Arizona's Zone: Why not? Part 6

When we got home to the dorm, I was shocked!


Sparkles on the floor, a makeshift disco ball out of foil, and loud dance music playing! Little Willow wore pink bracelets, a pink scarf, pink hat, pink sunglasses, and pink belt! "WILLOW!" We all exclaimed.


"What the hey?" I said exasperatedly. "What?" She innocently asked. Natalie turned the music off, and Grace closed the door behind us. "What's all this?" Natalie asked. 


"My party!" She replied nonchalantly. "I got bored, so I made a party." My mouth hung open. "Describe it to me!" Grace pleaded. "You don't wanna know." I sighed.


We set to work cleaning the glitter off the floor, and Grace put the CD player and the disco ball away. Willow shamefacedly sat in the corner. She didn't get why it was wrong, but we told her that you can't just do this sort of thing in a dorm room!


After a lot of scrubbing and tidying, the rooms looked as good as new. We put all the accessories Willow was wearing in the closet. 


Willow sighed as she stared down at her dark green tunic and black leggings. I pitied her, and sat next to her. "You look just like Kale Allerion from DragonQuest!" I grinned.


At her unsure look, I laughed. "Kale is a bog wizard from the DragonKeeper books. When she goes on an adventure, she wears clothes like you do!" I smiled encouragingly.


"A wizard?" Willow eagerly repeated. I nodded. She jumped into the air. "I'm Kale the Wizard!" She giggled happily. We all laughed. Then suddenly, the door opened!!




Oh no! What will happen next?

Arizona's Zone: Why not? Part 5

Well, I had no idea whatsoever why Willow would want to open the window to the world and laugh. But when she did, I snatched her and slammed the window shut. "What's wrong?" Willow asked.


"Why in the world would you ever do that?" I asked exasperatingly. Willow looked at her feet. Then I heard many footsteps in the hall. "Quick, hide under the bed!" I ordered. The frightened girl obeyed.


Immediately, the door opened, and 10 curious girls streamed in. To my dismay, Brittany Sweet {the school snitch} was among the crowd. "Who was that strange girl in the window?" A teen asked. 


"Yeah! Do you have a stowaway?" Brittany asked tauntingly. "That was me." Grace's voice was unusually strong. 12-year-old Grace's slender 4'5" frame looked short next to Brittany's 5'7 height.


"Ha! Since when were you that small?" Brittany mocked her. "Since when did you become so oversized?" Grace replied coolly. Brittany fumed, but exited the room quickly.


The other girls left slowly when they saw that that was to be our only answer. As soon as the door slammed shut, we all turned and praised Grace. "Thanks!" I said gratefully.


"For what?" Grace asked. "For taking the blow from Brittany, by blaming yourself!" Natalie patted her on the back. Grace smiled meekly. "You're welcome."


"Safe now?" Willow's sweet voiced piped. "Yep!" Natalie called out. The little girl scrambled over to me just as Grace and Natalie stepped out the door. "I guess we have to go..." I said.


"Why?!" Willow protested. "We got photography club today." I said sadly. "Stay here Willow." Grace said. "We'll be back in no time at all." Willow nodded unhappily.


As the door closed behind us, I got nervous. What would Willow do once we were at the club? 

100 Posts!

Yay, 100 posts! Cool!

No celebration though. :P

Sorry, but I intend to make the most of my free day. Yup, it's no school today!
I'm going to:

• do a fashion show
• walk the pets w/ Arizona. she seems stressed.
• ride my bike
• draw

I think it's a reasonable plan for the day. :) 

Oooo, Mama doesn't look very happy. Oops, she's got a goathead stuck in her foot. {note from spice: i really do have a goathead stuck in my foot} I better go pull it out or something.

Bye!

Arizona's Zone: Why not? Part 4

To my surprise {and delight}, Natalie and Grace totally fell for Willow! "But Ari," Grace reminded, "It's against school regulations." I nodded and said that I knew.


So, we put our heads together and thought. The room inspector would be back, and I couldn't let her find my little charge! Natalie thought of something very clever.


"By now, all the rooms on this level are inspected. We could station her in one of the janitor's closets until the inspection is done. It wouldn't be any more than five minutes!" She suggested.


Willow looked up trustingly at me. "Should we do it Ari?" She called me by my nickname. I nodded. "Let's go!" I took her hand, and carefully led her out into the hallway.


