No Homework

The day droned on and on. All my friends and I could think of was the movie we were going to see on the weekend and the party at Jake’s.

Jake was the most popular boy in our class, and we were all camping out in his backyard in tents on Friday. No one was left out, and we all had our own ideas of what we could do to play pranks on each other.

My best prank was a secret that no one else knew about. I wasn’t sure whom I would play it on yet, but it had to be done. I was so excited. The party was only two days away. The birds outside the window got my attention. Two of them were fighting over a worm. I laughed, watching them.

Suddenly, Brandon jabbed me in the ribs. “Hey, you don’t have any answers on your paper. What were you doing?”

“What? What?”

“Wise guy, we just took a pop quiz. You don’t have any answers. The teacher said if we got an A on this pop quiz, we got to skip homework tonight. I don’t know about you, but there are a lot of other things I’d rather do if I can have a night free of homework!”

I sighed and looked at my paper. Nothing. There was nothing there, not even my name. Quickly, I wrote a note to my teacher apologizing for not listening in class.

The facts were pure and simple. I had homework to do, and the choice had been mine. The lesson was tough, but it won’t happen again next time. You can be sure of that!