Picking up my sister has now become something in the norm
for me since I get out of school early. However, this Friday it was somewhat unique since my sister was going to find out if she had made the
volleyball team in her school. She had been going to the tryouts for the last
two weeks and had made it through the second round of tryouts. Now it was
crunch time and she was getting so close to finding out the either very bad or
very good news.
I was waiting on the curb outside of the school waiting
to spot her out of the huge middle school crowed. I had subway waiting for her
just in case she needed some cheering up. About seven
minutes after the bell had rung I see her emerge from the school’s doors with a
blank look in her face. I couldn’t tell if she was shocked because of the
results or sad because she didn’t make it in.
Sadly my little sister didn’t make in the team.
Once she got in she just said “I didn’t make it. I don’t
know what else I could have done. I did my best.” Then the tears started
running down her cheeks. They just came flowing after she had closed the door. The
whole five minute ride back home was really quiet, and extremely awkward. I couldn’t
think of anything to tell her because there was no way to make her feel better (even
after I gave her the Subway).
The only thing
left was to let her cry it out a while in her room, but I interrupted her sulking
by telling her to “Get your s*** together, it is their loss, and were going out
to party tonight.” That must have made her feel better since she started to wipe
her tears; and I rushed her to get ready. At that moment I just felt
that I had to be there for her and I wasn’t going to let some silly little
middle school volleyball team ruin her Friday night.
You should be proud of yourself for being such a great older sibling because I have some younger siblings too and I treat them like crap. I wish I could do what you did and be there for my siblings, so kudos to you.
ReplyDeleteThat is very thoughtful of you, regardless of what the outcome was you were still there for your sister. Although, I can't relate because I don't have any younger siblings I think you handled the situation better than I would have. Sometimes siblings just need some tough love.
ReplyDeleteThis made me feel so sad- I have little sisters, and I always hated when they were upset about things I couldn't control. You sound like the perfect older sibling.
ReplyDeleteReally, all I wanted was more! How did the party cheer her up? What kinds of problems do you see with organized youth sports as a result of this (think hyper links...)?