Past days
Authors Note: Hello everyone! I know it's been a little bit but I hope you had a wonderful 4th of July, if you celebrated. So I am currently working on Blindspot fanfic, a once upon a time, and 2 more Chicago PD FanFiction. (Let me know if you'd like to see a Chicago Fire one cause I am also just as in love with this show as I am with Chicago PD) My Blindspot one will be up soon. I won't be able to update this one for maybe another week or two, depending on how my Blindspot fanfic goes. I hope you guys will read it when I post it, of course if you watched the show. Enjoy!
Erin: 5 years old
Annie: 5 years old
MEMORY 3- Kindergarden
First day of school is always nerve racking for kids, Whether it be Elementry school, middle school, or high school.
Erin looked up at the tall building ahead. It loomed over her like a monster would at the foot of your bed. Kids of all heights entered, while all types of parents walked out. These things scared Erin, but the thing that scared her most was what was behind the doors. Anything could be waiting for her. Maybe something bad. Erin took a deep breath in. She grabbed the straps of her red book bag tighter. Her nails practically dug into them.
"You got this," she whispered just enough for her to hear herself and boost her own confidence.
She took tiny steps but ended up quickening her paste. As she entered the building, bright colors flashed in her eyes. It was mostly from the decorations that hung from the ceiling. Erin saw a sign that said:
"Kindergarden."
It pointed to the left, so she went off in that direction. Erin could see at the end of the hallway a bunch of kids her age all running around in a classroom. She figured this was her class so she entered. The teacher spotted her right away.
"Hello."
"Hi," Erin said shyly.
"What's your name?"
"Erin."
The teacher searched for Erin's name on her list, then checked it off when she found it.
"Hi Erin, I'm Mrs. T. Welcome to kindergarten. You can take a seat and play with something until I'm done with the grown ups. Ok?
"Ok."
"Why don't you try talking to someone."
Talking? Erin was way too nervous to talk to anyone. All the kids just seemed too rowdy or busy with other things. She spotted a couple kids sitting down at this one table but they were already talking. So instead, Erin sat down at a table all by herself.
10 minutes went by and the teacher still wasn't done with the parents. It was harder to tell because Erin could barley read the clock with the hands on it.
"Ok class let's settle down and take a seat."
At those words, kids spread out at all the different colored tables. A boy with orange hair and black glasses sat on the left of Erin and a girl with bright blue eyes and blonde hair like Erin's sat on her right.
"Ok class, if you don't know my name I'm Mrs. T. Can you say it all together?"
"Mrs. T."
"Good!"
"Now that all your parents are gone For the day I want to play a game."
"Yay," everyone but Erin seemed to shout.
"I want you to get up and find a partner."
The whole class just sat there looking at the teacher.
"Go, go, go guys!"
All the five year olds scattered looking for a partner. Everyone seemed to go past Erin and the girl next to her as if they didn't exist. So instead, Erin dug up some courage and turned to her right.
"Do you want to be my partner?"
The girl looked at Erin with shocked bright blue eyes. After a second, they warmed up and she started to grin.
"Sure."
After everyone had a partner and was seated the teacher started to speak up again.
"Alright, now that everyone has a partner I will explain what to do. First, I want everyone to find their own special spot with there partner anywhere in the room. Go!"
The class once again scattered all over the room. Erin directed her partner over to the bean bag chairs so they would have somewhere more comfortable to sit.
"Very good class. Ok, so I will now explain the game. Everyone has to listen very carefully. I will give you a little bit of time to find out as much as you can about your partner. Where they are from, what they like, or their name. By the end of the game we will teach the whole class about our partners. Whoever can name the most things about their partner gets a prize. Understand?"
No one hesitated to start talking to each other. Once kids find out there's a prize involved, they are in it to win it.
"So what's your name?"
"I'm Erin."
"I'm Annie."
The two girls looked awkwardly at each other, unable to figure out what to say next.
"What do you like to do Erin?"
"Uh...I like to watch tv."
"Me too."
"What's your favorite show?"
"Full house."
"I like to watch that show too."
"Do you have any siblings Annie?"
"Yeah, I have an older brother Danny. He's in 10th grade though."
"Do you?"
"I have a 3 year old brother, Teddy."
Erin and Annie finally got into a flow with their conversation. The two five year olds learned almost everything there was about each other. They were having so much fun that they didn't realize that time was up.
"Ok class, come sit down at the tables with your partners."
One by one kids were called up to the front of the class. Some kids could tell you a lot or very little about their partners. Some kids even stood in front of everyone in pure silence. It was finally Erin's turn to come up. She was the last kid, but being last or first was always nerve frightening.
"Why don't you tell the class your name and who your partner was."
Erin was practically shaking. She never had to speak out in front of people like this before. It made it worse when you were as shy as her. A habit she would grow out of in her teenage years.
"I'm...I'm Erin and my partners name was Annie. The things that I learned about her was..."
Erin's mind was drawing a complete blank. She could hardly remember anything Annie had told her.
"She has an older brother named Danny and he's in the 10th grade. She...she likes to eat ice cream while watching full house and... That's all I can remember."
"You did a good job Erin."
Erin went back to her seat with her head down. She felt so embarrassed for so many different reasons. For one, she forgot everything Annie and her had talked about. Two, she couldn't remember anything in front of the whole class. That's what stage fright could do to you.
"Alright class. The winner of the game is...Annie!"
Annie looked both shocked and happy.
"Annie was able to tell us 24 things about her partner. Come on up."
Annie walked up to the teachers desk and was handed two Hershey kisses. Everyone eyed them as Annie made it all the way back to her seat.
"Here Erin."
Erin looked up. Annie was giving her a Hershey kiss.
"Really?"
"Yeah."
Erin stared at it for a moment then took it reluctantly.
"Thanks."
"Hey Erin?"
"Yeah."
"Would you like to come over my house today after school?"
This question shocked Erin completely. She was sure Annie would be mad about her forgetting their entire conversation.
"You really want me to come with you?"
"Yeah it will be fun."
"Do you think your mom would mind?"
Erin thought back to her mother. Bunny probably wouldn't even notice she was gone.
"No."
"Great. I'm so excited."
"Me too."
Erin was so excited that she had made her first friend. A friend that would stick by her years to come.
Ok, this is not my greatest chapter but I'm thinking about making it into a two part thing for you guys. That way you don't have to wait as long for the actual story to be updated. Let me know. I thought this would be interesting to explore how Erin and Annie met. If you have any memories you'd like to see don't hesitate to comment. I've already got a suggestion(s) from somebody( who will be mentioned when I update the actual story) and I'm so grateful for the idea and am already thinking about where I can add that into my story, so please let me know. ^^