Ella
Ella flopped onto the couch as soon as she got inside the house. She pulled the remote out from behind a sofa cushion, and started clicking away. Over the sounds of the tv, she heard as Bella put the backpacks away in the closet. Then she heard her clanking and clattering in the kitchen. Probably making some kind of snack. Ella smirked. This is why she's thinner than Bella was. Ella paid scant attention until bella came back to the living room with a sandwich on a napkin. "Know what book you are going to write about?" She asked, as she settled down in the easychair.
"Hmm, don't know. Don't care."
"That was encouraging, I think not."
"Fine." ella rolled her eyes at the sarcasm. "I'll write about Secret Garden."
"You can't." Bella retorted decisively.
"What, who says? You can't tell me what to write about!"
:You already written about that book three times."
"There is something to be said for consistency."
"One of those papers was this year!"
"So what?"
"So, Mr. Fipps will probably give you an F."
"Figures."
"Come on, what is another book you like?"
"Yeah, yeah…" Ella stopped clicking for a moment, as her eyes went wide. "Hey, why don't we write about the same book!"
"I am not doing your report for you." Bella said calmly, as she nibbled on the last half of her sandwich..
"No, dork! I don't mean the same paper! The same book! Different papers about the same book."
"You mean, like a pros and con thing?" Bella asked, with a flicker of interest.
"Yeah, sure. Might be fun." Ella yawned, as she started clicking again.
"Well, I guess this could work. I was going to write about a victorian novel of some kind.."
"Big surprise…" Ella grumped.
"AND...That would at least give us some guide to narrow our choices down with.." Bella continued with a glare at her sister.
"I am going to have a heart attack and die from this surprise."
"The sarcasm is not appreciated,"
"Whatever."
"Okay, let's focus. What book should we choose? Oliver Twist?"
"I am not wading through no Dickens."
"Hmmm, Jane Eyre?"
"No. Too Depressing. Besides I never liked it much."
"That makes you and...nobody else. I didn't know there was any story too depressing for you, Melepone."
"Shut it."
"Fine, fine. How about The Awakening?"
"Pass."
"Tom Sawyer?"
"No way! Nothing about boys."
"Well, Little Women?"
Bella
"Little Women?"
Bella didn't think Ella was going to agree with that one either, so she was more than a little surprised when Ella paused in her surfing again. After a few minutes, she was delighted to see her sister nod slowly. "Yeah. Yeah, that might work. Drama class wants to do the musical, and I can kill two birds with one stone this way."
Bella smirked, and wiped her hands with the now empty napkin. "Figures." She said, with an air of fond exasperation. "Because reading is so hard. What part are you trying for anyway? I didn't know you can sing."
"There is a lot you don't know about me." Ella grumped, turning off the tv to sit up and face Bella. "And it was Marmee. "
"Marmee! Why?"
"She has some of the best songs. And All the girls would try for Jo."
"I wish I had time. I would love to be Beth."
"That would have been perfect for you." Ella nodded, looking distracted. "But I bet you'll be too busy. How many clubs are you in again?"
"Too many." Bella sighed tiredly.
"Drop some."
"That would not look good on my College application."
"You're fourteen! We have tons of time for that."
"Anyway….we need to focus on the now." Bella said with a little clearing of her throat.
She watched as Ella dropped down on the couch again, and shook her head. "Come on, can you stop being so lazy?"
"I had plans!"
"Yeah, stare at a screen while letting your brain rot."
"I was going to play sims." Ella's tone became aggravated. "It's a lot of hard work, creating and maintaining a legacy! Especially coming up with an interesting story about it and posting it. Just the editing of the pictures! Hey...why don't we use my game to create pictures for the report?"
Bella closed her eyes, and pinched the bridge of her nose. She felt a headache coming on.