That One Day

• Avleen Kaur, Grade 7
• Short Story
• 2022

“Mum, where are you?'' I asked impatiently.
“I’m in the kitchen Mia,” she replied. Then I sprinted from the living room to the kitchen while asking her “can I invite my friends for a sleepover mum please, can I?”
“Hmm, let me think about it” for a second of silence mum replied with a straight “no.” Then I questioned her on why I couldn’t invite my besties for a sleepover. “Because you have not been studying enough, however, if you want to have a sleepover with your besties you have to persuade me with a persuasive letter telling me why you want a sleepover,” she commanded. Of course, she was going to ask me to write a persuasive letter because she is a teacher herself so without hesitating, I said “fine.” I went to my bedroom, put on my reading glasses which made me look wise and professional, and started working.
Finally, after two hours, I completed my persuasive piece and immediately headed to Mum. Mum read it and raised one of her eyebrows while saying ''not bad but you still need editing.” Then I groaned with disbelief and said, “Can we get over this, can I have a sleepover?”
“Fine you did spend two hours doing it”, she said. Then I ran to my bedroom and texted my two best friends Alia and Cleo to come tomorrow at five. I was so thrilled.
Ding dong! “They’re here!” I screamed. I opened the door and hugged them as if they were two yummy meatballs ready for me to gobble up. Then I took them to my room. After some time mum called us for dinner. When I sat at the dinner table my mum suspiciously grinned at me but I did not seem to bother. After dinner as me and my friends were entering my room I felt Goosebumps run through my skin and the hair on my arms stood up like the thorns on a roses stem or as if I was touching a plasma ball which gave me static energy. Then I asked my friends if they felt weird but they chuckled and shook their heads.
Then, Alia decided to tell us a ghost story and I was confident that I wouldn’t get spooked out but little did I know my Mum, Alia and Cleo had something up their sleeves. While Alia was telling us the story Cleo asked me to bring her a glass of water. When I entered the hallway all the lights were off and it was as dark as the inside of a black hole. I slowly walked myself to the kitchen, turned on the lights, and out of nowhere a ghost appeared wearing a white bed sheet cover and I screamed at the top of my lungs. Then as Alia and Cleo entered that chaos the ghost revealed itself and it was Mum! They all laughed hilariously. After that I did not talk to Mum nor did I talk to Alia and Cleo.