The Bay Family Chronicles

Maxine I had gotten up early so I could talk to mom before school but mom wasn't home, she hadn't been home in three days and there was nothing to eat in the house anymore. I only had potato chips and crackers to eat at the house but they were gone now.  I didn't understand why mom had to be gone all the time, but I knew better than to ask questions. I shook my head and got up from where I was sitting. Clean clothes was another problem, and my shirt had a stain on it. I quickly ran up the stairs to change before I had to meet Rylan outside to walk to school with and threw on something else to wear. I wrinkled my nose, this outfit smelled funny but at least it didn't have a stain on them. I ran outside just in time to see Rylan walk over and waved at him. "Hey Ry," I said, smiling. He smiled back at me. "... Do you mind if I borrow one of your apples?" I asked, as my stomach growled loudly. Rylan's mom normally packed him a lot of snac

Rylan  "I'm going to get you!" I yelled you, chasing after Destiny with my water gun. I couldn't but to smile, and laugh as she screamed trying to get away from stream of water going towards her. "Come on Des, you can do better than this," I said, giggling. "Get you! Get you!" Destiny said as she giggled. "I get you Rys!" she yelled turning around and shooting me with a stream of water as I threw my hands up in the air in mock anger. "Arg! Now I'm all wet!" I said. "Now what will do? Oh wait.... I can do this!" I said, turning around blasting her with water. Destiny shrieked as the water got her and looked down at herself giggling. "Now I wet too!" Destiny said, giggling even more. I nodded, and stuck my tongue at her which she mimicked, sticking her tongue out at me. "Rys, I got secwet!" Destiny said, smiling at me with those grey eyes of hers. "You have a secret?&

Rylan    Man I wish we could do this every night, but there was school. Ugh, why did we need school anyways?  "Dang... I didn't know you could tell some pretty funny jokes, Maxie," I said, laughing at the last one she told. Kealyn had almost fallen off the sofa twice now as Maxine had let the jokes go, and I had to admit it was kind of funny seeing Kealyn scramble to stay on the sofa.  "Hey, w hat is it called when a cat wins a dog show?" I asked, grinning. I was almost certain I was going to stump them this time, but then Maxine laughed and shook her head. "A CAT-HAS-TROPHY!" Kealyn said, giggling. How could they stump me but I couldn't stump them? "That was an easy one, everyone knows it," she said. "I didn't," Maxine said gently, still giggling. "Hey kiddos," Mr. Folly said, as he walked in followed by Mrs. Folly. "I see we are competing for who has the best jokes, and I have one that w

Kealyn "Hey Maxie, do you think your mom will be okay with staying at my place tonight?" I asked her, thinking it was a good night to have a sleep over.  I already knew my parents were going to be fine with it, they always were. We all went to church together and Mom knew Rylan's parents pretty well so they didn't worry about who I was with. "Probably," Maxine replied, smiling. I was a little jealous of her hair sometimes, it was always so pretty and I loved that it was kind of gold in the sun. Mine was just red, like my dad and sisters hair was.   Oh well, I have what I have and mom always says to be grateful so I guess I will.  "What about your parents Ry?" I asked. I already knew the answer but I would ask anyways, because I could be wrong.  "Oh yeah, Dad won't mind and Mom is like your moms best friend or something. It's kind of weird," Rylan said, sighing. Rylan felt more like a brother to me than a friend b