The Third-Floor Bedroom

By: Briana

 

“MOM!!!” 

“Hurry the show is about to start!” 

“I’m coming Alex!” 

Alex and his mom were getting ready for a bird show. Alex loves birds so when he heard a bird show was coming to his town he had to go. Alex’s mom came down the stairs running. 

“Come on!” 

“I’m coming” 

And it all began when someone left the window open… 

They got into the car and his mom started to drive. Meanwhile in Alex’s third-floor bedroom there was a window that was left open and the Carrier pigeons on Alex’s wallpaper came alive one by one and flew out the window making noisy wing beats. 

“Ahh, finally I’ve been waiting for someone to leave the
window open it feels good to be back!” exclaimed Percey. 

“Yes yes it feels good,”said Pat, he was the smart one, “But we haven’t been carrying messages for years.” 

“Yes. What if people don’t need don’t need us anymore?  What if  they invented something else?  What if………” 

Percey interrupted  Paul, “Don’t worry, you always worry.  I bet someone still needs us!” 

“Actually, I believe Paul is right.  We have been stuck on that wall for a while. I don’t believe that anyone needs us anymore.” said Pat disappointed. 

“Oh come on you  guys you can’t say that, look the window is open.  Come on.  I’ll prove to you that they still need us. Let’s go!!!” and with that Percey leaded the others out the window and they followed him out to New York City. 

“WOW!!!” yelled all three of them at the same time. 

“See look how much work will have here no one will ever stop needing us!!” said Percey. 

“Well what if they invented something else that tops us?” asked Paul 

“Oh stop ‘What if-ing’ look I bet…….”. 

“Wait guys look down there at that house” interrupted Pat 

They looked down at the house and they saw a man he was giving a woman something that looked like a card something that they use to give to people. The woman thanked him and the pigeons charged for the man but the man managed to duck. 

“Wow, those pigeons were surely mad. They looked like carrier pigeons Bet they were mad you’re stealing their their job, huh??” the woman said. 

The man and the woman both laughed at the women’s joke. 

“How’d they know that we are carrier pigeons???” asked Paul 

“No idea, but that’s not important right now. What’s important is that we stop that man from stealing our job!!” said Pat heroically . 

They followed the man to the next house.  He gave the mail again and when the man wasn’t looking they grabbed most of the mail from the guys bag. 

“Now we deliver!!!!!!!” they said together. 

So the pigeons split up and delivered the mail. After they were done they met back up at the house and went back to the wall 

“Right on time,” Percey said proudly as he saw Alex and his mom come back “See told you guys that they still needed us” 

“You were right,” said Pat 

“I thought we were going to end up like the bird that left 2 years ago and didn’t come back,”said Paul 

“Was that a good show Alex???” 

They could here Alex and his mom down stairs. 

“Hurry!” said Percey.

“Until next time fellas,”said Pat 

“Until next time!”said the other two and they went back to the wall where they stayed and waited again for someone to leave the window open.

 

THE END

      Oscar and Alphonse

 

November 18, 2005,

Miami, Florida,

 

My name is Oscar Williams. I’m 12 years old. I live in New Orleans. I go to Northridge Middle School. 3 of my brothers go to Northridge High School. The other 1 go to my school. I have 4 brothers, Noah (16), Liam (15), Jacob (14), and Mason (13). All of them are mean to me, except for Mason. He helps me with my homework while the rest play football, he tutors me in math and language arts while the rest watch WWE. But one day, it all changed. This is the story of how I meet Alphonse.

I remember it like it was yesterday. The next day, after school me and Mason got picked by Noah, Liam, and Jacob in Noah’s 1980 station wagon. It had fake wood on the side and yellow almost everywhere.

“Hey loser. Get in the back, NOW!”yelled Noah like a tiger to us.

I yelled back, “OOOKKKKAAAAAYYYYY. You don’t have to yell.”

Noah gave use the big eyes and I knew exactly what would happen if we didn’t, so we got in the car before he could say it again. As me and Mason got in the car, Noah put some bags in the back.

“What’s all this?”I asked Noah.

“None of your business loser’s,”screeched Noah louder than a eagle.

 

 

 

We got home when I found a caterpillar on the grass of our front lawn, so I picked it up and got it inside before my brother’s saw it.

“Mom, can I keep him. PLEASE?! I will do better in school. I’ll get A+++ instead of an A++.”I begged my mom to keep the caterpillar.

“Fine, only if you feed him, water him, and make sure your brother’s don’t touch him,”blabbed my mom.

When I finally got away from my mom and escaped to the wonderful island called my room. Even though I live with 4 brother’s, I still get my own room. It has my favorite color, PINK, I have a pink bunkbed with a bed on the top and a desk on the bottom. My desk has a 1980’s computer with a binder full of study sheet’s, school books and a caterpillar cage with food and water and everything a caterpillar needs, a big book shelf full of ‘Time Warp Trio’ books, and a super big bean-bag chair next to my ,and big mirror with a hem lace on the edges.

