Chapter 54

“Last week, the school’s official forum announced a big deal the BrainSpark Nationals. It’s like a whole tiered competition, starting with city–level prelims, then moving up to state, and finally the national showdown. The top three contenders get to wave the flag at the International stage.” Jenna sald while pulling out her phone, quickly logging onto the school’s forum and finding the post. “Here, look at this.”

“The deadline to sign up online is in a couple of days. I think you should throw your hat into the ring. With it being a national event, the cream of the crop will be there. We’re not gonna get ahead of ourselves and talk about taking home the gold or anything, but making it through the city prelims alone would be a serious feather in your cap.”

Mirabella glanced at the phone Jenna handed her, gave It a cursory look, and flopped back onto her desk with a languid air. “Well, not interested.”

Jenna’s mouth twitched, and she nudged Mirabella’s arm. “Come on Mira, this could be your ticket to a clean slate, a real game–changer. It’d be a shame to miss out.”

Mirabella yawned and closed her eyes. “Then I’ll miss out.” She didn’t need a clean slate anyway.

who seemed to

the second period that afternoon, Mirabella was summoned to

at the

puzzled, with a question mark practically floating above

jump into a competition like this. But since you’ve signed up, I won’t try to stop you. Just make sure you carve out extra time for your studies, okay? This is your senior year,

mouth opened to say she hadn’t signed up, but then she remembered Jenna’s persuasive tactics from earlier that morning. After a few seconds

“Ms. Annette, what’s the prize

was taken aback as if

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