Creative Writing: Conner's Haunted House

There once was a little 14 year old girl, named Layna. She had a older brother named Conner, who was 16. Their mom and dad had just bought a nice house in a small town in Michigan. When they were first moving into the house it seemed really nice and really quiet. Conner and Layna asked if they could go look around upstairs, and their parents of course, said they could. Layna said “Conner, Conner, come look at my room!” Conner replied, “Ok, let me put stuff in my room first.” Conner quickly put his things on his bedroom floor, then ran across to Layna’s room. Conner looked around his little sister’s room and asked “What’d you want me to look at?” Layna replies, “Doesn’t my room look way better than yours?” Conner says, “Yeah, sure.” rolling his eyes. Their parents call their names and ask them to help unpack.

Their dad asks “So, kids, how do you think your first day at your new school’s gonna be?” Conner says confidently, “I’m gonna be the most popular new guy at school.” Layla giggles and says, “Yeah, ok, you just keep telling yourself that.” Conner asks, “Layla, you’re gonna have to hang out with me because you’re too picky about who you want to be friends with.” Their mom cuts in and says, “Wouldn’t it be a lot nicer if y’all would stop arguing for once?” Conner and Layna both look at each other, shrug, and say, “No.” They both walk in quietly and don’t talk again until the next