Chapter 2: Good Advice from Great Friends

That day was just another normal school day. But lots of people talked about what happened. Kim was so embarrassed about that. Madison rushed to Kim's locker, still with that smile on.

"Kim, are you okay?" asked Madison.

"Yeah, I think so." said Kim. "It wasn't that embarrassing. I mean, it's not exactly something that would make the school newspaper."

Kim grabbed her books and closed her locker.

"Kim, I just want to give you some advice." said Madison "You just have to have a positive attitude in a situation like this. I mean, it's like you said it's not that embarrassing. People will probably forget about it by Monday."

"Thanks. That really is great advice, Madison." said Kim

"Well, it is from the princess of positivity herself." said Madison.

Suddenly, Kim and Madison realized that less and less people were in the hallways. Kim looked at her watch.

"Madison, it's almost 8:10! If were not on time for homeroom, you're going to get detention for being late again and I'm going to get in trouble!"

What would you do if you were in this situation? Well this is what Kim and Madison did.

They couldn't run to class because of the "No Running Rule". Even if they did run, a teacher might catch them and then they would be even later

"Wait!" Kim cried out in inspiration, "Wasn't Lizzie one of the people who worked back stage?"

"Yeah, what about it?" asked Madison.

"That stage is really big, so they had to use roller skates to get around."

"Yeah, it would be great if we had some of those roller skates."

"That's why it's a good thing that Lizzie doesn't work backstage anymore."

Kim quickly opened her locker and took out her roller skates.

"After Lizzie started acting, she didn't need her roller skates any more." Kim explained, "She bought extra roller skates for Kam for our birthday."

She handed Madison Kam's roller skates.

"Uh, Kim, why do you have Kam's roller skates?" asked Madison

"Do you think Kam would actually 'use' roller skates?"

"Good point."

They both put on the roller skates and Madison was ready to push Kim.

"Are you sure we're allowed to roller skate into the class room?" asked Madison

"Remember when we sledded into the classroom?"

"Again, good point."

Kim pushed Madison and she zoomed right down the hall. Kim rolled down the hall on her own.

"How do you work these crazy things!" cried Madison

"It's easy." said Kim, "All you have to do is watch out for the-"

"Stairs!" Madison cried

"Turn Madison! Turn like you've never turned on roller skates before!"

"But I haven't."

"Just turn!"

Madison was nerves at first, since she's never been on roller skates before, but it was easy to turn. There weren't any more stairs so they didn't have anything else to worry about until.

"Hey, I think our class is coming up!" exclaimed Kim.

"Kim?" asked Madison.

"Yeah?"

"How do you stop these things?"

"Uhhh, I haven't really learned how to do that yet."

"What?!"

Madison tried to stop, but it just made her go faster. Kim and Madison They crashed into the classroom and knocked down a bunch of books on a shelf.

All of the children in the class laughed. They weren't laughing at Madison and Kim, they were laughing at the fact that it happened. Girls just don't roller skate into class and knock down a bunch of books every day.

"Kim Chin and Madison Papadopoulos clean up this mess this instant!" yelled Ms. Lane.

"Yes Ms. Lane." Madison and Kim replied.

Kim looked at the clock. They were right on time! Kim and Madison cleaned up the mess they made and went to their seats.

Kim sat next to Madison and Tamika. Madison sat next to Kim (okay, I just said that) and Li'l D.

"Kim, I heard about what happened on the bus." said Tamika

"Tamika, has anyone ever made fun of you?" asked Kim.

"No."

"Don't tell me you haven't done anything embarrassing."

"Of course, everybody has."

"Then how come no one made fun of you?"

"I beat up the first guy who said something."

"I don't really think I would handle it exactly like that."

"Listen, don't tell anyone I actually gave someone advise, but just ignore them. They'll stop eventually. And besides, I don't think they weren't laughing at you, they were probably laughing at the fact that it happened."

"Good morning students." said Principal Luna on the intercom. "The big dance is coming up and you know that your principal still has some, how you kids say, 'funky fresh moves' left in him. So you better be ready to get down on the dance floor and boogie till dawn! Okay, 9:00 but you know what I mean."

No one was really listening. He would have might as well not have been saying anything. He's been saying the same thing all week.

Later they all went to music class. Lil'D was dripping all over the place. His hat was still wet from that morning. He was kind of mad at Kim about that. He called her "Girl Twin" all morning. He only calls her that when he's angry at her.

"Lil'D why is your hat soaking wet? asked Sunny. "Did it fall in the water fountain again?"

"No, but ask the Girl Twin what happened?" yelled Lil'D

"Oh no. When he calls you 'Girl Twin' something's got to be up."

"It was nothing!" exclaimed Kim "I accidentally coughed water on his hat. It's not big deal!"

"It is totally a big deal!" exclaimed Lil'D. "This is my signature hat! Without this hat, I'm just, that kid."

"What's so special about that hat fool?" asked Tamika.

"He found it in the middle of the street." said Madison. "He thinks it's his lucky hat since it was free."

"Yeah, and you could have possibly washed off some of the luckiness!" exclaimed Lil'D.

"Lil'D, don't be haten on Kim. I mean it was an accident after all."

"Yeah!" said Kim.

"And you should respect that his hat has sentimental value to him."

"Yeah!" said Lil'D.

"Well, Lil'D has to respect that I completely humiliated myself in front of everyone on that bus!"

"C'mon Kim, everyone gets embarrassed once and a while." said Lil'D

"You know, no one has ever really made fun of me." said Eddie.

"That's because you're filthy stinking rich." said Tamika.

"Yeah, or it could be the fact that daddy bought me those security guards when that big kid wanted to 'take me out'. I never understood why daddy worried about that. Why would 'taking me out' be a bad thing?"

Everybody rolled their eyes.

"Philly Phil, have you ever been embarrassed?" asked Madison.

"I never want to be seen with my dad. People would think I'm a nerd!"

Everyone kind of giggled.

"The only time I've ever been embarrassed was when I got my legs got caught in the monkey bars during recess." said Madison.

"How did you get your legs caught in the monkey bars?" asked Kam.

"I thought it would be a good way to catch a butterfly."

"I'm your brother. That's embarrassing." said Kam.

"What about you Tamika?" asked Sunny.

"I ain't telling."

"Hey, wasn't it the time that ya'll mom made you wear that dress with the flowers on it for picture day?" asked Lil'D.

Tamika punched him in the arm.

"Okay, enough with the embarrassing secrets." said Sunny. "Let's play some music. And this is the perfect time for a lesson on the blues."

They had their lesson on the blues, but the whole time Kim just had Lil'D on her mind. She actually did like him. She didn't want him to be mad at her. She was hoping he would ask her to the dance. It wasn't likely to happen, but it was possible.

After class, she was going to ask him if he would forgive her about the hat and finally stop calling her Girl Twin, but he was talking to Madison. Kim was just close enough to hear the conversation.

"Madison?" asked Lil'D

"Yeah?"

"You know the dance tonight?"

"Yeah."

"Are you going?"

"Yeah."

"Are you going with anyone?"

"No."

"Well, do you want to go with me?"

Kim's mouth dropped.

"Oh, you mean as friends?"

"No, Madison, I mean like, um, on a date."

Kim's mouth dropped down even further. Madison turned pink and her hair started to frizz.

"Well, um, wow, I mean, um, okay."

Kim's mouth dropped down to the floor.