Farewell...

As a goodbye for the week, here are the next TWO chapters of the Five, plus a funny few. Tell me if I should post anymore story bits. First, the next two chapters in order. If you want to know who Jasper is, you have to read the one at the bottom.

Garret
Ugh...mostly
My mom wanted me to wear a suit to the dance. A dumb suit. That’s for high schoolers, at prom. I tried to tell her that! I walked in and felt like the world was glaring at me. Then, I saw my friends and groaned. Samuel was there, in shorts, shaking his butt. And wouldn’t you know it? They tore. Everyone was cracking up. Jenna shook her head. Chloe laughed loudly along with Bridget. I chuckled. Samuel moaned. We stopped laughing and he ran for the guy’s locker room. “Hey, Samuel! The dork put a fork on the rip in his pants!” Logan shouted. “Huh?” I questioned, glaring at him. “I don’t know, it just rhymed. A suit?” He laughed and walked away. “Um, don’t take this the wrong way, but I think you look nice.” Bridget told me. I raised one eyebrow at her. “Hey, I warned you.” She said, going back to her jumping circle with Chloe and Jenna. I watched everyone jump and dance stupidly. “Alright, it’s slow ball time!” The DJ announced. Bridget scrambled into the bleachers. I followed her. “Why ya hiding?” I asked. “Too scared. I barely even know how to dance with dudes.” She shrugged. “I’ll...I’ll dance with you.” I stammered. Her eyes lit up. “Really?” She asked. We went into the center of the gym. When the song was over, Jenna whooped. I smiled and Bridget was practically glowing. Samuel walked out of the bathroom. He had stuffed toilet paper everywhere that a rip was. It made his butt look gigantic. We all burst into a fit of laughter, even Samuel.

Bridget
Early on, a change

I could tell that week would be awful right when a kid puked in the hall Monday morning. Chloe seemed meaner than usual. She almost left our table before we waved her over. Then, that afternoon, I told her off. She was offended. So, on a group notion, we removed her. Simple as that, right? Wrong. She was mean to all of us, but mostly me. I came home in tears every day, as if my family weren’t enough. Jenna called constantly with kind words and e-mails. Then, I saw a red-head in the halls. He waved at me. It took me a few minutes to realize it was Jasper. He ran over to me. For some reason, his eighth grade lunch was full and he was moved to ours. “I’ve never heard of a lunch being full before.” I remarked as we walked the halls on Wednesday morning. “It wasn’t. I remembered that you went here and asked if I could...” I nodded. Chloe laughed at me as she cruised the halls, back with her tough friends. I invited Jasper to sit with us. Sure, that outnumbered girls to guys, but Salia would gladly sit with us. Samuel chatted Jasper up. Jasper wowed him with fancy words. Then, Jenna waved her hands. “Let’s have a random facts contest! Jasper and Garret.” “Why me?” Garret moaned happily. “Tongue prints are just as different as fingerprints!” Jasper started. “In West Virginia, it’s illegal to sleep on a train.” Garret rattled. “Kangaroos can’t jump unless their tail is on the ground!” Jasper yelled, hoping to startle Garret. “A cup of gasoline has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite!” Garret said with a snap of his fingers. “In Florida, it’s illegal for men to wear strapless gowns.” Jasper said with wide eyes. Garret sunk into his seat. “Can’t top it.” Samuel’s eyes were bugging. “Well, crap.” he said. “I was gonna try that at the next dance.” We all burst out laughing. Heck, we didn’t need Chloe!

