Soggy Brownies and Brown Water (and a really bad on-the-spot poem)

In the writer's club at my school, we've arranged for a secret santa type event in which instead of a gift to give, we actually write a story based off a prompt we are given that someone else entered! It's a very cool idea, so I thought I'd it with you, my dear readers, in the event that you might want to try something like this yourselves in the future!

How are your lat weeks of school going? I know I've got a lot to do still and I'm kind of sort of freaking out about two tests tomorrow and five assignments due over the course of Thursday and Friday (literally no chill time at all - and yet I still took a three hour nap today. MY LIFE IS IN RUINS!) But even the ruins are beautiful in their own ways, so maybe it'll be ok.

I REALLY HAVE TO BE MORE FREQUENT WITH MY UPDATES SORRY GUYS!!! But this winter break hopefully I'll have a lot more content for you guys, so I hope you stick around for the holiday season! I need to convince my parents to buy some hot chocolate and then we're set.

Funny story about hot chocolate:

My school had this fundraising campaign through last week and part of this week that sold hot beverages, smoothies, breakfast and baked goods that was been super cool! I only had time to get something this morning, so I had a dollar and got myself a nice cup of hot chocolate and a brownie. Except the hot chocolate was more like brown water *cough* thanks for that description Ruth *cough*. Anyways, I have my first period tech class, and like the idiot I am, I bring in this food and and just casually eating it but our teacher didn't come and this other woman came in whom I thought was our supply but I later realized may be one of the higher up tech teachers so that's a problem. Well, she was late, and so our class was standing out in the hall. PLUS today was some kind of disorganized course fair? And it was super confusing because we came into homeroom and literally just left right after? And me in my idiocy, I spilled by brown water and in an instant the teacher was on me and telling me to throw out my $2.50 of food and I felt like crying because my hot chocolate wasn't very chocolatey and I hate making people angry. And I asked to go dump my brown water down the sink in the bathroom but she then yelled at me to clean up the mess on the desk first but I couldn't find a napkin and now she was shouting and glaring and telling me to meet her outside. I wiped down the table and ran out of the classroom, dumped my brown water down the water fountain. But instead of throwing out my soggy brownie like she told me to? I just ate it. Because it was a pretty good brownie and I didn't want to waste food. And tears were streaming down my face because I knew I was defying her orders and that was the last thing I wanted. But I was scared and panicking and hungry. And I fear if she ever sees me again she'll be so displeased with me that I will fail any course she teaches, so I've made it my goal to avoid tech courses for the rest of my highschool career.

Um. Yeah. Fun times.

Christmas makes me happy though, no matter how bad the situation. And though our Christmas tree still isn't up (*internal screaming* because Christmas is in less than a week. Stupid school. Why must you end like the freaking CHRISTMAS EVE EVE??? LIKE C'MON!!!) So yeah. We're kind of in trouble but we might pull through so AHHHHHH!!!

I hope you're all enjoying this time of year! I'm really excited! I have a bunch of candy canes and nice korean snacks to give out in pretty dollerama plastic baggies with penguins and ornaments, and I just hope it'll make people smile because I'll be giving them out from my nice basket and it'll be cool and I hope people like them!

Our school's doing candy grams, and sending them to teachers is free! I've written one so far - four more to go! And maybe I should write one to that tech teacher because I really don't want to be on her bad side...

Well. Let's just see how it goes.

Here's another on the spot poem just for you because you deserve something nice and sweet:

*this came out more musical/song-like than I intended and it might sound weird without the correct enunciation. Maybe I'll record it sometime for you to listen to how it goes!)

(But just in case I don't get around to it, think It's Over Isn't It and Love Like You from Steven Universe, mixed with Jon Cozart's Tourist)

CANDY CANES

Darling, you're sweet as the peppermint stripes

And as soft as the snow when I slip on the ice

What I'd give for a chance

For a kiss, for a catch

Cause I'm falling

Falling hard

As this season rolls around,

I can't help but

Stare after

Your footprints on the ground

I searched through all the stores

For a present you'd adore

But it'd be awkward.

To actually.

Give it.

To you? (You get me???)

So I guess what I'm saying is this

It's your laugh and your smile I'll miss

As festivities rage

Malls host santas and sleighs,

I just wonder

If you might

Think of me?

That's all of the things I unsaid

With this small cane-shaped candy

Parcel

Of snow white

And red.

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