Lame Night

Chapter 2

CHAPTER 2

Eljin left the dining room. She skipped dinner and tried hard to sleep, rolled in and out of her bed, "What's gonna happen tomorrow? I don't want to wear nothing. Well, not really nothing-nothing. I mean..." Eljin spoke to herself, "...I want to wear what was assigned to me.

Tomorrow! I must sneak out of the house and look for some feathers. And yeah! I'll glue it on cardboard and that would be my wings. My beak could be a plastic cup.. I'll just paint it yellow and.. orange...and yellow..and.."

Without knowing it, she fell asleep.

When she woke up...

Halloween Party's almost there!

She packed her things for the party inside her Jansport Galaxy purple and blue backpack and sneaked out through her window. She brought the house key with her so she could sneak back in. Eljin also brought her 'millions'.

Eljin threw her bag first which landed on the bush. Then, she jumped out of the window and landed on their limo which made the alarm on.

Bee-do! Bee-do!

Oh my freakin gosh!

Eljin hurriedly got down from the roof but her sneakers got hooked by the side mirror, making the shoe left hanging on it. She took it and put it on again.

Eljin ran like a cheetah away from the house, climbed out of the gate and ran as fast as she could again.

She went inside some thrift shops around California to find something phoenix-ish to wear. She went past Mr. Taylor's Needles and Threads, Swan Farm for the feathers, Sunsilk for the choice of cloth and Cafe California, for just a little taste of the new limited edition chicken roast flavored milkshake... which wasn't that good and made her tummy rumble.

Eljin went back to Sunsilk to get the silk she ordered. When she paid the cashier, she vomited her chicken flavored milkshake on everything that was displayed on the stacks of folded cotton. The hanged dresses were also affected, making the cashier angry. So, she kicked Eljin out... literally.

Eljin is broke now and has no money left. "How could I buy a costume?" Eljin stammered.

Eljin went home with her jeans all stinky with her vomit. She sneaked and saw her mom opened the door. She hid behind a bush and waited for her mom to go. As her mother drives the car away, she quickly opened the door with her key which she hid inside her shoe.

She immediately changed and dumped her used clothes directly to the washing machine.

Eljin then, changed her clothes to another pair of brown skinny jeans, plain black shirt and black combat boots.

Rebellious look, eh? Not bad.

She looked at the time. It's almost 6:30!

"I can't be late!"

She got too excited when she arrived at school. She realized that she was still early because students were still entering her school, Chevy High, one by one.

"Cool costume, Eljin!" Klodia G. complimented.

"Your make up is so real!" Glynevie said.

"You look awesome!" Andrei hopped infront of Eljin and skipped away, holding his blue gatorade.

"What's with my casual outfit?" Eljin questioned herself. "I mean, they are just simple and casual." She scratched her neck.

Alexia and Bianca passed by with their mouths hanged open when they saw Eljin.

"Danford, my friend!" Alexia waved.

"What are you for tonight?" Bianca asked.

Then, they annoyingly poked Eljin's cheek repeatedly.

"I'm supposed to be a phoneix but I don't have a costume. So I just wore this and-" Eljin replied.

"Are you kidding me? That's the coolest Halloween costume I've ever seen in my entire life!" Alexia yelled.

"What kind of sorcery is this? How'd you applied this? What did you use? You're a genius!" Bianca said, lifting Eljin's arm, examining it closely.

Eljin's skin was red and swelling. When she looked at her reflection on the glass beside her, she realized that she was "poisoned".

"Maybe the bush where I hid was poison ivy!" Eljin ran to the comfort room as fast as she could.

She looked at the mirror.

"Oh no!" She squeezed her cheeks with open palms.

She washed her face and rubbed it hard which made it even worse.

She went to the school cafeteria to ask for a paper bag while covering her face.

Eljin took off her hands from her face to order a cookie so that she could hide her face with the cookie bag...

"Eljin! You look funny!" Carlo, still wearing polo shirt, guffawed as everyone in the cafeteria looked at her.

"You haven't changed into your costume yet!"

"Silly, I'm sure not excited to arrive this early and showcase my fa..costume. Besides, you're still- HAHAHA!" Carlo laughed, clutching his stomach and holding on the railings for support.

"Shut up, Carlo." Eljin stuffed the cookie inside his mouth which mad Carlo choke and ran to the water fountain.

Eljin poke two holes on the paper bag and wore it to hide her face. She then ran away to the Halloween party.