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No ice cream sundae.
Casey leaned over the railing and screamed down into the hole. “Dad! Marvin wants an ice cream sundae!”
Marvin leaned over the railing as well. He saw Casey’s father way down at the bottom of the pole. It was a long way down. Marvin wasn’t so sure he wanted to slide down it anymore. He felt a little dizzy.
“How many scoops?” Casey’s father called up.
“How many scoops do you want, Marvin?” Casey asked him.
“Uh, two.”
“We both want two scoops!” Casey shouted.
She turned back to Marvin. “My dad makes the best ice cream sundaes.”
“Well, that doesn’t count,” said Marvin. “If your dad makes it.”
“Why not?” asked Casey. “You wished for an ice cream sundae. And now you’re going to get one.”
Still, it seemed to Marvin he would have gotten the sundae even without the magic crystal. But now that he thought about it, he did wonder why he’d agreed to come to Casey’s house.
“When did you wish for me to come over?” he asked her. “Before or after Stuart and Nick got in a fight?”
“Before,” said Casey.
“That’s weird,” said Marvin. “I was supposed to go to Stuart’s house today. The only reason I didn’t was because he had to stay after school for fighting.”
Casey bit her finger.
The door to the library opened and a teenage girl came in.
“We’re busy,” said Casey.
“Oh, sorry,” said the girl. “I didn’t know you were in here.” She looked at Marvin. “Is he your boyfriend?”
“No way!” Casey exclaimed. “He’s just Marvin.”
The girl looked at Marvin. “Marvin Redpost?” she asked.
Marvin wondered how she knew his last name.
The girl stared at Marvin. “Aren’t you the boy who turned into a girl?”
“Uh … no,” said Marvin. “I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
“Oh,” said the girl. “It must have been a different Marvin Redpost.” She laughed, then turned and left the library.
“That’s my sister, Tanya,” said Casey. “She’s just stupid.”
A short while later, Mr. Happleton yelled up that the sundaes were ready.
“Let’s go,” said Casey. She ducked under the railing, grabbed the pole, then disappeared beneath the floor.
Marvin looked over the railing. His legs felt very weak. He took a long, deep breath.
He still held the magic crystal. He closed his eyes and whispered, “I wish I don’t get hurt.”
He ducked under the railing, took hold of the pole, and wrapped his legs around it. He let himself slide down, very, very slowly.
