p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"The last week before the break had begun. Excitement started to spread across the school and nerves for the end of term Talent Show were /"For the 5th time today. No we are not watching a movie just because it is the last week. It's Monday, learning is happening until Thursday, Friday is when the films come on!" Terry said /The class finally /"Right seen as there's only 20 minutes till recess, as it took so long to organise all your work, we'll have quiet reading until the bell goes," Mr Jeffrords told the /They all reached begrudgingly for their /"Hey Jake," Gina /"Yeah what?" Jake whispered /"Should we go to Sal's after the talent show?" She asked /"Yeah cool, I'll ask my Mom, we could bring Rosa and Charles," he /"Gina and Jake! The rules of silent reading do not go out the window, enough Jibber Jabba! Read," Terry /Jake had an /He reached for a scrap of paper and scrawled across the top "The Jibber Jabba Games". Then underneath he started brainstorming ideas for /"Jake what are you doing?" Gina asked nudging /"I've had the best idea," he said, thrusting the piece of paper her /"Oh my god, you genius. I don't like the name though," Gina replied. She then picked up a pen and crossed out Jibber Jabba and put "Jimmy Jab"br /"What after Jimmy Vickus in second grade?" Jake /"He's my soulmate, he just doesn't know it yet," she said /"Ok, well we need to find some participants," Jake /"Mr Peralta and Miss Linetti, every time I look up you're talking. Read! In silence!" Terry /"What's going on guys?" Rosa said leaning /This attracted the attention of Boyle who also leaned /"Right you might as well all go to recess now, seeing as no one is reading anymore," Terry said, opening the classroom /The squad got to their feet and hurried out./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"In the playground a huddle formed around Jake, consisting of him, Gina, Charles, Rosa, Hitchcock, Scully and /"Ok so it's like this tournament, there's different events and one person is eliminated each round until there's one Jimmy Jab champion," Jake said. Excitement spread across the /"What's the prize?" Gina /"Whoever wins, Amy will do their holiday project for them," Jake /"I didn't say I'd do that," Amy piped /"Well if you win you won't have to," Jake returned. She rolled her /"Well we need 6 events, so how about we work them out at lunch today and then tomorrow-" Rosa /"The games will commence!" Jake /They all /"What is going on here?" A loud voice said, making them all jump and break up the /Jake stuffed the piece of paper /Principal Holt surveyed their guilty /Terry walked over to see what was going /"Peralta?" He /"We were just discussing a Math problem," Jake lied, with a grin on his /"Is that true Amy?" Terry /"Yes sir, just some math," Amy lied, horrified at /"Ok then guys come line up," Terry /Holt observed the gang as they walked back to the classroom, he didn't quite trust /"Thanks Amy," Jake muttered /She smiled back at him./p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"It was unheard of for the squad to all be on time for school, let alone 5 minutes early. They huddled round as Amy held the leader board she had /"So game one, there is a piece of homework due in today, the challenge is: give the best excuse. If you get no consequences for forgetting, you're through to the next round," Jake told the /They entered the classroom, strangely /"Everything ok?" Terry asked, /"Yep, fine," Amy said forcing a smile./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"After about half an hour Amy scuttled up to Terry's /"Hey what's the matter?" He /She leant in and whispered in his /"Sir I'm so sorry but one of my brothers put my homework in their bags so I don't have it today," she said really fast and /"Oh Amy don't worry, living in a house full of siblings, it's bound to happen, not your fault. Just get it to me ASAP," he /Amy thanked him and turned to sit down, with a wide grin on her face. She stuck her tongue out at Jake, Gina ticked her name on the /"Right Amy has just reminded me about the homework I need to collect in, so get them out on the table please," Terry said getting up. He started to go round the /"Oh no!" Jake exclaimed, when Terry got to /"What's wrong?" Terry /"Look," Jake said, holding up a piece of paper that had had water spilt on it, causing all the ink to smudge and become even more illegible than Jake's /"I think some water must have spilt on it in my bag," Jake said, with a /"Ok well just rewrite it and get it to my by the end of the week," Terry said /He moved on, leaving Jake to perform a triumphant dance in his /"Rosa?" Terry /"My Dad wanted to check it over before I handed it in, he left early this morning and didn't give it back to me," she said /"Ok, that's fine, just whenever you can," Terry assured her. As soon as he moved on a