Strange and Unusual Events by Canora Hepburn
I woke up to the sound of Mr. Baldwin’s loud voice bouncing off the walls of the classroom. I don’t know how I even managed to fall asleep in such a loud environment in the first place. I guess staying up all night can do that to you. “About time you woke up,” my friend Erica said to me. She sits right next to me in social studies. “I was up all night studying for the test this week,” I said to her as I adjusted myself in my seat. “You are like the smartest person I know, Dina. You shouldn’t be worrying like this.” Erica just so happens to be my best friend and the girl I’ve known since 6th grade. She always knows the right thing to say. “I know, I know, but you’re just saying that because I’m your best friend and you know I suck at anything academic,” I say in a sour tone. “C’mon, lighten up, you shouldn’t be worrying about a test right now. Anais is throwing like the biggest party tonight!” Anais Barnes is the nicest girl in school. Good grades, popular friends, helps out at charities. She’s, like, your all-American girl. Her throwing a party is to be expected. “You know who is going to be there,” Erica says with a smile on her face. I roll my eyes with a scowl on my face as I know exactly who she is talking about, Jasper Stilinski. He isn’t your typical run-of-the-mill hot guy jock. Think of more of a quiet but very humorous guy who nobody really bats an eye at. This whole crush I have on him started in the 7th grade, gym class to be specific. Me and him were last to be picked in a game of dodgeball and ended up on the same team. A very uneventful way to be introduced to a crush. Now here we are in 9th grade and we’ve been friends ever since. Erica, Jasper and I are the “Dream Team,” as Erica likes to call us. I’m not very fond of the name but she likes it and Jasper doesn’t mind it so I don’t say anything about it. The bell rings as students march through the halls scrambling to the next class. Erica and I meet up with Jasper so we can all walk to 292
