Revenge Stories When People Get Way Too Personal

Janice and I worked really, really, really hard on this project and it felt awesome. On our last day, we had a pizza party and sleepover, making bets on what Carlos’ reaction was most likely going to be.

Presentation Day arrived. This was one of the few days we could wear something else other than our school uniform so we were dressed in nice outfits to make our presentations.

Janice and I stood together with our gliders and had big smiles on our faces.

We looked at Carlos… who had an actual nice-looking glider, box, presentation board, paperwork, and everything. However…he had an anxious look on his face instead of his usual arrogant and jerky one.

Which made me happier.

Presentation Day worked like this; the first half of the day would be the representatives walking around and judging who had the best-looking gliders, boxes, presentation boards, binders, etc. Then we’d have lunch and come back. The ones who had been selected for the second round would then make their presentations to not only the representatives but the entire class.

Janice and I answered the questions asked by the representatives with confident and clear answers. One of the businesses that attended was the engineering firm that our Dads worked for. They were impressed with our presentation and selected us for the second round.

Carlos was also selected…

and he had a worrisome look on his face when the bell rang.

After lunch, we returned… and something about the way the binder was sitting made me double-check.

Wouldn’t you know it… the pages with double-checked calculations and proof of work were gone.