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She looked very disturbed. And I wasn’t sure why. She’d wanted her purse back. And she wasn’t getting arrested.

“I’m not sure where you found that,” he said. “But someone was just playing a prank. Still, thanks for the call,” he said to Mr. Halifax.

Mr. Halifax nodded. “No problem.”

RJ laughed. “Baby powder. That’s funny. Don’t you all think that’s hilarious?” He giggled. “Did anyone see that coming? Any of you?”

I turned to him.

He burst out laughing.

“Dude, did you sell her baby powder?” Jacob asked.

“No.” RJ kept laughing. “I flushed her cocaine and swapped it with baby powder. Hehe.” He burst out laughing again.

“I mean, that was a very considerate prank,” I said.

He laughed. “And very sneaky. No one saw it coming.”

“You offered to kill Mr. Halifax,” Axel said.

RJ shrugged. “Sometimes small pranks become big pranks. You have to just roll with it.”

“Oh my God,” I said. “That’s terrible.”

“All for the sake of a prank.” RJ lifted his hand for a high five.

“Whatever.” I high fived him. “I’m just glad Sophie’s not going to prison.”

The cops walked away.

Mr. Halifax leaned over and whispered something to Sophie and then walked away. He looked very, very mad. He pushed open the doors of the cafeteria and the doors clanged against the walls.

Sophie bit her lip as she watched him disappear. And then she saw us and hurried over. “I am so pissed. The guy that my horse guy knows is apparently a con-artist. It wasn’t even cocaine. That little asshole. Do you think I can sue him?”

“Sue a drug dealer?” I asked. “I don’t think that’s a thing. Besides, RJ was the one that swapped it for baby powder.”

RJ slapped my arm. “I could have kept the prank going, narc.”

Narc? What?

“RJ,” Sophie said. “That was...” She laughed. “That was hilarious.”

“I know, right?” He smiled.

Was it funny though? Sometimes I really didn’t understand their pranks.

“Did Mr. Halifax cover for you?” Axel asked. “Or was that the story you told him about the drugs?”

A smile spread over his face. “He covered for me. He’d already called the cops before the dance. And I guess he didn’t want the love of his life in federal prison. He’s so in love with me.”

“He looked kind of mad,” I said.

“I know. He’s so hot when he’s angry with me. The way his fingertips dug into my arm when he pulled me out of the cafeteria to yell at me earlier? God.” She fanned her face. “I almost came, I swear.”

“Sophie, that was really scary. You had us all really worried.”

“Except me,” RJ said. “Because of the prank.” He giggled.