Then a funny few...
Garret
Midnight Interruption
I crawled into bed that night, replaying the events in my head. It was almost midnight before I even thought about closing my eyes. Suddenly, I heard a bonk on my window. I shot straight up and glared out the window. Samuel was struggling to climb in my window. “Samuel, what in the name of sports are you doing here?” I whispered and yelled at the same time. “Saying thanks.” He said, patting his hair. “How come everyone’s room is on their second floor?” “You’ve crawled into people’s windows before?” I asked. He nodded, panting. “Yours was awfully tough.” I shook my head. “Is there an end to your weirdness, Samuel?” I asked with a laugh. “Is that a trick question? Or is that just an insult?” He rubbed the back of his neck in thought. I shook my head again. “Don’t strain your head. My question was answered.” He nodded. “Anyway, thanks.” Then, he lifted his leg to climb back out the window. “Samuel!” I hollered. He yelped, gripping the windowsill to keep from falling. “Thanks, too.” I smiled. He smiled also before climbing down into my oak tree.




Bridget
Meeting Jasper
I pulled back on my horse’s rains and stopped for a swig of water. Riding lessons sure were tiring. “You’d better get that sequence right before my next lesson.” My teacher, Daria reminded. I nodded, but she normally didn’t have lessons directly after me. I mean, it was almost four on a Saturday afternoon. I got the sequence right and jumped off Aubrey, the bay horse I rode. As I lead her out of the gate, it bashed into me. A red-headed boy was standing there, holding the chestnut I used to ride. I smiled. “I’m Jasper.” He said before I even asked what his name was. The horse flattened it’s ears at Aubrey. “Do you know what that horse is like?” I asked, unbuckling my helmet. “Yes, I do.” He said. “She’s a meanie.” I said with a nod. “On the contrary, ma'am.” He said. “Huh?” I questioned. He sighed. “No one knows what that means!” I gave him another questioning stare. “I’m in eighth grade, skipped 7th.” I gasped. “Smartie.” I mumbled as I lead Aubrey away. “You know it!” He smiled. I left the ring. As I exited Aubrey’s stall to put up her saddle, he popped up. I screamed and Aubrey’s head shot up. “Hey, are you a writer or something?” he asked. “Yeah, why?” I replied, strolling to the tack room. “I saw this sheet of paper from your novel about a crack in the wall, had your name on it. Looked good to me. I’m a writer too, and...” “Is there any end to your babbling?” I asked. “Insult? Compliment?” He trailed me. “Don’t you know the difference?” I asked, slinging my saddle onto the rack. “I just wanted to let you know...” I shook my head. “Okay, fine.” He nodded. “What do you want from me anyway?” I asked as I put feed in Aubrey’s stall. “I don’t know, an extra friend on Facebook?” He rocked on his heels, smiling too broadly. I shrugged. “Sure, fine.” He smiled wider than before.

So, that should have you reading for the rest of the week!

TOUR!!!

Tomorrow, at 6:30 in the morning, I pile on the church bus and head with some of my best buds to Charlotte for my week long tour!

The Five

Here's a tidbit from a new story of mine, The Five:

Jenna
Problems, dished
""I couldn’t believe it. Just yesterday, my life was almost perfect. Today, it was a wreck. My crush, Carl, asked another girl to the dance. But, at lunch, my friends reminded me that we were all going together. “I’ll whoop his butt from here to Tacoma!” Chloe yelled, freaking out. “Don’t take it that far, it’s just a dance!” Garret said, rolling his eyes. “You would think it was senior prom the way you’re acting!” “Hello? Garret, girls obsess about everything!” Bridget said. “Oh, right. It’s only day two of my friendship with girls.” Garret laughed. “You’ll warm up.” Samuel assured. “Just like summer to winter! Brrr to aaah!” Samuel shook and shuddered to imitate the seasons. “Crazy boys.” Bridget said, shaking her head. “Hey, dances in middle school are for friends.” Samuel reminded. “Eh, middle school sucks.” Chloe said, slumping. We all laughed. “True that, especially with the fam.” Bridget sighed. “What else is wrong?” Chloe slumped forward, pretending to be interested so Bridget wouldn’t go into one of her weird depressions. “My aunt is going crazy again and the whole family is frustrated. Sometimes, I’m glad I moved here.” She shook her head. I bit my lip. Sometimes, I thought no one had problems worse than me. My perfect sister had just brought home a perfect report card and my brother hit a slammer home run at his last baseball game. What did I get? A report card good enough to have my name printed in the paper, but nothing more. Then, I looked at Bridget, who got more and more bad news about her family by the day. Garret, who had his mind fixed on sports, Chloe, who’s wild life exceeded mine, and Samuel who had just lost his enemy friend. I saw that I was one of the least problems.""

