Just a Regular . . .Me by Sierra K Y (story read aloud TXT) 📖

one, and this one, and this one.” He said grabbing some toys off the shelf.
“This isn’t for you,” I scolded.
“But I want these toys!” he yelled and started crying.
“Okay, okay, but we’ll have to ask mom.” He stopped crying. What a fake-crier. We found a gift for . . . Landon? Something with an “L”. When we met up with my mom she asked why Jake was holding so many toys. I told her what happened, expecting her to tell Jake to put the toys he wants back on the shelf. Instead she said,
“Two or three toys couldn’t hurt.”
“Then can I get a new jacket? Mine is really worn out,” I asked.
“Sweetie, we are not made out of money,” she said in her gentle but firm voice. I was about to argue but seeing the look in her eyes made me think twice and I decided it wasn’t worth it.
When we got home, I made myself the biggest sandwich ever made in the history of sandwich making. I ate it in almost two bites. I was so lazy after that I flopped on the couch and started to watch my favorite television show ever. I fell asleep as I touched the soft, plushy, and heavenly couch.
Friday, October 12
I had the weirdest dream. I was at school (worst dream-place ever) and I had a big toe leech stuck to my elbow. Hey it’s a dream. Just then I tripped on an elephant, and Vanessa was riding it. She had a flaming whip, and was laughing at me. Then Leila appeared and Vanessa called her a teacher’s pet, and then she turned into a dog with a collar that said “Please return to Mr. Kandercane if found”. Suddenly, I was in a meadow with frogs hopping everywhere, and they were croaking my actual name, Judith. What an embarrassing moment. Then Vanessa came in, on this time, a flying fish.
“You’re name’s Judith? OMG, that’s the worst name in the entire universe. I don’t think aliens would be caught dead with a name like that! I can’t wait to tell everyone. Muh ha ha ha!” She said mockingly. I tried to run but I slipped in a puddle of . . . ew, It’s Leila’s dog saliva. I was freaking out, mainly because the saliva was warm, and because the P.E teacher showed up. She was meaner, buffer, hairier, and uglier than before.
“Onto the ropes ” She shouted “Now!!!!” I was close to screaming when I was clutching the ropes; lava bubbling underneath me. Everyone was calling my name and throwing electric dodge balls at me and I couldn’t do anything about it.
Suddenly, I felt my brother breaking my ribs by jumping on me, holding his new toys, trying to get me up. He was singing one of the hit songs, “Friday”.
“Get off of me you fatso!!!” I yelled before pushing him off the bed. He giggled.
“Look who’s talking! You’re the Queen of Fatties!”
“Mom finally made me your queen? “ I said feeling smart. Mom called us down.
“You’ll miss the bus, again Rose. Jake, you can skip school today. I mean, you have a cold, right?” mom called
“Oh . . . yeah! (Cough, cough)”
“You little faker!”
“Hey, I’m not a faker. You’re just jealous,” Jake said
“Yeah, I’m jealous of a lying little suck-up,” I said sarcastically. He stuck out his tongue right before mom showed up. Jake pretended to cough again.
“You poor thing, I’ll make you some feel-good soup with extra broth. . .” said mom running her hands through his hair. “. . . And Rose you are going to be late!!! Gees . . . you never listen do you.” I got up and got dressed. I went downstairs and grabbed a granola bar. I ran outside and saw the bus at the corner, I barely made it on. The bus-driver gave me a crooked grin as I struggled to get on out of breath.
“The bus is too geeky to ride, that’s why I have my chauffeur drive me in my limousine to school every day, “said Vanessa at school. I think it’s my only transportation, so I don’t complain even though there is dirt on the floor, the heater and air conditioner are broken, it stinks like nobody’s business (except for maybe a dog’s business, if you know what I mean) and there is gum under and on seats. My granola bar was way too . . . what the word? Overdue. It was too hard to bite and was completely stale. The oats looked like animal voodoo.
Any who, Vanessa sat there bragging about who-knows-what, when Kason walked over.
“Hey Kason,” Vanessa flirted, twirling her hair.
“Hey . . .” he replied.
“Don’t you have some other people to annoy or something?” Courtney asked Vanessa. Courtney is one of the “nerds”. I like her because she speaks her mind, even to Vanessa.
