When they went outside for recess, the other kids got on the swings, monkey bars, and the slides. There were other swings, but they were broken. The only other place they had to go spend recess was under the jungle gym. The jungle gym was built out of wood and it bridges build out of wooden poles, it had huge steps that kids used to get to the top, and it had a slide. Since it was made out wood, most of the kids called it "The Brown Wooden Thing." It was a tall piece of play ground equipment and it had sand underneath it, if kids wanted to sit in the shade or play in the sand. However, not very many of the kids played under there, since they had more fun on the jungle gym. So, Kimberly and Tommy got to spend recess alone.
"I wish we could get on the swings, play on the monkey bars, or play on the brown wooden thing."
"Kimberly, do you remember what happened last week, when we were up there?"
"One of the kids pushed me and I fell. I ended up getting a huge splinter in my hand and you had to pull it out."
"That's because I had my small first aide kit with me. It has tweezers, Band-Aids, wipes, and bandages in it," reminded Tommy. He brought that first aide kit to school for the past month, because Ms. Ruby stopped and the other aides stopped bringing out their first aide bags. A little boy tripped over a ball and skinned up his knee. She yelled at everyone on the play ground because she said was tired of people getting hurt. None of the kids liked Ms. Ruby because she was hateful, showed who her favorites were, and cased trouble for anyone. But, she didn't act that way around the teacher. All of them thought she was great.
"What were you wanting to tell me before we got out here on the play ground," whispered Tommy. He kept his voice low, where only Kimberly could hear him. "You got quiet as soon as Ms. Ruby walked by us in the hall."
"You know how in science and social studies class, half of our class stay's in Ms. Yate's class and half Ms. East's class comes to our class. On Mondays and Tuesdays we have Mrs. Yates for social studies and on Wednesdays and Thursdays we go to Ms. East's for science."
"I know, we're in the same group. You never said what happened?"
"The rest of the class got to watch a movie. But, me, you, and three other students didn't get to because we didn't get a worksheet done."
"Yeah, we were in the teacher's lounge. We weren't allowed to get up until we finished the work sheet. And we weren't allowed to get up to go to the bathroom."
"Tommy, please don't say anything," Kimberly begged. Her face was red and she was really embarrassed over what happened. "I had to go to the bathroom and couldn't hold it. And...I ended up wetting my pants."
"I promise I won't say anything," Tommy promised. He put an arm around her. "Where were you sitting?"
"At a table where the teachers meet for breaks and lunch," Kimberly answered in soft voice. "I was so scared I was going to get in trouble, because there was a puddle in my chair."
"I didn't notice you having wet pants," replied Tommy.
"That's because I'm wearing my black jogging pants are nylon and water proof. No one could tell I had an accident," informed Kimberly. "When we were coming outside, when were coming out for recess Ms. Ruby sat down in the chair I was sitting in and got wet. She was yelling at the teachers because her pants were wet. All of them thought she wet all over herself." Both of them started laughing because they didn't like her. Ms. Ruby was over bearing, picky, and was hard to deal with. "You can't even tell Jan, James, or my mom. It's embarrassing for this to happen to a third grader."
"I'm not telling anyone," reassured Tommy. "I wouldn't embarrass my best friend."
The whistle blew and it was time for them to go in. Tommy and Kimberly got up and walked inside together. When they went inside they had PE next. Ms. Yates announced that they PE teacher found out that the gym was being used for basketball practice since there was a game that night. All of the kids grabbed their gym bags and lined up to go to the gym. Once all of them walked into the gym, Ms. Yates showed them were the locker room was. The boys' locker room was on the left side of the hall and the girls room was on the right side of the hall.
All of the changing stalls and bathroom stall filled up quickly. Kimberly looked around to see if there was another place where she could change. She noticed there were a few shower stalls in the room. So, she grabbed her pink towel, and her small pink gym bag and went into a shower stall. She closed the door behind her and stripped out of her regular clothes. The lining inside her jogging pants and panties were stained and she feared the other kids would see it. Kimberly quickly put her pink swim suit on. She began to look around the shower stall to see if there was any thing in the shower stall that she could use. There was shower gel and shampoo sitting on the shower rack.
The swimming class was going to have two third grade classes combined, which would be 50 students. No one wouldn't realize that she was gone, other than Tommy. She waited until everyone else was gone, then she grabbed her clothes and walked into the hallway. Tommy was standing in the hall waiting for her. He was in green swimming trunks.
"Why aren't you in class?"
"While I was changing into my swimming trunks, I left my regular clothes on the floor. I saw some one kneel down and grab my clothes from stall. When I came out of the changing stall, Stephen had every single piece of clothing that I was wearing," explained Tommy. "He hide them in the laundry room or the girls locker room. Did anyone come in there?"
"No," Kimberly confessed. He saw that she was holding all of her clothes that she changed out of."They are probably in the laundry room. I was headed there any way. I noticed my clothes were stained and I need to wash them. I was coming out to tell you that I'd be washing my clothes."
"We can go into go into the laundry room and get my clothes. And while we're in there we can wash your clothes," suggested Tommy. "Class doesn't start for another five minutes." They headed into the laundry room and found Tommy's clothes laying on the floor. His clothes were covered in blueberry juice. Both of them remembered that Steven always brought blue berry juice for snack during the break.
"We'll have to wash your clothes too," Kimberly sighed. Tommy grabbed spray and wash and sprayed it on their clothes. Then he grabbed a step stole and climbed on it to reach the top of the laundry machine. He lifted the lid up and put their clothes in. Then he put some Tide soap in the laundry machine and started the laundry. The laundry machine was just like the one that was at their house and they knew how to work it, since their parents taught them how to do a load of laundry.
"I knew you'd fall for our trick," smiled Olivia, as she walked in the room. Harry, Steven, Patti, Megan, Shellie, Nicki, Misty, Amy, and Jessica all walked into the room. Kimberly and Tommy immediately realized that the girls were from the gymnastics team. Tommy knew that Steven was Olivia's boy friend. Harry was Olivia's cousin. All of them spread out to prevent Tommy and Kimberly from leaving.
"What do you want?" demanded Kimberly.
"There's a spot on the gymnastics team," announced Olivia. "But, we don't want you on the team, unless you quiet hanging out with Tommy Oliver."
"I didn't have any friends on the team. The only time you all were nice to me was when we had matches," answered Kimberly. "None of you were nice to me the rest of the time because I wasn't in the in crowd. I like gymnastics, but I don't want to be on the team if I have stop being friends with Tommy."
"Then you can't be on the team," smirked Olivia.
"Why did you tell her there is a spot on the team if you don't want her on the team?!" Tommy said through clenched teeth. "You were the one who caused her to get hurt on the balance beam."
"I wanted to be the best on the team," replied Olivia. "I don't have to worry about it if she isn't going to come back to the team."
"Okay, now that you've made your announcement, could you leave?" asked Tommy. "We need to finish washing our clothes." None of those kids left. Instead they began to back Kimberly and Tommy into a corner. He felt Kimberly wrap her arms tightly around his waist. Tommy quickly wrapped his arms around her waist and held her as tight as he could. He had actually grown to care about her and it didn't bother him his best friend was a girl.
"We're not going to leave just yet," smiled Olivia.
