Twistember
December 26th, 2011, 07:00 PM
One day I was in language class staring at the clock, watching the seconds tick by, waiting for the ‘halftime’ bell to ring. I was sooooo thirsty. I hoped I could make it to the fountain at the end of the hall. That fountain has the crispest, freshest, coldest water that I've ever tasted. Just as my thought ended, the bell rang. To hide my eagerness, I causally stood up from my seat and walked toward the door. As soon as both of my feet were out the door, I darted to the fountain. I was almost halfway there when my friend, Chuck, stepped out in front of me and said, “Hi Bitsy! Watcha doin’? 'Cause I don’t know what I’m doing. Maybe I could get an idea from you? I mean, if that’s okay with you, Bitsy. Ha-ha….” He has a tendency to ramble. I had no time for conversations, so I decided to use one of those conversation enders I learned from my Life’s Most Important How-To’s book I’m reading. I looked over chuck’s shoulder and tried to look as terrified as I could. “Don’t. Move.” I breathed. “I’ll go get help.” Then I started running again. Although, running toward the thing that I was so terrified of probably wasn’t the best way to go, I did it anyway. My imaginary me inside my head started doing a happy dance when I saw the water fountain emerging from the cluster of seventh graders. Just then, a really cute guy named Kentso Jones accidently bumped into me. He said, “Oh! Sorry!” Oh my gosh!!!! He talked to me! Then the smell of spaghetti hit my nose and knocked me out of my Kentso gazing. My stomach growled. (P.S. we hadn’t eaten lunch yet.) Suddenly I snapped back into reality and remembered my mission: Operation drink from best fountain in town. Instead of running, now I sprinted vigorously. Just a couple more sprints and I’ll be there, I thought to myself. But then, just my luck, my Looney science teacher, Mrs. Lishey, popped out of nowhere. Her classroom is in the two hundred wing downstairs. I’m in the four hundred wing upstairs. Tell me how that happens. “Oh! Well hello Bitsy Greene! I wasn’t expecting to see you until sixth period, ha-ha!” Mrs. Lishey says in her shrill, give-you-an-ear-ache voice. “Well, I wasn’t expecting to see you either, Mrs. Lishey.” I glanced at the water fountain behind her. There was no line! Ugh! “So, have you had a good day?” “Yes, Mrs. Lishey.” I replied in an aggravated tone that only she wouldn’t recognize. “Okay then, that’s good. Well, Bitsy,” She took a moment to clean a smudge off her glasses. “I’ll see you in sixth period!” “Yeah okay bye.” I said as she turned around. I took a short moment to check if anyone else I knew was near. I didn’t know anyone so I proceeded with my mission. I took two more cautious strides, careful not to catch the eyes of anyone that might try to get in my way. I took one more step. Yes! I was finally in front of the best fountain in town! I was so relieved to touch the sacred, holy fountain. My hand reached for the button and gently pressed it in. “RRRRIIIINNNNGGGG!!!!!!!” The bell screamed. My mouth hung open in shock. The bell had just rung, I was late for class, I was alone in the hallway, and worst of all I didn’t get to drink from the holy fountain. A natural instinct, I ran to my classroom hanging my head in shame. As I was running, I thought to myself, that stupid thing is rigged.