This is my story for Spongeydays contest
Tyler Peterson sat where he alway sat at the quiet corner table in busy cafeteria before school started. Sitting all alone with the Disney channel running through his brain. No one sat with him. No one talked to him or played with him. All the other seventh graders thought he was strange, and the teachers thought he was lazy.
BRING!
Everybody hurried off to class. Tyler just sat there. When everyone left the lunch room, Tyler got up and walked to class in the strange way he walked.
* * *
"Okay, Kaylee. You may sit in the last seat in the far row." Said the teacher Miss. Tates. "And then we can..."
Just then, Tyler came in moving slowly. Stopped but did not look at anybody in the eyes.
"Well hello Tyler. About time you joined us. Take your seat," she said.
Tyler walked to his desk.
"Hello," said Kaylee Davis. "My name is Kaylee. Im a new student."
Tyler said nothing. He just sat down and looked at his desk.
"Well, okay then." She said.
"Don't worry about him," said Suzie Trent. "He's just a wierd kid. You should hang out with me and my friends at lunch."
"Okay," she said as she turned her head back up front.
But her attention was not on the teacher, but on her little brother Scotty at home. Her was seven and had aspergers. That was a disease had made him not like hanges at all. Which was difficult moving to a new town and leaving all of his friends. He also got scared of loud sounds, and he also talked to himself alot.
"And your homework is page 43, numbers 1-15," said Miss. Tates.
BRING!
It was lunch time.
"Come on, Kaylee," said Suzie.
"Oh, okay. I'll meet you guys there."
They muttered okay and left. She pretended to be putting something away. When she was done, Kaylee and Tyler were the only people left in the classroom.
"Tyler? Are you coming?"
Tyler jumped slightly, not realizing she was still in the room.
"Oh, yeah. I'm coming," he said. "I was just thinking about what I want to watch on Disney channel tonight. Though, as soon as I get home I turn on the tv before my foster parents get home. What do you like to watch on Disney channel. I love watching Wizards of Waverly Place, and So Random, and Jessie, and Fish Hooks, and Good Luck Charlie. So, what do you watch?"
"Uh. I like to watch those, too"
"Cool. I like Charlie, and Teddie, and Alex, and Max, and Justin, and Jessie, and Oscar, and Milo, and Bea, and Chad."
"Uh. Yeah. Me, too."
Then they both went off to get lunch. Kaylee got in line behind Tyler. He got a peanut butter sandwich which appears like he always got. Kaylee got a tuna fish sandwich.
Tyler went over to his table. It was his because no one ever sat there with him.
"Kaylee, over here." Called Suzie.
"Hey," she said as she sat down. "Why doesnt anybody sit with Tyler?
"Because," said a girl named Katy. "He freaks out when anybody does."
So, that was all she thought of Tyler Peterson her first day of school.
* * *
"Scotty. I'm home."
"Kaylee," called Scotty. "I hate it here. I miss our old home. I miss my friends. And
I miss my bed."
Kaylee got down on her knees to his head level.
"Scotty, you still have your bed. Silly. Come on, lets go play Sponge Bob on the PS2."
That was the game Scotty knew everything about. He won every level and could beat Kaylee in his sleep. But Kaylee played with him anyway. They played
until dinner, then played until bed time. Then Kaylee put Scotty to bed.
"Good night, Scotty. I love you."
"Good night, Kaylee. I love you."
That night, Kaylee thought of Tyler as she fell asleep.
* * *
A WEEK LATER.
"Miss.Tates, may I talk to you about something?" Kaylee asked when she got a chance to speak to the teacher.
For the past week, Tyler got in trouble five times for talking out loud when he was not suppost to, and not paying attention. And Kaylee knew why he was like the way he was per day.
"Yeah," she said and to the class. "I will be right back, class. Tyler, make sure your doing your work." Then she turned and walked out the door with Kaylee behind her. Once outside, she turned to face the girl.
"Yes?"
"I think I know why Tyler is the way he is." She said.
"Go on."
"Well, you see, my little brother, Scotty, has aspergers. Its a disease that make Scotty, sometimes talks out loud to himself. And he knows everything there is to know about his spongebob video game. Tyler also does these things."
"Then, why doesn't anybody know about it?"
"Well, you see, doctors usually diagnose it at age three. But you see, Tyler was put in foster care at age three. So nobody really knew."
Miss. Tates looked down, silent. Then she looked up.
"Okay, go back in to your desk, and get to work. And I will be right back."
So, she went and got to work. Ten minutes later she came back.
"Tyler will you please take your stuff, and go to room 12, please."
Room 12 was the speical ed classroom. Tyler got up, took his stuff, and left. For the rest of the day we worked on our books that we had never gone to.
* * *
The next day, Miss. Tates called me up front during reading time.
"Tyler and his foster parents went to the doctors office yesterday after sxhool. And they ran some tests. And you were right. Tyler does have aspergers. But now
we know, and now he will get some help. I just feel bad because nobody knew
and they all that he was just unusual. Anyway, you may go back to your desk."
As she walked back to her desk, she thought about people like Tyler and Scotty. How they have mental issuse, but people know and and help them. But what about the people who don't know, how will their lifes be diffrent then the people how do know.
