Well, you better light a fireunder him. Because you don't want to end up having him ask at the lastminute. Because then if you say yes it'll be like you were waitingaround for him to ask.
Hello, Michael and I are goingout. It's not like I'm going to go with somebody else. As if anybodyelse would ask me.
I mean, I'm not YOU, Shameeka. I don't have allthese senior guys lined up at my locker, just waiting for a chance toask me out. Not that I would. Go out with another guy, I mean. If oneasked. Because I love Michael with every fibre
of my being.
Well, I hope he asks you soon,because I don't want to be the only freshman girl at the prom! Who willI hang with in the Ladies' Room?
Don't worry. I'll be there. Oops.What was that about ice-worms?
They differ from earthworms inthat they . . .
The Ice-Worm
by Mia Thermopolis*
Contrary to popularopinion,glaciers do not just support life above and below them, but also withinthem.
Recently, scientistsdiscoveredthe existence of worms that live inside ice - even mounds ofmethane ice on the floor of the Gulf of Mexico. These creatures, calledice-worms, are one to two inches long and live off the chemosyntheticbacteria that grows on the methane, or are otherwise livingsymbiotically with them . . .
*Mr Sturgess, the notes Shameekaand I were passing were fully class-related. I swear. Butwhatever.
Only 70 words. 180 to go.
HOW CAN I THINK ABOUT ICE-WORMSWHEN MY BOYFRIEND HASN'T ASKED ME
TO THE PROM???????