I took off my shoes and left them outside of the stall. When I was finished changing and opened the door to get my shoes, I noticed Sheriffa standing there. I looked on the floor and was stunned! One of my shoes was gone. When Sheriffa saw me she dashed out of the change room. I looked everywhere in the change room but I couldn't find the shoe. I sat down and cried for awhile thinking about how much trouble I was going to get in from my mother.

Then one of my friends, Karen, came running into the washroom and yelled, "Oh my God, Cheryl! Sheriffa and Tanya are trying to throw your shoe up on the roof!"

I bolted outside to stop them but when I got there, it was too late. My shoe was caught on the telephone wire! They were all standing there laughing at me. Words can't explain how I felt at that moment. I started to cry and my eyes looked like there was fire in them. I wanted to fight them for what they did to my shoe. My friend Karen told the teacher what they did to me, and he went and reported them to the principal. The principal suspended them for four days and gave them a detention for a month. I was happy for that at least but I was not happy that I had to wear a pair of shoes from the school's lost and found.

When I went home that evening I was so afraid to face my mother. I thought that she was going to bite my head off but she was totally the opposite. She was being understanding and she was concerned about the whole situation. She said, "I'll call the school tomorrow and talk to the principal." Then she gave me a kiss and said, "Don't worry, everything will be all right."