Bridgett's+finished+story

Getting to Know Mel Written by: Bridgett Jacovetti Illustrated by: Bridgett Jacovetti Grade 5 Mrs. Stambol Durling Middle School April 7, 2010 I dedicate this book to my family. They are always there for me and I love them. Taylor Brookes was sitting on her blue bed listening to the sounds of the birds chirping and the bees buzzing around the flowers outside of her window. The leaves were just growing back on the trees. Taylor flipped her black hair out of her sparkly blue eyes. She was a freshman in high school. She is very shy. She is not very popular at school either. Her two favorite colors are blue and black. Her room had a blue TV. It also had a blue rug that said Tay and then a heart, and a bunch of stickers on the wall. At her school were the meanest people in the whole world. They were the Kaitlyns (or as Taylor liked to call them The Uglies). The leader of the group was Kaitlyn Corcino. She had blonde hair with pink highlights and was the meanest of the group. Her "posse" was Kaitlyn Bryans and Kaitlyn Lucks. They all made up nicknames for each other, Kaitlyn Bryans' was Kate and Kaitlyn Lucks was Katy. Somehow Kaitlyn Corcino got to be called Kaitlyn. Kate had just plain blonde hair and looked like a clone of Kaitlyn. She was only mean around Kaitlyn, because she didn't want to be kicked out of the group. Katy had blonde hair just like Kate and also looked like a clone of Kaitlyn. Kate was mean all the time like Kaitlyn. "Honey, dinner is ready," called a voice from the kitchen. That was her one and only mother. She had black hair just like Taylor. She lived to embarrass Taylor. Taylor walked as slow as a slug into the kitchen. She sat down and just looked around. Her mother just plopped her food in front of her, but Taylor didn't eat it. She was thinking of how the Kaitlyns would be mean to her tomorrow (Monday). 5 minutes later, when her mom was done eating and she went into her room; Taylor scraped the food off of her plate into the garbage. She went into her room and listened to Justin Lieber, then decided to go get a snack. She made some Roman soup and then looked at the time. It was 11:00, so she thought she better be getting ready for bed. The next morning, Taylor got up and dressed herself in a blue shirt with black pants. She went in the kitchen and her mom had made her eggs and toast, but she did not want any. She just sat and waited all morning, watching TV. Until her mom was ready. Her mom was blabbing on in the car, so she just turned up the music that was playing on her I-pod. There it was, right in front of her. The tall high school stood proudly on the ground with its blue roof and 3 big letters that said SHS. SHS stood for Samarian High School. The glass door to SHS was shining like never before. The buses had just arrived with kids plowing out of it eager to get to their locker. Taylor just stood there looking at the school that she had been not looking forward to during the summer. She walked in slowly through the shining doors of SHS. She saw her baby blue locker waiting to be opened. She walked over to her locker and turned the combination lock. She turned the combination lock to the left to the number 28 then opened it. She had set up her locker at orientation. She had big red letters that said TAYLOR ©. She got her schedule and looked at it.

