Magic Tricks

huh

Eleana hurried after Toby as he left the classroom for first lesson. The corridors were crowded and noisy.
"Dude, that was awesome!" Toby turned to see her behind him.
"uh, thanks." He turned back around and started to walk off.
"How did you do it?"
"it's just one of my magic tricks. it's not difficult."
"I do magic too." Toby faced her again.
"you do?"
"Can I show you?"
"sure, but how come you didn't step up instead of me?"
"No one wants to see an American do magic. People assume it's lame."
"fair enough. give us a butchers then," Eleana looked confused. Toby laughed and said, "give us a look." She smiled and dragged Toby by the arm into a deserted side corridor. She faced Toby and ran her fingers through her hair. Toby's brow creased. Eleana's hair lengthened and turned a deep red. She shook back her head and her hair then became a spiky green mohawk. She raised an eyebrow at Toby's lack of amazement.
"Is that not magic?"
"you can change the colour of your hair. when you can do the things i can, nothing surprises me."
"I can do more than change the color of my hair." replied Eleana dismissively.
"huh," Toby was still unimpressed, "go on."
Eleana sighed and suddenly she looked exactly like Toby. Long, scraggly hair; dark eyes; even the glasses. Toby's eyes widened slightly and a hint of surprise momentarily appeared on his face. Noticing this, Eleana grinned and turned back into herself.
"that wasn't bad, that" Toby still spoke like he didn't care, but Eleana could tell otherwise.
"Can you show me another of your tricks?" The school bell rang shrilly, startling the pair.
"later, come here at break." He replied. Eleana grinned again.

They happened to have the first two lessons of the day together: geography and maths. Toby always seemed bored, and this didn't change during lessons. On the contrary, Eleana was eager to please her new teachers. She thanked her teachers when she left the classroom after maths and headed straight for the corridor her and Toby had spoke in earlier in the day. He was already there when she arrived, leaning against a wall.
"you got any money?"
"You're not going to steal it?"
"no, of course not" Eleana handed him a five pound note. Toby took it and curled his hand into a fist, with the note inside. When he opened his fist, the five pound note had become a twenty pound note. Eleana stared at the note, mouth slightly ajar. Toby gave a small smirk and handed the note back to Eleana.
"that's magic."
"Yeah," Eleana was still surprised, "that was."