9 The Greatest Moment of My Life

Chapter 9 The Greatest Moment of My Life By the time Dr. Brad let me go, it was afternoon recess. I ran over to join the guys on the playground. "So, did Dr. Brad give you electric shocks?" asked Michael. "Did he take out your brain?" asked Ryan. "Nah," I told them, "he tried to hypnotize me, but it didn't work. Hypnosis is way overrated. Dr. Brad said that geniuses are really hard to hypnotize." Andrea and her girly friends were listening to us, as usual. "I bet it would be really hard to hypnotize me then," said Andrea.

"Oh, I could probably hypnotize you in a minute," I told Andrea. "Could not!" "Could too!" We went back and forth like that for a while. Finally, Andrea dared me to try and hypnotize her. I told her I would need a shiny object, so she took off her necklace and handed it to me. "This is really shiny," I said. "Stare at it as it swings back and forth." "Okay," Andrea said. I swung the necklace in front of Andrea's face. "Are your eyelids feeling heavy?" I asked. "Heavy…" Andrea mumbled. "Stare at the necklace as it swings back and forth… back and forth… back and forth," I told Andrea. "Are you feeling sleepy?"

"Sleepy…" she mumbled. "Stare at the shiny necklace as it swings back and forth… back and forth… back and forth," I told Andrea. "Soon you'll be in a trance." "Trance…" she mumbled. "Hey, I think it's working," Michael said. "Look at her eyes. She's in a trance!" "No she's not," I said. "She's just faking it. That's what I did." "I don't like this, A.J.," said Emily. She looked like she was going to cry, like always. "You will do everything I say," I told

Andrea. "You will believe everything I say." "Everything you say…" Andrea mumbled like a robot. "You will listen only to me," I told Andrea. "Only to you…" she mumbled. "And when I snap my fingers, you'll wake up," I told Andrea. "Wake up," she mumbled. "A.J., you're gonna get in trouble," Ryan said. "She's like, in another world." "Relax," I whispered. "I'm just having a little fun." "It doesn't look like fun to me," whined Emily. "You will believe anything I say," I told Andrea. "Anything you say…" she mumbled. "You're a big dumbhead," I told Andrea. "I'm a big dumbhead…" she mumbled.

"Oh, snap!" said Ryan. "She's gotta be in a trance if she would say that!" "That's mean!" Emily said. "Wake her up, A.J.!" "You hate school," I told Andrea. "Hate school…" she mumbled. "Following rules is for losers," I told Andrea. "Following rules is for losers," she mumbled. This was fun! "You're a bad kid," I told Andrea. "I'm a bad kid…" mumbled Andrea. Making Andrea say she was bad was hilarious. This was the greatest moment of my life. "Your feet smell like rotten cabbage," I told Andrea. "Stop fooling around, A.J.!" Neil said. "It's almost time to go back inside. You better wake her up before the bell rings."

"Okay, okay," I said. "When I snap my fingers, Andrea, you will wake up." But I didn't get the chance to snap my fingers, because at that very moment… BRRRRING! BRRRRING! Recess was over.