Luckily, no one was there. Willow was comfortably tucked in a pile of clean rags in the janitor's closet. "Call back Mrs. Wilkers. We're all ready now!" I smiled.


The inspector was done in a couple minutes. "Good work, students!" She beamed, happy with the order she found. I exhaled deeply when she exited. "Glad THAT'S over with!" Grace giggled.


Natalie quickly retrieved Willow. The little girl was happily excited. "I got a place to live!" She cheered. "Not yet," Grace said. "Yeah, we still got to figure out a bunch more things." I said.


"Like what will Willow wear and how she'll get out and about," Natalie added. "She can't stay in two rooms forever, 'Zona." I nodded.


She was right. "For now, Willow, we'll have to stay here." I stated. "You can borrow some of my old clothes." Once she was all dressed up in capris and a tunic {and once her chocolatey hair was put in braids}, she hopped up on the windowsill. 


"Willow!" I cried, but it was too late. She swung open the windows, leaned out, and laughed. From below, I could hear questions of, "Who's that?" I was appalled. NOW what?

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Arizona's Zone: Why not? Part 3

If you will remember, in the last post, 2 figures stepped into my dorm room. I said, "Um, hi!"
"Arizona, are you okay?" It was Natalie...and the room inspector! Oh no! "I um...yeah....I guess...but..."
"Good!" The inspector smiled. Her name was Rosy Wilkers.


To my great relief, she mainly stayed in the main room, where the kitchen and living room was. Mrs. Wilkers was pleased to see our organizing system working.


Then she stepped into the next bedroom.


I started gasping and sweating. What if she found Willow hiding in the closet? I started to hyperventilate, and did a pretend collapse. Natalie noticed, and was at my side instantly.


"Arizona!" Natalie shook my shoulders. "Mrs. Wilkers, I really think this is a bad time for room inspection. Can we do it tomorrow?" She requested. My thoughts exactly. YES! TOMORROW!


Mrs. Wilkers smiled kindly, with a look of concern. "Yes, yes, of course. Let me know how Arizona is later." Natalie nodded. "Yes ma'am!"


As the inspector stepped out, another girl stepped in. "Are you here Natalie?" A musical and gentle voice asked. It was Grace, my other roommate. She is blind. "Yes, we're all here." Natalie replied.


The door shut just then, and I jumped off the floor. "Arizona!" Natalie cried in disapproval. "Did you forget to clean the bathroom or something?" I shook my head. "Much worse."


"Can you girls keep a VERY important secret?" I asked. They nodded. "You must swear never to tell anyone ever. And if they ask, don't reply!" They nodded silently again. "We swear."


"Okay," I said. I led them to the closet, and opened the door. Willow stepped out, and threw her arms around my waist. I winced to see what Natalie and Grace's reaction would be.






Stay tuned y'all! Next part coming soon. 
Yeah, sure, Ivy's not too happy about me taking over her blog, but she'll have a post soon. I promise. :)

Arizona's Zone: Why not? Part 2

If you read my last post, you would know that I decided to adopt this 7 year old girl named Willow. Well, we sneaked up to my dorm room together. Willow timidly clung to my jeans as we walked inside.


"I not supposed to be here, aren't I?" Willow whispered. I shook my head. "But you're going to have a temporary home here!" I smiled. Willow grinned. "Good, I hungry!"


I watched her gobble down the meal I had made her. It felt good to take care of someone. Willow enjoyed the hot dog, roll, salad, and apple pie greatly. Then, I heard voices in the hall.


In a frenzied hurry, I grabbed Willow, and dragged her into the adjoining room, which was my personal bedroom. "Quick, hide in the closet, and don't move or make a sound till I get you!" I whispered anxiously.


Willow nodded fearfully. I dashed into the next room just as footsteps sounded outside the door. I seated myself as the door opened. In stepped two figures. "Uh, hi!" I attempted a smile.

Arizona's Zone: Why not?

Arizona here! And since it's too much work to change colors with every sentence, I'm just going to change colors every paragraph.


Today after school, I was playing with my Finn McMissile toy. I had a plastic bag of grapes in my bag for a snack, and occasionally, I snacked on them.


As I wandered near the lake, I noticed something moving in the bushes. I stealthily and silently moved closer. I crouched down next to the bushes, and slowly pulled them aside. Inside, was a girl!


