Don’t Stay Up So Late

Aaron laughed through the story Rosie told her for hours. Then she stopped laughing.

“Aaron, good luck, there’s a taxi.” Aaron got into the taxi.

Rose told the driver, “Drive to Hollywood, and fast, sir.”

“Sure, just sit back and relax, okay, sure, and ma’am, that will be two hundred dollars,” said the driver.

Rose nodded. “I’ll give it to you later.”

When Aaron woke up, she was at a mansion in Hollywood. She got out of the car. Aaron looked up and saw a house. It was the biggest one she’d ever seen.

“Wow, Aunt Rose, is this really your home? ” she quickly said in excitement.

“Well, darlin’, yes, it is now. Hurry up, it’s chilly out here,” she said, walking herself to the door. Aaron rushed in behind her.

Once she was inside, Aaron couldn’t stop smiling.

“Rosie, it’s so…”

“I know. Messy and old looking, right?” Rose said, and looked at Aaron, who was confused.

“No! I was going to say big and beautiful!”

“Oh! Well, I still say it needs work. Honey, are ya hungry?”

“Madame,” a strange voice said behind Aaron.

“Oh yes, Aaron, Thomas is our butler. Thomas, this is my sister’s daughter, Aaron. She is our new house-guest. Can you show her to her room, please?”

“Yes, Madame.”

“Oh, and Thomas, can you make me a caldeslro with alsterato de cese sauce and a glass of passion-fruit juice, please?”

“Yes, Madame,” he murmured. That seemed to be all he could say. Yes Madame, yes Madame, right away

Madame. Who says Madame now? Aaron followed him upstairs. He walked slower than a slug. Finally, when she reached the bedroom where she was going to stay, she was hoping for something cleaner, fancier, better, and definitely bug- and rodent-free. He opened the door and…

“Wow!” Aaron yelled. Aaron saw a lamp and an actual dresser. A window and a phone and a well-made bed. Right then Aaron knew that her life was going to be good.

by J’Shawn Richmond

there Was this couple that always wanted to get married. Their names were Bob and Shala; they were engaged. They set a day to get married. The day finally came, and they got married on January 31, the last day of the month. They had so many people there; there were over a thousand people at the reception. They always wanted to have a baby boy. They wanted to name him Bob, Jr. The best day of their lives came: they had a baby boy. But when they had him, they could not see him. He was there, but they could not see him. They felt him and everything, but they could not see him. They were scared, but then they saw him. Shala screamed because she was holding him. They went back home, and Bob, Jr. was nice, and no one could see him. He always liked the radio. One day, he heard about a crime on the radio, so he snuck out the window and went to go catch the bad guy. He was the fastest boy on the block, and he just had to run, not take a car. So he caught the bad guy and saved a lot of gas.

by Janeja Johnson

one day raven and lisa begged their mom to go outside and play.

“Lisa, you girls and your dolls can go outside for twenty minutes,” their mom said finally.

“Okay, Mom.” The two girls went outside to play dolls. Raven had to get her other doll, but she found a bin of black stuff on the other side of her. She tripped on a log, and guess what, Raven, the nice girl, melted inside of the black substance! Lisa called and called for Raven, but she could not find her.

Three days later, Raven came back, all in black, and her hair was red and black as well. Everything she touched would die or get scared and run away. Raven could run very fast, and she also had scars all over her face.

Lisa called, “Raven, Raven.” Raven came out and threw Lisa all the way to her room. Lisa remembered what Raven had fallen into, the black substance.

A scientist had wanted to make everyone strong so they wouldn’t need to go to the hospital. When that