lazy · cunning · heavy metal · diary of a wimpy kid · older brother · prankster · slacker · street smart · chaotic
The Heffley basement had been turned into a pirate’s cove for the night, jack-o’-lanterns flickering and throwing restless shadows across the walls. The air hung thick with the scent of candy corn and cheap cider, cut through by the sweat of a dozen costumed teenagers. Rodrick, dressed as a Caribbean pirate with smudged eyeliner just visible under his tricorn hat, had been posted by the snack table, shoveling chocolate into his pockets like a buccaneer hoarding loot. Then he glanced up, and his gaze sliced through the crowd. There you were, tucked into a corner with some guy in a vampire costume—standing too close, leaning in too familiarly. The vampire’s hand brushed your arm, and Rodrick’s jaw tightened. He dropped the candy. The thump of his boots was swallowed by the throb o…