So recently I started a new book. (Yes. Another one.) It's modern and about 3 sisters. And since I don't really have much to post right now I thought I would give you the first chapter….
Have fun!
Chapter
1
Every girl has dreams of her own but when a girl’s
life changes, sometimes her dreams do too.
Esther Boydton lay on her bedroom
floor in thought. Her arms lay above her head and her eyes where tightly shut.
"Emma," said Es in the
middle of the room as she opened her eyes and sat up on the rug. "I think
today has been the best day I've had in a while.”
Emma turned from her packing to
her sister.
Es continued, “Ever since dad…
well,” she paused to try to get her emotions under control but to no avail she
continued. “Everything hasn’t been the same.” She paused again. Emma plopped
herself down next to her sister and stared at the rug.
“Emma, it’s like the skies turned
gray the day he left,” Esther said slowly. “but I do feel like I’m starting to
see a glimpse of blue.”
Her little sister looked up from
the rug to her sisters. She gently grabbed her hand and made a half smile.
“I know,” said Emma softly. She
then leaned over and gave her sister a hug. Es wasn’t one to keep serious for
long, so she seized the opportunity and started to tickle her sister.
“No, you don’t,” Emma quelled
while standing up fast and giggling.
“Come back here,” Es said with a
stern laugh standing up and then chasing her sister out of the room.
“I’ll tell mamma,” giggled Emma
between laughs.
“Not if I get you first.”
“Anna, help,” cried Emma jumping
down the stairs and wrapped her arms around her sister.
“Oh no you don’t. You can’t use
Anna to protect you. That’s not fair.”
“What are you girls doing,”
questioned their older sister. “Y’all are supposed to be packing.”
“Augh. Es is trying to tickle
me.”
“Ha-ha, I got you,” yelled Esther
as she pulled her sister to the ground.”
“Girls stop,” scolded Anna. Es reached
up and pulled her older sister down also which ended in a tickle fight.
"What are y'all
playing?" asked little Billy who was holding his blue blanket. He had just
walked into the living room to satisfy his curiosity. "I wanna play!"
he then jumped and landed right in the middle of them.
"Ouch!" cried Em.
"You jumped on my arm."
4-year-old Billy continued to
play without an apology to his sister.
"What are you young'uns
doing?" asked Lydia who had walked in right after Billy. Lydia was a kind
old woman who was their cook, maid, and friend all in one. "Y'all will get
hurt."
Right after Lydia finished, young
William Boydton yelled out in pain.
"Augh! You kicked me Es!”
“Oh, sorry Billy,” she replied
while standing up.
“See. I said someone would get
hurt,” scolded Lydia. All the girls and young Billy stood up and stopped
wrestling on the ground.
“We have lots of packing to do,”
said Anna to Es. “We need to stop playing around.”
“Playing around?” questioned
Esther. “Who’s playing around? We were just having some fun. Weren’t we Em?
Esther started to chase Emma
again. Emma raced up the stairs squealing all the way with Es at her
heals.
"You know you girls need to
get your packing done sooner or later. We leave tomorrow morning," shouted
their older sister up the stairs.
"Oh, I don't know why we
have to go to this conference anyway," Es shouted back from upstairs.
"Mamma wants to go and I
personally think it will be good for all of us."
"Come on dearie," said
Lydia to little Billy, "it’s time for bed. Your sister has already been
asleep for half an hour."
"Oh, but I'm not
tired," wined the little boy.
"Just the same I think you
should be off to bed."
"Good night little
love," said Anna as she gave him a kiss on his white cheek. "I'll see
you in the morning."
