9 Cantaloupe

Chapter 9 Cantaloupe Saturday Night Live is a cool TV show. It's on at night on Saturday, and it's live. So it has the perfect name. Usually, I'm not allowed to stay up that late, but my parents said this was a special occasion because Zack was performing with Fish Food. They even let me invite Ryan, Michael, and Neil over to watch.

Everybody was excited. In the middle of the show Fish Food came out and everybody went crazy. Zack was jumping up and down and running all over the stage while he sang "I Love Dirt." It was cool. On Monday morning everyone was talking about it. We all told Miss Mary how awesome it was to see Zack on TV.

"Okay, settle down," said Mr. Granite. "I'm sure we all watched Miss Mary's boyfriend, Zack, on Saturday Night Live. It was very exciting. But now that it's over, it's time to get back to work. So please turn to page twenty-three in your math books." Oh, well, it was fun while it lasted. I knew we couldn't avoid math forever. But you'll never believe in a million hundred years what happened at that moment. Zack climbed in the window! "Oh no!" Mr. Granite said, throwing his hands up in the air. "I give up." "Zack!" shouted Miss Mary. "Mary!" shouted Zack. "I missed you!" "I missed you, too!" That's when the smooching began. Ugh, disgusting!

"Those two are so romantic!" said Andrea. "You were awesome on TV the other night!" Ryan told Zack. "We all watched." "Can I have your autograph?" asked Michael. "Sure," Zack said. "I'm sorry to interrupt the class again, Mr. Granite." "What else is new?" asked Mr. Granite. "A lot!" Zack said. "After the show was over, a guy came into our dressing room and signed us to a record deal. Next week we're going to make our first album. We're getting T-shirts and posters, too. They're even going to make me into a bobble head statue!" "I'm so proud of you, Zack!" said Miss Mary. "But here's the big news," Zack told Miss

Mary. "Fish Food is going on a worldwide concert tour, and… I want you to come with us, Mary." "WOW!" we all said, which is "MOM" upside down. "But… I promised to be a student teacher for a year," Miss Mary said. "It wouldn't be fair to Mr. Granite if I left." "It would be fair! It would be fair!" Mr. Granite said. "Go!" Then Zack got down on one knee in front of Miss Mary. "Oh no!" yelled Andrea. "He's getting down on one knee!" "I think I'm gonna cry!" yelled Emily. "What's the big deal?" I said. "He must have dropped his contact lens or something." Zack took a little box out of his pocket. "I can't believe it!" Andrea shrieked.

"He's got a little box!" "So what?" I said. "He probably keeps his contact lenses in there." All the girls were freaking out. What is their problem? Zack opened the little box. "Mary," Zack said, "will you marry me?" "EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!" all the girls screamed. "He asked her to marry him!"