10 Ch10-I Thought She Was Gonna Die

Chapter 10 I Thought She was Gonna Die "Now are you convinced, A.J.?" Andrea asked, taking a big bite of her apple. Me and Ryan and Michael were sitting around the vomitorium talking about Mrs. Cooney. It was so important that we even let Andrea and Emily sit at our table.

All the evidence seemed to show that Mrs. Cooney was a spy. Still, I wasn't sure. "My mom says people are innocent until they're proven guilty," I said. "Mrs. Cooney is guilty, A.J.!" Andrea said, getting up and waving her arms around. "What do you need to do, catch her—" But Andrea couldn't finish that sen- tence, because at that very moment, the most amazing thing in the history of the world happened. Andrea started choking. "What's the matter?" Emily asked. Andrea couldn't talk. She was gagging. "She's got something caught in her

throat!" Ryan said. We all looked at the half-eaten apple in Andrea's hand. She was gasping, trying to breathe. I looked at Ryan. Ryan looked at Michael. Michael looked at Emily. Andrea dropped the apple.

"We've got to do something!" shouted Emily and she went running out of the vomitorium. I didn't know what to say. I didn't know what to do. I had to think fast. Suddenly I remembered that poster I saw on the wall of Mrs. Cooney's office. The one with the cartoon of a kid choking. "Quick!" I said. "Somebody punch Andrea in the stomach!" "Are you crazy?" Michael said. "We'll get in trouble!" "If you punch her in the stomach, the apple will come out!" I shouted. "I had to stay after school the time I shot spitballs at her," Ryan said. "I'm not

punching her in the stomach." "It was your idea, A.J.," said Michael. "You punch her in the stomach." I always wanted to punch Andrea, come to think of it. I grabbed her from behind like the guy did in the poster. Then I rammed both of my fists against her stomach. The chunk of apple shot out of Andrea's mouth and bounced off Ryan's head. Andrea started to breathe again. "A.J., you saved my life!" she said. Then she gave me a hug. "Oooh!" Ryan said. "A.J. and Andrea are in love!"

Emily came running into the vomito- rium with Mrs. Cooney, who was carrying her first-aid kit. "What happened?" shouted Mrs. Cooney. "Are you okay, Andrea?"