Carter: Hot Head

Sadie wanted to play like that? Well, then let the revenge begin.

I took a deep breath and walked up to her outside. She was watching Phillip swim around while eating a chicken wrap, listening to music, and texting her friends back in England on her brand new iPhone she'd stolen-oh, excuse me, 'borrowed' indefinitely. That's how she put it.

I wondered briefly how girls could do so many things at once. But as I walked up behind her, she didn't seem to notice me. Not that she probably cared too. If she could keep me tied up in my room all year long so that she wouldn't have to see me, she probably would do so. With love, of course.

After the prank she had pulled on me it was time to get even. I could still remember freaking out after she made the firecrackers blow. And when I'd pushed Zia down... well, she hadn't exactly been very happy afterwards.

"Seriously, Carter?" she'd demanded, brushing the dust from the ground off her clothes.

I'd tried to say something, but she'd turned and walked away.

Sadie had been laughing.

"SADIE!" I'd yelled.

It was ON!

"Sadie," I said, tapping her shoulder. She took out her earbuds a looked at me, clearly not wanting to talk. So instead of saying anything, she arched a brow. I sighed. "Walt said he needed you for something. He's in the library."

There were only two golden words to get Sadie to do anything: Walt and Anubis. Even though they were the same person, but saying Wanubis was weird.

She jumped up, everything else forgotten, and searched for her boyfriend. The minute she was gone, I reached into the Duat and pulled out a small tub of wasabi. Smiling to myself, I undid the wrap and piled it on. There was so much that my nose burned just looking at it, but I finished the job and folded it back together. You wouldn't know anything had happened.

But so much had.

Soon, I heard footsteps again, and she was yelling, "Carter! You're such a liar!" Before she could see me I ran around on the patio so that I was hidden.

When she ended up at the crime scene, I could just see a very angry look on her face. I smiled victoriously. She sighed and sat down. Soon, she was back into her previous position of texting and listening to music while paying attention to Phillip. She didn't notice me watching.

She took a big bite of her wrap.

SCORE!

And after a few moments and a swallow, her mouth started moving slower. She coughed and then threw her phone so far that it landed in Phillip's pool. Ha, this day just kept getting better. But the wasabi seemed hot then, but it hadn't fully set in. She had no idea how hot it was going to be.

I rounded the corner and strode up next to her. "Why, what happened, Sadie? Eat something bad?"

"SHIT!" she screamed, fanning her mouth and looking for something to drink, but there wasn't anything around. She was screaming and running in circles like it would somehow help her. But the burning would not be defused. Tears were running down her face and it looked like she was having trouble catching her breath.

"CARTER!" she shrieked in mid-pant. She was stomping her feet on the ground like a two year old who hadn't gotten the right kind of ice cream. "YOU BASTARD!"

I laughed and laughed. "Karma sucks doesn't it?"

Her dark gaze was all the confirmation I needed.