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Okay good I was just making sure that emojis worked in the text of the story. If they didn’t, this chapter would be pretty… ugly. And dull. Without any of the fun little emojis. So, it’s good I can do pretty things like this: 🙂🙂🙂
Thank god, it worked again. Okay, so you might be wondering why I’m randomly talking about emojis. You could probably put things together. I got a phone, I’m struggling to text normally with people, and… yeah. I figured out the only thing I could do was to use emojis. A lot of emojis 🤭😅👍.
I used emojis, a LOT a lot. Like… a hell 😈 of a lot. Yeah. That’s how much. As soon as I start using curse words, you know that means it’s serious. That’s me, Mr. Serious.
So, I used a ton of emojis after I got my phone, which was before this year’s AIDS Fair- oh, yeah, I’m still in that whole AIDS thing 😐. Guess I’m still one of those ‘gifted’ kids, aren’t I?
Uh, anyway, since I used emojis a lot, I decided to research them for my QUEST fair project in 5th grade.
Yeah. For my ‘creativity’ class, I decided to do my major project on the funny face stickers that you send to other people. Why the f😩
No, but really, I researched emojis for my AIDS Fair project. Lots of things to research, right? Like… the exact hex code for the yellow in the faces! And… who created them? Oh! Oh! Did you know emojis were based off of emoticons? Like, the ;)’s and the :P’s you see? Those are called emoticons! And… uh… I honestly don’t know what else I could’ve researched about them. It was a really, really dumb project idea. Guess it makes sense, since I’m a dumb k… NO I WILL NEVER SAY THAT 🥶
So, how did my classmates react, you may ask?
“Hey, Becky, what’re you- oh my god.”
We were sitting in the computer lab, and we were researching our projects again. Very thankfully, I wasn’t sitting next to Caitlyn again, but people still sometimes come to talk to me anyway. Not like I asked them too, I’m obviously in the middle of something! I’m researching my… emoji project… well, maybe I’m not completely in the middle of something. Yeah, I’m looking at pictures of emojis. And, of course, Anna saw that 😨.
“What?”
“Are you researching emojis?”
“No, I’m not! I was just getting bored of doing my project, and since I don’t wanna get in trouble and look at my phone, I decided to just look up the emojis on the computer, and uh, learn a little about them and decide which ones I like the best!”
“So… you are researching emojis.”
I- well, that is the definition of research. Maybe Anna can be a teensie bit smart sometimes. Very rarely. One in a million chance. Never gonna happen again.
“No- I’m not.”
“Then why do you have emojis on your computer?”
“I- I don’t?”
I quickly changed to my other tab. It was a video of Luigi 😍.
“Interesting.”
I switched tabs again, this time switching correctly to my note-taking tab, and I sneered back at Anna.
“Just… whatever. What’re you researching, Anna?”
Still can’t believe shes in this class. She’s literally the dumbest person I know. Well, this is a creativity class, not an intelligence one… still, she’s the dumbest person I know.
“I’m researching bunnies! Cute, right?”
“Uh, totally, sure, whatever. Don’t really care, I’m busy researching.”
I spun back around to look at my emojis tab. I was hoping she’d leave.
“Researching emojis? That’s what you’re doing, right?”
“No, of course not!”
I was. Yeah. She was right.
“That’s really dumb, Becky.”
“No, it isn’t, the history behind them is-”
I looked at her face. She was raising an eyebrow, with a ‘stop lying we all know you’re researching emojis for your AIDS project’ face on her... face 😑.
“Fine. I’m researching emojis. So what?”
“Pfft- that is so DUMB! Wait till Caitlyn hears ab-”
“NO! DON’T TELL HER ANYTHING!”
“Why not? Embarrassed that you’re too dumb for her?”
“I’m very smart, just so you know! So, you can shut up!”
“Yeah, well, Caitlyn won’t think so after I tell her!”
“Don’t!”
