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lessons are way cool. He even talks about ghosts and all kinds of other neat stuff."
    "Thank you for the endorsement, Mr. Riley. I'm glad to know I'm getting through to you in my own little way."
    They all chuckled, even Whisper. She had the laugh of an angel. Josh smiled again, and then felt himself blush as he figured Kendra was watching. Oh man, she was going to pick on him later. Hopefully out of Whisper's earshot.
    "That's cool," Whisper said. "The history teacher at my old school was so boring. Any little thing will help."
    "Do you like ghosts?" Josh asked. Lame, but it was all he could think to say. Kendra fought hard to keep a straight face, so he looked away and focused on Whisper.
      "Yeah, some of the supernatural stuff is pretty interesting."
    Zach perked up. "Do you believe?"
    She bit her lip. Oh, god, that was cute. And a bit sexy. If that was how she mulled most things over, Josh needed to ask some thought provoking questions just so he could watch her do that.
    "I want to," she finally answered. "But I don't know. I've never seen one."
    "You and Mr. Hart might be surprised," Mr. Baxter said.
    Before Josh could ask what he meant, Kendra let out a big exaggerated sigh. "Enough with the ghost stuff. What are you guys doing anyway?"
    Before either Josh or Zach could answer, Mr. Baxter said, "We're talking about starting up a digital camera club. Don't say anything to anyone yet, though. We don't want to get hopes up if it doesn't take off."
    "I love taking pictures," Whisper said. "If you do start it up, can I join?"
    "Yeah," Josh said. "You're in."
    Zach gave him an odd look, and Kendra had to turn away, he assumed to laugh. Whisper just gave a little shrug of joy. Wow, he so needed to make her do that more often. That was hot.
    Kendra composed herself and turned back around. "I want in, too." She batted her eyelashes at Zach. "You don't mind, do you, sweetie?"
    He shrugged. "No, that's fine. I like hanging out with you."
    She flicked her hair back, a smug smile on her face. "We should probably get on with our tour. You ready, Whisper?"
    "Yeah. It was nice to meet you all."
    "You, too," Josh said. He wanted to add something else, something witty, but nothing came to mind, so he waved.
    "Why don't you two meet us back here tomorrow after school and we'll talk more about the digital photography club. Remember, don't mention it to anyone else yet. Okay?"
    Both girls agreed, waved, and left. When they were gone, Zach punched Josh in the arm. "Dude, we weren't supposed to tell anyone about any of this. Why did you invite her?"
    He shrugged. "I don't know. She said she liked taking pictures. Besides, I didn't mention the ghosts."
    "No, it's fine," Mr. Baxter said. "I saw her file, and I think she'll be a good fit."
    "What did it say?" Zach said.
    Mr. Baxter shook his head. "We're not treating this so-called club very academically, but remember, I'm still the teacher and you're the student. I'm not sharing that sort of info."
    "Dude, he could get sued," Josh said.
    "That, too, Mr. Hart, but more to the point, it's unethical. Anyway, Ms. Douglas should fit in fine. I have a bit of a worry about Ms. Phelps, though. I can't see her taking this very seriously."
    "If she gets bored, she'll go do something else. Don't worry about her."
    "Besides," Josh said, "I've known Kendra since we were five years old. If she gets caught up in something, she'll be obsessed. She could be a good asset for us."
    Mr. Baxter rubbed his chin and nodded. "If you guys are fine with it, it's okay with me. You'll be the one at the farm, not me."
    "How come? Don't you want to see the ghosts?"
    "I'd love to see the ghosts, but I can't join you on this. District policy."
    Josh wanted to say that it'd be like a field trip or sporting event or something, and plenty of teachers did those. Why couldn't Mr. Baxter? He didn't want to ask, though, in case it was something so obvious it made him look dumb.
    "Okay, boys, come back tomorrow after school. I have