grin spread across her /"Charles what's wrong?" Terry asked, the boy who had fake tears pouring down his /"Some boys took it from me on the bus and ripped it up," he sobbed /"Who? was it Dozerman again?" Terry asked putting a comforting hand on his /"No, some older boy," he /"Hey buddy it's ok, if they do it again, make sure you let me know what they look like and I'll have a word with them," Terry /He carried on round the /"The dog ate mine!" Hitchcock /"Ok fine, bring it tomorrow," Terry said, starting to get slightly frustrated at the lack of homework being given /"Scully?" He /"Ummm, I ate mine," he muttered, /"You ate your own homework?" Terry /"Uh huh," Scully /"Well I'm afraid that is not a valid excuse, detention Scully," Terry /"Gina?" He asked, seeing her empty /"You see my parents just got divorced and I'm still not really used to the split houses thing. So it's at my dads, but I was at my moms last night," she /"Ok, fair enough, just get it to me when you next go to your dads," Terry /He walked to the front of the /"Well I have to say, that was one of the worst homework collections I've ever done," he /But the squad didn't care, Scully had been eliminated and it was time for round 2./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"At recess they once again huddled /"Right so round 2, when we go back into class everyone will be chewing a piece of gum. Whoever gets caught first is out. You're not allowed to swallow it or stick it to your mouth, you must be chewing at all times," Jake /They nodded and headed /Terry began the Math /"Gina how do I do question one?" He /Gina just /"Charles what is the matter with you?" Terry /Charles was sat with a look of disgust across his /"I can't do this to my pallet," he said turning apologetically to /"Are you chewing gum, put it in the bin," Terry /Charles did so and then cleansed his mouth with water, apologising to his taste /Mr Jeffords continued with the lessons, then there was a knock at the /"Principal Holt, hello?" Terry /"Hello Mr Jeffords, I am just on a patrol of the corridors and thought I'd sit in for a bit," Holt /"Certainly sir," Terry /Mr Holt stood at the back. Amy, Rosa, Gina, Jake and Hitchcock exchanged nervous /"So Jake how do you do question 3?" Terry /"Umm I don't know," Jake said, trying to disguise the gum in his /"Well I've just been explaining for the last 10 minutes, okay Rosa what about you?" Terry /Rosa shook her /"Mr Jeffords, it appears several members of your class are breaking classroom conduct code and are chewing gum," Mr Holt /"Well I think I can guess who," Terry said. The squad shuffled nervously in their /"Yes, Peralta, Linetti, Santiago, Hitchcock and Diaz from what I can tell," Holt /"Amy, I'm shocked! Right all of you come and put it in the bin. I don't know what's going on with this class today," Terry /Amy rushed to the bin and placed her gum in, followed by Rosa. Hitchcock just swallowed his. Gina and Jake locked eyes, both seeing who would give in /"I'm going to count to three," Terry /"What happens when you get to three?" Gina /Terry glared at /"1...2...2 and a quarter...2 and a half-"Terry /"Just say three already," Gina /"3!" Terry said raising his /Jake and Gina looked at each other, unaware of what was going to /"Go and stand outside," Terry /"Can we keep are gum in?" Gina asked. Jake /"Now!" Terry raised his voice and pointed to the /"Didn't answer my question," Gina muttered to Jake as they made their way across the /They slumped against the walls /"Man we should do this every year," Gina /"Jimmy jab games rule," Jake /The door opened, Principal Holt /"Stand up straight, get off the wall," he instructed, in a tone that children, even Jake and Gina, immediately /"Discard your chewing gum in the bin," he /Jake and Gina immediately locked eyes /"I will not count back wards, you can either place your gum in the bin or follow me to my office," he /"What happens at your office?" Jake asked /Holt shot him a robotic /Jake and Gina both reluctantly headed towards the trash and placed their gum in /"Thankyou, now I must proceed to a meeting," Holt said, setting off at on a march down the /Jake turned back to /"Time for round 3," he grinned./p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;""Ok Round 4, we've got just enough time before the bell goes. So each contestant will start here and the goal is to see who can skid the furthest down the corridor on whatever part of your body you choose. The loser will be eliminated," Charles told the /Gina, Jake, Rosa and Amy lined /"Rosa first," Charles /Rosa stepped back and took a run up, skidding down the corridor on her knees, getting close to half /"Gina," Charles /Gina sprung forward, going into a dive and sliding on her stomach, coming to a stop a few feet behind Rosa. Amy stepped up launching herself down the corridor on her knees, landing practically level with /"Jake," Charles announced, looking nervous for his /Jake then took his shoes /"Hey is that allowed?" Rosa /"No one said it wasn't," Jake /Charles nodded and allowed /Jake the stepped back taking a run up and skidding on his socks down the corridor, finally stumbling just past /"Amy, Gina, don't move, Jake and Rosa are through, I need to judge which one of you will join them," Charles said, running forward. He measured the distance, then came to a /"Amy, you're through, Gina you're eliminated," Charles /"What the hell Boyle!" Gina shouted as Amy erupted in a celebration /"What on Earth are you guys doing? Classroom now!" Terry called down the /"Time for round five," Amy whispered, grinning at the group./p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"The class headed down to the cookery room, the squad sprinted down the /"Ok guys slow down, there's lots of equipment in here we need to be careful," Mr Jeffords /A recipe was handed out and Round 5 /Rosa, Amy and Jake ran around trying to gather their ingredients. Amy was the first to mix them all /"Hey Jake," Rosa /"What?" He asked trying to mix all his ingredients in a /"I swapped your sugar for salt," she /"What! Charles does taste count?" He asked /Charles /"Looks like you'll have to start all over again," she /Jake walked over to the bin, then grabbed the salt and darted for Rosa's bowl. She tried to shield him but Jake managed to knock the bowl out of her hands, covering the floor in mixture. He smiled /"Jake! Rosa! What are you doing?" Terry /"Don't worry sir we'll clean it up," Hitchcock and Scully /Terry thought he should probably stop them, but he had become desensitised to seeing Hitchcock and Scully eat food off the /Rosa and Jake rushed around to restart their cakes, Amy's was already in the oven./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"After 20 minutes of rushing around all 3 cakes were in the oven. Gina threw an egg at Charles and kept moaning how she should have gotten through, not /Then Amy's timer pinged. Decorated was part of completing the cake, they all had to do the same design to make it fair. She lay the cake smugly on the side to cool and began prepping her icing. Both Rosa and Jake were watching their cakes through the oven /Amy started to decorate just as Jake and Rosa lay their cakes to cool. They then both darted for the decorating /Rosa grabbed the sprinkles out of Jake's hand, who retaliated by pouring icing sugar over her, but she didn't care she ran back to her /"Jake, come here!" Terry /Jake looked over at Rosa, she was starting to make the /"What's the matter sir?" He said, while mixing his icing and slopping some /"Jake, come here!" Terry /Jake huffed and put his bowl down, marching up to Terry at the front, as he passed Rosa he grabbed her sprinkles and hid them in a /Amy had finished her /"Why did you do that to Rosa? That's the second time this lesson I've caught you messing around," he /"I was just joking," Jake mumbled, his eye watching Rosa as she continued /"Well it's not funny and I think I should have you sit in the corner the rest of class," Terry /"No, please no!" Jake /"I'm sorry but you should have thought of consequences before you acted," Terry said /Jake looked desperately at Rosa who had drawn level with his cake's /"Please can I just have one more chance, please I'll be so good, I promise," Jake /Terry /"One more chance, but if I have to talk to you again, you're going to see Principal Holt," Terry /He'd hardly finished the sentence and Jake was back at his station grabbing the sprinkles. Rosa and him were neck and neck, Amy had found the sprinkles Jake had hidden and given them to /"Done!" Rosa and Jake called in /Charles surveyed both /"Rosa I'm afraid, you have only got 7 blue icing flowers on yours and there was meant to be 8, so Jake is through," Charles /Jake leapt in the air in delight Rosa stamped her foot and threw some flour at him. It was then that Terry announced the class was over and he was never letting the class do cookery again./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;""Ok round 6, the final, it's an assault course and Gina will walk you through the stages," Charles /Afternoon recess had just started and the squad was once again gathered in the /"Ok so first, you must sprint across the playground, go across the monkey bars, down the slide, then run round the outside of the school to the back exit, then run up the stairs and slide back down the railing and then run to the boys bathroom, first to get there wins," Gina /"On your marks, get set. Go!" Charles /Amy and Jake took off, charging across the playground. Amy was first to reach the monkey bars and get across them, but Jake was close behind her and pushed past her down the slide, becoming the first one to start the run round the outside of the school. Amy managed to overtake him and was leading by the time they