Chapter 10-Back to Normal
Letty limped her way up the stairs to her room; she had finally gotten out of the wheel chair, stopped using the crutches and the cane; she had finished her physical therapy and missed about three months of school, and the schoolwork was piling up on her desk and she was going back to school in a week and she hadn't started any of the work yet. She sat in the chair in front of the desk and grabbed the first paper off the top of the pile, math great, she thought as she got out her pencil. Dominic walked into the room, "Hey Let, what you doing?"
"Math homework, can you help me?" Letty asked as she looked up at him.
"I'll try."
"It's multiplication and division."
"Okay, let's start with the first problem, what's eight times six?"
"I don't know."
"Okay think of it as eight plus eight plus eight plus eight plus eight plus eight."
"I'm not gonna add all that."
"Umm.well, how about.what do you like?"
"Suicide, cars stuff like that."
"Let's say you played eight basketball games and scored six points each game, what's your total?"
"Eight games, six points each.umm.8+8=16+8=24+8=32+8=40+8=48, right?"
"Yeah, just try not to do all that adding."
"Okay."
"Let's move on to the next problem, this one is easy, 10x3."
"30."
"Right" he said as he wrote in the answer. "3x4."
"3+3 is 6 and 6+6 is.12."
"Right. Next problem, 6x4."
"24?"
"Yeah. 3x3."
"9."
"5x9."
"45!"
"Right, are you sure you need help?"
"Yes, I'm not gonna get them all right."
"Okay, you know how to divide numbers?"
"Umm.no."
"Okay, so dividing is okay, it's like reducing."
"Huh?"
"Factoring."
"Oh, how do you do that?
"Okay, I'll show you okay 54 divided by 6=9."
"So it's basically how many times a certain number goes into the other number?"
"Yeah, pretty much."
"Let's move onto the next problem, 60 divided by 15."
"4."
"Right, 75 divide by 25."
"3, duh!"
"55 divided by 5."
"11."
"12 divided by 3."
"4."
"14 divided by 2."
"81 divided by 9."
"Umm.9?"
"I'm not sure hold on," he said as he wiped out a calculator. He pushed in the numbers, "Yeah, that's right."
"Ha, ha! I'm smarter that you."
"No, you're not smarter, I just haven't done math in a while."
"Sure, Dom that's what you say!"
"Let's just get on with your homework; 40 divided by 5."
"8."
"30 divided by 6."
"5."
They continued until they finished all of her math homework, then they started on her science homework. Letty of course wasn't the easiest person to work with, but then again why would she be? Dom tired his best to help Letty but he was never the best student, but she asked him, so he tried his best. They heard Maria calling them and they headed down stairs for dinner.
Dom stared at his clock, "Dom." a quite little voice said.
"Yes." he replied his booming voice still quite loud even though he was whispering.
"I can't fall asleep," she replied in a childish tone.
"So.what do you want me to do about it?"
"Tell me a story," she replied as she jumped onto his cot with a pillow, a blanket and a bunny rabbit.
"Letty."
"Please Dommy, pretty please," she whined.
"God, you're not five."
"Pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeee!"
"Fine," he said as he pulled her into his lap.
"Yay!"
"Once a pond a time." he started but was cut off.
"No, I don't like those kind of stories."
"What kind of story do you want to hear?"
"Make one up."
"Fine.there were these two guys."
"What were their names?"
"D and V."
"What weird names."
"The names don't matter. Well, D and V are racers, illegal racers, they racer Nissans, Hondas and a whole bunch of other Japanese cars. They sped their days working on their cars and their weekends racing them, but there's always a risk of getting caught, locked up, car impounded for months. Racing is their lives, it's what tell live for, it's a part of who they are.it's whole they are. Every Friday night they gather with the rest of the racers, they have their money ready knowing there's a 50/50 chance they might lose all their money or win someone else's. They deicide who's gonna race that night, everybody wants to race but other just want to watch the cars fly by with is just like racing; but racing is what D and V do, that's their lives. All the racers line up, now everything is on the line, it's either win or lose nothing in between."
"But why was it their lives? Why did they do all that for a hobby?"
"Cuz.they were determined, that's why."
"But how did the get all the money they need to build their cars, and add all that extra stuff to put into the car?"
"Let's just say they had a side job."
"What was their side job?"
"Working on other peoples cars."
"And that's enough to afford everything they need?"
"Yes Letty, now be quite if you wanna hear the rest of the story."
"Well, so the racers get lined up, everything's on the line, money's at stake and so are their lives." Dom continued the story, and soon he heard Letty's even breathing, he placed her back in her bed and tucked her in, he kissed her on the forehead and went back to bed.
Author's Note: And that's where I'm gonna end it. I would like to say Happy Birthday to Letty Girl 101.Happy Birthday to you Happy Birthday to you Happy Birthday Dear Letty Girl 101 Happy Birthday to you. Thanks to all those who reviewed. Hope you enjoyed the chapter to next will most likely have Letty at ten years old.
