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7

When I woke up everything felt normal, actually everything felt better than it usually did. But I felt weird, like I had forgotten something, something entirely. I went down stairs to get breakfast. My parents were on a business trip, so I was completely alone. I made myself a bowl of cereal because that was all I really know how to make. But when I finished pouring the milk in the bowl I had found I was not hungry so I put the bowl on the counter.

Then I got ready to go to school. School didn’t start for another hour, but I had nothing better to do. When I was finished I sat down on the couch and stared at the wall. Usually I thought about what was going on in my life and sometimes I thought about different things like how Staples is the superior office supply store. I had realized that if I didn’t leave soon I would be late so I grabbed my stuff and ran out the door.  

I almost fell when I was leaving because I was going so fast. It was sunny out and my mom’s flowers were covering the garden, almost looking a little too overgrown.

“Alexander!” I heard someone scream behind me “Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey” I turned around and there was Geoff. Geoff was wearing bright pink flip-flops, orange parachute pants, a Hawaiian shirt, and sunglasses.

“Hello Geoff, what’s up?” I said to him. Geoff smirked and then suddenly looked a little uncomfortable.

“Well, you were… you were.. um... nevermind.” this was odd for Geoff who could usually never answer a question in less than 10 sentences.

“Okay…” I said “this is not weird at all.” Geoff and I started walking when suddenly Geoff tripped on his flip-flop, which sent him tumbling to the ground.

“You alright?” I asked. I could see that Geoff’s knee was bleeding. He got up off of the ground and grinned.

“I’m just great.” he said looking down at his knee. Then he and I finished walking  to school.

We walked into school and suddenly everyone was staring at me. Not just casually looking over their shoulder, actual staring.

“Um... Geoff, what happened?” I looked over a Geoff whose face looked like someone who was about to tell someone that their grandmother had died.

“Well, there was that thing and you kind of… I.. um… I like those shoes. We should get to class.” then Geoff ran off leaving me all alone. Everyone was still staring at me. Some people looked nervous, some looked as though they were about to burst into laughter. I had realized that I had been standing there a while so I started to walk towards my locker.

I saw Penelope, who has curly blond hair and green eyes. She was standing with her two only friends, Laura and Willow. Penelope and I used to play soccer together, but then we both realized that we hated it so we both stopped.

Penelope quickly glanced at me. She looked away quickly and then said something to Laura and Willow that made them look amused and worried at the same time. I meandered towards my locker. The staring had not stopped so by this point I was scared. I don't really know why, but I was really scared.

During class everyone continued to stare and all the teachers were acting strange.  Everyone seemed to be acting weird. At lunch people didn’t stare as much. A lot of them acted normal and as though nothing had happened. Geoff was dissecting a tater tot and telling me about a new laser thing his dad was building.

After lunch everyone started to act weirder around me. When I was in class Penelope sat next to me. I tried to ask her what had happened, but unlike Geoff, who got all flustered when I brought it up, she acted as though nothing was wrong and as though nobody was acting weird. And as I sat there staring out the window looking at this little kid who was playing across the street, all I could think about was how much I hated this and how much it scared me.

The next day things were the same. When I woke up I stared at the wall, then ate my breakfast. I wished my parents were there. I was tired because that night it had been hard to sleep. As I tiredly walked out the door, Geoff, excited as ever, joined me. Today he was wearing keens, dress pants, and a shirt that read “they're gonna get ya” with a little picture of an alien next to it. In his arms was a leather jacket.

“Hello Geoffrey, good to see ya” I said to him. Geoff smiled.

“Hello Muriel,” said Geoff. I hated it when he called me by my middle name. “ Isn't it a wonderful day. A great day. It's gonna be a good day. We have two tests. Two! How awful. But it's still gonna be a great day. My dad was as at the store yesterday and guess what happened. He got pooped on by a bird!” Geoff said all of this in a tone that fluctuated between dull and excited. I asked him about yesterday, but he answered the same way he had yesterday. Un-Geoff-like.

We walked into school and the same thing happened. Staring. This time some people started looking away. Some people laughed. Some people looked like they were going to cry. Geoff started to look nervous and then suddenly ran off. I was all alone, standing there.

“What did I do?” I shouted. Instead of answering my rather easy question, everyone looked away. I felt angry. I also felt scared again. I walked to my locker and got my stuff. I went to class. I carried on as though nothing was wrong.

During lunch the same thing happened. I sat next to Geoff, who was again dissecting something on his plate. Geoff started to laugh. I asked him why he was laughing.

“I don’t really know. I was just looking at my food and then all of a sudden I just felt like laughing.” said Geoff. He picked up a spoonful of the brown looking thing on his plate and brought it up to his mouth. Only it didn’t make it and the brown sludge landed on the little green alien. “Come on!” Geoff shouted. Then he walked to the bathroom.

When Geoff got back he was smiling. The little green alien on his shirt looked a little browner. Geoff sat down and finished eating his lunch.

The same thing happened after lunch. Everyone started acting weirder. Geoff had disappeared and was nowhere to be found. I was in class and everyone was staring. I couldn’t do it. I couldn’t sit there and feel their eyes upon me. I ran out of the room. Mr. Hall didn’t try to stop me. Immediately after I ran out the door there was Geoff. He was getting a drink from the drinking fountain.

“Okay, Geoff” I said “What happened? Why is everyone acting so weird? Is this some weird prank? What is going on?!!” Geoff looked startled and then suddenly he smiled

“You really want to know what happened?” asked Geoff. I nodded. “Fine. On Monday afternoon, there was that assembly. Remember?” I nodded. “Well during the assembly you started acting weird. Really weird. You were saying all these things about chickens and all other sorts of weird stuff. At one point you were talking about politics. And during the assembly you also got in front everyone and started doing the chicken dance. You did a lot of things that were weirder that that. Well at the end you stormed out. And after you left everyone was really confused. Some people thought it was really funny and some people were scared, they thought you’d gone crazy. And I tried to defend you, but no one would believe me. That's why everyone was looking at you. Most people thought you were gonna do it again.” I looked at Geoff in astonishment.          

This had to be some sort of prank. How could I not remember this?

“Really Geoff? Is this some sort of prank? It’s not like I would of suddenly forget something like that. And it’s not like people would be so scared of something like that.” Then Geoff pulled out his phone and a couple seconds later handed it to me. There I was at the assembly. I looked normal. Then I started doing all the stuff Geoff had said I had done and worse. How could I forget this? I gave Geoff his phone back. He stared at me.

“Geoff, please stop with the staring.” I told him.

“Sorry” he said. Then we both walked back to our classes and never talked about the event or the days after it ever again. After a while people stopped staring. But no one ever said anything to me and I never found out why I forgot everything. But I liked it when everything went back to normal.