Rusty and Jack have been friends since they were little kids, becoming closer as each year passes. But this year is different. Rusty starts to feel strange around Jack, tingly, embarrassed, nervous, flustered. All year, he wonders if Jack feels the...
Rusty sits down next to Jack in the social studies class. "Ok, do we have everyone?" Mrs. Collie looks around the classroom as she scans over the class list. "Alright, looks like everyone is here! Ok, I want all eyes on the world map up on the board!"
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"So, can anyone point to Oceania? This should be easy since it's the continent we live in!" She asks. Jack raises his hand right away. The teacher points at him. "What's your name?" She asks him. "It's Jack" He answers. "And can you point to Oceania for me?" She asks him. He points to the bottom right corner where Australia is. "Very good!" She tells. Rusty feels a bit jealous. As Jack sits down, he notices this. "You ok, Rus?" He asks. "No, what if she calls on me? I don't know my Contients or my Countries or anything!" He tells Jack. "Rusty, it's ok! You don't have to know your geography! It's perfectly ok if you don't know. That's why Mrs. Collie is here. She's here to help. I'm here to help! You're gonna be ok. This is just to see what we know" He smiles at Rusty. "Thanks, Jack." He smiles back and blushes a little.
"Ok, who would like to point to North America?" Mrs. Collie asks. She looks around. Nobody raises their hand. She then looked at Rusty, who was sitting nervously in his seat. "How about you have a go?" She points at Rusty. "B-But I wasn't raising my-" He stutters. "You got this, Rusty," Jack tells him. Rusty walks up to the front of the class. "Uh-uh, I think N-North America is there!"
He points to one of the only countries he knew, which was America. He recognized the flag. He chose it because it was in the name, North America. He goes silent and waits for her to answer. "That's right!" Mrs. Collie says happily.. Rusty lets out a huge sigh of relief. He sits back down next to Jack. "I told ya you could do it" Jack says happily.
BEEEEEEEP
"That's the bell!" Mrs. Collie shouts. "All the students get up and empty out into the hallway. They meet up with Indy, Bluey, Pretzel, and Mackenzie. Indy has a terrified expression. "Hey guys! What's wrong, Indy?" Jack asks, concerned. "J-Just look!" She points to a purple sticky note on her locker.
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"What am I gonna do! I can't fight someone in the first week of school!" She shouts sadly. "It's ok, Indy! You can just tell the teachers that she started it!" Bluey suggests. "That Shiba inu didn't seem too tough, so you could probably take her down?" Pretzel says. Judo then walks over to the group. She sees the sticky note. "Is this from that mean girl?" Judo asks. "Yes! She wants me to fight her..." Indy explains.
"Don't worry, Indy....I got this.." Judo says as she cracks her knuckles...
