" MY LIFE "

Hi!!! My name is Antoni, my friends call me Antek and I'm glad they do. Antoni is such a serious name! I'm 11 years old. I go to boarding school in Poland, which is my native country. But such a fancy school is no place for me or my friends, no I have a lot of friends. Adam, Oskar, Bartek and Natan. There's 5 of us. We all do dumb stuff and the teachers don't really like us.

My boarding school is huge and surrounded by nature.

The teachers think its important for young students to have fresh air, so we stay outside all day. Well not ALL day, we still have classes! But some classes are outside and that is very nice :D

We often have little parties by the fire outside.

Usually on Fridays. We sit on tree logs, eat sausages and talk. It really fun, but it's night and it's scary.

I'm not TOO scared though. Oskar is always scared!

Natan is the bravest and fastest out of us. He's so cool! Not as cool as me, obviously. Adam comes from a rich family. He's kind, but uses sarcasm sometimes. And he's SUPER smart. 

Bartek is very organised and strong! He's ver fun too :D The teachers actually like him. He has a great sense of humor and he's super brave!

I consider myself the leader of the group, but nobody ever listens to me. The teachers say I'm special, because I can write books, stroies and argumative statements iwth ease. I'm the best at polish.

My parents live on the other side of the country. A lot of people think it's sad, but I dont really care! I'm happy here.

Me and the boys get in trouble ALL THE TIME!

It's not my fault we seek adventure!

- Ugh, this food is terrible. - I said. - So bland.

We were at the cafeteria. I loved my school, but the food was practically poision.

- Honestly? I'm with you. - said Adam. - I'm sure the cooks try their best though...

" FOOD "

- Eeeew! There's a hair in mine! - said Oskar.

Natan looked over to the lunch lady walking out of the kitchen. Our parents expected us to be well fed, but this food was gross.

- I say we break in and fix the meals. - Natan whispered witha grin on his face.

- Natan, the last time we listened to you we almost got kicked out. - Bartek said calmly.

- At least I'm not boring!

- Well at least I'm not insane!

- Well - Adam interrupted Natan.

- Guys, please calm down. The teachers are looking. - he said.

Bartek and Natan sat back down on their seats.

- I'm with you. - I said.

Natan smirked.

- Well, I'm not getting expeled. - said Bartek.

- But we do everything together! - said Natan trying to convince his friend.

- Okay then, let's vote. - said Adam. - Me and Bartek say no. Antek and Natan yes. Oskar?

We looked over to Oskar, who didn't even know what was going on. 

- We want to break into the kitchen and fix this gross food. - said Natan. - Are you with us?

- But I like this food. - said Oskar.

- Oh come on! - said Natan. - Dont leave us like that!

We all knew Oskar couldn't handle desicions too well.

- Okay fine! - he said, clearly under pressure.

- It's three to two then. - I said.

- Nope, I'm staying at my dorm. - said Bartek.

- We're not getting into trouble again. - said Adam.

- But we need to stay together! - I said.

- Fine! - said Adam. - But we need a plan.

- Mine and Natan's dorm after math class. - said Bartek.

- Deal.

" THE PLAN "

We were in Natan's and Bartek's dorm brainstorming.

It was getting dark. It was 19:00, so we only had three hours before bed time.

- Okay. - said Bartek. - The cooks left one hour ago, so the kitchen is empty and they left the food for tomorrow there. The only problem is that we can't get in the kitchen. We don't have the keys.

- They literally keep them under the plant vase on the windowsill. I saw them hide it there. - said Natan. - So when do we break in?

- I think now. - said Adam. - We go to the cafeteria, if the teachers ask us what we're doing we'll tell them that we were just getting some drinks from the vending machine.

The cafeteria was located outside, very near the school.

Only like 80 meters away, actually.

Some students were still oustide, so this idea was way better than going out when everyone's asleep.

- Okay then, lets go.

We went outside trying our best not to look suspicious.

Natan was killing it, so was I.

There was only one teacher looking at the students.

When she saw us get near the cafeteria she stopped us.

- Boys, where are you going? - she asked.

Everyone stopped doing whatever they were doing and looked at us.

Oskar was about to faint.

- We were just going to the cafeteria for a drink, Miss! - said Bartek.

- Oh! Okay! - said Ms. Krysiak. - Dont be there for too long, it's getting late!

- Okay! - said Adam. - We wont!

We went into the cafeteria and sighed in relief.

- Crap, that was close. - said Natan.

