Charlie Huinth-
It's Not What You Want....
I backed up against the wall, trying not to let anyone see me.I was a total ruthless. No one came to find me. I sighed. What was the point of playing stupid hide-and-seek when the silence goes on and on and on...?
"Boo!" a shocking voice yelled. I turned around to see who said 'boo' when you're suppose to say,"Tip!" It was Little Bonnie Hunnoe- My same age as me cousin.
"Bonnie, you scared me to death!" I complained. Bonnie just grinned. " That's what I'm doing. Now you have to help me find Lily." she said proudly. Bonnie always had her dark hair in pig-tails with yellow ribbons. I call her, "Little." because she's so little for her age. I hesitated. "I have to go to the... um, the bathroom. I 'll be back later!" Then I ran to ,my bedroom instead.
I got out my dad's laptop I'd hidden under my bed and began emailing Dan:www. Charlie.Huinth@.ezchat.com:
Hi Dan. Will you mind of going to the park this afternoon? I need more information on Jess's birthday party. Hope you agree!
From, CH
Dan's message got to my desktop in 5 seconds flat :
www.Dan.d.w@.ezchat.com:
I'd love to. But Amy and Frigo have to come too. Okay? The Bear Club Members all have to come except for Jess. Don't tell her about the meeting in the park!
"Mmmm..." I thought hard. Amy and Dan were great new friends... but Frigo?
I emailed Dan again:
Okay. We'll have to meet up at 4pm in the park. I'll bring my sketch-pad to sketch what ever we need for the party.
P.S. I hope Frigo has behaved himself. From, CH.
I pressed send and turned off the laptop and carried it back to my parents room. It was almost 4pm and Bonnie was going to leave soon along with her friend, Lily. I was babysitting them for an hour. I knew Mom was going to be back soon and send Bonnie and Lily away. So I grabbed my yellow coat,sketch-pad and strolled out of the house.
"We need cake!" instructed Amy pointing to a sticker that has a picture of a strawberry cake. I was obsessed of all the birthday planning thing. Amy brang a party sticker book which was ridiculous because the stickers of balloons and cakes and presents won't come alive. Instead, I just nodded and wrote the word:cake. In my sketch book. Dan brang ten birthday cards with pictures of bears on them.
"Um. Don't you guys ever do a thing...without bears?" I asked. The Bear Lover Club was too addicted with bears.
"Nope. If your inside the club, you have to be addicted to bears and bear-crazy. If your outside the Bear Lover Club, you don't have to be too addicted." said Frigo ruffling his dark hair. That boy was weird. My uncle Ben used to love teddy bears when he was little. But I don't think he was 'bear-crazy' with them.
"Now we have to suggest what theme are you going to do for the party,"said Amy, pointing to all the kind of theme parties written down behind her sticker book. There were:
Bears
Tropical
Beach
Night-time
Wild
"Bears!" they all cried. I winced. "But I'm an outsider," I reminded them.
"So?" said Amy, annoyed. "3 out of 4 agree on this. So Bears win."
After a short while, we discussed the topic about bears. "They mostly live in the wild. So if you guys choose the topic Wild, we can put bears, ducks,lions,pandas,giraffes and every wild animal," I said. They all disobeyed. While they were huddled together, I walked away from them kicking stones on the way. I don't think I want to be in their stupid club or plan the Jess's party, either. Their styles never change! Bears this, bears that. Bears everywhere! I slid home then opened my Dad's laptop and started typing.
Hey Charlie. Why did you leave the Club Meeting without asking? That's one of the rules of our club: Never leave any Bear Lover Meeting without telling the rest of the members.
From, Dan
I sighed. How can I tell them I don't want to be part of them?
"Well damn those rules!" I said out loud. I typed back a much politer reply:
I was a bit tired, that's all, Dan. I was stressed out of party planning! I thought I told you that I but I didn't! I am sorry. Tell Amy and Frigo that I'm sorry.
From, CH.
