Love, Peace & Joy: 3 Short Stories by Stephany Tullis

Author:Stephany Tullis [Tullis, Stephany]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B014MZ4XG0
Goodreads: 26251229
Publisher: Diamond TK Publishing
Published: 2015-10-29T16:00:00+00:00

JOYEAUX NOELLE

"Good morning Ms. Noelle's sister."

Teeny Tiny Tisha slid into her much too big desk chair hitting her head against the back of the seat in her haste to be on time for tryouts. Her toothy grin shared her latest big girl pronouncement: a humongous gap, front and center. A crisp fresh from the bank five dollar bill was buried under her pillow when she woke this morning and she was as happy as a butterfly freeing itself from its four week nap.

"Hey Ms. Noelle's sister! What chu doin' here, Tish? Where's Skyler? She comin'?"

Lanky Langston, or LL as he was called, weaved in and out between the metal second hand desks, chairs, tables and instrument cases combing his hair and pulling up his jeans that threatened to expose his Ralph Lauren boxers.

"Ms. Noelle's sister, can you make Jonathan stop pulling my hair?"

Thirteen year old Natalie flounced around the octagonal shaped church auditorium taking full advantage of the opportunity to model her new lime green t-shirt and neon pink skirt. Her glossy auburn ringlets bounced in rhythm with the swishing lime fringed ruffles on her skirt as she made one last twirl before taking a seat.

"I'm sitting next to you, Abbie!"

Abbie moved over on the small bench to ensure that Natalie had ample room leaving her more than half the bench space. She was shocked that Natalie even knew her name. She dared not respond for fear she'd say something lame; she rewarded her clasped hands with her devoted attention.

"I don't need all this space, Abbie. Slide over, why don't cha?"

Natalie sneaked a peak at Ms. Noelle's sister before slyly slipping Abbie one valued pink and happy to share two green starbursts.

If one more of these kids call me Ms. Noelle's sister, I just might show them the difference between me and Noelle. They're going to find out soon enough.

I can't believe I let the golden girl talk me into this. Dealing with hood rats five days a week is more than enough. Saturday and Sunday give me just enough down time to regroup and prepare for another round of high school music lessons and afterschool practice sessions. I'm not even ready for the school's holiday orchestra concert, how does Noelle expect me to have time to work with her and these kids on a Christmas play--and for church of all things? (I won't tell you and can't even remember the last time I sat in a church pew).

I have to admit I was stupid enough to let my older sister--older as by five years--talk me into helping her out with her church's annual Christmas program. The Youth Pastor who usually works with her on the yearly production was called out of town for a family emergency and she was stuck. After listening to Noelle beg and plead for two weeks, I caved. When she told me yesterday I also had to work with Maxwell Stewart, the church's Minister of Music, I told her there was no way in hell I would work with him! Ooops.

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