Elle Thomas Descriptive Writing

A bellowing screech pierced through the dark, night sky. Elle Thomas had forgotten to finish her algebra homework, and if she wanted to keep her 4.0, she had to get all the questions right. Almost instantly, Greg, her father knocked on her heavy wooden door in his signature style. Knock knock knockity knock, knock knock. “Everything alright in here Cupcake?” he inquired. “That was quite the scream.” “Yeah,” Elle responded. “I just forgot a few homework problems.” Elle glanced at her father. Light gray hairs peeked out of the bottom his full head of chestnut brown hair. She would have to die his hair again. “Okie-dokie,” he slurred. “Don’t stay up too late, you’ve got school tomorrow.”
Elle scanned her light purple clock angled on her desk. 10:38. With a half-hearted sigh, Elle grabbed her hefty backpack …show more content…
The best part of Elle’s morning was walking through the quaint path in the woods to school. Wooded areas were comforting to Elle, and she liked the smell of the dew on the crunching leafs. It was an unusually cold morning. She regretted not bringing her heavy jacket and considered going home for it but could not be bothered. It had a hole in the pocket, and as great as Greg, her father, was at accounting, he lacked many household skills, hence the landscapers past sunset. Elle imagined her house. The cream outside with curved shutters must have been her grandmother’s idea. Her father had inherited the house when he was in his early twenties. His mother had died of Lykemina and his father died shortly after with a broken heart. A tiny, electronic chime noise came filled the otherwise silent area. Elle grabbed her phone from the front pocket of her backpack. System Update Required her phone read. She glanced at the time above the notification. It was already 7:32. Elle quickly put her phone back and picked up her