Ms. Rollin
1. She won a Parks and Rec trivia contest.
2. She once ordered 5 desserts for dinner.
3. She was captain of her high school girls basketball team.
Mr. White
1. He is a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu brown belt.
2. He went bungee jumping in Hawaii.
3. He has swam in a tank with sharks.
The Weather Changer
Creative writing by Aidan Sherwin
When I woke up today, I saw that there were thick flakes of snow falling from the sky. Which was unusual because it was the twentieth day of March. You'd think it would've started to warm up by now, but it has been like thirty degrees for the past week or so.
So I got out of bed and walked downstairs. Strangely, everyone in my family was sitting there, eating breakfast in silence. I saw a chair assigned to me and a plate of waffles on the table. So I proceeded to sit down and start eating.
Ok, was this reality? Nobody said a word. All you could hear was the chewing of my family. 'Um, guys-- you ok? You're acting pretty strange." No answer. Was I dreaming? I seriously felt like this was all a dream. It's probably sunny outside, and around fifty degrees.
If this was real, my family probably thinks I'm crazy by now. I was smacking myself, pinching myself, but I still wasn't back in bed. I attempted to talk to my family, but they were buried in their food." Guys, wake up!" I yelled. My dad stared at me, with that look on his face when you know you've caused trouble. I managed to finish my waffles with the dreadful thought that this was the new reality. I'm supposed to have school today, and if it's not canceled by now, something is awfully wrong.
“I have to do something,” I said to myself. But it wasn’t like I could magically change everything like a wizard. I went back up to my room and grabbed my phone. I sent texts to all my friends to see what's up. They all responded fairly quickly. I was happy about that. My good pal Hayden got all excited about the snow, which contributes to his personality very well. But the rest of my friends were pretty weirded out by the day.
Me being me, I felt like I had to do something. “Uhhhh,” I groaned. “What in the whole wide, wide world could I do? There was a long, dead silence. I was relieved when I heard my ringtone, loud and clear. It was my friend Zachary. “Hey, this is weird,” he said. “Yeah, I know,” I responded. “Ummm, so do you think we can change this? In any way?” he asked after what could’ve been an awkward silence. “I was just thinking that!” I joyfully said. “O…..K, sure. Now we have to create an action plan,” he said. “Ummm, like-- how?” I was confused about what this “action plan” would be.
Eventually, we came to the conclusion that everyone was zoned out and not themselves because of the unusual snowfall. “Welp, that wasn’t very helpful,” I said to myself. So I just went downstairs to find my parents watching TV and my sister playing on her tablet. They were still silent and were still sucked into that same invisible abyss of nothingness. School was supposed to start in forty-five minutes, so I started to get dressed and do my other business. I was done in fifteen minutes. Then I sat down on a chair and pondered the day.
After a while, the phone rang. I said I’d get it, but my mom got up and said “I got it.” Wow, she actually said something! There she was talking on the phone. “Guys, school’s canceled today. You could relax,” she said after a few minutes of chatting. In my head I was like, Yessssss! Finally! Something normal! I ran back up to my room and sent texts to all my friends again. Of course, Hayden said he’d be playing in the snow the whole day. Everybody else was relieved.
I was still confused why it snowed this much in March, so I still felt like I had to do something. I bundled up, and made my way to the front yard. I looked at the sky just above my across the street neighbor’s house. I was thinking about shouting something, but then I’d feel like an idiot. I thought about it for a period of time.
I felt like I had to shout. I mean, what’s the worst that could happen? So I counted down from three, and… “WEATHER! PLEASE STOP THIS! MAKE IT SUNNY! Please.” I think most people on my block were in their houses, so I wasn’t too embarrassed. I instantly saw those extraordinary white clouds rapidly moving out of town. The snow was also stopping, too.
“Woah.” I was very surprised. “Ummmm, what did I just do?” I wanted to tell everyone what I just did. I’m pretty sure Hayden won’t be very happy though. The only thing in my head right now is that nobody’s gonna believe me. I should probably just keep it to myself, even though I discovered a new “superpower” I had. I’d be better off. To be honest, some of the kids at school would probably bully me for saying something stupid like that.
I walked back inside thinking two things: How cool I am for doing something amazing like that, and how much of an idiot I am for shouting that. On the bright side, I’m pretty sure I could change any unwanted weather. I pinched myself to see if I’ve dozed off dreaming. If I was, I’d come back to reality. “Ow! Ow!” I shouted. So I’m pretty sure this was real.
So keeping this whole thing a secret turned out to work for everyone. If I ever see my friends begging (well, maybe just hoping) for a different weather status, I would shout at the sky whenever nobody was nearby. But I still always feel like an idiot every time I do. They just think it’s “magical” that such an occurrence could happen. To conclude, I’m happy with the choices I made and am hoping everything could stay this way.
