The Forest of Power

I wake up in the morning, and I stop my alarm clock. Gosh, that thing can get annoying. I growl and go back try to go back to sleep, but I feel like I'm worried about something. What is it? I don't even know. I'm thinking, and my face suddenly goes red, realizing what I'm worried about. I hate this. It always happens. Nothing new. I forget something. I finally remember, and I go crazy. And right now, it's happening. Again. I have a project due for school tomorrow. I


haven't worked on it at all. It was going to suck. And i'm going to have to work on it all day. Great. How WONDERFUL is THAT? I rush out of my bed, change into clean clothes, eat breakfast, and start working on my project. Luckily, there were poster boards in my house, just in case I needed them for a project. I don't know exactly how to start, so I just write my name in the corner first. I stare at the poster. Jennifer. That's all I had. Oh, come on. it's easy, I think. Of course! it's obvious, now that I thought of it. I printed out a picture of my book from the computer, and cut and pasted it onto the poster board.
After HOURS of working on the poster, I finally finished it. You really don't know how much I HATE book reports. I mean like, what's the point of doing them. I love books, but I hate the stupid reports. Why can't I just enjoy the book without having to do any work? I mean like, really? I hope it's good, according to the teacher. I think it's BAD.
It's Monday, and I got ready to go to school. I got dressed, eat some cereal, and put my books into my backpack. I rolled up my poster, and put a rubber band on it. My mom was already ready to go, so it won't be long until my L.A. teacher tells me my project sucks. I just know it. My poster stinks.
I took what I needed from my backpack, and rushed into my L.A. class with my face all red because of being nervous. When the late bell rings, Mrs. Cabbel announces, "Everyone, please take out your book projects." She walked around from desk to desk, glaring down at them to make sure everyone did their book project. It's a scary glare. Everyone in 10th grade knew that she does that on purpose, so that if you forget to do your project once, the look will scare you enough to NEVER forget again. It happened to my best friend, Vanessa, once. " I'm guessing you worked on this at the LAST MINUTE?" said Mrs. Cabbel with an evil glare. Okay, NOW I was scared to death. Now I clearly know what Vanessa was talking about. She looked at me in fear from a few desks across from mine. She certainly cared about me. Always looking out for me.
"Well...um, I-I sort of...forgot about it..." I said to Mrs. Cabbel. "It's been on the homework board for the past TWO WEEKS, Jennifer. I'm not taking that excuse." Vanessa snorted
"SO WHAT, it's been on the board for two weeks. You can't blame her. She didn't have time to write it down."
"Well, well, well. If it isn't Vanessa standing up for her best friend. Do you want DETENTION? You never, EVER talk to a teacher that way."
"Does it look like I CARE?" Vanessa snapped back. "Jennifer forgot, and I know it. She wouldn't just not do the project on purpose. She's not stupid, if you haven't realized."
I smiled, and Mrs. Cabbel must have seen, because She quickly whipped her head around to look at me and Yelled, "DETENTION FOR BOTH OF YOU TWO, AFTER SCHOOL TODAY." Vanessa rolled her eyes, and Mrs. Cabbel gave her an angry look. Vanessa always gets detention like that, but she never cares. I always used to ask her if she cared, but she said she was just happy to defend me, so it didn't mater to her. Vanessa is the reason I don't get bullied anymore. Believe me, if someone says one thing to me, she gets seriously mad, and makes that person wish they never even opened their mouth. It's exactly how we became friends.
"Geeze, teachers can be so stupid sometimes," said Vanessa after we left L.A.
"Especialy Mrs. Cabbel," I answered
"She's crazy," agreed Vanessa.
After a long school day, I walked home, as usual. I marked off the calendar. OCTOBER 10TH, 2011. It was hot, unusual for October. And after checking the weather on my phone, I saw that it would be for the rest of the week. I figured this out yesterday, so my family decided to go to the pool on Saturday.