CHAPTER 2
School had been out for Teresa for about four days and she was anxiously
waiting for her answer to if she was going to another country or not. Its
was noon time and the mail usually got to her house about one-thirty. The
mail was early that day and arrived at twelve-thirthy.She looked through
all the bills, magazines, and junk and found what she was waiting for. She
sat down on the arm off the couch and took a big, deep breath. Teresa then
carefully opened the envelop, making sure not to rip the enclosed
documents. Teresa focused her eyes on the opened papers and discovered she
was able to go. Teresa soon jumped up in excitement.
"OH MY GOSH!" Teresa screamed quietly because her dad was still asleep. "Mom, come here look it." Teresa said as she handed her mom the papers. Her mom read the document for a few seconds and then said "OH WOW! I'm so happy for you! Come on lets go pack you plane is leaving soon." Teresa's mom handed the letter in the envelop back to Teresa.
"Oh wait, so where are you going Teresa what country?"
"Hold on." Said Teresa opening the envelop again. "Tokyo, Japan."
"Oh that's cool, I guess, do they speak English or Japanese?"
"It says here that they speak English. That's good because we can communicate with each other."
"Let me see the papers again."
"Okay mom here ya go." Said Teresa handing her mom the letter.
"Oh look at this there is a girl your age. Her name is Kagome. She lives with her Grandpa, Mom, and brother.
'I wonder how old her brother is. Maybe he's cute. What am I thinking? He is probably seven or eight.' Teresa thought to herself.
"Teresa?" asked her mom.
"Oh that's cool at least ill have some one my age to hang out with." "Hey look kagome has a cat."
"Hey mom, can I bring Pitches?"
"I don't see why not"
"Yah."
"Come on lets get packing your plane leaves tomorrow. You don't have much time."
"Okay"
They packed for a long time after that. They packed continuously for six hours. Teresa's mom went and woke up her dad. Then her mom went upstairs and began to make dinner.
"Teresa," shouted her mom,"dinner's almost ready."
"Be right there," Teresa shouted back.
Teresa then went into the dining room for dinner. She sat down at her favorite seat. Then her mom brought plates, cups, and forks into the dining room. Teresa took one of each and set it up the way she liked. She put her plate in the middle her cup behind her plate and her fork on the side. Then she leaned toward the middle of the table to get a napkin and then she placed in the middle of her plate. Teresa's dad walked into the dining room and sat down at one of the open seats.
"Hey there, girl." Teresa's dad said, "What's new?"
"Hey dad nothing much" Teresa replied ". . . . Guess what?"
"What?"
"You know the foreign exchange thing that came here a long time ago?"
"Yeah"
"Well today I got a letter in the mail and it says that I get to go to Tokyo, Japan"
"Do they speak English? Where are the papers?"
"On your desk, and yes they do speak English." Teresa got up from the table and went to her dad's desk. She then looked through the mail from that day and found what she was looking for. She then brought it to her dads spot at the table and set it down in front of him.
"Teresa" called her mother "come in here and help me with dinner."
"Okay mom."
Teresa walked into the kitchen and asked "What do you want me to do?"
"Could you please make the macaroni and cheese?"
"Sure."
Teresa picked up a pot and filled it full of water. Then she set on the stove and turned the little knob for the fire to come on. Then she let it boil for five or so minutes then poured the macaroni into the pot. Then when the macaroni got soft she drained all the water out then added the cheese, milk, and butter and stirred it all together. Then she put the pasta in a bowl with a serving spoon next to it and took into the dining room and set it on the table. Then walked back to her seat and sat down.
"Thank you for making the macaroni and cheese." Said her mom
"No problem," replied Teresa.
"So how long are you going to be gone?" asked her dad
"Two months."
After dinner Teresa's dad looked over the papers carefully. He read them over and over just to make sure he knew everything about this family.
"Okay, I guess you can go," Said Teresa's dad.
"Thank you," Teresa said. Then Teresa walked into her room and sat on her bed. Then looked at her phone and thought 'I'll call Jenna.' Teresa walked over to her phone and dialed Jenna's number.
"Hello?" said Jenna's mom.
"Hey, is Jenna home?" asked Teresa.
"Sorry she not, she went to airel's house. Ill Tell her you called."
"Thank you."
"No problem."
