Mrs Grandfords Monologue
As I wake up in the morning. I look outside and see it is pouring outside and everything looks so gloomy and dark. Nobody is there at home, as usual I’m all alone. I get ready to go to camp and wear my usual long track pants with a nike shirt and under armour sweatshirt to top it all off adidas shoes. Oh I forgot to introduce myself I’m Oliver and this is the story of how I became a new me. My best friend and probably one of my only friends is Mrs Grandfords she is an elderly lady who lives right next door. She has these gigantic glasses that if you had ever seen her, you would be shocked a person could have such big glasses. I rush and go to her house like I do everyday before camp since she gives me breakfast and we usually have one of our
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famous talks just about life in general. I open the door and hear her yelling at the phone company for cutting off her lines. Nothing will ever change in some places, I thought as I walk in “Oh Oliver you are here already ten minutes early, said Mrs Grandfords
“I’m extra hungry today, I said
“Well come on down then I made french toast with strawberry milk just the way you like it.” “Thank you so much you might care about me more than my parents do”, I say
She asks me how camp is going and for a minute I didn’t know what to say on one hand I could say it was great and lie straight to her face.
Yet knowing her and how well she knows me I just cried out “I hate camp, I would rather go into the darkness which is where I always have been and will always be”! “Don’t worry everything is going to be all right, now just have fun forget about all this you are young and bright and filled with life”. I say ”It’s time to go now the bus will be here any minute”. Mrs Grandfords replied “Going you just came here a minute ago”. I thought that was pretty weird considering I have been at her house for the past twenty minutes. I say “Remember I came here about twenty minutes ago” She said “Oh right silly me must have forgot, you go now before the bus leaves”. As I open the door ready to leave I think to myself how weird that was since Mrs Grandfords usually never forgets anything. I run out towards the bus thinking to myself that maybe today will be different, maybe today I will make a …show more content…
friend.
A week has passed and nothing very significant has happened just my everyday life yet today that was different. As I go to arts and crafts right next to the football field. I realized then and there that everyone has somebody. As I see every kid in my camp group talking or playing with someone as we’re walking. Then I thought as I kept walking with tears starting to fall how I would do anything just to have a friend or even someone who just talks to me. That would be my birthday present for an eternity, I would probably be the happiest person on earth. Yet when I thought about it more and more I just started to chuckle a little bit. Not the cute type but the weird type that when anyone saw you they’d think you are insane. I went back to arts and crafts and realized there was a new kid, at camp who just came today. His name is Bradley he has brown hair, blue eyes and in terms of height is right smack in the middle. I see him reading To Kill a Mockingbird, right then and there I realized that Bradley and me were exactly the same. Both of us are outsiders who are very shy and we both don’t have a lot of friends we even try to hide our loneliness by doing other things so others won’t suspect anything. I was getting so happy then I thought what if it was just a misunderstanding, what if he just likes to read and is actually not shy at all. I backed away a little but then kept moving forward saying in my head you never know what might happen. I go up to Bradley and say “Hey you are new to camp aren’t you how do you like it so far”. He slowly put the book down and said “It’s good” I say “Oh ok then”. I had a feeling that he didn’t really want to talk to me but just did to be polite. I kept talking thinking that maybe I will get to know him a little bit better “ Hey do you have any siblings?” Bradley replied “Two older brothers” as I see some kids goofing around and having so much fun it starts to make my blood boil. I continue talking to Bradley, “So do you do well in school what are your grades?” “I prefer not to tell anyone but if you must know I have a 4.0 GPA I haven’t gotten a single A yet and I don’t intend to either. In my head I had so many thoughts going through my head. On one hand I felt angry like a tiger that has just been kicked about him basically bragging about how well he does in school. On the other hand I was kind of happy I met someone who was enthusiastic about studies rather than sports or video games. He was looking at me waiting for a reply and honestly I didn’t know what to say I just said the first words that came out of my mouth which was “Thats good”. As I see all the other kids leaving arts and crafts and going to lunch. Bradley said to me “Come on let’s go don’t want to be late I heard there serving pizza with mashed potatoes”. I was walking with Bradley with the biggest smile on my face, just hoping maybe he could be my first real friend.
I go sit down on an empty lunch table all by myself, Bradley went back to our den which was basically where we kept all our camp things.
