A L I C E
"Okay! We're all Packed! Alice, Come down already!" My Dad called.
I picked up my duffle bag and my suitcase.
Picking up my duffle, I threw it over the stairs railing as it landed on the pile of bags and suitcases that were on the floor at the bottom of the marble staircase.
Grabbing the handle of my suitcase , I dragged it down.
"Okay, so after school, your Dad is gonna pick you up and we are gonna double check to make sure we didn't forget anything here!" My Mom said while ticking boxes off of her clipboard.
I huffed and furrowed my eyebrows.
"My Last day in California! Great! I can't wait to go to Florida and sit in a room by myself and talk to Kimberly over the phone and get a little jealous over the fact that she's gonna be having the time of her life while I have to sit in a stupid room in a stupid state away from my life!"
Yes, my sarcasm level is very high.
Yeah, aslo like your Stupidity level!
Bequiet!
Anyways, Kimberly is my practical twin! She's like my other half.
But she doesn't like sports or anything, we're like total opposites but with the same love for mischief and trouble.
I remember that time when me and Kimberly snuck into Vice Principal Luna's office and put a tarantula in her student rank file in 2nd Grade!
We heard her scream all the way on the 4th floor!
It was hilarious.
We both had this incredible taste of mischief and humor.
I am so gonna miss her.
"Dad, we're about to be late for school!" I called.
I ran outside into my huge driveway and got in the car.
Not even 3 hours after putting the sign labelled 'For Sale', it was replaced by another marked 'Sold' onto our front mowed lawn.
After a while of driving and passing by different places like Mr. Arnold's Bakery and Mrs. Johnson's ice cream shop, we arrived to the place labelled school but for an american child best known as.
Military Jailhouse.
"Bye Dad!" I called out as I picked up my backpack.
I walked inside the Jailhouse.
I looked up from my box full of my Military stuff and see Kimberly talking with someone.
She had light brown hair that reached her ribs and chocolate brown eyes.
"KIMBERLY!" I yelled dropping my things and waving my arms in the air
which kind of looked like a gorilla getting mad from a distance
.
Yeah this is where my 'birds flying out of trees loud' and 'I don't care if I get detention' side comes out.
We walked to class which was on the 3rd floor unlike our lockers that are on the first floor.
Kimberly handed me an infinity necklace that had her name our names on it, she said it was something to remember her by once I moved.
Everyone we passed by was wishing me a good summer in Florida.
Yeah I have been going to schools close by in this area for so long that all the students here I have grown up with so we don't have any rivals here.
"Have fun in Las Vegas!" I called out to Lilly and Lori Arnold as I entered class.
"Yeah we're gonna miss you too, hope you have fun in Florida!" The two of them waved at me.
"When you leave the teachers are gonna go back to being strict and worst of all they'll start giving us homework again cause they know you won't be around!" Kimberly told me, well more like yelled.
"Hey yo, what about a goodbye prank for the teachers? Huh?" I asked raising a brow and smirking.
She mirrored my look and said "You got it, Girl!"
Kimberly turned on her phone and put in a airpod and hid it behind her hair as I did the same.
"Okay so tell me what you're gonna do and i'll tell you through the airpods what time Mrs. Olivia comes in" she said through the connection as I walked down the hallway to my locker.
As I approached my locker, I realised all my things were still on the floor from when I dumped them there.
I picked all my stuff and stuffed it into a box and took some things with me to the teachers lounge.
A L I C E
The last day in the jailhouse finally came to an end.
As me and Kimberly were talking and eating on our lunch table outside on the field, we heard a loud high pitch scream from inside.
"Here we go!" I say smiling devilishly.
We ran inside and followed other kids to the 5th floor and as Kimberly went inside with others, I stood by the door waiting for my part.
Everyone was silent.
I started laughing once I looked inside.
Everybody looked at me and copied my actions as everybody pulled out their phone and took pictures of the two principles of San Jose Middle School covered in cotton balls stuck to every drop of rotten gravy on their clothes.
"You all look like hairy overgrown chickens that got hit by a blizzard in the middle of a gravy storm" I managed to say out before I fell back laughing.
That's when Mr. David came to me.
"Les farts me to see you ways fill mit luck plugs of Leveon" he said.
I couldn't understand what he was saying cause of all the kids laughing so I just replied coolly.
"COOL AWESOME!" I managed to yell out.
He furrowed his face and made his already wrinkled forehead double weird.
Facepalming himself, he shook his head and walked away.
"EARLY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM YOU BELOVED ALICE!" I yelled at the principals.
I guessed they got the message cause:
1
I scream VERY loud.