reached the stairs. But Jake, who was a professional at sliding down handrails, glided past her and started off to the bathroom first. They were neck and neck all the way down the corridor and both reached out for the bathroom door handle, touching it at the exact same /"What the hell is going on?" Terry shouted from down the /"I think we'll call it a draw," Gina said ignoring him, they all nodded in /"Am I invisible? I said what the hell are you all doing?" He /Principal Holt came round the /"Ah Principal Holt, I have just caught these guy-" Terry /" I have been watching from my window their little escapade around the playground. Everyone go back to recess, Peralta and Santiago, stay here," he /The squad left, leaving Jake and a very nervous Amy with Mr Jeffords and Mr /"Is your classroom vacant?" Holt asked /"Yes sir," he /Holt motioned with his fingers for Jake and Amy to follow him. Amy jumped into action a desperate to make amends and terrified of the trouble they were in. Terry nudged Jake who hadn't /"I don't wanna get in trouble," he /"You should have thought about that. I told you if I had to speak to you again, you'd be going to see the Principal," Terry /Jake started to trudge down the corridor, alongside Terry./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"Holt went into the classroom, they all followed /"Jacob sit there, Amy sit there," he /He let them sit in silence for a few /"Mr Jeffords has informed me there have been several incidents in class today. Would you care to explain what has been going on?" He /"We've been having a sort of tournament with different games and challenges," Amy replied, looking down and feeling so ashamed of /"And who's idea was this tournament?" Terry asked looking at /"Jake?" He /"Fine ok it was my idea," Jake /"Give me one good reason why I should not call all of your parents and let them know what trouble you have been causing today. I presume the new toilet paper vandalism in the bathroom was you?" Holt said. Amy nodded, tears in her /"It wasn't their fault, it was my idea," Jake /"What are you saying?" Terry /"I should get punished, not them," he /No one said anything for a /"Well me and Mr Jeffords are going to have a chat, I want both of you to sit here in silence for the rest of recess and think about your behaviour," Holt /They left the room. Amy got out some paper from her bag and began frantically scribbling a apology letter to both Holt and Terry. Jake grinned at her, although the nerves about what was coming next were growing./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;""Look I think Amy has already learnt her lesson to be honest," Terry /"Well they cannot all go unpunished, their behaviour today has been outrageous," Holt /"Well Jake has already admitted to being the ringleader, so maybe they don't all need to get in loads of trouble," Terry /"We have very few options with Jake, it is either suspension, corporal punishment, bringing his parents or-" Holt /"But he took responsibility for his own actions, I'm not saying don't punish him but I think those options are a bit far," Terry /"Well then, what do we do?" Holt asked./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"Recess had ended and Amy had finished her apology letters, six pages, double sided: Santiago style. Holt and Terry had gathered Rosa, Charles, Gina, Jake, Amy, Hitchcock and Scully into the /"Well the first thing to say is that you should all be ashamed of your behaviour today. I never want a repeat of it in the future. We have thought long and hard about your punishment. As you were just participants Rosa, Charles, Amy, Hitchcock, Gina and Scully, you will all be getting a behaviour point," Holt told /"What about Jake?" Gina /"We need to have a chat with Jake, so the rest of you to go off to Gym class," Terry /The squad left, shooting Jake a mixture of worried and sympathetic /"Jake first of all, we wanted to praise you for taking responsibility for you own actions," Holt said. "But this behaviour cannot go without consequence."br /Jake /"Mr Jeffords and I discussed a number of options, including suspension, corporal punishment and calling your parents," Holt continued. Jake gulped, he was on the verge on /"But we decided against those options. It is only 4 days till the holidays and then after that there's only 1 month until summer and then you'll be starting a new grade. Everyday until the holidays you will have to sit out in recess and stand with Mr Jeffords and tomorrow you are going to be doing all your work in my office under my supervision. So you will be away from your friends for the day," Holt /"Now what we're doing Jake is giving you a chance to redeem yourself. We don't expect you to be perfect but after the holidays we want you to prove to us you can behave. For the last month of the school year, we want your best behaviour." Terry /"And I'm putting you on