Well, this is how the story begins. The story about my sister, me, my family, and my friends. This is the story about Tori, almost getting struck by lightning.
It was a typical day in San Diego, when Tori got an important call. She gets a lot of calls everday, because she's one of the star cheerleaders at Westmore Past High School. It's always either her friends, her boyfriend, some guys that like her, or just family. Of course, she gets other calls, too. Those are more of the one's she gets most often. Like last Tuesday, another cheerleader got hurt. The Westmore Past Alligators only had six cheerleaders left, and Tori was out with the flu. Last Tuesday, everyone wen't to the big game. Westmore Past against Ray Cut High School. Westmore Past was winning. By A LOT of points- oh! Did I mention it was a cold, rainy, thunderstorm-y, humid night? Nope, I guess I didn't. Anyways, they were winning. They had just scored another touchdown, so the cheerleaders did pyramids. Marci and Darci, the school bullies, were on top, and Laney, my sisters' best friend, was also on top. Grasping the girls feet, the other cheerleaders at the bottom holding on, let go of Laney, and she fell to the ground with a big- THUMP! Everyone stared in horror. " Ohmygosh!" I heard people say. " Is she alright?" Well, the answer is no, she wasn't alright, at all. Being held up in the air by five or so people, seven to ten feet up in the air, then falling, heck no, she was not alright. Someone called 911 eventually, and they came here in an instant. When they lifted her half lifeless body on the stretcher, I saw a stike of lightning, about ten miles away. It was the weirdest lightning bolt I had ever seen. It was straight, with only two more lines coming down with it.
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" Kylie!" my mom shouted at me from downstairs. " You got to get ready for school!" I hate school. Why, you ask? Well, I have a nice teacher, but he certainly gives out A TON of homework. And Caitlyn, who moved here about a month and a half ago. Ugh, she's really annoying, and I know I shouldn't say that, but if you met her, you'd say that too. She's about the nerdiest thing on the planet. I mean, glasses ( there is nothing wrong with people with glasses) small face, tall, fat, and rude. She likes to stalk my friend and I a lot, with her other friend, Madison. HOW ANNOYING DOES IT GET!!!!!!!!?????? Very annoying actually. So when I finally get out of bed, brush my teeth, put on my clothes, then have breakfast, I grab my bag and head out the door. When I reach Westmore Past Elementary, I quickly run behind a waterfountain, and slip under it. " Hey Kylie!" a voice shouts. I go to run away, but instead I wack my head on the bottom of the water fountain. " SO! I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD HELP ME WITH MY MATH, READING, SCIENCE, LANGUAGE, ENGLISH, SPANISH, SOCIAL STUDIES, MY TEST FOR P.E. AND MY VIOLIN LESSONS! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE CAN YOU HELP ME??!" Caitlyn. I was going to say no, but she didn't wait for me to answer. " OK SO LIKE WE CAN MEET UP AT MY PLACE AT 5 O- HEY LOOK! THERE'S AIYANA!" I turned around. I quickly saw Aiyana, she saw me, than I stuck my hand out and did our Caitlyn- is -coming -so- you- better-run! hand signal. She started in a trot, then ran like a horse. I, ran over to Ridge ( my friend) and I tell him that Aiyana is breaking up with him. " Why? What did I do?" he asked. " Nothing, she just likes Matthew I guess." You could see tears swelling up in his eyes. Ridge picked up his back pack and ran. I saw Caitlyn coming, so I ran after him. " Leave me alone!" he cried. " Ridge, don't make a big deal out of this! She didn't diserve you anyway!" I said trying to cheer him up. " Really? 'Cause I really liked her. Like, a lot. I invited her so many places too! The movie theatre, hiking, camping, Halloween party, my birthday party, and she hasn't attended one of them!" he said. Aiyana came around the corner. " Oh look! It's my favorite person!" Ridge said, then stomped away. " What's up with him?" she asked. " Ha ha...ahh funny you should ask th- Caitlyn five o' clock!" I said. We ran. " Oh crud!" Aiyana said. " My boot's stuck in mud!" I turned around. " What?" I saw. " MY BOOOOOT!!! OH MY GOSH ITS NEEEEEWW! EEWWW IT GOT RRUUIIINNNEDDD!!" she screamed. " Oh brother." I said. " Kylie, MAJOR fashion emergency- aren't ya' gonna help?" she asked. " It's not like it's quicksand. Just pull your boot out. And there isn't even that much on your boot!" She looked at me, pulled out her boot, and said, " Lets go." angrily. I hate it when she gets overly dramatic. " HEY GUYS!" Caitlyn yelled at us while grabbing are shoulders and jumping. Aiyana and I turned around and screamed. We took off.
It was about, ah, ten in the morning when Tori woke up and said she wanted to go to cheer. "OK." my mom said. They were desperate. The cheerleaders only had five, but Tori coming would make six. At the football game, only one cheerleader could hold up a cheerleader, which is why we all think Laney fell. Tori asked for me to come with her. " Just in case." she said. " Fine." I told her. She drove all the way to the parking lot, then we headed inside. " I'm crossing my fingers that everything's alright!" I rolled my eyes. She'd hardly been there for the team! She doesn't go to practices anymore, and she rarely shows up at the games. We pulled open the big, blue door and walked in. " We, we're going to have to... to cancel the cheer, for about... a... a month or two. I mean, girls, none of you show up! There's only three of you that actually care and that haven't gotten sick!" coach Sarah exclaimed. Tori looked at me. I looked at her. " Four actually!" she said. " No, five!" I said. The cheerleaders looked up. "Kylie, Tori! Am I glad to see you two!" coach said. They all ran up and hugged us. " I can't believe it!" Sarah said.
