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used to be a Spartan?” I asked.
    Elena rolled her eyes. “I go to Troy now. I have to be loyal to my new school. I would think you’d be on our side too, since your brothers are leading this battle.”
    “Oh, I’m sorry,” I said, “I didn’t realize this was a
battle
. I thought it was just two schools playing dumb pranks on each other. Should I get out my armor and prepare for war?”
    “You’re such a brat, Cassie,” Elena told me.
    Immediately, I felt sorry for what I’d said. I hated the thought of Elena being annoyed with me.
    “You’re right,” I said. “I’m a brat sometimes. Just ask my brothers.”
    A small smile twitched at the corners of Elena’s mouth.
    “I just wish our schools didn’t have to hate each other so much,” I said. “What is the point of this rivalry anyway? I mean, it’s not like we have a choice about which school we attend. You should know that well enough.”
    “It’s just a fun thing,” Elena said. “It’s called school spirit. You should try getting some every once in a while.”
    “Uses too much energy,” I said.

     
    “Hey, honey,” Mom greeted me as she looked up from her laptop, which sat open on the kitchen table. “Have fun at school?”
    “A blast,” I said, pulling the refrigerator open andgrabbing a bottle of Snapple. “Walked through rotten eggs, planned an attack on an enemy school, you know, the usual.”
    Mom looked up from her work. “What’s this about an attack?”
    I took a long drink of my Snapple. “Nothing,” I said. I didn’t want to explain about Lucas and Elena and Perry. I was tired of thinking about it and just wanted to forget it for a while. “I’m just kidding. My day was the typical American high school day. I’ll let you get back to work.”
    I kissed Mom’s cheek and headed toward my room. I closed my door and picked up my phone.
    “Hello?” Greg said when he answered the phone.
    “Hey,” I greeted him. “Seen any good sales on toilet paper lately?”
    Greg waited a second too long before saying, “What?”
    “Someone toilet-papered and egged Troy High last night,” I told him. “You wouldn’t happen to know anything about that, would you?”
    Greg made a grunting noise. “Why should I?”
    I settled back on my bed. “Oh, I don’t know. I just thought maybe Lucas had decided to get back at Perry and Elena by defacing our school. It sounds like something he’d do, you know?”
    “Just because Lucas does something doesn’t mean I’m involved.”
    “
Were
you involved?”
    “You’re so annoying sometimes, Cassie,” Greg said, his voice tight.
    “Just answer the question. Yes or no?”
    “No, I wasn’t involved!” Greg exclaimed. “Are you happy now?”
    “A little,” I said, “but I have one more question. Did you know about it?”
    Greg was quiet for several moments. “It was just a prank.”
    “So you knew.”
    “And you knew Elena was going to dump Lucas.”
    We were both quiet for a long time, listening to each other breathing over the phone line.
    “Are you done accusing me or is there something else you want to lay on me?”
    I sighed. “Could you just ask Lucas not to do anything else? Some of the kids at Troy are talking about getting revenge.”
    “What are they planning?”
    “I don’t know,” I said. “I hope they won’t go through with it, whatever it is, but I’m afraid Lucas may have made things worse between our schools. Just ask him to stop.”
    “I can’t promise that he’ll listen to me.”
    “I know, but try. I’ll talk to you later.”
    I hung up the phone and slumped back into my pillows. I’d known Lucas long enough to think this was only the beginning.

 
    TROY GOT THEIR REVENGE THREE DAYS LATER.
    I didn’t see it, but I heard about it as soon as I arrived at the courtyard outside the gym Thursday morning.
    “On the front of the school?” I heard Kelsey ask Mallory.
    “All the way across the front,” Mallory answered, nodding.
    I looked to Elena