Teresa hung up her phone and lay across her bed and then looked at her many suit cases. Teresa couldn't believe her parents were actually going to let her go. Especially after what had happened so many years ago. She started thinking what she was going to do there. 'Maybe we'll play outside most of the time. Do they have dining room tables there? Is this Kagome girl nice? Does she have her own room? What do they eat there? Do they eat weird foods? I'll have to pack at least 3 dozen boxes of macaroni and cheese. Do they eat chicken? I love chicken.'
"Teresa," Her mom said as she walked into her room, "did you pack a toothbrush and hair brush and other stuff that you need?"
"Oh no I didn't I forgot. Thanks for reminding me."
"And if you're taking Pitches you'll need things like; litter, litterpan, pooper scooper, cat food, and her play toys."
"Mom, Kagome has a cat, I'm pretty sure she has a litter pan."
"Yeah, you're probably right but you'll need food and her toys."
"Yeah you right, I don't want them to have to feed her."
"That would be kind of rude."
"Yeah"
"I'll take you to the store tomorrow early in the morning for some last minute items that you may need."
"Yes because I need to pick up a lot of macaroni and cheese!"
"Yeah, but I was talking about cat food and a new toothbrush and stuff."
"Oh, thank you. Are you sure you'll have enough money?"
"Yeah don't worry about it."
"Thanks"
"No problem."
Teresa went into the living room to watch television with her dad. He was watching "Law & Order" until ten o'clock. At ten o'clock her dad leaves for work. Teresa kind of liked that he was going to work because then she could watch whatever she wanted to on television.Tonights episode was about a serial killer who wanted to kill every one who wore a size three in clothes or smaller. Teresa thought that this killer was a very jealous person. The episode ended and it was ten o'clock. Her dad was putting his shoes and getting ready to leave. Then he got up and put his coat on. Teresa went up to him and hugged him.
"Bye dad," said Teresa, "drive carefully."
"I will, don't stay up to late," Said her dad to her and her brother, Kelvin.
"We won't," said Teresa and Kelvin at the same time.
"How do I just know your lying?" asked her dad.
"I don't know," Teresa said with a guilty smile.
Teresa's mom came upstairs and said goodnight to Teresa's dad. Then her dad left and it was just Teresa, her mom, her brother, and her aunt Marie. Teresa went into the living room and picked up the remote and tried to find something on to watch. Teresa couldn't find anything on television. So she walked downstairs to talk to her mother about her trip.
"Hey mom," Teresa asked, "is you asleep?"
"No, not yet, why?" replied her mom.
"Oh, cool I was just wondering what I will do there if I get bored."
"I doubt that you'll get bored but if you think you might then bring your instrument."
"Tammy, my trumpet?"
"You named your trumpet Tammy?"
"Yeah, I thought it was a good name."
"Whatever you say, so yeah bring it."
"Okay, but what if they only listen to Japanese music?"
"I think music is music I really don't think it matters what language."
"Yeah, I guess your right."
"Why don't you bring your portable CD player and let her listen to some American music like The Beatles, and The Guess Who's, and the . . . . ."
"NO, MOM, NO, no old music. No stuff that's more than twenty years old sorry. Ill bring some Outkast, Simple Plan, and Eminem."
"Well, music sure has changed since my day."
"I think I agree with you on that."
"So, are you excited about your trip?"
"Yes and no. . . . I'm excited because I'm going away and that's really cool and all, but . . . . I don't want to leave you, dad, Kelvin I really don't mind leaving, Jenna and Airel.
"Yeah, but you'll only be there for two months."
"Yeah, your right, Ill bring Tammy because ya never know when it could be useful." Teresa said in a goofy, messing-around way."
"Useful? Maybe entertaining . . . . But I don't think useful."
"Ya never know. Hey if it's okay, Ill need gerbil food for Sammy I want to bring him along with me."
"I think we can manage five extra dollars for gerbil food."
"Thank you."
Teresa then got up and walked into her room. She looked at her gerbil, Sammy.
"Hey, Sammy," Teresa said looking at her gerbil. "I bet you're hungry." Teresa opened her bag of gerbil food and put her hand in and picked up a handful of food. Then she opened his cage lid and dropped it in. Sammy didn't have a food dish because he had many before but he chewed them all up. Besides gerbils are much unorganized animals and they like there food in random places in there cage so that when they get hungry they dig through their bedding and then they find food. So if you forgot to feed your gerbil for a week or two it would be okay because they store their food.
"There you go little buddy." Teresa said.
Teresa then went and sat on her bed and watched Sammy eat his food. Sammy ran over to his food and picked up a sunflower seed. They were his favorite food. He then peeled of the shell of the seed and dropped it on the bottom of his bedding. Then he put the seed up to his mouth and began chomping on it. Then she walked upstairs to watch television. She turned on the TV with the remote and checked the guide to find out that her favorite episode of "Even Stevens" was on.
