“Yeah, dudes, thanks,” I said, holding my palm up like Jack just had, though I wasn’t sure if they’d high-five me, too.
Amos looked at me and nodded. “It was cool how you stood your ground, little dude,” he said, high-fiving me.
“Yeah, Auggie,” said Miles, high-fiving me, too. “You were like, ‘We’re littler than you guys’...”
“I didn’t know what else to say!” I laughed. “Very cool,” said Henry, and he high-fived me, too.
“Sorry I ripped your sweatshirt.” I looked down, and my sweatshirt was completely torn down the middle.
One sleeve was ripped off, and the other was so stretched out it was hanging down to my knees.
“Hey, your elbow’s bleeding,” said Jack. “Yeah.” I shrugged. It was starting to hurt a lot.
“You okay?” said Jack, seeing my face. I nodded. Suddenly I felt like crying, and I was trying really hard not to do that.
“Wait, your hearing aids are gone!” said Jack. “What!” I yelled, touching my ears.
The hearing aid band was definitely gone. That’s why I felt like I was underwater!
“Oh no!” I said, and that’s when I couldn’t hold it in anymore. Everything that had just happened kind of hit me and I couldn’t help it: I started to cry.
Like big crying, what Mom would call “the waterworks.” I was so embarrassed I hid my face in my arm,
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