Ciara's+Memoir_+12

__**The Best Day Ever**__ **By Ciara Merksick** I had been rocking it back and forth for days now. Getting closer and closer to the day I put it under my pillow. Though my jaw was sending sharp piercing pains to my head, I had to keep on suffering. My dad was threatening to yank it out with his dirt covered hands! My tooth was loose and I //needed// to pull it out fast!

But one faithful day at lunch it popped out like a jack-in-the-box. I was talking to my friends and they were yelling back to me. Then, not thinking about my tooth, I took a huge bite out of my lunch and then I was tasting a wave of blood mixed with a piercing pain coming from an empty slot where my tooth used to be. My tooth was finally out!

"Owww!"

After realizing my tooth was loose in my mouth I spat out my food in a napkin. Later I raised my hand after digging my tooth out of my sandwich with a spoon.

The teacher who surprisingly got over to my table very quickly asked "Can I help you?"

In response I held up my hand with my tooth in it and before I knew it i was out the door already inching my way to the nurse's office.

When I finally got there trapping the door with my body, I turned the handle and opening the door while the bells jingled. When I approached the nurse she asked, "What happened Ciara?" , without looking up from her work.

" I lost my tooth." I said, my voice cracking. "Can I please have an envelope?"

"Yes." she said calmly. Then she rummaged through her desk looking for an envelope. When she found one she said, "Here you go ma'am." Then she gave me the envelope. I took the envelope and climbed the stairs to my classroom while sucking on the sore spot that my tooth left. The rest of the day went as planned and was as always, the same.

Looking back on today I was really worried about nothing. But when I let my guard down and stopped thinking about my tooth it fell out of my mouth like me and my worries were keeping it in! So, from that day on I think about if what I worry about is even worth it.