28 days.... new installment everyday. I never meant for my comment to be heard aloud, but the deafening silence prevented that from happening. “Who would think that a meteorite could be more interesting then cow tipping in Wisconsin?†“Miss O’Neil. Sit down and shut up!†said Mr. Hen without even taking his wide eyes from the screen. I searched for an empty seat in the class, since a boy from the previous class wasn’t showing any sign of getting up from my usual desk. Of course there were none, since no one had left yet. The room was filling fast, and so I tried to find Jessica in the cramped space in the back of the room to see why my teacher had thought it appropriate to tell me to “shut up!†Jessica had been my best friend since first grade. Every year we were in the same class together. We always started off sitting next to each other, passing notes and talking, but usually before school would even let out for Christmas break, we would wind up on opposite sides of the room so we would stop disrupting everyone. For high school, I believed that the teaching staff had a private meeting and made sure to separate us before we started our trend. Nothing was making sense as to why there was such an interest in watching a news reel of blurry people standing around where a meteorite fell. I was no expert at using a camera of any sort and getting a clear image, but I also wasn’t doing it to make a living. I started to whisper a question to Jessica. “How are we supposed to see anything if–†“They’re naked! They’re all completely naked!†she shrieked, still staring at the screen in shock. to be continued...
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