Friends
One day a girl named Kaylee was going to move from New York to California. She was going to miss all her friends. She thought about it when they were packing.
She had a two-year old sister, a thirteen-year old brother, a mom, and a dad. They were moving in five days. Her mom and dad grew up in California, her brother wanted to enjoy the warm weather, and her sister had no idea. Kaylee didn’t want to move but she had no choice. Five days later they were on a plane to California.
Once they were there they got in the car and drove to their new home. It looked like their old home. Kaylee went inside to check things out. When she got to a room she looked inside. Kaylee liked it. She ran outside and yelled, “I call the first room on the right!”
Logan, her brother, called, “No you don’t!” But Dawn, her two-year old sister, toddled inside and found the room.
“I’ll race you!” said Logan. They ran inside but, when they got there, Dawn was in the room.
“I guess Dawn gets the room”, Logan said. “Yeah, I guess so”, said Kaylee.
Once they got moved in, Kaylee started school. She was in Mr. Jacobson’s class. She sat next to Alex and Leah. One day while at school, Mr. Jacobson asked everyone the names of their friends. When he got to Kaylee, she said she didn’t have any friends.
But then Alex said, “I’ll be your friend.” So they moved on.
Before lunch, Mr. Jacobson said the school would be having a spelling bee. Spelling was Kaylee’s best subject. At recess, she played with Alex and Leah. Kaylee would play with them. Leah would go to the swings or the slide. Kaylee and Alex would follow her. By the end of the day, Kaylee thought Leah did not like her. It was true. Leah only wanted one friend. When Kaylee got home, she asked her mom if the same thing happened to her. Her mom said, “No.”
Three days later, the spelling bee was on. Kaylee was excited. Unfortunately, Leah was the best speller in the class. The spelling bee started. It finally came down to three people: Cole, Leah, and Kaylee.
The word was dictionary. It was Cole’s turn. He went up and spelled it.
“Dictionary,” he said “D-i-c-i-o-n-a-r-y Dictionary.”
“I am sorry that is not correct,” Mrs. Honey said. Then Leah went up “Dictionary,” she said. “ D-i-c-t-i-o-n-r-a-y Dictionary,”
“I’m sorry that’s not correct.” Mrs. Honey said. “If you spell “dictionary” correct you will win a pizza party for your class.” Kaylee went up and spelled it right. They won a pizza party!
After they had the pizza, Alex handed out invitations for her birthday. It was a sleepover. When Kaylee got home she asked if she could go and got permission. It was the day of the sleepover birthday party. Kaylee got Alex a Webkinz™. When it was time to open presents Kaylee went first. Alex opened her gift and loved it. Then Leah went. She got Alex two Webkinz™. After a while the girls got in their sleeping bags. Alex was the first one to fall asleep. Then Leah said “I’m sorry I didn’t play with you at recess. I thought you could only have one friend.”
“It’s okay,” Kaylee said. “I’m sorry I beat you at the spelling bee.”
“That’s okay,” Leah said. “Friends.”
“Friends,” said Kaylee.
On Monday Leah said to Alex, “Kaylee and I are friends.”
“That’s good,” said Alex. “I really hoped that you would get along. Now I don’t have to worry about it any more.” They all laughed. As soon as Kaylee got home she told her mom and dad. She told Logan and Dawn even though she would not understand.
THE END
