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And my mother who always is there to help me. 

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Contents

 Introduction                                                                                 3

Chapter One: The party                                                              5

Chapter Two:   The accident                                                      9 

Chapter Three: The fight                                                            12

Chapter Four:  School again- and more fun                          18  Chapter Five:  The play                                                             25       Chapter Six:  Days out                                                               28       

Chapter Seven: Bella                                                                  38       

Chapter Eight: A wonderful surprise                                     43       

Chapter Nine: Happy New Year!

                Introduction

My name is Rachel Kimberly. I'm in a family of six. I have four siblings. I am the third-born. Here is a list of my family members:

1.  Stanley Kimberly(dad)   2. Claire Kimberly(mum)

     36yrs                                   35yrs

 3. Jake Kimberly                          4. Talia Kimberly    

         15yrs                                         14yrs

5. Rachel Kimberly(me)            6. Sheila Kimberly

        10yrs                                          5yrs

                    Chapter 1  

      We live in America, Texas in an apartment on the top floor. Our compound has a playground and a swimming pool. I love our home. I would never want to move. 

We go to Primrose Academy. I'm in fifth grade, Sheila's starting first grade and  Talia and Jake are in Junior high.

 Our dad works in the government, and our mother is a Youtuber. We're opening school in two weeks. In the few days left, I'll be dropped off at my best friend Sara Parson's house for her birthday. Mother is driving me to the store to buy a gift for Sara. Oh, we've arrived! Time to think of a gift to get for Sara!

I think she'll like this.

Hmm... What to buy? We passed the toy store, the book store and the art store. Finally, we stopped at the candy store. I know that Sara really loves candy. So we bought some peppermints and chocolates to take to the party.

Time passed rather quickly. Three days were already over and Dad was driving me to Sara's party.  When we arrived, my Dad drove away to work. I went inside, guided by Sara's parents, and saw that there were many children waiting for the party to start. They were many presents on the table. I saw Sara and she ran to me, greeting and hugging me.

Rachel!

Sara really loved my present, but her favorite present was from her cousin Michelle, which was a water blaster. We all went outside and started playing games with it and taking turns with the toy.

Rachel!?

                                  Chapter 2      

           After the cake cutting, we decided to play a game of hide and seek. Sophie, another girl from the party, was the seeker. Sara and I decided to have the same hiding spot: Sara's room. But on reaching there, I tripped and sprained my ankle.

Sara rushed downstairs to call her parents. They called my parents, telling them what happened and to meet us at a hospital called  Health Care. Sara was to stay behind, but she wanted to come with me, so she ran to the car with a blanket and covered herself so she wouldn't be seen. When we arrived, Sara came out and said, "Surprise!"  and ran towards the hospital. "Sara, what are you doing here?" her mother asked, "Well, you'll have to explain later because we have to hurry." We went into the hospital and found the doctor who would treat me, Dr. Smith.

"Well, come into my office," said Dr. Smith, " What is the problem?" " I have a sprained ankle,"  I replied. He checked my right ankle and said that it would be alright, and that I should go to the surgery room to get it stitched. My ankle was cleaned, stitched and bandaged, and I was given some antibiotics. Just then, a female doctor walked in, saying that Mr. and Mrs. Kimberly were here to pick me up. I went home, thanking Mr. and Mrs. Parson for taking care of me.

            Chapter 3

For the remaining days, I was to stay at home. Luckily, Sara visited me daily, making every day enjoyable. But, one day, when Sara was telling me how sorry she was about my accident, Talia, my older sister, walked in.

  " You say it as if it wasn't your fault for not catching her before she fell," she spat at Sara. "But...I, um, couldn't-  it was so sudden-" Sara began, but was interrupted as Talia said, "Well, next time you'll just have to use your eyes!"  Sara burst into tears and ran out of the house. "Talia!" I shouted angrily, but she ignored me and walked out of the room.

Sara did not come visiting for the rest of the holiday.

In seven days time, I went to Health Care hospital, and my cast was removed. It was a relief to have my cast removed, yet I was still sad about Sara. After lunch, I asked Mother if I could visit Sara. She said yes, so off I went.

I soon arrived at the Parsons' house. I knocked on the door. It was answered by Mrs. Parson. "Please may I see Sara?" I asked. "Sure," Mrs. Parson replied, "but be careful. She said she doesn't want to be disturbed." "Okay," I said.

I went upstairs and  knocked on the door. I heard a muffled 'Come in' in response. I opened the door. There was Sara, sitting on her bed, puffy-eyed. "Sorry about what Talia said," I said, "She's usually fond of you. She must have had a hard day." "I guess," said Sara. "I can ask her why she said that, and bring her here to say sorry," I said. "Okay," said Sara, "but you musn't tell tell anyone. I haven't even told my parents.".