probation, so that means any detention you get after the holiday, will result in a day of doing your work in my office, away from your friends. If there's any incidents in the future like today's then the consequences will be severe, you understand?" Holt /Jake nodded./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"That night Jake lay in bed. He thought about the day, he couldn't believe how different Amy had been. She'd been so reckless, more like him, maybe he was a bad influence. Anyway it looked like Jake was going to have to take a leaf out of her book for a little while, at least until the next school year./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"In the playground a huddle formed around Jake, consisting of him, Gina, Charles, Rosa, Hitchcock, Scully and /"Ok so it's like this tournament, there's different events and one person is eliminated each round until there's one Jimmy Jab champion," Jake said. Excitement spread across the /"What's the prize?" Gina /"Whoever wins, Amy will do their holiday project for them," Jake /"I didn't say I'd do that," Amy piped /"Well if you win you won't have to," Jake returned. She rolled her /"Well we need 6 events, so how about we work them out at lunch today and then tomorrow-" Rosa /"The games will commence!" Jake /They all /"What is going on here?" A loud voice said, making them all jump and break up the /Jake stuffed the piece of paper /Principal Holt surveyed their guilty /Terry walked over to see what was going /"Peralta?" He /"We were just discussing a Math problem," Jake lied, with a grin on his /"Is that true Amy?" Terry /"Yes sir, just some math," Amy lied, horrified at /"Ok then guys come line up," Terry /Holt observed the gang as they walked back to the classroom, he didn't quite trust /"Thanks Amy," Jake muttered /She smiled back at him./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"The rest of the day the squad brainstormed ideas. By the time they got onto the bus, they had settled on the 6 events. They all went to sleep that night so eager to get to school tomorrow./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"It was unheard of for the squad to all be on time for school, let alone 5 minutes early. They huddled round as Amy held the leader board she had /"So game one, there is a piece of homework due in today, the challenge is: give the best excuse. If you get no consequences for forgetting, you're through to the next round," Jake told the /They entered the classroom, strangely /"Everything ok?" Terry asked, /"Yep, fine," Amy said forcing a smile./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"After about half an hour Amy scuttled up to Terry's /"Hey what's the matter?" He /She leant in and whispered in his /"Sir I'm so sorry but one of my brothers put my homework in their bags so I don't have it today," she said really fast and /"Oh Amy don't worry, living in a house full of siblings, it's bound to happen, not your fault. Just get it to me ASAP," he /Amy thanked him and turned to sit down, with a wide grin on her face. She stuck her tongue out at Jake, Gina ticked her name on the /"Right Amy has just reminded me about the homework I need to collect in, so get them out on the table please," Terry said getting up. He started to go round the /"Oh no!" Jake exclaimed, when Terry got to /"What's wrong?" Terry /"Look," Jake said, holding up a piece of paper that had had water spilt on it, causing all the ink to smudge and become even more illegible than Jake's /"I think some water must have spilt on it in my bag," Jake said, with a /"Ok well just rewrite it and get it to my by the end of the week," Terry said /He moved on, leaving Jake to perform a triumphant dance in his /"Rosa?" Terry /"My Dad wanted to check it over before I handed it in, he left early this morning and didn't give it back to me," she said /"Ok, that's fine, just whenever you can," Terry assured her. As soon as he moved on a grin spread across her /"Charles what's wrong?" Terry asked, the boy who had fake tears pouring down his /"Some boys took it from me on the bus and ripped it up," he sobbed /"Who? was it Dozerman again?" Terry asked putting a comforting hand on his /"No, some older boy," he /"Hey buddy it's ok, if they do it again, make sure you let me know what they look like and I'll have a word with them," Terry /He carried on round the /"The dog ate mine!" Hitchcock /"Ok fine, bring it tomorrow," Terry said, starting to get slightly frustrated at the lack of homework being given /"Scully?" He /"Ummm, I ate mine," he muttered, /"You ate your own homework?" Terry /"Uh huh," Scully /"Well I'm afraid that is not a valid excuse, detention Scully," Terry /"Gina?" He asked, seeing her empty /"You see my parents just got divorced and I'm still not really used to the split houses thing. So it's at my dads, but I was at my moms last night," she /"Ok, fair