Chapter Twelve
After school we headed home to put our back packs in the house. As we walked home, we talked about what had happened.
"I still can't' believe that they got Mr. Martin." I said, trying not to cry.
"Me either, but they said it could be anyone." Brooke said.
"Even our favorite teacher. I can't believe that!" Christopher shouted.
"Well start." Phoenix said coldly.
"I still feel like I could have helped him." I said.
"Well you didn't, and you couldn't have any way." Phoenix replied."So stop making your self feel bad, it sure won't help any of us."
When we reached my house, Christopher and I ran in.
We dropped our backpacks on the kitchen table, hey just because we have to save the world doesn't mean that we have to be neat.
My brother hade left his bowl of cereal on the table, and it was now mush. Christopher for no reason slammed his hand down on the handle of the spoon, so some mush went flying onto
my pants!
"Christopher! You butt-head! Dude look what you did to my pants! Now I have to
change 'em!" I yelled.
We then headed for my bed room, I opened my drawer and started looking for anew pair of pants.
"Ryan dude, can I barrow these pants?" Christopher asked, holding up a pair of my khaki pants.
"Why?" I asked.
"'Cause." He replied.
"Are you going to wear 'em to impress Phoenix?" I teased, which wasn't really a good idea cause it ended with me well . . .
I found the perfect pair of baggy cargo shorts. I pulled down my pants and kicked them under the bed, I know mom would find them someday.
Then I heard my shade go zip!' Christopher had pulled up my shade!
"Christopher!" I yelled as I realized that the girls were waiting out side for us!
The girls where now doubling over with laughter!
I quickly put on my shorts and grabbed my wallet, then I chased Christopher out my front door.
"Nice underwear!" Phoenix said, between fits of laughter.
"Yeah, well I bet that you would love to see Christopher's underwear!" I shot back laughing. Just the usual, stupid, pointless kids stuff.
We walked to the mall, all the while talking about stupid stuff.
"Did you see the new teacher Mr. Buzz?" I asked Christopher.
"Him, or his butt!" Christopher replied with a laugh.
"His butt takes up a table!" I shouted.
"If he sat on a folding chair, it could get stuck-up there! And they'd never find it!" Christopher said, laughing so hard that he had to stop walking.
"Okay, stop it right now!" Brooke said putting her hand out palm facing us. "Stop right now." She repeated, then Phoenix cut into it.
"Stop right now, thank you very much, I need somebody with a human touch, hey you always on the run, gotta slow it down baby gotta have some fun! Stop-" then Brooke cut in, "thanks a lot, Strange Spice."
"You're welcome a lot, Grown Up Spice." Phoenix shot back.
"You boys shouldn't make fun of the new teacher, just because the guy is over weight doesn't mean that he's a bad teacher. And another thing, if you where in his shoes what would you do?"
She asked with that look that she gives, and it's like my mothers!
And with a question like that she sure sounded like my mother! And she got an answer like I would give my mother, well, almost?
"Go on a diet?" I said trying not to laugh my head off. I was having so much fun!
"You know that wasn't the answer that I was looking for, you do don't you?" She said, looking at me very closely, like she was trying to study me or something.