We all looked at him.

- Guys, we're eleven now. We can say crap, not poop! - said Natan. - Lets get going.

We went over to the windowsil. It was the only window in 

the whole cafeteria. It was big. But its was still only one, nobody could see us.

I grabbed the keys and started opening the kitchen door, but I was struggling.

- Come on, hurry up! - said Natan.

- I'm trying! - I managed to open the door and we went in.

There was a huge pot on the kitchen table.

- Let's add some seasoning!! - I said excited.

- Does anyone here actually know anything about cooking? - Oskar asked nervosly while checking to see if anyone was following us.

- We just need to add some flavour. - said Natan looking in all the cupboards. - Aha! Condiments!

- Where?! - I ran up to him. We garbbed everything and threw it in the soup. It quickly went from greenish - whitish to orange. I looked in the last cupboard and found some red glass bottle.

I opened it and smelled it.

It smelled really good.

- We should add this! - I said walking up to Natan. - It smells like raspberries.

- Pour it all in.

I poured in the liquid and as I was about to finish Bartek walked up to us.

- Idiots!!! We're supposed to mix it!

He grabbed a huge spoon and mixed the soup. It sadly wasn't so orange anymore.

- Okay, let's go before anyone sees us. - said Adam.

As we were about to head out I remembered something.

- Guys, wait! We need a drink! - I said pulling Bartek ( who was opening the door ) by his sleeve.

- What for? We need to hurry! - said Oskar, who clearly had enough of all this.

- We told Ms. Krysiak we're going for a drink, so we need to return with one!

- You're right! - said Bartek. - Dude, you saved us. Does anybody had some złoty?

- I do. - said Adam walking to the vending machine and taking out the drink.

Adam wasn't a fan of soda and I was the lucky one who he gave it to.

We left the cafeteria.

- Boys! Why were you there so long?! - asked Ms. Krysiak.

Ah, it was almost 20:00. I didn't even realise it took us so long.

We stopped and panicked - especially Oskar.

- Uh. - Adam started. - The vending machine wasn't working!

- Nice save. - Bartek whispered to him.

- Okay then. - said the teacher. - Get to your dorms, it's late.

We went to our dorms all happy, knowing that we probobaly saved some students from throwing up.

" PROBLEM "

We head to our polish class. Ms. Krysiak was clearly in a bad mood. She walked into class and started talking.

- Today's dinner will have to be eaten a bit later than usual. 

Because some students decided it would be a good idea to break into the kitchen and pour a bottle of winde into the soup. - she said looking at me. Like if I was the one responsible for what happened! I blame it on Natan.

- We already know who it is. So there's no point in denying. I'll go to your dorm around ten to talk with you. Since there's many of you, please choose one dorm so we can all meet there.

Class ended and we went out on break time.

- Wow, Natan! Thanks a lot! - said Adam.

- It's not my fault! - said Natan. - It's Antek's!

- It's not MY fault! It's the school's fault! They should hire better chefs!

- Well. - said Bartek looking at me. - You're the one who poured in a whole bottle of WINE. We could still eat it if it was just the seasoning! Now we're going to starve!

- I didn't know it was wine! - I said defending myself.

- OKAY. - said Adam. - WHATEVER. We'll just meet up at mine and Oskar's dorm, have an honest talk with the teacher, tell her that it's OUR fault. Not Natan's or Antek's. She'll let us go.

Bartek was comforting Oskar, who was about cry.

- Oooor we blame everything on Natan and get him expelled! - I said.

Natan was about to speak, but Bartek stopped him.

- We can't fight. - he said. - We have to face the truth. Now lt's head to math class and pretend that nothing happened for the rest of the classes

Many hours passed.

We were waiting in Adam's and Oskar's dorm nervously.

Ms. Krysiak quietly came in the dorm and sat beside us on the floor.

- Boys. - she started talking. - What you did was very wrong.

- WE KNOW! WE'RE SORRY! - Adam almost yelled.

Everyone shushed him.

- The whole school will here you and everybody will know it was us! - Bartek hissed.

- Exactly! - said Oskar.

- Boys, listen. - Ms. Krysiak was a very nice teacher and nobody wanted to make her sad. - You will be punished.

- Noooo. - Oskar was crying at this point.

The rest remained calm.

Ms. Krysiak looked over to Bartek.

- I trust you with this. - she said with a cold look on her face. - Was this Natan's fault?

Natan looked at Bartek with pleading eyes, he was hella scared.

