Puffy Eyes, Yappy Dogs and Sneaky Snakes
I woke up the next morning to have the sun streaming down on my face from the balcony window. I groaned for I didn't want to get up. Looking at my clock, I saw that it was 6:00am. I got up from underneath my covers, trudged over to the window and closed the drapes. I then walked back to my bed and flopped down onto it. I didn't bother to through the covers back on so I think for about 30mins I just dozed lying on my side. I wanted to sleep for more time but unfortunately that wouldn't help. I heard a squeak of my door and propped myself up on my elbows to see who was coming in. A black blur ran up to me and jumped onto the bed, which meant me.
The black blur just happened to be Janice's yappy Jack Russell Stanley. Nice name for a dog huh? I have no clue on how he could have pushed my door open since I had closed it the day before but it was probably Janice.
"JANICE!!! Get in here!"
I tried to get Stanley off of me but it was very awkward since by now the covers were wrapped around the dog and me and I can barely move. Janice finally comes up the stairs already dressed. My guess is that she gets up at 5:00am to get ready. She gives me a look of confusion but I can see past it to her eyes where they give her away. She opened the door to let the mutt in.
"Get your mangy mutt out..ACHOO! Get him out now!"
I finally got the covers untangled and pushed the dog off of me. Janice bent down, picked up the dog and smoothed down the rumpled fur.
"Oooh did the mean old Dodger scare you?" Yuck! I hate it when people do that to their pets.
While she was doing this, I grabbed my inhaler off of the nightstand. I can normally stand dogs just as long as they don't touch me or I them. When I turned back to her, she smiled and then left the room. Her smiling and not saying anything only meant one thing: my eyes.
I walked over to my dresser mirror and saw that my eyes were now all puffy.
"Oh great, just what I need." I lightly touched around my eyes to see how sore they were. I was lucky. They weren't. Janice loves it when I get all puffy since I look like a truck has hit me after a week long cold is happening to me.
After getting dressed, I tried my best to cover up the puffiness. While I did this, I actually smiled to myself. Janice had tried to give me another attack but didn't succeed. Only did in giving me puffy eyes.
I've rarely had major attacks in my 18 years where I get to the point where I can't breath and pass out. My last major one had been a year ago this month. Janice hadn't transferred to my school yet but she knew about the accident a) because she lived in my house (duh!) and b) she's the one who did it to me.
~*~*October 2001~*~*
"Raise it a little higher. A little higher... that's perfect."
I looked up at the banner from where I was and Holly came down the ladder and then over to me. She stood there and looked then smiled at the work we had just done.
"This is going to be the best Halloween Dance and Carnival ever. I can't believe that we actually got this all done in the time we had."
"Well if the jocks hadn't screwed up the last Halloween dance we had, this years wouldn't have been so rushed."
I bent down and grabbed a paint can and brush because I just saw a part on the sign that wasn't filled in. I went onto the ladder and continued to talk to Holly.
"I'm just glad that I was able to convince the principal to let us have it this year."
"Me too. I don't think Halloween is ever Halloween without a dance or carnival."
I got down from the ladder and we began to clean up the paint and paper for that night's dance. As we walked back to the art room, Holly asked,
"What are you going as this year? You never did tell me."
"This year I'm going as a hobo. Janice is going as Marilyn Monroe and she hates it if someone plays something scruffy if that person isn't a guy. I'm going mainly to bug her."
Holly laughed and we walked back to the gym to make sure that everything was cleaned up. It was so we headed back to our houses to get ready.
~*~*Later that night..~*~*
Looking into the mirror, I crookedly put my hat on. I then grabbed my stick and left the house before Rob could give me the 'be back by 10:00pm' speech. He told Janice she had to be back but he's not my father so I don't want to follow the rule. Also the dance doesn't start till 9:00pm and I'm judging the costumes contest at the end of the dance so I have to stay. The day of the dance so the next day there would be no school so no use on staying home on Halloween.
I jumped into my jeep and I mean literally jumped. This is because Rob just came out of the house to give me the talk. I backed the jeep up and floored it to Holly's. I had to pick both her and Xander up at her place. Holly was going as a flapper and Xander was going as Scream. Though the movie is 5 years old, Xander loves to dress up as it every single year. We arrived 15 minutes early to set up the ticket table and donation table.
People, as they came in, registered with Holly if they wanted to be in the Halloween contest. As the carnival started, I circulated with my Polaroid camera to take pictures of the little kids and of some of the sets. By 8:30pm, majority of the children with their parents left and we began to clean up the gym to have the dance. I stepped up onto the stage.
"'Ello dere Sander's High."
An eruption of noise burst from the audience. (I know I mentioned earlier that I wasn't clothes and stuff popular, but everyone knows me)
"Me name is Patches and I'se 'ere today to welcome you to the 2001 'alloween dance. Now lets git dancin'!"