“Courtney, why are you even on this planet, I mean we don’t need more freaks breathing my air. I bought air and it’s too expensive to waste on losers like you,” Vanessa said. By the time she finished criticizing Courtney, Kason had gone to class, even though we have 10 minutes left. “Wow Courtney, look what you did! You freaked my BF out.”
“You did that yourself Vanessa, I mean he got scared because of your freaky smell, and vaguely bug-like looks, oh yeah, don’t even get me started on your cheap hobo-ish makeup,” Courtney said. For the first time Vanessa was speechless. Courtney had a triumphant look as Vanessa stormed away defeated.
“Wow, Courtney! You are so cool! I mean you stood up to Vanessa even with your popularity at stake! But, I guess you’ll be remembered as the Geek Who Stood Up To Vanessa,” said Leila.
“Vanessa is just a regular person . . . with huge issues,” Courtney said. “and I don’t care about the popularity or the drama. I just want to focus on my school work.”
“Yeah,” said J.J., one of Courtney’s friends. “You focus on school work by picking fights with Vanessa,” he teased.
“I am not picking fights with Vanessa!” Courtney objected blushing, and slugging J.J. in the arm.
OOOOWWWW !” J.J. howled, also blushing. They both like each other, but neither admits it.
Then the bell rang and we all headed to our classes. 1st period was short like the others, because it was the Friday the teachers had a huge and very important meeting with the Academicawest or something like that.
“Since class is short today it is a free period, so you can play some games and talk but keep the voice level down,” said Ms. Kate as she turned some music on. Ms. Kate is my favorite teachers because she’s super fun and we are allowed to eat traditional Spanish food in her class.
Any who, I received some scratch paper from Ms. Kate and drew a picture of this super cute elf girl with curly hair. It looked like this:
“That’s really good,” someone behind me said. I turned around and saw Kason standing next to me. I felt my face getting hot. “Are you okay, you’re turning really red, like impossible red,” Kason said looking worried.
“Yeah, I just have a . . . condition . . . yeah. It makes my face all red,” I said probably sounding like a total dork.
“Well, I really like your drawing,” he said before walking away awkwardly.
“I am such a nerd,” I muttered under my breath as Leila walked over.
“He SO likes you! Man, I wish he gave me that much attention,” Leila said jealously.
“Yeah, right. I’m too much of a geek. I mean I look like those creepy weirdo girls on those shows you love to watch. I’ve have the glasses, the horrid hair,” I said sluggishly. Hey, it’s not my fault I have my parents’ blind eyes and my grandma’s hair. My mom hates my hair right now so I get only two choices, either to cut it off like a boys or grow it out long. I decided on the second one. When I’m older, I hope I could have saved up enough money for contacts, but that’s a long ways away.
“AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!” Vanessa screamed as she jumped up on a chair. “SPIDER!!!!”
“I’m sure it’s just a leaf Vanessa, don’t get too dumb just yet.” Courtney said nonchalantly.
“La, la, la, la, la, la, la!” Vanessa said trying to block out Courtney’s voice. “ I can’t here you!” Then Kason went over and pick up the arachnid.
“It’s harmless. Not even fully grown yet,” he said as he dropped the spider out the window.
“OMG Kason! You saved me from that nasty thing. You are such a hero!” said Vanessa bringing all the attention back to herself.
“Can’t get any more desperate than that,” said Courtney.
“Stop being so mean to me. I am just an innocent girl thanking her hero for saving her.”
“You are so annoying,” said Alexander or Alex the Brains.
“OMG Alex! You should be the last person to comment on something being annoying,” said Vanessa as snotty as ever. I walked away avoiding the fights. It was NERDS VS CLIQUES and frankly I didn’t want to be either.
Then the bell rang for 2nd period which was Social Studies, but today the counselor was coming in to talk with the class. She is fun and nice. She is a perky blonde who has us draw a lot, which is fine by me. First we played telephone. The first round “My Disappearing Pig Put A Banana in His Ear” turned into “My Invisible Dad Danced on A Pear .” The second time “ Charley is A Unicorn” turned into “Wall-E Eats Corn.” It was fun and interesting to see how one thing turns