4. The L Word

4 The L Word

I followed the ghost of Mr. Klutz as we swooped higher into the sky. Then we zoomed really fast away from the ocean. "Where are you taking me now?" I asked. "You'll find out," the ghost of Mr. Klutz replied. Flying is so cool. I wish I could fly everywhere. We swooped down lower, and I could see the rooftop of Ella Mentry School in the distance. That's my school. "Wait, you're taking me to school?" I asked. "Yes," the ghost of Mr. Klutz replied, "in more ways than one." We were getting closer to the school. The ghost of Mr. Klutz wasn't slowing down. It looked like we were going to crash right into the wall of the school! "Watch out!" I shouted, putting my

hands over my eyes. But we didn't crash. We flew right through the wall! It was the coolest thing ever. Being a temporary ghost was fun! The ghost of Mr. Klutz and I flew through the wall into the vomitorium. It used to be called the cafetorium, but then some first grader threw up in there and everybody started calling it the vomitorium. It was all decorated for Halloween, with pictures of witches and pumpkins and bats and stuff.* The whole gang was sitting below us eating lunch, including me, A.J. in the past. "Can they see or hear us?" I asked the ghost of Mr. Klutz. "No," he replied as we hovered over the table. "Do you remember this day, A.J.?" "Oh, yeah," I replied. "Halloween is my favorite holiday." "Do you love it?" the ghost of Mr. Klutz

asked me. Ugh, he said the L word. I didn't answer. I try to never say the L word out loud. That's the first rule of being a kid. "Wait a minute," I said. "I thought you were the ghost of SUMMERS past." "Halloween isn't in the summer?" asked the ghost of Mr. Klutz. "Oops. I really need to get a calendar." Below us, my friends were talking about Miss Mary, who was a student teacher and also happens to be Mr. Klutz's daughter. "Miss Mary is scary," A.J. in the past said. "She looks like a vampire," said Neil. "Maybe she really is a vampire," said A.J. in the past. "Did you ever think of that? She dresses in all black. She wears black makeup. She's got a pet bat." "Stop trying to scare Emily," Andrea told

A.J. in the past. "I'm scared," said Emily. "Miss Mary probably lives in a cave and sleeps hanging upside down from the ceiling," said A.J. in the past. "Then she goes out at night and bites people in the neck and drinks their blood." "We've got to do something!" Emily yelled, and then she went running out of the vomitorium. Everybody laughed except Andrea, who made a mean face at A.J. in the past.

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