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so eager to get
upstairs.
    “How about some chocolate cupcakes?” Mom asked when we’d finished our
sandwiches.
    Zack started to say yes, but I interrupted him. “Can we have dessert later?
I’m kinda full.”
    I pushed back my chair and got up quickly, motioning for Zack to follow me.
Lefty was already running to the stairs.
    “Hey—where are you going so fast?” Mom called after us, following us into
the hall.
    “Uh… upstairs… to the attic,” I told her.
    “The attic?” She wrinkled her face, puzzled. “What’s so interesting up
there?”
    “Uh… just a bunch of old magazines,” I lied. “They’re kind of funny. I
want to show them to Zack.” That was pretty fast thinking, for me. I’m usually
not very quick at making up stories.
    Mom stared at me. I don’t think she believed me. But she turned back to the
kitchen. “Have fun, guys. Don’t get too dirty up there.”
    “We won’t,” I told her. I led Zack up the steep stairs. Lefty was already
waiting for us in the attic.
    It was about a hundred degrees hotter up there. I started to sweat the second
I stepped into the room.
    Zack stopped a few feet behind me and looked around. “It’s just a lot of old
junk. What’s so interesting up here?” he asked.
    “You’ll see,” I said mysteriously.
    “This way,” Lefty called eagerly, running to the little room against the far
wall. He was so excited, he dropped his softball. It rolled in front of him, and
he tripped over it and fell facedown on the floor with a thud.
    “I meant to do that!” Lefty joked, climbing up quickly and leaping
after the ball, which had rolled across the floor.
    “Your brother is made of rubber or something,” Zack laughed.
    “Falling down is his hobby,” I said. “He falls down about a hundred times a
day.” I wasn’t exaggerating.
    A few seconds later, the three of us were in the hidden room standing in
front of the mirror. Even though it was a sunny afternoon, the room was as dark
and shadowy as ever.
    Zack turned from the mirror to me, a bewildered look on his face. “ This is what you wanted to show me?”
    “Yeah.” I nodded.
    “Since when are you into furniture?” he asked.
    “It’s an interesting mirror, don’t you think?” I asked.
    “No,” he said. “Not too interesting.”
    Lefty laughed. He bounced his softball off the wall and caught it.
    I was deliberately taking my time. Zack was in for the surprise of his life,
but I wanted to confuse him a little bit first. He was always doing stuff like
that to me. He always acted as if he knew everything there was to know, and if I
were good, he’d share a little bit of his knowledge with me.
    Well, now I knew something he didn’t know. I wanted to stretch this moment
out, make it last.
    But at the same time, I couldn’t wait to watch the look on Zack’s face when I
disappeared right in front of his eyes.
    “Let’s go outside,” Zack said impatiently. “It’s too hot up here. I brought
my bike. Why don’t we ride to the playground behind school, see who’s there?”
    “Maybe later,” I replied, grinning at Lefty. I turned to my brother. “Should
I show Zack our secret or not?”
    Lefty grinned back at me. He shrugged.
    “What secret?” Zack demanded. I knew he couldn’t stand to be left out of
anything. He couldn’t bear it if anyone had a secret he didn’t know
about.
    “What secret?” he repeated when I didn’t answer.
    “Show him,” Lefty said, tossing up the softball.
    I rubbed my chin, pretended to be thinking about it. “Well… okay.” I
motioned for Zack to stand behind me.
    “You’re going to make funny faces in the mirror?” Zack guessed. He shook his
head. “Big deal!”
    “No. That’s not the secret,” I told him. I stepped in front of the mirror,
admiring my reflection, which stared back at me in the glass.
    “Watch!” Lefty urged, stepping up beside Zack.
    “I’m watching. I’m watching,” Zack said impatiently.
    “I’ll bet you I can