“I’ll be up for it. Don’t worry.”

“I’m not the one who should be worried, dude.” Lancaster pops a fry in his mouth. He’s big and blond, with a head the size of a lion’s, and almost no neck, like a tank. “Just sayin’.”

“And I’ll be good to go. Just sayin’,” I tell him.

“Football’s so boring,” Becca says, wrinkling her nose. “What about the homecoming dance next week?”

All of the guys groan.

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