Slice of Life #1 : P.E. Captains

I was waiting next to the wall, thinking about who and when was I gonna get picked. I thought in my head, who would pick who. Daniel and Victoria where captains, and Daniel picked first. Daniel picked Katy (who somehow ended up on the other team), and Victoria picked Diego. It had to be boy, girl, boy, girl (I still can't believe they treat us that way). It was Daniel's turn to pick. I dreaded the fact of being picked. I wanted to be in the same team as my friends, and if I was picked here it would be impossible because of the fact that Diego and Victoria was already on the other team, and I figured Victoria's next pick would be Camila since they are best friends, or as Camila would say, best friends forever and always even in another life (BFFAEAL). Daniel picked Brandon and I was relieved.

Victoria did as I had predicted and picked Camila, and Daniel followed up by picking Luciana. It was Victoria's turn to pick, and both Camila and Diego whispered in their ear, advising her on who to pick. After the longest two seconds all day, she just gave a small nod, gesturing my way. I was sure she had picked me. I was happy, but I tried my best not to show it. I gave Diego a high five and lined up behind them. I was ready to play some football (soccer, yes Nicholas, you force me to do this kind of things).

Slice of Life: March 6, 2009

Tag Dodgeball

“Peace?” Nicholas offered, as he was aware of how helpless he was as I had threatened him until he had nowhere to escape; walls surrounded him, and I was blocking the only escape rout⎯ ball in hand ready to unleash un any movement he attempted.
“Sure,” I accepted, as I took off for my next pray. I scanned the gym for victims without a ball. Few people were standing, and most were allies or had a ball. Then I saw Camila, walking towards the opposite corner.
I ran up to her from behind, I tossed the ball softly so it’d bounce of her back, and return to my hands. She turned around shocked, as she didn’t see that coming. Her face full of anger, disappointment, and somehow a slight grin, as she knew I had cleverly beaten her; but I knew she would want revenge.

Slice of Life: March 5, 2009

Pepper

“Is Alan going to eat it?” I questioned Nicholas.
“Yeah, after lunch I think” Nicholas responded. I leaned my chair against the wall.
“Go to your book’s table,” Mrs. Gaudiano called. I stood up and headed for my table; I pulled a chair and sat down. Soon all the members of our group came except Alan. Alan came to my table, he looked shocked, shaking, his tongue curled up in a desert-dry mouth.
“Someone has water?” Alan hissed, his eyes crying and his hands full of pepper rubbing them.
“You ate the pepper?” I asked holding in my laughter.
“Do you have water?” he insisted.
“No,” I answered back letting my laughter spill. Everyone on the table started laughing with me.

Obama's inaguration

I entered the room, it was full with all the middle school. Alan, Brandon, and I were back from recess, and found ourselves with a crowd of students looking at the projected image of Obama.

"Their gonna shoot him" Alan said.

The image turned into a video, and everybody was silent. Obama was reading the same oath Abraham Lincoln had read when he went into office.

Obama said his final lines and everybody started cheering.