summer had finally come and in september i am going to be in second grade, i had made alot of friends in the past year but now its time for me to make new friends. christopher has made alot of friends to, but he didnt like half of them because they didnt really like the things he likes, so he told them to get lost. our bags were packed and ready to head to florida, "florida here we come!" said christopher, he was running up and down the place like a mad man, as he was heading towards me i sticked my leg out and he tripped over it, i laughed so hard i couldnt breathe. he came chraging at me like a train going through a tunnel, "i'm going to punch you in the face!" christopher said with such rage, i just continued laughing because i knew he was going to lose at the end. i kicked him in the knee and he dropped to the ground making a huge thud that it felt like it shook the whole house. the thud had awoken my second older brother chris he was in the eight grade, he was five foot 7 with a mini afro and a decent looking face," whats with all the noise?" he asked with a raspy groggy voice, "we are getting ready to go to florida remember?"
"oh yea, what time are we leaving?"
"i dont know but i think its tomorrow, did you even pack yet?"
"im half way there, i feel asleep while putting away my underwear"
"yuck, did you even wash them?"
"dont make me back hand you!"
"i like to see you try!", he came closer with the back of his hand facing me ready to strike, " you are not going to hit anybody, now go and finish packing!" said my mother coming at the right time. it looked like she was exhausted and had a serious look on her face which didnt surprise me, every time when she comes home she always have that depressed look on her face. ' did you guys finsih packing?" and by you guys she meant christopher, christopher was always irresponsible, its not his fault god just made him that way. my first older brother calvin was in high school, i think he's either a tenth grader or an eleventh grader, but it doesnt matter what grade he is because hes so smart. i can never figure out the problems he does(i guess thats because im young), "come on children hurry along' he said mockingly
"dont forget your still a child to"
" oh yea and how is that?"
"well for one reason your a child of god and two your still under moms roof"
"i guess your right" he smiled and said in a sarcastic way. i didnt like it when he patronized me like that, i know im only four but that doesnt mean you have to treat me like im two. my mother was walking down the stairs with a big heavy suitcase," i will help you with that" said calvin , he carried it by himself(did i mention he was a great athlete?) with out taking a breathe. the look on chris's face made it seem like he was jealous, he went back to the basement to finish packing, i went back to beating up christopher because i was bored. hours had gone by and i couldnt take it anymore, all this excitement was welling up inside me, so to restrain my self from going insane, i simply laid on the floor and stared at the ceiling. "what are you doing?" calvin asked as he was carrying a bunch of clothes in his hand, " i dont know, im just bored"
"so do something"
"like what?, there is nothing to do but wait"
"go beat up christopher again"
"thats to easy, i want something more challenging"
"so beat me up"
"thats to much work, your to big"
"i guess" he said walking away, chris had came in and we had the exact conversation, but instead we ended up fighting. he let me win since i was so small, i didnt care really but it was fun slapping him around a bit. the time has come, finally we were going on this trip i cant wait! we arrived at the airport at around three in the afternoon, we had to go through alot of scanning, i didnt know why but im sure i would find out at somepoint. we were boarding the plane and i was nervous, when the plane started to fly into the air i thought it was going to explode, my ears felt like they were clogged up, and i felt like i was going to drop to the ground. i started to cry, i didnt know what to do, lucky enough my mother was there to comfort me, all 3 of my brothers were just sitting there like it was nothing, "its ok christina" said chris as he was trying to watch the movie that was all the way in the front but everybody's heads were in the way. i smiled at him and said ok, i had fallen asleep in my mothers arms and soon enough we had landed. it was so hot in florida i thought i was being fried, "yay we are finally here!" i said with excitement, the heat was bringing everyone down so we went to get a car from carmax, we had a nice mini van petfect for the 6 of us. We were driving past so many new things I had never seen before, I asked so many questions and my mother would answer all of them, florida was such a wonderful place I never wanted to leave. We finally reached the hotel and checked in, day one was resting which I didnt enjoy so much bcause I wanted to explore and see more magnificent things, but my mother always says "good things comes to those who wait", so I did wait until the next morning when everyone was getting dressed and I heard calvin whispering to chris "lets leave her here" , " you act like I didnt here you!" I said jumping out my bed. after I was dressed we all went to a dinner that served okay food, I had a light breakfast because I knew that when I get to disneyworld there would be more food there, it was a 4hour drive so everybody except my dad was asleep, at moments I wished my brothers were in a different car because they always smelled like cattle after a meal so I was suffocating through the whole ride. "WAKE UP! I yelled shaking everybody "WE ARE HERE!!" I was trying to run inside but calvin had a tight grip on me so I couldnt leave, when we went in I froze in amazement, I couldnt move, everything was just so beautiful and very large,so I kept my head held high and went forward. It was a great day we went on every ride and I enjoyed every mintue of it, all though some of the mascots were scary looking, and christopher punched Daisy duck in the face because she was staring at him, we drove back to the hotel and christopher, calvin, chris and I walked around for a bit, we were staying in the marriot so there was alot to see, we went to the beach, the pool, the restaurants and we even saw a cat that came up to me and was begging for food, but we didnt have any so we petted it and walked away. for the past week my family and i have been visiting old relatives, we had a blast i couldnt wait until the next trip, Christopher always says to himself "i love you summer, please don't ever leave", but for me life has to go on summer cant always stay so i close my eyes and say to myself "until we meet again". our next vacation was this place in the Caribbean named st.Thomas, it was such a beautiful place, we ate to our hearts content, all the delicious island food that mom used to make, but better! we even saw animals we have never seen in New York, this place was so beautiful and so full of life i never wanted to leave! but the downturn in this place is the many different kinds of insects, that can easily parallelis you for 12 hours! and the mongooses that will fight to the death for food, but all in all this is a great place. until we had to go home leaving all of its wonders behind, i missed everything about that place, i wanted to go back, i wanted to stay, but couldnt, shouldn't, or wouldn't. summer was almost ending and i was catching up with my readings, i loved to read, everytime i opened a book i learn new things with every flip of the page, but something ways bothering me ever since we got back, i wasn't feeling home sick, i was just feeling depressed and i was in alot of pain, not one of those come and go pains, just the pain that feels like something or someone stabbed me twenty times, so i rushed down to my mother since this pain was going on for about 2 weeks.
" mom i think im sick"
"really did you hurt yourself while playing?"
"no"
"i feel like....." i woke up in a white room wearing a big blue paper outfit, i had nothing underneath, so i hid myself under the covers, i had needles pinned to my skin, a machine making werid sounds, and a tv with no image. "where the hell am i!?" a man wearing white with glasses walked into the room with a clipboard in his hand. "how are you feeling?"
"terrified" i said watching his every move
" don't be i will take care of you"
"HELP!!" I screamed to the top of my lungs, Calvin, Chris, and Christopher had rushed in.
"whats wrong Christina!" calvin said when they were holding me down
"he's trying to kill me!" they all laughed as if i was crazy
"its ok Christina, he's just a doctor" said chris still holding my left arm down
" doctors take care of you when your sick" Christopher said sounding like he just learned a new fact.
"why am i here?" looking at calvin with terrifying eyes
"you passed out in the kitchen when you were talking to mom,the doctor says that...."
"says what"
"he says that you have a growth in you and it might become cancerous" my heart shrunk and shattered, i started to cry hoping and wishing this was all a dream, "why me, why me lord" i said repeatedly in my head until i drifted off to sleep.