'Louis is so cute' she said to herself.
After it was over she turned off the TV and fell asleep on the couch. The next morning she awakened at eight o'clock and saw her parents talking to each other.
"Hey, mom, Hey dad." Teresa said greeting her parent.
"Hey Teresa," said her dad, "What time today does your plane leave?"
"Well since Japan has a totally different than us, it leaves at two o'clock in the afternoon." Replied Teresa.
"You'll probably sleep the whole way." Said her mom.
"Yeah probably right, I just can't believe I'm going on an airplane, I've never been on one. What if it crashes?"
Teresa said with a nervous voice. She was totally terrified of planes. Most of the famous people that she had admired had died in plane crashes
"Don't worry, Teresa, it won't crash, these planes are checked over so many times, trust me it wont crash. So don't even worry about it." Said her dad.
"Don't worry. . . . . . Be happy . . . Don't worry. . Be happy." Teresa sang. Teresa had a song for every occasion.
Teresa then walked to her room and looked around at her luggage. Her packing was close to being done, but her and her mom had to do some last minute shopping. She had three suitcases, not including her cat's carrier and the other carrier for her gerbil. She also had her trumpet case also. She walked over to her bed and found Pitches sitting on her pillow cleaning her paws.
"Hey kitty," said Teresa to Pitches, "you get to come with me later to Japan."
"Meow"
"I love you, Pitches, it's like I can talk to you and you some how reply," Said Teresa.
"Meow"
"Meow," Teresa said imitating Pitches.
"Meeeooow"
"Meow'
Teresa's mom walked in to her room while Teresa was talking to Pitches.
"What are you doing?" Teresa's mom asked her a 'wanting-to-know' voice.
"Nothing just talking to Pitches" Replied Teresa.
"Got ya, Meow."
"Mom stop making fun of me."
"Okay what I wanted to tell ya is that after you eat breakfast and get dressed we need to get to the store so we can get so cat food, and some gerbil food and other things."
"Okay I'll go get dressed."
Teresa's mom left and Teresa got up and walked over to the outfit that she left out to wear. She looked down at it and then picked up the shirt. The shirt was light blue, her favorite color, and it was short sleeves. She took her nightshirt off and put on her other blue shirt. Then she took off her pajama pants and put on her jean skirt. Then she put on her socks and shoes and walked upstairs. Teresa walked into the kitchen and found herself in an internal conflict.
'Should I have Lucky Charms or Fruit Loops? Lucky Charms . . . . . no, Fruit Loops . . . . . no, Lucky Charms . . . . . or waffles . . . . . Lucky Charms.'
Teresa picked up the box of Lucky Charms and took the milk out of the refrigerator. Then she went to the cupboard and pulled out a bowl and a spoon. She made her bowl of cereal and walked into the living room and watched 'The Wiggles'. When she was finished with her cereal 'The Wiggles' were still on but she knew she couldn't finish watching the show because her and her mom had to go shopping. Teresa got up and put her bowl in the sink and went and found her mom.
"Mom, I'm ready to go to the store" Teresa said to her mom.
"Okay Teresa wait a minute" replied her mom.
"Okay"
Teresa's mom came to Teresa and waved her hand in a way that said 'come on lets go'. So Teresa followed her mom out the door and ran and waited at the locked car door and watched her mom lock up the front door. Then she walked to the driver's side and unlocked the door for Teresa. Teresa got in and so did her mom. Her mom started the car and pulled out of the drive-way and went to the store. Teresa got out of the car and went into the store then into the animal section. She picked up a small bag of gerbil food.
"Better get the big bag Teresa.'' Her mom said.
"Oh, okay thanks."
Then Teresa got her cat food, dry and can, her shampoo and conditioner, soap, hair products, toothbrush, toothpaste, face soap, and three dozen boxes of shells and cheese, and her favorite lip gloss. Teresa loved lip gloss no matter where she went she always wanted to have lip gloss with her. Her favorite color was light pink.
Then she took all of her items up to the check out and the total came to forty-nine-Seventy-six.
"Debit card" Teresa's mom told the cashier.
"Want cash back?" The cashier asked
"No thank you."
"Okay"
Teresa's mom entered her pin number. Then she put her card away and grabbed two of the bags and Teresa grabbed the other two. They walked out to the car and put the items that they just bought into the trunk. Then they got into the car and drove home.
