The Cassette Tape

Family tradition

Out of sheer curiosity I decided to play the cassette tapes . As I put the cassette tape in the cassette player " What is inside this ? What if I hear some thing I'm not supposed to hear ? "I thought to myself "No, it will be alright . " I assured myself and pressed the on button . At first I could only hear static noise but then out of the blue , I could hear a giggle . It sounded as if it was from a little girl who had a sharp yet very soothing sweet voice which cut the silence as if it was a blade." do I really have to do this?" the voice asked . Even though the next few moments were utter silence It was quite obvious that she has no other choice than to do this. "why cant we just record a video instead? The audio will be better and it wont be destroyed easily if we upload this onto cloud." The voice asked again ." Hmm... ,How do I put it, I guess you could call it our family tradition. Our family has been doing this for a long time. "A voice of woman answered "Your Grandmother, Grandfather, Great grandmother and I have been doing this since we were ten." So the girl is ten years old. At least her voice makes sense now. "I'm Yoshimura Kazumi . A cute ten year old with a bubbly personality. I insisted on recording a video but my mom made me do this instead. Humph! "The girl stated as I started to envision the situation in my head. "I should start talking about my day . Today was my first day of school. All the kids in my class talked to me except a girl sitting next to the window all alone looking sad . Apparently her name is Julie Morell, Nice name right ? she looked like she didn't have friends, so I went up to her, offered a candy and asked if we could be friends, but she straight out rejected me and left the classroom, how rude! Later that day I found her in the gardening club, I went up to her and said "hey" she did not reply. Instead she just sat there spacing out. I was going to try strike up a conversation with her again but the school bell rang and I had to return to class. Such bad luck. During our last class our Homeroom teacher split us into groups for making decorations to hang in our classroom. She said this would make the classroom look better and make us all friends. Julie, Rosa, Nate , Sung Won , Edward and I were a group. Since I am the leader of my group, everyone is meeting up at our home tomorrow as today is Friday. I will make sure that our group does it's best. I am more excited that I can hang out with Julie tomorrow. Let's hope that we can become friends. Eek! I am so excited. I can't wait 'till tomorrow comes. Anyways have a nice day! " And the tape stopped playing. "Man! Kazumi really seems excited to meet Julie. I wonder what happens next" Just as I was thinking about this the doorbell rang."Coming" I yelled as I slowly dragged my body towards the front door. I opened the door and let my father in. "Come in dad, Oh and I made some food. It's in the kitchen if you want to eat." I said. "My dear Eric you didn't have to do that! What did I ever do to deserve such a caring son." My dad said. "It wasn't really much, I was making food for myself I just made extra so you could eat since you will be tired. Eat well, I'm going to sleep". I replied and went to my room. As I laid on the bed and pulled over the blankets I wondered." How did those cassette tapes get in our shed? Ugh, who cares I've really got to complete my essay soon." my eyelids started getting heavier and heavier and before I knew it my eyes were shut and I had drifted into a world that was exclusively mine, MY DREAMS.

I slowly opened my eyes to sound of birds chirping and the sound of tees rustling. The wind brushing my cheeks as I squint my eyes. I see a figure standing next to the window. The view was blurry but I could make it out that it was a person. "Aaah a thief!" I screamed as I stood in my bed in a defensive position. I didn't realise how stupid I was back then. "I see that you have woken up. You startled me for a second over there."My dad said."I startled you? You were the one who looked like a ghost!!!"I exclaimed in response"Ugh anyways, I will go get ready".I got out of bed, stretched my arms as an attempt to feel energized,  I failed. I showered in hot refreshing water, got dressed and went to the kitchen to grab some food.As I was stuffing the food in my mouth my dad slightly lifted my face up towards the clock. I was late to school, it was almost time for the bus to have arrived at the nearest Bus stop. "Argh! I'm going to be late again" I yelled and put my bag on and wore my shoes in a jiff. "Goodbye Dad" I waved my him goodbye and ran to the bus stop as fast as I could. I made it in time for the bus and sat on the seat next to Dan.