Desperation Day
It all started at 3:30 pm that day of April 18th. Class was about to start until Ms. Qian said that we were free that day! Diane Zhou, Amanda Chang, and Nicole Tong were playing a game where you name words in a subject. No saying "Ummm" and the limit is 10 seconds. Ms. Qian went to pick up trophies, and in awhile, Diane and Amanda mischievously decided to look for the results. They were so eager to know them! Well, the tired out Ms. Qian shouted at them. Diane and Amanda went back to the classroom ashamed. Well, they recalled what happened and decided Ms. Qian was plain tired. She never yelled at them before.
Open House time was nearing. Ms. Qian prepared the girls' clothes, so good news for everyone except Diane and Nicole. They were acting as boys in their dance! They waited for their moms to come, but they didn't show up before the kids had to go sit in their places. Open House wasn't starting until 30 minutes later, but still, they were desperate. Amanda didn't have the proper shoes and her mom didn't show up either! "My brother was smart to bring his own things," she sighed. "Mine too," Diane agreed. Nicole just waited and waited with Diane and Amanda. Diane's mom was the first to appear, right before the show started. Amanda's parents came with nothing in hand! How unlucky! Amanda's mom had to go home and get Amanda's things! Nicole's mom came and she got ready. Amanda was very desperate, because the show had started.
Looking at the bright side of things, Amanda's old friend, Joycelyn, was back for Open House! Awhile ago, Amanda said, "This Open House would have been totally disastrous without Joycelyn here!" Diane, Amanda, and Nicole's dance was last, which gave them plenty of time. Diane was very happy for her brother, Alex, because he finally won one (actually two) first place trophies! He tied first in math and won Chinese character recognition!
Finally, after a looong time, Amanda's mom came back with Amanda's things. They actually still had to wait about a half hour, since there were also dances from a professional school and Kung Fu moves. Between the shows were the times when the awards were given out. New desperation topic: How come the teachers never announced the winners for the Intermediate students? Amanda and Diane thought it was sooooo not fair.
The Intermediate students' dance was up! They had a "romantic" where they had a dance with a boy. Don't call it disgusting, because it wasn't their fault! Well, when Diane and Amanda went to starting position, Amanda whispered excitedly, "Look! There's a special trophy with my own name on it!" Diane answered, "Cool! Now we have a special trophy. But is there one with my name?" The music had started, so Amanda replied a quick, "Yes, and..." The dance went well, and Diane and Amanda were chattering the way back.
Finally, the last award was announced. Amanda won two trophies, one for second place penmanship and the other special trophy. It looked the same as the other trophies, but the words were different, and of course, there was her name there. She was the "teacher's pet", but she really deserved it for her second place wins where she competed with her friend, Diane. Diane won first for Intermediate math, Chinese character recognition, and story writing (Amanda won second for those). But she didn't win 3 trophies, neither did Amanda. Also for Diane being the Green Grass translator, editor, and typist, and the "teacher's pet" too, as everyone called her also, Diane "traded" the three trophies for one special and unique trophy with her name and the design made of metal. Diane and Amanda went off with glory.
For the last desperation story, when everyone went back to the classrooms for pizza, no one delivered! They still had to go out and get their own pizza, which was NOT what the teachers said. For a few moments, the girls (and everyone else) were desperate. Well, all in all, it was a great day for everyone! Except for Gingy, because Diane forgot to bring her!!! Oh well...
