Carolyn

'Time Flys By!'
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" We're going to Hawaii! We're going to Hawaii!" my sister, Margaret, and I yelled in our friend's faces.

" Whatever! You are going to miss a bunch of school work, so beat that!" my best friend, Claudia teased. My dad had won a trip to Hawaii for him and his family because he reached his goal for his job.

"I don't care if I miss the rest of the school year just for this 5 day vacation." I told Claudia.

"Well just be safe on that new airlines you told me about."

"I will, it is called 'Time Will Fly By' so I guess it is convenient with time."

That day came when I had to step on that airplane and go to Hawaii, I was thrilled but really nervous because I had never been on an airplane before. Most sixth graders had been, but not me. The plane ride was so much fun. Free peanuts and drinks and little windows to look out of. But, when I stepped off the plane my eyes lit up like a million stars. Palm trees and a cool breeze was my first favorite thing in Hawaii. But soon came the beach which was my most favorite thing, since we lived in Chicago, the Windy City. "Julia! Julia!" my sister yelled, "look at the volcano!" And I did, and what a sight. It was so amazing. Fireworks were definitely so not cool anymore. The fifth day came and I was sad to leave all the delicious smoothies and the cool Hilton Hotel, but I was so pumped up to brag to Claudia when I got back. Time totally did fly by on the plane ride back and it only felt like five minutes, but really it was seven whole hours I told my mom that this airlines was definitely the best. I got back at about right before lunch time, so I could have a half day at school. When I got to the school, all the sixth graders were at lunch, so I headed over to the lunch tables to surprise all of my friends, especially Claudia. But when I got there……………

Tell me what you think should be there or what should happen to Julia! -Carolyn

= __Section 2__ = Running, sweating with joy I was heading to the lunch areas. "Claudia! Claudia!" I shouted with excitement. I passed through a bunch of kids who I didn't recognize and thought they were fifth graders in the sixth grade lunch area. I was almost to the lunch tables were Claudia was. I finally reached the table. Disappointment hit me like a ball hit a bat for a home run. Children that I had never seen before sat, eating their lunches were Claudia and all my other classmates weren't. Claudia //should// be sitting on the top left corner of the lunch table, but she wasn't. I then thought that maybe everybody switched lunch tables when I was gone in Hawaii, so I searched every lunch table and she wasn't there. I searched the bathrooms and the playground and the field and she wasn't in sight. In fact, nobody I knew was in sight. A light bulb popped right into my head, and I thought a thought that I would have never would have thought of before. Why don't I just go to my teacher's classroom. Mrs. Baldron will have the answers that I needed.

Thanks for reading, tell me what should happen when Julia goes to her classroom and tries to talk to Mrs. Baldron!

~Carolyn

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 Now, I was super excited to go to my classroom and talk to someone I actually knew. "Mrs. Baldron! Mrs. Baldron!" I shouted as I entered the classroom. I had waited after lunch was over, so I could see all of my classmates, too. I turned the rusty old handle of the door, which was odd because when I left the door handle was just replaced with a new one. I entered the classroom, red-faced and out of breath. "Mrs. Baldron?" I looked up at the woman teaching. She definetely was //not// Mrs. Baldron, I young and very pretty woman. "Uhhhhhmmmmm. Children! All take out your silent reading books while I talk to this student, please." the strange woman said. All of the children did what she said, but very cautiously. The lady had bright, shining blonde hair like no one else I had ever seen before. It was weird too. Claudia had that same colored hair. But it must have been a coincidence. But, it didn't seem like it. The smooth voice that flowed out of that queer lady's mouth sounded exactly like Claudia. I then couldn't hear anything, for I blocked out all sound. I got a strange feeling about the lady and then just as I tuned back into listening, she said her name. I'm Mrs. Letta. I freaked out. Mrs. Letta???? Claudia's last name was Chartlack, but the Mrs. meant she was married and that meant that Claudia was really //old!// I couldn't believe what I was hearing. We walked and talked about everything. I finally found my voice and just started freaking out on Claudia. "C-c-c-claud-d-dia?? Is that really you, cause I don't really get how you can be like 35 years old in sixth-grade." "Julia…… you are so young and it is so good to see you." "So you are Claudia!!! And you are married, teaching, and like way way way older than I am!" I told her, "and and I thought you were my best friend and everything, but you are so much older and and and. " I couldn't talk. Claudia bent down and looked me in my teary eyes, "Julia, I can't explain why. You never came back from your trip to Hawaii. And I got so worried. I called the airlines, 'Time will Fly By', and they said that the airlines was closed. I got super worried. I didn't know what to do. Years went by and still you didn't come back. I then gave up and just hoped you would come back, but you didn't. I went to a special doctor, told the Mrs. Baldron. No one listened. Mrs. Baldron then retired, everyone graduated. I passed through middle school, then high school, then college. Still no best friend. I wondered and wondered and wondered. Where did my best friend go? Then, I did some logical thinking. I thought about the airlines you went on and why it closed. Then I said the craziest thing. What if time really did fly by? And when you came back time changed. And everything changed. I didn't believe it at first, but then it was the only thing I could believe." It was now my turn to speak. I couldn't talk at all. I thought about calling my parents and telling them about everything. And that was what I did with Mrs. Letta, but I still called her Claudia. "Hello? Mom? Dad?" I spoke into the office phone. Then a voice came up. "Sorry, this line has been disconnected. We are sorry for this." then a beep went off. More tears hit the floor. I got driven home by Claudia to my house. I got out and knocked on my door. What was strange was there was different cars in the driveway. I knocked and an old probably retired couple answered. "How might we help you nice girl?" said the old man. "Never mind." and I left. I couldn't believe anything. Time changing, my mom and dad missing, and my best friend was now married and a teacher. I then fainted. I woke up in the hospital. Since I had been so shocked again, I fainted but this time I was yelling. Blurs entered my mind. I felt a shake and a twist and then BAMMMMM!!! "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!" I sat up in my bed at home. "Are you all right, dear?" my mom asked. I then screamed again in shock of seeing my mom and by being in my room. "You must have had a bad dream." my mom told me, "I will go get you a warm glass of milk and that might calm you down. Ok?" "Wait!" I said urgently, "I am fine, I will go back to bed, it was a really bad dream. I am fine now." "Are you sure?" my mom asked in confusion, "well all right. Get your sleep, because we have to wake up early tomorrow morning." "Why?" I asked. "Julia? Honey! We are leaving for Hawaii tomorrow. Don't you remember?" she said, still confused. "Oh, Oh yeah. I remember. I just forgot and I thought we already went." "You need that glass of milk. I'm going to go get it." my mom went down stairs. That was it. Just a bad dream. At least I still have Claudia, I thought and I drank my warmed up 2% milk.

EPILOGE: Julia had a great time in Hawaii. When she got back, she hugged Claudia to death and was super glad to see her. Julia told Claudia about her strange dream and Claudia cried during it. Today, Julia always drinks her warm milk when she gets upset or has a bad dream. GOT //WARM// MILK?  I am super sorry for it being super long and hard to read, but i had to fit that all in for it to make sense. Thanks for reading!

~Carolyn