Jannat was at her desk talking to her friends, and when she saw me she did the strangest thing. She walked up to my desk and gave me a HUG that seemed to last FOREVER. 

"Mallika, I want to apologize for what happened yesterday," she said sweetly. "Things just got out of control. I didn't mean any of what I said, and you were right all along. So are we cool?" 

I was shocked! A CCP had NEVER apologized to me before! 

Tunisha would rather be buried alive in a polyester party dress from Walmart with knockoff designer shoes than EVER apologize to anyone. This was almost too good to be true. Maybe Tiffany wasn't as evil as I'd made her out to be. I decided to give her ONE more chance. But I still didn't completely TRUST her. 

"Hey, it's no big deal. We're cool." I smiled."YAY!" she exclaimed. "I've got my bestie back!"Then she returned to her desk and started giggling and whispering to her friends. 

In the break time....

I was looking forward to hanging out with the kids from the science club during lunch. Ashi and Reem, sat at our table and shared their list of creative ideas for the club.They both fit right in and got along really well with the guys. 

I suggested that the Friday meeting in the science lab be a membership drive and PARTY, complete with Pizza Hut pizza.Everyone LOVED my idea!We all agreed to place science club sign-up sheets all around the school and not just in the boys' locker room. 

Mohsin and Dev volunteered to handle the pizza and soft drinks. Siddharth and Ashi agreed to do decorations. Riyaz offered to be our deejay and suggested a science-themed playlist.

That's when Reem excitedly suggested that the party theme be"Blinded by Science!" and volunteered to make matching posters.She also had a brilliant idea for cool party favors that we could get SUPER cheap. 

I reminded everyone how important it was to invite friends and other students to our science club party! Well . . . um, science club meeting.Our goal was to show that science could be fun and exciting as well as interesting. 

Anyway, everyone was so fired up that we completely lost track of time. By the time we finished planning our event, lunch was over and we had less than a minute to scramble to our next class.

I wasn't all that worried about being late until I realized it was PE.Yesterday we'd spent the entire class discussing the basics of horseback riding and how to do it safely.And today we were actually going to be RIDING.That's when I suddenly remembered Jannat's WARNING about the importance of getting to the horse stable ten minutes EARLY to select a horse.JUST GREAT! :(

I took off running and prayed that I'd get there before it was too late.I quickly got dressed in my riding outfit and rushed out to the stable to sign up for a horse.

But, unfortunately, only ONE was left. . . ."BUDDY THE PONY?!"I just stared at him in shock. He was the EVIL horse . . . I mean,pony . . . that everyone was afraid to ride. 

"Look at that nasty, ugly BEAST!" Jannat sneered from behind me."I think poor little Buddy is absolutely TERRIFIED of you!" 

I was so mad, STEAM was practically coming out of my ears. But there was also steam coming from another place . . . Buddy's backside! 

EWW! 

OMG! The stench of his gas was AWFUL.That pony smelled like he'd eaten nineteen cans of baked beans and seven really dirty, stinky gym socks.The entire class rode out of the stable to the trails, except for Buddy and me....