I Am Proud Of You

When he finished his clapping he gave her a giant, gapped tooth smile. “You’re a really good singer!” he

“I guess I don’t like this team anymore besides Ella, Madi P, Caitlin, Abby, and Delaney.” I stated shyly.

“That’s good, Amira. Now quiet down and brush your teeth,” Grandma said. She sat in a soft blue chair in the living room, while Amira’s older sister Sara read a book on the floor.

“Talako, some of his friends, and I may or may not have gotten into a fight which resulted in the four of them on the ground.” I said and smiled as innocent as possible.

"That was a wonderful story, you are an excellant story teller." Belle beamed at him.

​Lawrence smiled broadly. “I’m glad you did.” He studied her face closely, noticing her brilliant blue eyes. “You look gorgeous. You’re even prettier now than you were then.”

“Mmhmm.” She said. I sat down again, bored as I watched Missy sprint back to her house. I gazed at the gate in front of our house as I thought of what I would do once I had the seeds. Well, I thought to myself, I would obviously need to lay them down near the chicks, and then I would make a trail leading from the chicks to my house. From there, the chicks would hopefully follow the seed trail and come towards our house. After that, we would shut the gate and lock them in our house. As I continued thinking about what I would do with the chicks, I heard a sigh, and then someone walking up behind me. I turned around, coming face to face with Bavya.

"That would be because you've shown yourself eligible to qualify for the Gifted program at our school, and this is where you'll be tested."

“Then how do you explain all the things that still happen to them now?” Savannah then asked me now sounding implacable.

"Rappelez-vous, trois crêpes-," (“Remember three crêpes-”) but she cut me off before I could finish my sentence.

‘’Let’s go see what your grandmother prepared for us tonight!’’ grandpa Gelo said as he pulled my arm and we made our way into the kitchen whose aroma was mouth-watering. Our favorite foods laid out from left to right, we both smiled as we piled food on our plates and made our way to the dinner table to join the rest of my family.

The couple continued their walk to town in a comfortable silence before Roxas requested, “Hey, Xion. Can you write me another song?”

“Rosey,” Miss Engel whispered to her daughter. Rosey stirred in her bed and looked up at her mother. “I’ve mate you some of de broths dat you love.”

“Good morning, Kellen! Ready to see your grade?” She had asked, her cheery voice and eager facial expressions leading me to believe that I had done well. Despite that possibility, I simply nodded, still too anxious to even speak.

“I can’t tell you yet, but it’s good.” His smile fell when he saw my face.