I Crave Waffles

Chapter 4

The next day, back at Sikowitz's classroom, the entire class argued over who deserved the bonus when Sikowitz walked in.

"Silence!" Sikowitz yelled, and the classroom obeyed. "Now, what is all the commotion here?"

"Jade and I deserve that bonus," Cat said. Jade hit her on the arm, and Cat quieted down.

"What about me, maybe I want it!" Tori said.

"Alright, alright, STOP! I had no idea you all were going to be this competitive," Sikowitz said with a sigh. He sat down at his desk.

"So," Robbie spoke. "Who gets the bonus?"

"Well, first of all," Sikowitz said, standing back up. "I'm very proud of all of you. Most of you tried... although some didn't even bother to lift a finger!" He glanced at Jade, who shrugged. "So without keeping you all waiting any longer..."

"Spit it out!" Jade spat suddenly.

Sikowitz rolled his eyes. "Fine. First off, I present Tori and Andre with ten points each."

Tori and Andre shared a smile and a fist bump.

"Good going," Jade whispered to Andre. "What did you do?"

"Took him to an iHop yesterday." Tori smirked. Jade shot her a glare.

"Cat with five points," Sikowitz went on.

"Yay," Cat said in a small, soft voice.

Jade looked at her."Wait, what did you do?" she asked Cat.

"His shoelaces were untied," Cat explained.

Jade stared at her for a moment. "He doesn't have shoes," she pointed out.

"Good Gandhi, it's the thought that counts, Jade," Sikowitz snapped. "Now there's Robbie with three points. And of course, you, Jade with ZERO."

That evening, everyone reunited back at Tori's house.

"So, I don't get it," Tori said when they had gotten to the subject of the bonus points. "Andre and I got the highest points. It was a draw."

"Yeah," Jade replied. "I was kinda hoping Andre would win more points than you."

"A Congratulations Tori would have been just fine," Tori told her sarcastically.

"Does that mean that I'm babysitting?" Robbie asked them.

"Yeah, but don't worry, you have a lot of practice," Jade told him, motioning to Rex.

"Well that hurt," Robbie said as he slumped down on the couch.

"So, who gets to go to the concert?" Andre asked.

"Yay, I love concerts!" Cat chimed in.

"We know," Jade muttered.

"Well, can I tell them the surprise," Cat asked, poking Jade playfully on the shoulder and she nodded.

"Wait, what's the surprise?" Tori asked back quickly.

"You see," Cat began. "Jade and I realized that there might be a tie. Soooo, we bought another ticket."

"Stop toying with me! Did you, for real?" Tori asked, surprised.

"It was Cat's idea," Jade pointed out.

"Well, it's a brilliant idea, Cat!" Andre said.

"You two have fun," Robbie said wearily. "I'll be stuck babysitting a kid and a puppet."

"You know I don't like being called that," Rex snapped.

"Robbie, it's alright," Cat added. "Terry's a sweet kid!"

Robbie updated his status on TheSlap which read: "Terry's not a sweet kid... - MOOD = Shocked".

THE END!