Teagan C.

Snowboarding

“Should I really go on that terrifying chairlift?” said Ally. 

“Yeah you should. I don't see you why you can't. Well, I mean, my first time going on the chairlift I was so nervous but I believe that you can do it, ”said Michelle.

Ally was with her cousins, Brady and Michelle, on Mount Snow in Vermont. It was in the afternoon and the sun was going down. It was snowing and Ally thought she had frostbite.

“Come on guys,”said Brady, “ We are next in line.”All of a sudden Ally started to panic her teeth started chattering and she started second-guessing herself as she got on to the yellow line. “You’re okay the chair is coming so get ready!” said Michelle.

 “Here it comes!” said Brady.

“Woooooaaaahh!” they all yelled.

Ally was squished in the seat, trying to move around to get her room. She was panicking because she didn’t know what came next. All of a sudden her snowboard started to squirrel and it got heavier by the minute while she was squirming around. Her cousins were pushing her saying “Stop! Stop!” Her snowboard hit the wrong part of the chair and it fell off hitting the pole. She tried to hold on! Her gloves slipped and her butt fell off the seat. She had nothing to hold onto. 5...4...3...2...1...0, 5...4...3...2...1...0 She hit the ground. Her leg hit the ground right after her body slammed.

Tears start coming down her face but she tries to hold it together.  Her cousins are still up on the lift staring down at her. “Ally are you ok? Ally?!  Ally?!” “Someone, someone, our cousin is on the ground! Someone help her!”

People start running towards Ally, crowding around. Ally really doesn’t like crowding. She tries to cover herself and get up but she can’t get up. She is too hurt to get up.

The doctor comes up and starts to check her out. “Are you okay? Which spot hurts?” said the doctor.

“Ow that spot hurts really bad,” says Ally

“OK, Ally, I will check in with you after you get up to the top. If you can’t go down, ask Derek at the top of the mountain. He will let you come back down to me. I’ll be down here if you need me.”

Brady and Michelle piled onto the lift with Ally, trying not to crowd her too much, because they know what happens (and it is not pretty). Ally was moaning at the moment but Brady and Michelle knew what she was moaning about. They figured she should not go on top of the lift but they knew she wanted to, so they did what she wanted to do.

“Time to get off,” said Brady.

“Ow!” said Ally as they jumped.

“Put your snowboard on, Ally. Here we go,” said Michelle.

“Wait! I don’t know if I want to do this, my leg really hurts right now.”

“Alright,” said Michelle, “you can ride down Brady. Me and Ally are going down on the lift right now.”

“Come on, Ally, I’ll help you up the stairs.”

“Derek, can we please go down on the chair lift? My cousin Ally, her leg hurt, and the doctor said if her leg hurt then she could come back down and go to him.”

Derek said, “Of course, the doctor warned me about that. Me and the doc are good friends. No problemo.”

“Hey and if you need any help for anything else I'm here.

“Okay thanks so much,” said Ally. “Wow it's a lot more scary going down then up.”

“Alright Ally, let’s just concentrate on getting down. We don’t need you falling again.” said Michelle.

“Here we are!”

“Hi guys, I’m Steve. Derek told me you were coming down. Let’s get you to the doctor. We don’t want you getting more hurt.”

They took Ally on the ski wheelchair to the doctor. The doctor x-rayed her leg. He said that she had a broken it in two places.

“Apparently, when you were going down the stairs, you cracked another spot, right? And then you went down. So that is how you broke it in two places,” the doctor said.

“We need to go get my phone!” said Michelle, “and Brady!”

“Too late, I’m already here. You stay here and I will go get your phone. You stay here with Michelle.” Brady said.

Brady went to go get her phone and call their parents to pick them up. Meanwhile, Ally was in so much pain. They were putting on her cast.

“Beep, beep”

“Come on, Ally.”

Ally’s dad carried her to the car. Ally had to take up all the seats so Brady and Michelle had to sit in the back.

“Sweetie, are you guys ok? I am never going to leave you alone again. Michelle, from now on, keep your phone on you” Dad said.

“I just got so nervous. You guys scared...me. I just can’t believe it. I...you...I…I mean…I am speechless. My kid just broke her leg in two places. It cost me a lot of money. Are you ok?” said mom.

They arrived home by the time the sun was down.

“Alright, dad, help me out.” Ally said.

“Oh boy,” said Dad.

“I am so happy to be home right now,” said Michelle.

“I am so TIred.”

They got on the couch, taking all their stuff off. Mom and Dad made them hot cocoa and they talked about what happened today and how they were so proud of Ally by getting over her fear of going up the chairlift even after she fell the first time.