Disclaimer: If you recognize the name, they aren't mine.
The Halloween party for Ms. Carla's 2nd Grade class took place on Friday, the day before Halloween. The class room was buzzing with seven-year-olds dressed up as the latest comic book character or Disney princess.
That morning, the younger classes had gone "trick-or-treating" around the older classes, collecting candy bars, lollipops, sweet tarts, and taffy (one of the teachers had the nerve to give out pennies instead of candy!). The afternoon was spent at an apropos Halloween festival in our own classroom.
Around the room tables had been set up, holding cookies, candy, drinks, and anything else the students could desire. The class bulletin board had become a "Pin the Tail on the Black Cat" game and nearby a ring toss area had been set up.
At the front of the class was a large jar of candy corn. Every student examined the jar and wrote down a guess as to how many candy corns were in there. The student who guessed correctly, or the student who was closest, won all of the candy corn. I guessed 105.
She was dressed as Princess Jasmine, complete with black wig and stuffed tiger. I was dressed as Frankenstein's monster. Having observed her candy habits before, I knew candy corn was here favorite, hence my wanting to win the jar of candy corn.
My bag was half filled with candy from the morning trip to the older classes. I had already planned to give her half of my candy (including all of my candy corn). But she was already surrounded by most of the girls and a few of the guys. Right by her side was Chad Meyers, dressed as Aladdin. The entire class was marveling over how "cool" it was they matched. As though it was so coincidental considering how recently the movie had come out!
From the front of the class room, Ms. Carla announced that they had their winner in the Candy Corn contest. I gripped my bag tighter. Having spent close to half an hour studying the jar, I knew it was as good as mine.
"And the winner is...Chad Meyers with a guess of 156! Only off by seven candy corns!"
The class erupted into applause as Ms. Carla delivered the jar to Chad. He immediately handed it over to her, receiving a kiss on the cheek in return.
I trudged over to the corner, sat down, sucking on a lollipop, and didn't talk to anyone else for the rest of the day.
AN: I figure I should explain something Each chapter will progress two years. Last chapter took place in kindergarten, this chapter took place in 2nd grade, etc. Figured I should mention that so people aren't confused in future chapters.
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