“I’ll name you, Alphonse. Yeah. Welcome to your new home Alphonse, I’m Oscar!” I explained to my new pet.

“Hey loser. Whaddya got there, a pet? So you’re some kind of kind of, FREAK! Hahaha,” laughed Noah.

“Hahaha,” copied Liam and Jacob.

Then I saw Mason.

‘Should I join in, or stand up for my sister?’

Then I saw Mason come up to me and did the unthinkable.

 

 

 

“Hahahaha loser. So you’re a caterpillar person, that means you must be a caterpillar,”Mason said to (for some reason) empress his older brothers.

I was sad and confused, so I asked Mason,“What was that for,”

“Come on Oscar, don’t be such a wet blanket.” said Mason loud and proud.

“Besides, they finally like me!” whispered Mason as soft as a mouse.

I was so mad at him for being something he’s not so I yelled,“I THOUGHT YOU WERE MY FRIEND AND MY BROTHER, but I was wrong!”

 

 

 

The next day at school,

“What was all of that yesterday Oscar. It’s like you hate me now?”Mason related to the ‘incident’ yesterday.

I, on the hand, didn’t say a word. I was very frustrated at him. The only time he was mean to me, (and not trying to impress Noah, Liam, and Jacob), was when we were 3 years old and I took his books by accident.

“Why aren’t you responding to me. What did I do wrong!?”Mason yelled at me.

Ring

As I heard the bell I told my brother,

“Sorry, I need to go to math and I do not want to be tardy,”

 

 

 

When I got home, I went straight to my to my room to do my homework, when all of a sudden, I got a email from the national weather center saying,

In 1 week, there will be a severe hurricane will stick the gulf coast. So people who live in New Orleans, Georgia, Mississippi, or around that area, be prepared.

I was so afraid I had to tell my mom, so I went down stairs to see my parents look at me with the sad eyes. Then they told me something,

“The hurricane will hit Cuba, and your family do not have enough money to protect their houses,”My mom told me.

My dad called my brothers down stairs. As they came down, my mom started to tear up. I told them about the storm and our family in Cuba. Since I was born in Cuba (It was a family vacation) I was really worried, but my brothers didn’t care that I was sad.

 

Ten minutes later,

“Oh Alphonse, what am I supposed to do. The hurricane is going to hit my home country in 1 week, my brother/best friend betrays me for our BROTHERS!!!”I cried to Alphonse about my problems. Of course Alphonse said nothing.

Then I went to get ready for bed, thinking about what the hurricane is going to do. All of that worrying made me fall asleep.

 

 

The next morning,

“Morning sweety,”my mom said doing her work on our marble kitchen island.

I was not in the mood to talk so I said,“Morning mom”

Then I saw the Fabulous Foursome a.k.a Noah, Liam, Jacob, and backstabber (Mason).

“Awesome shot dude, Radical man, Total score bro, See you on the court,”they screamed down stairs.

I rolled my eyes and checked the clock, 6:45am, so I ran upstairs to my room to get my school uniform. White and black. I saw our yellow school pull up to the bus stop, so I ran downstairs and got on the bus and sat next to my other best friend Ashley. Ashley was the 3rd smartest kid in school. I was the 2nd, and mister betrayer was the 1st.

 

 

 

When we got off the bus, I went to the principals office to ask her to switch my locker to be away from my brother.

“I’m sorry, Ms.Williams, but you have the closest locker to your homeroom. And I can’t do anything about it. I’m sorry,”Principal Rabinoff said.

I was very disappointed to hear that but I kept my chin up and said,”That is okay Principal Rabinoff,”

 

 

 

After the talk with my principal, I went to my locker before the warning bell could ring, but then all of a sudden Ashley came up to me panting.

“I’m sorry to say, but Mason made me, but our older brothers came. RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!!!!”yelled Ashley as she ran for her life.

Then out of nowhere, I saw Noah come up to me with the ‘mad’ face.

“OSCAR, YOU COME HERE, NOW,”screamed Noah. Then he did the unthinkable, he hugged me. But I didn’t care.

 

 

 

The following Saturday evening, me and my family were in the basement with all the things we needed to survive. I brought Alphonse with us. I could feel the vibration of the hurricane. We all held on to each other. I looked at Alphonse, he became weak and gray. As soon as I could tell my parents, Alphonse turned into Alphonse’s! The hurricane was over and a lot of houses did not get destroyed, we were one of them.

1 week later, we were all in the backyard playing. I took Alphonse’s outside. I knew it was time to send them back. The caterpillars wiggled in her hand, spelling out “goodbye”.

 

The End