Chapter 16 Flashcards
This is the fourth _____ event he’s had us _______ to today.
improve; react
So far we’ve had to deal with an imaginary blizzard, a thick fog, and _______ falling trees.
phantom
Pretty strange how just over a week ago I was skating with the girl of my nightmares and today I’m pretending to do the same thing with the girl of my __________.
gamer dreams
Of course, I’d be infinitely happier if Leyna and me could ______ our Blazefire Sabers, ______ an Eidolon, and ______________ fulfill our Final Fantasy. which isn’t very likely at this point, ______ as I haven’t had the guts to actually speak to her yet.
take up; hop aboard; ride off to; seeing
I _______ my shoulders and hold my hands over my head, pretending to be into this exercise but really just skating behind Leyna the whole time.
hunch
Instead of hiding ______ the rain, she simply opens an umbrella and continues to _______ over the pond.
from; coast light-footedly
God, she’s amazing. So smooth and graceful and elegant. If I had any _______, I’d __________ her and start chatting.
balls; coast up beside
So I shift my gaze from Princess Leyna to Hunter, who’s ________ one of the still-standing trees. He wipes the rain from his face and arm pretty convincingly.
taking cover under
Then there’s Kelsey, _________ herself as she _____in the corner. Her retainered teeth _________ is fairly realistic. Definitely someone to consider.
clutching; crouches
And here’s Douchebag Dan. _______________, pretending to have fallen through the ice. Though nobobdy’s rushing to his aid, which only goes to show how we all feel about him.
hamming it up
hamming it up means
to be theatrical
All of a sudden, everyone in the class is ___________, struggling against the ______________ winds. It’s the perfect opportunity to _________________ Leyna and possibly make some incidental contact.
stumbling around; gale-force; stagger toward
But just as I _________ her direction, I hear someone holler, Look out! Before I can alter my course, Voluptuous Victoria ____________ me.
reel in; blindsides
I bounce off her soft fleshy ________________, whicp around and trip over my own feet.
buxomness
A second later and I’m ___________________ right toward a flailing hurricane-_____________ Doucheag Dan.
timbering; buffeted
buffet means
(especially of wind or waves) strike repeatedly and violently; batter.
“the rough seas buffeted the coast
My hands shoot out to _____ my fall, and I end up grabbing Dan right in the ___________________. He howls in pain as he shoves me away, screaming something about keeping my mitts off his shillelagh.
brace; crotch
I head over to the corner and grab my beat-up Nikes, which I strategically kicked off next to Leyna’s baby-blue Keds _________________________ I might be able to muster up some casual conversation.
in the hope that
Excuse me, she says, sliding past me to grab her Keds and red shutter shades off the _________.
stage steps
I watch Leyna out of the corner of my eye. She’s sitting on the steps, trying to _________________________________ one of her laces.
work a knot out of
Any other guy would take full advantage of this lucky turn, maybe ____________________ how they don’t make shoelaces like they sued to and then gallantly offer to untangle them for her.
make a crack
But I’m not any other guy. My body’s response to finding itself alone with a hot girl is to turn into a ___________. _________.
deaf-mute; evolution fail
Before everybody leaves I just… I wanted to let you all know… That I am in love with Princess Leyna. That we’re destined to _______ the universe together. That you are all witness ______ the start of a beautiful romance. Shit. Shit. Shit.
travel; to
My friends and I are making a low-budget horror movie to _______a film festival.
enter in
You’d think I was giving away free _____________________ at Comic-Con the way the crowd of students ______ the sig-up sheet.
batarangs; mobs
a batarang is
A batarang is a roughly bat-shaped throwing weapon used by the Gotham City vigilante Batman as a non-lethal ranged attack alternative to firearms, which he rejects outright due to the circumstances of his parents’ murder
mob means…
to crowd around noisily, as from curiosity or hostility:
Spectators mobbed the courtroom.
I look to see if Leyna is among them, but it’s impossible to spot her in the _________.
horde
He grins. I mean, if you’d like. I don’t want to _____________________________, but I can certainly whip these kids into shape for you.
step on any toes
Listen I’m an artist first and foremost, Sean. He places a hand on my shoulder. I may have missed my time. ____________________, so to speak. But that doesn’t mean I don’t want to help ___________ my students’ artistic endeavors.
shot my load;foster
I turn back to grab my stuff and see Leyna standing there, looking at me. Everyone else is gone. This should seem like a gift from the _________________, but after what just happened with Mr. Nestman, I can’t help feeling a little uneasy.
gamer gods
Of course I saw the Miracle Worker! I exclaim, and am rewarded by a _______________ Leyna smile.
megawatt
Yeah, wow. You were awesome in it. Really, truly brillian. I realize I’m _______________________________, but I can’t seem to stop myself.
laying it on pretty thick
The sweetest smile I’ve ever seen in my life ______ the right corner of her mouth.
tugs at
Thanks, I say, trying to ________my intense emotional thing _____something resembling confidence.
harness; into
My heart ________ in my chest, so loud that I’m afraid I’ll miss her response when it finally comes.
jackhammers
take up means
to raise or lift
