>>12974377‘One more soda’
IRyS thought, what’s the worst that could happen?
I could fail my exam and be sent to the principal’s office where the girls would be having their hair and makeup done and my father would be waiting for me to arrive on the other side of the school where he would be sitting in the audience cheering me on.
I would be a failure. He had worked so hard to get me into a top school and there was no way that I could fail.
IRyS thought, ‘No, I’m not going to let them down. I know what I am doing.’
IRyS heard the ‘puh puh puh puh’ sound coming from the direction of the soda fountain. IRyS watched as the soda fountain guy put one soda in the cup and one soda in the bottle and then filled the cup with ice. He shook the bottle with the soda for a second or two and then he poured the soda into the cup. He put the cup in front of IRyS.
IRyS did not want to turn her back on the soda fountain guy but she did not want to offend him and look like an idiot. IRyS sat up straight with her back towards the soda fountain. She sipped the soda and she did not choke. IRyS was trying to be normal. IRyS was trying to pretend that she was ok and that she was going to pass the exam.
IRyS watched as the soda fountain guy leaned over and patted IRyS on the shoulder. IRyS thought, he was an odd guy. He looked like a cartoon character. IRyS looked up into the man’s eyes and smiled, ‘Thanks for the soda,’ she said. IRyS realized that the soda fountain guy could not hear her. IRyS started talking louder and louder. IRyS started to repeat herself. IRyS started trying to use all the words that were in the English dictionary. IRyS just kept talking louder and louder.
IRyS realized that there were other people at the table as well. All of the people at the table stared at IRyS. The soda fountain guy tried to speak but he could not get any words out. IRyS was talking so loud that she didn’t even notice. She was so absorbed with talking to the soda fountain guy that she forgot to be polite. IRyS didn’t even realize that she was insulting the people around her.
IRyS thought, ‘Who are these people? Why are they here? Why did they come to the library? I don’t even like to come to the library.’ IRyS was being rude to the people who had come to the library