WAR TORN by Linden McNeilly Rourke Educational Media rourkeeducationalmedia com
Chapter One Kelsey Charges Ahead Here’s another spot Kelsey Wanna come to our group Matt hopped his chair a little sideways to make room A little thrill ran up Kelsey’s spine Matt wanted her to be in his group Matt Already sitting oh-so-close on Matt’s other side Bettina leveled her gaze at Kelsey Kelsey tried not to get sucked into the black hole of Bettina’s stare Breathing through her mouth to slow down her crazy heart Kelsey said all fake perky Sure That would be cool She almost tipped her chair over in a rush to get on Matt’s other side before someone else moved in Kevin and Julie joined the misshapen circle Matt and Bettina had started Once the circle was complete Bettina’s hand shot up 6
It looks like Team One is already formed said Mr Cole writing the names of Kelsey’s group on the chalkboard Nice job making it work Everyone else you have five more minutes to get into a group of four to six I’ll be handing out job assignments as soon as you’re settled When Mr Cole passed out the project slips Bettina grabbed it before anyone else could read it Newspaper crew she announced That’ll be easy Matt and I’ll do the ads and Julie you do sports We can do a close up of Joe Namath my cousin dated him and Kelsey was about to open her mouth when Matt said Whoa Nellie I wanted to do sports Julie can do the ads with you For an instant Bettina looked like a bee stung her But she recovered quickly Oh you Fine I’ll help you with that then Julia doesn’t need me for ads And Kevin what do you want as your specialty You’re good at comics aren’t you Or something with food Isn’t your dad a chef or something 7
