Chapter 16

Question 1

This is the fourth _____ event he’s had us _______ to today.

Answer 1

improve; react

Question 2

So far we’ve had to deal with an imaginary blizzard, a thick fog, and _______ falling trees.

Answer 2

phantom

Question 3

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 __________.

Answer 3

gamer dreams

Question 4

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.

Answer 4

take up; hop aboard; ride off to; seeing

Question 5

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.

Answer 5

hunch

Question 6

Instead of hiding ______ the rain, she simply opens an umbrella and continues to _______ over the pond.

Answer 6

from; coast light-footedly

Question 7

God, she’s amazing. So smooth and graceful and elegant. If I had any _______, I’d __________ her and start chatting.

Answer 7

balls; coast up beside

Question 8

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.

Answer 8

taking cover under

Question 9

Then there’s Kelsey, _________ herself as she _____in the corner. Her retainered teeth _________ is fairly realistic. Definitely someone to consider.

Answer 9

clutching; crouches

Question 10

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.

Answer 10

hamming it up

Question 11

hamming it up means

Answer 11

to be theatrical

Question 12

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.

Answer 12

stumbling around; gale-force; stagger toward

Question 13

But just as I _________ her direction, I hear someone holler, Look out! Before I can alter my course, Voluptuous Victoria ____________ me.

Answer 13

reel in; blindsides

Question 14

I bounce off her soft fleshy ________________, whicp around and trip over my own feet.

Answer 14

buxomness

Question 15

A second later and I’m ___________________ right toward a flailing hurricane-_____________ Doucheag Dan.

Answer 15

timbering; buffeted

Question 16

buffet means

Answer 16

(especially of wind or waves) strike repeatedly and violently; batter.
“the rough seas buffeted the coast

Question 17

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.

Answer 17

brace; crotch

Question 18

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.

Answer 18

in the hope that

Question 19

Excuse me, she says, sliding past me to grab her Keds and red shutter shades off the _________.

Answer 19

stage steps

Question 20

I watch Leyna out of the corner of my eye. She’s sitting on the steps, trying to _________________________________ one of her laces.

Answer 20

work a knot out of

Question 21

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.

Answer 21

make a crack

Question 22

But I’m not any other guy. My body’s response to finding itself alone with a hot girl is to turn into a ___________. _________.

Answer 22

deaf-mute; evolution fail

Question 23

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.

Answer 23

travel; to

Question 24

My friends and I are making a low-budget horror movie to _______a film festival.

Answer 24

enter in

Question 25

You’d think I was giving away free _____________________ at Comic-Con the way the crowd of students ______ the sig-up sheet.

Answer 25

batarangs; mobs

Question 26

a batarang is

Answer 26

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

Question 27

mob means…

Answer 27

to crowd around noisily, as from curiosity or hostility:

Spectators mobbed the courtroom.

Question 28

I look to see if Leyna is among them, but it’s impossible to spot her in the _________.

Answer 28

horde

Question 29

He grins. I mean, if you’d like. I don’t want to _____________________________, but I can certainly whip these kids into shape for you.

Answer 29

step on any toes

Question 30

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.

Answer 30

shot my load;foster

Question 31

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.

Answer 31

gamer gods

Question 32

Of course I saw the Miracle Worker! I exclaim, and am rewarded by a _______________ Leyna smile.

Answer 32

megawatt

Question 33

Yeah, wow. You were awesome in it. Really, truly brillian. I realize I’m _______________________________, but I can’t seem to stop myself.

Answer 33

laying it on pretty thick

Question 34

The sweetest smile I’ve ever seen in my life ______ the right corner of her mouth.

Answer 34

tugs at

Question 35

Thanks, I say, trying to ________my intense emotional thing _____something resembling confidence.

Answer 35

harness; into

Question 36

My heart ________ in my chest, so loud that I’m afraid I’ll miss her response when it finally comes.

Answer 36

jackhammers

Question 37

take up means

Answer 37

to raise or lift