THE BIRTHDAY PARTY
by Alexa T.
Once there was
a girl named Megan and she was born October 2, 1992. Everything was fine until Megan was seven years old and she
slipped into a pool. She fell in
the shallow end. Megan broke her leg and sprained her arm. Megan was rushed to the hospital. Her mom was terrified.
Megan had to stay in the hospital
for four days. She came out with a
wheel chair.
The doctor said, “She cannot go
anywhere without her wheelchair.”
When Megan went back to school
everyone stared at her. Megan
started to notice it was hard being handicapped.
“Why are you guys staring at me?”
asked Megan.
“Look at you, you’re in a
wheelchair,” said Megan’s friend Tiffany.
Tiffany looked a little bit like
Megan but she was different. Megan
had blonde hair and blue eyes and her favorite color was blue. Tiffany had brown hair, green eyes and
her favorite color was purple. The
only thing they had in common was their favorite sport, basketball.
“Last year you were on
crutches. This year you’re in a
wheelchair. Next year are you
going to have a cane?” hollered Tiffany.
“Calm down, Tiffany. Why are you screaming at me?” screamed
Megan.
The bell rang.
“I’ll tell you after,” said
Tiffany.
“But I want to know now,” said
Megan.
“I said, later, Megan!”
“Okay!” screamed Tiffany.
Megan didn’t answer. When it was lunchtime Megan went to go
ask Tiffany what she was going to tell her.
“What were you going to tell me,
Tiff?” asked Megan.
Instead of Tiffany answering, she
said, “I don’t want to be your friend anymore.”
“Why?”
“Because every time you get hurt,
you get mean.”
“How can you do this to me?”
screamed Megan.
Tiffany was Megan’s only
friend. It’s hard to find friends
like Tiffany. Megan knew Tiffany
for six years. Megan and Tiffany
never had fights.
Then Megan ran back and told
Tiffany, “Being handicapped isn’t fun!
Do you know how it feels to be this way, Tiffany?” questioned Megan.
“No,” said Tiffany. “Then, why do you treat me like
this? Next Monday is my birthday
and you’re not going to be invited to my birthday party. End of discussion,” said Megan.
Megan’s friendship with Tiffany had
come to an end. When Megan got
home she went straight to her room and started to throw away everything Tiffany
had given her. Megan’s room had
practically nothing in it any more.
Megan’s mom came up to see what she
was doing. “Honey, what
happened? Do you want to talk
about this?” asked Megan’s mom.
The phone rang. Megan went to see who it was. It was Tiffany. Megan didn’t pick up.
“Who was it?” asked Megan’s
mom.
“Wrong number,” said Megan. “Tiffany doesn’t want to be my friend
any more,” said Megan.
“Go to sleep, Honey. We’ll talk about this in the morning,”
said Megan’s mom.
The next day was Saturday. It was almost Megan’s birthday and she
had no friends. Megan was an only
child. Megan felt horrible.
On Saturday and Sunday she watched
TV all day long.
“Today is my birthday,” said Megan.
All of Megan’s cousins came to her
birthday party. Most of her
cousins were teenagers. The only
cousin her age was Alexandra.
Alexandra was friends with
Tiffany.
“Where’s Tiffany?” asked Alexandra.
“Tiffany. Oh, Tiffany.
She couldn’t come,” said Megan.
Alexandra’s sister, Danielle, came. Danielle was fourteen and in the ninth grade.
“Where’s, Tiff?” asked Danielle.
“She couldn’t come,” said
Megan.
“Time to open the presents,” said
Megan’s mom.
Megan
wished she would be out of her wheelchair.
* *
*
Two months later Megan went to see
her doctor. The doctor said
everything healed so she would not need the wheelchair.
“My wish has come true,” hollered
Megan.
Eventually, Megan would be friends
with Tiffany again, too.
Alexa
is in the fourth grade and enjoys writing.