Letty limped her way up the stairs to her room; she had finally gotten out of the wheel chair, stopped using the crutches and the cane; she had finished her physical therapy and missed about three months of school, and the schoolwork was piling up on her desk and she was going back to school in a week and she hadn't started any of the work yet. She sat in the chair in front of the desk and grabbed the first paper off the top of the pile, math great, she thought as she got out her pencil. Dominic walked into the room, "Hey Let, what you doing?"
"Math homework, can you help me?" Letty asked as she looked up at him.
"I'll try."
"It's multiplication and division."
"Okay, let's start with the first problem, what's eight times six?"
"I don't know."
"Okay think of it as eight plus eight plus eight plus eight plus eight plus eight."
"I'm not gonna add all that."
"Umm.well, how about.what do you like?"
"Suicide, cars stuff like that."
"Let's say you played eight basketball games and scored six points each game, what's your total?"
"Eight games, six points each.umm.8+8=16+8=24+8=32+8=40+8=48, right?"
"Yeah, just try not to do all that adding."
"Okay."
"Let's move on to the next problem, this one is easy, 10x3."
"30."
"Right" he said as he wrote in the answer. "3x4."
"3+3 is 6 and 6+6 is.12."
"Right. Next problem, 6x4."
"24?"
"Yeah. 3x3."
"9."
"5x9."
"45!"
"Right, are you sure you need help?"
"Yes, I'm not gonna get them all right."
"Okay, you know how to divide numbers?"
"Umm.no."
"Okay, so dividing is okay, it's like reducing."
"Huh?"
"Factoring."
"Oh, how do you do that?
"Okay, I'll show you okay 54 divided by 6=9."
"So it's basically how many times a certain number goes into the other number?"
"Yeah, pretty much."
"Let's move onto the next problem, 60 divided by 15."
"4."
"Right, 75 divide by 25."
"3, duh!"
"55 divided by 5."
"11."
"12 divided by 3."
"4."
"14 divided by 2."
"81 divided by 9."
"Umm.9?"
"I'm not sure hold on," he said as he wiped out a calculator. He pushed in the numbers, "Yeah, that's right."
"Ha, ha! I'm smarter that you."
"No, you're not smarter, I just haven't done math in a while."
"Sure, Dom that's what you say!"
"Let's just get on with your homework; 40 divided by 5."
"8."
"30 divided by 6."
"5."
They continued until they finished all of her math homework, then they started on her science homework. Letty of course wasn't the easiest person to work with, but then again why would she be? Dom tired his best to help Letty but he was never the best student, but she asked him, so he tried his best. They heard Maria calling them and they headed down stairs for dinner.
Dom stared at his clock, "Dom." a quite little voice said.
"Yes." he replied his booming voice still quite loud even though he was whispering.
"I can't fall asleep," she replied in a childish tone.
"So.what do you want me to do about it?"
"Tell me a story," she replied as she jumped onto his cot with a pillow, a blanket and a bunny rabbit.
"Letty."
"Please Dommy, pretty please," she whined.
"God, you're not five."
"Pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeee!"
"Fine," he said as he pulled her into his lap.
"Yay!"
"Once a pond a time." he started but was cut off.
"No, I don't like those kind of stories."
"What kind of story do you want to hear?"
"Make one up."
"Fine.there were these two guys."
"What were their names?"
"D and V."
"What weird names."
"The names don't matter. Well, D and V are racers, illegal racers, they racer Nissans, Hondas and a whole bunch of other Japanese cars. They sped their days working on their cars and their weekends racing them, but there's always a risk of getting caught, locked up, car impounded for months. Racing is their lives, it's what tell live for, it's a part of who they are.it's whole they are. Every Friday night they gather with the rest of the racers, they have their money ready knowing there's a 50/50 chance they might lose all their money or win someone else's. They deicide who's gonna race that night, everybody wants to race but other just want to watch the cars fly by with is just like racing; but racing is what D and V do, that's their lives. All the racers line up, now everything is on the line, it's either win or lose nothing in between."
"But why was it their lives? Why did they do all that for a hobby?"
"Cuz.they were determined, that's why."
"But how did the get all the money they need to build their cars, and add all that extra stuff to put into the car?"
"Let's just say they had a side job."
"What was their side job?"
"Working on other peoples cars."
"And that's enough to afford everything they need?"
"Yes Letty, now be quite if you wanna hear the rest of the story."
"Well, so the racers get lined up, everything's on the line, money's at stake and so are their lives." Dom continued the story, and soon he heard Letty's even breathing, he placed her back in her bed and tucked her in, he kissed her on the forehead and went back to bed.
Author's Note: And that's where I'm gonna end it. I would like to say Happy Birthday to Letty Girl 101.Happy Birthday to you Happy Birthday to you Happy Birthday Dear Letty Girl 101 Happy Birthday to you. Thanks to all those who reviewed. Hope you enjoyed the chapter to next will most likely have Letty at ten years old.