enough, just get it to me when you next go to your dads," Terry /He walked to the front of the /"Well I have to say, that was one of the worst homework collections I've ever done," he /But the squad didn't care, Scully had been eliminated and it was time for round 2./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"At recess they once again huddled /"Right so round 2, when we go back into class everyone will be chewing a piece of gum. Whoever gets caught first is out. You're not allowed to swallow it or stick it to your mouth, you must be chewing at all times," Jake /They nodded and headed /Terry began the Math /"Gina how do I do question one?" He /Gina just /"Charles what is the matter with you?" Terry /Charles was sat with a look of disgust across his /"I can't do this to my pallet," he said turning apologetically to /"Are you chewing gum, put it in the bin," Terry /Charles did so and then cleansed his mouth with water, apologising to his taste /Mr Jeffords continued with the lessons, then there was a knock at the /"Principal Holt, hello?" Terry /"Hello Mr Jeffords, I am just on a patrol of the corridors and thought I'd sit in for a bit," Holt /"Certainly sir," Terry /Mr Holt stood at the back. Amy, Rosa, Gina, Jake and Hitchcock exchanged nervous /"So Jake how do you do question 3?" Terry /"Umm I don't know," Jake said, trying to disguise the gum in his /"Well I've just been explaining for the last 10 minutes, okay Rosa what about you?" Terry /Rosa shook her /"Mr Jeffords, it appears several members of your class are breaking classroom conduct code and are chewing gum," Mr Holt /"Well I think I can guess who," Terry said. The squad shuffled nervously in their /"Yes, Peralta, Linetti, Santiago, Hitchcock and Diaz from what I can tell," Holt /"Amy, I'm shocked! Right all of you come and put it in the bin. I don't know what's going on with this class today," Terry /Amy rushed to the bin and placed her gum in, followed by Rosa. Hitchcock just swallowed his. Gina and Jake locked eyes, both seeing who would give in /"I'm going to count to three," Terry /"What happens when you get to three?" Gina /Terry glared at /"1...2...2 and a quarter...2 and a half-"Terry /"Just say three already," Gina /"3!" Terry said raising his /Jake and Gina looked at each other, unaware of what was going to /"Go and stand outside," Terry /"Can we keep are gum in?" Gina asked. Jake /"Now!" Terry raised his voice and pointed to the /"Didn't answer my question," Gina muttered to Jake as they made their way across the /They slumped against the walls /"Man we should do this every year," Gina /"Jimmy jab games rule," Jake /The door opened, Principal Holt /"Stand up straight, get off the wall," he instructed, in a tone that children, even Jake and Gina, immediately /"Discard your chewing gum in the bin," he /Jake and Gina immediately locked eyes /"I will not count back wards, you can either place your gum in the bin or follow me to my office," he /"What happens at your office?" Jake asked /Holt shot him a robotic /Jake and Gina both reluctantly headed towards the trash and placed their gum in /"Thankyou, now I must proceed to a meeting," Holt said, setting off at on a march down the /Jake turned back to /"Time for round 3," he grinned./p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;""Ok Round 4, we've got just enough time before the bell goes. So each contestant will start here and the goal is to see who can skid the furthest down the corridor on whatever part of your body you choose. The loser will be eliminated," Charles told the /Gina, Jake, Rosa and Amy lined /"Rosa first," Charles /Rosa stepped back and took a run up, skidding down the corridor on her knees, getting close to half /"Gina," Charles /Gina sprung forward, going into a dive and sliding on her stomach, coming to a stop a few feet behind Rosa. Amy stepped up launching herself down the corridor on her knees, landing practically level with /"Jake," Charles announced, looking nervous for his /Jake then took his shoes /"Hey is that allowed?" Rosa /"No one said it wasn't," Jake /Charles nodded and allowed /Jake the stepped back taking a run up and skidding on his socks down the corridor, finally stumbling just past /"Amy, Gina, don't move, Jake and Rosa are through, I need to judge which one of you will join them," Charles said, running forward. He measured the distance, then came to a /"Amy, you're through, Gina you're eliminated," Charles /"What the hell Boyle!" Gina shouted as Amy erupted in a celebration /"What on Earth are you guys doing? Classroom now!" Terry called down the /"Time for round five," Amy whispered, grinning at the group./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;""Right I hoped everyone remembered we are having a cookery class this afternoon and we're making cakes," Terry /"How could we forget," Jake /"First two contestants to finish their cakes