Dancing Dudes by Mike Knudson

Author:Mike Knudson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin USA, Inc.

“Okay, let’s get started,” Mrs. Gibson said. She was wearing a necklace made of big red, white, and pink hearts. “Is everyone having a happy Valentine’s Day so far?”

“No,” David blurted out.

Mrs. Gibson must have been in a good mood, because she didn’t get mad at David. Instead she said, “Then we’ll just have to make sure your day gets better, won’t we?”

“I am!” Lizzy blurted out. “I’m having a great day. By the way, that necklace is very beautiful. It goes well with your . . . hair.”

It goes well with gray hair? I thought to myself. Lizzy is such a weirdo.

“Thank you, Lizzy,” Mrs. Gibson said. “I hope you all brought your valentines. We’ll deliver them to the boxes this afternoon at our party. But first, we need to get through all of our work.”

Suddenly, as Mrs. Gibson was talking, I realized drinking four cups of hot chocolate this morning might not have been a good idea. I had to go to the bathroom . . . and bad. I looked at the clock. We still had an hour and a half until recess. There was no way I could wait that long. I raised my hand.

“Yes, Raymond,” Mrs. Gibson said.

“May I use the restroom?” I asked, squirming around in my chair.

“Fine, but hurry back.”

I jumped up and ran out the door. “Walk, please,” I heard Mrs. Gibson calling from the classroom. I slowed down to a fast walk. But as soon as I turned the corner I started to run again. I ran as fast as I could. When I tried to push the bathroom door open, I bounced back and fell to the floor.

Huh, how can this be locked? I thought. A little stand-up sign stood on the floor in front of the door. CLOSED FOR CLEANING, it said. I must have run right past it. I knocked on the door, but no one answered. I needed to get in there. There was no way I would make it down to the bathrooms at the other end of the school. The kindergarten class had bathrooms in it, but I wasn’t going to burst into the kindergarten class to use their bathroom. I jumped around like crazy in the hall, waiting for the janitor to come back. If I couldn’t get into the bathroom quick, I was going to have a serious accident.

After what seemed like forever, I had an idea. I couldn’t believe I was even considering this, but it was the only thing left: the girls’ bathroom. I had never set foot inside the girls’ bathroom, and I’m sure if Graham were here he’d say, “Manly rule number five: Never go inside a girls’ bathroom.” But this was an emergency. I took one last look both ways down the hall and then burst through the door. It was pink instead of blue like the boys’ bathroom. But that didn’t matter at this point. I finished my business, washed my hands, and strolled back out the door.

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