Just a Regular . . .Me by Sierra K Y (rm book recommendations TXT) 📕

/> “Hey! I haven’t seen you since I moved into my new house, which was when? Forever ago?”
“Last month,” corrected Leila suffocating under the weight of the 124 pound 18 year old. Mia stood up and grabbed Leila’s hand, helping her to her feet. Mia looked over at me and Courtney as if studying us.
She had the same blonde hair and tan skin as Leila but she was a whole head taller than her. I realized she was in jeans with holes in the knees. She also was wearing a shirt with a pig on it and a pig hat. Her curly hair was in two ponytail that went about two inches above her shoulders. She had no make-up on but her face was smooth and clean. She stood at an angle leaning to her left. Her eyes were hazel unlike Leila’s brown chestnut eyes. Her curled bangs hung slightly over her eyes.
“Is she Rose?” Mia asked Leila pointing to Courtney. Leila moved Mia’s hand so it pointed towards me. “Oh,”she said nodding.
“And this is Courtney,” Leila introduced.
“Hello!” Mia said to both of us.
“Hey.”
“Hi.”
“You have got some seriously talkative friends,” Mia said to Leila. I started blushing. “Dang Rose, you are seriously red.”
“She’s a blusher,”said Courtney which made me blush even more.
We decided to go and get some movies, popcorn, and other party snacks while Mrs. Benson ordered pizza.
We climbed into Mia’s pink Civic. The seats were really smooth and the air smelled of a mixture of oranges and mangos. She turned on the radio and found Our Song by Taylor Swift. (one of my favorite songs :) ). Apparently Courtney and Leila knew it too because they started singing along. I joined in. Then Love Song by Sara Bareilles came on.We sang to all the songs we knew until we came to a GIANT store. I had never heard of it but Leila seemed to have been there before. We got out of the car and walked across the parking lot. When we went inside, the store looked bigger on the inside than the outside. There were costumers walking around casually. There was also a bunch of employees wearing matching yellow and green outfits. Some were helping costumers, or at the cash registers. Others boxing and unboxing items. A lady walked up to us. She was in the green and yellow uniform with the store’s logo printed on the side next to her name tag that read Hello My Name Is Jane. She wore a yellow headband across her dark bobbed hair to go with her outfit and had a smile (covered with way too much red lipstick) plastered onto her face.
“May I help you lovely young ladies? Oh, by the way, I love your hat,” she said.
“Thank you. Um, we’re looking for popcorn, sodas, that kind of stuff,” Mia said awkwardly.
“Oh, right this way, to aisle seven,” she said walking away. We followed her to an area of the store filled with party food, snacks, everything else. “Here you go, ladies. I hope you find everything you need and have a nice day,” Jane said. She left us and went to a couple of other costumers that just walked into the store.
“Okay, now we just have to get everything we need; soda and popcorn. m I missing anything?” Mia asked looking at us. “Oh, yeah chips. Do you all like sour cream and onion flavor?”We all nodded before she grabbed a bag off the shelf. We also grabbed some Pepsi and extra buttered popcorn. We decided to get some candy before we left.
When we arrived to the cash register we were welcomed by a new employee named Samuel. He wasn’t as cheerful as Jane though. He kept mumbling to himself and looking down. We got what we needed and headed out to the parking lot. When we got out, Mia reached into her purse. “Dang it!” she cursed.
“What?” asked Leila.
“My keys aren’t in here,” she said worried.
“Did you leave them in the car?”I asked trying to be helpful.
“No, I remember having them in the store.”
Then Samuel came out.
“Excuse me,” he said to Mia. “You left these by the cash register,” he said handing her the keys and her zebra-printed wallet. She checked her purse looking confused.
“Thank you,” she said putting them into her purse.
“Yeah,” he said before awkwardly walking back to the store.
“Well, that was very nice of him to return your stuff,” said Courtney.
“Are you sure he didn’t take any money,”Leila wondered.
“It’s all here,” Mia said checking her wallet.
“Maybe he thought he’d get a kiss,” Leila teased as we got into the car.
“Whatever,” Mia said hitting Leila laughing. “OMG! It’s all ready 3 o’clock! We have got to get home.” This time Turning Tables by Adele was playing. Then a different song, I had never heard of before, blared through the speakers.
We quickly pulled into the driveway and unloaded our stuff. The pizza guy was parked around the corner.
When we were inside, the air smelled deliciously of cheese and pepperoni. Mrs. Benson had just payed the pizza man, and he was just heading out the door, when he bumped into Mia. Her bag split open and the soda fell onto the floor, leaking. Soon, there was a puddle of Pepsi running down the floor.
“I am so sorry,” apologized the man. Mrs. Benson brought a pile of napkins and everyone helped clean the mess up. “I think I have some extra sodas in the car, maybe even this brand. I’ll go check.” He left and soon came back with three bottles. There was Pepsi, Root Beer, and Sprite.
“You can have the extra ones because there kind of warm, and because of the inconvenience.”
“Thanks, I guess,” Mia said before putting the soda into the fridge.
After he left, Mia showed us a hilarious video called Potter Puppet Pals In The Mysterious Ticking Noise on Youtube.It was so funny. It had characters from the Harry Potter series, but they were puppets. They did a skit and sang a silly song.
We had our dinner and soda.Then we found a movie and popped the popcorn. Even though it was only 5 o’clock, the sun had already set. We watched the show and talked about girl stuff, like our crushes and such.
When we were playing Truth or Dare, the lights went off. Some of us screamed, until Mrs. Benson came down with a flashlight.
“It’s okay. A storm came in and blew out the power.” For the first time I noticed the rain pounding on the windows. Man, I am so oblivious. “I was just talking to Courtney’s mom and their power is gone, too, even all the way up the hill on Oak Street.”
We got some more flashlights and lit some candles. We started playing Clue and Scribbilish. Scribbilish is like telephone except you draw. You pick a card and draw what it says without writing letters or numbers. Then you pass it to the next person and they write what they think it means, then the next person draws what the 2nd person wrote the sentence about. It is one of my favorite games.
Then we made a bed on the floor and everyone started to fall asleep, but for some reason I couldn’t. I tried waking one of the other girls up, but that didn’t work, so I decided to write in here a little longer. Well, I guess I’m kind of tired. I need to at least try to go to sleep.
Saturday, October 13
Mrs.Benson makes the best breakfast ever! She made cinnamon rolls, bacon, hash browns, and chocolate pancakes, and she expects us to eat it all! She says she makes so much because girls these days don’t eat anything. I love eating at Leila’s! I’m just surprised that she doesn’t have a cook to make the breakfast if she’s so rich and all. I hope I don't have to go home soon.

To Be Continued . . . Mabye . . .
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Publication Date: 01-29-2012

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