I'm So Embarassed!

'''I'm So Embarassed! '''is the eleventh episode of the first season of The Adventures Of True.

When True has a mishap at school, she becomes too embarassed to want to go, so her friends step up to help her.

One day at Jim Henson Elementary, Miss Busybody was writing something on the whiteboard, which had some math problems on it.

"Alright, class, who would like to do Problem 3 on the board?" she asked.

True raised her hand.

"May I do it?" she asked.

"Go ahead, True." said Miss Busybody.

True went up to the whiteboard, but when she went to pick up the marker from the tray, she dropped it by accident, and when she bent down to pick it up, she heard a ripping sound. At first, she had no idea where it could have come from and shrugged it off, but when she began working at the equation, she heard laughter.

"What's so funny?" True asked as she turned around.

"I see London, I see France, I see True's underpants!" Trixie chanted.

True looked behind her, and when she did, she saw that she had ripped her pants in the back, exposing her underwear, which made her blush deeply, and she grabbed a large book to cover it up as the laughter continued.

"Quiet!" Miss Busybody shouted.

The classroom fell silent after that.

"Thank you." said Miss Busybody.

She then looked over at True.

"Why don't you go down to the nurse's office?" she asked. "I'm sure they might have a spare pair of pants in your size you can wear."

True nodded, and Franklin sadly watched her leave. Fortunately, he wasn't one of the students who laughed at her, neither were Blue, Stocking Head, Sunny, Timmy, Molly, Gill, Goby, Deema, Oona, Nonny, nor Zooli.

"Gee, I hope True is okay." he said.

Later that afternoon, True was on the bus going home. She was wearing a pair of pink athletic shorts under her skirt. Her ripped leggings were folded up and placed into a plastic bag, which in turn had been placed inside True's backpack. She still felt sad and embarassed about what had happened.

"Why did that have to happen?" she sighed.

Franklin, who was sitting next to her, felt sorry.

"It's okay, True." he said with a smile. "These things happen. Besides, I'm sure James will understand."

"Yeah, I guess you're right." True replied.

When the bus stopped at True's house, True immediately bolted towards the door and up the stairs, discarding her bag on the floor in the process. This had been witnessed by James and Moose.

"Wow." said James. "I've never seen her that anxious to get to her room."

"Neither have I." agreed Moose. "She didn't even bother to say hello. I wonder why."

James then saw the bag on the floor.

"Maybe there's something in there." he said.

James went over to the bag, picked it up, opened it, and pulled out the plastic bag, out of which he discovered the ripped leggings.

"Well, I'll be jittered." he said.

At that moment, Stocking Head came into the house.

"Stocking Head, do you know anything about this?" James asked as he showed Stocking Head the damaged garment.

"Yeah, I do." replied Stocking Head. "While she was picking up a whiteboard marker she dropped on the floor, well, that's when it happened."

"I see." said James. "Well, it doesn't look too bad. I'm sure I can get that hold fixed."

"Should we go check on True?" Moose asked.

"I don't think so." said James. "She might want some time to herself."

"Fair enough." said Moose.

That evening, James went upstairs to True's bedroom to tell her it was dinnertime, but when he got inside, what he saw was very baffling. True was already in her pajamas and in her bed, her covers up to her neck.

"True?" James asked as he sat down on the bed. "Are you alright? Why are you in your pajamas already? It's dinnertime."

"I don't feel too good." True moaned.

"Hmm..." said James.

James then felt True's forehead, then checked her temperature. The thermometer said 96 degrees Fahrenheit on the dot.

"You're temperature looks normal, True." he said.

But then, he figured it out.

"Are you trying to get out of going to school tomorrow?" he then asked.

True decided that it was no use continuing her charade.

"Yes, I am." she sighed sadly.

James knew right away why True was behaving like this.

"You don't have to tell me what's going on." he said. "Stocking Head already told us."

"He did?" True asked.

"Yes." said James. "It's no big deal. I can get your pants fixed no problem."

True smiled.

"Thanks, James." she said.

"No problem." winked James. "Now, why don't you get redressed and join us downstairs for dinner?"

True agreed, and after getting redressed, she went downstairs and joined James, Moose, and Stocking Head at a lovely lasagne and Texas Toast dinner. They had just finished clearing the table after eating when they heard a knock at the door.

"Come in!" said James.

The door opened, and in came Blue, Sprinkles, Sunny, Timmy, Franklin, and the Guppies.

"Oh, hey, you guys." said True. "What's up?"

"We felt bad about what happened to you at school today." replied Timmy. "So Blue got us together to share some embarassing moments of our own."

