Let me get your brownie,"Jawanna barked at Maria as she towered over her in the lunchroom.Maria did not want to give Jawanna her brownie.She wanted to eat it for herself,but Jawanna was the biggest girl in the grade and also the meanest,and Maria was one of the smallest.Sliding to ward Jawanna,Maria replied,"sure,Jawanna.I wasn't going to eat it anyway.after Jawanna left,Maria's friend Jessica turned toward her,"Why didn't you tell her to go somewhere?"Maria sighed,felt sick to her stomach,and replied,"yeah right,and get pounded?no thanks."Jessica put her arm around her friend's shoulder,"look Maria,if you don't stick up for yourself,Jawanna is going to be eating off of you for a long time."Maria considered Jessica's advice for a moment and then responded,"well,brownies are fattening anyway.Maybe if I give her enough dessert,she'll clog her arteries and have a heart attack."the girls chuckled at this but Maria still felt sick to her stomach.
the next day at school,Jawanna was walking to the pencil sharpener when she noticed that Maria was using a mechanical pencil."hey Maria,let me hold that pencil."Maria looked down at her mechanical pencil.it had kitties,and stars on it and she like it very much.She replied,"I can't,Jawanna.It's my last one."Wanna put one hand on her hip,sneered at Maria,and said,"well,you've gotten to use it quite a bit.I haven't got to use it at all.can't you see that's unfair?"Maria gulped,"um,year,I guess I can see that.Here,you can use it for now,but maybe I can't get it back at the end of the day,"replied Maria as she handed Jawanna her pencil.Jawanna used the mechanical pencil with the kitties and the stars on it until the end of the day while Maria used a cheap wooden pencil.when the bell rang,Jawanna brought over Maria's pencil in several pieces and dropped it on her desk."here's your pencil.It's not working,"Jawanna said,holding back her giggles as she left.