It was the first day of school, and I was really nervous. But when I saw the teacher smile, I realized there was nothing to be afraid of. He smiled as if I were his best friend. Then the bell rang, and we all headed to our classrooms. The teacher came in, and everyone fell silent. “My name is Mr. Clark, and I am going to be your teacher this year,” he said. One of my friends, Clara, asked, “We usually tell a story or share something weird that happened to one of us. Can we do the same?” Everybody looked at Mr. Clark. “Please!” Elie said. “Fine, fine, but only two people,” Mr. Clark replied. “One girl and one boy. Plus, first, we can get to know each other, and then we can do this.” “But can we just pick the people?” Vex asked. “Fine, you and the girl with the braided brown hair,” Mr. Clark said, pointing at me. After that, the bell rang, and class was dismissed. The day went on like it started until it was time to go home. I just remembered that I needed to tell a spooky story or a weird thing that happened to me. While I was thinking this, my sister Aubrey came. “What are you thinking, little bug?” she asked. “Nothing,” I replied. “Who is the guy?” she said. “STOP IT!” I yelled. “I do not have a boyfriend!” “Fine,” she said, giggling. My sister thinks Vex and I would be a great couple, but I do not think of Vex that way. He is just a friend, you know, plus I am too young for this stuff. I am 14 years old, if you wondered. When my sister and I arrived home, our cat Whisper came near me. Right that moment, I found the best story that I could tell them. After dinner, I went to bed and slept directly. The next day, I was really excited. I went to school running as fast as I could. Lucky for me, the first class was Mr. Clark’s. I asked Vex if I could tell my story before his, and he said yes. When Mr. Clark arrived, they all got ready to listen to me.
“It was a normal day until my sister yelled, ‘Where is my brush?’ I went ahead and told her it was in my room. Right after that, we decided not to talk. Since I needed love, I called Whisper. ‘Whisper, good kitty, come,’ I said. She came, but then my sister said the same thing, and it continued until Whisper decided to go downstairs.
“So Whisper is your cat’s name?” Mr. Clark asked. I nodded my head in a meaning of yes.
“After Whisper went downstairs, we couldn’t hear any voice from her, just like she went out of the house. Then we heard a door slam, but nobody was home except me and Aubrey. We partnered up trying to find Whisper. Then Aubrey said, ‘I see Whisper, but she is going to Ms. Elisa’s house. My family and Ms. Elisa’s family are not that friendly to each other, so we are like crossed with each other.’ Our cat ran to the neighbor that we were crossed with, and then we couldn’t see him. After we went there with my sister, we saw the door open, and it smelled weird. My sister was brave. ‘Let’s go in,’ she said like a demand.
“I got a little scared, to be honest. But when we got in, I took a deep breath of relief. ‘HAPPY HALLOWEEN!’ our neighbor said. ‘I don’t want to be crossed anymore, and when I saw your cat coming here, I decided to make a Halloween joke. Sorry if you got scared.’
“‘Give me my 20 bucks, Mark,’ Brian said. ‘Fine, I got you,’ Mark said. ‘Wow, what an interesting story. Boys, I do not want you to do a bet again, and Vex, you can tell your story tomorrow,’ Mr. Clark said before leaving.