"Thanks mom for all the stuff.''
"No problem, you needed it."
Then they were home and they took the bags out of the trunk and brought them into the house and set them on the couch. Teresa took all the bags to her room and packed all her things into her last back pack. Then she took her shoes off and lay on her bed.
"OH MY GOSH!" Teresa screamed quietly because her dad was still asleep. "Mom, come here look it." Teresa said as she handed her mom the papers. Her mom read the document for a few seconds and then said "OH WOW! I'm so happy for you! Come on lets go pack you plane is leaving soon." Teresa's mom handed the letter in the envelop back to Teresa.
"Oh wait, so where are you going Teresa what country?"
"Hold on." Said Teresa opening the envelop again. "Tokyo, Japan."
"Oh that's cool, I guess, do they speak English or Japanese?"
"It says here that they speak English. That's good because we can communicate with each other."
"Let me see the papers again."
"Okay mom here ya go." Said Teresa handing her mom the letter.
"Oh look at this there is a girl your age. Her name is Kagome. She lives with her Grandpa, Mom, and brother.
'I wonder how old her brother is. Maybe he's cute. What am I thinking? He is probably seven or eight.' Teresa thought to herself.
"Teresa?" asked her mom.
"Oh that's cool at least ill have some one my age to hang out with." "Hey look kagome has a cat."
"Hey mom, can I bring Pitches?"
"I don't see why not"
"Yah."
"Come on lets get packing your plane leaves tomorrow. You don't have much time."
"Okay"
They packed for a long time after that. They packed continuously for six hours. Teresa's mom went and woke up her dad. Then her mom went upstairs and began to make dinner.
"Teresa," shouted her mom,"dinner's almost ready."
"Be right there," Teresa shouted back.
Teresa then went into the dining room for dinner. She sat down at her favorite seat. Then her mom brought plates, cups, and forks into the dining room. Teresa took one of each and set it up the way she liked. She put her plate in the middle her cup behind her plate and her fork on the side. Then she leaned toward the middle of the table to get a napkin and then she placed in the middle of her plate. Teresa's dad walked into the dining room and sat down at one of the open seats.
"Hey there, girl." Teresa's dad said, "What's new?"
"Hey dad nothing much" Teresa replied ". . . . Guess what?"
"What?"
"You know the foreign exchange thing that came here a long time ago?"
"Yeah"
"Well today I got a letter in the mail and it says that I get to go to Tokyo, Japan"
"Do they speak English? Where are the papers?"
"On your desk, and yes they do speak English." Teresa got up from the table and went to her dad's desk. She then looked through the mail from that day and found what she was looking for. She then brought it to her dads spot at the table and set it down in front of him.
"Teresa" called her mother "come in here and help me with dinner."
"Okay mom."
Teresa walked into the kitchen and asked "What do you want me to do?"
"Could you please make the macaroni and cheese?"
"Sure."
Teresa picked up a pot and filled it full of water. Then she set on the stove and turned the little knob for the fire to come on. Then she let it boil for five or so minutes then poured the macaroni into the pot. Then when the macaroni got soft she drained all the water out then added the cheese, milk, and butter and stirred it all together. Then she put the pasta in a bowl with a serving spoon next to it and took into the dining room and set it on the table. Then walked back to her seat and sat down.
"Thank you for making the macaroni and cheese." Said her mom
"No problem," replied Teresa.
"So how long are you going to be gone?" asked her dad
"Two months."
After dinner Teresa's dad looked over the papers carefully. He read them over and over just to make sure he knew everything about this family.
"Okay, I guess you can go," Said Teresa's dad.
"Thank you," Teresa said. Then Teresa walked into her room and sat on her bed. Then looked at her phone and thought 'I'll call Jenna.' Teresa walked over to her phone and dialed Jenna's number.
"Hello?" said Jenna's mom.
"Hey, is Jenna home?" asked Teresa.
"Sorry she not, she went to airel's house. Ill Tell her you called."
"Thank you."
"No problem."
Teresa hung up her phone and lay across her bed and then looked at her many suit cases. Teresa couldn't believe her parents were actually going to let her go. Especially after what had happened so many years ago. She started thinking what she was going to do there. 'Maybe we'll play outside most of the time. Do they have dining room tables there? Is this Kagome girl nice? Does she have her own room? What do they eat there? Do they eat weird foods? I'll have to pack at least 3 dozen boxes of macaroni and cheese. Do they eat chicken? I love chicken.'
