M for Monotonous

Sophia opened her bedroom door, plonked herself down on her bed and sighed exasperatedly. Life was so boring! It was so boring that she could predict exactly what was going to happen in just a little less than a minute. Mum was going to call to her and say that she had just realized that she had got back from school and tell her to freshen up and change for dinner.

"Sophie! I just realized that you got back from school! Freshen up and change, dear!" a voice called from downstairs.

"Mm, yeah, Mum, give me two minutes," Sophie said with a triumphant smile.

She opened her wardrobe and put her head in, waiting for her younger sister to fling open the door and scream that she had lost her teddy bear. Five, four, three, two, one…

"Sophie! I lost my teddy bear!" screamed Emma, bursting through the door.

"Huh, surprise there, Em. Let's see, every single day, you play with your teddy bear under my bed and then forget him there when Mum calls you for lunch. Maybe it's there?" Sophie asked her sarcastically,"now, get out, I need to change."

Emma made a face at her and ran out. Sophie pulled open her wardrobe again. Most probably, the first outfit which was going to come out of it was her Hamburg Hoodie and a pair of tights, which was a combination she'd worn at least fifteen times already.

She dressed up in her hoodie and tights and went downstairs and seated herself at the dinner table. Now her father was going to come in through the front door, holding his messenger bag, and jovially announce that work had been amazing and ask her how school was. So monotonous. Wait for it… wait for it…

Her father came in through the door. Check. Messenger bag. Check. Jovial smile. Check.
Boring, boring, so boring! Then, he set his bag down on the dinner table and took out a tiny box. 

"Sophia, guess what? We got you a new phone!!" he exclaimed.

For a second, she was speechless. And then she squealed.