Woke up Late for Exam

Ring...ring...ring... The alarm clock went off... ring...ring...ring...it was that

dreary sound which woke me up every day, at 7 o'clock for school. Ring...ring... ring...

"Ohh, no. Need to sleep. Don't want to go to school..." as you can see, my vocabulary

in the morning is pretty basic, very - as some call it, 'caveman' style.

Ring....ring...ring...

"Alright! I'm up! Stop ringing!" I screamed at the alarm hoping

that it would get the hint. But, the alarm clock had something different in mind as it

kept on ringing. Smash! The alarm clock, was now part of my Picasso masterpiece on

the floor with springs and nails hanging out of it. "This was my fifth broken alarm

clock this week," I noted in my mind, "I need to stop throwing them at the wall."

"Aaarrrggghhh..." I sighed as I tried to untangle myself from the bed spread. I

attempted to walk to the mirror in a straight balanced manner. I took a slight

detour to look at the calendar to check the date. 'Friday 13' . I laughed to myself. The

long awaited 'Friday 13'. As I carried on my mission to reach the mirror, I

remembered what James had said to me the other day,

"Edwin, Friday 13 is nothing to be smiling about. You know that it's a unlucky day for everyone. Watch you'll see the minute you get up in the morning." I checked the smashed clock on the floor. 3 minuets have gone by, from when I woke up and yet nothing has happened to me.

Suddenly I looked up at the watch. It was 9:30... "Oh no! I'm late for school! Today I'm supposed to be writing my exam.... ARGHHHH!" I screamed out. I got dressed quickly and ran down the stairs into the kitchen. I grabbed some toast and headed for the door.

When I finally reached school sweaty, hot and wet I ran straight towards my classroom. I peeked inside through the glass window not knowing what to do. I wished that I was still in bed sleeping. Finally I worked up some courage to go in. The minute I entered the calssroom I felt everyone's eye's on me. I felt a shiver going down my spine. My teacher gave me a disapproving look and told me to sit down quickly and start my test.

When i sat down and found a pen in my bag, I opened up the test. Great, I didn't know any answers.

I lay my head down onto