Personal Narrative: Is Mom Still Home

I walk into the kitchen, and grab a bowl and spoon. Setting them down on the counter, I then hop up onto it. I have to stand on my knees on the counter just to reach the cereal out of the top cupboard. "Hey, shorty." I hear Alex's voice as he walks into the kitchen, "can you grab the honey buzzers for me?" "Sure." I grab the bag of honey buzzers, deciding that I'll eat them too. Trying to turn so I can sit on the counter I accidentally knock my bowl off Tod it. "Good job," Alex laughs, picking it back up and setting it back on the counter for me. I roll my eyes as I hop off the counter. "Is mom still home?" I ask, but only get a shoulder shrug in response. Alex hands me the bag of cereal after he pours himself some, …show more content…

I don't work late today." She grabs her purse off the counter, "We have a lot to talk about." She opens the door, grabs her shoes of the ground and leaves. "Looks like I'm driving you to school." Alex says, setting his bowl in the sink. He grabs the cereal and puts it away, "your too short to do this." He jokes. I shake my head at him and continue with my cereal.

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"Hey," Lily says as I walk up to her, "Emily is looking for Peter for some odd reason." I raise an eyebrow at that, and lean against the wall. "Okay, but it'll be awkward. I'm telling you guys." She shakes her head at me, about to say something, but I know what she's going to say, "It's only awkward if you make it awkward. I know." "Oh look, there's Sean. He's cute." She says pointing to some guy sitting on the ground, reading. "Go talk to him." I say, smirking. "Or are you too chicken?" Lily laughs. "I would, but here comes Em with Peter. Are you going to invite him to pizza after school?" She asks. "Uh, I can't. My mom needs to talk to Alex and I after school." I answer quickly. "You might have time before that," I shrug my shoulders as Emily and Peter make it to us. "Hello!" Emily exclaims, "I found this