Class and period || Teacher || Room || 1 ° Language Arts || Mrs. Lamella || 113 ||  2 ° Social Studies  || Mr. Raga || 118 ||  3 ° Lunch  || NA || Cafeteria || 4 ° Science || Mrs. Summer || 311 ||  5 ° Math  || Miss Somali || 114 ||

She grabbed her Language arts folder and her book and headed down the hallway to room 113. Of course, they all had assigned seats and this was her worst class yet. She had to sit by Kaitlyn. Kaitlyn snorted and sat down just staring at Taylor the way you would stare at a dying pig. “Ewww, I have to sit by her,” Kaitlyn said followed by a chuckle that came from her one and only posse. “I am not so thrilled I have to sit by little Miss Princess,” Taylor said quickly then sat down. A loud voice came from behind a wooden desk with a shining apple on it and a smooth just cleaned white board behind it. “Hello class. I am Mrs. Lamella. I bet you are all thrilled to be here aren’t you,” said Mrs. Lamella. She had long blond wavy hair and beautiful green eyes. She was wearing a blue jean skirt and a pink cashmere sweater to go with it. Her heels clacked on the ground as she walked over to her desk to get the papers she was going to make the class do on the first day. The class groaned as they saw her pick up the papers. DIIIIIIIINNNNNGGG, the bell rang 50 minutes after class had started. Taylor shuffled out of the classroom and to her locker. She grabbed her Social Studies book and blue folder. Finally, home at last! Taylor was so tired and wanted to just lie down in her bed and sleep forever. Ring ring ring, Ring ring ring! “Hello? Oh hey Jesse!” said Taylor as she answered the phone. On the other line was her new friend Jesse. “Do you want to go to the mall today?” Jesse said as she twirled her chestnut colored long hair. Her green eyes sparkled beautifully as she walked into her living room. She sat on her soft, comfy, brown couch and put her feet up on her dark colored coffee table and popped a mint into her mouth. “Sure just lemme ask my mom. MOOOOOOMMM! CAN I GO TO THE MALL WITH MY NEW FRIEND JESSE?” Taylor yelled as she walked up the stairs and into her mom’s room. Her mom was sitting on her baby blue bed. “Sure,” her mom said as she hopped of the bed and hung up the phone. “Ok thanks mom!” said Taylor as she told Jesse yes. “I’ll pick you up in 20 minutes,” Jesse said as she grabbed some yogurt out of the fridge and hit end on the phone. Taylor ran into her bedroom and shuffled through her drawers looking for something to wear. She pulled out her green aeropostle sweatshirt and slipped it over her head. She went into her closet, grabbed her light blue skinny jeans and her beige uggs. She ran downstairs to wait for Jesse when she heard her doorbell. She went into the bathroom and brushed her teeth really fast then grabbed her coat, said bye to her mom and opened the door. “Hey,” said Jesse,” Are you ready?” “Yeah, let’s go,” said Taylor as she climbed into Jesses’ silver corvette. Taylor opened the door and she could feel the air conditioning blowing out of the vents. They first went into Justice. She bought a plaid skirt and a pink shirt with a peace sign on the bottom. Taylor’s phone started ringing to tick tock and it said MOM across the top. Taylor answered. “You need to come home this very minute because I never said you could go I was talking to someone on the phone,” said her mom. “Fine, Jesse can you drive me home?” said Taylor. They both got into Jesse’s car and she drove her home. That night, her mom yelled to her “Honey can you go up in the attic and bring down the box that says ANTIQUES,” Taylor pulled down the ladder in her hallway and climbed up it. She clicked the light on and saw someone standing there. “AHHHH!! WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE!?” screamed Taylor. “Hi I am Melanie, but you can call me Mel,” said Mel. “That’s nice, but what are you doing here!” asked Taylor. “I heard that you needed a friend so i came up here, because I knew your mother needed you to come up here so I decided to wait up here for you. I am coming to school with you and I am going to be your new best friend. First, I need you to tell your mother that I am your new friend and that I need to live with you until my mother and father come home,” Said Mel. “Um…Ok,” said Taylor. “Than you very much,” said Mel. “Mom,” Taylor said as she walked down the stairs, “This is my new friend Mel and can she stay with us until her mom and dad comes home?” “Sure sweetie,” her mom said as she flipped her hair up