This is an awesome story by room 24! I am glad we don't have Mrs Brittlebrush on the teaching staff ......!!!

Splitting Apart

Written by Room 24, Gulf Harbour School

Today is going to be terrible, we have Mrs Brittlebrush. She is exactly like her name as brittle as a dry up paint brush with paint still on it. Mrs Brittlebrush is terribly boring so it’s going to be a long day.

I’m Jackson and my best friends are Lily and Cody, we all love soccer. My legs work like a machine, I’m the fastest out of everyone. Cody is my best bud, he has ears like elves. The colour of his eyes is a light turquoise which can be pretty creepy running across a soccer field. Last but not least Lily! With only a little bit of temper, her eyes in soccer are red from running, like the devil. We wouldn’t tell her that though.

Anyway, we are just walking in from a game. Mrs Brittlebrush has just turned into an overheated steam train, giving us the biggest growl for being late. To make things worse Lily and Cody were scraping gum from under the benches by the field just for forgetting their PE gear.

I have it worse though, I have to handle the steam train, Mrs Brittlebrush. A person so lazy, she makes everyone do laps of the field. Here I am, running around the dusty track. I’m starting to wish I was scraping gum instead. Suddenly, my leg slips down a hole in the track. My arms smacking the air madly, grasping for grip to save myself. My body drops to the ground, legs and arms colliding in the other direction. All I hear is POP!

I can’t stop tears dripping down my face, landing on the ground in a puddle. Mrs Brittlebrush was waddling over, “Jackson, are you ok?”

Everyone crowded around. The lights flashing as they roll me into the ambulance. I can hear Lily and Cody trying to reach me. All I could think of is, would I be able to play soccer again?

The next thing I see are people circling around me with the beeping sounds of the hospital. My leg is broken, wrapped tightly in a moonboot.

One long week later I am ready to go back to school and hang out with Lily and Cody. But I can’t run. So no soccer for me. No fun at all. I don’t know what to do. Lily and Cody would hang out with me but they were off playing soccer again. My shoulders drop and I hobble away slowly.

I look up, Tiffany and Charlie are in front of me, I haven’t hung out with them before. Will they want to play with me? Lily and Cody don’t so why would they? “Hey do you want to play hide and seek with us Jackson?” Said Charlie.

It would have been easy for me to say no. To give up and stay upset with Lily and Cody. But with Tiffany and Charlie there I felt like I actually wanted to play with them. The next thing I know Lily and Cody strolled over to me, “Hey Lily and Cody, want to play with us?” invited Tiffany.
“Sure, we wanted to come over and see Jackson. We’re sorry that we haven’t been playing with you. Is there anything we can do to help you? We had no idea we were leaving you out.” Said Lily sadly.
“It’s ok, now that you’ve told me the truth. I’m just glad we can all be friends again, and now Tiffany and Charlie can play with us too.” I replied.

Now that we’re back together I don’t feel like splitting apart anytime soon.