Homework

I was reading this series about a set of twins who are very similar in looks, but have very different interests. Payton loves fashion and shopping and gossip, but Emma likes academics and school stuff. So, when my teacher gave me a writing assignment I new was book I was going to use. The assignment was to write a possible conversation between you and a character from a book. The piece is not my very best, but I wanted to see what you thought.

Here it is:

“Spell contiguous!” My heart pounded as the announcer told me my word. I was in the school spelling bee, and up against some stiff competition. Emma Mills*.

I took a deep breath, “C-O-N-T-I-G-U-O-S.”

“Incorrect. Emma, spell contiguous,” the announcer carried on with the next competitor. It was down between her and me. May the best speller WIN.

“C-O-N-T-I-G-U-O-U-S,” Emma spelled. I knew at that moment, she was right. She would win. She was the better speller.

“Correct! It looks like Emma Mills is our new spelling bee champion! Congratulations to her and the runner up Madison Fleischaker,” the announcer concluded. “Have a good evening everybody!”

I walked off stage, content with my placing. I was okay losing to someone better than me, as she obviously was. I waved her over, “Hey! It’s Emma, right?”

“Yeah! That’s me, Emma Mills. Spelling bee champion, mathletes star, school over achiever,” she responded.

“Nice to know. Moving on, I wanted to wish you good luck on the next level of the spelling bee.”

“Thanks, it means a lot! And you know, just because you are second place doesn’t mean you’ll never compete! You’re the alternate, and you might be the one to bring home that trophy!”

“Thanks Emma!” Wow, this girl is so nice. I’ll ask her to hang out some time.

“Emma?” I asked tentatively.

“Yeah?” She responded.

“Do you want to hang out sometime? Have a little fun? Hang out, relax, and cool down after some tough work on the brain. Ya know? Just to de-stress?”

“Sorry, but no. I am AcadEmma, and I study 24/7, wait no, 25/8! Speaking of which, I better get to studying.”

“Well, see you around. Are you sure you don’t want to grab some ice cream or something in a while?” I asked, hoping for one more chance to make a new BFF.

“I’ll decline, but here is an interesting tidbit. According to Ice Cream Freaks,  ‘An average dairy cow can produce enough milk in her lifetime to make a little over 9,000 gallons of ice cream.’ How about that for fun?” Emma said. This made me wonder about this girl. I turned to leave, “Oh wait, there’s more!”

“Yay!” I exclaimed with less enthusiasm than I thought humanly possible.

“According to Busika’s interesting ice cream facts, Americans are the largest consumer of ice cream with 23 liters a year. The second largest are the Australians with 18 liters a year. Also, The ice cream cone was invented in 1896 by an ice cream vendor in New York City to stop people from stealing his serving glasses. He patented his invention in 1903. The cone was introduced at the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis.  That’s not all, President Ronald Reagan declared July as national ice cream month in –“

“Okay, I get it! You know more about ice cream than I do. Great for you! Goodbye, Emma”

“Goodbye, Madison,” she responded, probably sour from me ending her trivia flow. I hope she enjoys her trivia, but at least I have fun.

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So, that is all, but I think it is ok. Did you like it? Leave a comment, tell me what you think.