"Ellie," I shout. Ellie is my cousin, well my father's cousin and my second cousin, but you know... Anyway, her name is Elanor, but i call her Ellie. "What are you doing here!?"
"Well I came to visit you," she says, "Well and your father, mother, and Alleranda."
Alleranda is my little sister, my parents gave her my great-great-great-great granmother's name. Alleranda and I think it is the wierdest name ever. That is why everyone in their right mind calls her Allie.
I love my little sister even though sometimes she can be the most annoying person I know. However, on her behalf she is only 4.
Allie isn't here right now, she's at Rainbow Puffs Camp for the weekend,"
"Oh. How are you holding up with that, Adelline," she says even though she knows I prefer to be called Addie.
I clear my throat to say, "It's Addie, and I'm fine."
"Adelline Justice Trenton! I can't beleive you would say that to your cousin!" my mother shouts at me at the top of her lungs even though I was right in front of her.
"Okay I'm sorry, I just prefer it when peeple call me Addie, and as my mother you should know that," I say starting to cry.
Suddenly the front door opens and my sister walks in with her babysitter,"I'm back!!"
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