- No. We agreed on this all together. - said Bartek with a serious and confident look.

- So what's the punishment? - asked Adam.

- We wont get expelled, right?! - asked Oskar.

- No, you wont. - said Ms. Krysiak. - You're grounded. No campfires for you. And you're also doing your classes dishwashing twice a week.

- Oh...for how long? - I asked.

- Two months.

- What?! That's too long!!! - Oskar wailed.

- Jesus, Oskar. You never go outside anyway! - I said.

- Well, boys. It's way past your bedtime. I should go now. Bartek, Antoni, Natan go to your dorms.

Ms. Krysiak left the dorm and we waited a while for her to get further so we can talk.

- THANK YOU, BARTEK! - Natan threw himself on the ground and knelt before Bartek. - I owe you my life! After all I did to you!

Natan exaggerated a lot. He felt a lot. That was what made him who he is. But... he would be in serious trouble if Bartek said something else. Natan used up all his warnings.

- Calm down, Natan! - said Bartek. - I did the right thing.

Natan was still kneeling down looking at the ground. Bartek was bright red.

- Well. - said Adam. - We should go to bed. We all went to our dorms. I didn't share my dorm with anyone. Sometimes I felt lonely, but it wasn't too bad. 

It felt nice to think that me and they boys stayed up the latest out of all the students. Even the sassy thriteen year olds, who were the oldest.

But.. dishwashing?! At least it was only 1/3'ds of the school dishes. We only had to wash the dishes from my year. Not the 12 and 13 year olds.

" MEADOW "

I headed to class with Bartek and Oskar.

- So today we wash the dishes. - I said sighing.

- How many dishes is that?! - Oskar asked.

- Well there's 56 kids our age, so about 100 plates and bowls, about 150 forks, spoons and knives and 56 glasses.

- Ugghhhh. - Oskar groaned. - I can't believe I got myself into THIS!

We sat down.

- Have any of you seen Bartek and Natan? - asked Mr. Jurek.

Huh. They weren't in class.

Suddenly, Natan slammed trough the door breathing heavily.

- I'm sorry *pant*. - he said. - I overslept.

- Where's your roommate?

Natan looked behind him.

- About 60 meters away, he's still running.

Well, Natan WAS the fastest out of us.

Bartek got to class.

- I'm sorry! - he said. - We had a long night.

- Please sit down. - said our music teacher. - Everyone, take out your flutes.

Classes ended.

The students could now do whatever they want.

- Thank God we can still go outside. - said Adam, sitting on the bench and reading a book. 

- So at what hour do we go clean the dishes? - I asked.

- The teacher told me we can clean them after 18:00. - said Oskar.

- Oh, okay. I have to go somewhere.

Behind the school was a meadow. I loved going there. It was full of daisies. And I love daisies. There was one, single tree in the meadow. I'd always sit beside it and

relax. It was beautiful.

I kept this a secret, because I didn't want the boys to make fun of me for being " girly ".

I didn't know what was so girly about relaxing on a meadow, but I didn't want to risk it.

I got jumpscared by a sound in the bushes.

Bartek walked over to me.

- Oh, it's just you. - I sighed in relief. - OH GOD, IT'S YOU!

Bartek looked at me in confusion.

- This is a nice place. - he said sitting down beside me.

- Thanks. I come here a lot. Please dont tell the others about this place, they'll make fun of me.

Bartek looked at me with his big, brown eyes.

- ....I sadly have to agree with you. They would. But I promise.

We pinky promised and relaxed.

- ... Is this the school's territory? - Bartek asked after a while.

I did not think about that.

- Well yeah... - I said. - There's just not many people here.

We made eye contact for a while.

- Well we should go anyway. We have to do homework then do the dishes.

- Right.

We went to our dorms.

Everyday students had to study for at least one hour after school.

It was getting dark and everyone was in their dorms.

- Okay. - said Adam. - I geuss we can go.

We quietly went into the cafeteria and looked at the dishes. There was so many of them I almost cried.

Oskar sat down in the corner.

- Excuse me? - said Adam. - What are you doing?

- I'm sitting down.

- Get up.

- But this wasn't my idea!

- Get up, Oskar. - I said. - We all have to do this!

- Okay.

I was tired after like three dishes.

Or was I?

After like five dishes we were working so fast it only took us an hour. And the end result was amazing.

But we were tired. Especially Naten who felt bad ( it wasn't even entirely his fault ) and tried very hard, doing like 60% of the dishes. At least he wont have trouble sleeping for once.