"Teresa," Her mom said as she walked into her room, "did you pack a toothbrush and hair brush and other stuff that you need?"
"Oh no I didn't I forgot. Thanks for reminding me."
"And if you're taking Pitches you'll need things like; litter, litterpan, pooper scooper, cat food, and her play toys."
"Mom, Kagome has a cat, I'm pretty sure she has a litter pan."
"Yeah, you're probably right but you'll need food and her toys."
"Yeah you right, I don't want them to have to feed her."
"That would be kind of rude."
"Yeah"
"I'll take you to the store tomorrow early in the morning for some last minute items that you may need."
"Yes because I need to pick up a lot of macaroni and cheese!"
"Yeah, but I was talking about cat food and a new toothbrush and stuff."
"Oh, thank you. Are you sure you'll have enough money?"
"Yeah don't worry about it."
"Thanks"
"No problem."
Teresa went into the living room to watch television with her dad. He was watching "Law & Order" until ten o'clock. At ten o'clock her dad leaves for work. Teresa kind of liked that he was going to work because then she could watch whatever she wanted to on television.Tonights episode was about a serial killer who wanted to kill every one who wore a size three in clothes or smaller. Teresa thought that this killer was a very jealous person. The episode ended and it was ten o'clock. Her dad was putting his shoes and getting ready to leave. Then he got up and put his coat on. Teresa went up to him and hugged him.
"Bye dad," said Teresa, "drive carefully."
"I will, don't stay up to late," Said her dad to her and her brother, Kelvin.
"We won't," said Teresa and Kelvin at the same time.
"How do I just know your lying?" asked her dad.
"I don't know," Teresa said with a guilty smile.
Teresa's mom came upstairs and said goodnight to Teresa's dad. Then her dad left and it was just Teresa, her mom, her brother, and her aunt Marie. Teresa went into the living room and picked up the remote and tried to find something on to watch. Teresa couldn't find anything on television. So she walked downstairs to talk to her mother about her trip.
"Hey mom," Teresa asked, "is you asleep?"
"No, not yet, why?" replied her mom.
"Oh, cool I was just wondering what I will do there if I get bored."
"I doubt that you'll get bored but if you think you might then bring your instrument."
"Tammy, my trumpet?"
"You named your trumpet Tammy?"
"Yeah, I thought it was a good name."
"Whatever you say, so yeah bring it."
"Okay, but what if they only listen to Japanese music?"
"I think music is music I really don't think it matters what language."
"Yeah, I guess your right."
"Why don't you bring your portable CD player and let her listen to some American music like The Beatles, and The Guess Who's, and the . . . . ."
"NO, MOM, NO, no old music. No stuff that's more than twenty years old sorry. Ill bring some Outkast, Simple Plan, and Eminem."
"Well, music sure has changed since my day."
"I think I agree with you on that."
"So, are you excited about your trip?"
"Yes and no. . . . I'm excited because I'm going away and that's really cool and all, but . . . . I don't want to leave you, dad, Kelvin I really don't mind leaving, Jenna and Airel.
"Yeah, but you'll only be there for two months."
"Yeah, your right, Ill bring Tammy because ya never know when it could be useful." Teresa said in a goofy, messing-around way."
"Useful? Maybe entertaining . . . . But I don't think useful."
"Ya never know. Hey if it's okay, Ill need gerbil food for Sammy I want to bring him along with me."
"I think we can manage five extra dollars for gerbil food."
"Thank you."
Teresa then got up and walked into her room. She looked at her gerbil, Sammy.
"Hey, Sammy," Teresa said looking at her gerbil. "I bet you're hungry." Teresa opened her bag of gerbil food and put her hand in and picked up a handful of food. Then she opened his cage lid and dropped it in. Sammy didn't have a food dish because he had many before but he chewed them all up. Besides gerbils are much unorganized animals and they like there food in random places in there cage so that when they get hungry they dig through their bedding and then they find food. So if you forgot to feed your gerbil for a week or two it would be okay because they store their food.
"There you go little buddy." Teresa said.
Teresa then went and sat on her bed and watched Sammy eat his food. Sammy ran over to his food and picked up a sunflower seed. They were his favorite food. He then peeled of the shell of the seed and dropped it on the bottom of his bedding. Then he put the seed up to his mouth and began chomping on it. Then she walked upstairs to watch television. She turned on the TV with the remote and checked the guide to find out that her favorite episode of "Even Stevens" was on.
'Louis is so cute' she said to herself.
