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She
checked the time, then looked back at Ben and Jake. “Are you sure Doctor Rhoads
said to wait for him?”
“Yeah
Halley. He said he had something to show
us … and was going to pick us up after school.”
“But
he did say today, right Ben?”
“Yeah,
he said today.”
“You
know how Doctor Rhoads is,” Jake said. “The guy’s always going a million miles
per hour with his work …”
“Right,”
Ben said, “he probably just lost track of time.
That’s exactly the same way I’d be if I focused on my work.”
Jake
smiled. “Yeah—me too.”
Halley
rolled her eyes. “As if.”
A
loud engine raced in the distance.
“Whew,”
Jake said, “sounds like somebody needs a new muffler.”
“Sounds
kinda like a race car,” Ben said. “Those don’t have mufflers, Jakey.”
Halley
shook her head. “I think that’s so obnoxious … little boys and their stupid
toys. Probably some tire spinning
juvenile delinquent.”
“Now,”
Ben began, “in defense of juvenile delinquents …”
“So
you’re defending yourself now?
That’s cute. You better get a
lawyer, Ben.”
“That’s
how you express your love for me? By
insulting my lawyering abilities?”
“Hey
you guys,” Jake said, pointing out into the street.
A
silvery classic muscle car rumbled into view.
“That’s
probably the car, right?”
“It
sounds like the car,” Ben said.
“Why,”
Halley asked, “doesn’t it have any paint?”
“Not
impressed?”
“Not
particularly.”
“Hmmm
… that is bare metal. Maybe
they’re saving up for a cool paint job.”
“If
you ask me,” Jake said, “I think it looks pretty cool like it is.”
The
auto wheeled into the school parking lot, as if it heard him.
“Huh
… it’s coming this way.”
As
the teens watched, the car threaded its way through the busy high school
parking lot, occasionally revving its racy engine, and garnering plenty of
stares.
“Great,”
Halley said, “I wonder what this loser wants.”
The
car pulled up to the curb, and stopped right in front of them.
“Looks
like,” Ben said, “we’re gonna to find out.”
They
could see their reflections in the windows’ mirrored amber tint.
“You
think that window tint is legal?”
“I
have no idea,” Jake said.
The
passenger side window rolled down.
“Hey
guys.”
A
familiar face leaned over to the window.
“Doctor
Rhoads?”
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