because she said “ It’s going to be alright.”
We slowly walked to the cafeteria and my
thoughts were racing. I had one big
question what was going to happen
next???
We entered the cafeteria with silence, but
finally I broke it. “When am I going to
know the serious thing, just tell me!!” I
blurted.“Very soon, Katy,” she said. Her
voice was soothing and calm, I loved it
when Ivy calmed me down. I asked “ Ivy,
can you please help me serve the
lunches?” “Umm… not right now, I need to
talk to the administrator,” said Ivy.
“uhhhhhhh!” I thought. I served some
lunches and it was my time to pick my
own lunch. I got a pancake, but I didn’t
feel like eating it. Not without Ivy, not with
the thoughts in my head. I ripped the
pancake and squashed it with my fingers.
When was Ivy going to come back? I
needed her so bad. Finally,she returned
with the administrator, Mrs. Carson. Mrs.
Carson had a mike.She tapped the mike
and then said “Testing,testing…..” She
finally said “ Good morning, Educational
Evergreen Orphanage. Today we have
our dearIvy telling some sad news, Let me
give the mike to her…..” She gave Ivy the
mike, she
spoke clearly, “ Hello,
Educational Evergreen Orphanage , I
need to tell some news…” She took a
deep breath. My short brown hair got
really sweaty. “ I have a new home, a
home with people called the Gregg 's. I
am going to leave at 12:35 today, I
packed my stuff and I just feel sad
thinking about it.
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I am going to miss Educational
Evergreen Orphanage, I truly am, but I am
going to miss someone the most,..... My
bff, Katy.” Everyone clapped. That’s
when the shock really hit me, my bff Ivy,
was now going to live some people
named the Gregg’s? What? Then Ivy
looked at me with a sad-smile. I wanted to
give her a thumbs up but instead, I
ended up running to the nearest bathroom
to ball my eyes out .
Someone had followed me to the girl’s
bathroom, at first I thought it was Ivy, but then I
realized it was another girl by her voice. “Hello
Katy, I am Kaira” Kaira was a nice girl
who sometimes helped in the cafeteria. “ Do
you want to talk about Ivy?” She asked. I was
confused but I said yes. We moved to my
bedroom and Kaira helped me change my
worries about Ivy leaving. She told me to think
of this as a good thing, a chance to make new
friends.I did want some more friends after
all. I glanced at the clock and it was
about 12:35. “ Let’s say our last goodbyes to
Ivy” We hurried to the parking lot . At the
parking lot we saw a yellow Taxi and a woman
who looked around 30, and the man who
looked around 40. I saw Ivy walking towards
the woman and the man.The woman and man
hugged Ivy and shook Mrs. Carson’s hand.
I rushed up to Ivy and told her why I had run
away from her. When I finished I had a sad
face but in a way I felt good
Shrawani S Raj
5th Grade
Indian Valley Elementary School
California
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