2
It looked like Principal Cory wanted to Murder me on the spot!
"HEY, I JUST REMEMBERED I HAVE TO GO TO FLORIDA! SEE YA!" I yelled as I ran down the stairs.
All the students followed me as we all pushed our way through to the exit, ditching the teachers with their Santa Claus looking boss.
A L I C E
"Okay, sunscreen, water, bags, suitcases,
"Harper, get down here right now, we were supposed to be on the road 10 minutes and 37 seconds ago!" My Mom yelled.
I was in my old room, taking one last look at it.
I really will miss this place.
Quickly, I picked up my Satchel and left to never see this room again.
"I'm here mom" I said as I locked the door and hid the key under a rock beside the doorsteps.
I took my Satchel and went all the way to the back seats because the ones in front of me had suitcases and bags on them while my parents got the front seats to themselves.
Even at the back I had to share the velvet seats with a few other bags.
I laid back onto my pillow and put the blanket and put in my earbuds.
The San Jose Giants Game was today.
Wish I was actually here to see them in person.
I'm bored, I haven't been in this car for 5 minutes and I'm already tired of sitting.
A L I C E
About 16 hours in of driving, 24 hours to go!
It's 2:04 AM and man I am so hungry!
"Dad, can we please stop at Burger King or Taco Bell or something please I am starving and water isn't exactly helping me hold it in!"
"Okay, can you find me the closest fast food store?" He asked while not moving his attention from the road.
"Sure! No Problem!" I said and searched up the nearest fast food store.
A few minutes later, we arrived at McDonald's Drive Thru.
"Ooh, this coke is yummy, and these fries, ooh this is so goody!" Yeah I can never shut up while eating.
I feel so bad for Kim, that she had to go through with such a chatty friend.
Oh hey right kim!!!, I m gonna see if Kim's up right now.
I turned on my phone and entered my password which was my parents anniversary.
Guess what my password was to all my accounts, yupp kim's birthday.
I dialed kim on snapchat.
On the other end I heard a high pitch "Oh My God Heyyyy"
"Supppp, how's it going there" I said through my earpiece.
"Nothing much, right now I am just in my cousin's room, they live in a 2 story house with 8 family members, so what about you, you know where they live?" she asked.
"Um Mom, Dad, where do these Florida cousins specifically live?"
"They live in Miami"
"Okay, so they live in Miami "
"Cool, hey at least you'll have lots of sunlight right?"
"Yeah but I still can't bare to think about moving away from my friend, cause it brings your face from the time we had a burger eating contest, you lost and got miserably sick!" I reminded.
"Do you seriously always have to rub it in my face, that was 3 years ago! And you still have to throw it in my face like a volleyball!"
"Okay, anyways, I'll call you when you reach their, I'm gonna go sleep, byee, Love You Besty!" She said and hung up.
Honestly sometimes I think Kim might be bipolar!
But then again who am I to judge, I do that all the time!
Two seconds before Eight I feel bored.
Three seconds after Eight I feel Hungry.
Seven seconds after Eight I feel Happy because Logic slapped me in the face to remind me that we have a freezer full of Ice Cream.
Alright just about 15 more hours!
Okay! It has been 2 hours of driving and we have made it to San Antonio, Texas!
Man I am so bored!
I have been doing nothing but taking short naps and listening to music for 20 hours straight.
These cousins better be worth it! That I have to
1
Leave my Home and Childhood Best Friend!
2
Go without getting to See The San Jose Baseball Team's Final!
3
Making me Suffer by Sitting Straight in a Car for Hours!
"Alice?! Wanna stop by a park or something, we all really need to stretch our legs!" Mom asked.
"Yes! Please!!" I begged like there was nothing in the world I'd rather have. Key point here. Exaggerating!
Both my parents laughed and we stopped at a nearby park.
We parked the car in the empty parking lot and walked around the park for a while.
"Man it feels so good to get out of that car!" I said.
I opened my backpack and took out my baseball glove and ball.
"Hey Dad, wanna play catch?" I asked.
He got up from the bench he was sitting on beside my mom and made his way towards me to retrieve a glove.
We spent about an hour playing in the park and then decided to head back.
"Okay, now get into the car. We have to get there by tomorrow!"
"I call Shotgun!" I yelled and ran to the front.
"Stop being so childish, Alice, now go sit at the back, you can't expect me to sit there can you?" My mom laughed.
I just gave her my sarcastic smile and got into the back seats.
I grab my pillow and adjust it so I have room for my head and pull my blanket over my legs.
"Now on with The Toxic Stupid Useless Journey!" I announced.
