Mistake

Riding the bus now was so boring while waiting for Rose to get on. I looked around and yawned. I started humming a tune that Rose got stuck in my head. I hated it when she did that to me. I laughed to myself as we came up to her stop.1

She wasn't there though. Interesting, she usually was there. Mr. Boykin waited for a couple of seconds then went on. While we were turning I looked backwards, I saw a black figure race across the clearing. I started to laugh as I realized that it was Rose.2

By the time we got up to the stop sign she was there panting like a dog. I shook my head and smiled. She got on and rolled her eyes at me. I laughed and smiled a lot more and she sighed. "So are you worried about the Science EOG?" she asked starting a conversation. I replied, "I don't know I am a bit nervous but I think that I will do well. Though I am not sure anymore since you asked."3

She then said, "I am going to do horrible because I only do good on the Microbiology and Cell Theory. Never on anything else." "Well I am sure you will do fine," I answered. "Well we had a practice one and I got most of them WRONG!" she said.4

I shrugged and said, "It was a practice one. It was probably harder then the actual one." She sighed and did a fake little cry then laughed. By now our route was almost complete and we were almost to school. We carried on small conversations about random things then we were off to class.5

I walked into class and looked around. I had just finished wishing others luck on the test. I sat down into my assigned seat and sighed. This was going to be a long day, I could feel it. The tardy bell rang and we said the pledge then the 'School Pledge' which no one ever said.6

We sat down and then had to get right back up to go to lockers. We put our whole backpacks into them. When we got back to the class Mrs. Williams arranged our seats so as to no possible ways of cheating. Even though the questions were different on each of them. 7

I got the blue one, I to a quick look around to see who all had gotten that color. Only a couple of other people. We did our sample questions easily though I noticed that some got the second one wrong. It was so easy to me I couldn't figure out how they got it wrong. "Begin," Mrs. Williams said. 8

I looked down to my book picked up my number two pencil and began to read the question. Just as I was about to bubble in my first answer Mrs. Williams came up to me and grabbed me on the shoulders. I thought it was to relax me I hoped. "Rose, I need your answer sheet. I also need to know if this has ever happened before," she said. While she was talking to me I had made a confused sound.9

I barely could say, "No ma'am," and hand her the paper. I was burning with anger at this. I knew that if you didn't bubble it in that meant one of two things that you were either stupid in my words or in their words had a reading disorder. Anger ate at my soul eagerly gobbling it up.10

It took all I had to focus on the test. By the first break I was already done because I didn't have to bubble it in. I looked over my answers four times before I noticed someone else was done. I finally shut my book and took off my 'good luck charms' a necklace I got for my birthday that was a locket. Then a bracelet that I received from an uncles girlfriend.11

I kept my great grandmothers necklace on though. I almost wept I was so angry. Soon everyone was done and Mrs. Williams called the office to let them know we were done. She said that we were the first ones done and to silently move our desks back to the way they were before.12

Though before she had asked us to move things back she was telling us what a wonderful job we did. "Nanny, I know you are up in heaven watching over us now. I have to ask you something though, will you help me to figure out why they took my answer sheet no matter what?" I whispered silently to the necklace.13

Mrs. Williams turned a movie on about an autobiography so we could watch it. We had seen it before and we liked it. Thirty minutes into the video Mrs. Williams got a call from the office. She called me up to the desk. Then said, "Rose, they made a mistake it was your sister that needed to have her answer sheet taken so they could bubble it in for her. You need to go up there and fill them in and remember this wasn't your fault."14

I nodded and took the note and headed off. Once I got there they explained it and I filled the bubbles in in a time of fifteen minutes tops. As I was going back I whispered, "Thank you, Nanny." I smiled and took a brisk walk off back to the room. From then on I was content with the events.