Chapter 1 Miss Ally

I got home from school I grabbed an orange from the freezer; I like them frozen.

“So mom, how’s the paper?” I asked her when I walked into the office.

“Oh, it’s coming along great! Can you take the peels down to Miss Ally when you’re done with that orange? The bucket’s getting full again.”

“Sure, so what is your article about this time?”

“The significance of toilet paper. Did you know that toilet paper is made of hard wood, soft wood and cooking chemicals?”

“Mom, that’s gross, I’m eating.” I said calmly.

“Sorry baby.”

“That’s OK. I’m gonna take the peels to Miss Ally now.”

I walk out of the office into the kitchen and put the orange peels into a blue trash can and took it to room 310. When I got there, Miss Ally was separating all the peels into baskets. Orange peels with orange peels, banana peels with banana peels, tangerine peels with tangerine peels, watermelon peels with watermelon peels and so on with other peels.

I walked up to the baskets, kneeled down and started separating my peels into the right piles. Then I felt a banana peel fall on my head and a “Woops I’m so sorry TK.”

I took the banana peel off my head and smiled up at her to show that I didn’t mind.

She smiled too and said, “Oh TK even though you never talk to me you are so sweet.”

I smiled bigger to show my thanks.

Ally was a beautiful 23 year old woman and worked in a garden at her church. She’s very strong in her Christian faith and is dating a wonderful man who is also strong in his faith.

“So TK, I hear your mom is going on a business trip for a week. If you need anything you can always come and let me know. I would love to hang out with you sometime too, so just let me know how I can help.”

I nod, grab my trash can and walk away. Miss Ally didn’t seem like herself today. Usually she’s more talkative and cheery, I hope she’s all right.