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Creative Writing: New Mexico

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“New Mexico?” I asked my Mom who had streaming red hair, a wide gleaming smile, and icy blue eyes.

“No honey, not New Mexico.” my Mom as she stirred the Macaroni and Cheese.

“Then where are we going?” I asked looking at her.

“That’s for you and your sister to figure out.” She said with a smile.

A couple days ago, my sister Jasmine and I were told that we were going on a trip and that we had to figure out where we were going without any clues. We had racked our brains trying to conjecture all the places our nine and seven-year-old brains could remember. Such as New Mexico.

“How about- “

“How about you go get your father, dinner will be soon.” as she carried the pan to the sink.

“Okay!” I said as I walked out of our small red kitchen, …show more content…

“No, I don’t need anything.” I said.

“Okay sweetie, get some rest, and we will get there soon, just wanted to check on you.” said my Mom.

“Okay, Mom.” I said, “See you soon, I love you!”
“Love you too.” She responded. Then there was a click and phone flashed green again. I put the phone on the nightstand and laid down on the bed and stared at the white ceiling for what it had seemed like forever. I woke up two hours later, startled because I had forgotten where I was at. I heard voices coming from the living and thought to myself “People must already be here.” I get up and I put my favorite ocean blue, fuzzy dress and stumbled out the door and I ran into my mom.

“Hi mom!” I said looking at her.

“Hi Alexis.” She said looking down at me “Um, there’s nothing really going on right now, or at least not a lot of fun stuff. You might want to stay in there, I would have liked to stay in there, to be honest. Your sister was skipping in here for about ten minutes straight.

“Oh, okay.” I said, turning around towards the direction of my bedroom.

“But, wait!” My mom exclaimed “I actually came to go get you, there is something that we have to tell you before it’s too late. I hope you’re not too sick for …show more content…

“Nope.” He said as he handed us a square box covered in yellow birthday paper. I alleged, “Why are we opening a present? It’s not Christmas or our birthdays.” Then, Jasmine tears open the parcel and there was a bright red bucket and two floaties with the colors of beach balls. As we were surrounded by family, the excitement rose as our mom handed us a flimsy book with a mysteries piece of white printer paper.

“No.” I thought, “This is not happening, this cannot be real. How is this possible, this great. It’s awesome I- “

“DISNEY WORLD!” Jasmine shrieked as she soared, what it has seemed like 100 feet off of the couch. “We are going to go to Disney World!”

“On Friday, you guys are leaving.” Our mom said laughing.
“We’re going to Disney World, we’re going to Disney World!” I chanted as more and more excitement filled inside me, as quickly as helium fills balloons. “But, I thought you said we weren’t gonna go Disney World.”

“I said we weren’t going.” Our mom said gently “But, I didn’t say that you weren’t going. We can’t go because your brother is too

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