She started to speedwalk away. I struggled to get out of my chair. I got stuck in the- well, my legs got stuck. Kinda. It’s hard to explain. But after I tripped over myself in the chair, I got back up, and saw that Anna was already talking to Caitlyn.
“Hi Anna!”
“Hi Caitlyn! Guess what Becky is researching!”
“Hmm… Some dumb animal, like, a platypus?”
“Hey, platypusses aren’t dumb! He’s researching-”
“Don’t yell it!”
I yelled that across from the room. I could kinda hear their conversation, thankfully. I quickly walked over. Anna rolled her eyes, but smiled. She looked at Caitlyn, and leaned in. She whispered something into her ear. I made an irritated face 😠 at her, who was now grinning 😁. Oh, great.
Caitlyn burst out laughing. Hysterical laughing. Why did the two of them- how did the two of them get in my class?
“That’s so dumb, Becky!”
“Yeah, yeah, shut up. Whatever.”
“I can’t believe you-”
“Oh, my god! I get it, dumb project, whatever. What’re you researching, if you’re so good?”
“Dreams.”
Petty. What a basic idea. My idea was much more fruitful and realistically important. Yet I still didn’t laugh at the idea of her researching it. Why, did I think it was a good idea? Or did I just think that it wasn’t funny? Oh, I know. It was just boring. Incredibly boring.
“That’s boring.”
“Shut up. I’m working on my project, so if you could leave that would be nice.”
I rolled my eyes and walked back to my yellow circles. That was a short conversation with Caitlyn. Huh. Maybe I should’ve laughed or something. Whatever.
“Hey, Becky, you should make a bet with her.”
“Haha, very funny, Anna. We all know how well those go. What would the competition even be about?”
“Obviously about AIDS? Duh?”
Wait, sorry- oh my god- I can’t get over the name. AIDS. I really am sorry if I’m offending someone, I’m trying not to, but it’s just so funny. Sorry.
“Okay, fine.”
“So if you win, I’ll give you… something.”
“Something- way to explain my prize. And if I lose?”
“You’ll do… whatever Caitlyn asks you to do. I dunno, it’s not my bet.”
“That sounds literally like so much fun, Anna! I’ll go ask her right away!”
No. I’m not going to. That’s so dumb. Anna walked away, probably bored of me, and I got back to work. No, I wasn’t watching videos of Luigi again 😏. I promise, I won’t do that… for at least a couple of chapters.
“Becky, you wanted to make a bet?”
What the- Caitlyn just randomly walked up to me. I thought she was hard at work researching her sleep visions or whatever. Eh, guess she has time to talk to me about… what was the thing she wanted to talk about? Bet? What’s she talkin about
“Caitlyn, I have no clue or memory what you could be hinting at. What in the world are you talking about?”
“Anna said you wanted to compete in something.”
. Yeah, see that period there? That’s the end of the sentence. I have no words to say. Blank space, period. OF COURSE ANNA TOLD HER I’LL BET SHE PLANNED THE WHOLE THING
“Of course she did. Where is she?”
I looked around the room, prepping a death glare. She was no where to be seen, so I looked back at… at Caitlyn. God, it… it feels weird looking at her. NOT IN A WEIR- wait maybe- I’m kidding. That would be weird. Uh, I don’t know what I’m talking about… back to the conversation?
“Never mind. Uh, no, I’m good, actually.”
“Hey Becky, remember how we competed in AIDS last ye-”
“DON’T TALK ABOUT LAST YEAR!”
“Huh?”
“DON’T TALK ABOUT THAT! I- I… don’t remember ever doing anything like that.”
“I remember what happened last year!”
“Don’t you dare.”
“You- heh- lost against me, Becky, and you had- pffft- wear a-”
I didn’t even need to interrupt her this time, she just started laughing wildly. She was laughing too much that she couldn’t even talk. Oh, yeah, I’m sure this story is SOOO funny to talk about. NO IT IS NOT
“Don’t remind me of things that didn’t happen.”
She continued laughing. Weirdo 😶.
