You may be wondering who I am, but I'll get to that later. Right now, I'm walking to my first day of fifth grade at Treville Elementary School. My best friend, Natalie Fenwood, strolled right beside me. We talked about our new teacher, Mr. Bryer, and everyone else in our small class. There are only ten students in our classroom. Treville is a very small school.

Anyway, we kept discussing whether or not Maude will still have her brown hair, or if Trey is going to be with us again. When I talked about Trey, Natalie blushed. She'd always liked Trey, but I could care less about him. Natalie and I had been together in the same class every year since we were in kindergarten, and I hoped it would stay that way.

We entered the building and noticed that Principal Costello was sitting at the front desk in the office. He was sorting through some important papers, and he saw us and said, "Hello! Welcome back to TES!" We both looked at each other. Principal Costello was acting quite strange.

As we walked into Mr. Bryer's classroom, I saw my little sister, Sabrina, walking towards Mrs. Bosney's class. Sabrina is in first grade now, but she's not old enough to walk to school yet. She has to ride the school bus. I said, "Hey, sis! You like first grade so far?" She grinned and replied, "Yeah. I'm so happy to be with Brenda and Stover!" I smiled and got to class just before the bell rang.

Mr. Bryer stood in front of the class and said, "Welcome to fifth grade, everyone! Today we will be arranging the desks in alphabetical order, and then we'll play a 'Get-To-Know-You' game in alphabetical order." Mr. Bryer certainly liked alphabetical order.

"First, we will order the desks into two rows of five desks each," said Mr. Bryer. "Then, I will show every one of you where your permanent seats will be in this classroom," he added. He pointed at the first desk on the first row and said, "Steven Allen." Then, he pointed at the next seat behind him and said, "Jodi Beat." After that, it was Natalie Fenwood, Daisy Golding, and Trey Jing. On the next row, it was Veronica Mayfield, me, Maude Pike, Skyler Watson, and Tyler Watson. Once we finished getting seated in the correct seats, we got started.