are through to the face off, the other will be eliminated," Charles whispered./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"The class headed down to the cookery room, the squad sprinted down the /"Ok guys slow down, there's lots of equipment in here we need to be careful," Mr Jeffords /A recipe was handed out and Round 5 /Rosa, Amy and Jake ran around trying to gather their ingredients. Amy was the first to mix them all /"Hey Jake," Rosa /"What?" He asked trying to mix all his ingredients in a /"I swapped your sugar for salt," she /"What! Charles does taste count?" He asked /Charles /"Looks like you'll have to start all over again," she /Jake walked over to the bin, then grabbed the salt and darted for Rosa's bowl. She tried to shield him but Jake managed to knock the bowl out of her hands, covering the floor in mixture. He smiled /"Jake! Rosa! What are you doing?" Terry /"Don't worry sir we'll clean it up," Hitchcock and Scully /Terry thought he should probably stop them, but he had become desensitised to seeing Hitchcock and Scully eat food off the /Rosa and Jake rushed around to restart their cakes, Amy's was already in the oven./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"After 20 minutes of rushing around all 3 cakes were in the oven. Gina threw an egg at Charles and kept moaning how she should have gotten through, not /Then Amy's timer pinged. Decorated was part of completing the cake, they all had to do the same design to make it fair. She lay the cake smugly on the side to cool and began prepping her icing. Both Rosa and Jake were watching their cakes through the oven /Amy started to decorate just as Jake and Rosa lay their cakes to cool. They then both darted for the decorating /Rosa grabbed the sprinkles out of Jake's hand, who retaliated by pouring icing sugar over her, but she didn't care she ran back to her /"Jake, come here!" Terry /Jake looked over at Rosa, she was starting to make the /"What's the matter sir?" He said, while mixing his icing and slopping some /"Jake, come here!" Terry /Jake huffed and put his bowl down, marching up to Terry at the front, as he passed Rosa he grabbed her sprinkles and hid them in a /Amy had finished her /"Why did you do that to Rosa? That's the second time this lesson I've caught you messing around," he /"I was just joking," Jake mumbled, his eye watching Rosa as she continued /"Well it's not funny and I think I should have you sit in the corner the rest of class," Terry /"No, please no!" Jake /"I'm sorry but you should have thought of consequences before you acted," Terry said /Jake looked desperately at Rosa who had drawn level with his cake's /"Please can I just have one more chance, please I'll be so good, I promise," Jake /Terry /"One more chance, but if I have to talk to you again, you're going to see Principal Holt," Terry /He'd hardly finished the sentence and Jake was back at his station grabbing the sprinkles. Rosa and him were neck and neck, Amy had found the sprinkles Jake had hidden and given them to /"Done!" Rosa and Jake called in /Charles surveyed both /"Rosa I'm afraid, you have only got 7 blue icing flowers on yours and there was meant to be 8, so Jake is through," Charles /Jake leapt in the air in delight Rosa stamped her foot and threw some flour at him. It was then that Terry announced the class was over and he was never letting the class do cookery again./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;""Ok round 6, the final, it's an assault course and Gina will walk you through the stages," Charles /Afternoon recess had just started and the squad was once again gathered in the /"Ok so first, you must sprint across the playground, go across the monkey bars, down the slide, then run round the outside of the school to the back exit, then run up the stairs and slide back down the railing and then run to the boys bathroom, first to get there wins," Gina /"On your marks, get set. Go!" Charles /Amy and Jake took off, charging across the playground. Amy was first to reach the monkey bars and get across them, but Jake was close behind her and pushed past her down the slide, becoming the first one to start the run round the outside of the school. Amy managed to overtake him and was leading by the time they reached the stairs. But Jake, who was a professional at sliding down handrails, glided past her and started off to the bathroom first. They were neck and neck all the way down the corridor and both reached out for the bathroom door handle, touching it at the exact same /"What the hell is going on?" Terry shouted from down the /"I think we'll call it a draw," Gina said ignoring him, they all nodded in /"Am I invisible? I said what the hell are you all doing?" He /Principal Holt came round the /"Ah Principal Holt, I have just caught these guy-" Terry /" I have been watching from my window their little escapade around the