The Incident at the Library (My Version)

If you follow Caitlyn Archer's blog CCA News, you might have seen that she posted a story called the Incident in the Library. She blamed me, so I am going to tell my side of the story.

I was just sitting in CADET Time, doing my homework as usual, the day after the big celebration when Mr. Burchfield came over the announcements. 

"Sorry for the interruption, but will Annika please come to the office."

I was kind of nervous, but I told Mrs. Merklin and went down anyway. When I got there, Mr. Burchfield was standing next to a man I had never seen before, who was wearing a police uniform.

"Hello, Annika. Come in and have a seat at my desk. This man just wants to ask you a few questions."

The police officer sat down and got right to business. "Where were you yesterday, during the party in the library? Did you go anywhere near the fire alarm?"

"I was just in the library, hanging out with my friends. And, no, I didn't go near the fire alarm."

"But your friend Caitlyn said that you were with them at first, and then you left. Where were you for the rest of the party?"

"I went to get a pencil from my locker because Julia wanted to show us a trick she could do, but then Makayla wanted me to play a game with her and some other girls. I went over to play with her, and we played one game before I started walking back over to give Julia the pencil. But on my way over, I saw Karen standing over by the door. She was looking around like she was scared of something. I bent down to tie my shoe, and that's when the alarm went off. I would question Karen to see if it is her."