I jumped off the stage and let the dj do her job. The night went on and I danced a few times with Xander but majority of the time was spent helping the snack table and taking pictures for the newspaper and yearbook.
Midnight rolled around and I got back on the stage.
"Ladies an' gentlemen. Tis time for da costumes contest. Will all dose who signed up git up 'ere."
About 30 people came up and we slowly gave prizes to everyone. The last prize was for the overall best costume. We did a ballot vote and I finally got the ballots back. We counted them up and I was about to take the microphone and announce the winner when we could hear the faint noise of barking.
What I didn't know was that before I had left, Janice had put dog food bits in my patches in my coat. The barking became louder and the door leading up to the stage area burst open. Tons of dogs entered the area and bounded right up to me and ended up knocking me down.
"Git off of me."
I tried to push the dogs off but wasn't getting very far. At the time, not many people knew besides Xander and Holly knew that I was allergic to dogs. Neither of them was there to see it because they were both in the washrooms. (Bad timing or what!) At first everyone just watched and waited for me to get the dogs off. Unfortunately that didn't happen. After 2 minutes of fighting, my reaction to the dogs got very bad and I ended up passing out.
Holly and Xander ended up running in and Xander yelled that I was allergic. The people up onstage started to drag them off of me. Holly called the ambulance and the next thing I remember is waking up in a hospital room 5 days later.
~*~*End of Flashback.~*~*
To this day, anyone who owns a dog and I end up going to their house for a project or just to hang out ends up putting their dog in either the basement, the backyard or we go to a room and close the door.
Janice ended up getting punished big time. She had to help clean up the gym since I wasn't able to. She had to visit me every day in the hospital at least twice a day and she got grounded big time.
I looked to my clock and saw that it was getting late and I still had to pick up Holly. I grabbed my homework and ran out the door before my mom could get sight of me. In the car I phoned Holly.
"I'll be there in 5 minutes so you had better be ready."
"Okay, I'll be on the street so don't turn in. Bye."
"Bye." I hung up and drove straight to her house. I pushed my CD in and listened to the Newsies sing about Life.
Ain't it a fine life
Carrying the banner through it all?
A mighty fine life
Carrying the banner tough and tall
Every morning
We goes where we wishes
We's as free as fishes
Sure beats washing dishes
What a fine life
Carrying the banner home-free all!
A/N: I know this chapter may not make any sense but it will later on in the story. Thanks all to those who review and I know most give out Newsie cookies if you review but I give them out if you just love the Newsies! Bye for now!
Dodger
I woke up the next morning to have the sun streaming down on my face from the balcony window. I groaned for I didn't want to get up. Looking at my clock, I saw that it was 6:00am. I got up from underneath my covers, trudged over to the window and closed the drapes. I then walked back to my bed and flopped down onto it. I didn't bother to through the covers back on so I think for about 30mins I just dozed lying on my side. I wanted to sleep for more time but unfortunately that wouldn't help. I heard a squeak of my door and propped myself up on my elbows to see who was coming in. A black blur ran up to me and jumped onto the bed, which meant me.
The black blur just happened to be Janice's yappy Jack Russell Stanley. Nice name for a dog huh? I have no clue on how he could have pushed my door open since I had closed it the day before but it was probably Janice.
"JANICE!!! Get in here!"
I tried to get Stanley off of me but it was very awkward since by now the covers were wrapped around the dog and me and I can barely move. Janice finally comes up the stairs already dressed. My guess is that she gets up at 5:00am to get ready. She gives me a look of confusion but I can see past it to her eyes where they give her away. She opened the door to let the mutt in.
"Get your mangy mutt out..ACHOO! Get him out now!"
I finally got the covers untangled and pushed the dog off of me. Janice bent down, picked up the dog and smoothed down the rumpled fur.
"Oooh did the mean old Dodger scare you?" Yuck! I hate it when people do that to their pets.
While she was doing this, I grabbed my inhaler off of the nightstand. I can normally stand dogs just as long as they don't touch me or I them. When I turned back to her, she smiled and then left the room. Her smiling and not saying anything only meant one thing: my eyes.
I walked over to my dresser mirror and saw that my eyes were now all puffy.
"Oh great, just what I need." I lightly touched around my eyes to see how sore they were. I was lucky. They weren't. Janice loves it when I get all puffy since I look like a truck has hit me after a week long cold is happening to me.
After getting dressed, I tried my best to cover up the puffiness. While I did this, I actually smiled to myself. Janice had tried to give me another attack but didn't succeed. Only did in giving me puffy eyes.
I've rarely had major attacks in my 18 years where I get to the point where I can't breath and pass out. My last major one had been a year ago this month. Janice hadn't transferred to my school yet but she knew about the accident a) because she lived in my house (duh!) and b) she's the one who did it to me.
~*~*October 2001~*~*
"Raise it a little higher. A little higher... that's perfect."