" EYE DOCTOR "

It was the Saturday! I'm going home for the weekend!

My parents, Mary and John Nowak.

We were going to Wroclaw, where I ( used to ) live.

My parents were awfully quiet. It was suspicious.

- Why are you so quiet? - I asked.

My mom and dad looked at eachother.

- You're going to the eye doctor. - said Mum.

I dont know why they felt so bad about telling me this, I loved going to the eye doctor! It's fun :D

- You need glasses. - said Dad.

ಠ_ಠ

I was devestated.

None of the glasses looked good on me and my black hair.

Instead of a nice weekend with my parenst I had to go through HOURS of picking glasses and testing my eyesight.

I went back to school.

I was so mad. My eyesite wasn't even that bad.

1.0, foresight.

The boys were talking about their weekend with their parents.

- Hi, guys. - I said.

They froze at the sight of me.

Oskar's jaw dropped.

- You look like Harry Potter!!! - said Natan.

- Shut up!

- What happened? - asked Bartek.

- I don't know, bad vision. But I dont even need them!

- You look nice though. - said Adam.

- Well, you do, actually. - said Natan. - Sorry.

" BUTELKA "

It was late March and also our last day with our punnishment. We were bored, while everyone else was having fun and hiking.

But it felt so good to think that this was our last time dishwashing and not going to the campfires.

We were in Oskar's and Adam's dorm, because it was the cleanest and nicest, with a good view on the mountains and meadow ahead of us.

But that view just made me want to go outside even more.

- Ight. - said Adam getting of the bed. - Let's play spin the bottle.

- Doesn't that involve kissing?! - asked Oskar.

- It doesn't have to. - said Bartek sitting down. - It's like truth or dare.

We sat down beside Bartek and formed a circle.

Natan grabbed the water bottle he always carried with him and spinned it. It landed on me.

- I dare you to open the window and " moo " as loud as you can to the other students outside! - said Natan.

- But that could get me in trouble!

- No it wont. - said Oskar.

- Shut it! - I said.

- Okay. We need a punishment. - said Adam. - You have to cut at least a few centimeters of your hair if you dont answer a question or do a dare.

I gulped.

- So what will it be? - Natan smirked.

I took a deep breath and walked over to the window then opened it.

The boys were looking at me in excitement.

- MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

The capmers looked over to the window and I quickly hid, but they saw me anyway.

The boys were laughing.

- I'll get you for this, Natan! 

- Spin the bottle. - said Adam.

I sat down very cross and span the bottle.

It landed on Natan.

Ha! Lucky me.

Natan stopped smiling.

As I was about to tell him to kiss Bartek, I remembered that I have to ask him " truth or dare "

Crap.

- Truth or dare? - I asked.

Natan was saved, or at least he tought so.

- Truth.

I thought for a while.

Natan would do and say anything, unless it was embarassing.

- List off all the things in your room and dorm you have made some attempt to hide. - I said.

Natan thought for a moment and sighed.

- Anyone have any scissors? - he asked.

No way! He was really going to cut his hair!!!!

Bartek gave him soem scissors and we watched ( in suspense and exitement ) Natan go up to the mirror.

- So.. how much do I have to cut? - he asked.

- You have long hait, so at least 5 centimeters. - I said.

Nyehheheeh the taste of sweet revenge 😈.

Natan took a deep breath and smiled.

As he cut off SEVEN CENTIMETERS of his hair we heard foot steps.

Ms. Krysiak came in the room.

- Boys, your punishment is over!... Natan, what are you doing?!

- I'm still beautiful so who cares! - said Natan in defense.

Ms. Krysiak sighed with a smile on her face.

- We're going on a walk tomorrow so get ready.

She left the dorm.

- No way, you did it!!! - said Bartek.

- I really did! - said Natan.

" WALK"

We woke up early in the morning. We didn't have classes, we were going hiking!!!

Bartek knocked on my dorm.

- Come in. - I said while brushing my hair.

Bartek opened the door and entered the room.

- Are you excited? - he asked.

- Very.

Bartek sat on my bed.

- I didn't get any sleep. - he said. - Natan was talking with me all night. It was fun though.

- Well we still have like one hour so you can take a nap. - I said.

- It's impossible to sleep if Natan's in the room... could you keep him busy while I sleep?

- Of course. Go to your dorm, I'll take him here.

70 minutes passed and we were all walking in the forest.

We got to a nice spot and decided to relax before we head back.