I thought of changing, too. It was funny. When the Bear Lovers asked me to join their club. I felt happy and delighted... Until now. Now the Bear Lovers think I'm so mean just because I disobeyed their rules! I guess the only way to make it up to them, is to by helping them plan Jess's party, and choosing bears that are their style. It will be hard to act like someone else that you're not. But I have to. It's my only hope. The next morning, I knew The Bear Lovers were having another meeting at the Linken Beach. I called Dad, "Dad! Mom! Can either of you take me to the Linken Beach! I'll be there for a while!" I grabbed my shoulder bag and hat because I will know that they will let me go. Dad drove me to the beach.It was cloudy with a little bit of wind. I spotted my friends. "Hey guys!" I yelled running to them. They all looked at me blankly. Even Dan covered a sheet of paper. I saw half of the title: Jess's Birthday Party Plans. They also looked like they were hiding something. Frigo was starring at the ground, Jess was smiling nervously at me and Dan was covering a paper up.There was silence for a while then I spoke up. "Alright. What's going on?" I demanded. Amy stepped up and said, "We thought you'd never mind if we had this meeting without you." I knew that was a big, fat, lie because I know that they do know that I mind. Amy stepped back then Frigo stepped up. "Isn't that your Dad on the phone?" he asked pointing to the other side of the Beaches Road where my Dad parked his car, now talking on his mobile. "Yes," I answered. "So?" I was depressed that they acted like they don't want to be my friends. "Maybe you want to...um, go to your Dad and ask him something..." said Frigo not sure what to say. Next it was Dan. Dan's speeches were very important. I knew this wasn't what I wanted...
"You don't belong here, Charlie," committed Dan. "Not even outside our Club. So..." Finally I understood what they were saying. And thinking. So I spoke up. "I know I am out of the Club. But I am here to make it up to yous. Okay?" I exclaimed. They all looked uncertain. First, Amy said, "Not sure. We have finished planning Jess's party and have decorated the objects with Jess's Dad and we made the cake. And the party's on Friday." I gulped. Maybe it was time to make a free-way-run.Then they'd told me that they'd email Jess and told her that I am kicked out of the club for good. I kicked a dug of sand. Then they'd told me that Jess was very upset. I was so tempted to stick my tongue out at Dan and make a free-way-run, as I said, to the ocean but I didn't. Suddenly I heard a yell, "Charlie! Come on kiddo! We have to go home! I heard there's a storm coming up at this beach!" It was Dad, making me go home because of a storm."Well, uh, see you later!" I said to them running toward my Dad's car. I was running kind of slowly because I needed to hear the truth of my former friends. I hear them sighing with relief and once I heard Amy say,"That was so close! That we haven't- you-know-what." On the car ride, I was thinking what the you-know-what code was? When it was bedtime,tears prickled in my eyes. Dan haven't send a email for me in hours. So I decided to make it up to them by doing Jess another party with BEARS.
"Make sure that Polar Bears claws are sharper than itself," I pointed out to Bonnie. I sighed. Bonnie's friend Lily was useless.She couldn't even paint.I'd set the party upstairs in grandmas attic. She lives in Mango Street 97.I got as many people as I could to help for Jess's new party.Like, Uncle Ben, Auntie Helen, Grandpa Jones, Mom, Dad and my Mom's friend, Yunie. Yunie was a great artist. She painted Grandmas attic pale blue in summer. And she's very useful. She knows how to draw bears and they look almost real. As I looked around the attic it was amazing! All the walls were covered with wallpaper of the real-looking jungle and Uncle Ben used some spare cardboard and Yunie drew bears on them and Auntie Helen painted them with water-colors. I,myself, had printed a picture of a Grizzly Bear on Grandpas computer and stuck it on the wall. There were also balloons with zebra strips and a cake that had a picture of a cute teddy-bear. Last but not least, I had to call Dan and tell him to come over to Mango Street 97. I also have to tell Amy,Frigo and obviously Jess, the birthday girl. While everyone was having lunch, I dialed Dan's number and said, "Dan? Can you come over to Mango Street 97? Tell Amy, Frigo and Jess to come over to! I know that you'll like a bearish surprise!" Without waiting for an answer I slammed the phone down. The Bear Lovers have to come.If they didn't I had to beg and give them a hundred dollars for them to come.
Ding Dong! Grandmas doorbell rang with a loud ring. I looked out of the window.Oh my! They're here! I whispered to everyone, "Positions!" They all hid somewhere and I turned off the lights. I opened the door and let The Bear Lovers come in and... "SURPRISE!" The lights turned on. Party music started and Jess and the rest of the bear-lovers got a big BANG! " Thank you!" Jess yelled. And then Dan said to me, "I think we all agree you have proven that you are a big friend. We put you outside the club again." Yes!! Happiness is found!
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