I looked up at the banner from where I was and Holly came down the ladder and then over to me. She stood there and looked then smiled at the work we had just done.
"This is going to be the best Halloween Dance and Carnival ever. I can't believe that we actually got this all done in the time we had."
"Well if the jocks hadn't screwed up the last Halloween dance we had, this years wouldn't have been so rushed."
I bent down and grabbed a paint can and brush because I just saw a part on the sign that wasn't filled in. I went onto the ladder and continued to talk to Holly.
"I'm just glad that I was able to convince the principal to let us have it this year."
"Me too. I don't think Halloween is ever Halloween without a dance or carnival."
I got down from the ladder and we began to clean up the paint and paper for that night's dance. As we walked back to the art room, Holly asked,
"What are you going as this year? You never did tell me."
"This year I'm going as a hobo. Janice is going as Marilyn Monroe and she hates it if someone plays something scruffy if that person isn't a guy. I'm going mainly to bug her."
Holly laughed and we walked back to the gym to make sure that everything was cleaned up. It was so we headed back to our houses to get ready.
~*~*Later that night..~*~*
Looking into the mirror, I crookedly put my hat on. I then grabbed my stick and left the house before Rob could give me the 'be back by 10:00pm' speech. He told Janice she had to be back but he's not my father so I don't want to follow the rule. Also the dance doesn't start till 9:00pm and I'm judging the costumes contest at the end of the dance so I have to stay. The day of the dance so the next day there would be no school so no use on staying home on Halloween.
I jumped into my jeep and I mean literally jumped. This is because Rob just came out of the house to give me the talk. I backed the jeep up and floored it to Holly's. I had to pick both her and Xander up at her place. Holly was going as a flapper and Xander was going as Scream. Though the movie is 5 years old, Xander loves to dress up as it every single year. We arrived 15 minutes early to set up the ticket table and donation table.
People, as they came in, registered with Holly if they wanted to be in the Halloween contest. As the carnival started, I circulated with my Polaroid camera to take pictures of the little kids and of some of the sets. By 8:30pm, majority of the children with their parents left and we began to clean up the gym to have the dance. I stepped up onto the stage.
"'Ello dere Sander's High."
An eruption of noise burst from the audience. (I know I mentioned earlier that I wasn't clothes and stuff popular, but everyone knows me)
"Me name is Patches and I'se 'ere today to welcome you to the 2001 'alloween dance. Now lets git dancin'!"
I jumped off the stage and let the dj do her job. The night went on and I danced a few times with Xander but majority of the time was spent helping the snack table and taking pictures for the newspaper and yearbook.
Midnight rolled around and I got back on the stage.
"Ladies an' gentlemen. Tis time for da costumes contest. Will all dose who signed up git up 'ere."
About 30 people came up and we slowly gave prizes to everyone. The last prize was for the overall best costume. We did a ballot vote and I finally got the ballots back. We counted them up and I was about to take the microphone and announce the winner when we could hear the faint noise of barking.
What I didn't know was that before I had left, Janice had put dog food bits in my patches in my coat. The barking became louder and the door leading up to the stage area burst open. Tons of dogs entered the area and bounded right up to me and ended up knocking me down.
"Git off of me."
I tried to push the dogs off but wasn't getting very far. At the time, not many people knew besides Xander and Holly knew that I was allergic to dogs. Neither of them was there to see it because they were both in the washrooms. (Bad timing or what!) At first everyone just watched and waited for me to get the dogs off. Unfortunately that didn't happen. After 2 minutes of fighting, my reaction to the dogs got very bad and I ended up passing out.
Holly and Xander ended up running in and Xander yelled that I was allergic. The people up onstage started to drag them off of me. Holly called the ambulance and the next thing I remember is waking up in a hospital room 5 days later.
~*~*End of Flashback.~*~*
To this day, anyone who owns a dog and I end up going to their house for a project or just to hang out ends up putting their dog in either the basement, the backyard or we go to a room and close the door.
Janice ended up getting punished big time. She had to help clean up the gym since I wasn't able to. She had to visit me every day in the hospital at least twice a day and she got grounded big time.
I looked to my clock and saw that it was getting late and I still had to pick up Holly. I grabbed my homework and ran out the door before my mom could get sight of me. In the car I phoned Holly.
"I'll be there in 5 minutes so you had better be ready."
"Okay, I'll be on the street so don't turn in. Bye."
"Bye." I hung up and drove straight to her house. I pushed my CD in and listened to the Newsies sing about Life.
Ain't it a fine life
Carrying the banner through it all?
A mighty fine life
Carrying the banner tough and tall
Every morning
We goes where we wishes
We's as free as fishes
Sure beats washing dishes
What a fine life
Carrying the banner home-free all!
A/N: I know this chapter may not make any sense but it will later on in the story. Thanks all to those who review and I know most give out Newsie cookies if you review but I give them out if you just love the Newsies! Bye for now!
Dodger
