These are the last laughs we had in the seventh grade:
1. I was singing "I wanna know what love is" without being aware during class.
2. All of the times that Giovanni kicked the soccer ball out of the field during kickball.
3. The time we begged Miss Impelli for extra gym.
4. When Miss Impelli said shut up again and she owed us an ice cream party, but we got a pizza party instead. (At the beginning of the year, chapter 2, when Miss Impelli told Gio to shut up, she promised that if she ever said it again, she owes us an ice cream party).
5. "Gio, I'm cleaning!" #ryvethejanitor RyveObien
6. Alexa ran around the room with yarn.
7. Mrs. McLaughlin called Ariela and Valentina dopey.
8. Lawrence was holding down his water bottle and lunch and launched it by accident. He got in trouble.
9. We all sang "Counting Stars" after we watched "Earth to Echo".
10. Miss Impelli following us on Pinterest.
11. When Miss Impelli didn't have a chair at her computer.
12. "Happy Firday!"
13. Miss Impelli and Mrs. Macri were singing along to the songs in "Grease".
14. We all got wishy-washy when Mrs. McLaughlin played the 8th grade graduation video.
15. I had to show up a bunch of 6th graders who thought they could beat me in a flexibility competition.
16. Miss Impelli showed us her neighborhood on Google Maps.
17. Giovanni broke Miss Impelli's coffee mug.
18. Sophia O. stole and hid Syrup (the stuffed owl)
19. We had a "family meeting" with our school's guidance counselor.
20. Miss Impelli showed us the website that she made.
21. We all had to write something nice about everybody in the class.
22. Mr. Barry said to Gio "You have problems, sir."
23. We acted out "The Outsiders".
24. Mrs. McLaughlin sang the military song for us.
25. Ariela and Sofia E. were fighting with their backpacks on their chest.
26. Sofia E. and Brittany's booty song.
27. Giovanni and the glow sticks.
28. We played 7-up during the last Italian class.
29. Sofia E. making all of the Quizlets for our finals.
30. The poor little skeleton model in the classroom.
31. The human body a.k.a. Britney Spears.
32. Miss Impelli did a cartwheel.
33. Our mini award ceremony.
34. Those half-day Friday afternoons at Porto Bello.
35. The big group hug at the end of the year.
Dear reader,
I hope you enjoyed reading "Just Teens". It has been one heck of a roller coaster. I loved to be able to share my experience with my class. I used to always look forward to writing a new chapter about a new adventure. It never got old. Because I had so much fun writing this school year, I have a special announcement to make. Starting in September, I will be writing a sequel to "Just Teens"! It will be called "Just Teens: The Final Chapter". It's estimated release date is September 9th, 2015! I'm so excited to do it again! Thanks again for reading my book! You guys have no idea how much I appreciate it! I think you a thousand times and I hope you guys had a few good laughs. See you next year!
With all of my love,
Kirsten Killeen (author of "Just Teens")
