11 A Very Dangerous Situation

Chapter 11 A Very Dangerous Situation Mr. Klutz and our vice principal, Mrs. Jafee, came running out onto the playground. They were followed by Dr. Brad, who was huffing and puffing. "Vut's going on?" Dr. Brad shouted. "Somebody pulled the fire alarm, by golly!" said Mrs. Jafee. "It was Andrea Young," Mr. Granite said. "Are you sure?" asked Mr. Klutz. "That's not the Andrea I know. I'm sure Dr. Brad will be able to calm her down." "Vere is Andrea?" asked Dr. Brad. "I must speak vis her." "We don't know where she is," I told them. "She ran out of the school. She could

be anywhere." At that moment, the strangest thing in the history of the world happened. We heard a voice from above our heads. "I'm up here, you dumbheads!" I looked up. And there, standing on the roof of the school, was Andrea! "WOW!" everybody said, which is "MOM" upside down. It was a real Kodak moment. Kids started pointing at Andrea and yelling. "She's crazy!" "She's nuts!" "She's loopy!" "She's bananas!" "She's off the wall!" "She's out of her mind!" "She's loony!" "She's bizarre!" "She's off her rocker!" "She's not normal!" "She's loco!" "She's bonkers!" "She's losing her marbles!" "She's screwy!" "She's out of control!" "How did you get up there, Andrea?" shouted Mr. Klutz.

"How do you think I got up here, you big doofus?" yelled Andrea. "I climbed." "Oooooooooooooooooooooh!" everybody oooooohed. I couldn't believe Andrea called the

principal a big doofus! "My feet smell like rotten cabbage!" Andrea yelled. I snapped my fingers to make Andrea come out of her trance. But she was too far away to hear. "What should we do, Dr. Brad?" asked Mr. Klutz. "You're the school counselor!" "Zees ees a very dangerous situation," Dr. Brad said. "I must talk to Andrea and show her kindness, caring, and understanding." "That won't do anything!" Michael said. "A.J. hypnotized her. She's only going to listen to him." "Ees zees true, A.J.?" asked Dr. Brad. "You hypnotized Andrea?" I didn't have the chance to answer his question, because at that moment a bunch of fire engines and police cars pulled up to

the school with their sirens screaming. Somebody must have called 911! A policeman with a bullhorn got out of one of the cars. "Get down from there, young lady!" he shouted. "Come and get me, coppers!" yelled Andrea. "We don't want you to get hurt," another policeman shouted. "You'll never take me alive!" yelled Andrea. She picked up a tennis ball off the roof and threw it at the police car. "Let's get her, men!" the cop with the bullhorn shouted. The cops started moving toward the wall. "Vait!" Dr. Brad shouted. "Zees ees a very dangerous situation! Do not go up on zee roof. Zare ees only vun person here who can rescue zees girl."

Dr. Brad looked at me. Mr. Klutz looked at me. Mrs. Jafee looked at me. The cops looked at me. Everybody was looking at me! I was faced with the hardest decision of my life. If I didn't save Andrea, something horrible might happen. And if I did save Andrea, the guys would say I was in love with her. I was thinking so hard that my brain hurt. I didn't know what to say. I didn't know what to do. I had to think fast. "I'm going up," I said. Everybody cheered as I dug my sneaker into the little space between the bricks. There were a few windowsills I could step on, too. It was hard, but soon I reached the top of the school. I was a few feet from Andrea. "Get out of my face, A.J.!" she yelled. I took Andrea's necklace out of my