Chapter 2

When I woke up the next morning, I turned off my clock, got dressed, put my hair in a ponytail, brushed my teeth, and got some bus and lunch money. I went down the stairs and made myself a bowl of cereal. When Helena got down, she said "Did you put that ponytail in for Gerald?" I rolled my eyes and said "No I would've made you put braids in." She giggled. I ate my cereal and walked to school.

I got there earlier than I expected, so I just walked into school. While I was walking to the classroom, I saw a sixth grade boy holding a little girl by the hair who looked like she was in kindergarten at the least! I walked up to him and said "Leave her alone!" He looked at me and said "And who are you?" I said "A pretty mad fourth grader." He said "And what are you going to do about it?" I smiled devilishly and said "Nothing, you- you!" He said "I`m a what?" I smiled again and said "Something I can`t say, because a child is right here. Just put her down." He said "And what if I wanted to rip her hair off?" The little girl was about to scream and cry. I scowled and said "This!" I stomped on his foot really hard! He dropped the little girl and grabbed his foot crying like a baby. I grabbed the little girl`s hand and walked away holding my head high.

While we were walking I said "So, what grade are you in?" She said "1st." I smiled and said "And what`s your name?" She said "Timberly." I said "Do you have any brothers or sisters?" She got excited and said "Yeah, I have two brothers, one`s name is Jaime O! And I have a brother named Gerald!" I stopped in my tracks and said "Oh, and what grade are they in?" She said "Jaime O`s in High School, and Gerald`s in fourth grade!" I said in my mind "I knew it!" I said "I might know Gerald." Her smile disappeared and said curiously "Do you like him?" I could tell on my face, I was red as a rose. I tried to be casual and said "Ok, that is none of your business. Oh look we`re at your classroom!" I opened the door for her and she said "Because if you do, I could tell him for you!" I said "Oh that wouldn't be necessary if I liked him." I light fully pushed her in her classroom and made my way to my own.

When I opened the door, I looked at the clock and saw that we had ten more minutes until school started. I turned and saw everyone (besides Mr. Simmons for not being in the classroom) staring at me! I tried to casually walk to my desk and sit down. When I sat down, everyone was still looking at me! I said "What?" The girl with glasses and black hair (Phoebe) said "Someone saw you stand up to Wolfgang." I said "Who?" Arnold said "The sixth grader who was bullying a little kid." I said "Oh, that guy, yeah so what?" Helga said "So, you stood up to a sixth grader!" I said "He was bullying a little girl for no reason!" Harold said "Did you get hurt?" I said "No." Almost everyone shouted "HOW?!" I shrugged my shoulders. Eugene said "How did it happen?" I tried my best not to sound braggy but said "I was walking into school and saw him holding Timberly by the hair." Gerald quickly cut in and said "Wait, Timberly, my sister?!" I said "She told me you were her brother." He was staring into space for ten seconds! I said "Ok, well I told him to stop but he said what I would do if he wanted to rip her hair off-." At that moment, Gerald suddenly stood up and said "Ok I`m going to kill him!" He was heading for the door, but Arnold held him back. I continue "I then stomped on his foot." Almost everyone gasped and Rhonda said "How are you still alive?!" I said, while trying to be a comedian, "How should I know?" Some people giggled. I then ended the story of just walking her back to her classroom not mentioning the awkward conversation I had with her. Then walked in Mr. Simmons, we began class.

Nothing else happened during the school day until the end of the day. I was walking to the bus stop when Gerald caught up to me. He said "Wait Lizzie!" I turned around. He said "I just wanted to thank you again for helping Timberly. I probably would have been in big trouble." I smiled and said "You`re welcome." He then looked at something behind me. I turned around and saw Wolfgang! I tried to look brave and aid "Did you come back for another beating?" He smirked and said "No, I just wanted to do this!" He quickly took my backpack and almost pushed me down the stairs! But I grabbed on the bars and pulled myself up. I said to Gerald "Cover your ears." He said "What are you -?" I said "Just do it!" He covered his ears. I then screamed as loud as I could! Absolutely everyone covered their ears. After screaming seven seconds straight, Wolfgang ran back to me, put the backpack on me, and said "Ok, ok! Stop screaming! You must love that stupid backpack." I glared at him and said sarcastically "More than life itself." I then stomped on his foot and walked past him! I could hear him cursing under his breath and Gerald laughing under his breath. Then Wolfgang yelled at Gerald "What are you looking at?!" Then he ran to my side. When we were at the bus stop, almost all of the kids backed up, I just casually walked to the back. Then everyone stared at me. I said "What?" Everyone shouted "ARE YOU CRAZY?!" I said "Nope." Then the bus arrived.

When it was my stop, I thought Helga would shoot a spitball at me, but she didn't. But, someone shot a paper plane at me. I opened it and said in a heart "Brainy + Lizzie." I glared at him, crumpled the paper up, and threw it at him. I could hear Phoebe say to Helga "What do you think what was in the paper?" Helga responded "I don`t even want to know." I got off the bus and opened the door and went in.

At 5:00, Helena came home. She yelled when she opened the door "SURPRISE!" I looked to her holding a light blue diary! I walked towards her and took it. I said "Why did you get this?" She said "Oh I don`t know, maybe you could write your dreams in it, or keep track of chores, or something." I rolled my eyes and knew the real reason she got it. I said "Well, I have some exciting news for you." She listened. I said "When I walked into school, a sixth grader was holding a little girl by the hair." She nodded. I continued "and I marched up to him, and long story short, I stood up for her." She said "Well that was a nice story." I said "I`m not finished yet." She sat back down. I said "When I was taking her back to her classroom, firstly she told me her name was Timberly, and." I started to mumble "Gerald`s her brother." Helena said "What?" I mumbled again "Gerald`s her brother." She said "What was that?" I rolled my eyes and sighed saying "Gerald is her brother." She smiled and said "Well it looks like you already made an impression on the sister." I rolled my eyes. We then didn't do anything really special after that.