6 Ch6-Being Nice to Andrea

Chapter 6 Being Nice to Andrea "It was you!" Andrea yelled. "You drew the picture of me in my dictionary next to the word 'stupid'!" It was recess. She had dragged me to the big turtle so nobody could hear what she was saying. "I did not," I lied.

"Did too." We went back and forth like that for a while. "You'd better be nice to me," Andrea said, "or I'm going to tell everyone what A.J. stands for." "You don't even know what A.J. stands for," I said. "You're just trying to get me to tell. I know your tricks." Andrea said her mother is vice president of the PTA (Parents who Talk Alot), and she can find out anything about anybody. Then she whispered in my ear. "A.J. stands for..." And then she said it. Oh no! She was right!

She knew! I thought I was gonna die. Andrea was gonna tell everyone. They'd be making fun of me forever. I'd never hear the end of it. My life was over! I had no choice. There was only one thing I could do. I would have to be nice to Andrea. When recess was over, Miss Daisy asked us to pick a partner and work on our social studies worksheet. "Hey A.J.," Andrea said, loud enough for everyone to hear, "do you want to be my study buddy?" Most of the time I work with Ryan or Michael. I would rather die than be study buddies with Andrea. But I would also

rather die than have everyone know what A.J. stands for. "Okay," I said. I was nice to Andrea all afternoon. It was the worst afternoon of my life. Finally three o'clock came. Time to go home. Miss Daisy told us to clean up. Just before the bell rang, Andrea dropped her pencil box on the floor. Pencils rolled all over.

"A.J.," Andrea said, "be a dear and pick up my pencils." Any other day I would laugh at her and tell her to pick up her own dumb pencils. But this wasn't any other day. This was the day I found out that Andrea knew what A.J. stands for. I picked up her dumb pencils. On the bus home, I wanted to sit alone, but Ryan and Michael grabbed seats next to me. "You sure were nice to Andrea today," Ryan said. "I saw her talking to you near the big turtle," said Michael. "Oooooh!" Ryan said. "A.J. and Andrea

are in love!" "When are you gonna get married?" asked Michael If those guys weren't my best friends, I would hate them.