Daydream Believer

xxi. five dollars and eighty two cents

xxi. five dollars and eighty two cents

Our grand total for the Wii was still five dollars and eighty two cents. I wasn't sure how to get more. Maybe I would have to wait until Christmas for gifts. Christmas was a while away, but Noah was already counting down. It wasn't even snowing yet!

It was time for recess. The air was cold that day. I hated this time of year. It was cold, but it wasn't snowing, so there was nothing fun to do.

"Can we go on the slides today?" I asked.

"Sure, why not?" Justin said.

The slides were kind of fun. There were usually a lot of big kids trying to climb up it though. I climbed up the ladder to the slide. Justin followed me.

Aaron was already at the top. "Hi McKenna!" he shouted.

"Get out of the way, Evil Troll of the Slides!"

"No!" Aaron shouted. "Only if you give me all of your stuff!"

He played a good troll. Aaron also said I played a good princess, but that was because I was the only girl he was friends with. I didn't really want to be a princess though. I would rather be the witch. A good witch, of course. I would only use my magic for good. That way, I could hide behind the scenes, yet still save the day.

I gave Aaron my backpack. "Now will you open the gates?"

"Never!" Aaron said. He laughed evilly.

"Then I have to use my magic on you!" I waved my hands around and turned Aaron into a frog.

"No! You turned me into a bug!" Aaron shouted.

"Actually, that would be insect," Justin said.

"No. I turned you into a frog," I said.

"Bug."

"Frog."

"Bug."

"Frog."

"Does it matter?" Justin asked.

"Not really," Aaron said.

Justin and I ran past Aaron and went down the slides. "Justin, you have a Wii, right?" I asked when we reached the bottom of the slide.

"Yeah, why?" he said.

"What games do you have?"

"I don't know. Rebecca and Robin always hog it."

I shrugged. Justin wasn't much help. Oh well. I had five dollars and eighty two cents.