Moonlight Secrets by R.L. Stine Read Free Book Online Page A

against the wall again. “Tell the truth, Nate,” she growled. “It was Shark, right? He’s the computer whiz around here. I know it.”
    I shrugged and tried to keep a straight face. “I don’t know,” I said. “Really.”
    Some kid down the hall oinked. I heard some other guys laughing.
    Candy let out an angry cry. She had me backed against the wall. I couldn’t get away. “I . . . don’t get it,” she said. Her voice broke. “Why does he hate me so much? I . . . I . . .”
    â€œMaybe because you dumped him,” I said. I had to say something. I didn’t want her to goballistic. I couldn’t forget the night she nearly bit Shark’s lips off!
    â€œMaybe you really hurt him,” I said.
    Her tiny, dark eyes narrowed to slits. “He’s just a vicious jerk,” she whispered.
    â€œOink. Oinnnnk.” Someone inside the classroom.
    Candy spun away from me. I slid away from the wall. The bell rang, loud, right over our heads.
    I hurried into the room. I didn’t see where she went. She didn’t show up in homeroom.
    I guess she had a really hard time all day. I heard kids oinking and making hog sounds and calling, “Slutt Slutt Slutt!” all day.
    Shark was very pleased with himself. “Everyone saw it on the Web site,” he told me, his eyes flashing happily. “It’s, like, that’s how she’ll always be remembered. Maybe they’ll even put it in the yearbook.” He laughed and slapped me a hard high five.
    But I didn’t really feel like laughing. I mean, it was pretty funny. But was it worth it?
    As it turned out—no.
    It all boiled over the next day.

12
    â€œShut up! That’s totally mean!” Nikki declared.
    â€œIt was a riot,” Shark insisted.
    Nikki shook her head. “But that poor girl—”
    â€œShe deserved it,” Shark said. He took a long pull on his bottle of beer. “Hey, Nate—did she deserve it or what?”
    I shrugged.
    I kinda agreed with Nikki. I couldn’t believe it myself—but I was starting to feel a little sorry for Candy. Well . . . maybe not sorry.
    I guess I just didn’t want the whole thing to explode in our faces. I didn’t want our whole senior year wrecked because of a stupid prank.
    Shark’s hog photo had been a joke. But this morning, Candy had been humiliated in front of everyone at Shadyside High.
    And now it was late that night, about two in the morning. Shark, Nikki, and I were sitting in our back booth at Nights and talking about what had gone down in the auditorium.
    You see, there had been an assembly this morning instead of first period. Some guy from the Green Party came to speak about how he wanted to save the trees in the Fear Street Woods. The woods started at the end of Fear Street and stretched for miles.
    But a lot of trees had been torn down when they built the Fear Street Acres shopping center. And this guy wanted to make sure the rest of the woods were left alone.
    Well, wouldn’t you know it? Mr. Gonzalez chose Candy to introduce the speaker. I guess because Candy had circulated some kind of petition about saving the trees when school started in September.
    So Candy was sitting onstage with Mr. Gonzalez and the speaker, who was young and kinda cool looking. He was dressed all in black and had a shiny earring in one ear andtattoos of birds on the backs of both hands.
    Gonzalez said a few things and told us to be a good audience and to show that Shadyside High really cares. You know. He was really telling us to shut up and pretend to listen to this guy.
    Then he introduced Candy. And Candy got up from her chair. She had a speech all prepared. I saw she was holding it in one hand.
    Shark and I were sitting with our friend Galen on an aisle near the back of the auditorium. Lewis and Jamie sat in front of us. I knew that Lewis was really into saving the