Group story: John's unlucky day

By: Gabi, songhe, hiep, and Yilin.
Edited by: Yilin

Today, John was so unlucky. He has a UCR elective trip, and the bus is leaving at 9 o’ clock. But he did not wake up until 11 o’ clock. He missed the Disneyland trip and wanted to punch the bed. Unfortunately, the ticket to Disneyland cannot be refunded. Facing the sad fact, he got off the bed and tried contacting his friends who have a car to pick him up, but his friends are all unavailable. He gave up after about an hour. He dislikes UCR extension now, because they seem to only want money from the students but not help them solve problems.

But he has no idea, so the only thing he can do is to have breakfast. He moved slowly to the kitchen to have some milk. But to his surprise, the milk has expired because he forgot to put it into the refrigerator. “Nothing can be worse than today”, he sighted. He decided to go downstairs to buy some milk and snacks to comfort himself. He felt much better after eating. Then he came back to his bedroom to make a plan about today. Before he started, he saw some missed calls on his cellphone. It was his new friend Josh and he had a lot of fine with Josh these days. “I am having a lunch party and I know you missed the Disneyland, so how about you come here to enjoy the party?” John cried out, “I just had a big lunch to celebrate this free day! Oh my gosh! How I wish to have fun with you!” He jumped to the balcony and talked to Josh with his right arm twirling in the air. Suddenly he heard somebody scream out. As he looked down, he saw a girl. He hung up on Josh and run downstairs to his garden…

Down stairs, he saw his flowerpot drop on the ground which nearly hit the girl. As he turned to the girl to apologize, he realized the girl has a pretty and innocent look. He was mesmerized. “Are…are you ok? Did you get hurt?” he asked. “No, I am fine.” The girl looked a little frightened but smiled. “Then, ok. Uh, nice to meet you, so do you live nearby?” he asked. “Yeah, I just moved here today with my parents, I am your new neighbor. Nice to meet you too, I am Jenney.”  This is a good start, so my bad luck must be coming to an end. As he was thinking, the girl left...