Newton Middle School

This is the most awesome middle school ever! We had so many cholos and cholas. It was like damned if picked on their PE team, damned if you weren’t. Either way, 5^th period PE always sucked because it was consistently hot as balls by the time we got out there. And I had 5^th period both years … I mean who likes to go through puberty so early?
But once upon a rainy 5^th period PE, my teacher selected me, Sadeer and Diahnna to go out and collect the soccer cones off the field. As good little robots, we agreed. The rest of the class remained inside a classroom on the other side of campus.
It was cold and we were drenched … AND we all had to go pee. We waited outside the locker room and then looked at each other.
Sadeer: Who has the key?
Diahnna: I don’t.
Me: I don’t either.
Sadeer: Sh*t, we have to go get it. Who wants to go?
Me: I don’t know but hurry up! I’ve got to go pee.
Diahnna: So do I.
Sadeer: Shhhhhhh … hahaha. Ok, ok shhhhh …
Me: SHUT UP SADEER! GO GET THE KEY.
Sadeer: Ok, ok. I’ll go get it.
(5 minutes later after being in the rain and getting COMPLETELY wet.)
Sadeer: Ok, I’ve got the key. Shhhhhh … hahaha. Shhhhhh …
Diahnna & Me (jumping up and down to hold it in): Hurry up! We got to pee!
Sadeer: Well, geez. So do I! Just relax. Shhhhh … hahahaha. Don’t go pee in your pants now …
Me thinking to myself as Sadeer unlocks the door: Sh*t. Too Late.
So the other girls flee to the bathroom and I just stroll because guess what? … no more urgency. After that incident, I wrapped my jacket around my pants and inconspicuously walk to the classroom where we joined the rest of the PE (e) class. All I could think was for once, THANK GOD IT’S 5TH PERIOD. One more class to go.
After I got up from my 5^th period seat … I remember thinking «wow! I didn’t know wooden seats soaked up that pee smell so well.» But guess what? Any kind of embarrassment went away after I got home … only because my mom knew how to express the exact words of comfort.
Me: Mommy … I peed in my pants today.
Mommy: That’s ok … everyone does it.