#Tbt: Part Two I know it isn't Tuesday or Thursday, but the hashtag is correct in that this is definitely a throwback for me. This is a continuation of my previous Opuss. I wrote it when I was nine...so NO JUDGING ALLOWED!!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ By 8:15, Sunny, Akya, Beck and I were walking down the corridor toward Blue Dolphin Elementary School. After we dropped Sunny off at her kindergarten classroom and dropped Akya off at her second grade classroom, Beck and I headed off to Mrs. Johnson's fourth grade classroom. Mrs. Johnson had pretty blond hair and stunning green eyes. When we walked into the room, she said to us, "You're Beck and Bloom McCrary, right?" "Right," I said. "We're new." Then we waited for the rest of the class to come in and get settled, and then Mrs. Johnson told us to stand in front of the class and introduce ourselves. "Hello," I said, waving. "I'm Bloom, and this is my twin sister, Beck." Beck looked at the floor and muttered, "Hi." After that, Mrs. Johnson found us some desks and chairs. I was in the front row, and Beck was behind me. After I wrote down my homework and put my school supplies away, Mrs. Johnson started the lesson. "To solve the problem 6z=18, first you have to think, 'six times blank equals 18'. Who knows the answer?" I knew it without even thinking. My hand shot up into the air. "Yes, Bloom," Mrs. Johnson said, pointing at my hand. "Six times three equals eighteen," I said in one breath. "Excellent, Bloom," Mrs. Johnson said. "You must have paid attention in third grade." I smiled and tried to give her a "yes-as-a-matter-of-fact-I-did" look, but it wasn't easy. Obviously recess was different for us because we were on a ship. It was a large room with lots of tables and chairs, and cabinets full of toys and board games. There was also a genuine field and playground. There were trees and flowers everywhere. My new friend Vevo said that Mrs. Johnson had the earth power. That particular day I was playing a game called Sorry with Beck, the girl who sat on my right, and the boy who sits on my left. The girl, whose name was Amethyst, had long black hair and brown eyes. The boy, whose name was Jason, had brown hair and green eyes. "Are you the only ones in your family?" asked Amethyst, who was a chatterbox like me. "No," I said. "There are six of us." "Six girls in one room!" Amethyst said, her eyes widening. "That would drive me crazy!" It's just me in my room, but luckily my room is next to Jason's. Suddenly the "get ready to go back to class" bell rang. Beck and I stood up and got ready to put the game away. But then, Amethyst took out a key and a box with a keyhole in it. Then she turned the key in the box, ad suddenly, the board folded up and flew into the box, the game pieces slid into their plastic baggie and flew in, and the game box closed and flew back to the cabinet where we found it. Then Amethyst smiled and put the box and the key back in her pocket. When we got back to class, Mrs. Johnson was smiling. "I have a very interesting lesson for you this afternoon." Her smile dropped. "But it's very mysterious, too." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Apparently, even in fourth grade I struggled with plot progression. And my vocabulary...Yikes!! -.-' If you read the whole thing, I swear I love you to death. #tbt <3 -Maura