One day at P.S 38:

"And that class, is how the Gettysburg Address was created!" Mrs. Godfrey finished. "Now, who can tell me why the address was created?"

Francis raised his hand. "Slavery was getting out of control, so Lincoln created the address to stop slavery permanently."

"Very good, class dismissed!" The bell rung, and everyone rushed to get out to go to their lockers.

"Man, Godzilla was boring today!" Nate said.

"Be happy she didn't make you scrape gum like last time," Teddy reminded him. Nate shuddered. As Nate was leaving his locker, he happened to bump into Jenny, his crush for basically the entire year. Jenny simply didn't like him, as she thought Nate was just a dumb kid who got bad grades and was constantly getting in trouble. Nevertheless, Nate seized this opportunity to flirt.

"Hey, Jenny," Nate said. "How's it going?"

"Everything was going fine until you talked to me," Jenny said. Ouch. Those words hit Nate like a slap in the face. Jenny and Nate parted ways, and left the school.

"Wasn't Jenny brutal today?" Nate asked Teddy and Francis.

"No," Teddy said simply. "She was HILARIOUS!" Teddy and Francis started laughing so hard, they started crying.

"Laugh it up, chuckles," Nate said. "Very funny."

"Sorry, it wasn't funny," Teddy said as he quickly stopped laughing. As they walked along, Nate simply didn't understand the big question:

Why didn't Jenny like him?

True, she was dating Artur, Nate's supposed arch-enemy. But in Nate's mind, he was more rugged...more cool...and all-around sports star. Why wasn't he dating Jenny yet?