Isabel--Rainy Days

Rainy Days: A Flash Fiction

            It was a rainy Tuesday morning as Margot and Benjamin looked out in fascination as the water droplets raced their way into the flower beds. As they waited for their mother to prepare their lunches they raced raindrops on the window and watched to see who’s would make it to the flower bed first. Benjamin’s would always win and gently bounce off the petals of the delicate daffodils while Margot’s slowly seeped into the dirt, never to be seen again. Deflated from her losses Margot requested that mother make them hot chocolate to accompany them to school. Mother prepared the cocoa and poured the remainder of the marshmallows into Benjamin’s thermos, she then turned to grab the new bag of marshmallows only to realize that she had forgotten to purchase them. Mother apologized profusely but Margot insisted it was fine. The children gathered their school supplies and their umbrellas, said goodbye to their mother, and proceeded to the bus stop. As the two strolled to the bus stop a large gust of wind came and turned Margot’s umbrella inside out. Benjamin could not stop laughing at his sister’s misfortune. The pair continued on their way and finally arrived to the bus stop. Benjamin spotted something on the ground and bent to investigate, Margot attempted to straighten her poor umbrella when the bus approached, driving straight through a large puddle, drenching her, and completely missing Benjamin, who had found the object that caught his eye, it was $10. Cold, wet and annoyed Margot got on the bus to see that her favorite seat had been taken, she sat all the way in the front, right next to the bus driver and opened her thermos, hoping that her hot chocolate would save this lousy morning. As Margot opened the lid and took a deep smell

Of her cocoa, she realized that Mother had mixed up the thermoses and instead of having her delicious cocoa she had yucky old coffee. Margot reflected on the events of the day that seemed to be the worst day ever and at that moment Margot decided to be happy. Little Margot Jenkins decided that whatever happened to her, she would always be happy and radiate positivity. So when she got off the bus and fell face first into a mud puddle she brushed herself off and continued on her merry way with a smile on her face.