The Bully (Calamity Montana)

Dear Diary,

Cal told the whole school that my dad was his gardener today so every time one of his dumb friends walked by me in the hall, they made this lawnmower sound. A bunch of them started doing it in the cafeteria at lunch and it was so loud and it was so annoying and it was horrible. I cried in the bathroom. Dad came to pick me up today and he could tell I was upset but I lied and told him it was because I didn’t score a hundred percent on my math quiz. He’s going to help me study later even though I did get a hundred. I hate this stupid school. I just want to quit. I know Mom wants me to have this opportunity and that Benton means I can get into a good college and probably get a scholarship for my tuition. But what’s wrong with community college? What’s wrong with managing the Coffee Cup or being a gardener? I just want to go to a regular school and be a regular kid. And forget Cal Stark ever existed.

N