8 Zack’s Big Nose

Chapter 8 Zack's Big Nose The next day was Friday. Mr. Granite didn't start the morning with Word of the Day like he usually does. We didn't do show-and-tell. We didn't even pledge the allegiance. Mr. Granite said he wanted to make sure we had time to work on math. "Open your math books," he told us, "and turn to page twenty-three." I took my math book out of my desk. Bummer in the summer! We were actually going to have to do math, the most boring subject in the history of the world. But that's when Zack climbed in the window. Yay! No math! "Zack!" shouted Miss Mary. "Mary!" shouted Zack.

"Not again!" shouted Mr. Granite as he slammed his math book shut. "Zack, what are you doing here now? Why don't you save us all some time and go hide in the cloakroom?" "I love you, Zack!" said Miss Mary. "I love you, too!" said Zack. They started smooching, of course. Ugh, disgusting! "Those two are so romantic!" said Andrea. "I'm sorry to interrupt your class, Mr. Granite," Zack said. "But I had to come in. I have big news!" "Zack has a big nose," I whispered to Ryan. "What is it?" we all asked. Mr. Granite sat at his desk. He looked tired. "Y'know the video that Andrea shot of me singing 'I Love Dirt'?" Zack said.

"Yes," said Andrea. "My mom helped me upload it to YouTube after school yesterday." "Well, it went viral!" Zack exclaimed. "It went viral! It went viral! It went viral!" everybody started yelling. Huh? What the heck does that mean? Going viral doesn't sound good. I had a virus once, and it made me throw up. "Did you throw up?" I asked Zack. "Going viral means that thousands of people saw the video!" Andrea said excitedly. "Actually," Zack said, "millions of people saw it. Not only that, but last night I got a call from the producer of Saturday Night Live! He loved 'I Love Dirt'! He wants to fly me and Fish Food to New York so we can perform it on the show tomorrow night!" "You're kidding me!" Miss Mary said,

jumping up and down. "I'm not kidding you!" said Zack, jumping up and down with her. "You're joking!" "I'm not joking!" They went back and forth like that for a while. But finally, Zack convinced Miss Mary that it was true. Fish Food would be flying to New York to perform "I Love Dirt" on Saturday Night Live.

"That's wonderful, Zack!" Miss Mary yelled. Everybody in the class was freaking out, jumping up and down and going crazy. Well, everybody except Mr. Granite. He didn't look very happy. There was no way we were going to be doing any math for the rest of the day.