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In my head was pondering my next move I saw the chessboard with the sixty-four black and white squares, I saw my pieces moving across the board to win. My opponent waiting for me to make my move was bringing pressure as she stared at my face and back to the board over and over, saying. I made my move with my white pieces moving forward such as a white horse running forward to gain more speed, I could almost hear the thug of the horse’s hooves hitting the ground. My opponents black pieces started to fall off slowly one by one onto the hard wood floor making a slight dinging sound.
I suddenly woke from my day dream and heard my brother Vincent walk in my bedroom door. “Waverly, can I have an idea”. I sat up in my bed as he sat next to me. “What is it Vincent?” Vincent started at me with my pink dress on and my thick black hair up in ponytails. I could tell his idea he was about to tell me was going to be a good one because he smiled as from ear to ear and chuckling as he was trying to tell me. “What if you and mother played …show more content…
She seemed nervous against playing her own daughter who she knew may beat her. As I looked at the board I imagined all my pieces moving smoothing across the board to the end to win. We kept playing which seemed like it keep going on forever. As we were getting to the end of the game I began to smile from ear to ear like a child on Christmas morning almost jumping out of my seat knowing that I only need my white pieces to move a couple more places to win. “I WON!” I screamed in joy and jumped up knocjed over the chair that I had sat in hitting the floor with a crash that sounded like a rock hit the shiny wood floors, as I looked at my mother and ran over to the other side of the table to hug her. “I’m proud of you Waverly, you may keep playing chess as long as you desire.” I hugged her tight, as I let go I could almost hear lungs grasping for air. “ Thank you

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