-Linzy-

'Wait a second…why would that even…how would she have…wow. My brain hurts.'

"…" I couldn't even say anything; I was dying, trying so hard not to laugh. Eventually I got Kass to erase the face, and for a split second before she drew his regular grim face back, I saw that he had no face at all. Talk about creepy.

" Roll call!" I glanced up from my book a little while later.

Roll call? This might be bad. "We'll be at the school in about 15 minutes, so we may as well get this out of the way now."

I bit my lip as blitz called out the names, crossing my fingers and praying that we'd somehow ended up on that list.

No such luck. As soon as he rattled off the last name, there was a long silence that ensued; during which he glared at us and pointed to the door. Oh no.

"Get off my bus."

It was a rather loud statement, and I didn't expect anyone to reply, but someone did.

Thankfully it wasn't Kass this time, but Duncan. "Can't they just stay with us until we get to the school? It's not like their hurting anything."

One killer glare from blitz silenced him. "I will not have any hitch hikers on this trip."

A moment later we I was standing in the hot desert sun, waiting for Blitz to pry Kass off Alice's leg.

"Noooo!" she screeched, batting away every unsuccessful attempt to remove her. "We just got here! Please!"

I rolled my eyes. Blitz obviously has no idea how to deal with a Kassi-leech.

Good thing I have practice. Taking a cookie out of my backpack, I walked up to Kass and waved it in her face. "Will you let go for a cookie?"

I asked, making sure she could see it and all of its goodness.

"Never!" she exclaimed. I shrugged, and took out another one.

"Will you let go for two cookies?" I implored as I bit into one. Man, it was a good cookie!

"Ah! GIMME THE COOKIES!" Kass leapt from the bus and went flying.

I side- stepped and she whooshed right by me, grabbing the cookies as she passed.

that girl is flat out crazy.

Blitz looked at me for a moment, then nodded. The doors of the bus then closed and it sped off down the road.

"What'd ya do that for?" Kass demanded as I walked up to her.

"I figured it was the only way I'd be able to… whoa. What the…?"

You wouldn't believe what I'd walked up to. Kass had landed in the outstretched arms of a desert cactus that just so happened to be wearing a sombrero.

original, I know.

"…Really Kass?" I shook my head. Where did she even GET a sombrero?

"Your backpack." "What?" Did I say that last part out loud? Oops.

she turned to me and smiled. "It was in your back pack. Duh."

Frowning I shook my head at her. "There was no sombrero in my back pack, Kass. Believe me, I'd know if there was."

Kass shrugged, then plucked a needle out of her arm. "I'm only telling ya what I know. It was in your back pack."

Rolling my eyes I turned away and began to work my way down the road in the direction the bus had been heading.

"Hey! Wait for me!" I smiled to myself when I heard the thump from her fall. That girl should consider stand-up comedy.