Sound Short Story

Michelle Gonzalez 9/12/09
Period 3 Creative Writing

Jennifer tapped her foot loud and anxiously as she waited for me to push play on the stereo.
“Would you hurry up!” she exclaimed with a very forceful tone. What Jennifer didn’t know is that I, her one and only older sister planned to scare the life out of her. The jumpy music infused the small bedroom with circus music. You could almost hear all the sounds as if the circus was right in the room. I gently turned the music up. Jennifer stared at the stereo system in both horror and disbelief. Why would I do this? It is very simple and logical. I love bothering my little sister. Don’t we all? Jennifer has been terrified of clowns since she saw the movie “It.” Circus music reminds her of clowns. So there we have it. As we were standing there and the music continued to play I was picturing a giant clown frantically chase my sister around while this music played. I pictured carousals in the background and little kids walking around with giant things of cotton candy. I always loved the circus but my sister, on the other hand, can’t stand the circus. But the music also sounded mysterious and sounded like it could go on forever. And it did when you listened to it. Maybe it is because I had the track on repeat. Well I wanted to have my sister get the full experience. Life is great when you can torture your sister with only a song. Jennifer, only listening to about ten seconds of the song, walked quickly out the room. As she walked out she turned around and yelled at me.
“You are so mean! I hate you!” she yelled. I laughed as hard as I could. When I heard those words I know I accomplished what I wanted to do and it was time for me to plan my next joke. Each one bigger, better, and more creative than the last and most likely to make me laugh even more.