“You- ugh. How about this. Let’s compete, okay? Let’s make a bet.”
I’ve gotta distract her from last year’s… incident… somehow. She seemed very interested as soon as I said the word ‘bet’. Hmm.
“About what?”
“AIDS, obviously.”
Uh, duh?
“Okay, sure, and we’ll see who’s better then?”
“Wait, better at what?”
“Better at… AIDS.”
Okay- besides that whole thing about… who’s better at AIDS… that doesn’t even make sense. She has no idea how incorrect she just was.
“I- that doesn’t make sense, but sure.”
“So what happens if one of us wins?”
“If I win, uh, never mention the whole last year thing ever again. And… you have to do something for me.”
“Okay, and if I win…”
“CAITLYN!”
I recognize that scream. Anna was running right over to us. Wonder what she’s gonna do now? Me too. She started whispering in Caitlyn’s ear. I tried picking up what they were talking about with my extreme hearing, but it didn’t work. Anna stopped moving her lips, and they both turned and grinned at me 😏. That’s not something I like to see.
“What?”
“Anna said that we’ll discuss your punishment… after you lose.”
“Hey! That’s not fair at all!”
That actually isn’t fair. They could literally make me… steal the principal’s car, I dunno. Actually… that would be a pretty funny story.
“Well, Becky, I could just tell everyone in the class about your… collar… incident.”
OH YOU
“NO!”
I started screaming. Some kids looked our way. Hey, how come when Anna screamed no one paid attention? Oh. Cause she always screams, so they’ve gotten used to her now. Of course.
“I mean, no, that- shut up, don’t say…”
“Just take the bet, Becky, then we won’t have to tell anyone.”
“That’s dirty…”
“Not as dirty as you last year! Ooooooooh!”
“ANNA YOU-”
To be fair… that was a funny joke. But it came out of Anna’s mouth, so I take that back, it was a horrible joke.
“Fine! Fine, I’ll take your dumb bet.”
“Good, Becky. I’m gonna get back to prepping my win for our bet, so, bye!”
Caitlyn walked back to her computer, and I shrunk down in mine. Anna stayed with me.
“You gonna get to work?”
“Shut up, Anna. I will.”
“Haha, don’t lose, Becky, cause this punishment sucks!”
THAT DOESN’T MAKE ME FEEL ANY BETTER
I swear this is the dumbest bet I’ve ever made… I say that every time I make a new bet. Eh, I won’t think about it too much. What I WILL think about a lot if my own project. And this time, I’m really going to try to win. I’m not gonna let some mystery punishment befall me! I’ll make the best presentation ever made about emojis and everyone will be so impressed that I-
I made a packet.
I printed out a ton of paper and stapled together. It was just me talking about the history of emojis. It was incredibly simple 😐.
Don’t worry, I’m sure Caitlyn’s project sucked. It must have. It’s Caitlyn! She sucks! See, she’s going up now. It must have sucked!
Aw, god. I have to actually compliment someone this time.
She created a starring presentation that was an actual presentation, compared to mine. She used models and stuff, and… whatever. It was a very good presentation, and I sulked the whole time she was presenting. Ugh. Her final project was… 💫dreamy💫 (get it?).
It’s fine, it’s fine! Maybe… I can do something about my presentation when I go up, and I’ll look better than her like I always do-
They laughed.
Oh no, not just Anna and Caitlyn. Everyone in the class. Maybe they thought I was just doing the project as a complete joke, and… well, I wasn’t… 😞. Freaking jerks, I’m here giving my all, and all of you- WHY ARE YOU LAUGHING EVEN HARDER
Caitlyn was dying. Literally dying. Was my presentation that funny?
NO! It WASN’T! It was a normal presentation! I’m not doing this project as some joke, but it’s just because the topic is kinda funny. Stop laughing, I’m being serious.
They didn’t stop laughing. I finished my presentation, and I sat down next to Caitlyn.
“Great presentation.”
“Shut up. Why were you laughing?”
