Follow his Footsteps

In a small town, there is a 12-year-old girl named Emma. She loves inventing stuff with her grandpa. They make little balloon cars and little airplanes. One day her grandma picks her up from school and when Emma gets in the car she sees her grandma crying.

“Grandma, what’s wrong?”

“It’s grandpa..He…passed away,” sobs Grandma Jupiter.

“What?” gasps Emma

“He was in a car accident this morning and didn’t make it.”

Emma just sat there not knowing if she wanted to scream or cry. Later that day Emma was lying on her bed looking at the pictures she took with her grandpa and crying when her mom knocks on the door.

“Emma, are you okay?” asks her mom.

“No, the closest thing I had to a father besides Lucas is gone.”

“I know sweetie, just tell me what to do.”

“Can you take me to his workshop?” Emma asks.

“Yes, I can. I need to talk to Grandma Jupiter anyways.” Emma and her mom jump in the car and drive to her grandpa’s farm. When they get there Emma runs to her grandpa’s shop. In the shop, there are tools everywhere.

“Everything is just the way he left it,” Emma sighs. She walks around and soon she finds blueprints labeled “Government Secrets.”

“Wait, these are blueprints of a flying car!” Emma exclaims. Emma’s mom and Grandma Jupiter walk-in.

“Hey sweetie, what did you find?” her mom asks.

“Blueprints to a flying car,” explains Emma.

“He never told you?” Grandma Jupiter asks.

“About what?” inquires Emma

Grandma Jupiter explained how he worked with the government in the Area 51 division. Emma stares at her grandma.

“Then I’m gonna build this,” Emma declares.

“Do you even know what you’re doing?” Grandma Jupiter asks.

“He was always in here so he must have already started,” Emma says.

“Then let’s find the parts he was using,” says Grandma Jupiter. They run around the shop digging through things.

“I think I…” starts Emma. But before she could finish her sentence, she saw someone open the door.

“What did I miss?”

“LUCAS!” Emma shouts. She runs up to him and hugs him.

“Hey sis.”

“Hi, Lucas,” Emma’s mom says. “Emma found blueprints of a flying car that grandpa was working on and she wants to finish building it.”

“No way,” Lucas says.

“You can help if you want,” Emma says.

“I would love to but I think this is your kind of project. I will stay down here and help with the saw so you don’t hurt yourself though,” offers Lucas.

“Okay. Before I was interrupted, I found the parts over there,” points Emma.

“Well, you should get started,” smiles Mom. Emma smiles back at them and then runs back to grab the parts.

Six years pass and it’s now 2029. Emma is in the shop working on the car when Lucas comes down. “Wow that looks amazing,” he exclaims.

“Thank you. You should bring mom and grandma down and cover their eyes. I will take the tarp off and push it outside.”

“On it boss,” says Lucas as he heads back to the house. Five minutes later Lucas, Emma’s mom, and Grandma Jupiter are waiting outside with their eyes closed as Emma pushes out the car.

“Okay you can open,” Emma says. They open their eyes.

“Oh my god!” exclaims Grandma Jupiter.

“Just wait,” Emma explains as she pulls off the tarp. “Tada!”

“Emma this looks amazing,” beams Emma’s mom.

“And it only took you six years,” says Lucas.

“I still have grandpa’s friend from the government’s number. I can call him and ask him to come over,” grandma says.

“Thanks, Grandma.” Grandma Jupiter walks away while calling her grandpa’s friend.

“I’m so proud of you,” Lucas says.

“Thanks big bro.”

“Me too,” adds Emma’s mom.

“Thank you and I love you guys,” says Emma.

Grandma Jupiter returns. “Okay so he should be here in 10 minutes.” When he arrives, Emma shows him the car and the blueprints.

The government agent says, “Wow! If you are willing, I would like to make a deal with you.”

“Keep talking,” says Emma. Lucas, Emma’s mom and Grandma laugh.

“Would you like to work with us? And we would like to buy this from you and test it out,” explains the agent.

Emma looks at her mom and she nods. “YES!” she cries. “Thank you so much.” Emma turns to her family and runs to give them a hug. A year later Emma is working with the government building more flying cars and following in her grandpa’s footsteps.