everyone in the quad.
‘Nice,’ Eve said, blushing as she straightened up. ‘Oh, there’s Jess.’ She pointed across the Deepdene High parking lot. A group of kids – all seniors except for Jess – were gathered around Seth’s Escalade – the Cadillac SUV was Seth’s pride and joy – enjoying the afternoon sunshine and the fact that classes were over for the day.
When they walked over, they found the group in the middle of a debate about who should be eligible to be prom queen. ‘What I’m saying is that if a senior guy takes a freshman girl, she should be able to be queen if he’s king,’ Seth said.
Eve smiled. Seth was making it sound all theoretical, but it was clear he was talking about him and Jess.
‘That’s not how it works,’ Lindsey Vissering, captain of the cheerleading squad and a senior, told Seth. ‘Forget the freshman-senior part of it for a minute. The prom queen is not the date of the prom king. The—’
‘Hold up. My sister was prom queen and the guy she went with was prom king,’ Dave Perry protested. ‘If you don’t believe me, just come to our house. There are about a million pictures of them with their crowns on.’
‘But that wasn’t because they were a couple,’ Lindsey explained. ‘Prom queen and king are voted on separately. So a couple might end up queen and king, but not because they’re a couple, because they both happened to get the most votes.’
‘Well, why doesn’t anyone who’s there get the chance to win?’ Seth challenged.
‘Because it’s the Senior Prom. Senior ,’ Carrie Carrothers, also a senior – a senior who happened to be a likely pick for prom queen – told him.
‘Then if I’m elected prom king, I have to do that spotlight dance, or whatever it’s called, with—’ Seth began.
‘Who cares about the spotlight dance?’ Dave interrupted. ‘Who cares about the dance period? I’m all about the after party. Some of the guys were talking about that clearing in the woods instead of the beach because it’s more private. But my parents are all freaked about the arsonist. You guys heard about the fire, right?’
Eve’s heart fluttered. The arsonist, that was her – burning the woods on her anger-filled rampage.
‘In science, Ms Whittier was saying maybe it wasn’t arson. We had that weird heat wave, and she said that could have set up the conditions for a spontaneous wildfire,’ Carrie told the group.
Eve stopped listening to the conversation. The back of her neck was prickling and she had the overwhelming sensation that someone was watching her. She looked over her shoulder. At first she didn’t see anyone looking her way, then she spotted Simon. He was crouched down behind a car over at the edge of the lot.
Only he wasn’t staring at her. He was staring at Jess, who had her arm around Seth’s waist, laughing at something he’d just said. Eve shivered. Simon seemed to get more obsessed with Jess every day. That slimy demon killed the animals in the woods , she reminded herself. It must have killed Pumpkin too. Pumpkin was killed in exactly the same way. Simon’s obsessed, but not animal-murdering crazy .
Even so, Eve promised herself to keep an extra close watch on Jess. Nothing bad was going to happen to the best friend of the Deepdene Witch!
Luke glanced at his watch. ‘We should get going.’
Eve nodded. Alanna was meeting them at Ola’s Ice Cream Shop in about ten minutes. She signalled to Jess, who gave Seth a quick kiss, then headed over to Eve and Luke.
‘I told Seth I needed to study for finals with you two. Just in case it comes up,’ Jess said as they started for Ola’s.
‘At least there’s no final in history. Only that report.’ Eve stopped walking, horrified.
‘What?’ Luke asked, looking around as if a demon might come popping out from under a car.
‘I forgot to give the report in. And you know how Mr Zhang is about getting things in on time,’ Eve said. ‘I have to run back and get it to
‘Nice,’ Eve said, blushing as she straightened up. ‘Oh, there’s Jess.’ She pointed across the Deepdene High parking lot. A group of kids – all seniors except for Jess – were gathered around Seth’s Escalade – the Cadillac SUV was Seth’s pride and joy – enjoying the afternoon sunshine and the fact that classes were over for the day.
When they walked over, they found the group in the middle of a debate about who should be eligible to be prom queen. ‘What I’m saying is that if a senior guy takes a freshman girl, she should be able to be queen if he’s king,’ Seth said.
Eve smiled. Seth was making it sound all theoretical, but it was clear he was talking about him and Jess.
‘That’s not how it works,’ Lindsey Vissering, captain of the cheerleading squad and a senior, told Seth. ‘Forget the freshman-senior part of it for a minute. The prom queen is not the date of the prom king. The—’
‘Hold up. My sister was prom queen and the guy she went with was prom king,’ Dave Perry protested. ‘If you don’t believe me, just come to our house. There are about a million pictures of them with their crowns on.’
‘But that wasn’t because they were a couple,’ Lindsey explained. ‘Prom queen and king are voted on separately. So a couple might end up queen and king, but not because they’re a couple, because they both happened to get the most votes.’
‘Well, why doesn’t anyone who’s there get the chance to win?’ Seth challenged.
‘Because it’s the Senior Prom. Senior ,’ Carrie Carrothers, also a senior – a senior who happened to be a likely pick for prom queen – told him.
‘Then if I’m elected prom king, I have to do that spotlight dance, or whatever it’s called, with—’ Seth began.
‘Who cares about the spotlight dance?’ Dave interrupted. ‘Who cares about the dance period? I’m all about the after party. Some of the guys were talking about that clearing in the woods instead of the beach because it’s more private. But my parents are all freaked about the arsonist. You guys heard about the fire, right?’
Eve’s heart fluttered. The arsonist, that was her – burning the woods on her anger-filled rampage.
‘In science, Ms Whittier was saying maybe it wasn’t arson. We had that weird heat wave, and she said that could have set up the conditions for a spontaneous wildfire,’ Carrie told the group.
Eve stopped listening to the conversation. The back of her neck was prickling and she had the overwhelming sensation that someone was watching her. She looked over her shoulder. At first she didn’t see anyone looking her way, then she spotted Simon. He was crouched down behind a car over at the edge of the lot.
Only he wasn’t staring at her. He was staring at Jess, who had her arm around Seth’s waist, laughing at something he’d just said. Eve shivered. Simon seemed to get more obsessed with Jess every day. That slimy demon killed the animals in the woods , she reminded herself. It must have killed Pumpkin too. Pumpkin was killed in exactly the same way. Simon’s obsessed, but not animal-murdering crazy .
Even so, Eve promised herself to keep an extra close watch on Jess. Nothing bad was going to happen to the best friend of the Deepdene Witch!
Luke glanced at his watch. ‘We should get going.’
Eve nodded. Alanna was meeting them at Ola’s Ice Cream Shop in about ten minutes. She signalled to Jess, who gave Seth a quick kiss, then headed over to Eve and Luke.
‘I told Seth I needed to study for finals with you two. Just in case it comes up,’ Jess said as they started for Ola’s.
‘At least there’s no final in history. Only that report.’ Eve stopped walking, horrified.
‘What?’ Luke asked, looking around as if a demon might come popping out from under a car.
‘I forgot to give the report in. And you know how Mr Zhang is about getting things in on time,’ Eve said. ‘I have to run back and get it to
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