I ran home and found Talia in her room. "Oh! Hey, sis!" she said nervously. "I want to know why you were rude to Sara," I said immediately. Talia took a deep breath and said, "I had a hard day. I was invited to go with my friends to a five-star hotel previously. I'd being preparing for weeks, and I was so excited. I was to go a few days ago. But on the day I was to go, Mother and Dad told me that I had to stay behind to babysit you and Layla. Jake was at a friend's house, Mother was going to go shopping, and Dad was going to be at work. Luckily, I was told that you were visiting Sara and Layla was going to be at her friend's house. But then, Sara decided to come here instead. I'm really sorry about what I said to Sara." "I understand" I replied, "but you should tell Sara that you are sorry as well.".

We ran back to Sara's house. Talia explained everything that had happened, finishing off by saying how sorry she was. Sara forgave her. We all agreed to keep it a secret. 

Sorry, will you forgive me?

Sure.

                               Chapter 4

Very soon, it was already the first day of school. It was already September 6th, and Mother was driving Jake, Talia, Sheila and I to Primrose Academy. At my school, lessons start at 8:00am, so we usually arrive at 7:10am. But today, we arrived at 6:50am. Sara was also there.

Hi Rachel!

We signed in and went to our desks. Soon, our classmates started to arrive. Then Miss Kelly, our class teacher arrived. She teaches us English and Science and Tech. English is the first lesson of the day. Then there is Math, taught by Miss Mary, and History, taught by Mr. Lewis. Then we have recess, and continue with our lessons. School is so interesting, that three weeks passed in what seemed like three days. But on a particular Tuesday, things were more interesting than usual... 

Everything was seeming to be normal during History lesson. It was all the same, until Alison Temp, another of my best friends asked, "Mr. Lewis, did people wear skins in the nineteenth century?" Mr. Lewis looked at her in surprise, not knowing that Alison was just pulling his leg. "Well no," he replied "but surely you must know that by now, Alison". "Not even their own skins? "Alison asked, and the class burst into fits of laughter. Even Mr. Lewis laughed.

Did people in the 19th century wear skins?

In the next week, clubs were starting. We were all given lists with the available clubs. Alison was in acting club. Sara kept her list with some other important papers with a paper clip. I lost my list, so Sara shared with me. The clubs on the list were the following:

     Clubs

       Book club 

       Knitting

       Pottery

       Journalism

       Robotics

       Acting club

       Baking

We decided to pick Book Club. Sara ticked it and we went for our lessons. It would be great if today was clubs day, but it is always on Friday. Soon, Friday arrived. Sara and I were very excited, and we hurried to Book Club.

         Book Club

Mr. Lewis was there, supervising people and what they were reading. "Oh, hello girls," he greeted us with a smile. "Hello Mr. Lewis," said Sara and I. Just then, we saw something that surprised us.

Alison?!

Hi guys!

"Alison! Aren't you supposed to be in Acting Club?" Sara and I asked. "Acting club is done on Wednesday, so we are allowed to pick an extra club to do on Friday, and since I'm a bookworm, I chose Book Club," Alison replied. We picked books from the bookshelf and began to read.

                                   Chapter 5

Soon, the semester was nearly over.  Alison was really busy, for the Acting Club was making a play for Christmas. The title was a secret. Only the pupils in the Acting Club and the teachers knew what the play would be about. When we asked Alison, she simply said that we would see. Her notebook, which we were usually allowed to read and look at her drawings, was off limits. We figured that she must have a lead role in the play, since she was very busy.

Sara and I soon found out what the play was about. It was quite by accident. It was recess. We were going to find Alison so we could play with her. We saw her, and ran to her, accidentally falling under the slide. We heard her talk to a fellow actor, her other best friend, Tina Diva, saying what the play was about.

Did you tell them that the play is about Jesus' birth?

So that was that. Alison was acting as Mary, mother of Jesus, Tina was acting as angel Gabriel(which is weird because angel Gabriel is male) and Jason, a boy in sixth grade, was acting as Joseph, father of Jesus. On closing day was the play day. It was also Alison's birthday. Her parents arranged that we go for camping at night, then after two days go to a hotel nearby. The play was wonderful. Alison didn't forget any of her lines!

                          Chapter 5

Right after lunch, Alison's parents took Sara, Tina, Alison and I into their car. We were going to their house, then waking up at 4:00am to go to New York City. We would catch a plane going to NYC and arrive there at 9:00am. We would stay at a camp site for 2 days then go to a hotel. I was so sleepy, that I slept in the plane.

When we arrived at the campsite, we did many activities such as swimming in lakes, fishing and travelling through the forest. We swam again at night then roasted marshmallows.

The next day passed quickly. We had already eaten lunch and were going to the hotel. When we arrived, we were shown where our rooms were. I was to share with Sara, Alison was to share with Tina, and Mr. and Mrs. Temp were to share a room together. The best part was that each room had a television. The hotel had a swimming pool area called Splash. We were promised to go there tomorrow.