Wonder

“How to build an organic battery made of potatoes. Now, that’s cool.
It says here you could power a lamp with it. We could call it the Spud
Lamp or something. What do you think?”
“Dude, that sounds way too hard. You know I suck at science.”
“Shut up, you do not.”
“Yeah I do! I got a fifty-four on my last test. I suck at science!”
“No you don’t! And that was only because we were still fighting
and I wasn’t helping you. I can help you now. This is a good project,
Jack. We’ve got to do it.”
“Fine, whatever.” I shrugged.
Just then there was a knock on the door. A teenage girl with long
dark wavy hair poked her head inside the door. She wasn’t expecting
to see me.
“Oh, hey,” she said to both of us.
“Hey, Via,” said August, looking back at the computer screen. “Via,
this is Jack. Jack, that’s Via.”
“Hey,” I said, nodding hello.
“Hey,” she said, looking at me carefully. I knew the second Auggie
said my name that he had told her about the stuff I had said about
him. I could tell from the way she looked at me. In fact, the way she
looked at me made me think she remembered me from that day at
Carvel on Amesfort Avenue all those years ago.
“Auggie, I have a friend I want you to meet, okay?” she said. “He’s
coming over in a few minutes.”
“Is he your new boyfriend?” August teased.
Via kicked the bottom of his chair. “Just be nice,” she said, and left
the room.
“Dude, your sister’s hot,” I said.
“I know.”
“She hates me, right? You told her about the Halloween Incident?”
“Yeah.”
“Yeah, she hates me or yeah, you told her about Halloween?”
“Both.”