Jack Will
I hung out with Jack in homeroom, English, history,
computer, music, and
science, which were all the classes we had together. The teachers assigned
seats in every class, and I ended up sitting next to Jack in every single class, so
I figured either the teachers were told to put me and Jack together, or it was a
totally incredible coincidence.
I walked to classes
with Jack, too. I know he noticed kids staring at me, but he
pretended not to notice. One time, though, on our
way to history, this huge
eighth grader who was zooming down the stairs two steps at a time accidentally
bumped into us at the bottom of the stairs and knocked me down. As
the guy
helped me stand up, he got a look at my face, and without even meaning to, he
just said: "Whoa!" Then he patted me on the shoulder, like he was dusting me
off, and took off after his friends. For
some reason, me and Jack started cracking
up.
"That guy made the funniest face!" said Jack as we sat down at our desks.
"I know, right?" I said. "He was like, whoa !"
"I swear, I think he wet his pants!"
We were laughing so hard
that the teacher, Mr. Roche, had to ask us to settle
down.
Later, after we finished reading about how ancient
Sumerians built sundials,
Jack whispered: "Do you ever want to beat those kids up?"
I shrugged. "I guess. I don't know."
"I'd want to. I think you should get a secret squirt gun or something and attach it
to your eyes somehow. And every
time someone stares at you, you would squirt
them in the face."
"With some green slime or something," I answered.
"No, no: with slug juice mixed with dog pee."
"Yeah!" I said, completely agreeing.
"Guys," said Mr. Roche from across the room. "People are still reading."
We nodded and looked down at our books. Then Jack whispered: "Are you
always going to look this way, August? I mean, can't you get plastic surgery or
something?"
I smiled and pointed to my face. "Hello? This is after plastic surgery!"
Jack clapped his hand over his forehead and started laughing hysterically.
"Dude, you should sue your doctor!" he answered between giggles.
This time the two of us were laughing so much we couldn't stop, even after Mr.
Roche came over and made us both switch chairs with the kids next to us.
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