February 1 Wednesday

Today is February 1, which means Valentine's day is 13 days away. Before I could get out of bed my little sister Brianna burst in to the room and jumped on the bed. She wanted to show me her puppet again. "Sing with me," she said. As soon as she opened her mouth, I put my hand up to shut her up. I told her if she said a word, I'd call the tooth fairy to come and get her. "NOOOO! She ran away screaming. "Please don't call the tooth fairy, I don't want her to take away all of my teeth." When I got to the kitchen Brianna was already at the table. She had dumped all the cereal onto the table and the box was nearly torn in half. That was my favorite cereal, Crispy Flakes. "What are you doing?" I yelled. "The only way I can get the candy from the box is if I dump it all on the table. I can't eat this whole box right now. I'm just a little kid." Ugh I rolled my eyes and decided not to eat this morning. I wasn't hungry anyway. What a bad start to my day. Good thing nothing else embarrassing was going to happen this morning. Thankfully I wasn't riding in the exterminator truck. My mom was bringing me to school in her normal vehicle.

Chloe and Zoey were waiting for me next to my locker when I got to school. They were so excited. "Guess what's coming up", Chloe squealed. "Valentine's day! "There are candy grams you can buy and have them sent to someone special. " Today was getting better already. I knew just who I would send my Candy Gram to. Before I could say something, Zoey said, "Why don't you send a Candy Gram to Brandon?" I was like "I so will, that's exactly what I was going to do." In the middle of our conversation, I see everyone move out of the way and look down the hallway. Mackenzie is walking towards her locker looking like she belongs on the cover of "That's So Hot!" magazine. She glances in our direction turns up her nose and goes straight to her locker. Of course, she opens it up and looks in the mirror to put on 35 layers of lip gloss in Cinnamon candy apple red. Then she turns to leave and stops where Chloe, Zoey and I are standing. " So, Valentine's Day is coming up soon. But you losers probably won't be getting anything. I wouldn't be surprised. I mean look at your outfits they are hideous. You three look like preschool threw up on you. I wouldn't be caught dead wearing any of those awful outfits. "Shut up Mackenzie. No one even asked you. You can't make fun of anyone when your lips look like a shiny disco ball. "but I didn't actually say this. I just say it in my head. Mackenzie sashays away. I hate when she sashays.

It was time for math class. I'm not good at math so I've been trying to pay attention in class. I'm very nervous for the test. I hope i do okay. The teacher hands out the papers and my palms are sweaty. When I get the test, it looks familiar. I remember seeing this in class. I started to think about what I remember and knew how to do. Area of a circle, check, diameter of a circle, check, volume of a cylinder, check. I knew everything. I was so sure I was going to do well on the test. I carefully bubbled in all the answers checking and double checking it to make sure it was right. Since it was multiple choice, we were going to know our grades before the period was up. The teacher graded the tests and when she was finished, she handed them out. I closed my eyes like super tight because I was nervous to look at my grade. I opened one eye to peak at it. Then I quickly opened the other one. I was so shocked because I got an A. I never get an A in math. It took everything in me to hold in my excitement. When the bell rang, I got up and ran out of the classroom. I was so happy I didn't even look where I was going. I ran straight into someone on my way out. It was none other than Mackenzie. She was so mad her face turned red. It was kind of amusing to see. If she were a cartoon smoke would have come out of her ears. "Omg watch where you are going loser. You totally messed up my lip gloss. " I don't know why she was worried about it anyway. She had on so much of it she could share what was on her lips with 20 people and still have some left.

At lunch I sat down and waited for Chloe and Zoey to get there. We were going to go to the office to send off our Candy Grams. We were eating quickly because we were trying to get out of there before our lunch period was over. Lunch wasn't great, so it was better not to have to taste it anyway. When we got up to go, Mackenzie had just gotten up to leave also. She turned in her tray and turned around as I was walking by to turn in mine. At just the right time she stuck her foot out and I tripped. My tray went flying and food flew everywhere. Everyone in the whole Cafeteria laughed even Brandon. It was so humiliating. I can't believe Brandon laughed at me. He was going to be my valentine. I ran to the bathroom and locked myself in a stall. Then I cried for a few minutes, I hope no one else was in the bathroom. I dried my eyes and walked out. I decided I'd send the Candy Gram anyway. I went to the office and stood in line. It wasn't very long. When it was my turn I filled out my message on a card that said "To Someone Special." I wrote "Dear Brandon, Will you be my valentine? Love, your secret admirer." Then I attached the note to a heart shaped lollipop and put it into the box. What a relief, I'd done it.

The rest of the day went well. It couldn't get any worse than what it had been. Nothing else embarrassing happened. Until I saw that big giant roach in the pickup line. It's so huge you can't miss it. I thought my mom was going to be picking me up today. I can't let anyone see me get into this truck. They're going to make fun of me for the rest of my life. I heard comments coming from every direction. "Oh my god, who in the world is that in that exterminator truck?". "Eww, What is that thing?" This was another level of embarrassing. I'll never live it down. So I quickly jumped behind some bushes to wait until everyone left. They sure were taking a long time. I almost fell asleep. I was startled awake by the sound of a familiar voice. "Nikki...Nikki" "Oh no, my dad is looking for me." I didn't want him to know that I was hiding so I waited for him to go inside. Then I went in after him. I walked up behind him and I said "Hey, I was in the ladies' room." Then he looked at me funny almost amused. Probably because he has been waiting for me for almost an hour. I must have some like totally serious problems to be in the bathroom that long." "Oh, are you okay now? " Yes, I'm fine.", I said. I followed him out to the truck. Too bad I didn't have plastic bag to put over my head. I could have totally used one. But it was okay no one was outside. I got inside and ducked down just in case. After we were a safe distance away from the school I sat up. Dad talked about a house he went to with serious insect problems. It wasn't that interesting. It was gross and my mind had drifted off to the valentine that I sent to Brandon today. I can't wait for him to get it and then find out its me. My day dream is interrupted by a loud thunk. The truck stopped. The truck broke down. Great! This is just what I need. I was hoping I'd get home before anyone saw me. Now I'll be stuck on the side of the road in plain sight standing next to a vehicle with a giant insect on it. I was wrong. My day could get worse. It was.