First: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/612068118/ Previous: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/613219731/ I walk into Mr. Chompkins class. There's a new boy walking in. I can't believe I didn't notice him. This school seems to get a new kid every week. He has a nametag on his shirt that says "Caden Gates". I notice the name has the same last name as Emma Gates. I guess once the class gets out I'll ask him if he's related to Emma. When class starts, Caden walks up to Mr. Chompkins. "Hi, Mr. Chompkins. Are you going to chomp on some Shopkins?" I hear some students gasp. That's the most savage insult anyone has ever said about Mr. Chompkins name, at least in my middle school career. "Caden..." Mr. Chompkins glared at the young boy. "DON'T YOU DARE SAY ANYTHING ABOUT MY NAME IN YOUR LIFETIME." "Okay, teacher." Caden replies. "I will not refer to you by your name." I quickly write this down as an idea for a news story. It'll certainly be included. Mr. Chompkins looked angry, but didn't say anything. "Sit there." He points at a table with two boys and one empty spot. One of the boys there is Marty. The boys at that table whisper to Caden to congratulate him. The rest of the math class is boring. Mr. Chompkins gives us an assignment and some homework. Then I go to fourth period, Mrs. Leelel's social studies class. We decorate our notebooks and then watch CNN 10. On CNN 10, there's a boy named Caden who stood up for LGBT rights with his boyfriend. Caden is in this class, and I know exactly what going to happen. At the end of the period, my suspicions turned out to be true. "Bruh, Caden must be gay." Jack said to Tristan. "Gayden." I whispered into Tristan's ear. "Yeah, he's so gay." Tristan agreed. "We should called him Gayden." "Bro, is Caden gay?" Joseph seemed to have overheard the conversation. "Yeah, he's so gay." Jack confirms. "We're calling him Gayden. And he has long hair and wears pink shoes. So gay, am I right?" "Yeah bro, that's so gay." Joseph agrees. "He probably wipes his butt after he poops. That's hella gay." "How is that gay?" Ava L asks. "If it's gay, I really don't wanna date a straight person." "Bro, you wouldn't understand." Joseph says. "Hey Caden!" Jack yells. "Are you gay like that Caden on CNN?" Caden looks confused. Then he says, "Yeah bro, I'm so gay. Bro, you're so hot." I can't tell if he's actually gay or just pretending for the joke. I sigh. Maybe it wasn't the best idea to make the name Gayden. But middle school boys are funny. They create many interesting news stories. It's content, and Caden seems to be going along with it. The bell rings, and we all rush to lunch. While getting my lunch, I end up with a bunch of popular boys: Tristan, Caden, Dash the Statche, Anti-mask Anthony, Marty, and Joseph. "Hey Gayden!" I shout. Caden looks at me. "Are you related to Emma Gates?" "Yeah!" He replies. "She's one out of my fifteen cousins! Jessica and her sister Grace are also my cousins!" "Dang, that's a lot of cousins." Anit-Mask Anthony says. As usual his mask is not covering his nose. "I've only got 9." "You get 9 cousins?" Marty says. "I only have 4." "You guys have cousins?" Tristan says. "What's a cousin?" Dash the Stache asks. I think it's a genuine question. "Bro, you don't know what a cousin is?" Caden says. "It's somebody you think is hot." A lot of the kids in the lunch line suppressed laughter. Anti-Mask Anthony was trying not to laugh so much that milk came out of his nose. "Then how are some of your cousins girls?" Dash the Statche looks confused. "I thought you were gay. And Grace is a sixth grader." Caden almost falls over laughing. "Please stop holding up the lunch line, boys." The lunch lady says. "And Anthony, you aren't supposed to drink your milk before you've bought your lunch." "Oops." Anti-Mask Anthony says. The boys order lunch and Tristan explains what a cousin actually is. I go to the table right between the popular girls and boys so I can hear both groups gossip. On my notebook I write a new headline idea: "CADEN BECOMES A SCHOOLWIDE CELEBERTY ON HIS FIRST DAY" Jessica gossips about hot she thinks Marty is. Her boyfriend, Jason, hears her and breaks up with her anyway. I hear him talking about how lame she is. Then Jessica asks Marty, "Wanna be my hot boyfriend?" Marty says yes, and Jessica shows her new boyfriend to her friends. Jason then returns to the popular boys table. "Somebody stole the pictures of hot women that were in my locker!" He exclaims. "And he also stole the love note I wrote to Megan! Wait, did I just say that out loud?" "There is a locker thief among us." Joseph whispers.