"Wait, you guys had those kind of moments too?" True asked.

"Yeah." said Blue. "Everybody does. In my case, there was a time where we were on a field trip to the aquarium, and I accidentally slipped on a wet spot on the floor, and in the process, I knocked over a tank with an octopus in it, and the octopus landed on me."

"Wow." gasped True. "That must've been really embarassing."

"It was." said Blue. "To make matters worse, I got inked. But on the plus side, the aquarium staff didn't get mad at me for knocking it over, since they knew it was an accident, and the tank itself wasn't broken. And the ink easily came out in a bath I had when we got home that day."

"Of course, that was nothing compared to what happened with me." said Sprinkles. "There was this one time where I had a little too much to drink at breakfast, and on the way to class, I had to go really bad, but I didn't want to be late, so...yeah, I think you might have a good idea for what happened."

"Yes, I do." said True.

"And if there was one moment that was embarassing for me, it was this time I was in a hurry to get to gym class." added Stocking Head. "And as I was just nearing the gym, someone opened up their locker door and I ran right into it."

"Ooh, ouch." True grimaced. "That must've hurt."

"Oh, I did." said Stocking Head. "In fact, I ended up with a bloody nose from that injury. Luckily, Mister Sportacus managed to get the bleeding under control and stopped."

"That's good." said True.

"Speaking of gym, I had an embarassing moment in that class too." Sunny chimed in. "After class, I didn't put my skit on properly, and everyone could see my underwear, kind of like that happened to you."

"Whoa." said True. "That really must have been embarassing."

"Yeah, it was." said Sunny. "But, I saw the funny side of it and corrected it."

Timmy spoke up next.

"I remember this one time where I went to get a drink on my way to lunch, and every time I pressed the button, nothing happened." he explained. "And when I tried to get it working again, I got sprayed.

True laughed.

"That must of been funny!" she giggled.

"Yeah, it was." said Timmy. "I still remember Mom's face when she saw me coming home looking like I had been walking through the rain."

"Here's one I had." said Franklin. "One time, we were on a field trip to the botanical gardens, and I had to use a Porta-Potty, but I didn't know that the lock was broken, and Miss Busybody opened the door when I was using it."

"And I remember when I was trying to wrap a birthday present for my dad." said Molly. "I ended up getting caught in the wrapping paper I was using. It was a little embarassing, but luckily, Mom was there to help."

"And who can forget the time I was helping you with that banner for the school fair?" asked Gil.

"I can't." replied Molly. "That was when you were trying to hand me the can of pink paint, and it fell on your head as I was trying to grasp it."

"Ooh..." True winced. "Did you get hurt, Gil?"

"No, not really." said Gil. "But I did get covered in pink paint."

"That was kind of my fault." said Molly. "I should've just asked you to hand it to me by the handle or even brought it up myself."

"It's alright." said Gil.

"Here's one embarassing moment I had." said Goby. "Last winter, my dad and I went skiing with my uncle and cousin, and during the time I was going down the slope for the first time, I crashed right into my dad. It was a litle embarassing, but we both had a good laugh about it. It still gets me every time when I think about it."

"I guess it's my turn now." said Deema. "One time, I was playing beanbags at my Cousin Ricky's bar mitzvah, and I threw my beanbag a little too hard, and it hit my dad's yarmulke and knocked it off his head. Luckily for me, he didn't get mad, but it was still kind of embarassing, to say the least."

"If there was one embarassing moment I had, it was when my parents and I went out to dinner with my grandparents at a sushi restaurant for their anniversary." said Oona. "I put a little too much pepper on my sushi, and it made me sneeze."

"I too have had a fair share of embarassing moments." said Nonny. "One notable case was when me and my parents went to Hawaii last year for a vacation. Well, it really wasn't your standard family vacation. See, Dad originally was going there on a business trip, but his boss was more than generous enough to let him invite me and Mom to go with him, because Mom has always wanted to go to Hawaii, and while we were there, I tried my hand at surfing, and I wiped out on my first try, and when I came back ashore, I had seaweed in my hair and a starfish stuck to my face. Mom thought I looked pretty funny, and so did I."

"For me, I was at the library with my three older brothers, Elliot, Greg, and David." said Zooli. "I was trying to get a book in the top shelf, and as I was, the whole bookcase fell on top of me."

True was amazed at her friends' stories.

"I guess I'm not the only one who's had embarassing moments." she said.

"Nope." said James.

After True's friends finished their stories, they bid True good-by and left the house, and the next morning at school, True entered the building feeling very happy to have good friends to support her.

The End