For Christmas, all the kids got each other presents. Achmed got Sam a Beach Boys t-shirt, Sam got Achmed a keychain with a guitar on it, and Jorge got Angela a boxed set of Lizzie McGuire books and a copy of Hilary Duff's latest album, Dignity. He knew she liked Hilary Duff. Adrian gave his Spanish class baseball caps and copies of Jose Felicano's All-Time Greatest Hits.
Jorge developed a rash along his lower leg, and got sick on January 20th, 2009.
Jorge woke up and got dressed, then brushed his hair into a Beatle like haircut, washed up, and put on some face cream.
Jorge then went to give his cousin Pablo a hug, but he almost strangled poor Pablo with his newfound panther strength.
He decided to spend his sick day watching movies he liked, like The Nightmare Before Christmas.
Suddenly, some people were at Jorge's door.
"He's not human! He's a witch!"
"Witches aren't male…" said Jorge.
"That's not the point!"
He then went to the bathroom. He thought he had cat hair growing out of his rash, a tail growing from his spine, his hands and feet becoming paws, and he noticed his eyes were yellow. He freaked out.
I really am a monster! He thought.
He thought he was going crazy, and he didn't want it to happen. At all. Ever.
He screamed and slashed a "Z" on his dad's curtain.
Jorge's butler went to go see Tiffany, who was restraining Anavi.
"Jorge, Tiffany just captured Anavi and is holding her hostage. You have to go out there and save her!" he told Jorge when he got home. (Jorge was well enough to fight Tiffany.)
Jorge immediately put on his cape, black hat, black suit, and mask before dashing out of the house.
Sam saw Jorge sneak out from his house from her window.
"Who was that masked man?" she said to herself. "It can't be Jorge, Jorge is a wimp."
Tiffany was barefoot, and her nails were long and painted.
Suddenly, she grabbed Anavi.
"Let go of her," said Jorge.
"Make me."
Jorge grabbed her, let her go, and dashed out. Anavi fell in love with him.
Who was that dashing young man? She thought.
Adrian was working at the school, and Achmed was in detention for skipping school to go to a Journey concert.
"Don't stop…thinking about tomorrow..."
"That song was used for Bill Clinton's running campaign." said Achmed.
"You really do know your rock and roll history, don't you, Achmed?"
"Yep. I even know all the great musicians who died at 27…in the order they died in. Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, and Kurt Cobain.
"You forgot one."
"Which one?"
"Robert Johnson. He was a blues musician during the early 1930s."
"Oh."
When Jorge came into school after being sick at the end of January, the Super Bowl was all his friends could talk about.
"You know, we have a name for the night the Superbowl's on TV," said Reese.
"Movie Night!" said Dmitri.
"What movie are you guys watching, anyway?" Jorge asked.
"Ummm…Sunset Boulevard," said Reese.
"Hey, you guys like old movies too?" said Tony.
"Since when do you like old movies, Tony?"
"Are you kidding, Jorge? I love old movies! My favorite movie is Gone With The Wind."
"Really?
"Yep! In fact, I watched that movie with my dad last week, for the fifteenth time. I even stayed up until 11:30 to watch it. Fortunately, the next day was a Sunday with nothing to do."
"I hear it's going to make history!" said Reese.
"But of course. Someone's actually going to watch it!" Dmitri remarked back.
He then went to talk to Angela.
"You know Jorge, Hilary Duff dated the lead singer for Good Charlotte-whoever he is-for 2 ½ years."
"That's nice, Angie," he said.
Then he just walked on by.
"What a dream boat!" said his friend Tony, who also blushed.
"...What?" said Achmed.
"...Sorry, that was an inside thought," said Tony.