Big Brother Ben
Hi, my name is Alice and this is my story.
April 16 2006
I had just turned 7 and got a diary for my birthday. I am Asian, have black hair and brown eyes. Anyways, I decided to write all my adventures on the diary.
April 25 2006
It was Ben's birthday today. He would turn 8 and ended up receiving a journal. I ended up wondering what he would write in the journal.
May 12 2006
We had got separated from our parents in a store and I felt so scared.
"Don't worry Alice, they'll be back," Ben reassured me.
"How are you so sure?" I asked through tears in my eyes.
Brother hugged me. "They're our parents. They'll come back, I promise"
Later that day, we sat at a bench and our parents found us.
July 26 2006
We were going a trip today and we had to leave the house at 1:15am in the morning. I found it fascinating to be in the dark and so cool, while the same can't be the said about my brother. He looked grumpy and looked irritated that he was losing out on his sleep.
After all the check up in the airport, we made it to the airplane. I found it so cool to be on the airplane, because it was my first time on one. Ben looked excited, but he didn't look as excited as me. He still looked somewhat irritated of his lack of sleep. My mother, brother and I sat in a row, while my father was in the back by himself. When the airplane took flight, Ben and I watched the airplane soar higher, but it only lasted for a few minutes before Ben fell asleep.
A few minutes after Ben had dozed off, I saw that his head started leaning towards me and his head ended up leaning on my shoulder. I don't know if it's possible, but I think I could feel his breath on my skin. He was still sound asleep and I had no idea what to do.
Snap!
My mother took a picture of us. "You two are so cute!"
July 28 2006
Our family had finally arrived at Disneyland.
"This will be so much fun," Ben excitedly said.
I gave a small nod in agreement.
"We'll play for the whole day! I can hardly wait!" my brother ranted and gushed about how fun it'll be.
I could feel my brother's enthusiasm and I was starting to get more excited than nervous.
"Let's go," Ben grabbed my hand and led me around to certain rides.
Some of the rides my brother picked felt too scary, but my brother didn't question me and chose another ride that was less scary for me.
"Maybe we should split up, so Ben can go on the rides he want to go instead of taking Alice where she wants to go," I heard our parents said to each other.
Those words made me feel immediate guilt that brother was doing this for my enjoyment instead of his enjoyment.
When the two of us split up, I felt sad. Why was I so selfish?
August 2 2006
It was time to head back home, but it felt weird. Our seating order was different on the plane. Our parents sat in the front while my brother and I sat at the back of the plane.
"Hey Alice, are you alright?" Ben asked.
I was pretty sure my hands were shaking and the man sitting on my left was glaring at us.
"I'm alright Ben," I said.
My brother stared at my shaking hands.
"Do you want to switch with me?" Ben asked.
"Please," I said, since I couldn't take the man's glare directed at me.
My brother nodded and we switched.
When the airplane started to fly, I saw my brother play his Nintendo DS and I watched him play.
He had only played for ten minutes before he handed his Nintendo DS to me.
"Here. Why don't you play my DS. I'll teach you the controls," my brother said.
I accepted his offer and grabbed his DS. He taught me the controls and about the story of the game.
I was smiling and had fun with the game. My brother was smiling too but I had a feeling it wasn't a true and sincere smile.
September 1 2006
School was almost about to start and that meant I had to celebrate what's left of the summer.
"Can you take me to the park?" I asked my brother.
"Sure," Ben nodded and I smiled.
When we arrived at the park, Ben talked about doing a race and an obstacle course. Of course, he won, but it was still fun.
September 6 2006
Summer break was over and that meant school was about to start. I was entering second grade, while my brother was entering third grade. I really wanted this school year to go well, since I currently had no friends. Last year, Ben had made friends with three people and I would constantly see them play on the playground every lunch break. Most of those lunch breaks, I would just walk around to avoid being bored.
However, when school started, all of the people went towards their friends and nobody wanted to know me. Nothing had changed.
September 25 2006
I hate Mondays, because it's the start of the week when you'll have to go back to school. I was currently eating cereal and had a frustrated expression on my face when I saw my brother head down the stairs with a smile plastered on his face.
"Why are you so happy?" I grumbled.
"We're going to a school field trip!" my brother exclaimed.
"Do you even know what your school field trip is about?" my mother asked while setting herself a cup of milk.
"Nope, but it'll be fun," Ben gave a small, goofy smile.
There! That same goofy smile. He had friends and enjoy going to school. Why can't I have that? Why can't I have friends?
October 17 2006
There's just two more weeks until Halloween. Lately, I've been feeling that there was nothing to look forward to school. I'm sure even my parents were worried, but my brother approached me today.
"Why are you so sad, Alice?" Ben asked.
"It's nothing Ben," I replied.
"If it's nothing, then you should smile," my brother smiled to prove his point.
"Why?" I couldn't help but ask.
"Because I don't like to see a sad Alice," Ben replied. He looked unsure of what to say after that, so I saw him leave my room.
October 31 2006
I was dressed as a fairy and my brother was dressed as a werewolf.
When I saw him, I screamed to the top of my lungs.
Ben quickly took his costume off and said, "I'll find another costume"
In the end, he ended up dressing up as Santa.
December 13 2006
Today, it started to snow. I looked at the window to see the white snowflakes were dancing around.
"Hey Alice! Let's build a snowman!" Ben entered my room.
