Magic.
A word I was unfamiliar with...
Till now.
A word so powerful it could determine life or death.
A word that is also beautiful.
***
"Beat ya!" I shouted from the end of the hall.
"Not fair!" Nick complained. "You are taller."
Nick is one of the top 28 math students in the whole school. ( the top 28 math students also consists of...
Tim
Jessie
Abhijit
Nandini
Ishika
Me
Etc.)
He is also the class clown.
He panted as he reached me. His spiky hair was filled with sweat and his face was red.
He bent over to take a breath.
Mrs. Evelyn (aka Mrs. Evilyn) gave us a stern, warning look from her class window.
Mrs. Evelyn was the meanest teacher in the whole sixth grade. She looked like a demon next to our guidane counselor.It was hard to tell by her long blonde hair and gray eyes, but the evil was definitely there.
She walked outside of the classroom, her high heels clicking against the tile floor.
That definitely wasn't a warning look.
She thrusted her hand out as if she was pushing away raw fish, but the raw fish was a yellow slip.
I groaned.
You have permission to come in for
Lunch detention
Room:216
Date: 10/5/14
Reason: running in halls
Thank you for your convenience
"I think you will have plenty of time to think about your actions." She said, her eyebrows turning inwards.
Nick sighed.
"Thank you for you convenience?!" Nick shouted. "Who does she think we are, her little lab rats?!"
Mrs. Evelyn came and thrusted another raw fish slip at him.
You have permission to come in for
Recess detention
Room:216
Date: 10/5/14
Reason: shouting in halls
Thank you for your convenience
"I will not stand for this!" He whisper shouted.
"Really? You are standing right now, Mister." I stated.
He sat down against the sliding wall.
"I will not stand for this!" He said a little louder.
"Lets see you try to catch up to me while you are butt scooting behind me for you special cause." I shot at him.
He bit his lip at the thought of this.
"I will not sit for this!" he proclaimed as he jumped back to his feet.
We walked out of Mrs. Evelyn's sight before we started running to gym.
***
Abhijit and Nandini were sitting against the bleachers, ignoring each other like one of them didn't exist.
Nandini jumped at the sight of us.
"What took you so long?" she exclaimed.
"Nick wouldn't stand, er, sit, for the fact that Mrs. Evilyn kept handing us lunch detention slips." I said. "She is such an evil teacher! We were just running!" I complained.
"Yeah she is." Nandini agreed, she had hesitation in her voice and u sensed she was hiding something.
I lost my train of thought and lined up for laps.
"Today you will run 30 laps around the gym to train for the annual run. No stopping! If someone pukes, just go around! I will not put up with weaklings!" the gym teacher barked, her hair flipping around wildly.
"Someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed." Abhijit muttered.
The whistle blew and we took off. We actually took off really slow to save energy. Mrs. Parker, aka Mrs. Barker, was barking orders at us from across the gym.
"Go! Go! My grandmother is faster than you!" she called out at random, pointing at people.
I ducked out of her view, and her criticism.
***
I was panting at the end of 30 laps. I flopped onto a bleacher and grabbed my water bottle.
Abhijit waddled his way over and laid down on the bleacher in front of me.
"Mrs...Barker...Sucks!" he said between huge breaths of air.
The gym smelled like sweat and socks and I held my nose. What died in here? Oh yeah! The souls of kids.
Man. The souls of kids stink.
As soon as all the kids had flung themselves on to the bleachers, Mrs. Barker came and gave us a very cheerful pep talk.
"I think I saw a snail surpass you! How slow are you? You will never pass the annual run!" She barked.
Oh yeah. Very cheerful.
I made my way out of the smelly gym and the fresh air hit me like a rock. The smell of French toast sticks filled the halls and I took a deep breath.
"Wow! You look tired!" Ishika stated as she walked up to me with Tim at her side.
"What? Tired? No! 30 laps around the gym which is like 300 feet long isn't tiring at all!" I said with a hint of sarcasm in my voice.
"Ughhhh! I heard they are serving tuna salad sandwiches today at lunch!" Ishika complained.
"That sucks! Now I have lunch and recess detention plus disgusting food!" Nick commented.
The clock struck 11:10 and we went to get our food.
