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Chapter Seven - Activity Three

RING!

What was that annoying noise?

RRIINNGG!

Oh, it's the phone. Don't they have common sense enough to call when we're NOT asleep?

RRRIIINNNGGG!

All right, all right, I get the point. I'm getting up!

RRRRIIIINNNNGGGG!

"Hello?" I asked (into the phone you idiot! What? I was sleepy and in a grumpy mood!).

"Hello. This is Mr. Polycarp, your science teacher. Who do I have the pleasure to be speaking to?"

"This is Lane Martin," I grunted.

"Ah, yes, Lane; one of my best students (Yada, yada, yada. Get to the point!). Well, this morning we are going to be doing the activity that I have planned for the trip and we need to get started bright and early. So up and atom! Wear your school uniform please. Got everything?"

"Yeah, I guess." Why did we have to get up so early?

"All right; be down in the lobby by six o'clock, please."

"Sure." Mr. Polycarp hung up the phone.

WAIT! SIX O'CLOCK!

I sat up straight in bed and looked at the clock. Those big annoying red letters read back, '5:15 AM.' FIVE FIFTEEN! Who did this guy think he was, waking us up in the middle of the ... morning?

"Who was that?" Tina asked from the other side of me.

"Uh ... it was Mr. Polycarp," I said. I figured that I should leave out what time it actually was. "We have to be down in the lobby in about forty-five minutes."

"Oh, good. I thought it might be Eric."

A sharp pain of guilt hit me like a tidal wave. Eric; I had forgotten. NO! BAD, LANE, BAD!

Tina groaned and slipped out of bed. "I'm going to take a quick shower since I didn't take one last night. We're probably going to go on a hike or something and I want to start out smelling the best I can." She took her school uniform out of the bureau drawer and went into the bathroom, closing the door.

I leaned over and switched on the lamp. Hannah groaned and rolled over, putting her pillow over her face. "Come on, Han," I said, putting my feet on the floor. I didn't think my legs could support my weight yet, so I remained sitting. "Forty-five minutes before we have to be down in the lobby. Get a move on."

Hannah only waved her hand in the air and stayed where she was.

"Don't you have to put your face on?" I asked. I knew this would bug her. She had never in her life worn make-up, but it looked like she wore it all the time. We were always teasing her about it and to be honest, I didn't know why she got so worked up about it when we did.

Hannah immediately hopped out of bed and glared down at me. "You know I've never worn make-up, Lane Marie Jessica Martin!" she practically yelled.

"Ok, ok. Don't blow a fuse. You're going to wake the neighbors ... even though they're coming with us..." I said, trailing off.

"Humph," Hannah grunted. She went over to the bureau, took out her school uniform, and went to change in the corner. I tested my weight on my legs and found they had caught up with the rest of my body. I walked over to the window and parted the curtains an inch or two to look out. The sun hadn't even risen yet! The sky was getting a bit lighter, but not much.

I almost laughed when a voice reached my ears. Tina was singing in the shower! She was, however, soon cut off by Hannah pounding on the bathroom door.

"Hey, Tiny! You're going to wake up everyone in the hotel!"

That must have worked because I didn't hear another peep out of Tina until the shower water turned off and she came out looking refreshed. "I'm done," she said. "One of you guys can have the bathroom now.

Hannah and I had and race, followed by a furious ... catfight, to see who would have the bathroom and oddly enough, I won!

Most of the students were already in the lobby by the time we got there. I looked around for Eric but didn't see him, so I sat down with Hannah and Tina on one of the couches and kept my eyes pealed for him. After about five minutes, Mr. Polycarp walked out into the lobby and called everyone's attention to himself.

"Ok," he began. "Today is the day that we get to do my activity and I assure you that it will turn out to be much more interesting than most of you are thinking."

A few snorts followed this little bit and I can be proud to say that mine was one of them. Mr. Polycarp, planning something fun?

"My ears must have excess build up or something," Hannah whispered in my ear. I smiled.

"All right, all right," Mr. Polycarp said. "Quiet down. Wait until you hear what I have to say. I have chartered a plane that will hold all of us and we're going to be flying to an island about 207 miles or so from Costa Rica. We won't be getting off the plane only because we have not gained permission, but we will be having an aerial tour. We have packed lunches for all of you and . . ."

"Excuse me," someone said, standing up. It was Eric. "What island are we going to?"

"Oh, well that's the fun part. We have gained permission from the Costa Rican government to fly rather low over this island so that we may see the animals it holds … for scientific purposes. This island's name is Isla Sorna."

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