'I feel sorry for them. How people might get mad at them, and how it is not even their fault.'
THE END!
BRING!
Everybody hurried off to class. Tyler just sat there. When everyone left the lunch room, Tyler got up and walked to class in the strange way he walked.
* * *
"Okay, Kaylee. You may sit in the last seat in the far row." Said the teacher Miss. Tates. "And then we can..."
Just then, Tyler came in moving slowly. Stopped but did not look at anybody in the eyes.
"Well hello Tyler. About time you joined us. Take your seat," she said.
Tyler walked to his desk.
"Hello," said Kaylee Davis. "My name is Kaylee. Im a new student."
Tyler said nothing. He just sat down and looked at his desk.
"Well, okay then." She said.
"Don't worry about him," said Suzie Trent. "He's just a wierd kid. You should hang out with me and my friends at lunch."
"Okay," she said as she turned her head back up front.
But her attention was not on the teacher, but on her little brother Scotty at home. Her was seven and had aspergers. That was a disease had made him not like hanges at all. Which was difficult moving to a new town and leaving all of his friends. He also got scared of loud sounds, and he also talked to himself alot.
"And your homework is page 43, numbers 1-15," said Miss. Tates.
BRING!
It was lunch time.
"Come on, Kaylee," said Suzie.
"Oh, okay. I'll meet you guys there."
They muttered okay and left. She pretended to be putting something away. When she was done, Kaylee and Tyler were the only people left in the classroom.
"Tyler? Are you coming?"
Tyler jumped slightly, not realizing she was still in the room.
"Oh, yeah. I'm coming," he said. "I was just thinking about what I want to watch on Disney channel tonight. Though, as soon as I get home I turn on the tv before my foster parents get home. What do you like to watch on Disney channel. I love watching Wizards of Waverly Place, and So Random, and Jessie, and Fish Hooks, and Good Luck Charlie. So, what do you watch?"
"Uh. I like to watch those, too"
"Cool. I like Charlie, and Teddie, and Alex, and Max, and Justin, and Jessie, and Oscar, and Milo, and Bea, and Chad."
"Uh. Yeah. Me, too."
Then they both went off to get lunch. Kaylee got in line behind Tyler. He got a peanut butter sandwich which appears like he always got. Kaylee got a tuna fish sandwich.
Tyler went over to his table. It was his because no one ever sat there with him.
"Kaylee, over here." Called Suzie.
"Hey," she said as she sat down. "Why doesnt anybody sit with Tyler?
"Because," said a girl named Katy. "He freaks out when anybody does."
So, that was all she thought of Tyler Peterson her first day of school.
* * *
"Scotty. I'm home."
"Kaylee," called Scotty. "I hate it here. I miss our old home. I miss my friends. And
I miss my bed."
Kaylee got down on her knees to his head level.
"Scotty, you still have your bed. Silly. Come on, lets go play Sponge Bob on the PS2."
That was the game Scotty knew everything about. He won every level and could beat Kaylee in his sleep. But Kaylee played with him anyway. They played
until dinner, then played until bed time. Then Kaylee put Scotty to bed.
"Good night, Scotty. I love you."
"Good night, Kaylee. I love you."
That night, Kaylee thought of Tyler as she fell asleep.
* * *
A WEEK LATER.
"Miss.Tates, may I talk to you about something?" Kaylee asked when she got a chance to speak to the teacher.
For the past week, Tyler got in trouble five times for talking out loud when he was not suppost to, and not paying attention. And Kaylee knew why he was like the way he was per day.
"Yeah," she said and to the class. "I will be right back, class. Tyler, make sure your doing your work." Then she turned and walked out the door with Kaylee behind her. Once outside, she turned to face the girl.
"Yes?"
"I think I know why Tyler is the way he is." She said.
"Go on."
"Well, you see, my little brother, Scotty, has aspergers. Its a disease that make Scotty, sometimes talks out loud to himself. And he knows everything there is to know about his spongebob video game. Tyler also does these things."
"Then, why doesn't anybody know about it?"
"Well, you see, doctors usually diagnose it at age three. But you see, Tyler was put in foster care at age three. So nobody really knew."
Miss. Tates looked down, silent. Then she looked up.
"Okay, go back in to your desk, and get to work. And I will be right back."
So, she went and got to work. Ten minutes later she came back.
"Tyler will you please take your stuff, and go to room 12, please."
Room 12 was the speical ed classroom. Tyler got up, took his stuff, and left. For the rest of the day we worked on our books that we had never gone to.
* * *
The next day, Miss. Tates called me up front during reading time.
"Tyler and his foster parents went to the doctors office yesterday after sxhool. And they ran some tests. And you were right. Tyler does have aspergers. But now
we know, and now he will get some help. I just feel bad because nobody knew
and they all that he was just unusual. Anyway, you may go back to your desk."
As she walked back to her desk, she thought about people like Tyler and Scotty. How they have mental issuse, but people know and and help them. But what about the people who don't know, how will their lifes be diffrent then the people how do know.
'I feel sorry for them. How people might get mad at them, and how it is not even their fault.'
THE END!
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I like it!