"Sure!" I happily replied.
"Okay. Let's go Alice!" Ben happily said.
He waited for me and when I finally got ready, we entered the freezing cold and built a snowman. I remembered how our parents said that it would be cold and I wished I listened to their advice and wore more clothes. At one point, I coughed several times and my brother took off his scarf and placed it around my neck.
"That way, you won't get sick" Ben said to me.
I smiled. "Thanks"
We returned to our work on our snowman and after a while, it was finally finished.
"That's one awesome snowman!" Ben exclaimed.
Our snowman was probably taller than the two of us combined. It had a carrot for his nose and had rocks for his eyes and mouth.
"I agree. There's only one thing missing," I pointed out.
"And that thing happened to be?" my brother looked confused.
"Hot chocolate!" I replied. "Now, let's go. I seriously need hot chocolate right now"
My brother laughed. "Indeed. I think hot chocolate is exactly what we need right now"
December 24 2006
I wrote a list to Santa, wanting a certain Barbie doll, a doll house set and lots and lots of candy.
When I looked at my brother's list, all he wanted was a basketball.
"Really?" I asked while laughing.
"Yeah. I played basketball at school and it was so much fun. I really want to keep playing the sport," Ben replied.
I only laughed. "Santa could get you lots of toys, why not ask him for a lot of toys," I told him.
"I only want one thing this Christmas and that is to play basketball," my brother said.
December 25 2006
On Christmas, I got my wish. I got the doll, a doll house set and an extreme amount of candy, while Ben received a miniature basketball net that you could hang on the wall that comes with a mini basketball and a real size basketball.
I was happy, but it looked nothing when it's compared to my brother, because he was radiating happiness and his eyes were shining. Would getting a basketball for Christmas really make you that happy?
January 1 2007
It was the start of a new year. We celebrated a grand dinner with turkey, chicken, chips, and spaghetti with meatballs. For drinks, there were coke and sprite. I saw our parents drink beer and alcohol that day. Ben and I cried out in joy, because we loved to drink coke, sprite, chips, turkey, chicken and spaghetti with meatballs, so it was like a dream come true for us.
"Happy New Years," Ben said to me.
"Happy New Years," I said back.
January 16 2007
Winter break was over and that meant there was a school again. I'm starting to hate school, because Ben and I had so much fun this winter break. School was finally over today and Ben and I were both sitting in the car.
"What should we do when we get back home?" I asked.
"I know. Let's go sledding!" my brother replied.
"Okay!" I answered back.
When we had arrived home, we both grabbed a sled and our mother drove us to a nearby hill.
The two of us sat in the sled and we went so fast down the hill. We went down the hill many times. One time, I think we hit something on the hill and the two of us fell from our sled. We landed beside each other and we only laughed after that.
After going down the hill a lot of times, I felt thirsty.
"You thinking what I'm thinking?" I asked.
"Hot chocolate," Ben replied.
"Exactly," I confirmed.
January 17 2007
The day after we went sledding, the both of us happened to get sick.
I felt very delighted, since I actually didn't want to go to school. The same can't be said about my brother. He looked kind of…sad? I mean, why would he be sad? Being sick means no school and you can do whatever you want at home. Fortunately, I was sick with my brother, so it'll be even more fun to do whatever you want at home.
When our parents left the house, I nudged Ben.
"What Alice?" he asked.
"Come on. We can do whatever we want," I smiled to him.
"So?" he asked.
I sighed. Sometimes, my brother was clueless.
"Whatever we want," I repeated with more emphasis.
"Look, I don't like being sick and stuck at home all day. I want to recover from my sickness, so I'll just rest," my brother explained.
"Really?" I asked as if I couldn't believe what he said.
"Really," Ben replied and I watched him head to his room to sleep.
I can still have fun by myself at home.
January 18 2007
It seemed my brother got his wish. He looked a 100% recovered from his sickness, while I got my wish as well. I didn't recover and my parents asked me about how my temperature got higher than yesterday. No school again!
February 14 2007
It was valentines and that meant there was a lot of red and pink. I got my classmates cards, while some of my classmates gave candy and suckers to the class. When I got back home, I saw that my brother had received cards, suckers and candies too.
"So, how was your day?" Ben asked.
I simply answered, "You know, it's the usual day"
March 11 2007
I noticed it again. This has been occurring a lot recently and it was starting to annoy me. Since Ben got his miniature basketball net and miniature basketball at Christmas, he played basketball every day for around fifteen minutes and recently, that time has doubled. Lately, he's been playing basketball for thirty minutes and it's like the distance between us is getting farther and farther.
April 4 2007
Twelve more days until my birthday! I could hardly contain my excitement, while my brother looked like he was going to explode from the excitement as well. April was a special month for us, because both of our birthdays are at April. I could hardly wait for my birthday!
April 15 2007
Yes! My birthday's tomorrow. Why? Why is my birthday on a Monday? I hate Mondays. Also, there's the fact that I have to go through school before I celebrate my birthday. I sighed. Why couldn't my birthday be today on a Sunday?
Thank you for reading! Yes, this was from my diary and it's what happened in real life. I could write a lot more, but I guess I just cut it into parts and didn't feel like writing more was necessary. What do you think? Should I write a lot more for each chapter or should this amount of words works for each chapter? You decide! Anyways, thanks for reading!