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silent, it shocks you to make sure you feel it.”
    I sat up again, rubbing at the spot in my chest. “That hurts. Holy crow, I can’t believe you do that to each other.”
    “It’s also not really meant for...I mean we usually carry those in our pockets. It’s not so bad when it’s on the ass. Or I guess I’m used to it.”
    “Why isn’t mine set like that?”
    His eyebrows furrowed. “What?”
    “Why isn’t my phone set to shock?”
    “I don’t know what you mean.”
    “I mean, why don’t I get an emergency line with a shock thingie? Why can’t you shock me for emergencies?”
    His lips parted, his mouth moving as if he was looking for an answer but didn’t really have one.
    I frowned. I knew the answer but I didn’t want to say it out loud. I didn’t have an emergency line because they wouldn’t call me if they had an emergency. Useless Sang.
    “Can you believe him?” I groused. If Silas didn’t want to talk about Academy things, then he could listen to me complain. “He’s watching us and then tries to shock you.” I lowered the hem at the neck of my shirt a few inches, revealing the skin that had been electrified. The area looked normal. No burns.
    Silas’s eyes followed the hem of my shirt down and he moved closer, hovering over me. “You’re okay, though, right?”
    “I think so,” I said, replacing the hem up and pressing my palm down on my breast over my shirt. “You should shock him back.”
    Silas smirked. “I’ll do it if you want me to.”
    “No,” I said, even though I wanted to say yes. I dropped my hand from my chest. It still felt funny. “He’ll probably expects it and isn’t holding it.”
    “We could wait until he’s asleep,” Silas said.
    I laughed. I had to give North some credit. It was like a light switch. The Silas I’d been used to seemed to be back. He lightened the mood and I wasn’t nearly so stiff and afraid any more. “Let’s wait until we do another sleepover thing. Then we can watch.”
    Silas beamed. “Kota will ground us.”
    “Totally worth it.”
    Silas boomed with laughter, sitting back on the couch and putting a hand on his chest. “You’re as bad as Luke.”
    “Oh wait,” I said, getting up so I was kneeling on the couch, making my eyes wide. “It’d be really cool if we could get it to do it without using the emergency button and make it go off at random intervals. It’d totally drive him crazy.”
    “Now you’re thinking evil.” He smirked. “Remind me not to get on your bad side.”
    “I wouldn’t really do it,” I said, swinging slightly off balance. I shot a hand out to his leg to keep myself upright as I sat back on my heels. “It’s just fun to think about. Besides, North can beat me up.”
    Silas turned to me, grasped my hands and held them up to stabilize me as I knee-balanced on the couch. “North wouldn’t beat you up.”
    “He might if I zapped him.”
    Silas grinned, squeezing my hands once. “You want to really drive him crazy?”
    I bit my lower lip, nodding, but unsure if I wanted to zap North really. It really did hurt.
    “Go put on something you can get wet in, and we’ll go down to the hot tub. No cameras there. He can’t watch us.”
    I grinned, nodding. “Yeah. He’s not supposed to be doing that, anyway.” I jumped up from the couch, excited by the new plan. I grabbed the straps of my book bag to pick it up. “Serves him right.”
    Silas stood up, took my hand and guided me back toward the hallway and stopped at a door, opening it to reveal a guest bathroom with just a toilet and sink. “You’ve got something that will work?”
    I pushed a palm across my cheek, rubbing. “I might. The things I grabbed to sleep in should be fine.”
    “I can give you a shirt to sleep in if you want.”
    Going to see a hot tub and sleeping in one of his shirts later? I was starting to really like visiting his house. “Okay.” I stepped into the bathroom, closing the door and throwing the lock.
    I pushed