Chapter 3: Wall Ball and Video Games
Friday
I just wished that I had moved away from the wall ball court that Rowley was now involved in. Like I mean, we are still great friends, it's just that he is having more fun than me. I tried hanging out and having a good time there but for some reason, it's like Rowley has changed COMPLETELY. The good thing is though that I somehow used the reverse phycology on Dad and Mom and it worked this time! Now I could play video games and get off my ban. So after school today, I grabbed my video game controller and then went to Rowley's house. When I got to Rowley's house, I didn't see him anywhere from the looks of it. When I knocked on the door, I was surprised to see Mr. Jefferson at the doorway frowning at me. I thought ROWLEY was coming to answer the door. I told Mr. Jefferson where Rowley was and he said that Rowley was in the backyard playing wall ball. I was surprised by this and told Mr. Jefferson if he was playing with anyone else. He replied back that he was playing alone. I told him if I could play with him and he didn't seem so pleased. Still, he granted me access in. When I walked out to the backyard, I told Rowley if he wanted to play video games with me. He said he was "Practicing his skills" and that he wants to be the top person in wall ball in the entire school.
I was getting REAL irritated by this and knew that the only way to change his mind about this was to play video games. I told him that he was going to miss out in all the fun in Twisted Wizard and he said he played enough of that for now. He told me if I wanted to PLAY wall ball with him and I quickly refused. I walked out of there really steamed up. As I got home, Rodrick told me if I needed some ice and I knew he was joking around with that. I said that I was just angry and that it was none of his business. Rodrick laughed and then went down to the basement. I can't believe Rowley is just going for this wall ball game and he isn't even thinking about ME! From all that experience, I think that was one of the dumbest moves I have ever made.
Sunday
I came to figure out that God might help me with these kinds of situations, so I was excited when we went to church. Today, I think it was actually my luck, because today's sermon was that if you do God's will, he will answer your prayer just fine. Not to be bragging or anything like that, but I have a really high success rate with all my prayers towards God but I figure I can up it up a notch by doing what they said. So before I went to bed, I prayed to God and said this-
"Dear Lord, please let Rowley think about how foolish he has been acting with in wall ball and that he should quit, and also hopefully have Dad get me the parachute that I wanted so I can play with it whenever I'm not allowed to play video games. Thank you Lord. Amen in advance."
Monday
I am beginning to think I'm not doing enough of God's will however. When I walked over to the wall ball court, I saw Rowley telling other people that they should play wall ball and that he really recommends it a lot. I just can't believe it! His popularity rate might come up from a 126 to maybe a 97 now. There was been a lot of major changes now and I think that I should settle this down after school by telling him what I think of his wall ball habits. I think I must've made the argument at the wrong setting and at the wrong volume though. I decided to argue with him a small distance away from where the school was and I argued really loud. I told him that he isn't spending a lot of time with him and he was playing more wall ball instead, but he said then I should just play wall ball with him. Wall Ball was getting pretty boring for me really fast though so I told him just that. I think I must've got Rowley so frustrated now. He then argued back that I was just JEALOUS that he was a good wall ball player.
I thought that was really outrageous and I gave him a piece of my mind about it. A couple other kids saw that and then chanted "Fight!" I knew that I would settle this with words and not fighting and Rowley must've tried to tell everyone about it. He said that karate was for "Self-Defense" and that it shouldn't be used to fight anyone except a spar match. I had no idea what a "Spar Match" was, but everyone was still persistent. I motioned Rowley that I was going to whisper something to him. When he got closer to me, I whispered maybe he can fight those kids off and we can just run all the way home. Rowley wasn't really hot on that idea though but just as things were about to get worse, Mr. Roy came down and asked us what happened. All the kids around us were busted now but Mr. Roy said he heard them shouted "Fight!" and that if he hears them say that word again, they will receive a punishment. All the kids nodded and cleared off.
Well, that was fine with ME because I'm just glad we weren't going to have to deal with all that kind of pressure. Mr. Roy said that why everyone was saying fight at us. I told him that me and Rowley were just on a simply argument. Mr. Roy said back to not argue so loud and that it would have to be "School appropriate" I told him it WAS school appropriate and he told back if he would mind he I told him what it was. I said it was about Wall Ball and Rowley also said that it was really nothing. Mr. Roy nodded and let us go, but he said that we hopefully learned something from this. I sure did, but I don't know If Rowley did though.
Tuesday
That experience left a really bad taste and I can't believe all that thinking all just goes to waste. Today, Rowley was playing Wall Ball with everyone else like nothing had happened. No matter how long I kept praying to God, no progress really happens until I realize that MAYBE if I donate to the needy basket next Sunday, maybe I might receive at least some credit for that. I remember last time I accidentally donated a twenty dollar bill so I wondered if paying more than just a single dollar would raise a better chance. It's still almost a whole week of waiting, but I still just hope that all that waiting would pay off!
