John G.

Friends

Chapter 1

Dennis is going into school with his friends, Eric, Mike, Bill, and Will. Mike started talking about how good he is at baseball. Then Dennis said, “I bet I'm better at than you at baseball,” which Dennis regretted.

Then, Dennis and Mike just went on and on about who's the best and who's the worst at baseball. Dennis and Mike went their separate ways into their classrooms glaring at each other through the classroom windows.

Chapter 2      

Dennis was lining up for recess and, as soon as they left, Dennis saw Mike's class leaving for recess, too. They just shot each other dirty looks. Dennis said under his breath” we will finish this at recess, hopefully.” At recess, it was the complete opposite of what Dennis said.

“Just stop fighting. You know I am the best because I can actually hit the ball!” Mike said with irritation.

          “Well, I don't fall asleep at the base and let the ball fly into the outfield!” Dennis said waving his arms in the air. Just then, Bill and Eric started taking sides! Eric took Dennis’s side, which was a relief to him) Then Bill took Mike's side. Then the whistle blew. They ran back to their lines, still annoyed with each other.

Chapter 3

Later that day, Dennis’ class went to P.E. So, his class lined up and walked to P.E. and Dennis remembered that the class that he goes to P.E. with was Mike’s Class!!! He got so angry, that his face was as red as a strawberry and he started sweating. Dennis saw Mike through the window of the gym door. Then, Mike saw Dennis, and Mike just gave him a dirty look. They played team king pin. That’s where you set up four pins on each side and you pick four guards to guard the pins and the rest of the class rolls balls at the pins to try and knock them down. Mike was the only one left on his side and Dennis was the only one left on his side, so it was a tie. 

After everyone cleaned up, and in the middle of cleaning up, Mike went over to Dennis and said, “Good Job.” After the game, everyone sat down and chose two people for the circle of wow. Dennis and Owen (who is another one of Dennis’ friends)  could pick a third to go in. Owen picked Mike. Dennis thought, “Mike did something nice for me and we were fighting so I am going to do something nice for him too.

Dennis said, “Yeah, ok, that’s a good idea.” Dennis looked at Mike and smiled and Owen told the gym teacher, “We want Mike!”

Chapter 4

Later that evening, Dennis and Mike were at the baseball game. There were a lot clouds but the sun was starting to break through. Their coach told Dennis to go to second base and he told Mike to go to the pitcher’s mound. Then he told everyone else what positions they had to go to. They warmed up and got ready to play. The first batter got up. He hit the ball right toward Mike. Mike threw to first base and got the batter out. Everybody was cheering. Dennis was clapping and he yelled while everyone was clapping.

          “Good Job Mike! “

Dennis thought if he yelled while everyone was clapping Mike would think it was anyone in the crowd. He wasn’t ready to make up yet.

In the next inning, the bases were loaded with two outs. It was Dennis’s turn to bat. Dennis stepped up to plate with his bat and got in his stance. The pitcher got ready to throw. Just as he released the ball, Dennis swung and sent it right to the outfield. The ball was as fast as an eagle flying through air. Dennis ran as fast as a cheetah to first base and as he was running he looked at the ball and saw that it glided over the fence.

  Everyone was clapping while Dennis ran home. As soon as Dennis got into his dugout, everyone gave him high fives and congratulated him. Even Mike. Mike was about to walk away when Dennis grabbed his shirt and said, “Come here, I want to talk to you for a minute. I don’t want to fight anymore. I think this is stupid. We are both really good at baseball and I am sorry I said I was better than you.” At that moment, the clouds started drifting away and you could see the sun shining.

Mike said, “Yeah, I am sorry I said those mean things about you. I think we are both really good at baseball.” They gave each other a high five and smiled at each other. They heard the coach call for Mike to get up for bat. Mike nodded his head, grabbed the bat and ran up to base.

      Then Dennis thought to himself, I am happy that he is my friend again. I don’t want to get in a fight ever again.