The Wedding Planner (Norminah)

Chapter One

"Your lunch money is in your bag, and we'll be back before you know it, okay?" A pleasant voice mentioned. "Mommy?" The small girl asked, pulling on her mothers shirt. Her mother bent down to meet eye-to-eye with her, "yes, Normani?"

Normani looked down at her small black shoes and back up at her mother and whispered, "what if I don't make any friends?" Normani's mother laughed lightly, "you will, don't worry. Now, go find a seat before class starts. I love you and I'll be back at 3:20, alright?" Normani shook her head in agreement and waved goodbye. Normani watched her mother Andrea exit her classroom, she turned around and began to feel her heart beat rapidly. She noticed all of the kids talking to one another as if they've known each other all of their lives, Normani felt isolated.

Normani was a small girl, she was clothed in a velvet black dress, thin, nude leggings and shiny black shoes to compliment her dress. She began to look down at her hands and shoes, she was quite nervous actually. She didn't know any of the children in the classroom, and like many children her age, she was a bit bashful.

"Hey, you!" A high pitched voice called out towards Normani's direction. Normani quickly looked up and used her index finger to point at her chest, hesitantly she asked, "me?"

"Yeah, you. Come here!" Normani was a little timid to approach the boisterous toddler, but she was in no position to pass up an opportunity to make a friend. "Hi, I'm Normani Hamilton." The taller girl stood from her seat and responded, "I'm Dinah Hansen." Normani looked up at the girl, staring at her every feature just like any other curious child would. Dinah was wearing a hot pink, t-shirt with the word, Diva in bold lettering across her chest. Dinah wore simple blue jeans and matching hot pink converse to bring the outfit all together. By the looks of it, Dinah was much simpler than Normani.

"You can sit with me if you wanna." Said the Polynesian toddler. Normani smiled, "yeah, that would be lovely." Dinah laughed, "are you a princess or somethin'?" Normani looked confused, "my daddy and mommy call me their little princess, but I'm not a real life one. Why'd you ask?" Dinah grabbed her dress with her index finger and thumb, "you're dressed all fancy and you say words like, lovely." Normani smoothed out the wrinkles in her dress left by Dinah and shook her head, "no, my mommy just dresses me how she wants."

"Well, it's very pretty." Dinah added. Normani smiled, "thank you, Dinah." Normani felt as if she wasn't isolated anymore, if anything she felt as if her and Dinah bonded very quickly.

The day went by and their teacher Mrs.Nelson taught them all of the rules and regulations of kindergarten. "Mrs.Nelson kinda looks like that mean teacher from that one show where those kids play on the playground and stuff, you know which one." Dinah whispered. Normani's eyes widened, "Recess?" Dinah laughed, "yeah! That's the one!" Both of the girls began to laugh as they compared their teacher to the animated character.

"Lunch time, children!" Mrs.Nelson sang. Normani and Dinah joined hand-and-hand as they walked with the rest of their classmates down to the cafeteria. They stood patiently in line when suddenly Normani remembered that she forgot to grab her lunch money. "Oh no." Normani cried. Dinah tapped Normani's shoulder, "we can go get it."

The two girls quickly separated from their class and headed towards their classroom. "This door is so heavy." Said Normani as she attempted to push the door open. "Here, I got it." Dinah said using all of her force. "Opened." She smiled.

Normani ran quickly to her bag and grabbed her money, "I got it!" Dinah said, "okay, now let's go, I'm starving!" The girls again, walked hand-in-hand back to the cafeteria and patiently stood in line. "Ooh, Normani look at that pizza, it looks yummy doesn't it?" Dinah asked. Normani's brown eyes bugged, "it sure does, Dinah." The lunch lady placed a slice of pizza on Dinah's tray and told her to make her way to the register. As Normani was collecting her meal, she noticed their was a malfunction with Dinah purchasing her pizza.