Who Knew...

Chapter 1

"Poonam Kapoor!" When I heard my name, my face flushed, my heart jumped. I walked up to the front of the ceremony in my oversized graduation robe and hat. I had no idea that I had to do a speech. Like a nervous wreck, I said "Good Morning". I see my parents all smiley-faced. And my twenty-six year old sister Anjali with her arms crossed, rolling her smoky black eyes. Sonya ,one year younger than Anjali. Sonya was smiling, but not at me, at her hot pink mirror, fixing her perfect luscious curly hair. Last but not least, there was Latika, clapping her hands with a huge strectched smile on her face.

Latika adored me. She always wanted to be like me. She looked up to me. This surprises me because, I would have expected for her to look up to Sonya to be all beautiful and have more than enough clothes. Or even Anjali, for her sassyness and to get anything she wants.

Latika was always my favorite sister. I love her as much as she loves me. "I am very surprised with myself that I have completed K-12. And to realize that I am not a child anymore." I didn't know what to say next. "Um...I, uh , would like to thank my family for their lovely support." Who knew that speechs had to be long.