Hi. My name's Lindsay. But people call me Linds. How did this all start? Well, let's go back to the last day of school.
It was the last day of school, and everyone was buzzing. The teacher, Mr. Kikman, was desperately trying to get everyone 's attention. No one cared. Everybody was too busy counting down the seconds to freedom. I smiled, as I watched Kikman stand up, clapping his hands, waving, saying "quiet! Quiet... Please?" I laughed in my head, then continued to chant with the rest of my class. "20...19...18...17...16...15" I glanced at Jennifer. She was excited to leave. I saw her face light up as she shouted with the rest of the class. "14...13...12..11" then I took one final scream with the others, backpack on my back, ready to go... "5...4...3...2...1!!!!" Everyone shouted, stampeding through the door. I couldn't help it, I started laughing like crazy, jenn in front of me, and everyone squeezing through the doors.
"FREEDOM!!!," I shouted, and a couple people whooped. I laughed again and met up with Jennifer. "To my house!" I said. She had a big smile on her face. So did I. I climbed into my car, and we drove home. My mom at the door to greet us, and my dad making dinner. My little 7 year old brother came running from upstairs, shouting "LIIIIIIINNNNNNDDDDSSSSAAAYYYY!!!!" Morris, our French bulldog came skittering across the floor, and jumped up, licking me in the process. My mom was bouncing my baby sister Kate on her hip. Yeah, crazy family. But awesome. "Lindsay!" Mom said. "And Jennifer! How was the last day of school?" "Over." Said jenn, laughing. "Well, other than that." My mom said, making a funny face. Kate laughed a bubbly little baby laugh. Jennifer and I set down our backpacks and ran upstairs.
"So, summer plan?" I asked jenn. "Yes. " she said with a mischievous smile on her face. I got curious. "But I won't tell you until after dinner. And I already asked my parents, I can sleep over. " she told me. "Cool beans. Something smells good downstairs. I think my dad's making something for dinner. But that's not for another two hours, so...?" I thought questionably. We grabbed our phones and checked Instagram, and snapchat. After a while of that, we went downstairs and I saw my brother Ben playing with Legos and some race cars. Kate was sitting next to him, chewing on a baby toy, and mom was right behind them on the couch, reading a magazine. I plopped down on the recliner, and jenn sat next to my mom on the couch. I turned on the t.v. Jennifer picked up a people magazine. Bleh.
I picked up Kate and set her on my lap, bouncing her. Up and down and up and down. She chewed on her toy, a blue ring, and I just played with her baby hair. So fluffy and wispy. Her hair was blonde, whereas mine was brown. My father had dark brown hair, and my mom had light blonde hair. Ben had blonde hair too, but we all have blue green eyes. My dad always tells me I'm stunning, and he's going to have to be beating the boys to keep them away from me. I smiled to myself and started to him an old lullaby my mom would hum when I was little. Soon I had baby Kate pretty tired, and sleepy, almost dreamlike. She chewed on her ring almost kind of thoughtfully. I watched some t.v then I handed Kate to mom and told her me and Jennifer were going on a bike ride.
We went out front and opened the garage. Jennifer rode my mom's bike while I rode my own. We coasted down the drive way turned. Then we just kind of pedaled slowly, taking our time. We looked at the sky. It gets dark quickly around here. The sun was already setting. After a while I asked Jennifer what time it was. She replied "5:23"
"Ok. We'll have to go home and turn around soon. After that we rode bye a couple of houses for sale, and then the more shady side of the neighborhood. Because this was where Mr. Seinfeld lives. He lives by himself, and all the houses are deserted except for his.
Mr. Seinfeld isn't someone to mess with. Sometimes he sits by the window, staring at nothing. Sometimes he sit on his rocking chair, going creak creak, creak creak. MEven other times he stands by his mailbox, and keeps just staring into it when there's no mail. He really freaks me out. We always go on the other sidewalk if we pass him. But the scary thing is, he's always home. Like, always. I've never seen him step off the lawn. The guy is really scary. I've heard stories about him, but, they are stories, right? We sped by his house, him in his rocking chair, staring blankly into space. I shuddered. Then we looped around and went home.
We opened the garage door and put away the bikes. Then we walked in and as soon as I did, I breathed in a huge whiff of dad's cooking. Mmmmmm. "Are you guys ready for dinner?" Dad asked. "YES!!" We both shouted and giggled. "It smells soooo good!" I exclaimed. Dad smiled and then went over to the dining room. It was all set up, with an extra seat for jenn. We all sat down, and then adjusted Kate in her high chair. "Gah!" Kate burbled. Dad brought out some chicken and gravy and mashed potatoes. He also brought out a peach pie. "Dad! You didn't have to make a feast." I rolled my eyes then started to help myself to some chicken with a grin on my face.
"No!" Dad slapped my hand. "Ooowwww! What was that for?" I shrunk like a beaten puppy. "I will serve!" Dad said. Then he passed out to everybody a helping of all, except the pie. I took a bite of the mashed potatoes. Mm, they melt in your mouth... Then the chicken, and the peas, and gravy, and soon I was finished, and full, but with enough room for the desert... >:)
After that, dad handed out the pie, and it was perfect. Peach is my favorite! I think... Or maybe key lime, or chocolate, or maybe... Ok so maybe I just like pie. I thanked dad for dinner, took Jennifer by the wrist, and took her upstairs. "Ok, so what're the plans?" I asked as soon as I set foot in my room. "What?" She asked. "You know, you promised you'd 'tell me after dinner' ?" "Oh, that. Yes, well, you know how we Both learned how to drive?" Jennifer asked. "Well duh" I replied. "Well.....were...GOING ON A ROAD TRIP!!!" She yelled. Wait, what?!
