Perfectly Reflected by S. C. Ransom Read Free Book Online Page B

Abbi or Mia and see if they want to go with you?”
    “Yeah, I might just do that. I’d better get in the shower then, otherwise I’ll miss the train.”
    “I’ll run you down to the station, if you like. When you go upstairs will you wake up your brother? He’s supposed to be helping Dad with the garden this morning.”
    “OK, I’ll go and get him now.”
    I ran up the stairs and along the corridor to Josh’s room. It was always like entering a dark cave; he never opened the curtains and great towers of used deodorant spray cans threatened to topple off the chest of drawers every time I went in there. I tapped gently on the door and there was an answering grunt.
    I put my head round the door and could see his face illuminated in the gloom by his laptop screen.
    “Hiya. Mum wants me to wake you up. She thinks you have forgotten about the digging.”
    “Yeah, right. Why do you think I’ve been hiding up here? I don’t even like vegetables.”
    “Well, she’ll be up herself soon, so you might not want to be caught on that.” I gestured towards the computer as I edged gingerly into the room.
    “True. So has she done interrogating you now? What on earth was Geeky Graham doing here last night?”
    “Did you see him too? The poor bloke!” It was my turn to shake my head. “Someone hijacked my Facebook account and set up a date with him. He thought I was going to go to a MegaDeath convention with him.”
    “No! Really?” Josh started laughing. “How dumb can he be? No girls ever go to those things. Why the hell did he think you’d be up for that?”
    “Whoever was impersonating me was very persuasive. And stop laughing, Josh, it’s not funny.” Josh tried to smother his amusement but he wasn’t very successful.
    I was about to ask him if he had any thoughts about who might’ve been so cruel when we were interrupted by the sound of the old school bell clanging at the bottom of the stairs. Josh sighed and shut down his laptop. He was being summoned.
    “Looks like my lie-in is over.”
    “Have fun!” I smiled at him as I picked my way back across his bedroom floor, through the piles of discarded clothes. I quickly went to my bedroom, shutting the door carefully so that no one would hear me, and checked my watch. It was nearly half-past nine, so hopefully not too early for Callum. I sat at my desk with the mirror positioned in front of me and called to him softly.
    He was there in an instant, the tingle in my arm starting almost before I had finished saying his name. He was sitting just behind me with his left arm superimposed across my right wrist as usual. His other hand was already busy stroking my hair.
    “Hi. Looks like you’ve been having a busy morning.”
    “Hello. I wondered if you’d been watching. So you know what’s been going on?”
    “I think so. Some poor kid thought he was in with a chance.” Callum gave me one of his most gorgeous smiles.
    “You don’t know the half of it.” I quickly gave him the full details of the hideous event, finding myself blushing furiously yet again at the horror of it. Callum’s brow furrowed in confusion.
    “Who can possibly have a grudge against you? I mean, none of your friends would do that, would they?
    “No, absolutely not! And anyway, some of them might be able to make a lucky guess at my password, but none of them would hack into my e-mail as well as my Facebook account. Someone who knew every school secret I have ever had broke into my account and e-mailed the headmistress on Thursday. Luckily for me they got the address wrong so it never got delivered. I’ve obviously upset somebody who knows me really, really well, but I can’t even think who would know that stuff.”
    In the mirror I could see Callum’s strong arm enfolding me, holding me close and safe. “That’s so weird. It’s almost as if someone was in your head, but how could that be?”
    “I know. I keep trying to figure out who can have all that information and why they