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Henry said. “I
still want to do that spell I told you about, the one that will make him weak
if he tries to hurt anyone.”
    “The anti-meathead spell,” I said. We both laughed.
    “So are you game?” Henry asked, his tone turning serious. “If we get his
hair tomorrow after school, I can do the spell that evening. I already got the
other stuff I need. Like I said, it’s a beginner’s spell.”
    And you’re probably already an expert.
    “Sure,” I said, “why not?”
    When we got to Henry’s house, I was relieved to see there weren’t any
cars in the garage. I didn’t feel like making idle small talk with David
Matthews, pretending I didn’t know he had supported Leon in trying to send me back to my grave.
    We went upstairs to Henry’s room. “Wanna see the stuff we have so far?”
he asked.
    I nodded.
    Henry got down on his stomach and pulled out a plastic container from
under his bed. He took off the lid and started lining items up in a row on his
bed. By the time he was done, I counted twelve things. I pulled the tooth out
of my pocket and set it down. That made thirteen.
    “I’m scared to ask what some of this stuff is,” I said nervously, eyeing
a vial of clear liquid.
    “Oh, that? It’s just holy water. Probably the least scary thing in the
bunch.” Henry picked up a plastic bag with a gelatinous, green substance
inside. “This is afterbirth. From what, you don’t want to know.”
    “Eww!” I exclaimed. “How can you put that shit on your bed?”
    “It’s in a baggy,” Henry said, giving me an odd look.
    “You didn’t…hurt anything to get that, right?” I asked.
    “No, of course not. I bought this, actually.” Henry sat up straight and
pursed his lips into a serious expression. “No creatures were harmed in the
making of this spell,” he said in a television announcer voice.
    I laughed. “Well, that’s good to know. But if you didn’t get it yourself,
what’s to say it’s real?”
    “I just know,” Henry replied. I didn’t press him further.
    “Want to watch TV or something?” Henry asked, changing the subject. “You
know, pretend like life is normal for a change.”
    “Sure,” I replied, just as my phone rang. It was Lucas!
    “Go ahead, get it,” Henry said.
    I gave him an apologetic look as I answered, “Hello?”
    “Hey, Rory,” came Lucas’ sexy voice on the other line. “Nic and I got the
rest of the things for the spell. I was hoping you could get Henry and come
over?”
    “Sure,” I said, not wanting to tell him that I was already with Henry.
    “Great,” Lucas replied. “I’ll see you soon.”
    “What was that about?” Henry asked when I hung up the phone.
    “I think our morning of watching TV and vegetating just got squashed,” I
said. “You up for a trip to Lucas’ apartment? He got the rest of the stuff you
need, with the help of Nicholas.”
    “Why not?” Henry asked. “I knew having a normal day was just a pipe dream
anyway.”
    “It will be normal…eventually,” I said, trying to sound positive. “After
next Saturday,” I added. If we get out of there alive.
    When we arrived at Lucas’ apartment, I was surprised to see that Nicholas
was there as well.
    “Good to see you, man,” he said, slapping Henry on the back.
    “Nic, I didn’t think you’d be here. What happened last night?” I asked.
    Nic flashed his crooked smile. “We took care of business,” he joked.
“Nah, seriously, Lucas and I got back here right before sun-up and I decided to
stay indoors instead of taking a sunlight pill and going home.” He handed a
shoebox to Henry. “Voila,” he said. “The last things you requested.”
    “Thanks,” Henry said gratefully. “I think we’re in a really good position
to be totally ready for Saturday.”
    “Except for the wendigo tooth,” Lucas interjected. “We still have to
figure that out. Did Jet ever tell you if he found out whether it had to
be you who extracted it or not?”
    “Uh, about that,” I