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Lesley had only laughed "Oh, cooing on You’re head over heels in love with the guy!"
But how could I be in love with a boy I’d only known for a few days? A boy whose behavior was ih at those moments when it wasn’t he was just so … so … so incredibly--
"Here I a-roo on Muave a small start of surprise and stared his way
"What’s the ," she said "I thought I saw a shadow, that’s all"
"Really?" I looked at Xeed one shoulder and grinned "It’s nearly full moon Sensitive people can sometimes see us then, usually just out of the corners of their eyes Then if they lookfroolden curls sees and senseson When I put a claw on her shoulder, just to find out ould happen, she reached up to the place … not that that surprises ly at Caroline A sensitive child--not that she’d inherited Great-aunt Maddy’s talent for seeing visions
"Now co, and Great-aunt Maddy threw herself into the story of sadistic Hazel with her best Sunday dress on, standing up to her neck in the liquid , "Just you wait, Madeleine, I’ll pay you back for this!"
"And so she did, too," said Great-aunt Maddy "More than once"
"But we’ll listen to that story another tio to bed You have school in the hed, Great-aunt Maddy loudest of all
FRIDAY WAS PIZZA DAY, and no one skipped school lunch Pizza was about the only edible dish the school ever served I knew that Lesley would die for that pizza, so I didn’t let her stay in the classroom with me I had a date with James there
"Go and have lunch," I said "I’d hate for you to miss pizza on my account"
"But then there’ll be no one here to act as lookout for you And I want to hear reen sofa--"
"Look, with the best will in the world, I can’t tell you any ain It’s so romantic!"
"Go eat that pizza!"
"You absolutely olden rule: never kiss a boy if you don’t have his phone number"
"Delicious cheese and pepperoni…," I said
"But--"
"Xe to the sill where he was sitting, chewing the end of his pointy tail and looking bored
Lesley caved in "Okay ButMrs Counter’s pointer about does no one any good! And if anyone sees what you’re up to, you’ll be carted off to the loony bin in short order, re her out of the doorway just as Jalad we’d be on our own this ti in! She treats me like thin air"
"That’s because so far as she’s concerned you are … oh, forget it!"
"Well, so how can I help you today?"
"I thought maybe you could tell hteenth century"
"Hello?"
"Yes Hello Hi Good evening You must knohat people used to say when theyhands, a bow, a curtsey, Your Highness, Your Serene Highness … it’s all so co"
James had a self-satisfied expression on his face "Not if you do as I tell you The first thing you should know is how to curtsey to a gentleman of the same social rank as your own"
"Oh, wonderful," said Xemerius "The only problem is, hoill Gwyneth knohat his social rank is?"
James stared at him "What’s that? Shoo, kitty, shoo! Go away!"
Xely "What did you say?"
"Oh, James, take a closer look," I said "This is oyle demon Xemerius, this is James, another friend of mine"
James shook a handkerchief out of his sleeve, and the scent of lilies of the valley wafted through the air "Whatever it is, I want it to go away It rehtmare, a feverish dream in which I have to teach a pert hed "Ja to face the facts? Over two hundred years ago, you may have had a feverish dream, but since then you’ve been … well, you and Xemerius are both … you’re--"