After it was over she turned off the TV and fell asleep on the couch. The next morning she awakened at eight o'clock and saw her parents talking to each other.
"Hey, mom, Hey dad." Teresa said greeting her parent.
"Hey Teresa," said her dad, "What time today does your plane leave?"
"Well since Japan has a totally different than us, it leaves at two o'clock in the afternoon." Replied Teresa.
"You'll probably sleep the whole way." Said her mom.
"Yeah probably right, I just can't believe I'm going on an airplane, I've never been on one. What if it crashes?"
Teresa said with a nervous voice. She was totally terrified of planes. Most of the famous people that she had admired had died in plane crashes
"Don't worry, Teresa, it won't crash, these planes are checked over so many times, trust me it wont crash. So don't even worry about it." Said her dad.
"Don't worry. . . . . . Be happy . . . Don't worry. . Be happy." Teresa sang. Teresa had a song for every occasion.
Teresa then walked to her room and looked around at her luggage. Her packing was close to being done, but her and her mom had to do some last minute shopping. She had three suitcases, not including her cat's carrier and the other carrier for her gerbil. She also had her trumpet case also. She walked over to her bed and found Pitches sitting on her pillow cleaning her paws.
"Hey kitty," said Teresa to Pitches, "you get to come with me later to Japan."
"Meow"
"I love you, Pitches, it's like I can talk to you and you some how reply," Said Teresa.
"Meow"
"Meow," Teresa said imitating Pitches.
"Meeeooow"
"Meow'
Teresa's mom walked in to her room while Teresa was talking to Pitches.
"What are you doing?" Teresa's mom asked her a 'wanting-to-know' voice.
"Nothing just talking to Pitches" Replied Teresa.
"Got ya, Meow."
"Mom stop making fun of me."
"Okay what I wanted to tell ya is that after you eat breakfast and get dressed we need to get to the store so we can get so cat food, and some gerbil food and other things."
"Okay I'll go get dressed."
Teresa's mom left and Teresa got up and walked over to the outfit that she left out to wear. She looked down at it and then picked up the shirt. The shirt was light blue, her favorite color, and it was short sleeves. She took her nightshirt off and put on her other blue shirt. Then she took off her pajama pants and put on her jean skirt. Then she put on her socks and shoes and walked upstairs. Teresa walked into the kitchen and found herself in an internal conflict.
'Should I have Lucky Charms or Fruit Loops? Lucky Charms . . . . . no, Fruit Loops . . . . . no, Lucky Charms . . . . . or waffles . . . . . Lucky Charms.'
Teresa picked up the box of Lucky Charms and took the milk out of the refrigerator. Then she went to the cupboard and pulled out a bowl and a spoon. She made her bowl of cereal and walked into the living room and watched 'The Wiggles'. When she was finished with her cereal 'The Wiggles' were still on but she knew she couldn't finish watching the show because her and her mom had to go shopping. Teresa got up and put her bowl in the sink and went and found her mom.
"Mom, I'm ready to go to the store" Teresa said to her mom.
"Okay Teresa wait a minute" replied her mom.
"Okay"
Teresa's mom came to Teresa and waved her hand in a way that said 'come on lets go'. So Teresa followed her mom out the door and ran and waited at the locked car door and watched her mom lock up the front door. Then she walked to the driver's side and unlocked the door for Teresa. Teresa got in and so did her mom. Her mom started the car and pulled out of the drive-way and went to the store. Teresa got out of the car and went into the store then into the animal section. She picked up a small bag of gerbil food.
"Better get the big bag Teresa.'' Her mom said.
"Oh, okay thanks."
Then Teresa got her cat food, dry and can, her shampoo and conditioner, soap, hair products, toothbrush, toothpaste, face soap, and three dozen boxes of shells and cheese, and her favorite lip gloss. Teresa loved lip gloss no matter where she went she always wanted to have lip gloss with her. Her favorite color was light pink.
Then she took all of her items up to the check out and the total came to forty-nine-Seventy-six.
"Debit card" Teresa's mom told the cashier.
"Want cash back?" The cashier asked
"No thank you."
"Okay"
Teresa's mom entered her pin number. Then she put her card away and grabbed two of the bags and Teresa grabbed the other two. They walked out to the car and put the items that they just bought into the trunk. Then they got into the car and drove home.
"Thanks mom for all the stuff.''
"No problem, you needed it."
Then they were home and they took the bags out of the trunk and brought them into the house and set them on the couch. Teresa took all the bags to her room and packed all her things into her last back pack. Then she took her shoes off and lay on her bed.