Prompt: Josh — “It wasn’t every day he could leave his half-sister speechless.”
The moment Josh stepped through the front door, Sylphie was storming out from the kitchen.
“Where were you?” she demanded.
He froze in the entryway, hands clutching the strap of his backpack. “What do you mean?” he asked tremulously.
Sylphie scowled and crossed her arms. “Don’t play dumb. We were supposed to walk home from school together. Only you never showed. So where were you? That Travers kid giving you trouble again?”
Josh dropped his gaze to the floor and shook his head. “No.”
“Are you sure? Because I will go over there and—”
“I was in detention,” he blurted.
Sylphie froze, blinking owlishly. “You?”
Josh scuffed his sneaker on the hardwood. “For rigging a bucket of molasses over the door of the boys bathroom…when Dustin Travers was ready to walk out.”
Sylphie’s mouth moved soundlessly, disbelief and something akin to pride flickering across her face. Josh felt the corners of his mouth twitch. It wasn’t every day he could leave his half-sister speechless.
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Angela Wallace, Author 