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Authors: Lisa McMann
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This is my free hour.”
“Oh, cool. I"ve been meaning to ask you—Is there a chemistry fair or a
competition that you take students to?”
Mr. Durbin taps his chin thoughtfully. “I wasn"t planning to do it this
year, because it"s all the way up in the UP at Michigan Tech, but you"re
the third person to ask me about it. Are you interested in me getting a
team together? We"d have to do it quickly. The fair"s next month.”
Janie"s eyes light up. “Oh, yes,” she says. “I"d love to go!”
“It"s a heck of a drive all the way up there. We"d have to book a hotel. Is
that…um…feasible? I don"t think there are any scholarships available.”
Janie smiles. “I could handle a couple hundred bucks, yeah.”
Mr. Durbin eyes her. “I think it could be a great experience,” he says, his
voice low and slow.
She nods. “Well, cool! Let me know. And I"ll get that flyer to you soon.
You want ten copies?”
“No hurry. The party"s not until the first week of March. Ten copies would be perfect. Actually, make it twelve, in case Finch loses his, like
he loses everything else. Thanks, Janie.”
“Anything for you,” Janie says, and blushes. “I mean…you know.”
She
laughs and shakes her head, like she"s embarrassed. “Never mind.”
He"s smiling at her chest. “See you tomorrow.”
2:05 p.m.
Janie sits at her table and sneaks her cell phone out of her backpack. She
fires it up. Sends Cabel a text message to his phone. “Can you get
Durbin"s past Chem. 2 class lists?”
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A few moments later she gets the reply. “Sure. CU@4?”
Janie leans forward and sees him. He winks. She smiles and nods.
3:15 p.m.
Janie calls Captain.
“I may have talked Durbin into taking a group to the chemistry fair. It"s
next month. Way the heck up in Houghton.”
“Excellent job, Janie. He"ll have to take a female chaperone with him.
You should be perfectly safe.”
“He"s hosting a party for the Chem. 2 students too. I guess he does it
every year in March and in November.”
Captain pauses. Grabs her notes. “Bingo. Call number one was March 5.
Call number two was early November. I think we"ve got something here,
Janie. Good work.”
Janie hangs up to a rush of nervous excitement. This is too weird , she
thinks.
4:00 p.m.
At Cabel"s house Janie recounts the conversation with Durbin from
memory, even though she took notes once she got to her next class.
Cabel refrains from getting upset, like he promised. He has the previous semester"s list, as well as the one from last spring.
“Smart thinking, Cabe.”
“Tomorrow I"ll track the girls from these previous classes to see what
they"re taking now.”
“Great,” she says.
Janie whips up a flyer for the Chem. 2 party. It"s set for Saturday night,
March 4. She prints out fifteen copies. Hands two to Cabel. “One for
you, one for Captain.”
“You don"t know how much I wish I could be there.”
“You"ll be nearby, won"t you?”
“Hell yes.”
She stands and gives Cabel a hug. “I"ve gotta go.”
He looks at her longingly. “Should I be feeling badly about the fact that
you haven"t stayed overnight in three weeks?”
“How"s tomorrow night sound?”
He smiles. “Saturday too?”
“Yeah. You don"t have any „things" to go to?”
“Not this weekend.”
“It"s a date.”
“Sweet,” he says. “See you.” He pulls her toward him for a kiss, and
then she"s gone, sprinting across the snow.
6:37 p.m.
Janie tackles the Stubin files. She knows Captain wants her to get through them. And Janie"s had them for nearly a month. But everything
is so interesting, and she"s learning like crazy. How to get information
from a dream. How to know what to look for in one. Miss Stubin could
occasionally pause and pan dreams, as if she were a camera, and see the
things behind her as well as in front of her. A few times Miss Stubin
mentioned rewinding to see something twice. Janie hasn"t been able to
do any of that yet. She"s trying,
“Oh, cool. I"ve been meaning to ask you—Is there a chemistry fair or a
competition that you take students to?”
Mr. Durbin taps his chin thoughtfully. “I wasn"t planning to do it this
year, because it"s all the way up in the UP at Michigan Tech, but you"re
the third person to ask me about it. Are you interested in me getting a
team together? We"d have to do it quickly. The fair"s next month.”
Janie"s eyes light up. “Oh, yes,” she says. “I"d love to go!”
“It"s a heck of a drive all the way up there. We"d have to book a hotel. Is
that…um…feasible? I don"t think there are any scholarships available.”
Janie smiles. “I could handle a couple hundred bucks, yeah.”
Mr. Durbin eyes her. “I think it could be a great experience,” he says, his
voice low and slow.
She nods. “Well, cool! Let me know. And I"ll get that flyer to you soon.
You want ten copies?”
“No hurry. The party"s not until the first week of March. Ten copies would be perfect. Actually, make it twelve, in case Finch loses his, like
he loses everything else. Thanks, Janie.”
“Anything for you,” Janie says, and blushes. “I mean…you know.”
She
laughs and shakes her head, like she"s embarrassed. “Never mind.”
He"s smiling at her chest. “See you tomorrow.”
2:05 p.m.
Janie sits at her table and sneaks her cell phone out of her backpack. She
fires it up. Sends Cabel a text message to his phone. “Can you get
Durbin"s past Chem. 2 class lists?”
ı
A few moments later she gets the reply. “Sure. CU@4?”
Janie leans forward and sees him. He winks. She smiles and nods.
3:15 p.m.
Janie calls Captain.
“I may have talked Durbin into taking a group to the chemistry fair. It"s
next month. Way the heck up in Houghton.”
“Excellent job, Janie. He"ll have to take a female chaperone with him.
You should be perfectly safe.”
“He"s hosting a party for the Chem. 2 students too. I guess he does it
every year in March and in November.”
Captain pauses. Grabs her notes. “Bingo. Call number one was March 5.
Call number two was early November. I think we"ve got something here,
Janie. Good work.”
Janie hangs up to a rush of nervous excitement. This is too weird , she
thinks.
4:00 p.m.
At Cabel"s house Janie recounts the conversation with Durbin from
memory, even though she took notes once she got to her next class.
Cabel refrains from getting upset, like he promised. He has the previous semester"s list, as well as the one from last spring.
“Smart thinking, Cabe.”
“Tomorrow I"ll track the girls from these previous classes to see what
they"re taking now.”
“Great,” she says.
Janie whips up a flyer for the Chem. 2 party. It"s set for Saturday night,
March 4. She prints out fifteen copies. Hands two to Cabel. “One for
you, one for Captain.”
“You don"t know how much I wish I could be there.”
“You"ll be nearby, won"t you?”
“Hell yes.”
She stands and gives Cabel a hug. “I"ve gotta go.”
He looks at her longingly. “Should I be feeling badly about the fact that
you haven"t stayed overnight in three weeks?”
“How"s tomorrow night sound?”
He smiles. “Saturday too?”
“Yeah. You don"t have any „things" to go to?”
“Not this weekend.”
“It"s a date.”
“Sweet,” he says. “See you.” He pulls her toward him for a kiss, and
then she"s gone, sprinting across the snow.
6:37 p.m.
Janie tackles the Stubin files. She knows Captain wants her to get through them. And Janie"s had them for nearly a month. But everything
is so interesting, and she"s learning like crazy. How to get information
from a dream. How to know what to look for in one. Miss Stubin could
occasionally pause and pan dreams, as if she were a camera, and see the
things behind her as well as in front of her. A few times Miss Stubin
mentioned rewinding to see something twice. Janie hasn"t been able to
do any of that yet. She"s trying,
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