Zoriana O.

The Sprained Ankle

                                           

Recess

Grace was running to the field. She couldn’t wait to start recess. When she finally got to the field she was running so quickly she tripped on the soccer goal and sprained her ankle. “Ow!” Grace wailed. Her friends hurriedly got a recess aid and Grace was carried to the nurse's office. She was so worried she thought she might not make it to her cheer competition on November 3rd.

When Grace’s mom finally got to the school, she yelled, “Oh no!”

“Mom it really hurts!” Grace cried. Grace was sobbing with hurt in her eyes.

“Grace let’s go to the doctor now! I got you an appointment at 4:00p.m and we will be late!” mom shouted at Grace.

 “I do not want to go! I don’t like the doctor’s office.” Grace whined.

“Well you have no choice. You are going now, let’s go!” mom said in an impatiently angry voice.

The Doctor’s Office

When they were going to the car Grace was whining “It hurts, it really hurts, mom!”

By the time they got to the doctor’s office, Grace’s arm was on her mom and she was limping, her mom basically carried her to the waiting room. It was such a long wait Grace thought it was hours before they would call her name. Finally they heard, “Grace,” and they were so happy that they did not have to wait any longer.

When they got to the room they were supposed to be in the doctor asked, “What happened?”

 “I was running and I tripped over a soccer goal,” Grace mumbled under her breath feeling embarrassed.

“What? I couldn’t hear you?”the doctor replied.

“I was running and I tripped over a soccer goal,” Grace said louder.

 The doctor touched Graces ankle and….. “Ow!” Grace belted.

“Okay…. That is a pretty bad sprain,” exclaimed the doctor. “You are going to need crutches and an ace bandage until November 1st,” the doctor said sympathetically.

“Phew,”  Grace said not so worriedly. “I will be able to make it to my cheer competition,” Grace chimed. All of a sudden, the pain didn’t feel SO bad. 

School

When Grace got to school the next day everyone was asking her, “Are you okay? Is it bad?” Grace felt like she was an adorable puppy with everyone toppling on her. Everybody at Grace’s table, including Caroline, was helping her.  It was getting really annoying to Grace.

“Can I sit with Caroline at the back table?” Grace asked the teacher. Everyone got upset that Grace did not pick them and chose Caroline.

 Grace knew they just wanted to try her crutches. By the time that everyone was going out for recess, Caroline asked Grace, “Do you want me to sit with you at recess?’’

“Yes, it will be good to have someone with me, I don’t want to be alone maybe we can bring out crayons, paper and pencils so we can draw together”, Grace replied.

 That recess was the best for both of them. 

Again With The Doctor’s Office

After weeks and weeks of being on crutches and having an  ace bandage, it was finally November 1st. They finally got to the doctor’s office to take the ace bandage off and get rid of the crutches. Grace was flailing her arms in the car she was so happy.

When they got to the waiting room they sat down for a second and then they heard, “Grace.”  Grace was thinking in her head Yes! I am going to make it to my cheer competition, but on the other hand, she also was worried she wouldn’t be able to make it if they did not put it on for long enough or it is really bad. When they got to their room the doctor came in and Grace was crossing her fingers and saying in her head, please! please! please! I hope I do not need the ace bandage and crutches anymore they are so annoying. “Congratulations!” the doctor said excitedly. “Let’s take the ace bandage off.”

 Grace was so happy she could scream. Grace was trembling with excitement. “You can keep the crutches,” the doctor added.

 When they finally left the doctor’s office, Grace called all her friends in the car and they were so happy for her. Grace was a little nervous for Saturday morning.

Friday

Today was Friday. They had a day off from school.  It also was the day before the cheer competition. Grace was so nervous and she was also excited. Grace was worried that she would never cheer the same way. She was so excited because this is their ticket to Nationals. Grace couldn’t get it off her mind. Grace ran downstairs to eat breakfast as fast as she could listing all her worries on a piece of paper and throwing it in the garbage hoping they will go away. When Grace was running outside she tripped on one of her dogs named Lacy. She was running so quickly that she didn’t even notice. She just kept running to her trampoline.

 When Grace got to her trampoline, she started calling everybody on her cheer squad so that they can practice. When everybody from her cheer squad got to her house they ran straight to Grace’s trampoline and right away started to practice. It figures that they were all nervous too, all for different reasons.

The Big Day     

Today’s the day, was repeating over and over in Grace’s head. She couldn’t seem to get it out of her mind. She was so nervous. It was 6:45a.m and Grace thought she would be late so she hurriedly got ready throwing her uniform on and brushing her hair like crazy so she could put it in a bun. When she was finally ready, she was shoving her breakfast in her mouth and was afraid of being late for the competition. “Let’s go!” Grace yelled up the stairs, “We'll be late!”

 When they finally got in the car and left, Grace was shaking she was so nervous.

When they got there Grace could barely walk. When they got to the gym, Grace could barely move.  Mom looked in the pamphlet to see when Grace was going on. “You are fifth,” mom gasped.

 Grace sprinted to her cheer squad in the bleachers. Mom and dad thankfully got front row seats. When it was time for them to go on, dad got his phone ready to film and Grace could not help being so nervous. When she stepped on the mat she ran to get to her position and the announcer said in a microphone, “ You may begin.” They started. When she was up in the air she realized she was cheering the same. By the time that they finished she forgot about being worried and Grace was excited for awards.  Awards started and the announcer said that Aspetuck got 1st place. Their cheer squad was so happy and Grace got to bring the 1st place trophy home.