Alyssa+and+Haley+Intro

She She ran toward the woods chasing a bunny that was in the garden. She looked like she was about to collapse. Her face was beat red, but she was determined to catch that rabbit. Right as she got to the edge of the woods, her big sister came running out, “Alyssa,” mom said, “its time to come in. We have to get ready to go to the Allen’s for dinner.” Alyssa was a little ten-year-old girl who loves animals. So Alyssa and Ashley went inside to get ready. Alyssa had to take a shower, and when she got out, her wavy long jet - black hair was soaked and straight. Ashley helped Alyssa dry and curl her hair. Ashley was a 16-year-old girl who loved to hang out with friends and spend time with her little sister. Ashley put her naturally curly brown hair that at the time was straightened and she slipped on a black headband in with a big black bow on it. She also wore her favorite dress, it was a black dress with a sparkly white belt. The Allen family is a family with a little girl and a teen boy. The little girl was Alyssa’s age and the boy was as old as Ashley. The boy’s name was Jason and the girl’s name was Haley. Haley was setting the table for dinner tonight. “Mom can I please put my hair up instead of having it straight down? It’s getting in my face,” Haley asked looking into her mom with her pleading deep blue eyes that looked like the ocean. “Okay, fine but you have to put it back down when they get here,” said Haley’s mom. Haley put her bleach blonde hair up in a lime green hair tie and continued to set the table for dinner. Haley’s mom, Mrs. Allen was a nice woman. She had her dark blonde hair pulled back and curled most of the time but tonight she had it straightened for the dinner. Jason was up in his room looking through his closet looking for a nice polo and his khaki jeans to wear to dinner tonight. His brown – black hair was a mess and he still had to comb it out. After Jason put on the polo and khakis, he combed out his hair. Alyssa and Haley had been best friends since kindergarten. The Allen and Wellston family lived in Arizona. The Allen’s lived in a big white house with a balcony in each bedroom and in the living room they had a big balcony perfect for parties or a get together. The Wellstons lived in a big red brick house with a balcony in each bedroom. By the time that Alyssa and her family reached Haley’s house it was dark and all the streetlights were just coming on. Haley was looking anxiously in the window as the Wellstons pulled up. Even before Alyssa was able to get out of the car, Haley had the front door open and she was standing on the porch and letting all the bad smells from outside come in. Even though the smells from outside were of pine and roses, to Haley’s mother, it was a bad smell. Mrs. Allen preferred the smell of cinnamon or fresh apple pie sitting in the window to cool. When Alyssa walked up to the door Haley gave her a big hug and then invited her and the rest of Alyssa’s family in. When they walked in, Mrs. Allen greeted them and invited them to come join the rest of her family at the table for dinner. Alyssa and Haley trailed behind Mrs. Allen and Alyssa’s family. Haley whispered to Alyssa in a voice so quiet that Alyssa’s brother couldn’t even hear and he was right in front of them. “After dinner, do you want to go out to the back yard and play in the field by the woods?” “Yes, but what about my brand – new dress my mother bought for me? I don’t want to ruin it,” Alyssa whispered. “Don’t worry, we wont go far.” “Fine, but only for a few minutes I don’t want my mother to worry about me or not trust me to come over here anymore.” So they sat down at the table to eat dinner They were eating dinner together because it was just a way for the girls to get to see each other before school and it gave the parents a chance to talk and joke around about things like work or Alyssa treating Cloudy, her hamster, like a baby. What Haley and Alyssa’s parents kept from them is that they were cousins, but they didn’t want them to know because they just found out that Haley’s dad is Mrs. Wellston’s brother. She wasn’t in town when her brother got married, she was on a business trip. Haley and Alyssa put on their shoes and jackets then went outside. They ran around the field tossing a ball back and forth. It grew darker and darker until there was nothing but the stars twinkling and the big moon to guide them home. “Haley,” Alyssa said in a voice that sounded like she was about to scream. “Yes, Alyssa,” Haley said. “I’m going back. It’s getting really dark and I hear rumbling in the woods,” said Alyssa. Haley said in a shaky voice, “I’m with you there, I’m really scared right now.” So both girls ran up to the house and out of the middle of nowhere they saw something, a black shadow run across the field in front of them. The strange shadow circled the girls for about five minutes then disappeared. “What was that?” both girls screamed together and ran to the house as fast as their little feet would take them. “Where were you girls?” asked Mrs. Wellston in a worried voice. Both girls said in a shaky voice “We were out in the field playing.” “Haley Nichole, how many times do I have to tell you, you can’t play in the field after dinner. It gets dark much too quickly. Now