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“Whoa!” I cried. “That might be dangerous, Lefty.”<br />
“It’s Max’s turn next,” Zack announced. “Unless you want to forfeit.”<br />
“No way,” I said, glancing at Erin. Reluctantly, I stepped up to the mirror and took a deep breath.<br />
“Okay, Zack, say good-bye to your record,” I said, trying to sound calm and confident.<br />
I didn’t really want to do it, I admitted to myself. But I didn’t want to look like a chicken in front<br />
of the others. For one thing, if I did wimp out, I knew that Lefty would only remind me of it twenty or<br />
thirty times a day for the rest of my life.<br />
So I decided to go ahead and do it.<br />
“One thing,” I said to Zack. “When I call out ‘ready’, that means I want to come back. So when I<br />
say ‘ready’, you pull the light chain as fast as you can—okay?”<br />
“Gotcha,” Zack replied, his expression turning serious. “Don’t worry. I’ll bring you back<br />
instantly.” He snapped his fingers. “Like that. Remember, Max, you’ve got to beat five minutes.”<br />
“Okay. Here goes,” I said, staring at my reflection in the mirror.<br />
I suddenly had a bad feeling about this.<br />
A real bad feeling.<br />
But I reached up and pulled on the light anyway.
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