It was a dreary afternoon and rain poured rapidly. The clouds appeared to jump around and although it had been raining for four hours there were no puddles on the ground. Alicia stood with Athena at their house’s front door entrance. Alicia wore a pink raincoat with matching pink boots. Athena wore the same outfit except her ensemble was black. They stood in the doorway after bickering about where and what type of milk they should buy. Alicia became a vegetarian when she went on a field trip with her third-grade class and saw a farmer carrying a dead chicken. The sight of the chicken awakened in Alicia a desire to stop eating meat. When she arrived home, later that day, she ran through the front doorway, opened the fridge, and threw all the chicken away. She proclaimed, “I will not eat animals anymore! I will not!”After Alicia threw away the chicken, Athena picked it up. “Who does she think she is?” she said. “Wasting perfect food.”
Athena wanted plain cow milk, the one that comes in the blue gallon. Alicia desired almond, soy, or maybe cashew milk. “You know what? I’m just going to buy almond milk at the farmer's market,” Alicia said as her feet stepped on the front porch. “Since we can’t decide where to go.” Athena stared at her sister as she walked through the gate, but when she lifted her gaze, a figure in a dark purple raincoat approached rapidly. The figure stopped next to Alicia as she closed the gate door behind her. Without saying a word, the figure handed Alicia a bag and walked away.
“Wait, wait,” she said. “I think you have the wrong person.”
Inside of the bag, there were two milk cartons, one was cow milk from the blue gallon. The other carton was almond milk. Alicia raised her gaze to where Athena stood. She was smiling and motioning for her to come back inside.
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