STUCK IN PLACE

Chapter 2

"Melissa Melissa," mom calls out downstairs.

"What?" I ask eyes still heavy from sleep.

"Come down quick .You are gonna be late for school," mom answers back clearly worried.

"School doesn't start until eight." I answer then cover my head with my warm duvet and go back to sleep.

"Well,look at your alarm clock,"She says.I hear her shoes getting closer and closer indicating she is coming up the stairs.

I look at the alarm clock. That stupid thing. It had stopped in the middle of the night. Why today and not the day we had to go for grandmother's feet scrubbing.

" What time is it now?"I ask now standing up.

"So now you ask me what time is it now? Mother says happy that she had defended the statement mommy knows best.

"Just tell me the time,"I say crossing my fingers that I am not late.

" It's Ten minutes to eight."Mom says as she gets out of my room. Ten minutes doesn't give me enough time to do everything .I'll just take a shower,eat breakfast while dressing up and then go to school.

I then finish dressing up. Breakfast can wait. For now I have bigger problems getting to school on time. Why didn't Krysta call me when she woke up? I'll deal with that later.

"Mom,I'll take these to go. I'm in a hurry. Where is Krysta?" I need those answers in a hurry,so if she will just hurry up,I will be grateful.

"OK honey .Krysta already left."

I run as I have never run before. When I just reach the door it closes.Thank God it closed right after I got in.

As I walk in,everyone looks at me in a weird way. Did I get toilet paper stuck my shoe again?When I look down,I cannot believe what I am seeing. I had worn my slippers. And not any other slippers,for your information, my rubber duck slippers. This day could not get any worse.

That was embarrassing. When I got to class,things did not get any better. Everyone stared at me. Geez,who hasn't seen a girl wearing duck slippers. I got in and sat on my desk which is opposite Noelle.

"What happened?" Noelle asked.

"I'll tell you later. Right now,do you have some extra shoes? I need to change,"I said,hoping she had extra.

Just before she could answer,Mr Tiffleton,our math teacher came in.He is that strict math teacher who wants everything to go his way.The lesson lasted minutes but seemed like hours to me.Then the bell rang.Oh thank goodness.

" Do you have any shoes?"I ask really hoping she had some shoes.

"Ummh let me check.No.I do not have any shoes sorry," she says. Oh no.I guess I will have to stay with these slippers the whole day.

School was finally over. I hope I won't have to relive this day over. The embarrassment would kill me. As I walked home,I knew I would have to confront Krysta. I mean,even though I am the big sister,you know,responsible of stuff,she would have called me.