The Strangest Combination: Dreams & Reality, chapter 3
I logged off the computer and went downstairs to watch some TV, and came back on it about five. The time that it feels like now as has done for the whole day. I decided to check my emails for anything new. Nothing. No one wants to talk to me! Everyone has something better to do. Nah, it hasn't been that bad, I suppose. The weather hasn't been that bad, well, apart from today.
That evening, no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't keep the competition off my mind, even when my alarm went off on Monday morning for school. I groaned as my Mom banged on my door singing "Back to School, Back to Reality" as loudly as possible. I got myself up and started humming 'Wake Me Up When September Ends' whilst tugging my uniform off the hangers in my wardrobe. In all the stupid American High School TV programs I watch, it seems that no one has to wear uniform, but oh yes, I do. I pulled on my black trousers and buttoned up my white blouse and looked at myself in the mirror. 'Hmmm,' I thought to myself, 'I wish the uniform was just this. That would be half-decent.' I cringed as I pulled out the bottle green jumper and the red and green tie. I put it all on, trying not to be too miserable as I poured my cornflakes into a bowl. I hate cornflakes but they're the only cereal that I can just about keep down if you know what I mean! I sat there and chewed the soggy mush until I had enough and poured them down the sink. In the bathroom, I just couldn't hold it in anymore.
"I wonder if I've won?" I said to myself in the mirror. If I've got something on my mind, I always have conversations with me, and me in the mirror. I love it - it's really fun!
"Hmm, I don't know." My reflection said back at me. "But don't think too much about it otherwise you'll be really disappointed when it doesn't work out."
"I know, I know." I sighed as I turned back towards the bathroom sink and carried on brushing my teeth. I smiled and in the mirror a bright white smile grinned back at me. I obviously don't tell anyone I talk to myself in the mirror otherwise they'd think I was insane. I sometimes feel that way.
My day felt like any other day, I even forgot that we'd had the summer vacations but I like everyone else, couldn't wait to go home. When I did, Mom was at the door holding the phone.
"Yes?" I asked cheekily.
"Drop that attitude, young lady!" Mom said, sounding a lot like my PE teacher. "I had a phone call today. From some website called Green Day Competitions.com, saying you've entered a competition!"
"Oh yeah, I was going to tell you if anything happened with it." I lied.
"Oh, okay." Mom said angrily. "Well, something did happen." My stomach lurched.
"I-I-I've won?" I stuttered.
"Of course not!" Mum snapped, thrusting the phone at me. "Some boy called Michael won from Minneapolis."
"Oh." I said, shuffling to my room. I should of know I wasn't going to win, so then, why was I so upset? Maybe it was because although I stopped thinking about it, deep down, it was always on my mind.
That evening, no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't keep the competition off my mind, even when my alarm went off on Monday morning for school. I groaned as my Mom banged on my door singing "Back to School, Back to Reality" as loudly as possible. I got myself up and started humming 'Wake Me Up When September Ends' whilst tugging my uniform off the hangers in my wardrobe. In all the stupid American High School TV programs I watch, it seems that no one has to wear uniform, but oh yes, I do. I pulled on my black trousers and buttoned up my white blouse and looked at myself in the mirror. 'Hmmm,' I thought to myself, 'I wish the uniform was just this. That would be half-decent.' I cringed as I pulled out the bottle green jumper and the red and green tie. I put it all on, trying not to be too miserable as I poured my cornflakes into a bowl. I hate cornflakes but they're the only cereal that I can just about keep down if you know what I mean! I sat there and chewed the soggy mush until I had enough and poured them down the sink. In the bathroom, I just couldn't hold it in anymore.
"I wonder if I've won?" I said to myself in the mirror. If I've got something on my mind, I always have conversations with me, and me in the mirror. I love it - it's really fun!
"Hmm, I don't know." My reflection said back at me. "But don't think too much about it otherwise you'll be really disappointed when it doesn't work out."
"I know, I know." I sighed as I turned back towards the bathroom sink and carried on brushing my teeth. I smiled and in the mirror a bright white smile grinned back at me. I obviously don't tell anyone I talk to myself in the mirror otherwise they'd think I was insane. I sometimes feel that way.
My day felt like any other day, I even forgot that we'd had the summer vacations but I like everyone else, couldn't wait to go home. When I did, Mom was at the door holding the phone.
"Yes?" I asked cheekily.
"Drop that attitude, young lady!" Mom said, sounding a lot like my PE teacher. "I had a phone call today. From some website called Green Day Competitions.com, saying you've entered a competition!"
"Oh yeah, I was going to tell you if anything happened with it." I lied.
"Oh, okay." Mom said angrily. "Well, something did happen." My stomach lurched.
"I-I-I've won?" I stuttered.
"Of course not!" Mum snapped, thrusting the phone at me. "Some boy called Michael won from Minneapolis."
"Oh." I said, shuffling to my room. I should of know I wasn't going to win, so then, why was I so upset? Maybe it was because although I stopped thinking about it, deep down, it was always on my mind.
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