Lunch Break Short Story

Lunch break only came too soon. It was a beautiful day outside, much like the days we’ve been having. In the sweltering midday heat, we had nothing to do. My mom and dad were both at work, which left me with my then sixteen year old sister, and ten year old brother. I was only six at the time. At that time, I wouldn’t say we were rich, but we were living pretty comfortably. The air conditioning in our house blew a cool breeze and we sat around, doing absolutely nothing, lying on the couches in the living room. “It’s so boring and hot,” complained my sister Domonique. I wanted to come up with a solution so I asked, “Can we go outside?” Of course, going outside to play was one of the best things we could do, since we were younger. My brother Terrell was eating freeze pops and of course wanted in on the action. But he, like the typical ten year old boy, was annoying. We had to bribe him somehow. …show more content…
He was hesitant on his choice at first, but soon gave in to the offer. We walked into the kitchen and opened the freezer and felt the frigid air on our faces and wished the breeze was there forever. We headed outside and walked around and we saw some of our neighborhood friends and decided to meet with them on the sidewalk. There was a family that lived two doors down from us, the Springfields. They had three kids who would come over to our house pretty frequently and we would have the time of our lives together. It was like we were