Angelina

Mrs. Roskamp

8C, LA

12 February 2016

One day, I was on my way to a basketball tournament. I was so pumped! I knew we would get first place, we played so well together and we were very determined to win this tournament. When I got to the courts I went into the locker rooms. My whole team was there already. I put my bag on the bench, then I went to go fill up my water bottle. I walked back into the locker room and noticed that my bag was partially unzipped. I checked to see if anything was missing, but nothing looked very suspicious. Nothing was suspicious until I started getting dressed! I realized my jersey was missing! Somebody must have stolen it while I was drinking and left my bag unzipped! The culprit must not have done a very good job, because if my bag was zipped all the way then I would just think that I left my jersey at home, but obviously someone went through my bag. There are a couple of people that could have done this. The first suspect is Sadie. Sadie would steal my jersey because we are always bugging each other and joking around. Also, Chloe said she saw Sadie by my bag while I was gone. But if Sadie would have taken it, she would give it to me by the time I need it, though, and we start in seven minutes! My next suspect is Addi. Addi would steal my jersey because she is selfish and bratty. She just wants to be the star all the time! She doesn’t want me to play because she is our next point-guard and that way she can be the star. The person I expect to do it is Annie, my friend from the other team. Annie is on Moline’s team. Moline is our biggest enemy, they beat us by only one point. In this tournament we really want to beat them, and Annie probably thought that if the starting point can’t play, they will win for sure! Annie and I have been friends for a little while now, we bug each other a lot and laugh about it later. This one I won’t be laughing at! We now only had two minutes before our first game starts and I still have no idea who took it. Right when I thought I wouldn’t be able to play in the tournament, Addi asked to go to the bathroom. She walked into the bathroom very suspiciously, as if she was hiding something in her shorts. When Addi came back, I walked into the locker room and found a big mess! The faucet was running and my jersey was in the sink! The best part about finding my jersey is that Addi’s water bottle was sitting next to the sink! She would have to come in and grab it. I will catch her then. I was hiding around the corner for about forty-five seconds when I heard the door open. I peeked out and saw Addi bringing my jersey over to her bag. I had caught her! She saw me standing there and screamed. I asked her what she was doing and she ran out of the locker room. Luckily she had dropped my jersey before she ran off. I grabbed the jersey and dried it off under the hand dryers. I walked out of the locker room and made it just in  time to start the first quarter! I would not have expected it to be Addi because we are friends, but I guess we are not as good of friends as I thought.