Roller-skating day!

Today, for two blissful hours, I got to rollerskate! I only fell four times, and the DJ played "Decode'" for me. I went pretty fast, except I got caught behind a mom and a little girl going slow. They left, and I was like HALLELUJAH! But then, a NEW mom and little girl going really slow came in front of me. Plus, I almost slammed into a toddler on Sesame Street skates.

Amazed with Hamster Child!

Today, her suicide count was zero!!! She lived a day without touching her hamster! OMG! Now if every day was that perfect...

Hamster, poor thig

One of the little girls I help babysitt keeps trying to murder her hamster. Her suicide count for the thing is ten. Will it grow?

Almost-cavity story

Today, I woke up early and went to the dentist. SIX ALMOST-CAVITIES they had to fill! SIX!! It hurt, holding my mouth open, holding my tounge aside, tasting the crappy numby stuff when I didn’t even need it, and havng to listen to a Hannah Montana marathon.

Picnic, wild picnic

My church buddies and I had a picnic to kick-off our summer small groups. It was fun! Until they held us back from deserts... a few people launched into a politics...zzzzz. But we partied on the playground. One guy took incriminating pics of me...and I got him back! BWA_HA!!!

NATM2!!!

I saw Night at the Museum 2 today! It was hilarious! The Jonas Brothers are in it!!! See it now!

SHOW!!!

We had a two-day horse show going on Friday and today. We put lots of work into it. Today, we wowed the MTSU Fun Show audience (hopefully) with our charming music and performance. And, HEY! I was in it this time!

WE'RE OUT!!!

We got out of school today...HAPPY! I have been at the wall's since 11:30 and I am about to go MAD!

Yearbooks!

We got our yearbooks today!!! Crush signed mine, thanks to a friend who screamed "sign hers!"! I got signatures from all of my friends!

P.S.: if any of you would like to sign my yearbook, just ask...

Are finals over?

This link will give you grief and make you remember those awful African days...

Africa Map

Today...

Um, well...what can I say? I had a fight with a friend, the fattest exam is tomorrow...but me and two others crushed my water bottle to relieve the days anger. That was fun!

Inflatable Day!!!

Today we had five big inflatables at our school! From 9 to 10:30, we played! A friend whooped my butt in everything, but I smoked another one in the obstacle corurse!

Amazing Dance!

My crush came to the dance, and he didn't ask that other girl at all. I saw him looking at me once or twice...:)

Um...

My mom hired a maid service today, and bragged about how good the house looked on our way home. Then, she discovered tons of bad things... and called three people to fix it. Today, I found out my crush is asking another girl to the dance. It's a girl who hides behind buckets of makeup. WHY?!?

People who might care...

This is a FAN MADE Trailer...so it's not real. It's for New Moon, but I thought this trailer was amazing. And most of the fan mades...ECH!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUL26FDrqtQ&feature=player_embedded

Watcha?

Exam review begins this week. We also have our english comic book deadline this week...Then, next week we are out! If I had talked to my crush more than three times this year, I might have been happier.

Oh the reading...but a reward

I started reading "The Secret Life of Bees" on Monday. It was good, but not for the light of heart. Today, Mom mentioned she wanted to watch the movie tonight. I scrambled to finish the book, reading at the restraunt, on the ride home, in the bathroom, and in the playroom. Only took me an hour...non-stop. WHOO! Lucky for me, I'm watching the movie tonight!!! My brain aches...