“What?”
Spook met his gaze again. “Nothing… Absolutely nothing.” He shoved his hands in his pockets and found a stick of gum, which he shoved into his mouth. “Carry on believing whatever you need to, but at least contemplate the possibility that she didn’t tell you earlier for a valid reason.”
Luthor stuck his head around the door at the end of the corridor. “Guys, the car is waiting.”
Rock Giant pushed his ugly mug into view too. “Hurry it up. I want cake, and apparently we can’t have cake until the guest of honour arrives.”
They both dutifully trooped towards where they were supposed to have been ten minutes earlier.
“Were you guys fighting?” Luthor asked as they piled into the mini cab.
“Respectfully disagreeing,” Ash claimed. He shot a smile in Spook’s direction, but his best friend refused to acknowledge him.
Okay, well screw him. “Let’s go and party.”