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unwanted attention. And that’s the last thing she needs, right now.”
    I snorted. “Why, is she running away from someone?”
    He froze and turned to me, his expression unreadable. “What makes you ask that?”
    I smiled. “Sorry, I was only joking. Lighten up.”
    He opened his mouth to say something but then seemed to change his mind.
    “So,” I said. “I’d better not stay too long. I can come by tomorrow if you still haven’t found the thing you wanted to show me.”
    He crouched down and opened up another box. “ To tell you the truth,” he said, looking up at me, “it might take me awhile to find it in this mess.”
    I looked around. “I can imagine.”
    He stood up. “Here, I’ll walk you out.”
    “Okay.”
    As I turned to walk away, I almost tripped over one of the open boxes. I knelt down and picked it up. “You might want to find a better spot for this box; it looks like you have some breakables here.”
    “ Okay.”
    I glanced inside and noticed several colorful bottles with labels. I smiled as I read some of the bottles. “Oh, what are these? Magic potions?”
    He moved beside me and picked up one of the bottles. “Promotes hair growth,” he said, staring at the label.
    I noticed a purple bottle labeled “Promotes Thinness”, and grabbed it. “Wow, I wonder if your mom would sell me this.”
    He sighed. “You don’t need that,” he said. “You look good. These potions are too dangerous to mess around with anyway.”
    I laughed. “Magic potions? You really think these are magic?”
    “Let’s just say, I know they work. At least the ones I’ve used.”
    “Oh,” I said, trying to hide my smile. “Which ones did you try?”
    He grabbed a brown bottle and showed it to me. “See, this one kills trolls.”
    “So, are trying to tell me that you killed a troll?” I laughed.
    He stood up straighter. “No, I killed three, in fact.”
    His expression was so serious that I began to wonder if he was a little too caught up in all of this witchcraft nonsense.
    I took a step backwards. “Well, I suppose I’d better go.”
    He removed his sunglasses. “I’m sorry. I hope I didn’t frighten you.”
    “No.”
    But he was definitely starting to freak me out.
    “I’m just saying these little bottles work, and some of the m are very dangerous. My mom will be the first to tell you.”
    “Well, if a little bottle like this can help me get thinner, it’s worth checking out,” I said, deciding to humor him and his belief about potions. I grabbed the purple bottle again.
    He grabbed my wrist. “Seriously, Kendra… you don’t need that bottle. It might actually make you too thin. Besides, you look perfectly fine the way that you are.”
    I was flattered that he thought I looked “fine”, but the threat of looking too thin wasn’t helping his case one bit. I smiled and pinched my fingers together. “Listen, I’ll just try a little.”
    He frowned. “Don’t play with these things, Kendra. They can be very dangerous. You heard what my mom said.”
    “ Well, let’s just go talk to her then,” I answered, turning towards the exit leading to the shop. He followed me as I walked through the main store and towards the register, where his mother stood reading some kind of book about “enchantments.”
    “Hey , mom.”
    “ Hi,” she said, putting the large book down. She looked at the bottle in my hand. “Did you find something that interests you, honey?”
    “Yeah , I found this bottle and was wondering how much you’d sell it for?” I asked, holding it up.
    She looked a t the bottle and her face darkened. “Tyler,” she said, turning towards him, “where did you find this?”
    “It was in a box on the floor.” His lips thinned. “Kendra actually found it.”
    Rebecca turned to me. “This potion isn’t something to mess around with, young lady. It can get you into big trouble if not handled properly.”
    I smiled . “Okay, I’ll be extra careful, I promise. Is it for