He looked through the cabinet at Zeke. âDo you still want to go to the Yunkeesâ training camp, son?â
âI sure do!â said Zeke.
âThen let me pull you through,â said Zekeâs dad.
So Zeke crawled back into his own universe. I crawled back into mine.
âIâm sorry, Zack,â said Zeke. âI was a real jerk.â
âYou were,â I said. âBut I forgive you.â
Cab horns were now honking on both sides of the cabinet.
âWell, so long, guys,â I said.
âSee you again sometime,â said Zeke.
âMaybe at the next Opening Day,â I said.
âOK,â said Zeke.
He fished something out of his pocket. He handed it to me through the cabinet. It was my retainer!
âYou swiped my retainer?â I said.
He nodded sheepishly.
âBut I couldnât keep it,â he said.
âBecause you knew it was wrong.â
âYeah,â he said. âAlso, it didnât fit.â
Then all of a sudden, the grandfather clock in our hallway started chiming.
It was 8:00.
We waved good-bye to each other. Then, instead of facing Zeke and his dad, I was looking at shelves with toothpaste and deodorant. I pushed hard against the back wall of the medicine cabinet. I visualized like crazy. But nothing happened.
So thatâs how I discovered the parallel universe. And every time I open my medicine cabinet, I think of Zeke and his dad. I kind of miss them. Itâs funny to think that theyâre so close, and yet so far away.
The next time I see Zeke, I could have a son of my own. Weird! I wonder what heâll be like. Hey, wouldnât it be cool if heâs just like me? In every way except one: I hope he doesnât ever need to wear a retainer!
What else happens to Zack? Find out in A Ghest Narred Wanda
Thatâs when we heard a very loud noise. A big bag of peanut M&Ms that was on a shelf just kind of exploded. All the M&Ms flew upward. They hit the ceiling, and stuck there. The way they stuck spelled out a message. It said:
OK OK HERE I AM WHAT NOW
âOh, my gosh,â I said softly.
âOh, my gosh,â said my dad.
I couldnât believe it-I had made contact with an actual evil spirit, with an actual spirit of a dead person.