26
Confrontation
He alo a he alo
Face to face.
Seated near the middle, when the school bus slowed and stopped at Lauele Harbor, Char Siu looked up from her history book, startled.
No way, she thought. She wouldn’t dare.
When Maka stomped up the stairs and slid into the empty seat next to Tunazilla, Char Siu snapped her book closed. Maka studiously ignored her and fiddled with the zipper on her backpack, pulling ear buds from a side pocket and slipping them on.
Char Siu’s eyes narrowed.
That’s the way you want to play it, Maka?
Like you haven’t been gone for two weeks?
Like I never saw you and Zader jump into the ocean at Piko Point and turn into sharks and swim away, leaving Jay in the hospital and the whole island looking for you?
She grinned a warrior’s grin.
Oh, it’s on, sis