you march right up to your room, you’re grounded,” Mrs. Allen said in rage. “But mom,” said Haley in almost a weep. “No buts go to your room right now!” Haley trudged up the stairs and Mrs. Wellston said to Alyssa “Why didn’t you girls ask before you went outside?” “I told Haley we should, but she said that her mom doesn’t care if we go outside or not.” Mrs. Allen interrupted in a stern but loosening voice, “ Alyssa hun, I never let Haley go outside after dinner. Haven’t you learned that she likes to disobey me? If it’s after dinner and she wants to go outside, she can only play on the porch right by the house.” “Okay, I know that now. Thank you for telling me, I won’t go outside at night ever again,” said Alyssa. “Come along Alyssa sweetie, it’s time to get ready to leave. You girls are trouble sometimes,” Said Mrs. Wellston. Alyssa went to the door and put her shoes on, still shaking from what had happened when she was outside with Haley. She had left her jacket on the couch so she called to her mother “Mom can you grab my jacket off the couch?” “Yes. If you can go get Ashley, I believe she is upstairs with Jason,” called her mom in an instant response. Alyssa went upstairs to get Ashley, so she knocked on Jason’s bedroom door. He had the music blasted. Alyssa knocked on the door and started calling “Ashley come on, mom told me to come get you. It’s time to leave!” For two minutes Alyssa stood outside the door waiting, then the radio shut off and Ashley opened the door. Before she walked out of the room she turned around and mumbled something to Jason, Alyssa couldn’t figure out what Ashley had said, but she wasn’t going to get involved in whatever it was. Ashley rushed down the stairs and threw on her shoes. Mrs. Wellston Had grabbed Alyssa and Ashley’s jackets out of the living room and handed the jackets to the girls. “Okay girls did you say bye and thank you for dinner to Mrs. Allen,” Mrs. Wellston had asked. Both girls answered in rhythm “No mom.” This time only Alyssa had replied, “Yes mom.” Together both girls said “Thank you for dinner Mrs. Allen. Good – bye.” So Ashley held the door open for Alyssa and her mother. As they were walking down the short path to the car Ashley’s phone went off, it was a text from Jason and it said “Hey!!!! I have a question: Want to go out? We don’t have to tell anyone… yet. Just get back to me soon.” So Ashley covered her mouth before she screamed, she’s wanted him to ask her that since they met. She texted back in a rush “YESSSS!!!!!!!! <3.” When they were home Jason finally texted back “Yay! Well I have to go to bed right now, I’ll text you tomorrow. Love you! <3” “Love you too <3” is all Ashley said. Alyssa had been in her room drawing ever since they first got home. She drew pictures of the shadow her and Haley had seen, dogs, cats, even a dragon. Alyssa was known as one of the best drawer in school. She had won 5 drawing contests in the state fair. Every trophy she won from that was displayed on top of a bookcase in the living room. Finally Alyssa decided she had drawn enough for one day so she put all her pictures into a folder that she puts all her drawings into and went to bed. Ashley had gone to bed also and Mrs. Wellston was up finishing cleaning up down stairs. Around 1:30 a.m. Mrs. Wellston had finally went upstairs to sleep. The next morning Ashley was the first one up she had made breakfast for Alyssa, her and Mrs. Wellston. She made bagels with cream cheese, bacon, orange juice and an apple. That morning Ashley was excited because when she got up she had a text from Jason, “Do you want to come to the fair with me this weekend?” The only thing she could say is, “Yea sounds like a plan. Is this your way of asking me on our first date?” “Yes, if you want it to be.” “Yes I do. It was wonderful. You know the fair is my favorite place to go.” “Okay then it’s a date. Now I have to go with Haley to the store for her to get things she needs to draw for the state fair this year. She’s been practicing all summer and now she thinks she’s ready to do it. I’ll talk to you later, Ly.” “Ly2,” is what she said then put her phone down to go wake up Alyssa for breakfast. When she went into Alyssa room to wake her up, she saw Alyssa at her desk drawing again. “Alyssa, why do you always spend so much time drawing,” is the question Ashley asked kind of irritated. “Because I enjoy it. Plus the fair is coming up soon and I have to get my drawing in. This year I’m making a picture of a fantasyland with rainbows. Unicorns, flowers, a pot of gold, a prince and a princess. It’s going to look lovely I already have to colors and everything picked out for it.” “Oh, okay. Jason just told me that Haley is trying the contest this year. Hope you girls won’t fight if you win and Haley doesn’t. Jason wanted me to tell you because he wants you to kind of easy this year so Haley will have a chance at winning.” “Are you serious? Haley’s trying the contest this year?” “Yea, she’s so psyched to try it. I wouldn’t want to see her dreams be crushed.” “I wouldn’t either but she knows that drawing is my thing and singing is hers.” “Okay I just came up here to tell you that breakfast is ready just come down when you’re ready to eat.” “Okay, let me just finish this part of the drawing.”