Historical Fiction: 9/11
“Hello?” I answered as I flipped my phone open, pulled the antenna out and held it up to my ear. “Mom?” I responded again because nobody answered the phone the first time. “Oh, hey! Sorry I didn’t realize that you picked up. Do you have enough money for your trip tomorrow and do you still have your flight ticket?” my mom replied hastily, already assuming that I lost my ticket. “Yes mom, I have it. I’m headed to Logan Airport in Boston, MA to fly all the way to Los Angeles, California tomorrow morning at 8:00 a.m.” I said with a sarcastic attitude. “Well I don’t see why you didn’t just take a straight flight to California… it would have been much quicker and you wouldn’t have to be out in Boston all alone tonight, sweetie.” My mom said, pleading for me to either never …show more content…
I looked around me to see if there was any food that sounded good because I totally forgot to eat breakfast and heck, I had $30 on me that was for food anyways. I scanned the place—and the people that passed by— and saw a McDonald’s. I unzipped that first small compartment on my luggage and pulled out my $30 and walked over to the McDonald’s, leaving my luggage there because it was still in eyesight. The man—Tom— working asked me what I wanted in a non-enthusiastic voice and I replied, “Uh, hold on” while I squinted my eyes at the menu trying to see if breakfast was still available. He started to list off the items on the menu in a monotone voice, “We have the Egg McMuffin…” I cut him off, already knowing what I wanted and not really wanting to hear the entire McDonald’s menu read off to me like a Shakespeare’s play. “I’ll have a, uh… I”ll have the number 5.” “Okay, that’ll be $3.56.” I handed him the money while he exchanged me my meal. “Keep the change, thanks.” I said to him as I walked back to my luggage and grabbed it and re-began on my journey to find my
“Hello?” I answered as I flipped my phone open, pulled the antenna out and held it up to my ear. “Mom?” I responded again because nobody answered the phone the first time. “Oh, hey! Sorry I didn’t realize that you picked up. Do you have enough money for your trip tomorrow and do you still have your flight ticket?” my mom replied hastily, already assuming that I lost my ticket. “Yes mom, I have it. I’m headed to Logan Airport in Boston, MA to fly all the way to Los Angeles, California tomorrow morning at 8:00 a.m.” I said with a sarcastic attitude. “Well I don’t see why you didn’t just take a straight flight to California… it would have been much quicker and you wouldn’t have to be out in Boston all alone tonight, sweetie.” My mom said, pleading for me to either never …show more content…
I looked around me to see if there was any food that sounded good because I totally forgot to eat breakfast and heck, I had $30 on me that was for food anyways. I scanned the place—and the people that passed by— and saw a McDonald’s. I unzipped that first small compartment on my luggage and pulled out my $30 and walked over to the McDonald’s, leaving my luggage there because it was still in eyesight. The man—Tom— working asked me what I wanted in a non-enthusiastic voice and I replied, “Uh, hold on” while I squinted my eyes at the menu trying to see if breakfast was still available. He started to list off the items on the menu in a monotone voice, “We have the Egg McMuffin…” I cut him off, already knowing what I wanted and not really wanting to hear the entire McDonald’s menu read off to me like a Shakespeare’s play. “I’ll have a, uh… I”ll have the number 5.” “Okay, that’ll be $3.56.” I handed him the money while he exchanged me my meal. “Keep the change, thanks.” I said to him as I walked back to my luggage and grabbed it and re-began on my journey to find my