Waiting for the Phone Call

By Ben

"Welcome to the Missoula play tryouts for Jack and the Beanstalk," said the man in the weird hat while I was sitting on the floor at Sierra House Elementary School, "my name is Phillip."

"I am Carla," said the girl standing next to Phillip, "let's figure out which one you will be in our play. Get in order from smallest to tallest." While I was getting in order I was scared that I might not make it into the play. I was also scared because this was my first time trying out for anything. It took about 15 minutes to do that. Phillip and Carla started at the shortest and asked names and ages and told use to scream so that she can hear our voices when we expand them to a higher level. Also so he can listen for loud clear voices.

"Ben, age 12!" I screamed. They wrote that information down. They were done.

"Okay everyone on your way out give Marcia your phone number so we can call you," Carla explained.

That night I couldn't sleep. I kept waiting for the phone call. It must have been 12:30 when I finally fell asleep.

The next morning I had a bowl of cereal and toast.

"Ring, ring, ring," the phone rang. I darted out of my chair to answer the phone. "Hello?" I said as the tangy and salty sweat trickled down my face.

"Hi Ben, it's me, Jared. I was wondering-" I had cut him off.

5 minutes later, "Ring, ring, ring,"

"Hi, Ben?" it was Phillip! I could hardly wait for him to tell me if I had made it or not I felt as if I wouldn't make it and be crushed or make it and be exasperated. I could hear myself breathing really hard in the receiver, "You made it. Be at Kingsbury Middle School at 6:00 p.m. tomorrow.

"Thank you so much, bye!" I was figuratively jumping for joy. I was so happy that I almost ran through the entire house screaming, "I made it!" It goes to show you, when you try your hardest you can accomplish almost anything.