NOTE i did write the song, "Monday Morning".
CHAPTER 8 (present day) Monday
Monday morning
I wake up knowing
That today I start my life without you.
We used to be two,
Now we're not.
Just one... (just one)
Alone.
But I forgot
One thing...
You're here
When you're there
With me... (with me).
I thought we would never 'part.
You will always be my sweetheart.
You will always be in my heart.
Though I still have a lonely heart.
But I forgot
One thing...
You're here
When you're there
With me... (with me).
Oh... yeah...
You're here
When you're there
With me... (with me).
Monday morning
I wake up knowing
That you're here with me (with me)...
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At school, I talked very little to my friends. In periods one through three, I write a two-and-a-half page letter, to Kari.
Then in period four, I was looking over the letter to see if I made any mistakes. Nathan, the bully who picks on me and sits behind me, saw the letter and takes it away from me.
"Nathan, please give that back."
"Aw! Does Toddy want his note back?" He says that loudly enough that everyone could hear, even the teacher. She comes over to us, "Boys, do you have a problem?"
"No." we both say.
"Nathan, what's that? A note?"
"It's not mine; it's his." He points to me and hands me the letter.
The teacher looks at me and says, "Todd, if you are going to write notes in my class, you must share it with everyone."
"No. Please. Don't make me read it. Please." I give her the sad eyes.
"All right, but the very next time, you have to read the note."
An half-a-hour later, the bell sounded for period five. I go to my locker to get my Science book. Nathan walks up to me.
"What do you want?" I say, looking away.
"I just want to say I'm sorry."
"Really?"
"Yeah, really." Pause. "Not!"
"You idiot!" I say.
"Don't call me that!"
"I'm allowed. It's a free country!"
"That's it." He says, with an expression that was mad.
"What does that mean?" I ask.
"I think you know." He makes a fist by his side.
"Uh, uh, no. I don't wanna fight." I start to walk away.
"Chicken. Frady cat. Todd's a chicken!"
I just keep walking. I don't care what people say about me.
"Kari is so stupid! She can't even tie her own shoes!"
But when someone calls my friends, family, or girlfriend a name, I get pretty mad.
I turn around and go to Nathan and ask, "Don't dis my girlfriend!"
"Oh, I'm sorry that I said she was stupid... not!"
"Shut up! She is not!" I say, then shove him against the lockers. "Do not ever dis Kari again!"
"Okay, I will. She's stupid, she's stupid, she's so stupid!" I really think that he is just saying that because he just wants to start a fight.
I punch him and made his nose bleed. Then we were both fighting each other.
A crowd forms around us, cheering, "Fight, fight, fight!"
Jay and Joe come to us and try to break us up. "Stop fighting!"
"Please." Joe says.
"Jay, Joe, just get out of here! I can handle this!" I push them on the ground. They look at me kind of sad and mad. They get up and walk away. I follow. "Guys, I'm-" Nathan jumps on my back and I fall to the floor. I get up and start fighting with him again.
Then a teacher comes to us and says, "Todd Gordon and Nathan Blur, you are so busted!" They keep us away from each other. They take us to the office, where the principal was. The teacher explains what we were doing to him.
"Fighting? Todd? Nathan?"
We both shake our head yes.
"But he started it." Nathan points to me.
"No. He did."
"It doesn't matter. You two are suspended for two weeks." He calls my parents, then Nathan's.
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When I get home from school at 3:30, my parents look at me, disappointed.
"Todd Gordon, why did you get into a fight?" Mom asks.
I didn't answer.
"Todd, answer." Dad says.
"Because I just did." I start to bust out in tears. "He was calling Kari names, and I just couldn't let him dis her like that, so I fought him. I miss Kari!"
"We know how you feel, but you should know that fighting isn't the way to solve things." Dad says.
"And you're going to be grounded for two weeks." Mom says. She didn't yell.
"You can use the phone, but you can't see your friends either." Dad adds.
"Why would I wanna use the phone? My friends hate me now."
"What? They can't hate you. They're your friends." Dad says.
"Why would they hate you?" Mom asks.
"Because I sort of told them to get lost and I shoved them on the ground."
"Todd, why?" they both ask.
"I don't know. I guess I was so upset at Nathan that I wasn't thinking. I feel bad."
"Honey, just say sorry and they will accept and before you know it, they won't be mad at you anymore." Mom makes a point.
"Okay, I will. Thanks mom and dad." I hug them.
I was about to go upstairs to my room, but then I stop and ask them a question, "Um, tomorrow's my birthday, and I was just wondering, am I going to even have a birthday party?"
"Um, uh, yeah, you are." Mom says.
"Really?"
They both nod their head yes.
"Just making sure."
I head up to my room and think about some stuff. "My life's a mess, I think."
