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Weightlessness by Katy
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“I can’t believe we will get to fly in a plane with no
engine!” Megan exclaimed. She was one of my closest extended family
members. We were, and are, almost exactly alike. We understand one
another simply because we have known each other for as long as we can
remember, and then some besides. She called me “Couz”, and I called
her (much against her will) “Megsy.”
Meanwhile, my sister Emily stared blankly out of the
car window as Dad parked the car in the best parking spot. Emily had
tied her perfect, long blonde back into its typical ponytail. I did
not know her well then, she had graduated recently from high school.
She rushed to so many choir practices and play rehearsals that I
hardly ever saw her. Emily wanted sing more than anyone else, and she
planned to, whether anyone liked it or not. Emily didn’t compete;
Emily hated confrontation. She differed from Sara but somehow exactly
like her. Maybe it was the same blonde hair.
We got out of the car and eventually found Sara and
Dave. Together, we found the correct runway. A few other people stood
waiting, and Megan and I waited impatiently for our turn. I began to
lose my nerve. Of course, Megan knew from the moment she heard about
an engineless airplane that I would.
“You’re getting in that plane whether you want to or
not,” Megan declared
“I know,” I replied. “But I am extremely terrified of
that engineless contraption. How is it supposed to fly?”
“Contraption? Isn’t that an awfully big word for a kid
your age?” Megan retorted, in an attempt to get me off the terrifying
subject of gliders and into the age-old subject of, well, age."
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