into a low ponytail, “Does she have her stuff here?” “Uhh…yes,” said Taylor as she ran back up to the attic. “You can stay just don’t be bothering me all the time,” said Taylor. “Ok. That is fine with me as long as I have a place to stay until I find who my parents are,” said Mel as she flipped her cinnamon-brown hair out of her face. “You don’t even know who your parents are?” questioned Taylor. “Well, no, not really. The real reason I came here is because I thought that you could help me find my parents,” said Mel like it was all one word. “Who do you think I am? I am not a fairy godmother! What do you think this is? A fairytale?” said Taylor getting angry. “If we work hard enough I know we can find them,” said Mel. “Who said I was going to help you? It’s not like you’re doing anything for me!” exclaimed Taylor. “Well, I could help you become popular,” Mel, said. “ Oh yeah right this isn’t a dream!” said Taylor as she flipped her black hair out of her eyes and stared at Mel the same way a lion stared at its prey right before they were going to pounce on it. “I am very serious about this! I need your help and I can help you!” said Mel furiously. “Whatever,” said Taylor nauseated by the feeling of helping Mel. They walked down the ladder and headed straight to Taylor’s room. Mel looked curiously around the room. She sat on Taylor’s blue bed spread and laid down on Taylor’s memory foam pillow. Her head sank in and she was about to fall asleep when Taylor’s mom yelled. “What mom?” asked Taylor as she ran down the stairs. Mel followed carefully so she didn’t trip. “What does your friend want for dinner?” asked Taylor’s mom. “It’s ok Mrs. Brookes I am not hungry,” said Melanie. “Ok honey,” Mrs. Brookes turned to her daughter, ”What would you like for dinner sweetie?” “Uhh… I am not very hungry either, but Mel and I need to go somewhere,” said Taylor. “Ok that’s fine,” said Mrs. Brookes. Taylor and Melanie walked outside and Taylor said to Mel, “What do we need to do first?” “Well I have had this paper for years, but I could never figure it out,” said Mel as she pulled out the paper and showed it to Taylor. Melanie, if yuo cuold fgruie otu wereh we aer I wuold lvoe yuo so mcuh. Tihs is teh cuels. Look in teh palce taht yuo wuold nveer ecxpest. We aer rghit beneath yuor feet. “That’s easy it says look in the place you would never expect. We are right beneath your feet, but before we start looking you have to make me become popular,” said Taylor. “First, we need to buy you some new clothes. Then, we need to fix your hair,” said Mel very professionally. Justice was just around the corner so they decided to walk there. On the way there Taylor heard a faded bark. She heard little pitter-patters and turned around. There was a small dog right behind her licking her ankles. She looked at the collar and it said: Coco Kaitlyn Corcino 440-333-3333 “I found Kaitlns’s dog! Should I call her? Should I keep it until she notices? What should I do?” Taylor asked panicking. “Settle down Tay. Why don’t you keep it until school. When you are all pretty then you can come to the rescue and “find” her dog. Then she will let you in her posse,” Mel said. “ That is a good idea! Let’s take it with us,” Taylor said. “It’s not an it, it’s a he. You are not taking him with you either because he is mine,” said a voice from behind. Taylor turned around and Kaitlyn was standing there with Katy and Kate. Kaitlyn looked mad, so Taylor handed her the dog and walked the rest if the way to Justice. “Wow, this is expensive,” Taylor said looking at a plaid skirt. The colors blended together in the shirt with a peace sign in the middle Taylor was also looking at. “Don’t worry about it. My mom and dad gave me a credit card with a lot of money on it,” Mel said. Taylor grabbed the shirt and skirt in her arms. She saw a pair of yellow highlighter converses and grabbed them too. She grabbed the pink highlighter converses next to them and handed it off to Mel while she went to look for some necklaces. She found a silver necklace that said Taylor on it and set it on the checkout counter. Mel put the skirt, shirt, and pink and yellow converses on the checkout counter. Mel’s credit card swiped through the slot. You could hear it hitting against the sides. Mel slipped the credit card into her wallet, and her wallet in her purple chic purse. Taylor smiled the whole way home pleased with her new clothes. The steam was burning out of the straightening iron as Mel pressed the two hot plates together on