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me?”
    â€œI studied last week.”
    â€œStudying last week doesn’t count! People only remember stuff if they look at it the night before!” Justin wanted to weep, but again there was no bunker.
    â€œI guess I just assumed that you wouldn’t spend all day yesterday working on the script if you didn’t feel prepared for the test.”
    â€œOh, really? You didn’t think I’d make a poor decision? You know me better than that! We’ve been friends for a hundred and fifty years!” He let out an exasperated sigh. “I guess I’ll try to work on the script during second period.”
    â€¢ • •
    Mr. Dzeda handed the tests to the first person in each row for them to pass back. Justin’s stomach felt like it was filled with writhing slugs.
    â€œRemember,” said Mr. Dzeda, “this is an open-book test.”
    Open-book test! Open-book test! Justin was saved!
    Where was his book?
    â€¢ • •
    Justin didn’t think he’d performed very well on the test, but he’d stayed conscious the whole time, which was its own victory.
    In second period Ms. Spitler caught Justin passing a note to Bobby that contained a particularly awesome zombie demise. Her policy was that if you got caught passing a note, you had to read it in front of the class. That policy no longer applied to Justin because it had worked out poorly for Ms. Spitler in the past. Instead she just scowled at him.
    He’d hoped for a rare Alicia sighting, but he didn’t pass her in the hallway. She had the earlier lunch, so he didn’t see her there either. He sat down with Gabe and Bobby to discuss the script in progress.
    â€œDid you make your own lunch?” Bobby asked Justin.
    â€œYeah, why?”
    â€œYou packed a box of baking soda.”
    â€œYes, well, as I said, it wasn’t a restful night.”
    â€œAre you going to eat the baking soda?”
    â€œNo.”
    â€œI’ll give you a buck if you do.”
    â€œNo, thank you.”
    Bobby handed each of them a copy of the last third of the script. “Remember, this is a first draft. There may still be typos and continuity errors.”
    â€œNo, this is great,” said Justin, skimming it. “This is really great. This is…” He trailed off.
    â€œWhat?”
    â€œThis is Dawn of the Dead .”
    â€œNo, it’s not.”
    â€œIt is. It’s the Dawn of the Dead remake.”
    â€œIt is not. Dawn of the Dead doesn’t have a character named Veronica Chaos.”
    â€œI’m not saying that you did a cut-and-paste, but look at this.” Justin held up one of the pages. “It’s right out of Dawn of the Dead .”
    Bobby looked over the page and then frowned. “Hmm. I guess I was more inspired than I thought.”
    â€œI take back my apology,” said Justin.
    â€œSorry, guys,” said Bobby. “No wonder it went so smoothly.”
    â€œI wish you were smarter,” said Justin.
    Gabe took the pages from Bobby. “Knock it off. We all messed up. Instead of focusing on what we didn’t get done, let’s focus on what we did. We still have almost thirty pages of script, so that’s half an hour of the movie, and we know enough about the characters to start the rest of the casting. I’ll put up signs around the drama department to let them know that we’re holding auditions tomorrow right after school.”
    â€œWhat we need to do is find people with really strong improv skills,” said Justin. “We wanted actors who were going to elevate the material beyond the printed page anyway.”
    â€œSo you’re suggesting making the movie without a completed script?”
    â€œNo, I’m suggesting letting the cast write the rest of the script. On the set. While we’re filming.”
    â€œBut you said—”
    â€œStop quoting me back to me,” said Justin. “I say stuff, and then I