Literature
Whim Manor And The Boy Who Wasn't
Chapter 1: Wicked Step-Sister
[DEVIATION]
Friday, October 8, 2013—West Hills High School Library.
“Jesus Dude, you’re on your own.” Justin backed away from me. We were peering around a stack in the library, peering at Nora. She was leaning against a bookshelf, reading. She didn’t seem immediately threatening, but she was big in an Amazonian sort of way. That and she looked twenty-five.
“She can’t be that bad, can she?” I asked, watching her push her straight dark hair back behind square shoulders.
“You remember the entire sophomore wrestling team running laps last week at lunch?”
“Yeah?” I said.
“That was Nora. She shows up at tryouts, guys try outs, and they all laugh at her, and then she whoops all their asses. Every. Single. One.”
I looked back at Nora. She was thumbing through a book—the book I needed—with a sort of amused sneer on her face.
“Did they let her on the team?” I asked.
“No, dude. She turned them down.”
“Okay… Why’d she try out then?”
“Coach
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