CHAPTER 8 (present day) Monday
Monday morning
I wake up knowing
That today I start my life without you.
We used to be two,
Now we're not.
Just one... (just one)
Alone.
But I forgot
One thing...
You're here
When you're there
With me... (with me).
I thought we would never 'part.
You will always be my sweetheart.
You will always be in my heart.
Though I still have a lonely heart.
But I forgot
One thing...
You're here
When you're there
With me... (with me).
Oh... yeah...
You're here
When you're there
With me... (with me).
Monday morning
I wake up knowing
That you're here with me (with me)...
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At school, I talked very little to my friends. In periods one through three, I write a two-and-a-half page letter, to Kari.
Then in period four, I was looking over the letter to see if I made any mistakes. Nathan, the bully who picks on me and sits behind me, saw the letter and takes it away from me.
"Nathan, please give that back."
"Aw! Does Toddy want his note back?" He says that loudly enough that everyone could hear, even the teacher. She comes over to us, "Boys, do you have a problem?"
"No." we both say.
"Nathan, what's that? A note?"
"It's not mine; it's his." He points to me and hands me the letter.
The teacher looks at me and says, "Todd, if you are going to write notes in my class, you must share it with everyone."
"No. Please. Don't make me read it. Please." I give her the sad eyes.
"All right, but the very next time, you have to read the note."
An half-a-hour later, the bell sounded for period five. I go to my locker to get my Science book. Nathan walks up to me.
"What do you want?" I say, looking away.
"I just want to say I'm sorry."
"Really?"
"Yeah, really." Pause. "Not!"
"You idiot!" I say.
"Don't call me that!"
"I'm allowed. It's a free country!"
"That's it." He says, with an expression that was mad.
"What does that mean?" I ask.
"I think you know." He makes a fist by his side.
"Uh, uh, no. I don't wanna fight." I start to walk away.
"Chicken. Frady cat. Todd's a chicken!"
I just keep walking. I don't care what people say about me.
"Kari is so stupid! She can't even tie her own shoes!"
But when someone calls my friends, family, or girlfriend a name, I get pretty mad.
I turn around and go to Nathan and ask, "Don't dis my girlfriend!"
"Oh, I'm sorry that I said she was stupid... not!"
"Shut up! She is not!" I say, then shove him against the lockers. "Do not ever dis Kari again!"
"Okay, I will. She's stupid, she's stupid, she's so stupid!" I really think that he is just saying that because he just wants to start a fight.
I punch him and made his nose bleed. Then we were both fighting each other.
A crowd forms around us, cheering, "Fight, fight, fight!"
Jay and Joe come to us and try to break us up. "Stop fighting!"
"Please." Joe says.
"Jay, Joe, just get out of here! I can handle this!" I push them on the ground. They look at me kind of sad and mad. They get up and walk away. I follow. "Guys, I'm-" Nathan jumps on my back and I fall to the floor. I get up and start fighting with him again.
Then a teacher comes to us and says, "Todd Gordon and Nathan Blur, you are so busted!" They keep us away from each other. They take us to the office, where the principal was. The teacher explains what we were doing to him.
"Fighting? Todd? Nathan?"
We both shake our head yes.
"But he started it." Nathan points to me.
"No. He did."
"It doesn't matter. You two are suspended for two weeks." He calls my parents, then Nathan's.
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When I get home from school at 3:30, my parents look at me, disappointed.
"Todd Gordon, why did you get into a fight?" Mom asks.
I didn't answer.
"Todd, answer." Dad says.
"Because I just did." I start to bust out in tears. "He was calling Kari names, and I just couldn't let him dis her like that, so I fought him. I miss Kari!"
"We know how you feel, but you should know that fighting isn't the way to solve things." Dad says.
"And you're going to be grounded for two weeks." Mom says. She didn't yell.
"You can use the phone, but you can't see your friends either." Dad adds.
"Why would I wanna use the phone? My friends hate me now."
"What? They can't hate you. They're your friends." Dad says.
"Why would they hate you?" Mom asks.
"Because I sort of told them to get lost and I shoved them on the ground."
"Todd, why?" they both ask.
"I don't know. I guess I was so upset at Nathan that I wasn't thinking. I feel bad."
"Honey, just say sorry and they will accept and before you know it, they won't be mad at you anymore." Mom makes a point.
"Okay, I will. Thanks mom and dad." I hug them.
I was about to go upstairs to my room, but then I stop and ask them a question, "Um, tomorrow's my birthday, and I was just wondering, am I going to even have a birthday party?"
"Um, uh, yeah, you are." Mom says.
"Really?"
They both nod their head yes.
"Just making sure."
I head up to my room and think about some stuff. "My life's a mess, I think."