Arizona's Zone: Why not? Part 8

{I also realized I forgot my colors of awesomeness last time! Oh no!}




Nervously, I knocked on Ms. Jordan's office door. When she opened it, a worried look came over her face. "Arizona, Natalie, and Grace! Whatever could be the matter?" She was getting anxious.


Then, she noticed Willow. "Who is this?" She asked. "That's why we're here!" Natalie spoke up. "Yes, we would like this girl to be able to stay here with us, so we could take care of her."


"It's a noble thought, of course, but her parents should be caring for her!" Ms. Jordan said. "But I don't have any!" Willow protested.


Ms. Jordan softened. "I'm sorry, but unless Willow has her tuition paid, she cannot stay here in the building." I sighed. Tuition. That was $1000 a year. 


Solemnly, we all walked out of her office. We took Willow outside, next to the lake. Natalie had gone back to pack a basket full of nonperishable food for our little friend.


"What if it rains?" Willow asked. "You'll have to stay in the woods, over there," I pointed. The little girl nodded solemnly. "Here you are!" Natalie announced, running towards us.


She had a basket, two blankets, and a walkie talkie. She threw them down, and brought the walkie talkie to Willow. "If you need us to come, press this button," Natalie pointed to a red square button.


"And this button is to invite us to talk. Our device will vibrate until we talk to you." She showed the little girl a round green button. Willow nodded again.


I was the last one to go. With tears in my eyes, I waved to my little friend. I wished her luck, and told her I'd visit tomorrow. 


I was so torn. What could I do? I couldn't just leave a young girl out at night by herself. I wanted to adopt her, but, being a kid myself, I couldn't do it. I cried myself to sleep that night. What could I do?

Arizona's Zone: Why not? Part 7

{Oh my goodness! Has it been that long since my last entry?}

It was Joy. I forced a grin. She didn't smile back. "Ivy told me something was up with you!" She said. "I see she was right. Arizona, why would you do a silly thing like this?"

I'm pretty sure my hair must've been on fire, for I was really angry. "You think it's silly that there are orphans out there? You think it's silly that Willow has been starving until now?"

Joy shrugged. "You have to tell Ms. Jordan, you know." She stated. I shivered just thinking about having to talk to the headmistress. "We know." Natalie sighed. "I'll go," I offered. Grace squeezed my hand. "Me too."

"Not without me!" Natalie put in. Meanwhile, Willow was just standing there the whole time. "Me too!" She chirped. We all stared at her. "You realize you might not get to stay here?" Grace queried.

Willow nodded. "Maybe the headmissy will change her mind!" She smiled. Joy giggled, and I relaxed. "Head-missy, eh?" The chinese girl's eyes sparkled with absolute merriment.

I grinned. It was a funny thought. "Well, I probably should head off to my gymnastics practice." Joy said. "Good luck on your routine!" Natalie grinned. Joy nodded, and slipped out the door.

I shivered in nervousness. What would Ms Jordan do?

I love this...

Look what I found at A Pondering Heart!

Isn't this a lovely thing? Mama and I love this. We want to do it...but it's hard, isn't it?


~SunshinyIvy~

songbirds

It was a gorgeous sunset. Arizona and I were taking a friendship stroll. I pretended we were fashion models, showing off new styles on the catwalk. Needless to say, Arizona pretended we were two inseparable spies, investigating a scene. 

in the distance, songbirds sang, celebrating the joy of friendship. A mourning dove cooed in recognition of the sad days we left behind. A chipper little finch celebrated the beauty with zest in his little chirps. I love the songbirds, singing without any concern. A scrub jay screeched at us {hardly a song}, and a little swallow performed a perfect dive, singing a lovely melodious tune. Then, we came upon a quiet little group. The Rose Hollow Dolls!

We waved.

They reminded me of the mournful dove, singing of past sorrowful events. Arizona preferred to look to the future with an energy and zest that I've come to love. A look of concern washed over her face, and she rushed up to grab her sister Jubi's hand. "Is something wrong?" She asked.

"Nine eleven." Jubi simply said. 

"I know!" I said. "How about this. Let's sing the national anthem and put up the flag one more time in honor of that sad event."

"Then," Arizona burst out, "We can look to the future and show those terrorists they can't terrorize us!"

I agreed heartily. The other dolls agreed, and we gathered into a formation. Joy rushed to put out the flag, and came back in a hurry.

"Ready?" I asked.

 And so we songbirds sang.

Oh say can you see

By the dawn's early light

What so proudly we hailed

At the twilight's last gleaming

Whose broad stripes and bright stars

Through the perilous fight

O'er the ramparts we watched

Were so gallantly streaming

And the rockets red glare

The bombs bursting in air

Gave proof through the night

That our flag was still there

Oh say does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave

O'er the land of the free, and the home of the brave!

 It was a beautiful song, and when the lovely notes of that beloved tune died away, we all felt better.

Whenever you are feeling down, pipe up a song. You'll find that you'll feel much better.

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?

-squeal-

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~Sunshiny

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. :)