Taylor’s hair one piece at a time. The shine spray Mel put on Taylor’s hair after straightening Taylor’s hair smelled like coconuts. Taylor slipped on her new outfit and went downstairs to show her mom. “Wow. You look beautiful honey,” Taylor’s mom said surprisingly. “Thanks, Mel helped me. Well, she did basically everything,” Taylor said. The next morning, Taylor straightened her hair and put on her new outfit happily. She ran down stairs grabbed a cereal box out of the pantry and some cold milk out of the fridge. She flung a bowl out of the cupboard and poured some cereal in it. Mel grabbed a blue plastic bowl and set it down. She took the cereal from Taylor and poured half a bowl into hers. The milk splashed onto the counter as Taylor poured some milk into her own and Mel’s bowl. Taylor’s teeth pressed down on the cereal and broke it apart so she could digest it. She slurped down the milk at the bottom of the bowl and threw the bowl into the sink. “Mom, were ready,” yelled Taylor from the kitchen. Her voice echoed down the hallway and into the living room. “Ok honey, I’m coming,” Taylor’s mom said as she walked down the hallway. They all three slipped their coats and shoes on and walked out to the car. The lights of the SOV flickered on and off signaling that the car was unlocked. Taylor opened her locker and Mel did the same. Kaitlyn walked up to Taylor and Mel. “Wow. You actually look halfway decent for once in your life. If you want, you and your little friend can sit with us at the lunch table,” Kaitlyn slowly said each syllable of the sentence calmly. “Well, I guess we could,” Taylor said as she grabbed her books and folder out of her locker and slammed it shut. She and Mel walked away gracefully. “Hey Tay,” said Jesse as she jumped up to Mel and Taylor. Her hair bounced up and down, “What’s up?” “Oh, nothing, just going to class,” Taylor said. “Ok, I guess I’ll see you at lunch. Your friend can sit with us too,” said Jesse with a smile on her face. “Uh, well, about that. Kaitlyn asked us to sit with her today,” Taylor said as she looked at the ground. “You’re not actually going? Are you?” Jesse questioned. “Well, it’s a great opportunity for me to become popular, so I just---,”Taylor said as she got cut off by Jesse. “So you just thought I wouldn’t mind being alone. So, you would become popular and forget about me, never talking to me again. Thanks a lot you ruined my day. I don’t ever want to see you again!” Jesse said as she stormed off to class. “Wait! I wasn’t going to say that!” Taylor said sadly, “Maybe being popular isn’t such a good thing,” Taylor put her tray down next to Kaitlyn. She looked at Jesse across the room and Jesse was glaring at her madly. Taylor quickly looked away. “So Taylor, what are you wearing tomorrow? I am wearing my pink chic tank top and my pink skirt,” Kaitlyn said proudly. “Well,” Taylor said nervously as she remembered she only had one cool outfit, which was the one she was wearing. She didn’t know what to do, “Actually, this is my only nice outfit.” “If you’re not going to wear something cool every day, then you can’t be in the group,” Kaitlyn hissed. “Whatever, I don’t need this,” Taylor said as she walked over to her old lunch table. “Is it ok if we sit with you. It’s not so great being popular anyway,” Taylor said. “I’m glad to have you back,” Jesse said as she gave Taylor a hug. Taylor laid down on her bed, happy to be home from the long day of school. “I think I know where your parents are. I’ve been looking on the internet and there is this tunnel thing that proves when you go through it that you are strong and mighty. I’m thinking that’s where you’re parents are. Look at the clues. We are right beneath your feet. Underground. Look in the place you would never expect. Probably at the New York Lemur in Albany, New york. We need to go there to look for them,” Taylor said matter of factly. “How will we get there? Could your mom take us? Could Jesse drive us?” Mel said. “Jesse will drive us, I already asked her,” Taylor pulled out her map of the united states, “If were in Richmond, Virginia, and we need to get to Albany, New York, we need to travel through Maryland and Pennsylvania. We could get a hotel in Pennsylvania then travel the rest of the day to Albany.” “True,” said Mel. The trip was official. They were starting tomorrow at 2 p.m. and going through Maryland then arriving at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and staying at a hotel. Then the next day, they would travel