Do It For The Pun! On Hold

Chapter Tree (Three): School Daze

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"Huuuuuuuuuh. I don't want to get up!!" I thought currently listening to my painfully loud alarm clock. I hate that thing, I realize it's supposed to be helpful in getting me up-but I still hated it.

School is absolutely terrible. Yes, I am a smart kid, but let's just say that for being called "Mountain Point High", the teachers here aren't so 'sharp'. Sometimes it seems that they aren't even legally certified.

One day during English, our teacher, Mrs. Garner, randomly burst into tears and started rambling on about how just two days earlier her boyfriend had dumped her. Apparently he said that she was "too smart" for him. I don't know if that meant that he wasn't into teachers or if she played lots of tricks on him, but that was a very interesting day.

I got on a pair of red plaid jeans with chains crossing at the back. After that I pulled on my tux shirt. This time I stuck on my red beanie and for the final touch I put on my glasses. Today I decided to wear my red all-star converse. As you might've already realized, I absolutely love converse. Their like, heaven on your feet.
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When I got to school I saw Randy and Ekko already at their lockers. Randy with her blonde hair in a braid and Ekko a messy bun.

"Hey dudes," I greeted them with my usual odd greeting.

"HI IZZY!!" Ekko said excitedly.

"HI EKKO!!" I replied. This was our usual greeting, we would practically yell each other's names and wave.

"Hey Izzy, did you see that episode of 'Super-girl' last night?" asked Randy, her and I were always watching the same shows and talked about them together.

"No, I got home a little late last night, but I think I have it recorded," I told her.

"Oh ok. Oh ya where were you yesterday? Ekko and I were hanging out and called you, but you didn't answer," Randy explained.

"I thought I told you, I was getting my volunteer hours at Mario and Luigi's flower shop," I told them, planning to reveal what happened.

"OOOOH! That make sense," said Ekko, and then,"hey did you hear about that car accident yesterday, apparently a kid from our school was in it and they got hurt really bad, and I'm pretty sure it was somewhat close to where you were working."

"Ya, I actually did, but I have class in a few minutes so I'll talk to you two at lunch, see ya," I said to them quickly grabbing my books and heading off to English. Hopefully today Mrs. Garner wouldn't have an emotional break down.
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At lunch I met Randy and Ekko outside at our usual lunch spot which consisted of a big shady tree and a nice grassy area to sit on.

Personally, this was my favourite part of the day where I got to relax with my two best friends, where I got to eat, and where we would all just talk about how our days were going and what happened to us over the weekend.

Approaching the tree where they were sitting I started to hear Randy talk about Axel Williams, the guy she liked. I'd seen him a couple times before, but had never actually had a conversation with him. From what I had seen, Axel had blonde hair with Bieber bangs, I realize that they are out of style now, but he could pull them off really well. He was VERY tall and had this awkward but cute look to him almost.

"So then we were listening to Mr. Abbott go on and on about how his cat had a heart attack on the weekend, an-" Randy was starting to say until I cut her off.

"But wouldn't it be heart a-CAT?? Haha, that was a good one, admit it," I exclaimed proud of myself for the wittiness of the pun I just made.

"Oh wow Izzy, way to interrupt my story," she exclaimed starting to smirk.

"You know how it is, I hear a potential pun, and then automatically it comes out," I explained to her. "But anyways, continue with your story."

"ANYWAYS, Mr. Abbott was going on about his cat, and then Axel turned around and asked me what day it was!! EEEEEEEE!!" squealed Randy as she told us her semi-exciting story.

"Well that's cool I guess," I said in a somewhat boring tone.

"Are you kidding? It's MEGA COOL!!" she replied to me obviously happy of what had happened today. I decided to not reply negatively since she was in such a good mood.

After listening to Randy's story, I told the two of them about my relation to the car accident yesterday. Afterwards, they asked me a ton of questions which thankfully I had the answer to. But then after that Ekko asked me a question that I was a little unsure of at first.

"Ok, so what's the deal with this pun competition Izzy? Are you in or out?" Ekko said questioning my situation.

"Alright, I guess I have to decide on this," I answered her. Honestly, I really had no idea what I wanted to do. Like yes, I'm good at making puns, and yes, I enjoy it also, but I don't know, it was just the thought of being put on the spot in order to make them. They usually just came to my head and no one was really pressuring me to say them, but if I had to be put on the spot, I don't know how I would react. So I answered with a lot of faith and said,"Ok, I'll do it for the pun!"
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The rest of the day flew by as if nothing had happened. Obviously something had and it was occupying my mind so much that I could barely think straight. In Biology, Mrs. Laguna asked me a question that I didn't hear which resulted in her having to repeat my name multiple times. Once I heard her, I couldn't bring to mind what the question was and I looked to someone for help when a kid named Cody whispered to me,"The answer is cheese monkeys."

Not thinking, I said to her in a 'you-thought-I-wasn't-listening-but-i-was' tone,"Cheese monkeys!"

Right after saying that I heard an eruption of laughter from the whole class and finally realized what I had just said.

"Ms. Adams do you see me laughing? No, you don't. Please pay attention while I am teaching," said Mrs. Laguna with an intimidating tone.

"Yes Mrs. Laguna," I replied guiltily.
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When I got home I immediately threw my bag on my bed as well as myself. Today had been exhausting and all I wanted to do was sleep. Like my body had read my mind, in a few seconds I was fast asleep forgetting about the events of today.

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HEY I UPDATED ON TIME! YAAAAAAY!! AND I KNOW THIS CHAPTER WAS REALLY LONG, BUT I HOPE IT DIDNT BORE YOU. I AM OPEN TO ANY CRITICISM, SO IF MY STORY SUCKS, PLEASE TELL ME. ALSO, I HOPE YOU ENJOYED MY MEAN GIRLS REFERENCE! HAHA. AND OH YA, MERRY CHRISTMAS!!
-Cas :)