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of the narrow cloakroom. Jay hit his head on a
metal peg. It was his own peg. The other boy
made a sudden blood curdling yell. They both
sat up. The boy had one hand over his left eye
and was holding something out to Jay with his
right hand. Jay looked. It looked like a…like
…AN EYEBALL IN A POOL OF BLOOD!
“Aghhhhh!” Jay screeched in horror.
What had he done? What had he done?
But the boy was laughing and it was another
few seconds before Jay realised the eyeball
was fake.
Abby tried to help.
“Leave Jay alone,” she stared firmly at Tom.
Tom looked at Jay.
“He’s a freak. Even more of a freak than you
with those red streaks in your hair! He walks
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