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Ella Martin: A Short Story

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Ella Martin was a tall, brown haired, 14 year old girl. She loved her dog and cat. She shared her life with her mom, dad, and older sister. Her sister was handicapped. Mom and Dad spent a lot of time taking care of Elisa. Elisa was beautiful. Perfect in every way but she had the mental capacity of a 8 year old. Ella went through life invisible.

On the Friday before Halloween she was going through the motions at school when someone noticed her. It was Steven. Steven had blond curly hair that shagged over like a wet soppy mop. He had pink frosted lips and green eyes that were like a green dark forest that anyone would get lost in. He wore nice clothes and lived in a nice house with a nice car. He was on the football team and he was very popular. Steven was good at everything except one thing he wasn't good at was math. As Ella was approaching her locker to get her books for algebra. She twisted in her combination and slowly opened it up being very careful. She knew if she pulled any harder her books would fly to the floor. When she reached for her algebra book her elbow knocked the picture of her and her sister to the ground. It fell to the floor along with the emerald green magnet supporting it. Steven turned over his shoulder as he heard the magnet hit the floor. He …show more content…

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