He needed to get money since he wanted to buy something from the vending machine. I see him coming back and I was so eager and excited for once someone will sit right next to me and we could have a conversation. I know I know it sounds kind of pathetic but if you knew me really well, than you would know how much this very small thing for some people could be a big deal for me. As he walks towards me one of the other campers in my group named Gregory said “Hey Bradley what is your favorite superhero?” “Batman” he said. “Mine’s to I love his batmobile and his sidekick Robin” “Me too” “Hey since you are not sitting with anyone sit with us” “Sure thing”. I saw Bradley putting his lunch on their table and slowly pulling the chair towards him. My heart started to break into a thousand pieces, how dumb was I why would he ever want to be friends with me why would anyone want to be friends with me. Bradley looked at me just for a second his face was filled with guilt. He immediately turned away my pizza was wet filled with my tears. I felt maybe that I had rush things and that I ha expected too much from Bradley. What did I really expect from him I thought? Just for him to sit down with me and have lunch suddenly I started to turn my hands to fists with anger. Brett my camp counselor came up to me and said “Are you okay Oliver if you want you
could sit with us counselors” I told him “I am fine just getting a little headache” “I worry about you sometimes Oliver to be honest whenever I see you you are always looking sad” I was getting so angry looking at Bradley laughing with Gregory and his friends that I said to Brett “I’m fine leave me alone!” I immediately wanted to apologize but before I could even say a word he just said “Ok” and walked away. Brett has been there for me the whole entire summer, always talking to me and giving me company whenever I need it. “Look at that lame kid over there Bradley sitting alone all by himself what a loser”. I was eager to hear his his reply and Bradley just said “I agree”. I was so apoplectic and devastated that someone would actually talk like that to a person who was being so nice to them. I immediately ran out but not with tears dripping through my face. With outrage in my heart for Bradley and all the other campers realizing, that starting now I will never be the same guy again.
Today was Saturday my favorite day of the week. No camp, no kids, no sports just me relaxing exactly how I imagined my perfect day. My dad came to my room and said “Why don’t you ever play a sport or something like a normal boy, you are such a workload you know that”. I remain silent as he says “Everyday I see you I just see a worthless arrogant fool”. I say “Sorry” He says “You should be and you know one thing we were going to put you up for adoption it was my mom who said to keep him” I say “Is that really true” He throws a photo frame at me and says “We’d be more happy if you were not even born”. My mom listens to our talk and says “Stop crying like an idiot or I will slap you harder than you could imagine”.
famous talks just about life in general. I open the door and hear her yelling at the phone company for cutting off her lines. Nothing will ever change in some places, I thought as I walk in “Oh Oliver you are here already ten minutes early, said Mrs Grandfords
“I’m extra hungry today, I said
“Well come on down then I made french toast with strawberry milk just the way you like it.” “Thank you so much you might care about me more than my parents do”, I say
She asks me how camp is going and for a minute I didn’t know what to say on one hand I could say it was great and lie straight to her face.
Yet knowing her and how well she knows me I just cried out “I hate camp, I would rather go into the darkness which is where I always have been and will always be”! “Don’t worry everything is going to be all right, now just have fun forget about all this you are young and bright and filled with life”. I say ”It’s time to go now the bus will be here any minute”. Mrs Grandfords replied “Going you just came here a minute ago”. I thought that was pretty weird considering I have been at her house for the past twenty minutes. I say “Remember I came here about twenty minutes ago” She said “Oh right silly me must have forgot, you go now before the bus leaves”. As I open the door ready to leave I think to myself how weird that was since Mrs Grandfords usually never forgets anything. I run out towards the bus thinking to myself that maybe today will be different, maybe today I will make a …show more content…
friend.