Sympathy filled my heart. It was a little girl, about 7 years old. She was dressed in brown rags, and her long hair was tangled and matted. Her eyes turned up to me in fear, and I softened my gaze.


"I'm Arizona," I gently greeted her. "What's your name?" I asked. "My name is Willow," She timidly replied. "Hi Willow!" I grinned. "Whatcha doing here?" She looked down.


"I'm an orphan, Arizona." She mumbled. "Do you," Willow began softly, "Do you have any food?" She requested. I dove into my bag and gave her the baggy of grapes. "That's all I have." I sadly replied.


"But, you can come into my room, and I'll give you some more!" I suggested. Willow perked up. The grapes, {the fruit and the stems} had disappeared. "Let's go!" She smiled.


I knew it was against school policy for an unregistered girl to stay in the school, but after all, she was an orphan. Why not? Why couldn't she stay? I decided then and there to keep her, no matter what the school policy stated.




Stay tuned for Party 2 to see what happens next!

Ah, sweet school

Here I am in my room, with Joy and Tiffi chatting in the background. :) I finally got my final list of classes. Here they are...

8-9: Algebra
9-10: Literature 8
10-10.40: Social Studies
10.40-11: Recess/Protein Snack
11-12: History
12-12.40: Foreign Language
1-1.30: Lunch
1.30-2: Grammar

Yep!
Between algebra and English lit, I bumped into Arizona. It's good to see she's found her BFF. Today, like every other day, she had her arm linked with Natalie Prince's. "Guess what Ivy!" Natalie grinned. "At class, we have a sample wheel of fortune thing. I suggested we spin whether we should have recess or continue with our other subjects. The teacher made one little sliver 'recess' and the rest was 'continue'. You know what? The wheel decided on RECESS!"
I laughed. That's Natalie for you!
At Lit. class, we were assigned an essay project on...15th century French fashion!! I am SO excited. I'm particularly excited  because I'm attending the Renaissance faire this year. I won't have a costume...but it'll be a bunch of fun anyhow. Mama is making herself the most beautifullest costume there ever was!
It's made up of...
*An Egyptian Cotton Burgundy skirt reaching to the ground
*A flowing white cotton chemise
*A burgundy vest. Hopefully, it'll have gold trim!

Ooo, she looks so stunning in burgundy. I could faint. Not quite literally.

At recess, all the girls played Red Rover. Oh, my arms are so sore! Still, it's quite fun to charge into a line of girls shouting with all your might! Have you ever played Red Rover?

After that came History. I find it boring. We're focusing on Ireland around the year 1000 right now. To help me learn, I read the Viking Quest series. I LOVE them. The teacher assigned us an essay. -sigh-
Foreign language was fun, thankfully.

We're going to learn the {unusual} language of Tagalog. The language teacher is Filipino, and she wants us to learn her language since it is unique and unusual. Ako si Ivy! That means, my name is Ivy. I think it'll be fun! The other girls are having trouble. ^-^ ha ha ha!

And finally, after all that studying, there's lunch! Today, I had a Turkey BLT sandwich with a romaine salad and Vitamin Water. Yum! Julie had PB & J with an apple and some milk. I'm not sure, but I think Tiffi had some New England Clam Chowder with some sweetened milk and ice cream. That would explain her intense sugar rush...

Lastly, and most definitely least came Grammer. Ugh. I hate diagramming! My least favorite subject of all time. I'm sure you understand?


What do you do after school? Everyday, I go home. The other girls like to do special classes and activities and stuff, but not us Rose Hollow dolls. All 8 of us go home. Today, we had some apple cobbler waiting! Sometimes though, I go to Julie's house. Last time we visited, we had the great pleasure of watching Star Wars!

Well, that's the whole day-in-the-life thing. Hope you liked it! I don't really have time for much else...

P.S. I didn't know which one to use, so I decided to knock myself out and do both! :D

Girls and Hair

Girls and hair go together 'most always it seems.

Mama can never decide whether she wants short hair or long hair!

My Mom has medium length hair.


Arizona, how are you here? You're not even at my house!!

I got your password, 'member?


Whatever. Now, Mama wants to grow her hair out like this...

Well, not quite that long, but you get the point.

I'll say!


Arizona, PLEASE just log off!

No, I will not log off. I want to talk too! Ivy and I have nice short hair, and us two think shoulder length hair ROCKS!


Yeah. What's your opinion on hair? We want to know!
And yes, we'll have a real post up soon. :) With photos. :)