Smiling, Alexia Yuki made her way to the stage, held the heavy glass trophy high above her head and carried it back home.
That day was the day of the fair and now that the awards ceremony was finished, it was the talk of the day. Alexia polished her 'Talented young child' glass trophy and stared at it. "Lexi!" a cheerful voice shouted and behind Alexia appeared her best friend Chantal Rose. The two best friends hugged and then flopped down on the two red bean bag chair-things. Squishing the bag, Chantal enjoyed the feeling of being at Alexia's house and breathed in the aroma-filled air. Alexia grinned madly and shouted "I WON A TROPHY!" at the top of her voice and then dragged Chantal downstairs and outside.
The two of them fussed over Alexia's dog, Pluto and made space for Fyn, Alexia's twin brother when he came to play catch with Pluto. Fyn tossed a stick in the air and let Pluto slip off to get it. "It's gran's birthday and we've gotta go live with her as a treat." he informed, flicking his fringe out of his eye. Alexia nodded, slipping Pluto a dog treat. Chantal gasped, "You're actually OK with this? This isn't permanent, right?" as she jumped up from the grass. Her long brown hair swinging behind her and the rose in her hair fixing the top part. Alexia rolled her eyes and without speech, Chantal received the message. Not permanent.
Texting, Alexia was bored to death. Her eyes scanned for the letters and pressed them with her newly-painted aqua blue nails. Fyn was drumming his fingers on the sofa, not bothering to start a conversation with birthday gran. Passing Fyn a tenner, she offered to let him go by a football or something. When Fyn was gone, gran offered Alexia a tenner as well. Knowing her manners, she didn't accept it but gran pressed it into her hands and pushed her to the door. "Buy a treat. Some lemon bonbons or pear drops or something. Get a comic or whatever you call those girly things." she called as Alexia ran out of the door.
At the corner shop, the red and yellow pear drops shone at Alexia and the stripy and colourful chocolate satins glittered at Alexia. Grabbing a handful of pear drops, two handfuls of chocolate satins and a tiny handful of lemon bonbons, she dumped them in her basket. 'Girl's Life' stood out at her and in a flash, she whipped them into her basket. Bored once again, she joined the queue.
Fyn was back with a pair of brand new football boots and a football bouncing at his side. Alexia scattered the sweets and everyone lunged forward and grabbed handfuls to eat. Alexia's hand plunged into the sweets pile and grabbed the chocolate satins. Stuffing them in her mouth, she flicked open the 'G.L.(Girl's Life)' magazine and choked on her water at the photo. Fyn ran over to the flowery armchair and coughed at the photo. Alexia was there with the trophy high above her head. Her aqua nails were dry now so she rubbed her nails against her cheeks in excitement. Her gran congratulated her and said she could share the excitement with gran for another week. It was all arranged!
Groan!
