short fiction
1 min
“Prepared-ish”
Alisha Naik
I'm super excited. Super-duper excited. Is this even explainable?
Tomorrow is the STUDENT COUNCIL Election Day! I'm not running for it, but I am ELATED (Fancy word, right?)because my friend is going to be running, and hopefully win! It's on Friday, and today is Thursday, so I have to WAIT.
Right now I'm in class, tapping my pen on the desk. It's 2:30, 30 minutes till' class is over. Why can't spelling be over.
"Spell compound!" Mrs. Milly asked, pointing at me
Me? I wasn't paying attention! How was I supposed to spell that?
" We have a spelling game after this, and we only have 10 minutes to finish!"
"Stop being shy." The person next to me grunted.
"C-o-m-p-u-n-d?" I nervously spelled.
"Wrong," the teacher said "it's C-o-m-p-o-u-n-d," "Let's review a bit more!"
Everyone became agitated. Oops.
Because the teacher thought everyone got amnesia or something, she decided to review ALL the words. Sadly, we couldn't play the game.
I just remembered what I was excited about, and when it is. Yes, Friday, but in the morning. I don't wake up exactly early, and the election in the auditorium is at 8:15, eep!
I watched some videos about making night routines, and have a plan!
7 a.m.-wake up
7:05-change clothes and brush teeth
7:10-go downstairs to eat
7:20-go to restroom
7:25-find shoes and review a bit
7:30-go in the car and leave!
Great! It's perfect! I'll have to revise but it's go-
I fell asleep, but I still feel good! I slept like a rock! And for a while too! I looked at the time, excited. But my face filled with horror as I looked away from the alarm clock. It was 8:15. I forgot the most BASIC thing, to set an alarm.
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