Little Cole hadn’t even finished his sentence before Alessia flung the bucket of wriggling worms straight at him. He stumbled back several steps, terror etched across his face, and frantically patted himself down to make sure none of those slimy, squirming things had landed on him. Only after a thorough check did he finally breathe out in relief.

Still, whether it was just in his head or not, his whole body suddenly felt itchy all

over.

“W–what was that for?!” Cole tried to sound angry, but looking at Alessia’s delicate, doll–like face, he just couldn’t bring himself to yell.

“What, are boys scared of bugs too?” Alessia shot back.

Cole was at a loss for words.

“I… that’s not what I meant…” he mumbled, voice growing smaller and smaller. Alessia, however, had already lost interest in talking to him.

Her whole afternoon’s work had been ruined, and she was no saint–of course she was angry. There was no time to start over; Max would be home from school any minute, and she needed to come up with a way to get back at him before he walked through the door.

Just thinking about waking up to find a spider the size of her palm sitting on her desk made her blood boil all over again.

coldly, spinning on her heel and heading

in the first place. He opened his mouth to call out, but the door

regret washing over him, but there was nothing to do

trudging back, looking utterly defeated, the gift for the neighbor’s kid still clutched in his

in front of him,

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he retold exactly what had

five–year–olds in that situation would have blurted out something like, “You girls are so mean!” But instead, the girl had fired right back with a dry “What, are boys scared of bugs too?” She was quick

rolled onto the floor, the kind of laughter that shook

from his mom.

you just dropping off a present for the neighbor’s kid?” Parrish

you flop down like that. Come on, up you go,”

girl next door

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