by Anthony Ocasio

Created on: October 11, 2009

When the last bell of the day rang, Jacob could finally let himself relax. All day long he'd been dreading what would happen today, October 31st. The hints had been dropped on him like pellets from the sky. The cheerleaders, football players, even the chess club members had all been throwing comments his way since the beginning of the school year. Seemed no one could let last year go.

The memory of his prank last year had sufficed to keep a grin on his face for most of the summer. But ever since school had started he had become increasingly worried about what the repercussions would be. He didn't think they would do anything too horrible, but one never knew what another would do. And considering the extent of his own prank, almost anything could happen.

Picking up his books from under the desk and making his way to the door of the class room he thought, "All I have to do is make it to my car, then I'm home free." So the sound of his name being yelled down the hall made him jump. Turning toward the voice he fully expected that this would be it, but it was only his friend Sandy, running and bouncing down the hall, her pumpkin costume looking quite comical.

" Can I catch a ride? My mom texted me that she's having car trouble ." Sandy asked.

"Of course, you know you don't have to ask." Jacob replied, relieved to have her to ride with him. He figured that no one would pull anything with Sandy in the car, she was one of the most popular girls in school even though she was a little too chunky to be a cheerleader.

" I'd rather be polite, then rude, you know that." she said, batting her eyes and swatting him with a leaf of her costume, "So, you still worried about whats going to happen, or did they get you already?"

"Nothing's happened yet, but we aren't home either."

"I don't think anything is going to happen. Everyones probably just been messing with your mind all this time."

"Lets hope you're right, the suspense has got me about to jump out of my skin!"

Exiting the school, the two friends made their way to the student lot, Sandy chattering away about her day and Jacob looking around suspiciously, expecting the worse. Every where he imagined that people were looking at him, giggling or whispering. He wasn't imagining things. The whole student body was scattered around the lot, muttering to themselves and watching Jacob walk to his car. Strange how revenge for a joke could bring every different clique in a high school to band together. Realizing that everyone

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