A week has passed and nothing very significant has happened just my everyday life yet today that was different. As I go to arts and crafts right next to the football field. I realized then and there that everyone has somebody. As I see every kid in my camp group talking or playing with someone as we’re walking. Then I thought as I kept walking with tears starting to fall how I would do anything just to have a friend or even someone who just talks to me. That would be my birthday present for an eternity, I would probably be the happiest person on earth. Yet when I thought about it more and more I just started to chuckle a little bit. Not the cute type but the weird type that when anyone saw you they’d think you are insane. I went back to arts and crafts and realized there was a new kid, at camp who just came today. His name is Bradley he has brown hair, blue eyes and in terms of height is right smack in the middle. I see him reading To Kill a Mockingbird, right then and there I realized that Bradley and me were exactly the same. Both of us are outsiders who are very shy and we both don’t have a lot of friends we even try to hide our loneliness by doing other things so others won’t suspect anything. I was getting so happy then I thought what if it was just a misunderstanding, what if he just likes to read and is actually not shy at all. I backed away a little but then kept moving forward saying in my head you never know what might happen. I go up to Bradley and say “Hey you are new to camp aren’t you how do you like it so far”. He slowly put the book down and said “It’s good” I say “Oh ok then”. I had a feeling that he didn’t really want to talk to me but just did to be polite. I kept talking thinking that maybe I will get to know him a little bit better “ Hey do you have any siblings?” Bradley replied “Two older brothers” as I see some kids goofing around and having so much fun it starts to make my blood boil. I continue talking to Bradley, “So do you do well in school what are your grades?” “I prefer not to tell anyone but if you must know I have a 4.0 GPA I haven’t gotten a single A yet and I don’t intend to either. In my head I had so many thoughts going through my head. On one hand I felt angry like a tiger that has just been kicked about him basically bragging about how well he does in school. On the other hand I was kind of happy I met someone who was enthusiastic about studies rather than sports or video games. He was looking at me waiting for a reply and honestly I didn’t know what to say I just said the first words that came out of my mouth which was “Thats good”. As I see all the other kids leaving arts and crafts and going to lunch. Bradley said to me “Come on let’s go don’t want to be late I heard there serving pizza with mashed potatoes”. I was walking with Bradley with the biggest smile on my face, just hoping maybe he could be my first real friend.
I go sit down on an empty lunch table all by myself, Bradley went back to our den which was basically where we kept all our camp things.
He needed to get money since he wanted to buy something from the vending machine. I see him coming back and I was so eager and excited for once someone will sit right next to me and we could have a conversation. I know I know it sounds kind of pathetic but if you knew me really well, than you would know how much this very small thing for some people could be a big deal for me. As he walks towards me one of the other campers in my group named Gregory said “Hey Bradley what is your favorite superhero?” “Batman” he said. “Mine’s to I love his batmobile and his sidekick Robin” “Me too” “Hey since you are not sitting with anyone sit with us” “Sure thing”. I saw Bradley putting his lunch on their table and slowly pulling the chair towards him. My heart started to break into a thousand pieces, how dumb was I why would he ever want to be friends with me why would anyone want to be friends with me. Bradley looked at me just for a second his face was filled with guilt. He immediately turned away my pizza was wet filled with my tears. I felt maybe that I had rush things and that I ha expected too much from Bradley. What did I really expect from him I thought? Just for him to sit down with me and have lunch suddenly I started to turn my hands to fists with anger. Brett my camp counselor came up to me and said “Are you okay Oliver if you want you
could sit with us counselors” I told him “I am fine just getting a little headache” “I worry about you sometimes Oliver to be honest whenever I see you you are always looking sad” I was getting so angry looking at Bradley laughing with Gregory and his friends that I said to Brett “I’m fine leave me alone!” I immediately wanted to apologize but before I could even say a word he just said “Ok” and walked away. Brett has been there for me the whole entire summer, always talking to me and giving me company whenever I need it. “Look at that lame kid over there Bradley sitting alone all by himself what a loser”. I was eager to hear his his reply and Bradley just said “I agree”. I was so apoplectic and devastated that someone would actually talk like that to a person who was being so nice to them. I immediately ran out but not with tears dripping through my face. With outrage in my heart for Bradley and all the other campers realizing, that starting now I will never be the same guy again.
Today was Saturday my favorite day of the week. No camp, no kids, no sports just me relaxing exactly how I imagined my perfect day. My dad came to my room and said “Why don’t you ever play a sport or something like a normal boy, you are such a workload you know that”. I remain silent as he says “Everyday I see you I just see a worthless arrogant fool”. I say “Sorry” He says “You should be and you know one thing we were going to put you up for adoption it was my mom who said to keep him” I say “Is that really true” He throws a photo frame at me and says “We’d be more happy if you were not even born”. My mom listens to our talk and says “Stop crying like an idiot or I will slap you harder than you could imagine”.