Dance and Drama

Chapter 11

The hallways were flooded with students leaving their classrooms going to second period. It was so crowded, I got separated from Frida and Andrea again. I was walking to History class I can hear several of my classmates complaining about Ms. Emmonds and the homework we were given. I can't blame them, she's way too strict... Plus the homework we got looks like it would take way more than two days to complete. Tyler stormed past me grumbling under his breath with Craig walking behind him. I asked Craig what was up with his brother. "Tyler's mad because--" He started before Tyler himself stomped over. "I'm infuriated, Nora! Infuriated! It's unfair enough that Jessica gets no homework, but now that Jessica has began courting that show-off, Brody West, he has homework along with Veronica and Rebecca and they're both forcing me and Craig to do not only his Calculus homework, but all the other classes where they're all assigned homework!" "This all happened while you were out of the classroom." Craig said. Tyler continued his rant. "And if you think that was bad enough, Jessica blackmailed us, saying that if either me or Craig refuse to complete their homework assignment, she and her friends and Brody will humiliate us both in front of the whole school! It's obvious that Jessica is the most popular girl and Brody is the most popular boy, approximately seventy eight percent of the other students idolize them! If my brother and I do end up getting publicly humiliated, we will most likely never hear the end of it nor will we live it down, Nora! This embarrassment could possibly stick with us for the rest of junior year and POSSIBLY OUR ENTIRE SENIOR YEAR!" Tyler was yelling now and it's starting to scare Craig and all the students in the hallway turned and looked at us. One boy from another class looked right at me and started to point and laugh really loud. "Ha ha!! Look! It's the girl who peed her pants!!" The hallway was screaming with laughing students. I was so embarrased. "SHUT UP!!" I screamed at them. "I got splashed with rain water!!" Everyone ignored me. They continued laughing hysterically. "Impossible!! You stop laughing this instant!" Tyler yelled. "If Nora did urinate herself, her pants would still be wet! They are completely dry!" Everyone ignored him. I turned to Tyler. "You're not helping, Tyler!" He got defensive. "Hey, I was just stating facts about how certain liquids affect certain fabr--" "Well no one's listening!" I said in frustration. Tyler stormed away with Craig following after him. I kept yelling at the other students to be quiet, but no one's listening. I turned and saw Veronica and Rebecca laughing at me while watching me get humiliated. "What's the matter? You gonna cry, Baby Nora?" Veronica teased. The crowded hallway started pointing and chanting. "Baby Nora!! Baby Nora!! Baby Nora!! Baby Nora!!" I then noticed Andrea running up to them, preparing for a fight. I can't let her do that, this humiliation will get even worse. "Andrea, don't!!" Frida yelled. She held her arms back. I joined her in restraining Andrea from pulverizing Rebecca and Veronica. "Let me have this one!! I can't let these brats make you miserable!" Andrea yelled struggling to get free. Rebecca was cracking her knuckles. She taunted Andrea. "Up for round two, Fatso?" "Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!" The students were chanting. It could've gotten even worse if Principal Brunowski didn't show up. "Everyone, that's enough!! There will be no fighting in this corridor! Get to class!" He exclaimed. The students groaned and walked to their respective class periods. I was heading to History class for second period. At least Mr. Simmons' cringy dad jokes will be enough to calm my wrecked nerves. My friends and I walked to History Class and there in the classroom was Mr. Simmons turning on the projector. Several more classmates walked in behind us. "Hello, everyone. Happy Monday." He greeted. "We're gonna be watching a movie today!" Everyone's faces lit up. "It's a documentary about the Civil War." He continued. Everyone groaned in disappointment. "Hey, be glad you don't have to do a worksheet on it." The class calmed down enough to watch the documentary. At least it'll take their minds off of my recent humiliation. At that moment Mr. Simmons loaded up the video and pressed play. The documentary just made my entire mind go blank. This black-and-white film was so boring it was making me so tired, especially after I went through all that yelling. I couldn't stay awake much longer. After ten minutes, I just drifted off...
The next thing I knew, I find myself dreaming. A dream where I find myself as tiny as a chess piece, surrounded by a huge crowd of students. And by huge, I mean huge. Everyone was a giant! Pointing and laughing at me at a deafening volume. And I hear someone stomping behind me, two people, now there are four people stomping towards me so loud. I look up and I see Ms. Emmonds, Jessica AND her little friends too! They were giants as well. Even bigger than the other students. They pointed at me and taunted me. Ms. Emmonds was screaming at me with her insults while Jessica and her gang laugh and take photos of me suffering from humiliation. The flash of light coming from their phones taking pictures was blinding. Then the school bell rang, waking me up. I gasped from how loud it was. "And Class is over, students! We'll continue this film tomorrow." Mr. Simmons said. He looked at me. "And this time, try to stay awake, Nora." I felt embarrassed, but not as humiliated as I did in the hallway. Now it was time for Study Hall, which means one thing: Talent Show sign-up and auditions in the auditorium!