Funny Tragic Crazy Magic (Tragic Magic Book 1) by Sheena Boekweg Read Free Book Online

through
a solid wood door.
    I
waited a few minutes to see if he would come back, but he didn’t. I started
feeling guilty about saying something inconsiderate, but where did he get off
being mad at me when he could say anything he wanted to without fear of how I
would react?
    Hypocritical
is what it was.
    I
put up my hand and asked for the hall pass. Mr. Beaman nodded without asking
for a reason. I guess there are privileges when you ace every test and don’t
cause trouble. Teachers tend to trust you not to do something dumb.
    I
walked out into the hall to go do something dumb. Joe was walking toward me.
The bottoms of his pant legs were wet.
    “Hey,
I’m sorry about asking about your dad,” I said when he was in earshot, “I
didn’t think…”
    “No
problem, Larissa.” He looked at me and he smiled the biggest smile I have ever
seen on him.
    My
face felt toasty warm, and I’m sure my cheeks went red. I wasn’t blushing. His
Instinct magic was on high. He walked past me and back into the classroom.
    I
stood in the hallway for a moment trying to decide what to do, my fingers
against my cheeks feeling the residual warmth. I left the classroom to find
Joe, but if I went in right away, it would look like I left the classroom to
find Joe.
    I
decided to walk to the girl’s bathroom and check my runes instead. The one for
my stomach was a working rune, and I would hate for it to end during lunch like
that one time when I was in seventh grade.
    When
I got to the restroom, the boy’s bathroom next to it was the one that held my
attention. Water seeped across the linoleum floor from under the door. Feeling
curious, I pushed open the door to the boy’s bathroom and looked in.
    “Hello?”
I called out.
    No
one was inside. I entered, mostly because I have a strong belief in saving
natural resources, and if someone left the water running, that would leave the
school quite a water bill. Also, I had never been in a boy’s bathroom before
and this was a good chance to see how the other half lived.
    Turns
out, they lived disgustingly, but that wasn’t important. What was important was
the glowing red rune written on the mirror. The brilliant curved line was
brighter than any rune I have ever seen. Sparks of runelight exploded across
the sink. It was the rune for water , and the sink drain it stood above
was shooting water about four feet into the air.
    I
wiped the runelight with my fingers from a distance, but the rune was too
powerful, and it wouldn’t budge. I stepped closer to the mirror and stuck my
hand through the geyser that shot through the sink. Water covered my dress and
soaked my hair. I ran my fingers over the rune and it felt hot to the touch,
but it wouldn’t rub away. The runelight was disappearing though, so I knew it
was a working rune. When the magic ran out, the water would stop flowing.
    I
stepped back, and the cold water sent goose bumps up the back of my neck, as my
flowered dress clung to my skin. Was there another Rune in the school, maybe
watching us?
    Worse,
like I suspected, as part of me already knew… was Joe the one who wrote that
rune?
    “ Hide .”
In my mind I heard Fake-Erica say her last words.
    I
didn’t move. The bell rang, and rubes started walking around the hallways. A
few rube boys walked into the bathroom and saw me frozen there, with the water
flowing to the ground. They didn’t seem to notice the rune, glowing like a
firework. I couldn’t take my eyes away from it, as those rube boys left to get
a teacher or something. I took in a shallow breath when the runelight faded;
the water moved to a steady gurgle, and then a thin stream of water ran from
the faucet. I turned the handle to off. Then with my hair and clothing
plastered to my body, I walked out of the bathroom.

CHAPTER ELEVEN
     
    Giara
came to visit me today. Apparently, my scars have healed enough now, so they
are going to fit me with artificial hands. I don’t know how to feel about that.
    I’m
sure Doctor Jensen