playground. Everyone go back to recess, Peralta and Santiago, stay here," he /The squad left, leaving Jake and a very nervous Amy with Mr Jeffords and Mr /"Is your classroom vacant?" Holt asked /"Yes sir," he /Holt motioned with his fingers for Jake and Amy to follow him. Amy jumped into action a desperate to make amends and terrified of the trouble they were in. Terry nudged Jake who hadn't /"I don't wanna get in trouble," he /"You should have thought about that. I told you if I had to speak to you again, you'd be going to see the Principal," Terry /Jake started to trudge down the corridor, alongside Terry./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"Holt went into the classroom, they all followed /"Jacob sit there, Amy sit there," he /He let them sit in silence for a few /"Mr Jeffords has informed me there have been several incidents in class today. Would you care to explain what has been going on?" He /"We've been having a sort of tournament with different games and challenges," Amy replied, looking down and feeling so ashamed of /"And who's idea was this tournament?" Terry asked looking at /"Jake?" He /"Fine ok it was my idea," Jake /"Give me one good reason why I should not call all of your parents and let them know what trouble you have been causing today. I presume the new toilet paper vandalism in the bathroom was you?" Holt said. Amy nodded, tears in her /"It wasn't their fault, it was my idea," Jake /"What are you saying?" Terry /"I should get punished, not them," he /No one said anything for a /"Well me and Mr Jeffords are going to have a chat, I want both of you to sit here in silence for the rest of recess and think about your behaviour," Holt /They left the room. Amy got out some paper from her bag and began frantically scribbling a apology letter to both Holt and Terry. Jake grinned at her, although the nerves about what was coming next were growing./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;""Look I think Amy has already learnt her lesson to be honest," Terry /"Well they cannot all go unpunished, their behaviour today has been outrageous," Holt /"Well Jake has already admitted to being the ringleader, so maybe they don't all need to get in loads of trouble," Terry /"We have very few options with Jake, it is either suspension, corporal punishment, bringing his parents or-" Holt /"But he took responsibility for his own actions, I'm not saying don't punish him but I think those options are a bit far," Terry /"Well then, what do we do?" Holt asked./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"Recess had ended and Amy had finished her apology letters, six pages, double sided: Santiago style. Holt and Terry had gathered Rosa, Charles, Gina, Jake, Amy, Hitchcock and Scully into the /"Well the first thing to say is that you should all be ashamed of your behaviour today. I never want a repeat of it in the future. We have thought long and hard about your punishment. As you were just participants Rosa, Charles, Amy, Hitchcock, Gina and Scully, you will all be getting a behaviour point," Holt told /"What about Jake?" Gina /"We need to have a chat with Jake, so the rest of you to go off to Gym class," Terry /The squad left, shooting Jake a mixture of worried and sympathetic /"Jake first of all, we wanted to praise you for taking responsibility for you own actions," Holt said. "But this behaviour cannot go without consequence."br /Jake /"Mr Jeffords and I discussed a number of options, including suspension, corporal punishment and calling your parents," Holt continued. Jake gulped, he was on the verge on /"But we decided against those options. It is only 4 days till the holidays and then after that there's only 1 month until summer and then you'll be starting a new grade. Everyday until the holidays you will have to sit out in recess and stand with Mr Jeffords and tomorrow you are going to be doing all your work in my office under my supervision. So you will be away from your friends for the day," Holt /"Now what we're doing Jake is giving you a chance to redeem yourself. We don't expect you to be perfect but after the holidays we want you to prove to us you can behave. For the last month of the school year, we want your best behaviour." Terry /"And I'm putting you on probation, so that means any detention you get after the holiday, will result in a day of doing your work in my office, away from your friends. If there's any incidents in the future like today's then the consequences will be severe, you understand?" Holt /Jake nodded./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"That night Jake lay in bed. He thought about the day, he couldn't believe how different Amy had been. She'd been so reckless, more like him, maybe he was a bad influence. Anyway it looked like Jake was going to have to take a leaf out of her book for a little while, at least until the next school year./p