Birthday Bash: A Tale of Sisterly Rivalries

“Lucille come on we have to go or we will be late,” I yelled up to my sister. We were going to my two best friends Abby and Macy’s birthday party.

Though my sister, the fashionista, took forever to get ready. “I coming, but you know Matt is going to be there and I want to look good!” She yelled back. I rolled my eyes.

“Whatever, I’m waiting in the car,” I replied, walking out the door and into the car. “ Kate what is taking your sister so long?” Mom asked as I got in the car.

“Matt, like always,” I smirked. Lucille runs out of the house with her present in her hand. She looks amazing and makes my dress look like I found it in a dumpster.

“Wow sweetie you look amazing! Now come on let’s go, let’s go,” She jumps in the car and mom pulls out of the driveway.

“You’re here, you’re here!” Screams Abby excitedly.

“Hi thing number one,” Lucille squeals getting out of the

I had a good feeling we were going to find the next bracelet there.

Finally the bus made it to the Superdome. It was bigger than I had imagined. I was in awe. So was everyone else. We went inside. Less people were there than I had thought there would be. Suddenly I remembered we were the only ones who knew Hurricane Katrina was coming.

A few hours later the Superdome was getting more packed by the minute. There were families, dogs, food, toys, things people were trying to hold onto knowing their homes would be destroyed. We all sat in the corner. “I’m thirsty and our backpacks got washed away during the tsunami. I’m going to check and see if someone can lend us a few bottles,” Lucille announced to us.

“I’ll come to,” concurred Matt. They got up and started walking away to find some water. When they came back Lucille had three water bottles, and for some reason Matt had a puppy. “Dude, why in the world do you have a puppy?” Ryan