6 Vampires Are Cute

Chapter 6 Vampires Are Cute Mr. Granite didn't have the chance to teach his math lesson, because it was time for lunch. We walked single file to the vomitorium. Neil the nude kid was the line leader. I sat with the guys, and we were talking about Halloween. We were all going as superheroes. I would be Batman. Ryan would be Superman. Michael would be Spider-Man. Neil would be the Invisible Man. "Who do you think would win in a fight?" Michael asked. "Superman or Batman?"

"Superman would win," said Ryan. "He could burn Batman up with his heat vision in a second." "No way," I told him. "Batman would pull out a little mirror, and the heat vision would bounce back and burn Superman alive." "Superman is invulnerable to heat,"

Ryan told me. "Not if it comes from his own eyes," I insisted. "It would kill him." "Would not." "Would too." We went back and forth like that for a while. Andrea and her girly friends were at the next table, listening to our important discussion. "Boys are dumbheads," said Andrea. "Oh, yeah?" I said. "What are you dressing up as for Halloween? Beach Blanket Barbie?" "No," Andrea replied. "I'm going as Steven Spielberg." What?! "Who's Steven Spielberg?" asked Neil the nude kid. "He's a famous movie director," Andrea told us. "I take a moviemaking class after

school. My parents even let me use their video camera so I can make my own movies. We're going to put them on YouTube." "You should make a movie about Miss Mary," said Michael. "It could be a horror movie." "Yeah," Neil said. "She looks like a vampire." "Maybe she really is a vampire," I whispered to everybody. "Did you ever think of that? She dresses all in black. She wears black makeup. She's got a pet bat. She even eats blood pudding!" "Wow!" said Ryan. "I think you might be right, A.J.!" "Stop trying to scare Emily," Andrea told me. "I'm scared," said Emily, looking all worried.

"Miss Mary probably lives in a cave and sleeps hanging upside down from the ceiling," I said. "Then she goes out at night and bites people on the neck and drinks their blood." "We've got to do something!" Emily yelled, and then she went running out of the room. Sheesh, get a grip! That girl is such a crybaby. "I like vampires," Andrea said. "I saw this movie about a vampire. He was really handsome, and all the girls fell in love with him. He looked a little like Zack." "Why would girls fall in love with a guy who bites them on the neck and drinks their blood?" I asked. "Because he's cute!" Andrea said. "Like Zack." "You think Zack is cute?" I snorted.

"Arlo, I think you're jealous!" said Andrea, all smiley. My face started to feel warm. "I am not jealous!" I told her. "If you ask me, Zack looks more like a zombie than a vampire anyway." "Oooooh!" Ryan said. "A.J. is jealous because Andrea thinks Zack is cute. He must be in love with her!" "When are you gonna get married?" asked Michael. If those guys weren't my best friends, I would hate them.