Lottery Ticket by Jasmine Redolence (important books to read txt) 📕

Lottery Won!

"OHMYGOSH OHMYGOSH OHMYGOSH! WE'VE WON!" I screamed with joy.

"It's so exciting!" exclaimed my mom.

"I had no idea that was the winning ticket," my dad said.

"I still can't believe it!" I gushed.

"Well, start now, we're rich honey," my mom smiled.

"When can I start telling everyone?" I was so eager to spread the news.

"How about....tomorrow?"

"Really?! That is mega-amazing!!" I cheerfullly replied.

Let's face it--my parents are the best! My dad enters the lottery every year and every year I tend to get...overexcited. So I'm mega-disappointed when we don't win. This year I didn't let my hopes get high, and so then we finally win. And it just happens to be this years lottery was the biggest one out of the decade, and there was more money involved!

"Oh and Kelsey?" 

"Yeah, dad?"

"The TV crew will be coming too."

"The...WHAT?!" I exclaim.

"Yes, the TV crew, they're going to ask us some questions and then the lottery people will give the money to us."

This was too much of an amazing day. First, we win the lottery. Next, I find out that I'm going to be on TV!!

"When!!" I say.

"In two days," dad replies.

Awesome!

"Sweetie...time for bed now--its 10:45," my mom coaxes.

i get ready for bed and think to myself,

My life will never be the same again.

 

Lists

It's a Saturday, so I decide to make a list of things to buy when we get our money tomorrow. 

1. iPhone5

2. Furniture for my room--preferably purple

3. A new house! I'm thinking...mansion!

4. A huge backyard to go with our mansion

5. An allowance--of $1,000 per week

6. Restaurant trips like, every day

7. A puppy; chihuahua or yorkie

8. Neon Blue MacBook Laptop

9. Camera--Lights, Camera, Kelsey!!

10. A maid, or two, or three...

11. My very own website: complete with photos of me and blogs too!

12. A facebook account

13. An Instagram

14. Crafting supplies...from duct tape to glitter!

15. A personal DJ...let's turn it higher a bit!!

16. A dance floor to go with the DJ.

17. A relaxing hot tub to calm down

18. my own bathroom!

19. A color printer...black and white is so old-fashioned.

20. A limo to go to school in

That's about all I can think of for now, but I've got a feeling I'll be updating this list very often.

 

Phone Calls

After finishing my list, which takes up aroun an hour or so, I decide to get started on the phone calls I have to make! Spreading the news will defiantely take a whie. I decide to start with my best friend Laila.

"Hey Lailah!" 

"Hi Kelsey!"

"Laila, guess what?" I say.

"What?" Lailah asks.

"Guess!!" I exclaim

"Uhmmm....ummm...I don't know! Please just tell me!" Laila pleas.

"Fine...I won the lottery!!" I finally tell her.

"Come on, don't joke around with me.." she says.

"I'm not kidding! I'm serious, we won the lottery!" I declared.

There's silence on the line for a while so I start to think she hung up.

"For realz?" Lailah asks.

"Yeah, for realz, why'd I lie to you?" I remark.

"I'm so happy for you! Who else knows?" she mentions casually.

"My family, and thats it; I'm going to call everyone else after but I thought you should know first." I smile.

"Aww that's so nice of you!" she exclaimed.

"I know," I modestly reply.

"Call the others; I have to go now," Lailah responded, and then hung up.

"Could've at least said bye," I mutter to myself.

But I decide that today is a happy day, and I'm not letting any phone call ruin my day. So I call Miranda and Payton. I can't wait to get a cell phone; land lines are so annoying since they take forever to dial. Miranda and Payton are having a sleepover at their houses, so I call Payton's house.

"Hi Payton; put the phone on speaker", I tell her getting straight to the point.

"Hey Kelsey!" greet Payton and Miranda at the same time.

"Okay so I have big news--I won the lottery..." I began.

"You what? Omygosh! Miranda she's kidding..No she's not" Payton and Miranda argued.

"Ahem! I'm not kidding! And btw this isn't a joke." I tell them, slightly smiling.

"Really! Share us some of that loot too!" they joked. 

I laughed along. All the other phone calls went pretty much the same way. I had the phone to myself though, because my mom and dad were planning to casually tell their friends the news. Which, I know would've been really hard for myself to do; if I were in their place. Who could hide such big news?

 

TV Time!

  I woke up and the very first thought I had was I'm going to be on Tv tonight.  I was so excited. But then I remembered that i had forgotten to tell Lailah! Then a thought struck me: I should surprise her when I go on TV! I couldn't believe I had to wait until night to go on TV. It was so traumatizing! Such a long wait....I glanced at the calendar and groaned. It was Sunday, meaning it was...homework day. Middle school is so unfair. I never do homework on Friday evenings. Why waste a perfectly good evening for homework? I sighed and sat down to start.

   Here I was, backstage of TV Time! , which is the most famous TV show in the country! I felt the butterflies in my stomach start to rise. I had waited for this moment for two entire days! Why was I suddenly so nervous? my mom sensed my nervousness, and so did my dad.

"Break a leg, kiddo," he cheerfully said.

"Just do your best honey," my mom smiled.

I took a deep breathe. This was it--the moment I had been waiting for...

I walked up on the stage. An interviewer was going to ask me some questions.

"This young lady, Kelsey Grenwind, is the daughter of the folks who won the lottery! Anything you plan to spend the money on?" she spoke aloud the the camera, and handed me to microphone.

I had totally not prepared for this. What was the best thing to do--tell them the truth, or be modest?

Be modest.

"I just want to bring world happiness," I flashed the camera one of my best Kelsey smiles.

The lady laughed and then gave it to the lottery owners.

There were two, one tall and skinny and the other short and chubby. The chubby one was carrying the money.

"And...the money goes to...Sarah and Joseph Grenwind!" the tall, and skinny man, Mr.Whites announced.

Then the chubby short man, Mr. Vevlor gave the money to my mom and dad. I just stood there, with my mouth open in awe, thinking The rich life rules!

 

Cliques

   Like most schools, our school also has cliques. The highest group is the mega-popular who normal kids don't

even dream of being. They're the ultimate rulers of the school. Even the teachers get nervous around them.

They don't let people join their clique...and if you get in a fight with them, I wish you luck. They date seniors. Next there is the

popular.They are similar to the mega-popular, but one of their favorite hobbies are to let someone in, and then

kick them out! The teachers aren't nervous around them, though. But guys are. After that, is the sidekicks.

They're pretty much clones of the popular. My friends and I call them wannabes, which they are. They will do

anything a popular or mega-popular tells them to do. Sometimes the mega/popular mistreat them.

   Then, is the normal people, like me. I'm not popular or anything. I'm just a regular person, nothing exciting.

So are most of my friends. We're not extra special, or spolied or whatever. Also, there are the emo people. The

emo people are really emo, not fake or anything. they cut themselves, wear black head to toe, and have scars

everywhere. Whenever I look at them, I feel pain. Climbing down, there are the nerds and geeks who are

obsessed with books and study 24-7. Lastly, the losers which are loners. They have no friends or social life.

Nobody talks to them, not even teachers call on them. Glancing at them, makes me feel empathy for them.

Me + Money = Mega-popular?!?!

 When I came in to school on Monday, I was expecting another long, boring school day ahead of me. And I was right, for my classes. As I walked in