I hate this class so much!  The cold air hitting my exposed skin, the unpleasant and uncomfortable seats connected to the desks, the smell of must and body odor coming from the other kids in the classroom, the endless noise coming from the aged A/C unit, the senseless yapping coming from the teacher, the list goes on.  But the one thing that bothered me the most was the unending urge to use the bathroom.  Mr. Sheep, my obnoxious science teacher, doesn’t really let us go to the bathroom unless it is an emergency.  Luckily for me, in this case it was an emergency.  While he talked about the different organelles in a cell, I quietly raised my hand from the back of the class hoping that he would see my hand.

 

“What is it now, Simon,” he said, sounding aggravated.  Me and Mr. Sheep don’t really have the best relationship with each other when it comes to us getting along.  There have been multiple moments where I’ve requested something and have been denied it.  And like the person that I am, I will retaliate in some way in order to get what I want.  Long story short, it always ends up with me in the principal's office.

 

“May I use the restroom?” I ask politely, in order to avoid any problems.

 

“Well I can see that you haven’t written down any of the notes that the other students have written down.  So until you get those done, you cannot leave this classroom.”

 

Rage boils inside of my body.  Isn’t there a law that prohibits teachers from denying you access to the bathroom?  Because if there isn’t, there should be.  I couldn’t take it anymore.  The urge was pulling onto me.  I decided to make a plan.  It was risky, but I was desperate for the bathroom.  After scolding me, he turned back around and continued with the lesson, which was my perfect time to strike.  Since I’m smaller I can easily slither around the room quietly with little to no suspicion.  Being a salamander has its perks.  So I got out of my seat and quietly crawled around the desks filled with animals who were seemingly dead due to the lack of life and entertainment in the room.  I made my way through the doggy door (it wasn’t just for dogs, it was for other smaller animals like me) and I was out of the room.  I had to be cautious however, because the hall monitors may see me and send me back to class since I don’t have a hall pass.  It wasn’t until a few seconds until I exited the room when I saw a Bradon the Bull, who was a hall monitor.  I knew I had to act fast, so I quickly climbed onto the wall and on the ceiling.  I swiftly made my way through hallways, avoiding as many hall monitors as I could find.

 

After a while, I found my targeted destination.  I made my way back onto the ground and entered the bathroom.  After relieving myself and taking care of other business, I exited the bathroom only to see multiple hall monitors standing right in front of the door, all of which were looking down at me like I had just brutally stepped on their shoes.

 

“Where is your hall pass?” one of them asked, who was a tiger.

 

“Where is yours?” I replied.  I use my mouth to dodge different situations a lot.  Sometimes it helps, sometimes it ends up with my mom giving me “that look”.

 

“Oh we got a jokester here,” said an ostrich.  “Well it won’t be funny when Principal Green finds out that you’re skipping class!”

 

“Well he already found out.  He’s right behind you guys.”  Instantly all of them turned around.  Now was my time to act.  I dashed to the wall and ran as fast as I could along it.  I looked back and 3 animals were chasing me.  The tiger, being the fastest, was right behind me.  It didn’t help that he was the star of the track team at my school either.  He swiped his hand in an attempt to grab me, but I jumped off the wall.  Now that I was on ground level the third hall monitor, Michael Mouse (no relation to Mickey), was eligible to catch me.  He dove in order to tackle and pin me down, but I swung around and hit him with my tail, sending him gliding across the floor.  I was running and running until I found a door.  It seemed to have looked like I was in the clear and about to claim my victory, but little did I know that I was about to enter the principal’s office.