Chapter 1
First Day
Zak and Jamie slung on their backpacks. Emily kissed her daughter's cheek. "So, you nervous?" Zak asked. "A little. You?"
"A little."
"I just hope we get along with everybody," Jamie said. "Don't worry, Jamie, we'll fit in," Zak said. Jamie sighed deeply.
Later...
"Ick, ick-in-a-cup, ick-on-a-stick. What wonderful lunches they have!" Jamie said sarcastically, and sat next to Zak. "Why are they serving pickles on sticks?" she said disgustedly. "Uh, I think that's a corn dog." Jamie shrieked and threw it up. "Aw, cool! It sticks to the ceiling!" Emma had moved and went to this school now. Then, Principle Rockman, with his large bald spot on the top of his head, came in. Everything was deathly silent. "Ladies and gentlemen, listen up!" he said as the green corn dog fell on his head. "Ick-on-Rockman's-head!" Jamie said under her breath. "Who did this!?" his booming voice demanded. Everyone pointed to Jamie except for Zak. He slapped his hand to his face. "JAMIE TUESDAY, DETENTION FOR 3 WEEKS!!!" he bellowed. "Uh-uh, you got in trouble!" Emma said. "Wanna see if you stick to the ceiling?" Jamie said. "What a wonderful first day!"
"Oh, and it's only half over. So sad." Jamie turned around to see her arch enemy. "Wadi," she growled. "Yes, it's me. When I heard Zak went here, I couldn't resist myself!"
"Look, Wadi, I don't-"
"Shh! My quarrel is not with you; but with this...uh...camel-spit!" Jamie stood up. "You wanna piece of me!?"
"Bring it on!" The girls were nose-to-nose. "Stop it, now! Wadi, just GO AWAY! Jamie, SIT DOWN!" Zak stepped in between them. "Oh, you're lucky Zak stepped in, 'cause you'd be tasting sneaker for a week!"
"Yeah, like you'd actually-" Jamie kicked Wadi in the face, leaving her with a bloody lip, and a sneaker print on her cheek. "JAMIE, YOU SIT DOWN RIGHT NOW!!!" Zak yelled. Again, the cafe went dead silent. Wadi hurried off toward the nurse's office. Jamie sat down again, panting. "I'll be right back," she said, shapeshifting into a mouse and scurrying away(yes, Emma knows her secret). Jamie climbed through the small opening in the window and sat outside. She could still see Zak and Emma watching her; plus this kid, Josh, who was wondering why a mouse was sitting on the windowsill for no apparent reason. Then, her mouse ears picked up something Emma said. "I wonder where her clothes and things in her pockets go when she does that."
'Honestly, they're very hidden in the markings of my fur,' Jamie thought. She laid down on her stomach and slept until she heard the bell. Jamie climbed back in and shifted into herself again. "They're hidden as markings," Jamie said. "Huh? Oh, that! Cool," Emma said.
