Today was a very bad day. I was already running late for school and I wasn’t going to see Pepper because I had to see a teacher about an assignment she has questions on. Tired, sleepy, and aching, I had to make my way to school.
It was 8:44AM. The door had just shut behind me. A warm winter breeze blew across my face. Feeling happy and giddy, I looked at the time. I already missed two buses. The wind blew pitifully behind me, and I jumped to the road, hitting the ground running. Tile after tile of sidewalk fell out of sight as I raced down the cement path. Staring at the horizon, wishing I was already there, I ran even harder! By now I was practically picking myself up because I was tripping every step along the way! My legs were on fire, dashing down the hill! Am I gonna make it? Am I going to miss the next bus? Worries flooded my mind, but I kept running and running! I made it all the way down but can I run up the next? Clack-clack-clack! Each footstep was like a booming earthquake as I stomped the ground, launching my shuttle shoes with rocket fuel, blasting me all the way up to the top!
Sizzling rubber and plastic, my shoes have burned their very soles into the ground. But I made it. I made it in time for the bus. I wasn’t in the clear yet though. Tick-tock-tick-tock, time ticks down to the minute I can sit down and get some help on my work. Miraculously, the bus arrives! Two yellow lights flicker in the distance! Three numbers stay a solid green on the display and the colossal machine pulls into the lane. I reach into my little white box. But where was my card? I looked in all the pockets and crevices in my backpack, but no sign of the card! I tore and poured open the box, unleashing my games from their boxed prison. They wage war with the ground as they drop, smashing into the ground but the bus pass was nowhere. I had forgotten it.
I hastily gathered up my games and stuffed them back inside. I whipped out my phone and called home. Telling them what just happened, they point out something really stupid of me to overlook. I had money with me. Paying for the bus for once wouldn’t hurt. But the bridge had burned away. The bus had left. I had begun to run back. Tired and desperate, I sprinted all the way back. Down the hill and up, I desperately made my way through and back home.
Slipping back inside, I grabbed my card from underneath my Big Big Loader and flew out the door! No time to waste! School was waiting and I couldn’t let it stay like this any longer! I raced down the hill and up another! Fly Terry, fly! Spread your wings and soar to the top of the sky and catch the bus! Managing to reach the top, I celebrated with joy! But have I become tardy? The happiness doesn’t last long. But at least, I learned something today.