the rest of the way to Albany and go look for Mel’s parents. The next morning, Taylor and Mel got dressed and went over to Jesse’s house. Taylor and Mel had told Taylor’s mom about the trip last night. They rang the doorbell and Jesse answered. She signaled for them to come in and sit on the couch and wait for her to get ready, then they could start their trip. They jumped into the car and headed to Pennsylvania. It was a long trip but they had to do it. They stayed at a Motel then the next day traveled to Albany. There was the New York Lemur. They were about to enter the darkness of death (at least that’s what it said on the sign). They slowly walked in shivering from the change of temperature. It was 72 degrees outside and 21 degrees inside the cave. There were spiders crawling around their legs the size of an egg. Taylor was terrified as she saw shadows on the wall. The cave was dripping with bugs. Every 10 seconds a drop of water fell on their head. They came to a stop at one place. There were 3 ways to go. They were going to go one way then come back and go the other ways. They picked the one that went to the left. When they went there was a person standing there. He was so big that he blocked the whole cave. Taylor had to figure out what to do. “What are we going to do?” Taylor asked panicking. She saw a little hole that she could probably fit through, but she needed a distraction. “You need to distrace the guy while I crawl through the hole. Then I will distract him from the other side and you crawl through. Mel started jumping up and down and making noises. He kept his eyes locked on Taylor. Mel was confused. How was she going to distract him? A strange light appeared over Mel’s head and she looked up. There was a small hole in the top of the cave. She could climb up the rocks and distract the guy to make it look like she was getting away. When he came over there she would jump on his head and run. She started climbing up the rocks as fast as she could. The guys face turned red with anger and he stomped over there. Mel leaped from the hole and jumped on his head. She jumped off but fell on her arm. “Ow! I can’t come. Go without me I will find a way to come to you. Find my parents and take them to the hospital I will be fine,” said Mel as she held her crazily throbbing arm. “No! I’m not leaving you behind!” Taylor said as she pulled Mel up and dragged her with her. The three girls continued to walk when they heard something. “Who’s there?” someone yelled, “Where are you?” “Keep talking we’ll follow your voice,” said Taylor loudly. The person kept making noises. Mel, Taylor, and Jesse discovered two people covered in mud laying on the ground. “Mel! Is that you! Call an ambulance please! The women said. “Mom! Dad! How did this happen? Why did you leave me? I was so worried!” Mel said. “Honey, I’ll explain later, just please call an ambulance I broke my leg and your father broke his head open. Hurry,” Mel’s mom exclaimed. Mel dialed 9-1-1 quickly and told them to hurry. Taylor could hear the sirens coming down the street and people huddling to come into the cave and rescue Mel’s parents. They put Mel’s father onto a gurney and put a bandage around his head until they got to the hospital. They put a bandage around Mel’s mom’s leg and lifted her onto a gurney and shuffled them out and into the ambulance. Jesse, Mel, and Taylor hurried and followed them all the way to the hospital. They put Mel’s parents in a room and onto a bed. They had to staple Mel’s father’s head. They put a cast onto Mel’s mother’s leg and gave her crutches. “Well, honey, I’ve never told you this, but I think it’s time to tell you the truth and why we leave unexcpectdly. Me and your father are spies. We came into this cave, because we were on a mission. We had to save someone. I’m sorry we never told you this before,” Mel’s mother said wuickly. “It’s ok mom, I just didn’t know where you were. I’m so glad we found you,” Mel said as she hugged her mom. Her mom’s cast scratched against Mel’s back. Taylor went back to her old life, but with style and a new person in her life- Mel. Mel went to SHS and Jesse, Taylor, and Mel were all best friends. Kaitlyn became unpopular and Jesse, Taylor, and Mel were the new popular people, but they were nice. They called theirselves TMJ. Life is good. The End About the Author My name is Bridgett Jacovetti. I am 11 years old. My best friend is Michaela Stambol. I love animals. I have a lot of animals including two horses. I am in 5th grade.