Be Careful What You Wish For
Chapter Two
I took a deep breath as I walked into the front doors of Hillridge Junior High.
"Kate!" Claire called from her locker.
"Claire, hey!" Butterflies fluttered through my stomach in circles again, again.. and again.
I grinned to myself as Ethan walked up to the group. "Hey Ethan," I leant over and kissed his cheek.
He looked startled, and so did everyone else standing in the group.
"Umm, Kate, can we talk over there?" He pointed to the drink fountain which was about fifteen metres away.
"Sure." I replied nervously.
When we got to the drink fountain, Ethan took both my hands. "Kate, umm, you know how we kinda.. broke up the other day?"
What? Kate and Ethan broke up? Well, THIS was embarrassing. For Kate anyway.
"Yeah?" I said quietly.
Ethan took a deep breath and looked me in the eyes, "Nothings changed."
I had to think fast. "Oh," I laughed, "Of course not! There was just this.. majorly hot guy standing over by his locker."
Ethan looked around. "He's gone now," I added quickly.
"Oh.. So?" Ethan gave me a weird look.
"So, um, I've liked him for the last few days, so I was trying to make him jealous. I'm really sorry Ethan."
Ethan nodded his head in understanding. "That's alright, dawg."
I walked back to Kate's group of friends feeling more confident that ever.
At lunch time, I was surprised to see the amount of jealous looks I was getting. I smiled to myself, knowing I was the most wanted girl in school.
Then I spotted her. Out the corner of my eye, I recognised my new 'Delicious' top. I turned to see Kate with Miranda and Gordo.
"I'll be right back," I said quickly, then walked over to Miranda, Gordo and Kate.
"Umm.. can I talk to you for a minute Kate?" I hit my head in stupidity as soon as I said it.
"Lizzie, I mean."
Miranda screwed up her face at me. I knew that look all too well. I'd seen her give it to Kate about a thousand times.
"Sure," She replied, exchanging looks with Miranda and Gordo.
We walked over to a bush near the stairs. "Okay, I'll get right to the point, Kate."
She gave me a weird look. "Why do you keep calling me that?"
I froze. "What?"
"I'm Lizzie, you're Kate.. remember?" She raised her eyebrows, speaking slowly.
"Wait," I paused and gulped, "You mean.. you didn't wake up this morning and.. um.. find yourself in someone else's body?"
Kate looked at me as if I was crazy. "Are you okay? Maybe you should go to the nurse or something."
"I'm fine," I huffed.
She took a closer look at me, "Okay, if you say so."
"Whatever," I sighed and walked back to the table.
"What were you talking to Loozie about?" Claire smiled and raised an eyebrow.
"Nothing. You know, just one of those little 'confrontations' we usually have. Of course, she looked like a total loser afterwards."
"Well yeah," Claire laughed, "Anyone can take it out of McGuire. She probably doesn't even realise, she's so pathetic."
I laughed along with her, but inside I was screaming and kicking. So that's what everyone thought of me? Pathetic? I sighed to myself and went back to eating my rice crackers. Yuck.
After school, me, Claire, Ethan, Danny, and some other popular 8th graders sat at a table at the Digital Bean.
"So Kate," Claire said taking a sip of her smoothie, "Are you coming to cheerleading tonight?"
"Of course."
I had cheerleading? Great. I didn't know any of the routines. AND Kate was captain. People would be looking to me for help. I knew I'd make a total idiot out of myself.
Being Kate was a lot harder than it looked.
Chapter Two
I took a deep breath as I walked into the front doors of Hillridge Junior High.
"Kate!" Claire called from her locker.
"Claire, hey!" Butterflies fluttered through my stomach in circles again, again.. and again.
I grinned to myself as Ethan walked up to the group. "Hey Ethan," I leant over and kissed his cheek.
He looked startled, and so did everyone else standing in the group.
"Umm, Kate, can we talk over there?" He pointed to the drink fountain which was about fifteen metres away.
"Sure." I replied nervously.
When we got to the drink fountain, Ethan took both my hands. "Kate, umm, you know how we kinda.. broke up the other day?"
What? Kate and Ethan broke up? Well, THIS was embarrassing. For Kate anyway.
"Yeah?" I said quietly.
Ethan took a deep breath and looked me in the eyes, "Nothings changed."
I had to think fast. "Oh," I laughed, "Of course not! There was just this.. majorly hot guy standing over by his locker."
Ethan looked around. "He's gone now," I added quickly.
"Oh.. So?" Ethan gave me a weird look.
"So, um, I've liked him for the last few days, so I was trying to make him jealous. I'm really sorry Ethan."
Ethan nodded his head in understanding. "That's alright, dawg."
I walked back to Kate's group of friends feeling more confident that ever.
At lunch time, I was surprised to see the amount of jealous looks I was getting. I smiled to myself, knowing I was the most wanted girl in school.
Then I spotted her. Out the corner of my eye, I recognised my new 'Delicious' top. I turned to see Kate with Miranda and Gordo.
"I'll be right back," I said quickly, then walked over to Miranda, Gordo and Kate.
"Umm.. can I talk to you for a minute Kate?" I hit my head in stupidity as soon as I said it.
"Lizzie, I mean."
Miranda screwed up her face at me. I knew that look all too well. I'd seen her give it to Kate about a thousand times.
"Sure," She replied, exchanging looks with Miranda and Gordo.
We walked over to a bush near the stairs. "Okay, I'll get right to the point, Kate."
She gave me a weird look. "Why do you keep calling me that?"
I froze. "What?"
"I'm Lizzie, you're Kate.. remember?" She raised her eyebrows, speaking slowly.
"Wait," I paused and gulped, "You mean.. you didn't wake up this morning and.. um.. find yourself in someone else's body?"
Kate looked at me as if I was crazy. "Are you okay? Maybe you should go to the nurse or something."
"I'm fine," I huffed.
She took a closer look at me, "Okay, if you say so."
"Whatever," I sighed and walked back to the table.
"What were you talking to Loozie about?" Claire smiled and raised an eyebrow.
"Nothing. You know, just one of those little 'confrontations' we usually have. Of course, she looked like a total loser afterwards."
"Well yeah," Claire laughed, "Anyone can take it out of McGuire. She probably doesn't even realise, she's so pathetic."
I laughed along with her, but inside I was screaming and kicking. So that's what everyone thought of me? Pathetic? I sighed to myself and went back to eating my rice crackers. Yuck.
After school, me, Claire, Ethan, Danny, and some other popular 8th graders sat at a table at the Digital Bean.
"So Kate," Claire said taking a sip of her smoothie, "Are you coming to cheerleading tonight?"
"Of course."
I had cheerleading? Great. I didn't know any of the routines. AND Kate was captain. People would be looking to me for help. I knew I'd make a total idiot out of myself.
Being Kate was a lot harder than it looked.