Luck of Us

by bostwick_pataki

I wish that I could just lead a normal life. I know I should be thankful and I truly am. The thing is I wish we would be rich.

"Buddy686, think you can go surfing with me today?" I asked him.

"I'll ask my dad, Wishbone851. Maybe we could even go to the southern beach," he said.

I said bye to my friend and started to go walk along the beach with my book bag on. I took a short cut through the woods often but first I had to cross Crosswire Avenue. Every day I walked pass Mary Anne's house. She was rich and preppy. She had everything she ever wanted. She lived in a huge house and always said hi to me as I passed.

"Hey Wishbone851, do you want to come in and have a spot of tea?" she asked.

"No thank you. I have to go home" I said. Besides that I couldn't stand tea.

So I trudged my way across the beach. I finally got to my house. I loved it because it was right on the beach and it was kinda big. I ran up the patio steps into my dads arms. Then, we went inside.

I passed my brothers and my one sister, kirtpatrick the Kau. She loved me a lot.

I went up stairs and found a new book on the shelves. Kougra Classics--the book I wanted forever. Again I went downstairs. I ran to the kitchen and I grabbed some island fruit.

"Wishbone851, can you give me a surf lesson today?" kirtpatrick said.

"Can't today, but I will tomorrow," I said.

All of a sudden the phone rang and I picked it up.

"Hello," I said.

"Dude, my dad said we could go surfing on the southern beach. If we check in with Life Guard Redson. You know the Lupe," Buddy686 said.

"Sweet, meet me at my house ASAP," I replied.

So I ran upstairs and grabbed my board. I told my sis to get hers and hurry! We told dad where we were going and ran out the door. We met up with Buddy and we got to the southern beach.

After checking in, we surfed the waves and taught my sis how. I was just about to pull a major tube but then...

"Everyone off the beach!"

So we got off. Turns out that there was a storm warning in effect. We got to my house and Buddy went to his.

"Hey pops. Can we go to the mall tomorrow? There is a new line of boards and everyone is getting one. They are so cool," I asked him.

"I can't Wishbone. We can't afford a new board. Not after this came," he said with a smile.

I opened it. It was an invite to a major surf contest-only invited surfers could come. I was one of the fifty surfers that would surf in the contest. The prize was a mystery so that made it even more surprising.

***

The next day when I was taking the shortcut, Mary Anne asked me to come in for a spot of tea. This time I said yes. She was surprised as ever to have me come in and boy I was surprised. I told her about the surf thing.

"Listen Mary Anne, all I need is a few Neopoints to get a new board for the surf contest. Would you be as kind as to give me a few. Listen I know that it is wrong but I really need it!" I said.

"Wishbone851, I know how much you need a few points to get this board you speak of but can't lend you any money. I would love to give you hundreds of points but you know what Father says."

"That is insane. Just the other day you lent Quiggly 400 POINTS! You can't spare me forty. Please Mary Anne?"

"I am not the money tree you poor beggar! Get out of here!" she yelled.

That was what made me mad. You bet I got right out of there. I ran all the way home. I couldn't stand her. After every thing I have ever done for her--sleeping over when no one else would, playing with dolls and even giving her my lunch money so she could get a lunch. How could she do anything like this to me????

***

I placed second in the surf contest. I never got the new board, not until my birthday anyway. It still meant a lot to me. Mary Anne and I got over it and are still friends. She promised that the next time I need something she might just give it to me. kirtpatrick is an all right surfer, she is getting better all the time. I learned something from this situation though--not being rich doesn't mean you are poor, you just aren't as fortunate. Being fortunate isn't as bad as it seems. I love being with family and I hope that someday Mary Anne will lose it all in the Neodaq. That would be so funny!

The End