“No reason.”
I took off my mask and wiped my forehead out of embarrassment.
oh yeah I should probably mention I was wearing an emoji mask the whole time. That might clear some things up 😅. Sorry.
I sighed.
“So, do I win the contest?”
“No? You saw that people were laughing at mine-”
“At you, not at your presentation-”
“Shut up! They were laughing and enjoying my presentation, so obviously that means mine was better.”
“But did anyone clap?”
Shoot. No one clapped at mine. As soon as I finished my last words, I sat down without taking a bow or whatever. Caitlyn, however, obviously finished and everyone started clapping. Some more than others (Anna.). And the teachers looked like they enjoyed her project. Whenever I glanced over at them during my presentation… they were not ‘enjoying’ it, per say, but… partaking in the experience. Yeah, that sounds smart enough to confuse people 😊.
“Shut up. I think I won.”
“Let’s ask Anna, then.”
“No, let’s-”
“Anna!”
Caitlyn cheered for Anna, who just finished her presentation and was clapping wildly. She sat down next to Caitlyn, and immediately started talking.
“Great presentation, Caitlyn! And… good job, Becky.”
What’s that supposed to mean?
“Thanks. So, mine was better than hers?”
“Uh, no? Caitlyn did a huge better job than you!”
That’s not how grammar- Ugh, how can she be so wrong at grammar yet be in the gifted class? It doesn’t make any sense.
“Aww, thanks, Anna! So I win the bet?”
“Shut up, Caitlyn.”
Anna’s face lit up 🤩. She quickly whispered something in Caitlyn’s ear, and Caitlyn walked away, going to talk to some of the other people in the class. Great, I wonder what Anna’s gonna tell me? She quickly dashed over to me and started whispering in my ear. I, of course, was disgusted of course, but still listened in.
“Becky, since you lost, you have to tell Caitlyn you like h-”
“No! That wasn’t part of the deal at all! I remember you said that I’d have to do ‘whatever Caitlyn asks you to do’. Not what you want me to do-”
“What she wants you to do that?”
“I- why would she want that?”
“Because she likes you.”
“Real funny. I think I can tell by now that Cailyn, uh…”
Wait…
“That she doesn’t like me.”
Hold on… I need to think about this, actually. I paused there for a second. What caused that? Did I think that she actually liked me, or… was I just pausing because I realized something? Something that was… the opposite of her liking me? Er, I’m not saying anything, it’s not like I’ve been able to tell what her feelings are… she did say something pretty… uh, BIG, last year, but… she seems… different than last year. Like, in a… she acts different around me, I dunno. I wonder if she… she’s feeling a little different from how she felt last year, or something 🤔.
“Ha, Becky, you’re so dumb.”
I’m probably imagining things.
“Shut up.”
“So… you gonna tell her?”
“No! Can’t I do something else- or can we just call off the bet?”
“We can get the colla-”
“NO!”
“Either that, or… you have to tell Caitlyn-”
“I- no! I’m not gonna tell Caitlyn I like her, that’s stupid!”
“WHAT?!”
Uh oh. Turns out I kinda said that last part out loud, instead of whispering it. So… some people kinda heard me. They looked at me, and I realized I just said what I said out loud. I dunno if Caitlyn heard me, though. I looked at her. She was turned away. God, I hope that means she didn’t hear me. Maybe it does, maybe I got lucky.
“Woah, Becky, you like Caitlyn?”
Anna said that out loud. Not, like, out loud, out loud, but loud enough for most of the people- including Caitlyn- to hear her. Even more people turned in to look at us.
“Anna, no! I don’t! Shut up, why is everyone looking at me?!”
I started getting agitated. Everyone darted their attention away from me. Anna, you-
“Anna, you’re so annoying.”
“Hey, Caitlyn’s still looking at you.”
“She is?!”
I turned around. No one was looking at me.
“You-”
“Hehehe!”
Anna, I’m gonna kill you.
dammit… why is it always girls 💔…?
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