Sad No More by Derek James

Author:Derek James [James, Derek]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: BookBaby
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Pool Party!!!

Pool Party!!!

Today was the day we all go to Aunt Brenda’s pool party. She holds it every year on the Fourth of July weekend. It’s an awesome pool: diving board, slide, basketball, even rafts and inner tubes. The only thing it didn’t have was a fishing net to keep Todd (Toad) and Friar (Froggy), Brenda’s two spoiled-rotten boys, out of the pool.

This one time, Toad walked up to Mr. Elroy, our third-grade teacher (Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you, they are both in my class. Lucky me!), and called him a fart smeller, right to his face. I’m pretty sure he didn’t mean to call him a smart fella! And Froggy, well he is just always up to no good. He was invited to Rory’s birthday party once (I repeat, ONCE!!!), and proceeded to plop his face smack in the middle of the birthday cake. For what reason? I have no idea!

So there I was, standing in line for the diving board on this sunny, hot summer day. I could hear Toad and Froggy whispering something behind me, but was too busy staring at my life long crush, Mary Pat O’Donald, as she stood in the shallow end like a mythical goddess. (Thank God Rory didn’t know about her!)

My turn was up. I stepped upon the shimmering board as it shook from Timmy Conner’s perfectly executed cannonball. When it finally stopped bouncing, I cautiously walked to the edge. I put my arms at my side, took a deep breath, and took three big bounces on the edge of the board … One! (C'mon, Jacob! Perfect form! You gotta impress Mary Pat!) Two! (Toes together, body straight, hands cupped above your head. Looking good! Looking good!) And three!!! And down went my shorts!!! Needless to say, my perfect Olympic dive came to a screeching halt.

There I stood, on the edge of the diving board, turning bright red. A collective gasp echoed throughout the backyard, and then there was silence. All I could think to do was jump in the pool. So that’s what I did. The last thing I saw was Mary Pat O’Donald chuckling, along with the rest of her friends.

When my head finally surfaced, I looked back, and there was Toad and Froggy, waving my bathing suit on top of the pool skimmer like a victory flag. I was beyond embarrassed, and completely humiliated. Once the commotion finally died down (which felt like forever), I swam over to the corner of the shallow end, opposite Mary Pat and her cackling friends. Toad proceeded to fling my bathing suit, like a slingshot, across the pool and onto my head. I wanted to hide under my suit for the rest of the day. But instead, I sulked and stewed in my corner of the pool for the next half hour.

And then I saw it! The one magical device that would help me escape from everything and everybody … the enchanted scuba mask and snorkel! I reached out to the auspicious (totally lucky) treasure and placed it gently on my face.

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